Haven Retro Combined Chart : 19.04.1969

[smokeyb]

It’s a 3rd week on top for Desmond Dekker, the Who remain in 2nd place and Mary Hopkin is up at 3.

Stevie Wonder stays at 4 and Clodagh Rodgers is up to 5.



There are 7 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is the Kinks at number 8, the highest debut this year so far.



The highest climber is the Cowshills who jump 19 places to number 20.



The biggest faller is the Beach Boys who fall 64 places.


19.04.1969 (Week # 16)


1 (01) Desmond Dekker & Aces - The Israelites - 125 points (10-5-1-1-1) 5 wks

2 (02) Who - Pinball Wizard - 99 points (12-2-3-2-2) 5 wks

3 (05) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye - 84 points (24-5-3) 3 wks

4 (04) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - 78 points (17-7-4-4) 4 wks

5 (07) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me - 68 points (19-7-5) 3 wks

6 (03) Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 62 points (18-3-1-2-3-6) 6 wks

7 (23) Frank Sinatra - My Way - 45 points (23-7) 2 wks

8 (NE) Kinks - Plastic Man - 43 points 1 wk

9 (NE) Cream - Badge - 38 points 1 wk

10 (19) Johnny Nash - Cupid - 38 points (19-10) 2 wks

11 (NE) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile - 37 points 1 wk

12 (27) Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer - 36 points (26-27-27-12) 4 wks

13 (06) Temptations – Get Ready - 33 points (25-14-6-6-4-6-13) 7 wks

14 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World - 33 points 1 wk

15 (20) Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown - 31 points (20-15) 2 wks

16 (15) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - 28 points (39-37-34-27-19-16-15-16) 8 wks

17 (NE) Ronettes – You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - 28 points 1 wk

18 (16) Bee Gees – First Of May - 28 points (13-8-2-4-7-11-17-16-18) 9 wks

19 (22) Equals - Michael & The Slipper Tree - 26 points (22-19) 2 wks

20 (39) Cowsills - Hair - 26 points (39-20) 2 wks

21 (11) Tremeloes - Hello World - 25 points (23-10-11-21) 4 wks

22 (09) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 25 points (26-28-28-26-30-36-28-17-12-13-18-21-27-29-27-34-x-31-14-9-9-22) 21 wks

23 (10) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne - 25 points (18-9-5-7-6-10-23) 7 wks

24 (17) Monkees - Teardrop City - 24 points (31-25-17-24) 4 wks

25 (28) Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing - 23 points (36-34-28-25) 4 wks

26 (13) Glen Campbell - Galveston - 22 points (37-33-24-22-25-21-18-13-26) 9 wks

27 (NE) Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner - 21 points 1 wk

28 (29) Elvis Presley – Memories - 20 points (29-29-28) 3 wks

29 (14) Zombies - Time Of The Season - 20 points (22-8-8-6-4-3-3-4-9-14-14-29) 12 wks

30 (33) Booker T & The MG’s - Time Is Tight - 19 points (40-33-30) 3 wks

31 (32) Dynamics – Ice Cream Song - 19 points (29-27-28-32-31) 5 wks

32 (08) Noel Harrison - The Windmills Of Your Mind - 19 points (22-16-2-1-3-5-8-32) 8 wks

33 (35) Righteous Brothers-You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - 19 points (33-18-7-10-11-16-24-26-35-33) 10 wks

34 (RE) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic - 18 points (34-25-31-32-20-x-34) 6 wks


35 (NE) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - 18 points 1 wk

36 (34) Beatles - Back In The USSR - 18 points (40-40-12-11-13-14-15-23-40-x-36-34-36) 12 wks

37 (25) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang - 18 points (31-17-10-11-25-37) 6 wks

38 (36) Delfonics – Somebody Loves You - 17 points (34-33-32-31-35-32-29-31-36-38) 10 wks

39 (30) Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society - 17 points (39-30-39) 3 wks

40 (37) Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose - 15 points (22-14-6-6-7-17-28-30-35-30-33-37-40) 13 wks

40 (26) Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High - 15 points (15-14-15-19-22-22-26-40) 8 wks



Dropped Out

46 (21) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream - 12 points (35-38-40-x-20-8-8-8-12-21)

