Haven Retro Combined Chart : 29.03.1969

[smokeyb]

Third new number one in 3 weeks, as Bob & Earl get their first chart topper.

The Who are up to 2, Noel Harrison falls to 3, the Beach Boys drop to 4 and Desmond Dekker is up to 5.



There are 5 new entries this week, the highest is Stevie Wonder at number 17.



The biggest climber is Sly & Family Stone whojump up 17 places to number 14.



The biggest faller is Barry Ryan who drops 44 places.



29.03.1969 (Week # 13)


1 (03) Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 101 points (18-3-1) 3 wks

2 (12) Who - Pinball Wizard - 91 points (12-2) 2 wks

3 (01) Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind - 87 points (22-16-2-1-3) 5 wks

4 (02) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music - 78 points (20-6-1-2-4) 5 wks

5 (10) Desmond Dekker & Aces - The Israelites - 76 points (10-5) 2 wks

6 (06) Temptations – Get Ready - 75 points (25-14-6-6) 4 wks

7 (05) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne - 63 points (18-9-5-7) 4 wks

8 (08) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream - 54 points (35-38-40-x-20-8-8-8) 7 wks

9 (04) Zombies - Time Of The Season - 48 points (22-8-8-6-4-3-3-4-9) 9 wks

10 (17) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang - 45 points (31-17-10) 3 wks

11 (07) Bee Gees – First Of May - 42 points (13-8-2-4-7-11) 6 wks

12 (13) Joe South - Games People Play - 39 points (24-21-19-19-24-13-12) 7 wks

13 (09) Tommy Roe - Dizzy - 38 points (29-26-26-28-31-19-9-5-5-5-9-13) 12 wks

14 (31) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 37 points (26-28-28-26-30-36-28-17-12-13-18-21-27-29-27-34-x-31-14) 18 wks

15 (23) Foundataions - In The Bad Bad Old Days - 36 points (23-15) 2 wks

16 (11) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary - 35 points (22-8-6-7-6-11-16) 7 wks

17 (NE) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - 35 points 1 wk

18 (15) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan - 32 points (23-15-18) 3 wks

19 (27) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - 32 points (39-37-34-27-19) 5 wks

20 (14) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 31 points (34-28-28-22-12-12-15-18-18-17-25-x-23-11-11-9-15-13-14-20) 19 wks

21 (25) Glen Campbell - Galveston - 31 points (37-33-24-22-25-21) 6 wks

22 (19) Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High - 30 points (15-14-15-19-22) 5 wks

23 (NE) Tremeloes - Hello World - 28 points 1 wk

24 (16) Righteous Brothers-You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - 25 points (33-18-7-10-11-16-24) 7 wks

25 (21) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 24 points (36-24-40-x-21-10-5-4-11-17-20-21-25) 12 wks

26 (NE) Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer - 20 points 1 wk

27 (29) Dynamics – Ice Cream Song - 19 points (29-27) 2 wks

28 (39) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow - 18 points (24-16-12-25-39-28) 6 wks

29 (32) Delfonics – Somebody Loves You - 18 points (34-33-32-31-35-32-29) 7 wks

30 (35) Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose - 17 points (22-14-6-6-7-17-28-30-35-30) 10 wks

31 (NE) Monkees - Teardrop City - 17 points 1 wk

32 (24) Banana Splits - Tra La La Song - 17 points (18-13-12-10-9-21-24-32) 8 wks

33 (20) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind - 15 points (17-14-13-12-20-33) 6 wks

34 (34) Mama Cass - Move In A Little Closer Baby - 15 points (34-34) 2 wks

35 (26) MC5 - Kick Out The Jams - 14 points (29-26-35) 3 wks

36 (NE) Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing - 36 points 1 wk

37 (28) Cliff Richard - Good Times (Better Times) - 14 points (38-28-37) 3 wks

38 (36) Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 13 points (32-36-38) 3 wks

