Haven Retro Combined Chart : 19.07.1969

[smokeyb]

Week number 4 at the top for Thunderclap Newman, for probably their only retro hit so not bad.

Closing in fast and possibly next weeks number 1 is the Rolling Stones at 2.

At number 3 is the Plastic Ono Band, Elvis is still at 4 and the Beatles slip to 5.



There are 7 new entries and 1 re-entry the highest is the Dells at number 27.



The biggest climber is Robin Gibb who jumps up 32 places to number 8.


The biggest faller is the Beatles who drop 37 places.


19.07.1969 (Week # 29)


1 (01) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air - 117 points (7-3-1-1-1-1) 6 wks

2 (03) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women - 115 points (3-2) 2 wks

3 (07) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance - 96 points (7-3) 2 wks

4 (04) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto - 71 points (25-26-8-8-7-8-2-2-3-4-4-4) 12 wks

5 (02) Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko - 67 points (2-1-1-1-2-2-5) 7 wks

6 (06) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 62 points (39-6-6) 3 wks

7 (11) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It - 58 points (40-11-7) 3 wks

8 (40) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell - 51 points (40-8) 2 wks

9 (05) Beach Boys - Breakaway - 43 points (22-10-4-3-5-9) 6 wks

10 (10) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon - 38 points (21-11-9-10-10) 5 wks

11 (14) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - 38 points (22-14-11) 3 wks

12 (18) Tommy James & The Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion - 37 points (31-35-32-28-18-18-12) 7 wks

13 (16) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island - 36 points (25-16-13) 3 wks

14 (12) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 - 36 points (29-27-30-26-13-12-14) 7 wks

15 (15) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie - 35 points (34-15-15) 3 wks

16 (19) Archies - Sugar, Sugar - 35 points (36-19-16-19-16) 5 wks

17 (08) Four Tops – What Is A Man - 30 points (21-27-27-26-25-17-9-5-5-5-8-17) 12 wks

18 (09) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 30 points (26-18-11-7-6-5-5-7-18-x-25-9-6-9-18) 14 wks

19 (34) Otis Redding – Love Man - 29 points (34-19) 2 wks

20 (23) Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes - 28 points - (30-30-23-20) 4 wks

21 (17) Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - 26 points (38-20-20-17-21) 5 wks

22 (22) Oliver - Good Morning Starshine - 25 points (39-33-27-19-18-18-15-14-22-22) 10 wks

23 (20) Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing - 24 points (28-20-23) 3 wks

24 (26) Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - 23 points (28-23-14-11-12-13-13-12-26-24) 10 wks

25 (31) Impressions – Choice Of Colors - 23 points (31-34-38-31-25) 5 wks

26 (13) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary - 20 points (22-8-6-7-6-11-16-40-x-31-13-8-7-7-10-13-26) 16 wks

27 (NE) Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow - 20 points 1 wk

28 (NE) Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Mek - 19 points 1 wk

29 (30) Delfonics – Funny Feeling - 18 points (30-29-29-29-35-30-29) 7 wks

30 (NE) David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved - 17 points 1 wk

31 (21) Jethro Tull - Living In The Past - 17 points (14-11-5-4-4-6-8-21-31) 9 wks

32 (32) Neil Young - Down By The River - 17 points (32-32) 2 wks

33 (33) Arlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles - 15 points (39-32-36-33-33) 5 wks

34 (27) Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 15 points (18-3-1-2-3-6-10-13-20-20-21-24-23-25-27-27-32-27-34) 19 wks

35 (NE) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight - 15 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want - 15 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Cilla Black - Conversations - 14 points 1 wk

38 (37) Diana Ross & Supremes – I'm Livin' In Shame - 14 points (16-14-8-12-18-23-33-31-35-37-40-37-38) 13 wks

39 (38) Herb Alpert – Without Her - 14 points (38-39) 2 wks

40 (NE) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times - 14 points 1 wk

40 (40) Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie - 14 points (40-40) 2 wks

40 (RE) Family Dogg - A Way Of Life - 14 points (20-16-15-19-21-40-x-40) 7 wks



Dropped Out

43 (39) Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon – Let's Hang On - 13 points (39)

47 (35) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - 12 points (17-7-4-4-9-9-15-25-x-35-37-35)

48 (36) Winstons – Color Him Father - 11 points (34-35-38-37-40-25-19-36)

51 (25) Scott Walker - Lights Of Cincinatti - 10 points (27-25)

55 (24) Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice - 8 points (33-14-8-7-24)