47 (31) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 12 points (36-24-40-x-21-10-5-4-11-17-20-21-25-21-31)

58 (40) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan - 8 points (23-15-18-23-40)

67 (38) Tony Blackburn - It's Only Love - 5 points (38)

73 (18) Foundataions - In The Bad Bad Old Days - 4 points (23-15-13-18)

76 (12) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music - 3 points (20-6-1-2-4-8-12)

- (24) Tommy Roe - Dizzy - 0 points (29-26-26-28-31-19-9-5-5-5-9-13-15-24)


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 26.04.1969

1 (NE) Beatles - Get Back (1 wk) (#1)
2 (1) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (6 wk) (#1)
3 (2) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (4 wk) (#2)
4 (6) Who - Pinball Wizard (6 wk) (#4)
5 (5) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (12 wk) (#2)
6 (3) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (11 wk) (#1)
7 (4) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (7 wk) (#2)
8 (15) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (5 wk) (#8)
9 (10) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (9 wk) (#9)
10 (8) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (7 wk) (#8)
11 (16) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (7 wk) (#11)
12 (11) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (9 wk) (#10)
13 (12) Johnny Nash - Cupid (4 wk) (#12)
14 (18) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour/I Don't Know Why (6 wk) (#14)
15 (9) Joe South - Games People Play (8 wk) (#6)
16 (27) Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner (4 wk) (#16)
17 (23) Frank Sinatra - My Way (4 wk) (#17)
18 (7) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (8 wk) (#3)
19 (14) Tremeloes - Hello World (6 wk) (#14)
20 (36) Cream - Badge (3 wk) (#20)
21 (21) Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (2 wk) (#21)
22 (24) Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers (7 wk) (#22)
23 (13) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (11 wk) (#6)
24 (25) Equals - Michael & the Slipper Tree (4 wk) (#24)
25 (19) Cliff Richard - Good Times (9 wk) (#12)
26 (20) Temptations - Get Ready (8 wk) (#10)
27 (NE) Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend (1 wk) (#27)
28 (29) The Marbles - The Walls Fell Down (5 wk) (#28)
29 (44) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile (2 wk) (#29)
30 (22) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (12 wk) (#1)
31 (26) Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (9 wk) (#11)
32 (NE) Diana Ross & Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame (1 wk) (#32)
33 (28) Bee Gees - First Of May (10 wk) (#6)
34 (40) Jefferson - Colour Of My Love (3 wk) (#34)
35 (NE) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (1 wk) (#35)
36 (32) Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling (11 wk) (#10)
37 (31) Kinks - Plastic Man (2 wk) (#31)
38 (38) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (2 wk) (#38)
39 (37) Troubadours Du Roi Baud - Sanctus (From Missa Luba) (6 wk) (#28)
40 (30) Engelbert Humperdinck - The Way It Used To Be (12 wk) (#3)
41 (17) Cilla Black - Surround Yourself With Sorrow (11 wk) (#3)
42 (49) Martha & Vandellas - Nowhere To Run (2 wk) (#42)
43 (43) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Don Juan (8 wk) (#23)
44 (48) Tommy Roe - Dizzy (2 wk) (#44)
45 (45) Rolf Harris - Bluer Than Blue (2 wk) (#45)
46 (41) Sly & Family Stone - Everyday People (4 wk) (#37)
47 (39) Glen Campbell - Witcheta Lineman (13 wk) (#7)
48 (NE) Val Doonican - Ring Of Bright Water (1 wk) (#48)
49 (RE) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (12 wk)(# 3)
50 (42) Jackie Trent - I'll Be There (4 wk) (#38)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=23&ChMonth=04&ChYear=1969&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

TOTP 24.04.1969 - Presenter: Pete Murray

(1) THE BEATLES & BILLY PRESTON – Get Back  (and charts)
(27) HERMAN’S HERMITS – My Sentimental Friend
(8) CLODAGH RODGERS – Come Back And Shake Me  
(9) NOEL HARRISON – The Windmills Of Your Mind  
(34) JEFFERSON – The Colour Of My Love
(NEW) ROY ORBISON – My Friend
(16) JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS – Road Runner  
(14) STEVIE WONDER – I Don’t Know Why (I Love You)  
(4) THE WHO – Pinball Wizard
(1) THE BEATLES & BILLY PRESTON – Get Back

