Haven Retro Combined Chart : 26.07.1969

[smokeyb]

The Rolling Stones get their 3rd retro number one, with the Plastic Ono Band moving up to number 2.

The Thunderclap Newman slips to number 3, Robin Gibb is up at 4 and Neil Diamond is up at 5.



There are 5 new entries and 1 re-entry the highest is Marvin Gaye who re enters the chart at number 21.



The biggest climber is the Love Affair who jump up 32 places to number 8.



The biggest faller is Jackie Wilson who drops 34 places.



26.07.1969 (Week # 30)


1 (02) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women - 124 points (3-2-1) 3 wks

2 (03) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance - 115 points (7-3-2) 3 wks

3 (01) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air - 91 points (7-3-1-1-1-1-3) 7 wks

4 (08) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell - 89 points (40-8-4) 3 wks

5 (06) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 76 points (39-6-6-5) 4 wks

6 (07) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It - 60 points (40-11-7-6) 4 wks

7 (04) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto - 59 points (25-26-8-8-7-8-2-2-3-4-4-4-7) 13 wks

8 (40) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times - 57 points (40-8) 2 wks

9 (05) Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko - 51 points (2-1-1-1-2-2-5-9) 8 wks

10 (09) Beach Boys - Breakaway - 42 points (22-10-4-3-5-9-10) 7 wks

11 (19) Otis Redding – Love Man - 40 points (34-19-11) 3 wks

12 (15) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie - 35 points (34-15-15-12) 4 wks

13 (12) Tommy James & The Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion - 35 points (31-35-32-28-18-18-12-13) 8 wks

14 (10) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon - 34 points (21-11-9-10-10-14) 6 wks

15 (11) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - 33 points (22-14-11-15) 4 wks

16 (17) Four Tops – What Is A Man - 31 points (21-27-27-26-25-17-9-5-5-5-8-17-16) 13 wks

17 (14) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 - 30 points (29-27-30-26-13-12-14-17) 8 wks

18 (35) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight - 26 points (35-18) 2 wks

19 (36) Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want - 26 points (36-19) 2 wks

20 (16) Archies - Sugar, Sugar - 26 points (36-19-16-19-16-20) 6 wks

21 (RE) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - 26 points (35-30-34-23-11-10-13-22-20-23-33-x-21) 12 wks

22 (27) Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow - 25 points (27-22) 2 wks

23 (25) Impressions – Choice Of Colors - 23 points (31-34-38-31-25-23) 6 wks

24 (37) Cilla Black - Conversations - 22 points (37-24) 2 wks

25 (21) Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - 19 points (38-20-20-17-21-25) 6 wks

26 (29) Delfonics – Funny Feeling - 18 points (30-29-29-29-35-30-29-26) 8 wks

27 (13) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island - 18 points (25-16-13-27) 4 wks

28 (20) Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes - 18 points - (30-30-23-20-28) 5 wks

29 (22) Oliver - Good Morning Starshine - 22 points (39-33-27-19-18-18-15-14-22-22-29) 11 wks

30 (NE) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine - 18 points 1 wk

31 (30) David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved - 17 points (30-31) 2 wks

32 (NE) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group – Goo Goo Barabajagal - 16 points 1 wk

33 (26) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary - 16 points (22-8-6-7-6-11-16-40-x-31-13-8-7-7-10-13-26-33) 17 wks

34 (23) Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing - 16 points (28-20-23-34) 4 wks

35 (NE) Flirtations – South Carolina - 15 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning - 15 points 1 wk

37 (18) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 15 points (26-18-11-7-6-5-5-7-18-x-25-9-6-9-18-37) 15 wks

38 (28) Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Mek - 15 points (28-38) 2 wks

39 (NE) Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog - 15 points 1 wk

40 (34) Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 14 points (18-3-1-2-3-6-10-13-20-20-21-24-23-25-27-27-32-27-34-40) 20 wks

40 (40) Family Dogg - A Way Of Life - 14 points (20-16-15-19-21-40-x-40-40) 8 wks

40 (40) Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie - 14 points (40-40-40) 3 wks



Dropped Out

45 (32) Neil Young - Down By The River - 12 points (32-32)

47 (38) Diana Ross & Supremes – I'm Livin' In Shame - 11 points (16-14-8-12-18-23-33-31-35-37-40-37-38)

