Haven Retro Combined Chart : 16.08.1969

[smokeyb]

It's week number 4 on top for the Stones, with the Love Affair snapping at their heels at number 2.

Neil Diamond is at 3, the Equals are at 4 and the Plastic Ono Band are at 5.



There are 9 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Mama Cass at number 20.



The biggest climber is David Bowie & the Archies who both jump up 19 places.



The biggest faller is Billy Preston who drops off the chart from 24.



16.08.1969 (Week # 33)


1 (01) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women - 113 points (3-2-1-1-1-1) 6 wks

2 (03) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times - 103 points (40-8-5-3-2) 5 wks

3 (05) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 90 points (39-6-6-5-6-5-3) 7 wks

4 (07) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe - 81 points (14-7-4) 3 wks

5 (02) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance - 68 points (7-3-2-2-2-5) 6 wks

6 (12) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 - 65 points (29-27-30-26-13-12-14-17-30-12-6) 11 wks

7 (10) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - 63 points (35-30-34-23-11-10-13-22-20-23-33-x-21-10-10-7) 15 wks

8 (11) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express - 59 points (22-11-8) 3 wks

9 (08) Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want - 57 points (36-19-13-8-9) 5 wks

10 (09) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning - 57 points (36-9-9-10) 4 wks

11 (14) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 56 points (21-14-11) 3 wks

12 (13) Move - Curly - 55 points (34-13-12) 3 wks

13 (15) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay - 53 points (35-15-13) 3 wks

14 (04) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell - 51 points (40-8-4-3-4-14) 6 wks

15 (34) David Bowie - Space Oddity - 47 points (34-15) 2 wks

16 (16) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air - 44 points (7-3-1-1-1-1-3-4-6-16) 10 wks

17 (25) Tyrannosaurus Rex - King Of The Rumbling Spires - 41 points (25-17) 2 wks

18 (17) Who - I'm Free - 38 points (39-17-18) 3 wks

19 (23) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - 35 points (22-14-11-15-15-23-19) 7 wks

20 (NE) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better - 35 points 1 wk

21 (40) Archies - Sugar, Sugar - 30 points (36-19-16-19-16-20-24-40-21) 9 wks

22 (26) Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Lorin Maazel - Thus Spake Zarathustra - 28 points (27-26-22) 3 wks

23 (16) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine - 27 points (30-25-16-23) 4 wks

24 (33) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight - 26 points (35-18-17-33-24) 5 wks

25 (19) Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow - 24 points (27-22-18-19-25) 5 wks

26 (RE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising - 21 points (31-11-5-7-10-6-14-29-x-26) 9 wks

27 (NE) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue - 21 points 1 wk

28 (29) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group – Goo Goo Barabajagal - 19 points (32-26-29-28) 4 wks

29 (38) Cilla Black - Conversations - 19 points (37-24-33-38-29) 5 wks

30 (NE) Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher - 19 points 1 wk

31 (22) Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie - 19 points (40-40-40-23-22-31) 6 wks

32 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi - 19 points 1 wk

33 (18) Four Tops – What Is A Man - 18 points (21-27-27-26-25-17-9-5-5-5-8-17-16-16-18-33) 16 wks

34 (NE) Delfonics – You Got Yours And I'll Got Mine - 17 points 1 wk

35 (NE) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember - 17 points 1 wk

36 (21) Tommy James & The Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion - 17 points (31-35-32-28-18-18-12-13-12-21-36) 11 wks

37 (28) Jackie De Shannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart - 16 points (28-37) 2 wks

38 (32) David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved - 16 points (30-31-31-32-38) 5 wks

39 (40) Otis Redding – Free Me - 16 points (40-39) 2 wks

40 (NE) Guess Who - Laughing - 15 points 1 wk

40 (36) William Bell – Happy - 15 points (36-40) 2 wks

40 (NE) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime - 15 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Youngbloods - Get Together - 15 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

44 (31) Delfonics – Funny Feeling - 14 points (30-29-29-29-35-30-29-26-29-31)