 

[darkstar79]

01 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (7 wks)
02 Diana Ross & Supremes – I'm Livin' In Shame (1 wk)
03 The Dynamics – Ice Cream Song (6 wks)
04 Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (2 wks)
05 The Ronettes – You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (3 wks)
06 The Delfonics – Somebody Loves You (11 wks)
07 Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose (14 wks)
08 The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (8 wks)
09 Bee Gees – First Of May (10 wks)
10 Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (13 wks)

11 Gloria Walker & The Chevelles – Please Don’t Desert Me Baby (14 wks)
12 Wilson Pickett – Mini Skirt Minnie (6 wks)
13 Dusty Springfield – The Windmills Of Your Mind (1 wk)
14 Archie Bell & The Drells – Just A Little Closer (2 wks)
15 Joe Tex – Buying A Book (3 wks)
16 Aretha Franklin – I Can’t See Myself Leaving You (2 wks)
17 Petula Clark – Happy Heart (3 wks)
18 Bobby Womack – I Left My Heart In San Francisco (7 wks)
19 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – I Want To Love You Baby (1 wk)
20 Betty Everett – I Can’t Say No To You (2 wks)

21 The Kinks – Plastic Man (2 wks)
22 Sonny Charles & Checkmates Ltd – Love Is All I Have To Give (3 wks)
23 The Temptations – Runaway Child, Running Wild (11 wks)
24 Sam & Dave – You Don’t Know Like I Know (2 wks)
25 Debbie Taylor – Never Gonna Let Him Know (3 wks)
26 The Dells – I Can’t Do Enough (3 wks)
27 Aretha Franklin – Tracks Of My Tears (9 wks)
28 Aretha Franklin – Gentle On My Mind (2 wks)
29 The Impressions – Seven Years (2 wks)
30 Mack Rice – Coal Man & Love’s A Mother Brother (10 wks)

[raliverpool]

26/04/1969

1 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites (5wks 26-4-1-1-1)
2 Cowsills - Hair (4wks 22-8-4-2)
3 Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (3wks 9-5-3)
4 Who - Pinball Wizard (5wks 32-17-11-6-4)
5 Cream - Badge (3wks 17-9-5)
6 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (3wks 18-10-6)
7 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (6wks 20-6-3-2-2-7)
8 Beatles - Get Back (1wk 8 NEW)
9 Beatles - Back In The USSR (4wks 7-3-3-9)
10 Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (5wks 29-19-15-11-10)

11 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown (5wks 36-21-12-8-11)
12 Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (3wks 30-16-12)
13 Flying Burrito Bros - Hot Burrito #1 (6wks 38-20-11-7-7-13)
14 Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (2wks 25-14)
15 Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (3wks 38-23-15)
16 Booker T & The MGs - Time Is Tight (3wks 32-22-16)
17 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (2wks 26-17)
18 Bee Gees - Odessa (City on the Black Sea) (3wks 27-18-18)
19 Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times (3wks 26-19-19)
20 Russell Morris - The Real Thing (2wks 33-20)

21 Scott Walker - If You Go Away (4wks 25-16-12-21)
22 Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (5wks 38-24-20-20-22)
23 Johnny Nash - Cupid (2wks 29-23)
24 Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile (1wk 24 NEW)

25 Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (1wk 25 NEW)

26 Edwin Starr - 25 Miles (6wks 23-18-13-14-17-26)
27 Glen Campbell - Galveston (7wks 24-16-9-6-5-14-27)
28 James Brown - I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Elvis Presley - Memories (2wks 31-30)

31 Kinks - Plastic Man (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Dusty Springfield - Just A Little Lovin' (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (7wks 29-19-12-8-6-13-33)
34 Peppermint Rainbow - Will You Be Staying After Sunday (2wks 34-34)
35 Zombies - Time Of The Season (9wks 16-10-6-3-1-1-4-15-35)
36 Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (5wks 25-20-19-21-36)
37 Ventures - Hawaii Five-0 (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Frank Sinatra - My Way (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Jackie Trent - I'll Be There (3wks 40-30-39)

40 Beatles - Julia (3wks 29-27-40)

Sly Stone's black rights anthem reached USA #13 for the San Francisco soul/funk/rock outfit.