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

54 (33) Arlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles - 9 points (39-32-36-33-33)

56 (39) Herb Alpert – Without Her - 7 points (38-39)

66 (24) Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - 4 points (28-23-14-11-12-13-13-12-26-24)


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 02.08.1969

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

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19690726&ChMode=N

[smokeyb]

TOTP: 31-7-69:   Presenters: Alan Freeman

(1) THE ROLLING STONES – Honky Tonk Women  (and charts)
(11) BILLY PRESTON – That’s The Way God Planned It  
(13) CILLA BLACK – Conversations  
(38) DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES – No Matter What Sign You Are  
(12) DONOVAN with THE JEFF BECK GROUP – Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
(29) GEORGIE FAME – Peaceful
(9) MARMALADE – Baby Make It Soon
(19) LOVE AFFAIR – Bringing On Back The Good Times
(1) THE ROLLING STONES – Honky Tonk Women

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (8 wks)
2 (2) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (4 wks)
3 (7) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (3 wks)
4 (6) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (4 wks)
5 (3) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (4 wks)
6 (4) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (6 wks)
7 (5) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon (8 wks)
8 (15) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (2 wks)
9 (8) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (5 wks)
10 (9) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (8 wks)
11 (11) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (4 wks)
12 (19) Who - I'm Free (3 wks)
13 (20) The Move - Curly (2 wks)
14 (16) Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (3 wks)
15 (18) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (4 wks)
16 (17) Jackie De Shannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (7 wks)
17 (28) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (2 wks)
18 (27) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (2 wks)
19 (21) Guess Who - Laughing (3 wks)
20 (10) Beach Boys - Breakaway (8 wks)
21 (29) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey (2 wks)
22 (30) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (2 wks)
23 (NE) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (1 wk)
24 (12) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (8 wks)
25 (13) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko (9 wks)
26 (14) Cilla Black - Conversations (4 wks)
27 (22) Scott Walker - Lights Of Cincinatti (8 wks)
28 (23) Peter Sarstedt - Frozen Orange Juice (8 wks)
29 (24) Four Tops - What Is A Man (10 wks)
30 (NE) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (1 wk)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
3 ( 5 ) Bring On Back The Good Times - Love Affair
4 ( 4 ) Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band
5 ( -- ) Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
6 ( 8 ) Saved By The Bell - Robin Gibb
7 ( 3 ) Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman (#1[5])
8 ( -- ) Marrakesh Express - Crosby Stills & Nash
9 ( 18 ) Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens
10 ( 6 ) Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#5)

11 ( 9 ) Conversations - Cilla Black (#9)
12 ( 20 ) Early In The Morning - Vanity Fare
13 ( -- ) Viva Bobby Joe - Equals
14 ( 13 ) Love Man - Otis Redding (#13)
15 ( 7 ) Good Morning Starshine - Oliver (#2[5])
16 ( -- ) Get Together - Youngbloods
17 ( 24 ) Curly - Move
18 ( 19 ) So I Can Love You - Emotions
19 ( -- ) It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
20 ( 17 ) Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) - Donovan And Jeff Beck (#17)

21 ( 15 ) Quentin's Theme - Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (#15)
22 ( 21 ) Doggone Right - Smokey Robinson & The Mircales (#21)
23 ( 11 ) Make Me An Island - Joe Dolan (#6)
24 ( 10 ) The Ballad Of John And Yoko - Beatles (#3)
25 ( 27 ) Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon
26 ( 12 ) That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston (#9)
27 ( -- ) A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
28 ( 14 ) In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans (#11)
29 ( -- ) Thus Spake Zarathustra - Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor Lorin Maazel
30 ( 34 ) Laughing - Guess Who

31 ( 16 ) My Cheri Amour - Stevie Wonder (#4)
32 ( 22 ) Let Me - Paul Revere & the Raiders (#8)
33 ( 25 ) Hello Suzie - Amen Corner (#17)
34 ( 29 ) These Eyes - Guess Who (#30)
35 ( 23 ) Break Away - Beach Boys (#4)
36 ( -- ) Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg
37 ( 26 ) A Salty Dog - Procol Harum (#10)
38 ( 28 ) Colour Him Father - Winstons (#13)
39 ( 30 ) Special Delivery - 1910 Fruitgum Co (#15)
40 ( 32 ) It Miek - Desmond Dekker And The Aces (#21)