56 (40) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears - 8 points (14-6-4-4-4-5-9-10-15-40)

58 (28) Procol Harum - A Salty Dog - 7 points (24-28)

66 (29) Beatles with Billy Preston - Get Back - 4 points (2-1-1-2-2-2-6-14-22-40-x-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 26.07.1969

1 (3) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (3 wk) (#1)
2 (4) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (3 wk) (#2)
3 (1) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (7 wk) (#1)
4 (2) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (7 wk) (#2)
5 (18) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (3 wk) (#5)
6 (5) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (5 wk) (#4)
7 (7) Desmond Dekker - It Miek (5 wk) (#7)
8 (23) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (3 wk) (#8)
9 (9) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon (7 wk) (#9)
10 (6) Family Dogg - A Way Of Life (9 wk) (#6)
11 (8) Beach Boys - Breakaway (7 wk) (#6)
12 (15) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (4 wk) (#12)
13 (10) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (9 wk) (# 8)
14 (13) Scott Walker - Lights Of Cincinatti (7 wk) (#13)
15 (11) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko (8 wk) (#1)
16 (19) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island (5 wk) (#16)
17 (16) Crazy Elephant - Gimmie Gimme Good Lovin' (10 wk) (# 12)
18 (25) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (3 wk) (#18)
19 (17) Booker T & MG's - Time Is Tight (12 wk) (#4)
20 (24) Cilla Black - Conversations (3 wk) (# 20)
21 (32) Four Tops - What Is A Man (9 wk) (#16)
22 (29) Stevie Wonder - I Don't Know Why/My Cherie Amour (13 wk) (#14)
23 (12) Jethro Tull - Living In The Past (11 wk) (#3)
24 (20) The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day (10 wk) (#2)
25 (43) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (2 wk) (#25)
26 (22) Tommy Roe - Dizzy (15 wk) (#1)
27 (34) Jim Reeves - When Two Worlds Collide (5 wk) (#27)
28 (14) Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice (7 wk) (#10)
29 (40) Georgie Fame - Peaceful (3 wk) (#29)
30 (41) Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (2 wk) (#30)
31 (28) Frank Sinatra - My Way (17 wk) (#5)
32 (33) Cliff Richard - Big Ship (9 wk) (#8)
33 (27) Beatles - Get Back (14 wk) (#1)
34 (NE) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (1 wk) (#34)
35 (31) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (7 wk) (#30)
36 (21) Max Romeo - Wet Dream (9 wk) (#21)
37 (48) Diana Ross & Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are (2 wk) (#37)
38 (NE) The Move - Curly (1 wk) (#38)
39 (30) Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (5 wk) (#30)
40 (NE) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (1 wk) (#40)
41 (35) Chicken Shack - I'd Rather Go Blind (12 wk) (#14)
42 (46) Bee Gees - Tomorrow Tomorrow (8 wk) (#23)
43 (49) Otis Redding - Love Man (3 wk) (#43)
44 (NE) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey (1 wk) (#44)
45 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (1 wk) (#45)
46 (38) Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears (12 wk) (#9)
47 (NE) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (1 wk) (#47)
48 (37) Tom Jones - Love Me Tonight (11 wk) (#9)
49 (42) Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (13 wk) (#6)
50 (45) Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher (11 wk) (#11)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19690719&ChMode=N

[smokeyb]

TOTP: 24-7-69:   Presenters: Jimmy Saville

(1) THE ROLLING STONES – Honky Tonk Women  (and charts)
(20) CILLA BLACK – Conversations  
(8) CLODAGH RODGERS – Goodnight Midnight
(16) JOE DOLAN – Make Me An Island
(5) ROBIN GIBB – Saved By The Bell
(NEW) THE EQUALS – Viva Bobby Joe
(38) THE MOVE – Curly
(2) JOHN LENNON & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND – Give Peace A Chance  
(1) THE ROLLING STONES – Honky Tonk Women

[darkstar79]

01 Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (2 wks)
02 The Four Tops – What Is A Man (13 wks)
03 The Delfonics – Funny Feeling (8 wks)
04 David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved (2 wks)
05 The Impressions – Choice Of Colors (6 wks)
06 The Flirtations – South Carolina (1 wk)
07 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (20 wks)
08 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon – Let's Hang On (9 wks)
09 Bobby Bland – Gotta Get To Know You (8 wks)
10 Diana Ross & Supremes – I'm Livin' In Shame (14 wks)

