Haven Retro Combined Chart : 10.05.1969

[smokeyb]

A second week at the top for the Beatles, as Simon & Garfunkel move up to 2. Isley Brothers drop to 3

as Fleetwood Mac go up to 4 and the Kinks are at 5.



There are 7 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Manfred Mann at number 10.



The highest climber is Herman's Hermits who jump up 12 places to number 12.



The biggest faller is Johnny Nash who falls 26 places.



10.05.1969 (Week # 19)


1 (01) Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back - 119 points (2-1-1) 3 wks

2 (04) Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer - 99 points (26-27-27-12-13-4-2) 7 wks

3 (02) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile - 94 points (11-5-2-3) 4 wks

4 (05) Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World - 71 points (14-8-5-4) 4 wks

5 (07) Kinks - Plastic Man - 66 points (8-7-7-5) 4 wks

6 (03) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye - 55 points (24-5-3-4-3-6) 6 wks

7 (08) Who - Pinball Wizard - 50 points (12-2-3-2-2-3-8-7) 8 wks

8 (14) Diana Ross & Supremes – I'm Livin' In Shame - 43 points (16-14-8) 3 wks

9 (12) Cream - Badge - 43 points (9-12-12-9) 4 wks

10 (NE) Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man - 40 points 1 wk

11 (10) Frank Sinatra - My Way - 38 points (23-7-11-10-11) 5 wks

12 (24) Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend - 37 points (24-12) 2 wks

13 (15) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - 37 points (39-37-34-27-19-16-15-16-19-15-13) 11 wks

14 (NE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears - 37 points 1 wk

15 (09) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - 34 points (17-7-4-4-9-9-15) 7 wks

16 (18) Beatles - Don't Let Me Down - 34 points (22-18-16) 3 wks

17 (19) Booker T & The MG’s - Time Is Tight - 33 points (40-33-30-23-19-17) 6 wks

18 (11) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me - 32 points (19-7-5-6-11-18) 6 wks

19 (16) Tommy Roe - Dizzy - 32 points (29-26-26-28-31-19-9-5-5-5-9-13-15-24-x-31-16-19) 17 wks

20 (13) Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 32 points (18-3-1-2-3-6-10-13-20) 9 wks

21 (30) Monkees - Listen To The Band - 30 points (30-21) 2 wks

22 (06) Desmond Dekker & Aces - The Israelites - 27 points (10-5-1-1-1-1-6-22) 8 wks

23 (34) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - 26 points (35-30-34-23) 4 wks

24 (RE) Glen Campbell - Galveston - 25 points (37-33-24-22-25-21-18-13-26-38-x-24) 11 wks

25 (17) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic - 21 points (34-25-31-32-20-x-34-21-17-25) 9 wks

26 (25) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto - 20 points (25-26) 2 wks

27 (21) Four Tops – What Is A Man - 20 points (21-27) 2 wks

28 (22) Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day - 19 points (28-22-28) 3 wks

29 (NE) Friends Of Distinction - Grazing In The Grass - 19 points 1 wk

30 (28) Temptations – Get Ready - 19 points (25-14-6-6-4-6-13-18-28-30) 10 wks

31 (NE) Hit Parade - Ah, Ha, Ha, Do Your Thing - 18 points 1 wk

32 (35) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang - 17 points (31-17-10-11-25-37-32-35-32) 9 wks

33 (NE) Val Doonican - Ring Of Bright Water - 16 points 1 wk

34 (27) Dynamics – Ice Cream Song - 15 points (29-27-28-32-31-27-27-34) 8 wks

35 (20) Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing - 15 points (36-34-28-25-20-20-35) 7 wks

36 (NE) Junior Walker & The All Stars - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - 15 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Ohio Express - Mercy - 15 points 1 wk

38 (40) Delfonics – Somebody Loves You - 14 points (34-33-32-31-35-32-29-31-36-38-35-40-38) 13 wks

39 (38) Righteous Brothers-You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - 14 points (33-18-7-10-11-16-24-26-35-33-33-38-39) 13 wks

40 (31) Bee Gees – First Of May - 13 points (13-8-2-4-7-11-17-16-18-25-31-40) 12 wks