45 (20) Otis Redding – Love Man - 214 points (34-19-11-11-20)

46 (40) Ray Stevens - Along Came Jones - 14 points (40)

47 (37) Flirtations – South Carolina - 13 points (35-38-37)

48 (30) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto - 13 points (25-26-8-8-7-8-2-2-3-4-4-4-7-8-30)

49 (39) Impressions – Choice Of Colors - 12 points (31-34-38-31-25-23-36-39)

56 (27) Beach Boys - Breakaway - 8 points (22-10-4-3-5-9-10-19-27)

59 (35) Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - 7 points (38-20-20-17-21-25-32-35)

62 (40) Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes - 6 points - (30-30-23-20-28-40-40)

- (24) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It - 0 points (40-11-7-6-7-24)

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





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 23.08.1969

1 (1) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (7 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (7 wk) (#2)
3 (13) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (3 wk) (# 3)
4 (5) Stevie Wonder - I Don't Know Why/My Cherie Amour (17 wk) (#4)
5 (3) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island (9 wk) (#3)
6 (4) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (7 wk) (#2)
7 (6) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (7 wk) (#4)
8 (12) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (5 wk) (#8)
9 (7) Cilla Black - Conversations (7 wk) (# 7)
10 (8) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (5 wk) (#8)
11 (9) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (6 wk) (#9)
12 (19) The Move - Curly (5 wk) (#12)
13 (10) Max Romeo - Wet Dream (13 wk) (#10)
14 (20) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (4 wk) (#14)
15 (15) Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (6 wk) (#15)
16 (11) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (11 wk) (#2)
17 (32) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (4 wk) (#17)
18 (43) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (2 wk) (#18)
19 (28) Engelbert Humperdinck - I'm A Better Man (3 wk) (#19)
20 (49) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (2 wk) (# 20)
21 (29) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (5 wk) (#21)
22 (18) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon (11 wk) (#9)
23 (NE) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (1 wk) (#23)
24 (25) Georgie Fame - Peaceful (7 wk) (#16)
25 (21) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (11 wk) (#1)
26 (31) Oliver - Good Morning Sunshine (3 wk) (#26)
27 (26) Ken Dodd - Tears Won't Wash Away My Heartache (4 wk) (#26)
28 (22) Desmond Dekker - It Miek (9 wk) (#7)
29 (17) Jim Reeves - When Two Worlds Collide (9 wk) (#17)
30 (23) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (9 wk) (#4)
31 (24) Family Dogg - A Way Of Life (13 wk) (#6)
32 (35) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (5 wk) (#32)
33 (14) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (7 wk) (#12)
34 (27) Beach Boys - Breakaway (11 wk) (#6)
35 (30) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey (5 wk) (#30)
36 (36) Booker T & MG's - Time Is Tight (16 wk) (#4)
37 (16) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (8 wk) (#11)
38 (37) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko (12 wk) (#1)
39 (34) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (13 wk) (# 8)
40 (NE) Box Tops - Soul Deep (1 wk) (#40)
41 (33) Maazel & Philharmonic Orchestra - Thus Spake Zarathustra (4 wk) (#33)
42 (NE) Temptations - Cloud Nine (1 wk) (#42)
43 (40) Diana Ross & Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are (6 wk) (#37)
44 (RE) The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day (13 wk) (#2)
45 (48) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (2 wk) (#45)
46 (47) Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before (3 wk) (#46)
47 (46) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (2 wk) (#46)
48 (NE) The Peddlers - Birth (1 wk) (#48)
49 (38) Tommy Roe - Dizzy (19 wk) (#1)
50 (41) Frank Sinatra - My Way (21 wk) (#5)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19690816&ChMode=N

[smokeyb]

TOTP: 21-8-69:   Presenters: Alan Freeman

(1) THE ROLLING STONES – Honky Tonk Women  (and charts)
(19) ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – I’m A Better Man  
(2) ROBIN GIBB – Saved By The Bell
(NEW) THE FOUNDATIONS – Born To Live Born To Die
(14) THE EQUALS – Viva Bobby Joe
(18) THE BEE GEES – Don’t Forget To Remember
(4) STEVIE WONDER – My Cherie Amour  
(12) THE MOVE – Curly  
(1) THE ROLLING STONES – Honky Tonk Women

