Haven Retro Combined Chart : 15.03.1969

[smokeyb]

A big change at the top this week, the Beach Boys jump from number 6 to the top spot.

Noel Harrison leaps from 16 up to 2, the Zombies are stuck at 3, with the Bee Gees down at 4

and Tommy Roe stays at 5.



Last week's number 1 who had spent 5 weeks at the top, make the biggest fall from number 1 since

the retro chart began falling to 19.



There are 11 new entries this week, the highest is Bob & Earl at number 18.



The biggest climber this week is Noel Harrison who jumps 14 places to number 2.



The biggest faller is the Turtles who fall 46 places.


15.03.1969 (Week # 11)


1 (06) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music - 86 points (20-6-1) 3 wks

2 (16) Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind - 72 points (22-16-2) 3 wks

3 (03) Zombies - Time Of The Season - 71 points (22-8-8-6-4-3-3) 7 wks

4 (02) Bee Gees – First Of May - 67 points (13-8-2-4) 4 wks

5 (05) Tommy Roe - Dizzy - 60 points (29-26-26-28-31-19-9-5-5-5) 10 wks

6 (07) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary - 58 points (22-8-6-7-6) 5 wks

7 (04) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 51 points (38-12-8-8-5-4-5-4-4-7-10-12-31-x-14-5-3-4-7) 18 wks

8 (20) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream - 49 points (35-38-40-x-20-8) 5 wks

9 (18) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne - 48 points (18-9) 2 wks

10 (08) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely - 46 points (19-3-2-2-8-10) 6 wks

11 (10) Righteous Brothers-You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - 46 points (33-18-7-10-11) 5 wks

12 (13) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind - 39 points (17-14-13-12) 4 wks

13 (15) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 38 points (34-28-28-22-12-12-15-18-18-17-25-x-23-11-11-9-15-13) 17 wks

14 (25) Temptations – Get Ready - 38 points (25-14) 2 wks

15 (14) Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High - 37 points (15-14-15) 3 wks

16 (21) Barry Ryan - Love Is Love - 36 points (24-21-16) 3 wks

17 (11) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont - 33 points (25-14-12-11-17) 5 wks

18 (NE) Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 33 points 1 wk

19 (01) Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice - 32 points (12-1-1-1-1-1-19) 7 wks

20 (17) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 32 points (36-24-40-x-21-10-5-4-11-17-20) 10 wks

21 (09) Banana Splits - Tra La La Song - 28 points (18-13-12-10-9-21) 6 wks

22 (24) Glen Campbell - Galveston - 28 points (37-33-24-22) 4 wks

23 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan - 27 points 1 wk

24 (19) Joe South - Games People Play - 26 points (24-21-19-19-24) 5 wks

25 (12) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow - 22 points (24-16-12-25) 4 wks

26 (NE) Temptations – Runaway Child, Running Wild - 20 points 1 wk

27 (26) Long John Baldry - It's Too Late Now - 19 points (35-30-26-27) 4 wks

28 (22) Paul Jones - Aquarius - 19 points (30-22-18-22-28) 5 wks

29 (NE) MC5 - Kick Out The Jams - 19 points 1 wk

30 (28) Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose - 19 points (22-14-6-6-7-17-28-30) 8 wks

31 (NE) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang - 18 points 1 wk

32 (NE) Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 18 points 1 wk

33 (NE) Consortium - All The Love In The World - 18 points 1 wk

34 (37) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - 18 points (39-37-34) 3 wks

35 (31) Delfonics – Somebody Loves You - 18 points (34-33-32-31-35) 5 wks

36 (29) Beatles - Hey Bulldog - 17 points (36-29-36) 3 wks

37 (32) Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be - 17 points (40-32-37) 3 wks

38 (NE) Cliff Richard - Good Times (Better Times) - 17 points 1 wk

39 (38) Gloria Walker & The Chevelles – Please Don’t Desert Me Baby - 16 points (28-33-33-37-39-38-38-39) 8 wks

40 (40) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You - 14 points (40-40) 2 wks

40 (NE) Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 14 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Classics IV - Traces - 14 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing - 14 points 1 wk