40 (26) Rolf Harris - Bluer Than Blue - 13 points (26-40) 2 wks

40 (23) Ronettes – You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - 13 points (17-24-23-40) 4 wks



Dropped Out

43 (32) Cowsills - Hair - 12 points (39-20-15-32)

45 (37) Sammy Davis Jr – Rhythm Of Life - 12 points (36-37)

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

49 (33) Elvis Presley – Memories - 11 points (29-29-28-26-33)

51 (39) Ventures - Hawaii Five-O - 11 points (37-39)

55 (29) Johnny Nash - Cupid - 9 points (19-10-14-29)


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 17.05.1969

1 (1) Beatles - Get Back (4 wk) (#1)
2 (5) Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend (4 wk) (#2)
3 (7) Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (5 wk) (#3)
4 (3) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (8 wk) (#3)
5 (2) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (7 wk) (#2)
6 (9) Frank Sinatra - My Way (7 wk) (#6)
7 (8) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile (5 wk) (#7)
8 (6) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (9 wk) (#1)
9 (15) Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (3 wk) (#9)
10 (4) Who - Pinball Wizard (9 wk) (#4)
11 (17) Tommy Roe - Dizzy (5 wk) (#11)
12 (12) Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner (7 wk) (#12)
13 (11) Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (10 wk) (#7)
14 (10) Johnny Nash - Cupid (7 wk) (#6)
15 (23) Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man (3 wk) (#15)
16 (13) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (15 wk) (#2)
17 (19) Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind (12 wk) (#8)
18 (22) Lulu - Boom Bang-A-Bang (10 wk) (#2)
19 (NE) Tom Jones - Love Me Tonight (1 wk) (#19)
20 (20) Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers (10 wk) (#20)
21 (14) Diana Ross & Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame (4 wk) (#14)
22 (28) Jefferson - Colour Of My Love (6 wk) (#22)
23 (25) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (4 wk) (# 23)
24 (16) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour/I Don't Know Why (9 wk) (#14)
25 (18) Cream - Badge (6 wk) (#18)
26 (21) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (14 wk) (#1)
27 (29) Glen Campbell - Galveston (2 wk) (#27)
28 (46) Des O' Connor - Dick-A-Dum-Dum (2 wk) (#26)
29 (24) Joe South - Games People Play (11 wk) (#6)
30 (37) Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears (2 wk) (#30)
31 (39) Booker T & MG's - Time Is Tight (2 wk) (#31)
32 (27) Hollies - Sorry Suzanne (11 wk) (#3)
33 (26) Beach Boys - I Can Hear Music (12 wk) (#10)
34 (30) Rolf Harris - Bluer Than Blue (5 wk) (#30)
35 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Snake In The Grass (1 wk) (#35)
36 (36) Roy Orbison - My Friend (3 wk) (#36)
37 (44) Blood, Sweat & Tears - You Made Me So Very Happy (3 wk) (#37)
38 (NE) Microbe - Groovy Baby (1 wk) (#38)
39 (NE) Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher (1 wk) (#39)
40 (38) Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus (From Missa Luba) (2 wk) (#38)
41 (NE) Jethro Tull - Living In The Past (1 wk) (#41)
42 (48) Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (15 wk) (#1)
43 (33) Foundations - In The Bad Bad Old Days (10 wk) (#8)
44 (40) Chicken Shack - I'd Rather Go Blind (2 wk) (#40)
45 (32) Equals - Michael & the Slipper Tree (7 wk) (#24)
46 (NE) Sandie Shaw - ThinkIt All Over (1 wk)(#46)
47 (31) Sandie Shaw - Monsieur Dupont (14 wk) (#6)
48 (41) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples (2 wk) (#41)
49 (42) The Marbles - The Walls Fell Down (8 wk) (#28)
50 (NE) Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away ( 1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=14&ChMonth=05&ChYear=1969&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

TOTP 15.05.1969 - Presenter: Pete Murray

(1) THE BEATLES & BILLY PRESTON – Get Back  (and charts)
(NEW) JOE SOUTH – Leanin’ On You
(NEW) THE HERD – The Game  
(3) FLEETWOOD MAC – Man Of The World  
(NEW) TONY & TANDY – Two Can Make It Together
(2) HERMAN’S HERMITS – My Sentimental Friend  
(15) MANFRED MANN – Ragamuffin Man
(11) TOMMY ROE – Dizzy  
(1) THE BEATLES & BILLY PRESTON – Get Back  

[Earl Purple]

The Tracks Of My Tears won't appear in my chart here because I charted it in 1965 when it reached #1. It was the 3rd of 3 consecutive one week #1s. It replaced the Beatles' "Help" at #1 and was replaced by Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone".