11 The Winstons – Color Him Father (10 wks)
12 The Isley Brothers – I Turned You On (9 wks)
13 The Foundations – My Little Chickadee (6 wks)
14 Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (15 wks)
15 Billy Preston – That’s The Way God Planned It (4 wks)
16 Solomon Burke – That Lucky Old Sun (3 wks)
17 Aretha Franklin – Share Your Love With Me (1 wk)
18 Tom Jones – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (1 wk)
19 Clarence Carter – The Feeling Is Right (6 wks)
20 Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples – Never, Never Let You Go (3 wks)

21 The Temptations – Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down (10 wks)
22 Bobby Freeman – Everybody’s Got A Hang Up (2 wks)
23 Otis Redding – Love Man (11 wks)
24 Candi Staton – I’d Rather Be An Old Man’s Sweetheart (7 wks)
25 Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Nitty Gritty (2 wks)
26 Dee Dee Warwick – Ring Of Bright Water (2 wks)
27 Johnny Adams – Reconsider Me (6 wks)
28 Dusty Springfield – Willie & Laura Mae Jones (4 wks)
29 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Abraham, Martin and John (5 wks)
30 Diana Ross & The Supremes – No Matter What Sign You Are (9 wks)

[raliverpool]

26/07/1969

1 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (3wks 7-2-1)
2 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (3wks 17-6-2)
3 Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion (5wks 23-13-6-3-3)
4 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (6wks 20-8-1-1-1-4)
5 John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (2wks 9-5)
6 Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (2wks 29-6)
7 Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (4wks 20-8-5-7)
8 Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (3wks 20-11-8)
9 Neil Young - Down By The River (7wks 33-19-10-6-3-4-9)
10 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (2wks 19-10)

11 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (2wks 22-11)
12 Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (2wks 21-12)
13 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Mek (4wks 33-19-14-13)
14 Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon (4wks 36-21-15-14)
15 Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning (6wks 29-22-15-9-8-15)
16 Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (4wks 18-13-12-16)
17 Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 (That's My Number) (4wks 27-18-16-17)
18 Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (7wks 25-13-7-5-4-7-18)
19 Tim Hardin - Simple Song Of Freedom (2wks 33-19)
20 Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine (2wks 24-20)

21 Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand (3wks 37-28-21)
22 Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Cilla Black - Conversations (2wks 39-23)
24 Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Jethro Tull - Living In The Past (8wks 23-12-4-2-2-2-10-25)
26 Andy Kim - Baby I Love You (4wks 35-28-23-26)
27 Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (2wks 38-27)
28 Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (1wk 28 NEW)

29 Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (8wks 22-9-6-3-4-5-13-29)
30 Who - I'm Free (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Junior Walker & The All Stars - What Does It Take (6wks 22-16-14-14-18-31)
32 Blood Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel (7wks 28-18-14-11-12-17-32)
33 Impressions - Choice Of Colors (2wks 35-33)
34 Guess Who - Laughing (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Vikki Carr - With Pen In Hand (5wks 38-31-27-25-35)
36 Steve Miller Band - Space Cowboy (2wks 40-36)
37 Beach Boys - Breakaway (6wks 24-11-9-11-20-37)
38 Georgie Fame - Peaceful (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Russell Morris - Part Three into Paper Walls (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues (1wk 40 NEW)

The female country pop singer/songwriter's co-written USA #4 hit also topped the charts in South Africa. Most people know the song via the Annie Lennox & Al Green duet released as the ending theme song to the 1988 film Scrooged.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (7 wks)
2 (2) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (3 wks)
3 (5) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (3 wks)
4 (3) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (5 wks)
5 (4) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon (7 wks)
6 (9) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (3 wks)
7 (19) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (2 wks)
8 (10) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (4 wks)
9 (7) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (7 wks)
10 (8) Beach Boys - Breakaway (7 wks)
11 (14) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (3 wks)
12 (6) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (7 wks)
13 (11) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko (8 wks)
14 (17) Cilla Black - Conversations (3 wks)
15 (NE) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (1 wk)
16 (22) Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (2 wks)
17 (18) Jackie De Shannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (6 wks)
18 (23) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (3 wks)
19 (30) Who - I'm Free (2 wks)
20 (NE) The Move - Curly (1 wk)
21 (29) Guess Who - Laughing (2 wks)
22 (12) Scott Walker - Lights Of Cincinatti (7 wks)
23 (13) Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice (7 wks)
24 (15) Four Tops - What Is A Man (9 wks)
25 (16) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island (5 wks)
26 (21) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (9 wks)
27 (NE) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (1 wk)
28 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (1 wk)
29 (NE) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey (1 wk)
30 (NE) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (1 wk)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond < 1st #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
3 ( 1 ) Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman (#1[5])
4 ( 7 ) Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band
5 ( 14 ) Bring On Back The Good Times - Love Affair
6 ( 5 ) Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#5)
7 ( 4 ) Good Morning Starshine - Oliver (#2[5])
8 ( 13 ) Saved By The Bell - Robin Gibb
9 ( 11 ) Conversations - Cilla Black
10 ( 6 ) The Ballad Of John And Yoko - Beatles (#3)

