Haven Retro Combined Chart : 27.09.1969

[smokeyb]

David Bowie gets a 4th week at number 1, keeping Bobbie Gentry at 2 for a 3rd week.

Bob Dylan is stuck at 3 for a 2nd week, Nilsson moves up to 4 and Creedance Clearwater slip to 5.



There are 7 new entries this week, the highest is Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations at number 21.



The biggest climber is Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin who jump up 21 places.



The biggest faller is Fleetwood Mac who fall 43 places.


27.09.1969 (Week # 39)


1 (01) David Bowie - Space Oddity - 128 points (34-15-12-11-1-1-1-1) 8 wks

2 (02) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again - 101 points (14-2-2-2-2) 5 wks

3 (03) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay - 90 points (35-15-13-11-10-12-6-3-3) 9 wks

4 (13) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' - 90 points (16-13-4) 3 wks

5 (04) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising - 71 points (31-11-5-7-10-6-14-29-x-26-10-5-4-5-4-5) 15 wks

6 (06) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine - 70 points (19-6-6) 3 wks

7 (09) Archies - Sugar, Sugar - 47 points (36-19-16-19-16-20-24-40-21-15-12-11-10-9-7) 15 wks

8 (21) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds - 47 points (21-8) 2 wks

9 (08) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better - 46 points (20-6-3-3-3-8-9) 7 wks

10 (10) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie - 45 points (19-10-7-10-10) 5 wks

11 (12) Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You - 45 points (27-14-12-11) 4 wks

12 (05) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue - 43 points (27-21-20-9-4-5-12) 7 wks

13 (24) Isley Brothers – Put Yourself In My Place - 40 points (36-24-13) 3 wks

14 (16) Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade - 39 points (33-16-14) 3 wks

15 (07) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember - 38 points (35-14-4-6-9-7-15) 7 wks

16 (25) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl - 36 points (32-25-16) 3 wks

17 (11) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express - 34 points (22-11-8-5-1-5-8-11-17) 9 wks

18 (39) Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - Throw Down A Line - 33 points (39-18) 2 wks

19 (17) Karen Young - Nobody's Child - 33 points (37-17-19) 3 wks

20 (15) Temptations - Cloud Nine - 29 points (32-20-18-15-20) 5 wks

21 (NE) Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I Second That Emotion - 27 points 1 wk

22 (27) Edwin Starr - 25 Miles - 26 points (27-22) 2 wks

23 (14) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe - 26 points (14-7-4-3-2-7-13-14-23) 9 wks

24 (22) Jerry Butler – What's The Use Of Breaking Up - 26 points (33-33-27-22-24) 5 wks

25 (26) Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher - 25 points (30-29-29-31-25-26-25) 7 wks

26 (18) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 - 24 points (29-27-30-26-13-12-14-17-30-12-6-4-6-8-11-18-26) 17 wks

27 (20) Box Tops - Soul Deep - 22 points (26-17-15-20-27) 5 wks

28 (NE) Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do - 21 points 1 wk

29 (31) Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time Goes - 20 points (31-29) 2 wks

30 (23) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - 20 points (35-30-34-23-11-10-13-22-20-23-33-x-21-10-10-7-9-9-15-12-23-30) 21 wks

31 (NE) Rolling Stones - Sittin' On A Fence - 20 points 1 wk

32 (NE) Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home - 19 points 1 wk

33 (NE) Chicken Shack - Tears In The Wind - 19 points 1 wk

34 (28) Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow - 19 points (27-22-18-19-25-27-27-29-26-28-34) 11 wks

35 (19) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times - 19 points (40-8-5-3-2-1-8-14-17-19-35) 11 wks

36 (33) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 19 points (39-6-6-5-6-5-3-2-7-13-28-33-36) 13 wks

37 (36) Nick Drake - River Man - 18 points (36-28-24-36-37) 5 wks

38 (NE) Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - 17 points 1 wk

39 (38) Emotions – The Best Part Of A Love Affair - 16 points (35-38-39) 3 wks

40 (NE) Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

42 (32) Isaac Hayes – By The Time I Get To Phoenix - 15 points (35-35-38-32)