[raliverpool]

1 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (7wks 17-6-2-1-1-1-1)
2 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (7wks 7-2-1-2-2-2-2)
3 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (6wks 19-10-4-3-3-3)
4 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (6wks 22-11-5-4-4-4)
5 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (4wks 25-14-9-5)
6 Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (5wks 28-13-6-5-6)
7 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (4wks 34-20-12-7)
8 Who - I'm Free (5wks 30-15-10-7-8)
9 Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (5wks 24-11-8-6-9)
10 Move - Curly (4wks 30-19-14-10)

11 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (2wks 20-11)
12 Guess Who - Laughing (5wks 34-22-16-13-12)
13 Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (4wks 29-21-16-13)
14 Nick Drake - River Man (3wks 29-19-14)
15 Crosby Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (4wks 26-18-15-15)
16 Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (4wks 31-22-17-16)
17 Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie (5wks 22-12-9-10-18)
19 Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (6wks 21-12-8-7-8-19)
20 Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (6wks 29-6-3-5-11-20)

21 Equals - Viva Bobbie Joe (2wks 27-21)
22 Georgie Fame - Peaceful (5wks 38-32-25-21-22)
23 Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues (5wks 40-33-27-25-24)
25 Archies - Sugar Sugar (2wks 37-25)
26 Grass Roots - I'd Wait A Million Years (2wks 30-26)
27 Cilla Black - Conversations (6wks 39-23-16-13-18-27)
28 Max Romeo - Wet Dream (3wks 36-29-28)
29 Led Zeppelin - Your Time Is Gonna Come (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Aretha Franklin - Share Your Love With Me (2wks 36-30)

31 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Nitty Gritty (2wks 35-31)
32 Tim Buckley - Buzzin' Fly (3wks 37-33-32)
33 Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (2wks 31-33)
34 Box Tops - Soul Deep (1wk 34 NEW)
35 5th Dimension - Workin' On A Groovy Thing (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (6wks 38-27-24-24-26-36)

37 Steppenwolf - The Pusher (1wk 37 NEW)

38 Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Commotion (3wks 34-32-39)

40 Johnny Cash - Wanted Man (1wk 40 NEW)

The psychedelic rock song written by Hoyt Axton, was recorded by the Canadian rock band Steppenwolf on their self titled debut album. However, it made an appearance in the film and on the soundtrack to the movie Easy Rider. RIP Peter Fonda.

[Whitneyfan]

01(10) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
02(07) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
03(02) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning
04(20) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
05(01) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
06(11) Tyrannosaurus Rex - King Of The Rumbling Spires
07(04) The Equals – Viva Bobby Joe
08(13) Oliver - Good Morning Starshine
09(03) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
10(06) Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline

11(05) Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
12(19) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime…Moi Non Plus
13(08) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
14(09) The Move – Curly
15(17) Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before
16(30) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember
17(32) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
18(15) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By
19(14) Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Lorin Maazel - Thus Spake Zarathustra
20(12) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight

24(--) The Box Tops - Soul Deep

32(--) The Temptations - Cloud Nine
36(--) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie
37(--) The Peddlers – Birth
40(--) Isaac Hayes – Walk On By

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (3 wks)
2 (2) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (11 wks)
3 (4) The Move - Curly (5 wks)
4 (5) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (5 wks)
5 (8) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (4 wks)
6 (3) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (6 wks)
7 (7) Who - I'm Free (6 wks)
8 (6) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (5 wks)
9 (10) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (4 wks)
10 (11) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (5 wks)
11 (27) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (2 wks)
12 (16) Tyrannosaurus Rex - King Of The Rumbling Spires (3 wks)
13 (22) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (2 wks)
14 (21) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (2 wks)
15 (20) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine (3 wks)
16 (9) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (7 wks)
17 (14) Guess Who - Laughing (6 wks)
18 (26) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (2 wks)
19 (12) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (7 wks)
20 (NE) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (1 wk)
21 (23) Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before (3 wks)
22 (13) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (7 wks)
23 (15) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (7 wks)
24 (17) Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (6 wks)
25 (18) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (5 wks)
26 (19) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (9 wks)
27 (24) Jackie De Shannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (10 wks)
28 (25) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey (5 wks)
29 (NE) Temptations - Cloud Nine (1 wk)
30 (NE) Box Tops - Soul Deep (1 wk)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 23.08.1969