[Earl Purple]

We do however get 4 classic entries

1 ( 1 ) The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Get Back - Beatles & Billy Preston
3 ( -- ) In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
4 ( 7 ) Ragamuffin Man - Manfred Mann
5 ( 11 ) Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye
6 ( 5 ) I'm Livin' In Shame - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#5)
7 ( 6 ) Mercy - Ohio Express (#6)
8 ( 4 ) Behind A Painted Smile - Isley Brothers (#4)
9 ( 3 ) Plastic Man - Kinks (#2[1])
10 ( -- ) Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

11 ( -- ) Living In The Past - Jethro Tull
12 ( 20 ) Dick-A-Dum-Dum - Des O'Connor
13 ( 9 ) Man Of The World - Fleetwood Mac (#9)
14 ( 21 ) Don't Let Me Down - Beatles
15 ( 12 ) Gitarzan - Ray Stevens (#12)
16 ( 16 ) More Today Than Yesterday - Spiral Starecase
17 ( -- ) Love Me Tonight - Tom Jones
18 ( 8 ) Pinball Wizard - Who (#1[4])
19 ( 14 ) Grazin' In The Grass - Friends Of Distinction (#14)
20 ( 10 ) Hawaii Five-O - Ventures (#6)

21 ( -- ) Think It All Over - Sandie Shaw
22 ( 29 ) I'd Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack
23 ( 18 ) Bluer Than Blue - Rolf Harris (#18)
24 ( 15 ) I Will See You There - Linda Kendrick (#11)
25 ( 26 ) My Friend - Roy Orbison
26 ( 17 ) Will You Be Staying After Sunday - Peppermint Rainbow (#14)
27 ( 13 ) Time Is Tight - Booker T & The MGs (#2[1])
28 ( 23 ) Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix (#23)
29 ( -- ) Snake In The Grass - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
30 ( 19 ) My Way - Frank Sinatra (#5)

31 ( 27 ) My Sentimental Friend - Herman's Hermits (#27)
32 ( 25 ) Colour Of My Love - Jefferson (#22)
33 ( 30 ) These Eyes - Guess Who (#30)
34 ( 31 ) The Composer - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#31)
35 ( 22 ) The Israelites - Desmond Dekker And The Aces (#2[2])
36 ( -- ) Day Is Done - Peter Paul & Mary
37 ( 24 ) Goodbye - Mary Hopkin (#7)
38 ( -- ) Groovy Baby - Microbe
39 ( 28 ) Michael And The Slipper Tree - Equals (#13)
40 ( 33 ) Swan Lake - Cats (#30)

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-- ( 32 ) Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond (#10)
-- ( 34 ) Badge - Cream (#20)
-- ( 35 ) Come Back And Shake Me - Clodagh Rodgers (#4)
-- ( 36 ) Dream Of Olwen - Second City Sound (#24)
-- ( 37 ) Gimmie Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant (#15)
-- ( 38 ) I'll Be There - Jackie Trent (#31)
-- ( 39 ) Snatching It Back - Clarence Carter (#17)
-- ( 40 ) Hair - Cowsills (#21)

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-- ( -- ) The River Is Wide - Grass Roots
-- ( -- ) Heather Honey - Tommy Roe
-- ( -- ) I Threw It All Away - Bob Dylan
-- ( -- ) Where's The Playground Susie - Glen Campbell

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One of my favourites by this singer but it's relegated to only the 4th highest entry