46 (35) Johnny Cash - Wanted Man - 14 points (40-30-35)

47 (37) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi - 13 points (32-26-30-32-34-37)

49 (40) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air - 12 points (7-3-1-1-1-1-3-4-6-16-19-21-23-23-40)

58 (30) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime - 9 points (40-24-24-18-39-30)

65 (34) Youngbloods - Get Together - 8 points (40-39-40-24-21-34)

72 (29) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 6 points (21-14-11-17-18-19-22-29)

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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 04.10.1969
1 (1) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (8 wk) (# 1)
2 (4) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (6 wk) (#2)
3 (2) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (10 wk) (#2)
4 (10) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (5 wk) (#4)
5 (3) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (8 wk) (#2)
6 (7) Oliver - Good Morning Sunshine (9 wk) (#6)
7 (14) Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - Throw Down A Line (4 wk) (#7)
8 (11) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (8 wk) (#8)
9 (12) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (4 wk) (#9)
10 (5) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (9 wk) (# 1)
11 (6) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (7 wk) (#4)
12 (19) Radah Krishna Temple - Hare Krishna Mantra (4 wk) (#12)
13 (9) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (10 wk) (#6)
14 (20) Karen Young - Nobody's Child (5 wk) (#14)
15 (8) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (11 wk) (#5)
16 (NE) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (1 wk) (#16) (alternative version)
17 (28) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (4 wk) (#17)
18 (31) Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I Second That Emotion (3 wk) (#18)
19 (27) Sounds Nice - Love At First Sight (5 wk) (#19)
20 (25) David Bowie - Space Oddity (4 wk) (#20)
21 (16) Stevie Wonder - I Don't Know Why/My Cherie Amour (23 wk) (#4)
22 (23) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (13 wk) (#2)
23 (33) The Peddlers - Birth (7 wk) (#17)
24 (24) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island (15 wk) (#3)
25 (13) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place (6 wk) (#13)
26 (22) Box Tops - Soul Deep (7 wk) (#22)
27 (41) Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do (2 wk) (#27)
28 (29) Engelbert Humperdinck - I'm A Better Man (9 wk) (#15)
29 (21) Elvis Presley - Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (5 wk) (#21)
30 (18) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (13 wk) (#1)
31 (15) Temptations - Cloud Nine (7 wk) (#15)
32 (NE) Hollies - He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother (1 wk) (#32)
33 (26) Max Romeo - Wet Dream (19 wk) (#10)
34 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (1 wk) (#34)
35 (39) Frank Sinatra - My Way (27 wk) (#5)
36 (47) Jim Reeves - When Two Worlds Collide (15 wk) (#17)
37 (17) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (8 wk) (#17)
38 (30) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (11 wk) (#8)
39 (48) Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (2 wk) (#39)
40 (NE) Barry Ryan - The Hunt (1 wk) (#40)
41 (34) Ken Dodd - Tears Won't Wash Away My Heartache (10 wk) (#22)
42 (37) Edwin Starr - 25 Miles (4 wk) (#36)
43 (44) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl (3 wk) (#43)
44 (NE) Frank Sinatra - Love's Been Good To Me (1 wk) (#44)
45 (36) Chicken Shack - Tears In The Wind (5 wk) (#29)
46 (32) The Move - Curly (11 wk) (#12)
47 (35) Dorothy Squires - For Once In My Life (3 wk) (#35)
48 (RE) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (12 wk) (#4)
49 (42) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (13 wk) (#2)
50 (NE) Upsetters - Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19690920&ChMode=N

[smokeyb]

TOTP: 02-10-69:   Presenter: Tony Blackburn

(1) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bad Moon Rising  (and charts)
(7) CLIFF RICHARD & HANK MARVIN – Throw Down A Line  
(14) KAREN YOUNG – Nobody’s Child
(12) RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE – Hare Krishna Mantra  
(19) SOUNDS NICE feat. TIM MYCROFT – Love At First Sight (Je T’Aime... Moi Non Plus)
(17) LOU CHRISTIE – I’m Gonna Make You Mine
(32) THE HOLLIES – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
(1) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bad Moon Rising  