1 (01) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
2 (02) David Bowie - Space Oddity
3 (03) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
4 (04) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
5 (05) Cilla Black - Conversations
6 (06) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
7 (07) Archies - Sugar, Sugar
8 (08) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight
9 (37) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
10 (15) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
11 (19) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
12 (32) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
13 (09) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe
14 (10) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell
15 (11) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
16 (12) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
17 (13) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
18 (14) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
19 (16) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember
20 (36) Frank Sinatra - My Way
21 (17) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
22 (38) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
23 (29) Beatles - Get Back
24 (20) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon
25 (31) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko
26 (18) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
27 (22) Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
28 (23) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning
29 (24) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
30 (26) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine
31 (28) Four Tops – What Is A Man
32 (30) Otis Redding – Love Man
33 (27) Who - I'm Free
34 (33) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It
35 (34) Ken Dodd - Tears Won't Wash Away My Heartache
36 (35) Diana Ross & The Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are
37 (25) Move - Curly
38 (21) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
39 (39) Delfonics – Funny Feeling
40 (40) David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved

[darkstar79]

01 Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (6 wks)
02 Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (2 wks)
03 The Four Tops – What Is A Man (17 wks)
04 The Delfonics – You Got Yours And I'll Got Mine (2 wks)
05 David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved (6 wks)
06 William Bell – Happy (3 wks)
07 The Delfonics – Funny Feeling (12 wks)
08 Carla Thomas – I’ve Fallen In Love With You (1 wk)
09 The Flirtations – South Carolina (5 wks)
10 Otis Redding – Free Me (4 wks)

11 The Impressions – Choice Of Colors (10 wks)
12 The Moments – I Do (2 wks)
13 Isaac Hayes – Walk On By (1 wk)
14 Al Wilson – Lodi (2 wks)
15 The O’Jays – One Night Affair (3 wks)
16 Marvin Gaye – That’s The Way Love Is (1 wk)
17 Dean Martin – I Take A Lot Of Pride (3 wks)
18 The Chi-Lites – Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was (4 wks)
19 The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You (2 wks)
20 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon – Let's Hang On (13 wks)

21 Marva Whitney – Things Got To Get Better (1 wk)
22 Carolyn Franklin – It's True I'm Gonna Miss You (2 wks)
23 Diana Ross & The Supremes – The Young Folks (4 wks)
24 The Dells – Oh What A Night (3 wks)
25 Isley Brothers – Black Berries (1 wk)
26 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (24 wks)
27 Jimmy Ruffin – I’ve Passed This Way Before (3 wks)
28 Ruby Andres – You Made A Believer (4 wks)
29 Bobby Bland – Gotta Get To Know You (12 wks)
30 The Foundations – My Little Chickadee (10 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Viva Bobby Joe - Equals
3 ( 3 ) Marrakesh Express - Crosby Stills & Nash
4 ( 2 ) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (#1[3])
5 ( 6 ) Get Together - Youngbloods
6 ( 8 ) It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
7 ( 16 ) Sugar Sugar - Archies
8 ( 5 ) Bring On Back The Good Times - Love Affair (#3)
9 ( 7 ) Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens (#7)
10 ( 12 ) A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

11 ( 17 ) I'd Wait A Million Years - Grass Roots
12 ( 23 ) Don't Forget To Remember - Bee Gees
13 ( 11 ) Early In The Morning - Vanity Fare (#11)
14 ( 18 ) Commotion - Creedence Clearwater Revival
15 ( 15 ) Thus Spake Zarathustra - Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor Lorin Maazel
16 ( 13 ) Curly - Move (#13)
17 ( 20 ) Share Your Love With Me - Aretha Franklin
18 ( 10 ) Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band (#4)
19 ( 9 ) Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones (#2[2])
20 ( 19 ) Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg (#19)