Dropped Out

48 (36) Martha & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street - 11 points (21-10-8-3-4-16-23-36)

58 (34) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 8 points (26-28-28-26-30-36-28-17-12-13-18-21-27-29-27-34)

59 (13) Turtles – You Showed Me - 8 points (19-16-11-9-10-13-23)

65 (39) Cream - Crossroads - 6 points (27-25-39)

- (27) Peggy March - Hey, Das Ist Musik Fur Dich - 0 points (28-27)

- (30) Dana - Look Around - 0 points (34-31-30)

- (33) Jackie Trent - I'll Be There - 0 points (33)

- (35) Gene and Debbe - Memories Are Made Of This - 0 points (39-29-27-32-38-40-35)

- (40) Connie Francis - The Wedding Cake - 0 points (30-29-32-37-40)

Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o and a frozen chart from  darkstar79


I will leave this open until end of next week

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 22.03.1969

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

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=22&ChMonth=03&ChYear=1969&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Earl Purple]

The top 2 in the combi-chart are also my top 2 this week but in the reverse order.

1 ( 1 ) The Windmills Of Your Mind - Noel Harrison < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) I Can Hear Music - Beach Boys
3 ( 5 ) Sorry Suzanne - Hollies
4 ( -- ) Pinball Wizard - Who
5 ( 11 ) Boom Bang-A-Bang - Lulu
6 ( 2 ) Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#1[3])
7 ( 6 ) Good Times (Better Times) - Cliff Richard
8 ( -- ) The Israelites - Desmond Dekker And The Aces
9 ( 15 ) In The Bad Bad Old Days - Foundations
10 ( 4 ) Time Of The Season - Zombies (#3)

11 ( 10 ) Don Juan - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (#10)
12 ( 18 ) Harlem Shuffle - Bob And Earl
13 ( 8 ) Love Is Love - Barry Ryan
14 ( 12 ) I Spy (For The FBI) - Jamo Thomas And His Party Brothers Orchestra
15 ( 14 ) Maria Elena - Gene Pitney
16 ( 7 ) Dizzy - Tommy Roe (#2[1])
17 ( 9 ) Monsieur Dupont - Sandie Shaw (#5)
18 ( 25 ) Rock Me - Steppenwolf
19 ( -- ) Hello World - Tremeloes
20 ( 24 ) Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler

21 ( 31 ) Hot Smoke & Sasafrass - Bubble Puppy
22 ( 23 ) You Gave Me A Mountain - Frankie Laine
23 ( 16 ) One Road - Love Affair (#14)
24 ( 13 ) You Showed Me - Turtles (#1[2])
25 ( 17 ) Traces - Classics IV (#15)
26 ( 33 ) Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
27 ( 34 ) Passing Strangers Sarah Vaughan And Billy Eckstine
28 ( -- ) Afterglow Of Your Love - Small Faces
29 ( 21 ) Breakfast On Pluto - Don Partridge (#19)
30 ( 29 ) Mr Sun Mr Moon - Paul Revere & The Raiders

31 ( 26 ) To Susan On The West Coast Waiting - Donovan
32 ( 20 ) Surround Yourself With Sorrow - Cilla Black (#12)
33 ( 19 ) Aquarius - Paul Jones (#6)
34 ( 22 ) Games People Play - Joe South (#5)
35 ( -- ) Sophisticated Cissy - Meters
36 ( 30 ) Runaway Child Running Wild - Temptations (#25)
37 ( 27 ) Crossroads - Cream (#11)
38 ( 28 ) (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice - Amen Corner (#4)
39 ( -- ) Don't Give It To Him - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
40 ( 32 ) Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) - Peter Sarstedt (#12)

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-- ( 35 ) All The Love In The World - Consortium (#21)
-- ( 36 ) Indian Giver - 1910 Fruitgum Co. (#15)
-- ( 37 ) Move In A Little Closer Baby - Harmony Grass (#8)
-- ( 38 ) Soulshake - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (#22)
-- ( 39 ) Sweet Cream Ladies Forward March - Box Tops (#20)
-- ( 40 ) The Way It Used To Be - Engelbert Humperdinck (#28)

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-- ( -- ) Twenty Five Miles - Edwin Starr
-- ( -- ) I Don't Know Why (I Love You) - Stevie Wonder
-- ( -- ) Do Your Thing - Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
-- ( -- ) I'll Try Something New - Diana Ross & The Supremes
-- ( -- ) Sanctus (From Missa Luba) - Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin

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In the UK they reached number 2 with My Generation and I'm A Boy. In my chart #1 with Substitute in 1966 and this song looks likely to follow as it flies in at number 4 this week.