39 (30) Temptations – Runaway Child, Running Wild - 13 points (26-30-39) 3 wks

40 (18) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 13 points (38-12-8-8-5-4-5-4-4-7-10-12-31-x-14-5-3-4-7-18-40) 20 wks



Dropped Out

45 (38) Long John Baldry - It's Too Late Now - 11 points (35-30-26-27-38)

53 (40) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely - 8 points (19-3-2-2-8-10-40)

66 (22) Barry Ryan - Love Is Love - 4 points (24-21-16-22)

74 (37) Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice - 2 points (12-1-1-1-1-1-19-37)

- (33) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont - 0 points (25-14-12-11-17-33)


Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o and darkstar79


I will leave this open until end of next week

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 05.04.1969

1 (1) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (8 wk) (#1)
2 (5) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (9 wk) (#2)
3 (4) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (5 wk) (#3)
4 (9) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (4 wk) (#4)
5 (21) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (3 wk) (#5)
6 (8) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (8 wk) (#6)
7 (2) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (9 wk) (#1)
8 (6) Joe South - Games People Play (5 wk) (#6)
9 (15) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (4 wk) (#9)
10 (7) Bee Gees - First Of May (7 wk) (#6)
11 (3) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (8 wk) (#3)
12 (12) Cliff Richard - Good Times (6 wk) (#12)
13 (10) Temptations - Get Ready (5 wk) (#10)
14 (16) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (6 wk) (#14)
15 (11) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (6 wk) (#11)
16 (13) Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be (9 wk) (#3)
17 (25) Who - Pinball Wizard (3 wk) (#17)
18 (18) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (6 wk) (#18)
19 (14) Glen Campbell - Witcheta Lineman (10 wk) (#7)
20 (17) Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling (8 wk) (#10)
21 (23) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (4 wk) (#21)
22 (22) Tremeloes - Hello World (3 wk) (#22)
23 (20) Donald Peers - Please Don't Go (16 wk) (#3)
24 (19) Love Affair - One Road (7 wk) (#16)
25 (NE) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (1 wk) (#25)
26 (29) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (3 wk) (#26)
27 (24) Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers (4 wk) (#24)
28 (NE) Johnny Nash - Cupid (1 wk) (#28)
29 (26) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan (5 wk) (#23)
30 (30) Gene Pitney - Maria Elena (5 wk) (#25)
31 (31) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (10 wk)(# 3)
32 (35) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La -Do (17 wk) (#1)
33 (NE) Equals - Michael & the Slipper Tree (1 wk) (#33)
34 (32) Troubadours Du Roi Baud - Sanctus (From Missa Luba) (3 wk) (#32)
35 (43) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (18 wk) (#1)
36 (44) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (2 wk) (#36)
37 (34) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (22 wk) (#1)
38 (28) Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (10 wk) (#1)
39 (46) The Marbles - The Walls Fell Down (2 wk) (#39)
40 (27) Marv Johnson - I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose (11 wk) (#10)
41 (36) Consortium - All The Love In The World (8 wk) (#22)
42 (33) Inez & Charlie Foxx - Mockingbird (5 wk) (#33)
43 (NE) Second City Sound - Dream Of Olwen (1 wk) (#43)
44 (NE) Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner (1 wk) (#44)
45 (41) Tony Blackburn - It's Only Love (2 wk) (#41)
46 (37) Don Partridge - Breakfast On Pluto (7 wk) (#26)
47 (49) Martha & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (12 wk) (#4)
48 (NE) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples (1 wk) (#48)
49 (NE) Jackie Trent - I'll Be There (1 wk) (#49)
50 (NE) Frank Sinatra - My Way (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19690405&ChMode=P

[smokeyb]

Line up on TOTP for this week was:


(1) MARVIN GAYE – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (and charts)

(12) CLIFF RICHARD – Good Times (Better Times)

(8) JOE SOUTH – Games People Play (crowd dancing)

(4) LULU – Boom Bang-A-Bang

(25) MARY HOPKIN – Goodbye

(18) THE BEACH BOYS – I Can Hear Music (video)

(9) THE FOUNDATIONS – In The Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)