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Elvis Presley – Memories
02(09) Fleetwood Mac – Man Of The World
03(08) Frank Sinatra – My Way
04(02) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
05(05) Mary Hopkin – Goodbye
06(10) Sammy Davis Jr – Rhythm Of Life
07(03) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
08(04) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me
09(13) Jefferson – The Colour Of My Love
10(34) Rolf Harris - Bluer Than Blue

11(07) Johnny Nash – Cupid
12(31) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile
13(24) The Kinks – Plastic Man
14(06) The Equals - Michael And The Slipper Tree
15(33) Tommy Roe – Dizzy
16(18) Cream – Badge
17(23) The Cats - Swan Lake
18(11) The Who - Pinball Wizard
19(29) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic
20(12) Junior Walker & All Stars – (I’m A) Road Runner

23(--) The Beatles – Get Back
25(40) Sam & Dave - You Don't Know Like I Know
29(--) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
30(39) Diana Ross & The Supremes – The Composer

32(--) Diana Ross & Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame
34(--) Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend
40(--) Val Doonican - Ring Of Bright Water

[smokeyb]

1 (NE) Beatles - Get Back (1 wk)
2 (3) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (4 wks)
3 (4) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (5 wks)
4 (5) Cream - Badge (3 wks)
5 (13) Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (2 wks)
6 (1) Who - Pinball Wizard (6 wks)
7 (2) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (6 wks)
8 (8) Johnny Nash - Cupid (4 wks)
9 (17) Kinks - Plastic Man (2 wks)
10 (22) Tommy Roe - Dizzy (2 wks)
11 (6) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (7 wks)
12 (12) Cowsills - Hair (3 wks)
13 (NE) Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (1 wk)
14 (23) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile (2 wks)
15 (15) Frank Sinatra - My Way (4 wks)
16 (19) Friends Of Distinction - Grazing In The Grass (5 wks)
17 (20) Guess Who - These Eyes (4 wks)
18 (NE) Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend (1 wk)
19 (14) Monkees - Teardrop City (5 wks)
20 (7) Tremeloes - Hello World (6 wks)
21 (29) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (2 wks)
22 (30) Martha & Vandellas - Nowhere To Run (2 wks)
23 (NE) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (1 wk)
24 (10) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (6 wks)
25 (9) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (8 wks)
26 (18) Equals - Michael & the Slipper Tree (4 wks)
27 (21) Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner (4 wks)
28 (11) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (9 wks)
29 (16) The Marbles - The Walls Fell Down (5 wks)
30 (24) Joe South - Games People Play (8 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 4 ) The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel < 2nd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Pinball Wizard - Who (#1[4])
3 ( 2 ) Time Is Tight - Booker T & The MGs (#2[1])
4 ( 9 ) Plastic Man - Kinks
5 ( 12 ) Behind A Painted Smile - Isley Brothers
6 ( 8 ) Hawaii Five-O - Ventures
7 ( 3 ) The Israelites - Desmond Dekker And The Aces (#2[2])
8 ( 5 ) My Way - Frank Sinatra
9 ( -- ) Get Back - Beatles & Billy Preston
10 ( 14 ) Man Of The World - Fleetwood Mac

11 ( 7 ) Goodbye - Mary Hopkin
12 ( 17 ) I Will See You There - Linda Kendrick
13 ( 6 ) Come Back And Shake Me - Clodagh Rodgers (#4)
14 ( 16 ) Will You Be Staying After Sunday - Peppermint Rainbow
15 ( 11 ) Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond (#10)
16 ( 13 ) Michael And The Slipper Tree - Equals
17 ( -- ) I'm Livin' In Shame - Diana Ross & The Supremes
18 ( 15 ) Gimmie Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant
19 ( 10 ) Hello World - Tremeloes (#4)
20 ( -- ) Mercy - Ohio Express

21 ( 20 ) Badge - Cream
22 ( 29 ) Bluer Than Blue - Rolf Harris
23 ( 27 ) Colour Of My Love - Jefferson
24 ( 25 ) Dream Of Olwen - Second City Sound
25 ( -- ) Gitarzan - Ray Stevens
26 ( 22 ) Snatching It Back - Clarence Carter (#17)
27 ( 18 ) In The Bad Bad Old Days - Foundations (#7)
28 ( 39 ) Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
29 ( -- ) Grazin' In The Grass - Friends Of Distinction
30 ( 35 ) Swan Lake - Cats