[darkstar79]

01 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (2 wks)
02 The Dynamics – Ice Cream Song (1 wk)
03 The Delfonics – Somebody Loves You (6 wks)
04 Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose (9 wks)
05 Bee Gees – First Of May (5 wks)
06 Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (8 wks)
07 The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (3 wks)
08 The Temptations – Runaway Child, Running Wild (6 wks)
09 Gloria Walker & The Chevelles – Please Don’t Desert Me Baby (9 wks)
10 Aretha Franklin – Tracks Of My Tears (4 wks)

11 Wilson Pickett – Mini Skirt Minnie (1 wk)
12 Mack Rice – Coal Man & Love’s A Mother Brother (5 wks)
13 Jackie Wilson – I Still Love You (1 wk)
14 Bobby Womack – I Left My Heart In San Francisco (2 wks)
15 Ann Margret & Lee Hazelwood – Sleep In The Grass (9 wks)
16 Nancy Sinatra – God Knows I Love You (4 wks)
17 David Ruffin – My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) (6 wks)
18 Solomon Burke – Uptight Good Woman (5 wks)
19 Foundations – In The Bad Bad Old Days (2 wks)
20 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Didn’t You Know (You’d Have To Cry Sometime) (3 wks)

21 Eddie Floyd – I've Gotta Have Your Love (7 wks)
22 Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations – I’ll Try Something (3 wks)
23 Sly And The Family – Stone Sing A Simple Song (4 wks)
24 The Impressions – My Deceiving Heart (5 wks)
25 Blinky – I Wouldn’t Change The Man He Is (6 wks)
26 Nancy Wilson – You’d Better Go (2 wks)
27 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By (8 wks)
28 Aretha Franklin – The Weight (5 wks)
29 The Dells – Hallways Of My Mind (4 wks)
30 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' (9 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Glen Campbell - Witcheta Lineman (8 wks)
2 (3) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (3 wks)
3 (2) Zombies - Time Of The Season (9 wks)
4 (11) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (4 wks)
5 (5) Bee Gees - First Of May (5 wks)
6 (12) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (4 wks)
7 (14) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (4 wks)
8 (10) Consortium - All The Love In The World (6 wks)
9 (4) Paul Jones - Aquarius (7 wks)
10 (13) Love Affair - One Road (5 wks)
11 (9) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (6 wks)
12 (18) Joe South - Games People Play (3 wks)
13 (21) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan (3 wks)
14 (20) Temptations - Get Ready (3 wks)
15 (19) Cliff Richard - Good Times (4 wks)
16 (23) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (2 wks)
17 (6) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (7 wks)
18 (7) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (6 wks)
19 (29) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (2 wks)
20 (30) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (2 wks)
21 (8) Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling (6 wks)
22 (NE) Small Faces - Afterglow Of Your Love (1 wk)
23 (NE) Who - Pinball Wizard (1 wk)
24 (NE) Tremeloes - Hello World (1wk)
25 (15) Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (6 wks)
26 (NE) Sly & Family Stone - Everyday People (1 wk)
27 (16) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (6 wks)
28 (17) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (7 wks)
29 (NE) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (1 wk)
30 (NE) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1 wk)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Elvis Presley – If I Can Dream
02(11) Joe South – Games People Play
03(08) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind
04(05) Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music
05(02) Long John Baldry - It's Too Late Now
06(18) The Temptations – Get Ready
07(03) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind
08(22) Mama Cass – Move In A Little Closer Baby
09(10) Dick Emery – If You Love Her
10(04) Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be

