Haven Retro Combined Chart : 08.03.1969

[smokeyb]

Amen Corner get a 5th week at number 1, the longest number 1 since the Beatles - Hey Jude last year.

The Bee Gees are up to 2, the Zombies are up at 3, Marvin Gaye slips to 4 and Tommy Roe stays at 5.



There are 4 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is the Hollies at number 18.



The biggest climber is the Beach Boys who jump 14 places to number 6.



The biggest faller is Tommy James who fall 59 places.


08.03.1969 (Week # 10)


1 (01) Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice - 78 points (12-1-1-1-1-1) 6 wks

2 (08) Bee Gees – First Of May - 67 points (13-8-2) 3 wks

3 (04) Zombies - Time Of The Season - 65 points (22-8-8-6-4-3) 6 wks

4 (03) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 64 points (38-12-8-8-5-4-5-4-4-7-10-12-31-x-14-5-3-4) 17 wks

5 (05) Tommy Roe - Dizzy - 64 points (29-26-26-28-31-19-9-5-5) 9 wks

6 (20) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music - 62 points (20-6) 2 wks

7 (06) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary - 60 points (22-8-6-7) 4 wks

8 (02) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely - 57 points (19-3-2-2-8) 5 wks

9 (10) Banana Splits - Tra La La Song - 44 points (18-13-12-10-9) 5 wks

10 (07) Righteous Brothers-You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - 44 points (33-18-7-10) 4 wks

11 (12) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont - 43 points (25-14-12-11) 4 wks

12 (16) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow - 40 points (24-16-12) 3 wks

13 (14) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind - 40 points (17-14-13) 3 wks

14 (15) Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High - 38 points (15-14) 2 wks

15 (09) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 37 points (34-28-28-22-12-12-15-18-18-17-25-x-23-11-11-9-15) 16 wks

16 (22) Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind - 37 points (22-16) 2 wks

17 (11) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 35 points (36-24-40-x-21-10-5-4-11-17) 9 wks

18 (NE) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne - 32 points 1 wk

19 (19) Joe South - Games People Play - 32 points (24-21-19-19) 4 wks

20 (RE) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream - 30 points (35-38-40-x-20) 4 wks

21 (24) Barry Ryan - Love Is Love - 30 points (24-21) 2 wks

22 (18) Paul Jones - Aquarius - 27 points (30-22-18-22) 4 wks

23 (13) Turtles – You Showed Me - 25 points (19-16-11-9-10-13-23) 7 wks

24 (33) Glen Campbell - Galveston - 22 points (37-33-24) 3 wks

25 (NE) Temptations – Get Ready - 21 points 1 wk

26 (30) Long John Baldry - It's Too Late Now - 20 points (35-30-26) 3 wks

27 (28) Peggy March - Hey, Das Ist Musik Fur Dich - 20 points (28-27) 2 wks

28 (17) Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose - 19 points (22-14-6-6-7-17-28) 7 wks

29 (36) Beatles - Hey Bulldog - 19 points (36-29) 2 wks

30 (31) Dana - Look Around - 19 points (34-31-30) 3 wks

31 (32) Delfonics – Somebody Loves You - 18 points (34-33-32-31) 4 wks

32 (40) Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be - 18 points (40-32) 2 wks

33 (NE) Jackie Trent - I'll Be There - 18 points 1 wk

34 (27) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 17 points (26-28-28-26-30-36-28-17-12-13-18-21-27-29-27-34) 16 wks

35 (40) Gene and Debbe - Memories Are Made Of This - 17 points (39-29-27-32-38-40-35) 7 wks

36 (23) Martha & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street - 17 points (21-10-8-3-4-16-23-36) 8 wks

37 (39) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - 17 points (39-37) 2 wks

38 (38) Gloria Walker & The Chevelles – Please Don’t Desert Me Baby - 16 points (28-33-33-37-39-38-38) 7 wks