31 ( 26 ) Hair - Cowsills (#21)
32 ( 21 ) Harlem Shuffle - Bob And Earl (#9)
33 ( 19 ) The Windmills Of Your Mind - Noel Harrison (#1[2])
34 ( 23 ) Afterglow Of Your Love - Small Faces (#13)
35 ( -- ) My Sentimental Friend - Herman's Hermits
36 ( 28 ) Tear Drop City - Monkees (#23)
37 ( 32 ) I'll Be There - Jackie Trent (#31)
38 ( -- ) These Eyes - Guess Who
39 ( -- ) The Composer - Diana Ross & The Supremes
40 ( 31 ) It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers (#27)

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-- ( 24 ) I Can Hear Music - Beach Boys (#2[1])
-- ( 30 ) Hot Smoke & Sasafrass - Bubble Puppy (#15)
-- ( 33 ) Sorry Suzanne - Hollies (#3)
-- ( 34 ) Boom Bang-A-Bang - Lulu (#5)
-- ( 36 ) Sophisticated Cissy - Meters (#26)
-- ( 37 ) Rock Me - Steppenwolf (#14)
-- ( 38 ) The Walls Fell Down - Marbles (#34)
-- ( 40 ) Don Juan - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (#10)

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-- ( -- ) Stand - Sly & The Family Stone
-- ( -- ) Ring Of Bright Water - Val Doonican
-- ( -- ) I Can't See Myself Leaving You - Aretha Franklin

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Ray Stevens does a mix of straight songs and comic novelty ones. This one falls in the latter category

[o]

1 Who - Pinball Wizard
2 Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
3 Beatles – Get back
4 Temptations – Get ready
5 Lulu – Boom bang-a-bang
6 Bob & Earl – Harlem shuffle
7 Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
8 Frank Sinatra – My way
9 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
10 Hollies – Sorry Suzanne
11 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
12 Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
13 Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind
14 Cream – Badge
15 Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner
16 Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown traffic
17 Kinks - Plastic Man
18 Zombies - Time Of The Season
19 Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me
20 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Beatles - GET BACK
2 [1] :: Kinks - PLASTIC MAN
3 [2] :: Sly & Family Stone - EVERYDAY PEOPLE
4 [3] :: Jimi Hendrix Experience - CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC
5 [4] :: Led Zeppelin - COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN {Led Zeppelin LP track}
6 [new] :: Beatles with Billy Preston - DON'T LET ME DOWN {Get Back B-side}
7 [11] :: Isley Brothers - BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE
8 [7] :: Sam & Dave - YOU DON'T KNOW LIKE I KNOW
9 [6] :: Monkees - TEARDROP CITY
10 [12] :: Who - PINBALL WIZARD
11 [13] :: Johnny Nash - CUPID
12 [5] :: Temptations - GET READY
13 [8] :: Desmond Dekker & The Aces - ISRAELITES
14 [10] :: Stevie Wonder - MY CHERIE AMOUR
15 [14] :: Junior Walker & All Stars - ROAD RUNNER
16 [new] :: Fifth Dimension - AQUARIUS / LET THE SUNSHINE IN
17 [new] :: Diana Ross & Supremes - I'M LIVIN' IN SHAME
18 [9] :: Elvis Presley - IF I CAN DREAM
19 [16] :: Glen Campbell - WICHITA LINEMAN
20 [new] :: Herman's Hermits - MY SENTIMENTAL FRIEND

[popchartfreak]

19th April 1969

It's a first week on top for the second oldie chart-topper to do it for The Isley Brothers, following This Old Heart Of Mine in 1968's retro charts. The solid gospel of The Edwin hawkins Singers shoot up to 3 some months ahead of their UK chart entry as jy charts continue to look like the summer/autumn UK charts with so many early US debuts taking over. Compare with the stuff I liked this week at the time and only 6 tracks are in both top 20's. The Beatles go up to 9 with Get Back and Elvis is back with his biggest bang in the retro charts to date - straight in for his social-gospel ballad In The Ghetto. The evening I bought my first ever record with my own money - Dizzy at an evening outdoor market Singapore record stall in Changi Village - I also bought In The Ghetto with a picture sleeve, "for my mum" who is a huge Elvis fan, for 2 dollars (but really it was for me cos I loved it too). The B side was also fabulous, power soul ballad Any Day Now which enters at 33 and pushes out the lesser Percy Sledge version.