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

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-- ( -- ) Clean Up Your Own Backyard - Elvis Presley
-- ( -- ) Tears Won't Wash Away These Heartaches - Ken Dodd

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[darkstar79]

01 Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (3 wks)
02 The Four Tops – What Is A Man (14 wks)
03 The Delfonics – Funny Feeling (9 wks)
04 David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved (3 wks)
05 The Impressions – Choice Of Colors (7 wks)
06 The Flirtations – South Carolina (2 wks)
07 Otis Redding – Free Me (1 wk)
08 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (21 wks)
09 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon – Let's Hang On (10 wks)
10 The Chi-Lites – Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was (1 wk)

11 Bobby Bland – Gotta Get To Know You (9 wks)
12 Diana Ross & The Supremes – The Young Folks ( 1 wk)
13 Diana Ross & The Supremes – I'm Livin' In Shame (15 wks)
14 The Foundations – My Little Chickadee (7 wks)
15 The Winstons – Color Him Father (11 wks)
16 Billy Preston – That’s The Way God Planned It (5 wks)
17 Solomon Burke – That Lucky Old Sun (4 wks)
18 Aretha Franklin – Share Your Love With Me (2 wks)
19 Ruby Andres – You Made A Believer (1 wk)
20 The Isley Brothers – I Turned You On (10 wks)

21 Tom Jones – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (2 wks)
22 Clarence Carter – The Feeling Is Right (7 wks)
23 Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (16 wks)
24 Sly & The Family Stone – Hot Fun In The Summertime (1 wk)
25 Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples – Never, Never Let You Go (4 wks)
26 Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas – Just Keep On Loving Me (1 wk)
27 Bobby Freeman – Everybody’s Got A Hang Up (3 wks)
28 Candi Staton – I’d Rather Be An Old Man’s Sweetheart (8 wks)
29 Otis Redding – Love Man (12 wks)
30 The Temptations – Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down (11 wks)

[raliverpool]

02/08/1969

1 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (4wks 17-6-2-1)
2 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (4wks 7-2-1-2)
3 Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (3wks 29-6-3)
4 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (3wks 19-10-4)
5 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (3wks 22-11-5)
6 John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (3wks 9-5-6)
7 Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion (6wks 23-13-6-3-3-7)
8 Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (3wks 21-12-8)
9 Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (4wks 20-11-8-9)
10 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (7wks 20-8-1-1-1-4-10)

11 Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (2wks 24-11)
12 Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie (2wks 22-12)
13 Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (2wks 28-13)
14 Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (5wks 20-8-5-7-14)
15 Who - I'm Free (2wks 30-15)
16 Cilla Black - Conversations (3wks 39-23-16)
17 Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand (4wks 37-28-21-17)
18 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Mek (5wks 33-19-14-13-18)
19 Tim Hardin - Simple Song Of Freedom (3wks 33-19-19)
20 Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon (5wks 36-21-15-14-20)

21 Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine (3wks 24-20-21)
22 Guess Who - Laughing (2wks 34-22)
23 Neil Young - Down By The River (8wks 33-19-10-6-3-4-9-23)
24 Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (3wks 38-27-24)
25 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Crosby Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 (That's My Number) (5wks 27-18-16-17-27)
28 Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (5wks 18-13-12-16-28)
29 Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Move - Curly (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Georgie Fame - Peaceful (2wks 38-32)
33 Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues (2wks 40-33)
34 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Elvis Presley - Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning (7wks 29-22-15-9-8-15-36)
37 Andy Kim - Baby I Love You (5wks 35-28-23-26-37)
38 Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Kinks - Drivin' (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Johnny Adams - Reconsider Me (1wk 40 NEW)

Written and produced by Roy Wood, the Birmingham psychedelic group's acoustic pop UK #12 track was the last single by the band to feature Carl Wayne before his departure, as well as the first with Rick Price replacing Trevor Burton on bass guitar.