39 (25) Cream - Crossroads - 16 points (27-25-39) 3 wks

40 (NE) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You - 16 points 1 wk

40 (37) Connie Francis - The Wedding Cake - 16 points (30-29-32-37-40) 5 wks



Dropped Out

56 (34) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross - 11 points (17-6-3-2-2-1-2-5-3-4-7-20-34)

63 (21) Move - Blackberry Way - 10 points (20-5-2-1-1-1-2-2-3-21)

65 (26) Beatles - Helter Skelter - 10 points (38-39-23-26)

68 (29) Cream - White Room - 9 points (28-18-15-19-x-30-19-17-23-36-29)

94 (35) Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson And Clover - 3 points (24-14-14-20-15-16-21-19-35)


Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o  darkstar79 & @alexrange .





I will leave this open until end of next week

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 15.03.1969

1 (1) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (6 wk) (#1)
2 (5) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (5 wk) (#2)
3 (9) Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be (6 wk) (#3)
4 (4) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (5 wk) (#4)
5 (10) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (6 wk) (#5)
6 (11) Bee Gees - First Of May (4 wk) (#6)
7 (8) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (5 wk) (#7)
8 (7) Glen Campbell - Witcheta Lineman (7 wk) (#7)
9 (6) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (7 wk)(#3)
10 (3) Donald Peers - Please Don't Go (13 wk) (#3)
11 (2) Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (7 wk) (#1)
12 (13) Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling (5 wk) (#12)
13 (17) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (3 wk) (#13)
14 (33) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (2 wk) (#14)
15 (16) Cliff Richard - Good Times (3 wk) (#15)
16 (12) Marv Johnson - I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose (8 wk) (#10)
17 (14) Martha & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (9 wk) (#4)
18 (21) Love Affair - One Road (4 wk) (#18)
19 (34) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (3 wk) (#19)
20 (30) Joe South - Games People Play (2 wk) (#20)
21 (39) Temptations - Get Ready (2 wk) (#21)
22 (NE) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (1 wk) (#22)
23 (15) Sam & Dave - Soul Sister Brown Sugar (7 wk) (#15)
24 (19) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (15 wk) (#1)
25 (24) The Tymes - People (9 wk) (#16)
26 (NE) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (1 wk) (#26)
27 (27) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (3 wk) (#27)
28 (29) Johnny Nash - You Got Soul (10 wk) (#6)
29 (43) Long John Baldry - It's Too Late Now (7 wk) (#21)
30 (32) Barry Ryan - Love Is Love (4 wk) (#25)
31 (49) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan (2 wk) (#31)
32 (28) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You Ain't Livin' Till Your Lovin' (8 wk) (#21)
33 (40) Dick Emery - If You Love Her (3 wk) (#33)
34 (22) Consortium - All The Love In The World (5 wk) (#22)
35 (46) Max Bygraves - You're My Everything (2 wk) (#35)
36 (41) Gene Pitney - Maria Elena (2 wk) (#36)
37 (NE) Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers (1 wk) (#37)
38 (26) Don Partridge - Breakfast On Pluto (4 wk) (#26)
39 (31) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (19 wk) (#1)
40 (23) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La -Do (15 wk) (#1)
41 (18) Move - Blackberry Way (12 wk) (#1)
42 (38) Herman's Hermits -Something's Happening (13 wk) (#6)
43 (NE) Vikki Carr - With Pen On Hand (1 wk) (#43)
44 (RE) Jamo Thomas - I Spy (For The FBI) (2 wk) (#44)
45 (44) Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (3 wk) (#33)
46 (20) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (13 wk) (#3)
47 (NE) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (1 wk) (#47)
48 (25) Isley Brothers - I Guess I'll Always Love You (9 wk) (# 11)
49 (35) Harmony Grass - Move In A Little Closer Baby (7 wk) (#22)
50 (42) Nina Simone - To Love Somebody (9 wk) (#5)