In at 17, Val Doonican gets his 2nd-biggest retro hit with Ring Of Bright Water, a gorgeous childhood fave movie theme tune, with Bill Travers & Virginia McKenna and some Otters in Scotland, a film I enjoyed in 1969, as I loved any film with animals in, and anything conservation-related. Saving animals and the Planet was a big theme in my childhood. Pity it's taken 50 years and major damage to become a theme for young kids today as well. Another fave of the time from Herman's Hermits, and one that stands up better than their jolly ditties, is in at 22 for My Sentimental Friend. 

Dusty goes up 3 times, the biggest up to 29 with her non-single album track later title track on an album of Dusty covers from the wondrous Shelby Lynn, her I Am Shelby Lynn album is one of my all-time faves. CCR are in with both sides of the new single Bad Moon Rising and Lodi, the former reminding me of my first year at RAF Seletar Secondary Modern School where I took out a library book (Just William or some such) to find the lyrics written inside on a piece of paper, which was quite handy as I liked the song. Speed-on to the 90's and it came on the radio as I was driving along the Florida Keys highway, one hot moonlit night, looking for a motel to stay. The lyrics REALLY made sense in that setting!

The Monkees keep on coming even if the hits were drying up, Someday Man, Joe South is back again with another great song of his that was never a single but charted this week in the USA in an inferior cover version of his album track 2 years ahead of the definitive Lynn Anderson cover. Glen Campbell gets a 3rd track on the list with Susie, The Four Tops drop in with a single that I was gifted by 2 friends of mum and dad's in 1972, Pete & Gill Butler who's been great friends of the family in Singapore. Buddy Holly gets another posthumous 50's track, a cover of Love Is Strange, Sonny Charles gets a soul version of Black Pearl in ahead of the reggae cover by Horace Faith, while an obscure reggae track enters at 75 for Eddie Lovette. The Moments get a second chart entry, to bring it up to date! Phew!



1 ( 3 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers # 1
2 ( 1 ) GOODBYE Mary Hopkin # 1
3 ( 22 ) OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison # 3
4 ( 2 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
5 ( 8 ) HURTING EACH OTHER Ruby & The Romantics # 5
6 ( 10 ) COME BACK AND SHAKE ME Clodagh Rodgers # 6
7 ( 4 ) ISRAELITES Desmond Dekker & The Aces # 4
8 ( 20 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston # 8
9 ( 6 ) GALVESTON Glen Campbell # 1
10 ( NEW ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley # 10

11 ( 5 ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder # 5
12 ( 7 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
13 ( 17 ) MAN OF THE WORLD Fleetwood Mac # 13
14 ( 9 ) YOU CAME YOU SAW YOU CONQUERED The Ronettes # 9
15 ( 12 ) AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (THE FLESH FAILURES) (MEDLEY) The 5th Dimension # 1
16 ( 11 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE Bob & Earl # 2
17 ( NEW ) RING OF BRIGHT WATER Val Doonican # 17
18 ( 18 ) CUPID Johnny Nash # 18
19 ( 14 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING The Righteous Brothers # 1
20 ( 13 ) DON JUAN Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich # 4

21 ( 15 ) BABY DRIVER Simon & Garfunkel # 11
22 ( NEW ) MY SENTIMENTAL FRIEND Herman’s Hermits # 22
23 ( 16 ) PINBALL WIZARD The Who # 7
24 ( 27 ) HAPPY HEART Andy Williams # 24
25 ( 29 ) I’LL TRY SOMETHING NEW Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations # 25
26 ( 19 ) I CAN HEAR MUSIC The Beach Boys # 7
27 ( 21 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison # 6
28 ( 32 ) THESE EYES The Guess Who # 28
29 ( 62 ) JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ Dusty Springfield # 29
30 ( 37 ) NEVER GONNA LET HIM KNOW Debbie Taylor # 30