(3) THE HOLLIES – Sorry Suzanne ®

(39) THE MARBLES – The Walls Fell Down

(1) MARVIN GAYE – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 

Presenter - Alan Freeman

[darkstar79]

01 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (4 wks)
02 The Dynamics – Ice Cream Song (3 wks)
03 The Delfonics – Somebody Loves You (8 wks)
04 Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose (11 wks)
05 Bee Gees – First Of May (7 wks)
06 Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (10 wks)
07 The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (5 wks)
08 The Temptations – Runaway Child, Running Wild (8 wks)
09 Gloria Walker & The Chevelles – Please Don’t Desert Me Baby (11 wks)
10 Aretha Franklin – Tracks Of My Tears (6 wks)

11 Wilson Pickett – Mini Skirt Minnie (3 wks)
12 Mack Rice – Coal Man & Love’s A Mother Brother (7 wks)
13 Jackie Wilson – I Still Love You (3 wks)
14 Bobby Womack – I Left My Heart In San Francisco (4 wks)
15 Esther Phillips – Too late to worry, too blue to cry (1 wk)
16 Ann Margret & Lee Hazelwood – Sleep In The Grass (11 wks)
17 Nancy Sinatra – God Knows I Love You (6 wks)
18 David Ruffin – My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) (8 wks)
19 Foundations – In The Bad Bad Old Days (4 wks)
20 Solomon Burke – Uptight Good Woman (7 wks)

21 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Didn’t You Know (You’d Have To Cry Sometime) (5 wks)
22 Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations – I’ll Try Something (5 wks)
23 Sly And The Family – Stone Sing A Simple Song (6 wks)
24 Eddie Floyd – I've Gotta Have Your Love (9 wks)
25 The Impressions – My Deceiving Heart (7 wks)
26 Nancy Wilson – You’d Better Go (4 wks)
27 Blinky – I Wouldn’t Change The Man He Is (8 wks)
28 Aretha Franklin – The Weight (7 wks)
29 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By (10 wks)
30 The Dells – Hallways Of My Mind (6 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (3) Who - Pinball Wizard (3 wks)

2 (1) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (5 wks)

3 (2) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (6 wks)

4 (10) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (3 wks)

5 (9) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (4 wks)

6 (8) Joe South - Games People Play (5 wks)

7 (7) Temptations - Get Ready (5 wks)

8 (4) Glen Campbell - Witcheta Lineman (10 wks)

9 (12) Tremeloes - Hello World (3 wks)

10 (14) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (4 wks)

11 (13) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan (5 wks)

12 (11) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (4 wks)

13 (15) Sly & Family Stone - Everyday People (3 wks)

14 (20) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (3 wks)

15 (23) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (2 wks)

16 (5) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (6 wks)

17 (6) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (6 wks)

18 (25) Monkees - Teardrop City (2 wks)

19 (26) The Marbles - The Walls Fell Down (2 wks)

20 (NE) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (1 wk)

21 (NE) Johnny Nash - Cupid (1 wk)

22 (16) Zombies - Time Of The Season (11 wks)

23 (17) Bee Gees - First Of May (7 wks)

24 (NE) Equals - Michael & the Slipper Tree (1 wk)

25 (30) Friends Of Distinction - Grazing In The Grass (2 wks)

26 (NE) Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner (1 wk)

27 (18) Cliff Richard - Good Times (6 wks)

28 (19) Love Affair - One Road (7 wks)

29 (NE) Frank Sinatra - My Way (1 wk)

30 (NE) Guess Who - These Eyes (1 wk)

[raliverpool]

05/04/1969

1 Zombies - Time Of The Season (6wks 16-10-6-3-1-1)
2 Tommy Roe - Dizzy (7wks 20-10-5-2-2-2-2)
3 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (3wks 20-6-3)
4 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites (2wks 26-4)
5 Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (4wks 23-13-5-5)
6 Glen Campbell - Galveston (4wks 24-16-9-6)
7 Beatles - Back In The USSR (1wk 7 NEW)
8 Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (4wks 29-19-12-8)
9 Small Faces - Wham Bam Thank You Man (3wks 21-11-9)
10 Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed (4wks 26-14-10-10)