11 ( 8 ) Make Me An Island - Joe Dolan (#6)
12 ( 10 ) That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston (#9)
13 ( 19 ) Love Man - Otis Redding
14 ( 12 ) In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans (#11)
15 ( 17 ) Quentin's Theme - Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
16 ( 9 ) My Cheri Amour - Stevie Wonder (#4)
17 ( 23 ) Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) - Donovan And Jeff Beck
18 ( -- ) Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens
19 ( 30 ) So I Can Love You - Emotions
20 ( -- ) Early In The Morning - Vanity Fare

21 ( 32 ) Doggone Right - Smokey Robinson & The Mircales
22 ( 16 ) Let Me - Paul Revere & the Raiders (#8)
23 ( 15 ) Break Away - Beach Boys (#4)
24 ( -- ) Curly - Move
25 ( 20 ) Hello Suzie - Amen Corner (#17)
26 ( 18 ) A Salty Dog - Procol Harum (#10)
27 ( -- ) Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
28 ( 21 ) Colour Him Father - Winstons (#13)
29 ( 28 ) These Eyes - Guess Who (#30)
30 ( 24 ) Special Delivery - 1910 Fruitgum Co (#15)

31 ( 22 ) Frozen Orange Juice - Peter Sarstedt (#6)
32 ( 26 ) It Miek - Desmond Dekker And The Aces (#21)
33 ( 27 ) What Does It Take - Junior Walker & The All Stars (#22)
34 ( -- ) Laughing - Guess Who
35 ( 25 ) Spinning Wheel - Blood Sweat And Tears (#7)
36 ( 29 ) Moody Woman - Jerry Butler (#23)
37 ( 33 ) See - Rascals (#19)
38 ( 36 ) Once I Had A Sweetheart - Pentangle (#23)
39 ( 37 ) Everyday With You Girl - Classics IV (#24)
40 ( 34 ) Way Of Life - Family Dogg (#6)

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-- ( 31 ) What Is A Man - Four Tops (#13)
-- ( 35 ) Living In The Past - Jethro Tull (#3)
-- ( 38 ) Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down - Temptations (#18)
-- ( 39 ) Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet - Henry Mancini (#8)
-- ( 40 ) Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#1[2])

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-- ( -- ) Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White
-- ( -- ) Reconsider Me - Johnny Adams

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A cover version of a Coasters song, but who better to do a novelty comic hit than Ray Stevens, along with falsetto voices etc.

[o]

1 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
2 Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
3 Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
4 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
5 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
6 Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
7 Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
8 Beach Boys - Breakaway
9 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
10 Four Tops - What Is A Man
11 Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
12 Archies - Sugar, Sugar
13 The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
14 Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
15 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
16 Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko
17 Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
18 Amen Corner - Hello Suzie
19 Otis Redding - Love Man
20 Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
02(03) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It
03(05) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell
04(02) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
05(13) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight
06(10) Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
07(08) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
08(04) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
09(12) Otis Redding - Love Man
10(06) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon

11(15) Georgie Fame – Peaceful
12(--) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
13(09) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island
14(07) Herb Alpert – Without Her
15(33) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
16(11) The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko
17(34) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine
18(24) Cilla Black – Conversations
19(--) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
20(31) Diana Ross & Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are

23(--) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning
24(41) The Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow

31(--) The Move – Curly
32(--) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey
40(--) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir

[popchartfreak]

19th July 1969

It's a first week on top for Bee Gee solo Saved By The Bell, Robin doing OTT power-ballad as well as the specialists of the time. Mum bought this single in Singapore, and I played it in the car this week while taking mum and dad to see my niece. Mum has alzheimers and can't speak hardly at all, but it still got her going on flights of musical fantasy the second it came on. The power of music. This was also the week Man stepped onto the moon, I watched the broadcasts the next morning, Neil Armstrong having annoyingly moonwalked early in the middle of UK night, which meant I had to watch the repeats on specially-allowed morning BBC TV. It was inspiring, though also disappointing to miss it live, and the TV footage not being state-of-the-art. David Bowie had released his appropriate ground-breaking single the week before, and it duly enters at 16 in tribute to Apollo, though by the time it became a UK hit I'd left the UK and didn't get to hear it until it was a reissued US hit in 1973. It eventually topped my charts in 1975. 