11(06) Barry Ryan - Love Is Love
12(19) Gene Pitney - Maria Elena
13(09) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
14(33) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days
15(31) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang
16(23) The Hollies – Sorry Suzanne
17(36) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle
18(32) Vikki Carr - With Pen On Hand
19(07) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You
20(13) Glen Campbell – Galveston

21(40) Elvis Presley – Memories
22(--) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
26(--) Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
27(--) The Who - Pinball Wizard
28(--) The Tremeloes - Hello World
29(45) Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers

31(--) Small Faces - Afterglow Of Your Love
33(--) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
40(--) Troubadours Du Roi Baud - Sanctus (From Missa Luba)

[raliverpool]

22/03/1969

1 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (7wks 23-14-6-2-1-1-1)
2 Tommy Roe - Dizzy (5wks 20-10-5-2-2)
3 Zombies - Time Of The Season (4wks 16-10-6-3)
4 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (4wks 15-6-3-4)
5 Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (5wks 16-11-7-5-5)
6 MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (3wks 24-10-6)
7 Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (4wks 23-17-9-7)
8 Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (4wks 26-12-7-8)
9 Classics IV - Traces (5wks 26-19-16-11-9)
10 Bee Gees - First Of May (4wks 34-20-12-10)

11 Beatles - Hey Bulldog (5wks 11-4-2-4-11)
12 Stevie Wonder - I Don't Know Why (4wks 37-22-14-12)
13 Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (2wks 23-13)
14 Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed (2wks 26-14)
15 Temptations - Runaway Child Running Wild (4wks 35-23-16-15)
16 Glen Campbell - Galveston (2wks 24-16)
17 Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (5wks 31-22-19-17-17)
18 Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (8wks 28-15-6-4-3-3-8-18)
19 Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (2wks 29-19)
20 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Small Faces - Wham Bam Thank You Man (1wk 21 NEW)
22 David Ruffin - My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) (4wks 36-30-22-22)
23 Edwin Starr - 25 Miles (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Jerry Butler - Only The Strong Survive (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Marianne Faithfull - Sister Morphine (2wks 40-25)
26 1910 Fruitgum Co. - Indian Giver (2wks 31-26)
27 Love Affair - One Road (2wks 35-27)
28 Cream - Crossroads (7wks 25-15-10-8-8-15-28)
29 Spirit - I Got A Line On You (2wks 32-29)
30 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (12wks 26-19-10-7-5-4-2-1-1-4-13-30)

31 Beatles - It's All Too Much (43wks 39-29-25-31)
32 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou (5wks 33-21-18-19-32)
33 Dionne Warwick - This Girl's In Love With You (6wks 27-22-17-15-18-33)
34 The Ivys (Badfinger) - Maybe Tomorrow (3wks 34-28-35)
35 Steppenwolf - Rock Me (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Small Faces - Afterglow Of Your Love (1wk 37 NEW)

38 Flying Burrito Bros - Hot Burrito #1 (1wk 38 NEW)

39 Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (2wks 38-39)

40 Paul Revere & The Raiders - Mr. Sun Mr. Moon (1wk 40 NEW)

Taken from the Country rock band's debut album The Gilded Palace of Sin. The group formed by Byrds members Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, as well as pianist and bassist Chris Ethridge and pedal steel guitarist Sneaky Pete Kleinow, and future Eagles founder Bernie Leadon. They released this longing ballad written by Parsons & Ethridge, which was otherwise known as "I'm Your Toy" (later covered by Elvis Costello).

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Temptations - GET READY
2 [1] :: Elvis Presley - IF I CAN DREAM
3 [new] :: Sly & Family Stone - EVERYDAY PEOPLE
4 [3] :: Glen Campbell - WICHITA LINEMAN
5 [new] :: Desmond Dekker & The Aces - ISRAELITES
6 [5] :: Marvin Gaye - I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
7 [4] :: Beach Boys - I CAN HEAR MUSIC
8 [6] :: Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME
9 [new] :: Who - PINBALL WIZARD
10 [8] :: Bob & Earl - HARLEM SHUFFLE
11 [9] :: Joe South - GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
12 [18] :: Noel Harrison - WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
13 [15] :: Hollies - SORRY SUZANNE
14 [13] :: MC5 - KICK OUT THE JAMS
15 [11] :: Banana Splits - TRA LA LA SONG
16 [new] :: Stevie Wonder - MY CHERIE AMOUR
17 [12] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - YOU AIN'T LIVIN' TILL YOU'RE LOVIN'
18 [new] :: Small Faces - AFTERGLOW OF YOUR LOVE
19 [7] :: Peter Sarstedt - WHERE DO YOU GO TO MY LOVELY
20 [20] :: Lulu - BOOM BANG-A-BANG