31 ( 26 ) DIZZY Tommy Roe # 1
32 ( 25 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt # 1
33 ( NEW ) ANY DAY NOW Elvis Presley # 33
34 ( 34 ) HAIR The Cowsills # 19
35 ( 24 ) RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner # 4
36 ( 31 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees # 1
37 ( 39 ) IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW Shirley MacLaine # 37
38 ( 23 ) HELLO WORLD The Tremeloes # 18
39 ( 28 ) GET READY The Temptations # 14
40 ( 40 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye # 40

41 ( 33 ) (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner # 1
42 ( 30 ) I’M ALIVE Johnny Thunder # 30
43 ( 60 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN The Beatles # 43
44 ( 48 ) STAND Sly & The Family Stone # 44
45 ( 58 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas # 45
46 ( 50 ) CAROLINA IN MY MIND James Taylor # 46
47 ( 42 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye # 1
48 ( 44 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan # 1
49 ( NEW ) BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival # 49
50 ( 55 ) BADGE Cream # 50

51 ( 43 ) IF YOU GO AWAY Scott Walker # 43
52 ( 35 ) TIME IS TIGHT Booker T & The MG’s # 18
53 ( 66 ) I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE Dusty Springfield # 53
54 ( 51 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell # 1
55 ( 38 ) HOT BURRITO #1 (I’M YOUR TOY) Flying Burrito Brothers # 38
56 ( 68 ) I CAN’T SEE MYSELF LEAVING YOU Aretha Franklin # 56
57 ( 63 ) JULY YOU’RE A WOMAN John Stewart # 57
58 ( NEW ) LODI Creedence Clearwater Revival # 58
59 ( 59 ) I CAN’T SAY NO TO YOU Betty Everett # 59
60 ( NEW ) SOMEDAY MAN The Monkees # 60

61 ( 71 ) HEATHER HONEY Tommy Roe # 61
62 ( NEW ) ROSE GARDEN Joe South # 62
63 ( 69 ) BLUER THAN BLUE Rolf Harris # 63
64 ( NEW ) WHERE’S THE PLAYGROUND SUSIE Glen Campbell # 64
65 ( NEW ) WHAT IS A MAN The Four Tops # 65
66 ( 74 ) LOVE THEME FROM “ROMEO AND JULIET” Henry Mancini # 66
67 ( 67 ) I’VE BEEN HURT Bill Deal & The Rhondells # 67
68 ( 72 ) THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Dusty Springfield # 68
69 ( NEW ) LOVE IS STRANGE Buddy Holly # 69
70 ( NEW ) BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles & The Checkmates # 70

71 ( 36 ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies # 26
72 ( 75 ) I WILL SEE YOU THERE Linda Kendrick # 72
73 ( 45 ) LOVE IS LOVE Barry Ryan # 13
74 ( NEW ) SUNDAY The Moments # 74
75 ( NEW ) TOO EXPERIENCED Eddie Lovette # 75


wot I liked that week then
1 ( 1 ) GOODBYE Mary Hopkin
2 ( 8 ) COME BACK AND SHAKE ME Clodagh Rodgers
3 ( 4 ) CUPID Johnny Nash
4 ( 3 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison
5 ( 2 ) THE ISRAELITES Desmond Dekker and The Aces
6 ( 9 ) PINBALL WIZARD The Who
7 ( 5 ) SORRY SUZANNE The Hollies
8 ( 6 ) BOOM BANG A BANG Lulu
9 ( NEW ) GET BACK The Beatles
10 ( 7 ) IN THE BAD BAD OLD DAYS The Foundations

11 ( 16 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE Bob & Earl
12 ( 10 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South
13 ( 11 ) MONSIEUR DUPONT Sandie Shaw
14 ( 13 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
15 ( 12 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin
16 ( NEW ) I CAN HEAR MUSIC The Beach Boys
17 ( 18 ) HELLO WORLD The Tremeloes
18 ( RE ) GOOD TIMES (BETTER TIMES) Cliff Richard
19 ( 20 ) GET READY The Temptations
20 ( NEW ) MAN OF THE WORLD Fleetwood Mac