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Beatles - Get Back (4 wks)
2 (2) Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (5 wks)
3 (3) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile (5 wks)
4 (4) Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (4 wks)
5 (7) Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend (4 wks)
6 (14) Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man (3 wks)
7 (5) Tommy Roe - Dizzy (5 wks)
8 (17) Glen Campbell - Galveston (2 wks)
9 (13) Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (3 wks)
10 (9) Friends Of Distinction - Grazing In The Grass (8 wks)
11 (11) Guess Who - These Eyes (7 wks)
12 (6) Kinks - Plastic Man (5 wks)
13 (10) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (4 wks)
14 (21) Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears (2 wks)
15 (20) Blood, Sweat & Tears - You Made Me So Very Happy (3 wks)
16 (16) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (5 wks)
17 (8) Cream - Badge (6 wks)
18 (18) Martha & Vandellas - Nowhere To Run (5 wks)
19 (12) Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (7 wks)
20 (29) Booker T & MG's - Time Is Tight (2 wks)
21 (30) Glen Campbell - Where's The Playground Susie (2 wks)
22 (NE) Tom Jones - Love Me Tonight (1 wk)
23 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Snake In The Grass (1 wk)
24 (15) Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (8 wks)
25 (19) Who - Pinball Wizard (9 wks)
26 (22) Desmond Dekker - The Israelites (9 wks)
27 (23) Frank Sinatra - My Way (7 wks)
28 (NE) Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher (1 wk)
29 (NE) Jethro Tull - Living In The Past (1 wk)
30 (NE) Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away (1 wk)

[o]

1 Beatles – Get back
2 Who - Pinball Wizard
3 Desmond Dekker - The Israelites
4 Simon & Garfunkel – The boxer
5 Lulu – Boom bang-a-bang
6 Frank Sinatra – My way
76 Temptations – Get ready
8 Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man
9 Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
10 Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears
11 Bob & Earl – Harlem shuffle
12 Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
13 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
14 Cream – Badge
15 Kinks - Plastic Man
16 Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown traffic
17 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World
18 Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher
19 Junior Walker & All Stars - Road Runner
20 Noel Harrison - Windmills Of Your Mind

[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – What Is A Man (3 wks)
02 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (10 wks)
03 Diana Ross & Supremes – I'm Livin' In Shame (4 wks)
04 Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (5 wks)
05 The Dynamics – Ice Cream Song (9 wks)
06 The Ronettes – You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (6 wks)
07 The Delfonics – Somebody Loves You (14 wks)
08 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears (2 wks)
09 Tom Jones – Love Me Tonight (1 wk)
10 Dusty Springfield – I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore (3 wks)

11 Marv Johnson – I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose (17 wks)
12 Otis Redding – Love Man (1 wk)
13 Otis And Carla – When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (3 wks)
14 Jay & The Techniques – Change Your Mind (3 wks)
15 Dusty Springfield – The Windmills Of Your Mind (4 wks)
16 Johnnie Taylor – Testify (I Wanna) (2 wks)
17 Junior Walker & The All Stars – What Does It Take (1 wk)
18 Sly & The Family Stone – I Want To Take You Higher (1 wk)
19 Ray Charles – Let Me Love You (1 wk)
20 The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (11 wks)

21 Aretha Franklin – I Can’t See Myself Leaving You (5 wks)
22 Petula Clark – Happy Heart (6 wks)
23 Archie Bell & The Drells – Just A Little Closer (5 wks)
24 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – I Want To Love You Baby (4 wks)
25 Joe Tex – Buying A Book (6 wks)
26 Betty Everett – I Can’t Say No To You (5 wks)
27 Wilson Pickett – Mini Skirt Minnie (9 wks)
28 Bobby Womack – I Left My Heart In San Francisco (10 wks)
29 Bee Gees – First Of May (13 wks)
30 Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (16 wks)

[raliverpool]

17/05/1969

1 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World (5wks 26-17-11-8-1)
2 Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (5wks 25-14-8-6-2)
3 Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (4wks 25-16-10-3)
4 Beatles - Get Back (4wks 8-6-5-4)
5 Cream - Badge (6wks 17-9-5-1-1-5)
6 Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend (3wks 21-12-6)
7 Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (6wks 9-5-3-3-3-7)
8 Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me (6wks 30-16-12-9-7-8)
9 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (6wks 18-10-6-2-2-9)
10 Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused (3wks 24-15-10)