This week's number one performance on Top of the Pops



USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=12&ChMonth=03&ChYear=1969&ChBand=&ChSong=

[raliverpool]

15/03/1969

1 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (6wks 23-14-6-2-1-1)
2 Tommy Roe - Dizzy (4wks 20-10-5-2)
3 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (3wks 15-6-3)
4 Beatles - Hey Bulldog (4wks 11-4-2-4)
5 Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (4wks 16-11-7-5)
6 Zombies - Time Of The Season (3wks 16-10-6)
7 Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (3wks 26-12-7)
8 Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (7wks 28-15-6-4-3-3-8)
9 Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (3wks 23-17-9)
10 MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (2wks 24-10)

11 Classics IV - Traces (4wks 26-19-16-11)
12 Bee Gees - First Of May (3wks 34-20-12)
13 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (11wks 26-19-10-7-5-4-2-1-1-4-13)
14 Stevie Wonder - I Don't Know Why (3wks 37-22-14)
15 Cream - Crossroads (6wks 25-15-10-8-8-15)
16 Temptations - Runaway Child Running Wild (3wks 35-23-16)
17 Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (4wks 31-22-19-17)
18 Dionne Warwick - This Girl's In Love With You (5wks 27-22-17-15-18)
19 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou (4wks 33-21-18-19)
20 Joe South - Games People Play (7wks 40-21-13-8-7-9-20)

21 Beatles - Helter Skelter (7wks 11-5-4-3-5-11-21)
22 David Ruffin - My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) (3wks 36-30-22)
23 Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Glen Campbell - Galveston (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Beatles - It's All Too Much (3wks 39-29-25)
26 Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Turtles - You Showed Me (7wks 19-11-7-7-9-14-27)
28 The Ivys (Badfinger) - Maybe Tomorrow (2wks 34-28)

29 Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Doors - Touch Me (10wks 22-8-5-3-3-1-2-6-13-30)

31 1910 Fruitgum Co. - Indian Giver (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Spirit - I Got A Line On You (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Kenny Rogers & First Edition - But You Know I Love You (3wks 33-27-33)
34 Aretha Franklin - The Weight (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Love Affair - One Road (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Marv Johnson - I'll Pick a Rose for My Rose (5wks 29-14-13-21-36)
37 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Don Juan (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Gene Pitney - Maria Elena (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Marianne Faithfull - Sister Morphine (1wk 40 NEW)

The pastoral folk pop title track of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, which failed to trouble either the UK or USA singles chart when released on 7" with that album's Do You Remember Walter? as its B-side. A sleeper hit in Ray Davies songwriting canon as in 2017 Ray Davies mused that he had inadvertently written the 2016 Brexit (Gammon) National anthem was a place that never existed to begin with. It was covered by English folk singer Kate Rusby and used as the theme for BBC 2006-9 TV sitcom Jam and Jerusalem; as well as the original having a prominent part in the British 2007 film Hot Fuzz.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Glen Campbell - Witcheta Lineman (7 wks)
2 (2) Zombies - Time Of The Season (8 wks)
3 (7) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (2 wks)
4 (5) Paul Jones - Aquarius (6 wks)
5 (8) Bee Gees - First Of May (4 wks)
6 (3) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (6 wks)
7 (4) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (5 wks)
8 (10) Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling (5 wks)
9 (14) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (5 wks)
10 (16) Consortium - All The Love In The World (5 wks)
11 (21) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (3 wks)
12 (20) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (3 wks)
13 (19) Love Affair - One Road (4 wks)
14 (22) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (3 wks)
15 (12) Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (5 wks)
16 (15) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (5 wks)
17 (13) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (6 wks)
18 (25) Joe South - Games People Play (2 wks)
19 (24) Cliff Richard - Good Times (3 wks)
20 (29) Temptations - Get Ready (2 wks)
21 (30) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan (2 wks)
22 (6) Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (7 wks)
23 (NE) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (1 wk)
24 (11) Nazz - Hello It's Me (6 wks)
25 (9) The Banana Splits - The Tra La La Song (5 wks)
26 (17) Turtles - You Showed Me (12 wks)
27 (18) Cream - White Room (9 wks)
28 (26) Jamo Thomas - I Spy (For The FBI) (3 wks)
29 (NE) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (1 wk)
30 (NE) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (1 wk)