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Space Oddity - David Bowie < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
3 ( 2 ) Penny Arcade - Roy Orbison (#2[2])
4 ( 7 ) Born To Live Born To Die - Foundations
5 ( 5 ) I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie
6 ( 14 ) Delta Lady - Joe Cocker
7 ( -- ) He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Hollies
8 ( 4 ) Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson (#3)
9 ( 13 ) Am I The Same Girl - Dusty Springfield
10 ( 8 ) I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Bobbie Gentry (#8)

11 ( 6 ) I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations (#3)
12 ( -- ) Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
13 ( 10 ) Nobody's Child - Karen Young (#10)
14 ( 12 ) What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Jerry Butler (#12)
15 ( 15 ) What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am - Bill Deal & The Rhondells
16 ( 9 ) Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan (#1[4])
17 ( 17 ) That's The Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye
18 ( 11 ) Sugar Sugar - Archies (#4)
19 ( -- ) Tracy - Cufflinks
20 ( 24 ) Carry Me Back - Rascals

21 ( 22 ) Throw Down A Line - Cliff Richard And Hank Marvin
22 ( 31 ) You I - Rugbys
23 ( 20 ) Put Yourself In My Place - Isley Brothers (#20)
24 ( 16 ) Don't Forget To Remember - Bee Gees (#8)
25 ( 26 ) Nobody But You Babe - Clarence Reid
26 ( 19 ) I'm Free - Who (#13)
27 ( -- ) Wedding Bell Blues - 5th Dimension
28 ( 21 ) Jean - Oliver (#17)
29 ( 18 ) Viva Bobby Joe - Equals (#2[2])
30 ( 29 ) Tears In The Wind - Chicken Shack (#29)

31 ( 23 ) Get Together - Youngbloods (#5)
32 ( 27 ) Keem-O-Sabe - Electric Indian (#22)
33 ( 30 ) Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone (#27)
34 ( 25 ) Marrakesh Express - Crosby Stills & Nash (#3)
35 ( -- ) Make Believe - Wind
36 ( 28 ) It's Getting Better - Mama Cass (#6)
37 ( 37 ) These Eyes - Guess Who (#30)
38 ( 35 ) Birth - Peddlers (#25)
39 ( 33 ) Soul Deep - Box Tops (#19)
40 ( 32 ) Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie (#16)

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-- ( 34 ) I'd Wait A Million Years - Grass Roots (#9)
-- ( 36 ) A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash (#10)
-- ( 38 ) Commotion - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#12)
-- ( 39 ) Share Your Love With Me - Aretha Franklin (#17)
-- ( 40 ) Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens (#7)

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-- ( -- ) The Hunt - Barry Ryan
-- ( -- ) Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth - Upsetters
-- ( -- ) In A Moment - Intrigues
-- ( -- ) Love's Been Good To Me - Frank Sinatra
-- ( -- ) You Got Yours And I 'll Got Mine - Delfonics
-- ( -- ) Here I Go Again - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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5 entries and 6 others that didn't break into the chart including some big names.

Still:

[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – Do What You Gotta Do (2 wks)
02 Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (12 wks)
03 Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (8 wks)
04 Jerry Butler – What's The Use Of Breaking Up (6 wks)
05 The Emotions – The Best Part Of A Love Affair (4 wks)
06 The Originals – Baby I’m For Real (4 wks)
07 The Delfonics – You Got Yours And I'll Got Mine (8 wks)
08 Isaac Hayes – By The Time I Get To Phoenix (6 wks)
09 Howard Tate – These Are The Things That Make Me Know You're Gone (3 wks)
10 The Isley Brothers – Was It Good To You? (3 wks)