11 Who - Pinball Wizard (8wks 32-17-11-6-4-4-4-11)
12 Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day (2wks 19-12)
13 Beatles - Don't Let Me Down (4wks 29-20-13-13)
14 Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile (4wks 24-17-14-14)
15 Booker T & The MGs - Time Is Tight (6wks 32-22-16-12-11-15)
16 Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Cowsills - Hair (7wks 22-8-4-2-5-9-17)
18 Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (2wks 30-18)
19 Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man (2wks 33-19)
20 Frank Sinatra - My Way (4wks 38-33-28-20)

21 Scott Walker - Big Louise (3wks 29-24-21)
22 Friends Of Distinction - Grazin' In The Grass (2wks 31-22)
23 Guess Who - These Eyes (3wks 35-27-23)
24 Velvet Underground - What Goes On (2wks 35-24)

25 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1wk 25 NEW)

26 Glen Campbell - Where's The Playground Susie (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Johnny Nash - Cupid (5wks 29-23-19-20-27)
28 Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (8wks 29-19-15-11-10-10-16-28)
29 Leonard Cohen - Bird on the Wire (2wks 40-29)
30 Crazy Elephant - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (6wks 38-23-15-13-18-30)

31 Dusty Springfield - Just A Little Lovin' (4wks 32-23-21-31)
32 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites (8wks 26-4-1-1-1-7-17-32)
33 Simon & Garfunkel - Baby Driver (2wks 34-33)
34 Diana Ross & The Supremes - The Composer (2wks 38-34)
35 Russell Morris - The Real Thing (5wks 33-20-18-22-35)
36 Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Neil Young - Sugar Mountain (3wks 31-29-37)
38 Beatles - Back In The USSR (7wks 7-3-3-9-15-23-38)
39 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Mercy - Love Can Make You Happy (1wk 40 NEW)

Written by John Fogerty, this Roots/Swamp rock lead single from their album Green River peaked at USA #2 & UK #1 (& Ireland), and top ten throughout the world, and has been covered by nearly as many artists as those who covered Fogerty's Proud Mary.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Simon & Garfunkel - THE BOXER
2 [2] :: Monkees - LISTEN TO THE BAND
3 [6] :: Booker T & MG's - TIME IS TIGHT
4 [new] :: Jackie Wilson - (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER
5 [7] :: Smokey Robinson & Miracles - TRACKS OF MY TEARS
6 [8] :: Glen Campbell - GALVESTON
7 [3] :: Beatles - GET BACK
8 [5] :: Isley Brothers - BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE
9 [4] :: Kinks - PLASTIC MAN
10 [16] :: Chicken Shack - I'D RATHER GO BLIND
11 [10] :: Fifth Dimension - AQUARIUS / LET THE SUNSHINE IN
12 [14] :: Simon & Garfunkel - BABY DRIVER
13 [12] :: Beatles with Billy Preston - DON'T LET ME DOWN {Get Back B-side}
14 [new] :: Tom Jones - LOVE ME TONIGHT
15 [11] :: Mary Hopkin - GOODBYE
16 [9] :: Sly & the Family Stone - EVERYDAY PEOPLE
17 [new] :: Sandie Shaw - THINK IT ALL OVER
18 [17] :: Temptations - GET READY
19 [new] :: Sly & the Family Stone - I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER
20 [20] :: Led Zeppelin - COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN {Led Zeppelin LP track}

[Whitneyfan]

Apologies for the delay this week.


01(01) Frank Sinatra – My Way
02(03) Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
03(02) Fleetwood Mac – Man Of The World
04(05) Tommy Roe – Dizzy
05(06) Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
06(08) The Beatles – Get Back
07(28) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears
08(13) Herman's Hermits - My Sentimental Friend
09(04) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile
10(15) Manfred Mann - Ragamuffin Man

11(17) Blood, Sweat & Tears - You Made Me So Very Happy
12(29) Chicken Shack - I'd Rather Go Blind
13(07) Mary Hopkin – Goodbye
14(09) Sammy Davis Jr – Rhythm Of Life
15(10) Elvis Presley – Memories
16(11) Rolf Harris - Bluer Than Blue
17(30) Andy Williams - Happy Heart
18(12) Diana Ross & Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame
19(16) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic
20(14) The Kinks – Plastic Man

21(26) Roy Orbison - My Friend
23(36) Booker T & the MG's - Time Is Tight
24(--) Tom Jones – Love Me Tonight
28(--) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Snake In The Grass