[Whitneyfan]

01(12) Elvis Presley – If I Can Dream
02(01) Long John Baldry - It's Too Late Now
03(02) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind
04(03) Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be
05(10) Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music
06(07) Barry Ryan - Love Is Love
07(05) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You
08(20) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind
09(04) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
10(21) Dick Emery – If You Love Her

11(25) Joe South – Games People Play
12(06) Vince Hill - Doesn't Anybody Know My Name
13(17) Glen Campbell – Galveston
14(11) Consortium - All The Love In The World
15(09) Inez & Charlie Foxx – Mockingbird
16(15) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont
17(08) Bee Gees – First Of May
18(32) The Temptations – Get Ready
19(35) Gene Pitney - Maria Elena
20(31) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan

21(28) Jamo Thomas - I Spy (For The FBI)
22(--) Mama Cass – Move In A Little Closer Baby
23(38) The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne
24(26) Cliff Richard – Good Times

31(--) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang
32(--) Vikki Carr - With Pen On Hand
33(--) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days
36(--) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle
40(--) Elvis Presley – Memories

45(--) Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) The Windmills Of Your Mind - Noel Harrison < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#1[3])
3 ( 5 ) I Can Hear Music - Beach Boys
4 ( 3 ) Time Of The Season - Zombies (#3)
5 ( 11 ) Sorry Suzanne - Hollies
6 ( 9 ) Good Times (Better Times) - Cliff Richard
7 ( 4 ) Dizzy - Tommy Roe (#2[1])
8 ( 8 ) Love Is Love - Barry Ryan
9 ( 6 ) Monsieur Dupont - Sandie Shaw (#5)
10 ( 20 ) Don Juan - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich

11 ( -- ) Boom Bang-A-Bang - Lulu
12 ( 17 ) I Spy (For The FBI) - Jamo Thomas And His Party Brothers Orchestra
13 ( 7 ) You Showed Me - Turtles (#1[2])
14 ( 23 ) Maria Elena - Gene Pitney
15 ( -- ) In The Bad Bad Old Days - Foundations
16 ( 14 ) One Road - Love Affair (#14)
17 ( 15 ) Traces - Classics IV (#15)
18 ( -- ) Harlem Shuffle - Bob And Earl
19 ( 10 ) Aquarius - Paul Jones (#6)
20 ( 13 ) Surround Yourself With Sorrow - Cilla Black (#12)

21 ( 19 ) Breakfast On Pluto - Don Partridge (#19)
22 ( 12 ) Games People Play - Joe South (#5)
23 ( 29 ) You Gave Me A Mountain - Frankie Laine
24 ( 34 ) Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
25 ( -- ) Rock Me - Steppenwolf
26 ( 28 ) To Susan On The West Coast Waiting - Donovan
27 ( 18 ) Crossroads - Cream (#11)
28 ( 16 ) (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice - Amen Corner (#4)
29 ( 36 ) Mr Sun Mr Moon - Paul Revere & The Raiders
30 ( 25 ) Runaway Child Running Wild - Temptations (#25)

31 ( -- ) Hot Smoke & Sasafrass - Bubble Puppy
32 ( 21 ) Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt (#12)
33 ( -- ) Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
34 ( -- ) Passing Strangers Sarah Vaughan And Billy Eckstine
35 ( 26 ) All The Love In The World - Consortium (#21)
36 ( 24 ) Indian Giver - 1910 Fruitgum Co. (#15)
37 ( 22 ) Move In A Little Closer Baby - Harmony Grass (#8)
38 ( 27 ) Soulshake - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (#22)
39 ( 30 ) Sweet Cream Ladies Forward March - Box Tops (#20)
40 ( 33 ) The Way It Used To Be - Engelbert Humperdinck (#28)