11 The Chi-Lites – The Twelfth Of Never (3 wks)
12 David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved (12 wks)
13 Clarence Carter – Doin’ Our Thing (2 wks)
14 Martha Reeves And The Vandellas – Taking My Love (And Leaving Me) (4 wks)
15 Ella Fitzgerald – Get Ready (1 wk)
16 Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations – The Weight (4 wks)
17 James Brown – World (Part 1) (5 wks)
18 Dionne Warwick – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (3 wks)
19 Candi Staton – Never In Public (3 wks)
20 Maxine Brown – We’ll Cry Together (3 wks)

21 William Bell – Happy (9 wks)
22 Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations – I Second That Emotion (3 wks)
23 Dusty Springfield – In The Land Of Make Believe (1 wk)
24 Ruby Winters – Always David (1 wk)
25 Carla Thomas – I’ve Fallen In Love With You (7 wks)
26 Dusty Springfield – Am I The Same Girl (3 wks)
27 Garland Green – Jealous Kind Of Fella (4 wks)
28 Nancy Sinatra – Drummer Man (3 wks)
29 The Four Tops – What Is A Man (23 wks)
30 Winstons – Love Of The Common People (4 wks)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 04.10.1969

1 (08) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
2 (01) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
3 (02) David Bowie - Space Oddity
4 (03) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
5 (04) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
6 (05) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
7 (06) Archies - Sugar, Sugar
8 (07) Cuff Links - Tracy
9 (29) Joe Cocker - Delta Lady
10 (09) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe
11 (10) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
12 (21) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl
13 (33) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile
14 (11) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember
15 (18) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place
16 (12) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
17 (13) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
18 (14) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
19 (15) Cilla Black - Conversations
20 (16) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
21 (17) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
22 (20) Frank Sinatra - My Way
23 (New) Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je T'aime
24 (22) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight
25 (23) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
26 (25) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
27 (New) Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
28 (26) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
29 (19) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind
30 (30) Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You
31 (New) Diana Ross & The Supremes - I Second That Emotion
32 (32) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
33 (24) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell
34 (28) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
35 (New) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
36 (36) Aretha Franklin - Share Your Love With Me
37 (37) Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
38 (38) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko
39 (39) Beatles - Get Back
40 (31) Elvis Presley - In The Ghettp

[Whitneyfan]

01(04) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
02(01) Bobbie Gentry – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
03(02) Chicken Shack - Tears In The Wind
04(03) David Bowie - Space Oddity
05(21) Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’
06(--) Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well
07(16) Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I Second That Emotion
08(15) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl
09(23) Joe Cocker – Delta Lady
10(05) Karen Young - Nobody's Child

11(06) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
12(07) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
13(10) Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay
14(12) Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade
15(08) Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
16(17) Dorothy Squires - For Once In My Life
17(26) The Four Tops – Do What You Gotta Do
18(09) Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - Throw Down A Line
19(--) The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother
20(11) Elvis Presley - Clean Up Your Own Back Yard

21(39) Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is?

33(--) Barry Ryan – The Hunt
36(--) Frank Sinatra – Love’s Been Good To Me

50(--) The Upsetters - Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth

[raliverpool]

04/10/1969

1 Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home (3wks 15-2-1)
2 Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time Goes (6wks 25-16-8-2-1-2)
3 Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime (5wks 21-14-8-5-3)
4 Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (4wks 18-11-7-4)
5 Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You (6wks 33-18-9-6-4-5)
6 Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (5wks 20-15-12-10-6)
7 Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (4wks 23-14-11-7)
8 Nick Drake - River Man (9wks 29-19-14-10-6-5-3-3-8)
9 Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me (4wks 32-20-14-9)
10 Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (2wks 20-11)
12 David Bowie - Space Oddity (2wks 18-12)
13 Marvin Gaye - That's The Way Love Is (3wks 30-17-13)
14 Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - Throw Down A Line (3wks 21-16-14)
15 Isaac Hayes - Walk On By (3wks 31-21-15)
16 Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (2wks 26-16)
17 Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place (4wks 19-16-15-17)
18 Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (7wks 17-11-7-4-5-8-18)
19 Archies - Sugar Sugar (8wks 37-25-19-14-10-10-12-19)
20 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (10wks 34-20-12-7-4-2-1-1-6-20)