11 Flying Burrito Bros - Hot Burrito #1 (3wks 38-20-11)
12 Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (7wks 16-11-7-5-5-3-12)
13 Edwin Starr - 25 Miles (3wks 23-18-13)
14 MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (5wks 24-10-6-7-14)
15 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (9wks 23-14-6-2-1-1-1-4-15)
16 Jerry Butler - Only The Strong Survive (3wks 24-19-16)
17 Who - Pinball Wizard (2wks 32-17)
18 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (6wks 15-6-3-4-8-18)
19 Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (2wks 29-19)
20 Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (2wks 25-20)

21 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown (2wks 36-21)

22 Cowsills - Hair (1wk 22 NEW)

23 Marianne Faithfull - Sister Morphine (4wks 40-25-22-23)
24 Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (2wks 38-24)

25 Scott Walker - If You Go Away (1wk 25 NEW)

26 Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Do Your Thing (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Classics IV - Traces (7wks 26-19-16-11-9-14-27)
28 Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (6wks 23-17-9-7-13-28)
29 Stevie Wonder - I Don't Know Why (6wks 37-22-14-12-16-29)
30 Steppenwolf - Rock Me (3wks 35-31-30)

31 Mama Cass - Move A Little Closer Baby (2wks 33-31)
32 Bee Gees - First Of May (6wks 34-20-12-10-17-32)
33 Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy (3wks 36-28-33)
34 1910 Fruitgum Co. - Indian Giver (4wks 31-26-27-34)
35 BJ Thomas - It's Only Love (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Tremeloes - Hello World (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Clarence Carter - Snatching it Back (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (6wks 26-12-7-8-15-39)

40 Ronettes - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (1wk 40 NEW)

Scott Engel's dramatic pop adaptation of the 1959 Jacques Brel song "Ne me quitte pas" with English lyrics by Rod McKuen, was taken from the former Walker Brothers UK #3 Scott 3 album.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Pinball Wizard - Who < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) The Israelites - Desmond Dekker And The Aces
3 ( 2 ) The Windmills Of Your Mind - Noel Harrison (#1[2])
4 ( 8 ) Hello World - Tremeloes
5 ( 13 ) Come Back And Shake Me - Clodagh Rodgers
6 ( 3 ) I Can Hear Music - Beach Boys (#2[1])
7 ( 7 ) In The Bad Bad Old Days - Foundations
8 ( -- ) Time Is Tight - Booker T & The MGs
9 ( 9 ) Harlem Shuffle - Bob And Earl
10 ( 5 ) Sorry Suzanne - Hollies (#3)

11 ( 6 ) Boom Bang-A-Bang - Lulu (#5)
12 ( -- ) My Way - Frank Sinatra
13 ( 16 ) Afterglow Of Your Love - Small Faces
14 ( 22 ) Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond
15 ( -- ) Goodbye - Mary Hopkin
16 ( 15 ) Hot Smoke & Sasafrass - Bubble Puppy (#15)
17 ( 14 ) Rock Me - Steppenwolf (#14)
18 ( 10 ) Good Times (Better Times) - Cliff Richard (#7)
19 ( 12 ) Don Juan - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (#10)
20 ( 27 ) Snatching It Back - Clarence Carter

21 ( 11 ) Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#1[3])
22 ( -- ) Michael And The Slipper Tree - Equals
23 ( 30 ) Hair - Cowsills
24 ( -- ) Gimmie Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant
25 ( 32 ) Tear Drop City - Monkees
26 ( 26 ) Sophisticated Cissy - Meters
27 ( 20 ) Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler (#20)
28 ( 23 ) Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension (#23)
29 ( 18 ) Maria Elena - Gene Pitney (#15)
30 ( 35 ) It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers

31 ( 25 ) Passing Strangers - Sarah Vaughan And Billy Eckstine (#25)
32 ( 19 ) I Spy (For The FBI) - Jamo Thomas And His Party Brothers Orchestra (#14)
33 ( 17 ) Time Of The Season - Zombies (#3)
34 ( 31 ) Don't Give It To Him - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (#31)
35 ( 38 ) The Walls Fell Down - Marbles
36 ( 24 ) You Gave Me A Mountain - Frankie Laine (#22)
37 ( -- ) Dream Of Olwen - Second City Sound
38 ( 21 ) Love Is Love - Barry Ryan (#13)
39 ( -- ) I'll Be There - Jackie Trent
40 ( 34 ) Mr Sun Mr Moon - Paul Revere & The Raiders (#30)

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-- ( 28 ) Monsieur Dupont - Sandie Shaw (#5)
-- ( 29 ) Dizzy - Tommy Roe (#2[1])
-- ( 33 ) One Road - Love Affair (#14)
-- ( 36 ) Traces - Classics IV (#15)
-- ( 37 ) You Showed Me - Turtles (#1[2])
-- ( 39 ) To Susan On The West Coast Waiting - Donovan (#31)
-- ( 40 ) Breakfast On Pluto - Don Partridge (#19)

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-- ( -- ) Sweet Cherry Wine - Tommy James & The Shondells

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[Whitneyfan]

01(05) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
02(09) Elvis Presley – Memories
03(11) The Who - Pinball Wizard
04(04) The Temptations – Get Ready
05(01) Elvis Presley – If I Can Dream
06(08) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle
07(17) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
08(13) Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
09(06) Mama Cass – Move In A Little Closer Baby
10(02) Joe South – Games People Play

11(03) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind
12(15) The Tremeloes - Hello World
13(20) Small Faces - Afterglow Of Your Love
14(24) Tony Blackburn - It's Only Love
15(27) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me
16(25) Sandpipers - Kum-Ba-Ya
17(12) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days
18(36) The Marbles - The Walls Fell Down
19(07) Beach Boys – I Can Hear Music
20(34) The Monkees – Tear Drop City

21(30) The Doors – Wishful Sinful
24(--) The Equals - Michael And The Slipper Tree
28(--) Johnny Nash – Cupid
30(--) Junior Walker & All Stars – (I’m A) Road Runner

33(--) Mary Hopkin – Goodbye
34(--) Jackie Trent - I'll Be There
40(--) Frank Sinatra – My Way

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Sly & Family Stone - EVERYDAY PEOPLE
2 [2] :: Temptations - GET READY
3 [4] :: Monkees - TEARDROP CITY
4 [5] :: Desmond Dekker & The Aces - ISRAELITES
5 [6] :: Who - PINBALL WIZARD
6 [3] :: Elvis Presley - IF I CAN DREAM
7 [9] :: Marvin Gaye - I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
8 [8] :: Beach Boys - I CAN HEAR MUSIC
9 [10] :: Bob & Earl - HARLEM SHUFFLE
10 [13] :: Stevie Wonder - MY CHERIE AMOUR
11 [12] :: Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME
12 [new] :: Johnny Nash - CUPID
13 [11] :: Noel Harrison - WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
14 [new] :: Junior Walker & All Stars - ROAD RUNNER
15 [7] :: Glen Campbell - WICHITA LINEMAN
16 [18] :: Banana Splits - TRA LA LA SONG
17 [new] :: Mary Hopkin - GOODBYE
18 [new] :: Equals - MICHAEL & THE SLIPPER TREE
19 [15] :: Lulu - BOOM BANG-A-BANG
20 [16] :: Hollies - SORRY SUZANNE

[o]

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

[popchartfreak]

29th March 1969

It's 2 weeks on top for The Boxer as the B side drives up 12 for Simon & Garfunkel, and Harlem Shuffle moves into runners-up. Highest new entry is the track I was mad on for at least the whole of April 1969, more than any other record about, Mary Hopkin's 2nd hit, and a gift of a song from Paul McCartney - Goodbye is a record I managed to buy 8 years later, on Apple Records - and in at 9. Desmond Dekker is top 5, and Stevie Wonder top 10, Clodagh Rodgers being a sizeable leap up to 20. 