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-- ( 31 ) Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (#1[4])
-- ( 32 ) Soul Sister Brown Sugar - Sam And Dave (#18)
-- ( 35 ) You - Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon (#29)
-- ( 37 ) I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose - Marv Johnson (#10)
-- ( 38 ) I'm Livin' In Shame - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#36)
-- ( 39 ) Ready Or Not Here I Come - Delfonics (#19)
-- ( 40 ) Blackberry Way - Move (#2[3])

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-- ( -- ) Galveston Glen Campbell
-- ( -- ) May I Bill Deal & The Rhondells
-- ( -- ) Mendocino Sir Douglas Quintet
-- ( -- ) With Pen In Hand Vikki Carr

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The UK entry to Eurovision for 1969:

[o]

1 Zombies - Time Of The Season
2 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
3 Banana Splits - Tra La La Song
4 Tommy Roe - Dizzy
5 Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
6 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
7 Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music
8 Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind
9 Temptations – Get ready
10 Martha & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
11 Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
12 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
13 Hollies – Sorry Suzanne
14 Lulu – Boom bang-a-bang
15 Bob & Earl – Harlem shuffle
16 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My lovely
17 Canned Heat - Going Up The Country
18 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
19 Move - Blackberry Way
20 Foundations – In the bad old days

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Elvis Presley - IF I CAN DREAM
2 [5] :: Temptations - GET READY
3 [4] :: Glen Campbell - WICHITA LINEMAN
4 [6] :: Beach Boys - I CAN HEAR MUSIC
5 [2] :: Marvin Gaye - I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
6 [3] :: Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME
7 [7] :: Peter Sarstedt - WHERE DO YOU GO TO MY LOVELY
8 [new] :: Bob & Earl - HARLEM SHUFFLE
9 [10] :: Joe South - GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
10 [9] :: Johnny Nash - YOU GOT SOUL
11 [8] :: Banana Splits - TRA LA LA SONG
12 [11] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - YOU AIN'T LIVIN' TILL YOU'RE LOVIN'
13 [13] :: MC5 - KICK OUT THE JAMS
14 [14] :: Beatles - BACK IN THE USSR {White Album LP track}
15 [17] :: Hollies - SORRY SUZANNE
16 [18] :: Staple Singers - LONG WALK TO D.C.
17 [20] :: Booker T & MGs - SOUL LIMBO
18 [new] :: Noel Harrison - WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
19 [new] :: Foundations - IN THE BAD BAD OLD DAYS
20 [new] :: Lulu - BOOM BANG-A-BANG

[popchartfreak]

8th March 1969

It's a first week on top for Glen Campbell's classic Jimmy Webb song, the third in the trilogy of sweeping Americana, and all 3 chart-toppers. In 2 and a half years of retro charting, Glen has had 13 chart entries - with loads still to come virtually till the day he died. The 5th Dimension beat their previous chart peak of 4 (Stoned Soul Picnic), Dave Dee & co get a 5th top 10, 3 of them chart-toppers, and Bob & Earl enter at 10 with the classic Harlem Shuffle. Younger folk expect to hear Jump Around from that intro, a good record but not AS good as Bob & Earl - for an example of how good it is you only need refer to the Rolling Stones pedestrian cover version by way of comparison.

Mama Cass equals Harmony Grass in getting Move In A Little Closer top 20, her 5th of 13 "hits" including Mamas & Papas, while Ray Stevens is back - his 4th entry, but his first reversion back to his earlier (pre-charting) comedy record era - Gitarzan is just great good-natured fun, maybe not endlessly playable, but then novelty records pall quickly on repetition. I've never got bored with this one, though, since I bought his Greatest Hits in 1975. At 57, the classy Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine bring their early 60's ballad back into the charts (so many oldies!), while Gary Lewis returns from his time away in Vietnam after being drafted, with a very good cover of Rhythm Of The Rain - probably with a vocal assist, given the rubbish result when he insisted doing lead vocal without overdubbing. Obviously being the son of Jerry Lewis meant nothing to the Draft Board unless you could pay for a doctor to sign you unfit with Bone-spurs....