31(--) Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
34(--) Sandie Shaw – Think It All Over
35(--) Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away
36(--) Microbe - Groovy Baby

[popchartfreak]

10th May 1969

It's 2 weeks on top for Elvis at the top of his game, run closely by obscure new-to-me The Hit Parade and a Junior Walker classic. Highest new entry at 5 is yet another Hair musical cover - this from Oliver, melodic tuneful style version of Good Morning Starshine. As I headed abroad in just over 3 months time, this track, and one yet to come, were my obsessions. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be mad on a song - and then not be able to hear it again! Having to wait years to hear music is an alien concept these days, but way back then if radio didn't play it and it wasn't available to buy, then that was that! I eventually bought it in California in 1979, hooray, though I had by then taped it from the 5 Years Ago chart rundowns on Radio 1 in 1974. 

The Manfreds & The Hermits both get another top 10, not too far behind their chart positions of that time for me, Creedence get that Bad Moon rising into the 20, & another future reissued chart-topper in the 90's for me enters at 32 for Jethro Tull - Living In The Past is apt, and also their finest moment by far. Tom Jones is back with another jolly romp, Love Me Tonight entering much lower than it did 50 years ago for me, Herb Alpert covers Nilsson, making it the 3rd version of Without Her to chart, after Jack Jones also had a good ol go. Herb's version isn;t quite as good but it's not bad, the song is indestructible - even James Arthur would struggle to kill it dead.

Microbe enters with Groovy Baby, a longtime Juniors Choice fave for kids of my age and younger, and it's still charming and it's still groovy, baby. The Dells drop by with a song I associate with Cilla, I Can Sing A Rainbow, and one I associate with melodicas and Paul Mauriat, Love Is Blue. This soulfunk version isn't bad, but not as good as the aforementioned. Sly & co enter as the previous single drops out, they certainly were prolific in 1969, I Wanna Take You Higher clearly influencing the 90's Was (Not Was) big hit Walk The Dinosaur. The Bee Gees were about to combust internally as Robin buggered off and it showed in the odd choice of single Tomorrow Tomorrow, very much sub par compared to those that went before and after. That leaves a cover of Let's Dance, the old Chris Montez track, from a band I've never heard of. Ola!


1 ( 1 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley # 1
2 ( 3 ) AH, HA, HA, DO YOUR THING The Hit Parade # 2
3 ( 6 ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 3
4 ( 2 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers # 1
5 ( NEW ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver # 5
6 ( 4 ) OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison # 1
7 ( 5 ) RING OF BRIGHT WATER Val Doonican # 5
8 ( 10 ) LISTEN TO THE BAND The Monkees # 8
9 ( 11 ) RAGAMUFFIN MAN Manfred Mann # 9
10 ( 15 ) MY SENTIMENTAL FRIEND Herman’s Hermits # 10

11 ( 7 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
12 ( 26 ) BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival # 12
13 ( 8 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston # 6
14 ( 9 ) COME BACK AND SHAKE ME Clodagh Rodgers # 5
15 ( 12 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
16 ( 13 ) GALVESTON Glen Campbell # 1
17 ( 14 ) JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ Dusty Springfield # 14
18 ( 18 ) MAN OF THE WORLD Fleetwood Mac # 10
19 ( 19 ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder # 5
20 ( 20 ) ISRAELITES Desmond Dekker & The Aces # 4

21 ( 16 ) HURTING EACH OTHER Ruby & The Romantics # 5
22 ( 17 ) GOODBYE Mary Hopkin # 1
23 ( 21 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE Bob & Earl # 2
24 ( 22 ) AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (THE FLESH FAILURES) (MEDLEY) The 5th Dimension # 1
25 ( 28 ) ANY DAY NOW Elvis Presley # 25
26 ( 24 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING The Righteous Brothers # 1
27 ( 23 ) YOU CAME YOU SAW YOU CONQUERED The Ronettes # 9
28 ( 29 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas # 28
29 ( 37 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye # 29
30 ( 35 ) I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE Dusty Springfield # 30