21 ( 24 ) King Of The Rumbling Spires - Tyrannosaurus Rex
22 ( 31 ) Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
23 ( 14 ) Saved By The Bell - Robin Gibb (#6)
24 ( -- ) I'm Free - Who
25 ( -- ) Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie
26 ( 21 ) Conversations - Cilla Black (#9)
27 ( 25 ) Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon (#23)
28 ( -- ) Soul Deep - Box Tops
29 ( 26 ) Doggone Right - Smokey Robinson & The Mircales (#21)
30 ( 22 ) Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman (#1[5])

31 ( 30 ) Laughing - Guess Who (#26)
32 ( 27 ) Love Man - Otis Redding (#13)
33 ( 35 ) These Eyes - Guess Who (#30)
34 ( -- ) Birth - Peddlers
35 ( 29 ) So I Can Love You - Emotions (#18)
36 ( 37 ) Hello Suzie - Amen Corner (#17)
37 ( 28 ) Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#5)
38 ( 34 ) Quentin's Theme - Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (#15)
39 ( 39 ) Let Me - Paul Revere & the Raiders (#8)
40 ( -- ) Keem-O-Sabe - Electric Indian

-- ( 32 ) Good Morning Starshine - Oliver (#2[5])
-- ( 33 ) Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) - Donovan And Jeff Beck (#17)
-- ( 36 ) Make Me An Island - Joe Dolan (#6)
-- ( 38 ) The Ballad Of John And Yoko - Beatles (#3)
-- ( 40 ) That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston (#9)
-- ( -- ) Did You See Her Eyes Illusion
-- ( -- ) Birthday Underground Sunshine
-- ( -- ) True Grit Glen Campbell
-- ( -- ) Oh What A Night Dells

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - BAD MOON RISING
2 [2] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LODI {Bad Moon Rising B-side}
3 [5] :: Marvin Gaye - TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY
4 [new] :: Marvin Gaye - WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME) {Too Busy Thinking…B-side}
5 [8] :: Zager & Evans - IN THE YEAR 2525
6 [new] :: Marvin Gaye - THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS
7 [3] :: Rolling Stones - YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT {Honky Tonk Women B-side}
8 [4] :: Tyrannosaurus Rex - KING OF THE RUMBLING SPIRES
9 [new] :: Johnny Cash - WANTED MAN {Live At San Quentin LP track}
10 [15] :: Crosby, Stills & Nash - MARRAKESH EXPRESS
11 [14] :: Bee Gees - DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER
12 [new] :: Humble Pie - NATURAL BORN BUGIE
13 [new] :: Box Tops - SOUL DEEP
14 [7] :: Otis Redding - LOVE MAN
15 [13] :: Tony Joe White - POLK SALAD ANNIE
16 [11] :: Love Affair - BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES
17 [6] :: Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Lorin Maazel - THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA
18 [16] :: Roger Miller - ME AND BOBBY McGHEE
19 [17] :: Beatles - THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO
20 [9] :: Plastic Ono Band - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

Marvin Gaye at #3, #4 and #6 this week.

[o]

1 Equals - Viva Bobby Joe
2 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
3 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
4 Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
5 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
6 David Bowie - Space Oddity
7 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
8 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
9 Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
10 Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine
11 Archies – Sugar sugar
12 Tyrannosaurus Rex - King Of The Rumbling Spires
13 Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning
14 Otis Redding – Free Me
15 Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
16 Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
17 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
18 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime
19 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
20 Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher

[popchartfreak]

16th August 1969

It's 2 weeks on top for Space Oddity as the next 3 stay top 5 for a whopping 3 months and counting, as the deluge of classics over the summer is now more of a trickle as we head into a period when few songs became known to me at the time. Lou Christie gets his first official top 10, though Lightnin' Strikes would have topped my chart pre-1967, and The Bee Gees grab a 3rd of the year - matching brother Robin who's not on the new track. 