[o]

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

[Whitneyfan]

01(12) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
02(01) Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
03(05) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight
04(19) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
05(06) Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
06(02) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It
07(15) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
08(03) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell
09(23) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning
10(04) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air

11(07) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
12(09) Otis Redding - Love Man
13(17) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine
14(11) Georgie Fame – Peaceful
15(08) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
16(31) The Move – Curly
17(32) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey
18(20) Diana Ross & Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are
19(18) Cilla Black – Conversations
20(10) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon

22(--) The Equals – Viva Bobby Joe
26(40) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir

38(--) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By

43(--) Ken Dodd - Tears Won't Wash Away These Heartaches
45(--) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime…Moi Non Plus

[Shireblogger]

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

After the Banana Splits earlier in the year, it is another novelty #1 for me. This time Richard Strauss (1864-1949) gets a chart topper with his theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[popchartfreak]

26th July 1969

It's a second week on top for Robin Gibb, in a still-static upper-chart, with only David Bowie's Space Oddity managing to make the Big League at 10, his first top 10 - and very very much not his last. Glen Campbell takes his True Grit top 20, as some more movie songs pop in lower down: 2001: A Space Odyssey was giving Strauss a push in Stanley Kubrick's ground-breaking movie, the first big-budget special-effects movie, and stunning it was visually. Writer Arthur C. Clarke would go on to become my favourite writer within 18 months as I leaped from Enid Blyton to sci-fi as my reading material of choice, and I saw this film at the cinema. Hadn't a clue what was going on plot-wise at the end. The slow-pace was also a problem for a kid, but it remains awesome to look at. That means Also Sprach Zarathustra (as I know it better) enters at 59. 

At 45, the highest new entry is Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin and their very naughty song, banned on UK radio and TV - though the melody was familiar to me by the time I finally got to hear Je T'Aime in 1974, when I bought it on re-issue and it topped my charts - though already a big hit in Europe, along with another track which will chart in the next few weeks for me. Biggest climb into the 40 is from Sly & The Family Stone, Hot Fun peaking higher to date than most of their numerous chart tracks inside a prolific 12 months. The Dells return with a cover of their own 50's track, Oh What A Night at 56 - I'm partial to doowop, whatever decade it is. The O'Jays also return, with One Night Affair at 57, a second chart entry with a decade more ahead of them including 2 number ones in 1972 and 1973. 

William Bell is also back, this time with a Northern Soul solo track, Happy - no, not THAT Happy - and Tyrone Davis debuts with a Eugene Record co-write at 67, All The Waiting Is Not In Vain, as Eugene's own band climbs to 44 for The Chi-Lites, and an act he wrote the previous hit for (Young-Holt Unlimited) is up to 69 with another instrumental. KIng Curtis gets another Saxy instrumental hit, Iggy Pop debuts with his punky Stooges, and he is ahead of his time in wanting to be a dog. That's quite the cult these days in some circles. Jose Feliciano is back, this time with his own song Rain which Bruce Ruffin will have a UK hit with in 1971, and which I was sort of aware of without noticing - probably due to the numerous covers over the next few years, and in here at 73. Motherlode's soul-based smoothness is at 74, and Henry Mancini is returns with another instrumental - this time Beethoven. Suddenly my chart is all classical, oooh get me. 


1 ( 1 ) 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 ( 4 ) CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James & The Shondells # 2
5 ( 5 ) SUGAR, SUGAR The Archies # 1
6 ( 8 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE The Plastic Ono Band # 6
7 ( 6 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys # 1
8 ( 9 ) MARRAKESH EXPRESS Crosby, Stills & Nash # 8
9 ( 10 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones # 9
10 ( 16 ) SPACE ODDITY David Bowie # 10

11 ( 7 ) A WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg # 1
12 ( 11 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO The Beatles # 1
13 ( 13 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare # 13
14 ( 12 ) SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) Neil Diamond # 9
15 ( 18 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair # 15
16 ( 20 ) MOTHER AND JACK Robin Gibb # 16
17 ( 22 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie # 17
18 ( 17 ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver # 1
19 ( 30 ) TRUE GRIT Glen Campbell # 19
20 ( 19 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers # 1