31 ( 25 ) DON JUAN Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich # 4
32 ( NEW ) LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull # 32
33 ( 38 ) WHERE’S THE PLAYGROUND SUSIE Glen Campbell # 33
34 ( 41 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 34
35 ( 47 ) BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles & The Checkmates # 35
36 ( 39 ) ROSE GARDEN Joe South # 36
37 ( 27 ) HAPPY HEART Andy Williams # 19
38 ( 46 ) MAMA SOUL The Soul Survivors # 38
39 ( 31 ) CUPID Johnny Nash # 18
40 ( 54 ) WHAT IS A MAN The Four Tops # 40

41 ( 32 ) BABY DRIVER Simon & Garfunkel # 11
42 ( 30 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN The Beatles # 30
43 ( 34 ) I CAN HEAR MUSIC The Beach Boys # 7
44 ( 40 ) DIZZY Tommy Roe # 1
45 ( 33 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison # 6
46 ( 50 ) LODI Creedence Clearwater Revival # 46
47 ( 43 ) PINBALL WIZARD The Who # 7
48 ( 42 ) WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt # 1
49 ( 45 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees # 1
50 ( 44 ) RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner # 4

51 ( 51 ) I’D RATHER GO BLIND Chicken Shack # 51
52 ( 48 ) SOMEDAY MAN The Monkees # 48
53 ( 55 ) THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Dusty Springfield # 53
54 ( 60 ) SNAKE IN THE GRASS Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich # 54
55 ( NEW ) LOVE ME TONIGHT Tom Jones # 55
56 ( 49 ) HEATHER HONEY Tommy Roe # 49
57 ( 57 ) DARKNESS, DARKNESS The Youngbloods # 57
58 ( NEW ) WITHOUT HER Herb Alpert # 58
59 ( 36 ) THESE EYES The Guess Who # 26
60 ( 63 ) BABY I LOVE YOU Andy Kim # 60

61 ( NEW ) GROOVY BABY Microbe # 61
62 ( 69 ) IT DIDN’T EVEN BRING ME DOWN The Sir Douglas Quintet # 62
63 ( 58 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan # 1
64 ( 59 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye # 1
65 ( 73 ) THE APRIL FOOLS Dionne Warwick # 65
66 ( 70 ) LET ME Paul Revere & The Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay # 66
67 ( 71 ) SEE The Rascals # 67
68 ( 64 ) LOVE THEME FROM “ROMEO AND JULIET” Henry Mancini # 64
69 ( NEW ) I CAN SING A RAINBOW/LOVE IS BLUE The Dells # 69
70 ( 67 ) LOVE IS STRANGE Buddy Holly # 67

71 ( 72 ) BUT IT’S ALRIGHT J.J. Jackson # 71
72 ( 74 ) NEVER COMES THE DAY The Moody Blues # 72
73 ( NEW ) I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER Sly & The Family Stone # 73
74 ( NEW ) LET’S DANCE Ola and The Janglers # 74
75 ( NEW ) TOMORROW TOMORROW The Bee Gees # 75


RETRO THEN
1 ( 1 ) DIZZY Tommy Roe
2 ( 2 ) GOODBYE Mary Hopkin
3 ( 4 ) MY SENTIMENTAL FRIEND Herman's Hermits
4 ( 3 ) COME BACK AND SHAKE ME Clodagh Rodgers
5 ( 5 ) GET BACK The Beatles
6 ( 12 ) RAGAMUFFIN MAN Manfred Mann
7 ( 11 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers
8 ( 10 ) THE BOXER Simon And Garfunkel
9 ( 6 ) CUPID Johnny Nash
10 ( 8 ) THE ISRAELITES Desmond Dekker and The Aces

11 ( 7 ) PINBALL WIZARD The Who
12 ( 15 ) MY WAY Frank Sinatra
13 ( 9 ) WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Noel Harrison
14 ( NEW ) LOVE ME TONIGHT Tom Jones
15 ( 19 ) AQUARIUS/ LET THE SUN SHINE IN The Fifth Dimension
16 ( 13 ) BOOM BANG A BANG Lulu
17 ( NEW ) GALVESTON Glen Campbell
18 ( NEW ) MAN OF THE WORLD Fleetwood Mac
19 ( 14 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE Bob & Earl
20 ( 16 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Dean Martin