In at 52, it's Eurovision time, Lulu gets the chalice, and I recall watching the 6 songs that were voted for. I think I liked Boom Bang-A-Bang best, though it's all a little hazy - Poor young Elton John/Bernie Taupin failed to win the vote with I Can't Go On Living Without You (a better song, probably). Still they did better than Lloyd-Webber/Rice's King Herod's Song (with different lyrics) which didn't make the final 6. Back in those days quality songwriters lined-up to write our entries. These days a dustman can throw one together cos hit production-line songwriters haven't got time to take away from lucrative collabs with Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Adele & the rest.

My Way enters for ol' Blue Eyes. As my preference has always been for Nancy, you don't have to worry about this rattling around my charts for the next 3 years, like the UK charts. Phew! It might be his signature tune, and I liked it a lot at the time, but it's nowhere near his best record. It is great for fab singers to show off their pipes in karaoke bars though. Grazing In The Grass, a vocal version this time, outdoes Hugh Masekela's peak of 70, from The Friends Of Distinction, It's Only Love (yet another future Elvis hit cover) debuts for B.J. Thomas - his 3rd - and King Curtis impressively involves an Allman Brother for his instrumental cover of the still-charting Joe South song. 

It's a 9th entry for Tommy James & co, Sweet Cherry Wine not one I'm that familiar with actually, Jackie Wilson gets another Eugene Record Chi-Lites gift, and Vikki Carr covers Billy Vera's With Pen In Hand which peaked at 45 in 1968 here. The Foundations get another entry, good but no Buttercup or Baby Now That...and that concludes the spiel!

1 ( 3 ) GALVESTON Glen Campbell # 1
2 ( 1 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
3 ( 4 ) AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (THE FLESH FAILURES) (MEDLEY) The 5th Dimension # 3
4 ( 2 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING The Righteous Brothers # 1
5 ( 5 ) RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner # 4
6 ( 16 ) DON JUAN Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich # 6
7 ( 9 ) I CAN HEAR MUSIC The Beach Boys # 7
8 ( 11 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison # 8
9 ( 6 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt # 1
10 ( NEW ) HARLEM SHUFFLE Bob & Earl # 10

11 ( 8 ) DIZZY Tommy Roe # 1
12 ( 7 ) (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner # 1
13 ( 18 ) LOVE IS LOVE Barry Ryan # 13
14 ( 10 ) SHE’S NOT THERE Neil McArthur aka Colin Blunstone # 10
15 ( 17 ) BREAKFAST IN BED Dusty Springfield # 15
16 ( 12 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin # 9
17 ( 13 ) I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Nina Simone # 8
18 ( 31 ) GET READY The Temptations # 18
19 ( 15 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees # 1
20 ( 37 ) MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER BABY Mama Cass # 20

21 ( 28 ) TIME IS TIGHT Booker T & The MG’s # 21
22 ( 14 ) TOO LATE TO WORRY, TOO BLUE TO CRY Esther Phillips # 10
23 ( 30 ) ONE ROAD The Love Affair # 23
24 ( 19 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye # 1
25 ( 35 ) HEY BULLDOG The Beatles # 25
26 ( 20 ) DANCING IN THE STREET Martha & The Vandellas # 7
27 ( 24 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan # 1
28 ( 22 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac # 2
29 ( 23 ) TIME OF THE SEASON The Zombies # 4
30 ( 36 ) TEARDROP CITY The Monkees # 30