Johnny Nash's reggae cover of Sam Cooke brings Cupid straight into the 40, while The Ronettes, The Foundations, Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations, Don Partridge & Gene Pitney all find a gap at last to enter the 40. Only The Ronettes are debuts as acts (though they would have topped with Be My Baby, had my charts started earlier). In at 43, it's another great pop soul song better-known in a later cover - by The Carpenters - the fab Hurting Each Other for Ruby & The Romantics, one-time Our Day Will Come hitsters.

The late great Scott Walker is back with his great version of If You Go Away, 5 years ahead of Terry Jack's very breathless cover hit, while Percy Sledge returns with Ronnie Milsapp's Any Day Now, a great song which was tucked away on the B Side of the 2nd single I ever bought (In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley) and one I played to death from September 1969 onwards in Singapore. Elvis' version is way better, though this one is nice. 

Sly & The family Stone & Martha & The Vandellas both knock their current hits out my chart in favour of new ones, The Equals return with Eddy Grant's slipper-tree. I've no idea what that is. Junior Walker is also running back, while there are debuts for some 70's stalwarts - James Taylor, he of the low-key singer-songwriter folkie with the eyes girls went for, enters with Carolina In My Mind; Tony Orlando, one-time Bless You 60's popster, and future Dawn headliner, is in with I Was A Boy under a fake name (shades of Colin Blunstone!) and lastly John Stewart, songwriter of Daydream Believer, enters with July You're A Woman, the original of the less-good Pat Boone version charting in April in the USA. A decade later John'd strike chart Gold. 


1 ( 1 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
2 ( 5 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE Bob & Earl # 2
3 ( 2 ) GALVESTON Glen Campbell # 1
4 ( 3 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
5 ( 8 ) ISRAELITES Desmond Dekker & The Aces # 5
6 ( 4 ) AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (THE FLESH FAILURES) (MEDLEY) The 5th Dimension # 1
7 ( 9 ) PINBALL WIZARD The Who # 7
8 ( 6 ) DON JUAN Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich # 4
9 ( NEW ) GOODBYE Mary Hopkin # 9
10 ( 16 ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder # 10

11 ( 7 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING The Righteous Brothers # 1
12 ( 27 ) BABY DRIVER Simon & Garfunkel # 12
13 ( 10 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison # 6
14 ( 14 ) GET READY The Temptations # 14
15 ( 12 ) I CAN HEAR MUSIC The Beach Boys # 7
16 ( 11 ) RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner # 4
17 ( 13 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt # 1
18 ( 15 ) DIZZY Tommy Roe # 1
19 ( 19 ) HAIR The Cowsills # 19
20 ( 40 ) COME BACK AND SHAKE ME Clodagh Rodgers # 20

21 ( 18 ) TIME IS TIGHT Booker T & The MG’s # 18
22 ( 30 ) HELLO WORLD The Tremeloes # 22
23 ( 17 ) LOVE IS LOVE Barry Ryan # 13
24 ( 48 ) YOU CAME YOU SAW YOU CONQUERED The Ronettes # 24
25 ( 21 ) (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner # 1
26 ( 24 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees # 1
27 ( 22 ) MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER BABY Mama Cass # 16
28 ( 28 ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies # 28
29 ( 38 ) BOOM BANG-A-BANG Lulu # 29
30 ( 20 ) ONE ROAD The Love Affair # 20

31 ( 23 ) BREAKFAST IN BED Dusty Springfield # 15
32 ( 25 ) SHE’S NOT THERE Neil McArthur aka Colin Blunstone # 10
33 ( 36 ) PASSING STRANGERS Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine # 33
34 ( 31 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye # 1
35 ( 43 ) MARIA ELENA (I’M GOING TO WAR) Gene Pitney # 35
36 ( 34 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan # 1
37 ( 45 ) BREAKFAST ON PLUTO Don Partridge # 37
38 ( 47 ) I’LL TRY SOMETHING NEW Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations # 38
39 ( NEW ) CUPID Johnny Nash # 39
40 ( 46 ) IN THE BAD BAD OLD DAYS The Foundations # 40