21 Motherlode - When I Die (3wks 28-23-21)
22 Isaac Hayes - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (4wks 22-18-19-22)
23 Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (7wks 23-13-4-3-4-9-23)
24 Youngbloods - Get Together (6wks 21-9-6-7-13-24)
25 Neil Young - I've Been Waiting For You (3wks 38-30-25)
26 Easybeats - St Louis (2wks 36-26)
27 Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Monkees - Good Clean Fun (4wks 37-24-22-28)
29 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I Second That Emotion (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Kinks - Shangri La (1wk 31 NEW)

32 Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Clique - Sugar On Sunday (3wks 36-32-33)
34 Grateful Dead - St. Stephen (2wks 37-34)
35 Miles Davis - Shhh/Peaceful (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Rugbys - You, I (2wks 39-36)
37 Almendra - Muchacha (Ojos de papel) (6wks 36-30-24-23-25-37)
38 Rascals - Carry Me Back (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime ... Moi Non Plus (5wks 23-17-17-24-39)
40 Sounds Nice - Love At First Sight (1wk 40 NEW)

Ray Davies epic single taken from the imminent 1969 concept album, Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) failed to chart in either the UK or the USA. However, it sarcastic lyrics were (deliberately?) misunderstood at the time (& less than two years later inspired a Beatle to not release an obvious commercial track for similar reasons in the UK, which released in the USA topped the Billboard singles charts) by the right wing owned red tops causing the song to be banned by the BBC, as it was a rather clever song attacking the upper classes patronising attitude to the working class it failed to pick up any sales.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) David Bowie - Space Oddity (5 wks)
2 (2) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (4 wks)
3 (11) Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (3 wks)
4 (5) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (5 wks)
5 (3) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (6 wks)
6 (4) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (5 wks)
7 (10) Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade (4 wks)
8 (12) Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - Throw Down A Line (4 wks)
9 (14) Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I Second That Emotion (3 wks)
10 (20) Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do (2 wks)
11 (NE) Hollies - He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother (1 wk)
12 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (1 wk)
13 (27) Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (2 wks)
14 (6) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (7 wks)
15 (15) Karen Young - Nobody's Child (5 wks)
16 (19) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl (3 wks)
17 (13) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place (6 wks)
18 (7) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (8 wks)
19 (8) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (9 wks)
20 (9) Temptations - Cloud Nine (7 wks)
21 (16) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (8 wks)
22 (17) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (8 wks)
23 (18) Radah Krishna Temple - Hare Krishna Mantra (4 wks)
24 (21) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (8 wks)
25 (22) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (11 wks)
26 (23) The Move - Curly (11 wks)
27 (24) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (17 wks)
28 (25) Box Tops - Soul Deep (7 wks)
29 (26) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine (9 wks)
30 (NE) Upsetters - Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth (1 wk)

[o]

1 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
2 Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
3 David Bowie - Space Oddity
4 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
5 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
6 Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
7 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
8 Hollies - He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother
9 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
10 Archies - Sugar, Sugar
11 Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie
12 Equals - Viva Bobby Joe
13 Box Tops - Soul Deep
14 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
15 Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
16 Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
17 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime
18 Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
19 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
20 Joe Cocker - Delta Lady