John Lennon goes top 10 as he also tops my actual charts of the time - so the Moon-Landing single of the time was a fairly apt message that will always be relevant, even if the events listed in it are historical. So his first, or his umpteenth, top 10, depending on how you look at it. The Stones also get another, their 3rd, and The Love Affair make it a 4th top 20. Country Joe almost goes top 40 with his Twiggy original version, and The Equals return with another fave of the time - Viva Bobby Joe, in at 5 - Eddy Grant still setting the groundwork for his future-career, as Sly & The Family Stone keep the frantic pace of US-charting singles going at 57 and the more-singalong Hot Fun In The Summertime. The Chi-Lites return as the chart starts to look more and more like an early version of the Philly/Soul early 70's - albeit all of them tracks I didn't know at the time but sound good to my ears. Just to underline that, Aretha Franklin, Young-Holt Unlimited, The Electric Indian, and The Intrigues all slot in as a bunch of Philly bands are pending to turn up over the next few weeks. 

Elsewhere, Creedence also keep the pace of hot singles fast, as Green River replaces Bad Moon Rising, The Move turn up with Curly, while Hello Susie (another Roy Wood song) is still charting - the final single with Carl Wayne, as they shortly become a Jeff Lynne/Roy Wood/ELO/Wizzard embryo, and Curly sounds like it came straight off Roy Wood's 1973 solo album Boulders. Finally Fairport Convention chart with a French-language translation version of Bob Dylan's If You Gotta Go, Go Now (giving him 2 songs on the chart) that was a hit for Manfred Mann. 50 years ago I clearly liked Amen Corner, Billy Preston, Creedence's Proud Mary, Donovan and Jim Reeves hits more than I do now, even allowing for the added competition from records I didn't know then.

1 ( 6 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb # 1
2 ( 2 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman # 1
3 ( 3 ) IN THE YEAR 2525 (EXORDIUM AND TERMINUS) Zager & Evans # 1
4 ( 5 ) CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James & The Shondells # 2
5 ( 1 ) SUGAR, SUGAR The Archies # 1
6 ( 4 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys # 1
7 ( 7 ) A WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg # 1
8 ( 17 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE The Plastic Ono Band # 8
9 ( 10 ) MARRAKESH EXPRESS Crosby, Stills & Nash # 9
10 ( 12 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones # 10

11 ( 11 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO The Beatles # 1
12 ( 9 ) SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) Neil Diamond # 9
13 ( 22 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare # 13
14 ( 14 ) CHOICE OF COLORS The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield # 14
15 ( 8 ) RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Kenny Rogers & The First Edition # 6
16 ( NEW ) SPACE ODDITY David Bowie # 16
17 ( 13 ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver # 1
18 ( 43 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair # 18
19 ( 16 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers # 1
20 ( 29 ) MOTHER AND JACK Robin Gibb # 20

21 ( 15 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan # 15
22 ( 33 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie # 22
23 ( 25 ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers # 23
24 ( 26 ) LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan # 24
25 ( 19 ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 1
26 ( 18 ) AH, HA, HA, DO YOUR THING The Hit Parade # 2
27 ( 20 ) LIGHTS OF CINCINATTI Scott Walker # 20
28 ( 24 ) LISTEN TO THE BAND The Monkees # 3
29 ( 21 ) BABY MAKE IT SOON Marmalade # 10
30 ( 34 ) TRUE GRIT Glen Campbell # 30

31 ( 23 ) IT’S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass Elliot # 8
32 ( 36 ) DELIA’S GONE Waylon Jennings # 32
33 ( 27 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley # 1
34 ( 31 ) OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison # 1
35 ( 39 ) WORKING ON A GROOVY THING The 5th Dimension # 35
36 ( 49 ) PEACEFUL Georgie Fame # 36
37 ( 30 ) HELLO SUZIE Amen Corner # 30
38 ( 38 ) I’M FREE The Who # 38
39 ( 44 ) IT MEK Desmond Dekker & The Aces # 39
40 ( 48 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston # 40