41 ( 26 ) HEY BULLDOG The Beatles # 19
42 ( 29 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin # 9
43 ( NEW ) HURTING EACH OTHER Ruby & The Romantics # 43
44 ( 33 ) TOO LATE TO WORRY, TOO BLUE TO CRY Esther Phillips # 10
45 ( 41 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell # 1
46 ( 56 ) HOT BURRITO #1 (I’M YOUR TOY) Flying Burrito Brothers # 46
47 ( 55 ) GRAZING IN THE GRASS The Friends Of Distinction # 47
48 ( 39 ) RHYTHM OF THE RAIN Gary Lewis & The Playboys # 39
49 ( 37 ) IT’S YOUR THING The Isley Brothers # 37
50 ( 58 ) HAPPY HEART Andy Williams # 50

51 ( 32 ) I PUT A SPELL ON YOU Nina Simone # 8
52 ( 63 ) I’M ALIVE Johnny Thunder # 52
53 ( 74 ) THESE EYES The Guess Who # 53
54 ( 57 ) MY WAY Frank Sinatra # 54
55 ( 35 ) ALL TOGETHER NOW The Beatles # 29
56 ( 64 ) IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW Shirley MacLaine # 56
57 ( 49 ) TIME OF THE SEASON The Zombies # 4
58 ( 68 ) NEVER GONNA LET HIM KNOW Debbie Taylor # 58
59 ( 69 ) RHYTHM OF LIFE Sammy Davis Jr # 59
60 ( NEW ) IF YOU GO AWAY Scott Walker # 60

61 ( 52 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac # 2
62 ( 66 ) SWEET CHERRY WINE Tommy James & The Shondells # 62
63 ( 44 ) GOOD TIMES (BETTER TIMES) Cliff Richard # 33
64 ( 61 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes # 1
65 ( 51 ) ARE YOU READY The Chambers Brothers # 51
66 ( 73 ) THE WALLS FELL DOWN The Marbles # 66
67 ( NEW ) STAND Sly & The Family Stone # 67
68 ( NEW ) ANY DAY NOW Percy Sledge # 68
69 ( 42 ) GITARZAN Ray Stevens # 31
70 ( NEW ) MICHAEL AND THE SLIPPER TREE The Equals # 70

71 ( NEW ) I WAS A BOY (WHEN YOU NEEDED A MAN) Billy Shields aka Tony Orlando # 71
72 ( NEW ) CAROLINA IN MY MIND James Taylor # 72
73 ( NEW ) (WE’VE GOT) HONEY LOVE Martha & The Vandellas # 73
74 ( NEW ) (I’M A) ROAD RUNNER Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74
75 ( NEW ) JULY YOU’RE A WOMAN John Stewart # 75


Retro Then
1 ( 1 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison
2 ( 17 ) THE ISRAELITES Desmond Dekker and The Aces
3 ( 3 ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies
4 ( 2 ) BOOM BANG A BANG Lulu
5 ( 15 ) IN THE BAD BAD OLD DAYS The Foundations
6 ( 5 ) MONSIEUR DUPONT Sandie Shaw
7 ( 10 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South
8 ( 4 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt
9 ( 8 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees
10 ( 7 ) GOOD TIMES (BETTER TIMES) Cliff Richard

11 ( 9 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
12 ( 12 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin
13 ( 6 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley
14 ( 13 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
15 ( NEW ) CUPID Johnny Nash
16 ( 18 ) GET READY The Temptations
17 ( 16 ) SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SORROW Cilla Black
18 ( NEW ) PINBALL WIZARD The Who
19 ( NEW ) MICHAEL AND THE SLIPPER TREE The Equals
20 ( NEW ) HARLEM SHUFFLE Bob & Earl