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Nilsson - EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'
2 [1] :: Rolling Stones - SITTIN' ON A FENCE {Through The Past Darkly LP track}
3 [new] :: Hollies - HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER
4 [3] :: Bob Dylan - LAY LADY LAY
5 [6] :: Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I SECOND THAT EMOTION
6 [8] :: Edwin Starr - 25 MILES
7 [new] :: Al Stewart - LOVE CHRONICLES {Love Chronicles LP track}
8 [5] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - BAD MOON RISING
9 [4] :: Temptations - CLOUD NINE
10 [7] :: Johnny Cash - WANTED MAN {Live At San Quentin LP track}
11 [12] :: Johnny Cash - SAN QUENTIN {A Boy Named Sue B-side}
12 [10] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LODI {Bad Moon Rising B-side}
13 [13] :: Kenny Rogers & First Edition - REUBEN JAMES
14 [11] :: Box Tops - SOUL DEEP
15 [new] :: Upsetters - RETURN OF DJANGO
16 [14] :: Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - THROW DOWN A LINE
17 [17] :: Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - JE T'AIME…MOI NON PLUS
18 [new] :: Fleetwood Mac - OH WELL
19 [19] :: Grand Funk Railroad - TIME MACHINE
20 [9] :: David Bowie - SPACE ODDITY

I wouldn't expect anyone to want to listen to the 18 minute Al Stewart track that enters at #7, but a burst of brass heavy ska might attract a listener.

[popchartfreak]

27th September 1969

It's straight in at 1 for the John Barry brilliant instrumental movie theme, which took 11 years to chart in the UK - better late then never. John Barry had a host of fab stuff earlier in the 60's, not least his Bond stuff, and would be back before too long. That's not all, Glen Campbell gets his 3rd top 5 of the year with the fab Try A Little Kindness, not Jimmy Webb, shock horror, while The Monkees get an unexpected last gasp top 10 for quite a while - as in decades. Betty Everett also gets a first top 10. And last!

In at 12 it's the Hollies classic which topped my chart (& the UK chart) in 1988 belatedly, Abbey Road is 50 years old, and topping the UK album charts again, giving me an excuse to chart the best tracks off it, headed by Here Comes The Sun - now far and away the most-streamed Beatles track, the most-charted in the 21st century, and the one that most-appeals to the younger generation. George Harrison has the other big new entry with Something, while Paul and John have to make do with lower-down positions.

Mama Cass is in with future Paloma Faith popular advert seller, Make Your Own Kind Of Music, Fleetwood Mac with future Oh Well hit cover in the 90's, Phil Specter is still pushing Sonny Charles & Co with a good cover of Creedence's Proud Mary, and Rick Nelson is back with a cover of a Dylan song. 



1 ( NEW ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry # 1
2 ( 2 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry # 1
3 ( 1 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Dusty Springfield # 1
4 ( 4 ) NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Steam # 4
5 ( NEW ) TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell # 5
6 ( 3 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKING Nilsson # 3
7 ( 5 ) SPACE ODDITY David Bowie # 1
8 ( 17 ) GOOD CLEAN FUN The Monkees # 8
9 ( 6 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Elvis Presley # 6
10 ( 12 ) MAYBE Betty Everett # 10

11 ( 7 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE The Isley Brothers # 7
12 ( NEW ) HE AIN’T HEAVY...HE’S MY BROTHER The Hollies # 12
13 ( 15 ) WEDDING BELL BLUES The 5th Dimension # 13
14 ( 9 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman # 1
15 ( 10 ) IN THE YEAR 2525 (EXORDIUM AND TERMINUS) Zager & Evans # 1
16 ( NEW ) HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles # 16
17 ( 13 ) CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James & The Shondells # 1
18 ( 8 ) I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU The Temptations # 5
19 ( 11 ) DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME The Bee Gees # 4
20 ( NEW ) SOMETHING The Beatles # 20

21 ( 14 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 14
22 ( 16 ) LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS The Chi-Lites # 9
23 ( NEW ) GOLDEN SLUMBERS The Beatles # 23
24 ( 29 ) BICYCLES, ROLLERSKATES AND YOU The Archies # 24
25 ( 22 ) A WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg # 1
26 ( 23 ) SUGAR, SUGAR The Archies # 1
27 ( 21 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb # 1
28 ( 32 ) MY BALLOON’S GOING UP Archie Bell & The Drells # 28
29 ( 39 ) MY WOMAN’S GOOD TO ME George Benson # 29
30 ( 18 ) WALK ON BY Isaac Hayes # 12