Spoilt for choice with this week's new entries. But the best is unquestionably this one:-

[o]

1 Zombies - Time Of The Season
2 Banana Splits - Tra La La Song
3 Tommy Roe - Dizzy
4 Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
5 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
6 Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music
7 Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind
8 Temptations – Get ready
9 Bob & Earl – Harlem shuffle
10 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
11 Who - Pinball Wizard
12 Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
13 Martha & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
14 Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
15 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
16 Hollies – Sorry Suzanne
17 Lulu – Boom bang-a-bang
18 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
19 Foundations – In the bad old days
20 Sly & Family Stone - Everyday People

[popchartfreak]

16th March 1969

It's a first week on top for The 5th Dimension, their first chart-topper, with the Hair Medley, as the title song becomes the 3rd song from the musical to go top 30 for The Cowsills. Highest new entry is in at 10 for Desmond Dekker, outdoing 007 in fell swoop as his famous ska classic out-performs new entries from Stevie Wonder (My Cherie Amour, a fave of mine at the time, as was Desmond's) and The Who's Tommy single Pinball Wizard, at 25 and 34 respectively. It's The Who's 3rd top 40, and Stevie's 4th. Pinball Wizard would be back in 1973 for the New Seekers, and top my charts in 1976 for Elton John's single from the film of Tommy, platform shoes galore.

Both Ray Stevens gets a 3rd top 40 with Gitarzan and The Isley Brothers a 4th with It's Your Thing. The Trems return with Hello World, their 9th chart entry, as The Flying Burrito Brothers debut with a future Elvis Costello cover. Lulu enters with her Elton John song that failed to get voted in to be the UK entry for Eurovision, and Les Troubadours (etc) sneak in with a song that couldnt in a million years ever chart in these 2-dimensional chart days, yet sold enough after appearing in the film If...., the counter-culture X-Rated Palm D'Ors winner at Cannes. Set in a public school, I remember seeing it for the first time late one evening in the mid-70's when this track came on. I knew the tune, but didn't know I knew the tune - if you know what I mean. I got hold of it on a budget "Hits of 1968" vinyl album soon after and it clicked. So what is it? It's a 1958 Katanga province vocal version and African-styled musical version of a Latin mass originating from the Missa Luba, a Democratic Republic Of Congo religious piece written by Father Guido Haazen, a Belgian Franciscan friar. So now you know....!




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

11 ( 9 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt # 1
12 ( 11 ) DIZZY Tommy Roe # 1
13 ( 13 ) LOVE IS LOVE Barry Ryan # 13
14 ( 12 ) (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner # 1
15 ( 18 ) GET READY The Temptations # 15
16 ( 20 ) MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER BABY Mama Cass # 16
17 ( 15 ) BREAKFAST IN BED Dusty Springfield # 15
18 ( 14 ) SHE’S NOT THERE Neil McArthur aka Colin Blunstone # 10
19 ( 25 ) HEY BULLDOG The Beatles # 19
20 ( 21 ) TIME IS TIGHT Booker T & The MG’s # 20

21 ( 19 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees # 1
22 ( 16 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin # 9
23 ( 23 ) ONE ROAD The Love Affair # 23
24 ( 17 ) I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Nina Simone # 8
25 ( NEW ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder # 25
26 ( 22 ) TOO LATE TO WORRY, TOO BLUE TO CRY Esther Phillips # 10
27 ( 24 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye # 1
28 ( 47 ) HAIR The Cowsills # 28
29 ( 37 ) ALL TOGETHER NOW The Beatles # 29
30 ( 27 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan # 1