41 ( 63 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Country Joe & The Fish # 41
42 ( 35 ) CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black # 35
43 ( 47 ) YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT The Rolling Stones # 43
44 ( 40 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
45 ( 41 ) RING OF BRIGHT WATER Val Doonican # 5
46 ( 42 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
47 ( 28 ) GET TOGETHER The Youngbloods # 15
48 ( 58 ) JACK AND JILL Tommy Roe # 48
49 ( 50 ) WILLIE AND LAURA MAE JONES Dusty Springfield # 49
50 ( 32 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Joni Mitchell # 26

51 ( NEW ) VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals # 51
52 ( 53 ) BIRDS OF A FEATHER Joe South # 52
53 ( 37 ) I’D WAIT A MILLION YEARS The Grass Roots # 37
54 ( 56 ) I’VE LOST EVERYTHING I’VE EVER LOVED David Ruffin # 54
55 ( 51 ) GALVESTON Glen Campbell # 1
56 ( 60 ) WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Jim Reeves # 56
57 ( NEW ) HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Sly & The Family Stone # 57
58 ( 59 ) HEY JOE Wilson Pickett # 58
59 ( 69 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tom Jones # 59
60 ( NEW ) LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS The Chi-Lites # 60

61 ( 45 ) FROZEN ORANGE JUICE Peter Sarstedt # 19
62 ( NEW ) GREEN RIVER Creedence Clearwater Revival # 62
63 ( 68 ) GOO GOO BARABAJAGAL Donovan & The Jeff Beck Group # 63
64 ( 46 ) ALONG CAME JONES Ray Stevens # 46
65 ( 52 ) MELODY HILL The Archies # 52
66 ( 57 ) 54-46 WAS MY NUMBER Toots & The Maytals # 57
67 ( NEW ) SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME Aretha Franklin # 67
68 ( 74 ) RED RED WINE Tony Tribe # 68
69 ( 70 ) ME AND BOBBY MCGEE Roger Miller # 69
70 ( NEW ) CURLY The Move # 70

71 ( 73 ) THE NITTY GRITTY Gladys Knight & The Pips # 71
72 ( NEW ) STRAIGHT AHEAD Young-Holt Unlimited # 72
73 ( NEW ) KEEM-O-SABE The Electric Indian # 73
74 ( NEW ) SI TU DOIS PARTIR Fairport Convention # 74
75 ( NEW ) IN A MOMENT The Intrigues # 75


wot I liked that week then 5th official compiled chart

1 ( 4 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Plastic Ono Band
2 ( 2 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys
3 ( 10 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles
4 ( 5 ) HELLO SUSIE Amen Corner
5 ( 11 ) THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
6 ( 13 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones
7 ( 1 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
8 ( 17 ) PROUD MARY Creedence Clearwater Revival
9 ( 8 ) BABY MAKE IT SOON Marmalade
10 ( 19 ) BARABAJAGAL Donovan and The Jeff Beck Group

11 ( 20 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
12 ( 12 ) FROZEN ORANGE JUICE Peter Sarstedt
13 ( NEW ) WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Jim Reeves
14 ( 7 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman
15 ( 18 ) TIME IS TIGHT Booker T & The MG's
16 ( 14 ) LIVING IN THE PAST Jethro Tull
17 ( NEW ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers
18 ( 16 ) THE LIGHTS OF CINCINATTI Scott Walker
19 ( NEW ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb
20 ( 15 ) OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers

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1 [2] :: Rolling Stones - HONKY TONK WOMEN
2 [3] :: Plastic Ono Band - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
3 [1] :: Elvis Presley - IN THE GHETTO
4 [5] :: Otis Redding - LOVE MAN
5 [4] :: Isley Brothers - IT'S YOUR THING
6 [new] :: The Stooges - I WANNA BE YOUR DOG
7 [7] :: Tony Joe White - POLK SALAD ANNIE
8 [8] :: Tony Tribe - RED RED WINE
9 [new] :: Marvin Gaye - TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY
10 [15] :: Beatles - THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO
11 [16] :: Love Affair - BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES
12 [6] :: Arlo Guthrie - COMING INTO LOS ANGELES
13 [new] :: Robin Gibb - SAVEB BY THE BELL
14 [11] :: Desmond Dekker - IT MIEK
15 [9] :: Steppenwolf - BORN TO BE WILD
16 [19] :: Roger Miller - ME AND BOBBY McGHEE
17 [10] :: Jackie Wilson - (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER
18 [14] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - PROUD MARY
19 [20] :: Beach Boys - BREAKAWAY
20 [17] :: Beatles - GET BACK