21 ( 15 ) RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Kenny Rogers & The First Edition # 6
22 ( 23 ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers # 22
23 ( 24 ) LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan # 23
24 ( 35 ) WORKING ON A GROOVY THING The 5th Dimension # 24
25 ( 38 ) I’M FREE The Who # 25
26 ( 39 ) IT MEK Desmond Dekker & The Aces # 26
27 ( 14 ) CHOICE OF COLORS The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield # 14
28 ( 28 ) LISTEN TO THE BAND The Monkees # 3
29 ( 21 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan # 15
30 ( 32 ) DELIA’S GONE Waylon Jennings # 30

31 ( 25 ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 1
32 ( 36 ) PEACEFUL Georgie Fame # 32
33 ( 26 ) AH, HA, HA, DO YOUR THING The Hit Parade # 2
34 ( 31 ) IT’S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass Elliot # 8
35 ( 29 ) BABY MAKE IT SOON Marmalade # 10
36 ( 41 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Country Joe & The Fish # 36
37 ( 33 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley # 1
38 ( 34 ) OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison # 1
39 ( 43 ) YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT The Rolling Stones # 39
40 ( 57 ) HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Sly & The Family Stone # 40

41 ( 27 ) LIGHTS OF CINCINATTI Scott Walker # 20
42 ( 51 ) VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals # 42
43 ( 48 ) JACK AND JILL Tommy Roe # 43
44 ( 60 ) LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS The Chi-Lites # 44
45 ( NEW ) JE T’AIME..MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg # 45
46 ( 44 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
47 ( 59 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tom Jones # 47
48 ( 46 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
49 ( 52 ) BIRDS OF A FEATHER Joe South # 49
50 ( 45 ) RING OF BRIGHT WATER Val Doonican # 5

51 ( 54 ) I’VE LOST EVERYTHING I’VE EVER LOVED David Ruffin # 51
52 ( 62 ) GREEN RIVER Creedence Clearwater Revival # 52
53 ( 37 ) HELLO SUZIE Amen Corner # 30
54 ( 63 ) GOO GOO BARABAJAGAL Donovan & The Jeff Beck Group # 54
55 ( 40 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston # 40
56 ( NEW ) OH WHAT A NIGHT (1969) The Dells # 56
57 ( NEW ) ONE NIGHT AFFAIR The O’Jays # 57
58 ( 75 ) IN A MOMENT The Intrigues # 58
59 ( NEW ) THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor Lorin Maazel # 59
60 ( 55 ) GALVESTON Glen Campbell # 1

61 ( 42 ) CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black # 35
62 ( 49 ) WILLIE AND LAURA MAE JONES Dusty Springfield # 49
63 ( 67 ) SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME Aretha Franklin # 63
64 ( NEW ) HAPPY William Bell # 64
65 ( 68 ) RED RED WINE Tony Tribe # 65
66 ( 70 ) CURLY The Move # 66
67 ( NEW ) ALL THE WAITING IS NOT IN VAIN Tyrone Davis # 67
68 ( NEW ) LA JEANNE King Curtis And His Kingpins # 68
69 ( 72 ) STRAIGHT AHEAD Young-Holt Unlimited # 69
70 ( 73 ) KEEM-O-SABE The Electric Indian # 70

71 ( 74 ) SI TU DOIS PARTIR Fairport Convention # 71
72 ( NEW ) I WANNA BE YOUR DOG The Stooges featuring Iggy Pop # 72
73 ( NEW ) RAIN Jose Feliciano # 73
74 ( NEW ) WHEN I DIE Motherlode # 74
75 ( NEW ) MOONLIGHT SONATA Henry Mancini and his Orchestra # 75




My Actual Chart this week 1969


1 ( 14 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman
2 ( 1 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Plastic Ono Band
3 ( 7 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
4 ( 11 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
5 ( 6 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones
6 ( 4 ) HELLO SUSIE Amen Corner
7 ( 2 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys
8 ( RE ) IT MEK Desmond Dekker
9 ( 5 ) THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
10 ( 19 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb


11 ( RE ) WAY OF LIFE The Family Dogg
12 ( 17 ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers
13 ( 3 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles
14 ( 9 ) BABY MAKE IT SOON Marmalade
15 ( 10 ) BARABAJAGAL Donovan and The Jeff Beck Group
16 ( NEW ) CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black
17 ( NEW ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair
18 ( 8 ) PROUD MARY Creedence Clearwater Revival
19 ( NEW ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
20 ( NEW ) TOMORROW TOMORROW The Bee Gees