31 ( 19 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair # 5
32 ( 20 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare # 5
33 ( 40 ) YOU LITTLE ANGEL, YOU The Archies # 33
34 ( 24 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie # 6
35 ( 25 ) JIVE Bobby Darin # 25
36 ( 28 ) WORLD PARTS 1 & 2 James Brown # 28
37 ( 42 ) IS THAT ALL THERE IS Peggy Lee # 37
38 ( 45 ) THROW DOWN A LINE Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin # 38
39 ( 34 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys # 1
40 ( 27 ) GROOVIN’ WITH MR’ BLOE Wind featuring Tony Orlando # 27

41 ( 30 ) STREETS OF LONDON Ralph McTell # 16
42 ( 37 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO The Beatles # 1
43 ( 57 ) DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO The Four Tops # 43
44 ( 49 ) CIRCLE OF BLUE The Archies # 44
45 ( 38 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones # 6
46 ( 33 ) THAT’S THE WAY LOVE IS Marvin Gaye # 33
47 ( NEW ) MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC Mama Cass # 47
48 ( 50 ) TRACY The Cuff Links featuring Ron Dante # 48
49 ( 52 ) BABY I’M FOR REAL The Originals # 49
50 ( 26 ) JE T’AIME..MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg # 17

51 ( 44 ) SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) Neil Diamond # 9
52 ( 53 ) PENNY ARCADE Roy Orbison # 52
53 ( 47 ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver # 1
54 ( 46 ) LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE The Winstons # 46
55 ( 56 ) NOBODY’S CHILD Karen Young # 55
56 ( 59 ) HARE KRISHNA MANTRA Radha Krishna Temple # 56
57 ( 58 ) MOMMY AND DADDY The Monkees # 57
58 ( 51 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers # 1
59 ( 35 ) ONE NIGHT AFFAIR The O’Jays # 20
60 ( 41 ) HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Sly & The Family Stone # 19

61 ( 65 ) WE’LL CRY TOGETHER Maxine Brown # 61
62 ( 63 ) HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISSING HIM NOW Sandie Shaw # 62
63 ( 64 ) ROCK & ROLL MUSIC The Archies # 63
64 ( 66 ) SO GOOD TOGETHER Andy Kim # 64
65 ( 67 ) EVIL WOMAN DON’T PLAY YOUR GAMES WITH ME Crow # 65
66 ( NEW ) OH WELL Fleetwood Mac # 66
67 ( 31 ) WHEN I DIE Motherlode # 17
68 ( 69 ) DON’T TOUCH MY GUITAR The Archies # 68
69 ( 70 ) BALL OF FIRE Tommy James & The Shondells # 69
70 ( 48 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE The Plastic Ono Band # 5

71 ( 72 ) GET RHYTHM Johnny Cash # 71
72 ( 36 ) RIVERMAN Nick Drake # 14
73 ( NEW ) COME TOGETHER The Beatles # 73
74 ( NEW ) PROUD MARY Sonny Charles & The Checkmates # 74
75 ( NEW ) SHE BELONGS TO ME Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band # 75

Back in Singapore...I was at school, and making new friends, notably bestie Stephen Game who was cool and got me in with the lads, literal hot fun running round the school grounds in equatorial sun playing tag. Sweaty days!


Wot I liked then
1 ( 1 ) IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager And Evans
2 ( 3 ) I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry
3 ( 4 ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver
4 ( 6 ) BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 ( 7 ) HARE KRISHNA MANTRA Radha Krishna Temple
6 ( 10 ) IT'S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass
7 ( 5 ) DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER The Bee Gees
8 ( 8 ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
9 ( 14 ) LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan
10 ( 13 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones

11 ( 11 ) HEATHER HONEY Tommy Roe
12 ( 12 ) VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals
13 ( 15 ) A BOY NAMED SUE Johnny Cash
14 ( NEW ) FEELIN' SO GOOD (S.K.O.O.B.Y.D.O.O) The Archies
15 ( NEW ) THROW DOWN A LINE Cliff Richard and Hank Marvin