31 ( 21 ) BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 5
32 ( 26 ) SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SORROW Cilla Black # 26
33 ( 25 ) HELLO IT’S ME Nazz featuring Todd Rundgren # 9
34 ( 29 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell # 1
35 ( 40 ) YOU’VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY Blood, Sweat & Tears # 35
36 ( 42 ) GOOD TIMES (BETTER TIMES) Cliff Richard # 36
37 ( 44 ) ALL TOGETHER NOW The Beatles # 37
38 ( 27 ) MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER BABY Harmony Grass # 18
39 ( 46 ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies # 39
40 ( 32 ) LOVE LIGHT The Archies # 4

41 ( 34 ) THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Dionne Warwick # 18
42 ( 33 ) MONSIEUR DUPONT Sandie Shaw # 33
43 ( NEW ) GITARZAN Ray Stevens # 43
44 ( 53 ) IT’S YOUR THING The Isley Brothers # 44
45 ( 38 ) BLACKBERRY WAY The Move # 2
46 ( NEW ) RHYTHM OF THE RAIN Gary Lewis & The Playboys # 46
47 ( 49 ) HAIR The Cowsills # 47
48 ( 43 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes # 1
49 ( 59 ) MARIA ELENA (I’M GOING TO WAR) Gene Pitney # 49
50 ( 47 ) GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN’ Crazy Elephant # 47

51 ( 39 ) THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett # 16
52 ( NEW ) BOOM BANG-A-BANG Lulu # 52
53 ( 65 ) ARE YOU READY The Chambers Brothers # 53
54 ( 58 ) SING A SIMPLE SONG Sly & The Family Stone # 54
55 ( 60 ) BREAKFAST ON PLUTO Don Partridge # 55
56 ( 52 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers # 3
57 ( NEW ) PASSING STRANGERS Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine # 57
58 ( 41 ) BABY MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD The Five Stairsteps # 27
59 ( 64 ) I SPY (FOR THE FBI) Jamo Thomas # 59
60 ( NEW ) MY WAY Frank Sinatra # 60

61 ( 63 ) YOU’D BETTER GO Nancy Wilson # 61
62 ( 50 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South # 7
63 ( 51 ) SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture # 2
64 ( 67 ) DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME Dusty Springfield # 64
65 ( NEW ) GRAZING IN THE GRASS The Friends Of Distinction # 65
66 ( NEW ) IN THE BAD BAD OLD DAYS The Foundations # 66
67 ( 68 ) I’LL TRY SOMETHING NEW Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations # 67
68 ( 72 ) DON’T GIVE IN TO HIM Gary Puckett & The Union Gap # 68
69 ( 73 ) IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT Paul Anka # 69
70 ( 75 ) L.U.V. (LET US VOTE) Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart # 70

71 ( NEW ) IT’S ONLY LOVE B.J. Thomas # 71
72 ( NEW ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY King Curtis & The Kingpins featuring Duane Allman # 72
73 ( NEW ) SWEET CHERRY WINE Tommy James & The Shondells # 73
74 ( NEW ) I STILL LOVE YOU Jackie Wilson # 74
75 ( NEW ) WITH PEN IN HAND Vikki Carr # 75

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RETRO THEN

1 ( 3 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt
2 ( 2 ) MONSIEUR DUPONT Sandie Shaw
3 ( 1 ) (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner
4 ( 7 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin
5 ( 12 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees
6 ( 4 ) I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
7 ( 10 ) GOOD TIMES (BETTER TIMES) Cliff Richard
8 ( 11 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
9 ( 6 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
10 ( 13 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley

11 ( 5 ) SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SORROW Cilla Black
12 ( NEW ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison
13 ( NEW ) BOOM BANG A BANG Lulu
14 ( 9 ) PLEASE DON'T GO Donald Peers
15 ( NEW ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies
16 ( 8 ) BLACKBERRY WAY The Move
17 ( 20 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South
18 ( 18 ) I CAN HEAR MUSIC The Beach Boys
19 ( 15 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
20 ( 14 ) THE WAY IT USED TO BE Engelbert Humperdinck