Nick Drake gets a big climb into the top 20, The Temps get a second of the year, and The Chi-lites get their very first top 20, the first of many. Motherlode sprint into the 30 with a song I didn't know 3 weeks ago: When I Die sounds totally mid 70's West Coast soulrock and ahead of it's time. Isaac Hayes is also looking into the sounds of the 70's as Walk On By runs on up into the 40, and Ralph McTell debuts at 40 with his classic Streets Of London - this is the original version that flopped, rather than his better-sung re-recorded late-1974 version that hit 2 in the UK charts, but it's still relevant today, and still wistfully touching.

At 65, the soul hits keep-on a-coming at pace as Archie Bell & The Drells start to refine their sound on My Balloon's Going Up, just ahead of the next single which perfects it. The Peddlers give Birth at 66, and at 69 it's a debut for a song everyone over a certain age will associate with their childhood: Mah Na Mah na was cut for an Italian movie by Piero Umiliano, and then got picked up by Sesame Street (which I watched on TV in Singapore) before Benny Hill made it familiar in his comedy shows. It took 8 years to chart in the UK though, and the first episode of The Muppet Show, with Jim Henson revisiting the song for his new ITV series. The song became hugely popular in that version, and was probably the main reason the Halfway Up The Stairs was a big hit (it was on the B side) for The Muppets. People not realising, meanwhile, went for the original, and that also went top 10 belatedly. I bought both singles.

Marvin Gaye gets some B-side action, talking of that, as his 7-year-old Wherever I Lay My Hat charts. If ever a song proved that a mildly pleasant version can be transformed into something wonderful, it's this song when comparing the original to the hit Paul Young 1983 version. Joe South is back for the 5th time in 1969, and there's also a scraping-in for Marc Bolan at one end of the chart while Bowie is at the other end: shades of the Glam future! I bought King Of The Rumbling Spire on the budget MFP compilation of early tracks for future T.Rex, but it wasn't quite in the same minor league as Debora and One Inch Rock, and other early tracks, I thought, when I played it a lot in 1974. Haven't changed my mind.

Back in the actual day it's my final actual chart before flying off to a strange new world - where the UK chart wasn't broadcast, I only got to hear stuff on 2-Way family favourites (the Forces Radio 2 cross-over) or local radio and I only got to read about hit songs in the weekly press listings: I think the Daily Mirror used to print the top 30, but we only got these weeks after the event as a bound weekly batch so they weren't so much news as recent history. It would be just over 2 years before I heard my next UK chart rundown, as after the next chart we had left our house and were visiting relatives and friends before saying goodbye for 2 years. 

1 ( 1 ) SPACE ODDITY David Bowie # 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 ( 8 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare # 1
6 ( 9 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair # 1
7 ( 7 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb # 1
8 ( 6 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones # 8
9 ( 11 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie # 9
10 ( 16 ) DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME The Bee Gees # 10

11 ( 5 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE The Plastic Ono Band # 1
12 ( 10 ) SUGAR, SUGAR The Archies # 9
13 ( 12 ) A WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg # 13
14 ( 13 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys # 14
15 ( 15 ) MOTHER AND JACK Robin Gibb # 6
16 ( 17 ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers # 16
17 ( 14 ) MARRAKESH EXPRESS Crosby, Stills & Nash # 1
18 ( 34 ) RIVERMAN Nick Drake # 18
19 ( 23 ) LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS The Chi-Lites # 1
20 ( 29 ) I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU The Temptations # 20

21 ( 18 ) SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) Neil Diamond # 15
22 ( 24 ) HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Sly & The Family Stone # 22
23 ( 21 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO The Beatles # 23
24 ( 43 ) WHEN I DIE Motherlode # 24
25 ( 27 ) VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals # 1
26 ( 19 ) LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan # 2
27 ( 32 ) ONE NIGHT AFFAIR The O’Jays # 20
28 ( 22 ) TRUE GRIT Glen Campbell # 3
29 ( 25 ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver # 10
30 ( 31 ) JE T’AIME..MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg # 30

31 ( 20 ) PEACEFUL Georgie Fame # 8
32 ( 37 ) THE TIME WILL COME The Whispers # 32
33 ( 28 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers # 1
34 ( 30 ) RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Kenny Rogers & The First Edition # 1
35 ( 68 ) WALK ON BY Isaac Hayes # 35
36 ( 38 ) GREEN RIVER Creedence Clearwater Revival # 36
37 ( 40 ) IN A MOMENT The Intrigues # 30
38 ( 39 ) OH WHAT A NIGHT (1969) The Dells # 38
39 ( 48 ) THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor Lorin Maazel # 39
40 ( NEW ) STREETS OF LONDON Ralph McTell # 40

41 ( 26 ) WORKING ON A GROOVY THING The 5th Dimension # 41
42 ( 36 ) LISTEN TO THE BAND The Monkees # 35
43 ( 50 ) CURLY The Move # 43
44 ( 35 ) CHOICE OF COLORS The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield # 1
45 ( 44 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley # 5
46 ( 42 ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 1
47 ( 56 ) ALL THE WAITING IS NOT IN VAIN Tyrone Davis # 15
48 ( 58 ) STRAIGHT AHEAD Young-Holt Unlimited # 48
49 ( 51 ) HAPPY William Bell # 49
50 ( 47 ) OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison # 26

51 ( 49 ) IT’S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass Elliot # 51
52 ( 60 ) SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME Aretha Franklin # 52
53 ( 33 ) I’M FREE The Who # 37
54 ( 54 ) I WANNA BE YOUR DOG The Stooges featuring Iggy Pop # 54
55 ( 53 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
56 ( 45 ) AH, HA, HA, DO YOUR THING The Hit Parade # 56
57 ( 41 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan # 57
58 ( 65 ) KEEM-O-SABE The Electric Indian # 58
59 ( 64 ) THAT’S THE WAY LOVE IS Marvin Gaye # 59
60 ( 57 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 60

61 ( 75 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 19
62 ( 62 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU THINK I AM Bill Deal & The Rhondels # 62
63 ( 67 ) RAIN Jose Feliciano # 63
64 ( 66 ) LA JEANNE King Curtis And His Kingpins # 46
65 ( NEW ) MY BALLOON’S GOING UP Archie Bell & The Drells # 52
66 ( NEW ) BIRTH The Peddlers # 57
67 ( 52 ) BABY MAKE IT SOON Marmalade # 67
68 ( 69 ) I DO The Moments # 68
69 ( NEW ) MAH NA MAH NA Piero Umiliano # 69
70 ( 70 ) YOU GOT YOURS (AND I’LL GET MINE) The Delfonics # 70

71 ( 71 ) PAIN The Mystics # 71
72 ( 46 ) IT MEK Desmond Dekker & The Aces # 72
73 ( NEW ) WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT’S MY HOME) Marvin Gaye # 73
74 ( NEW ) DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME Joe South # 74
75 ( NEW ) KING OF THE RUMBLING SPIRES Tyrannosaurus Rex # 75



wot I liked that week then 7th official compiled chart
1 ( 3 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
2 ( 11 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman
3 ( 7 ) SI TU DOIS PARTIR Fairport Convention
4 ( 4 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare
5 ( 2 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb
6 ( NEW ) DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER The Bee Gees
7 ( 8 ) IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager And Evans
8 ( 1 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
9 ( 14 ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
10 ( 13 ) HELLO SUSIE Amen Corner
11 ( 12 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Plastic Ono Band
12 ( 10 ) CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black
13 ( 5 ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers
14 ( 16 ) IT MEK Desmond Dekker
15 ( 6 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair
16 ( 18 ) THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
17 ( 15 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones
18 ( NEW ) TOO BUSY THINKING BOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye
19 ( 19 ) BABY MAKE IT SOON Marmalade
20 ( 20 ) BARABAJAGAL Donovan and The Jeff Beck Group