31 ( 43 ) GITARZAN Ray Stevens # 31
32 ( 39 ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies # 32
33 ( 36 ) GOOD TIMES (BETTER TIMES) Cliff Richard # 33
34 ( NEW ) PINBALL WIZARD The Who # 34
35 ( 34 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell # 1
36 ( 29 ) TIME OF THE SEASON The Zombies # 4
37 ( 57 ) PASSING STRANGERS Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine # 37
38 ( 26 ) DANCING IN THE STREET Martha & The Vandellas # 7
39 ( 44 ) IT’S YOUR THING The Isley Brothers # 39
40 ( 28 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac # 2

41 ( 46 ) RHYTHM OF THE RAIN Gary Lewis & The Playboys # 41
42 ( 35 ) YOU’VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY Blood, Sweat & Tears # 35
43 ( 49 ) MARIA ELENA (I’M GOING TO WAR) Gene Pitney # 43
44 ( 52 ) BOOM BANG-A-BANG Lulu # 44
45 ( 30 ) TEARDROP CITY The Monkees # 30
46 ( 31 ) BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 5
47 ( 55 ) BREAKFAST ON PLUTO Don Partridge # 47
48 ( 32 ) SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SORROW Cilla Black # 26
49 ( NEW ) HELLO WORLD The Tremeloes # 49
50 ( 40 ) LOVE LIGHT The Archies # 4

51 ( 33 ) HELLO IT’S ME Nazz featuring Todd Rundgren # 9
52 ( 53 ) ARE YOU READY The Chambers Brothers # 52
53 ( 48 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes # 1
54 ( 54 ) SING A SIMPLE SONG Sly & The Family Stone # 54
55 ( 41 ) THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Dionne Warwick # 18
56 ( 45 ) BLACKBERRY WAY The Move # 2
57 ( 67 ) I’LL TRY SOMETHING NEW Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations # 57
58 ( 60 ) MY WAY Frank Sinatra # 58
59 ( 61 ) YOU’D BETTER GO Nancy Wilson # 59
60 ( 64 ) DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME Dusty Springfield # 60

61 ( 38 ) MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER BABY Harmony Grass # 18
62 ( 66 ) IN THE BAD BAD OLD DAYS The Foundations # 62
63 ( 65 ) GRAZING IN THE GRASS The Friends Of Distinction # 63
64 ( 56 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers # 3
65 ( 59 ) I SPY (FOR THE FBI) Jamo Thomas # 59
66 ( NEW ) HOT BURRITO #1 (I’M YOUR TOY) Flying Burrito Brothers # 66
67 ( 68 ) DON’T GIVE IN TO HIM Gary Puckett & The Union Gap # 67
68 ( 70 ) L.U.V. (LET US VOTE) Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart # 68
69 ( 73 ) SWEET CHERRY WINE Tommy James & The Shondells # 69
70 ( 71 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE B.J. Thomas # 70

71 ( 72 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY King Curtis & The Kingpins featuring Duane Allman # 71
72 ( NEW ) SANCTUS (FROM MISSA LUBA) Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin # 72
73 ( 42 ) MONSIEUR DUPONT Sandie Shaw # 33
74 ( 74 ) I STILL LOVE YOU Jackie Wilson # 74
75 ( NEW ) I CAN’T GO ON LIVING WITHOUT YOU Lulu # 75


wot I liked that week then


1 ( 1 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt
2 ( 2 ) MONSIEUR DUPONT Sandie Shaw
3 ( 7 ) GOOD TIMES (BETTER TIMES) Cliff Richard
4 ( 13 ) BOOM BANG A BANG Lulu
5 ( 5 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees
6 ( 12 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison
7 ( 3 ) (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner
8 ( 10 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley
9 ( 4 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin
10 ( 15 ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies

11 ( 8 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
12 ( 6 ) I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
13 ( 9 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
14 ( 17 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South
15 ( 11 ) SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SORROW Cilla Black
16 ( 14 ) PLEASE DON'T GO Donald Peers
17 ( 18 ) I CAN HEAR MUSIC The Beach Boys
18 ( NEW ) IN THE BAD BAD OLD DAYS The Foundations
19 ( NEW ) GET READY The Temptations
20 ( 19 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers