Haven Retro Combined Chart : 25.10.1969

[smokeyb]

Second week at the top for the Hollies, Fleetwood Mac are up to 2, David Bowie is down at 3

the Archies are now back up to 4 and Nilsson drops to 5.



There are 8 new entries, the highest is the Pioneers at number 19,



The biggest climber is Kenny Rogers who moves up 9 places to number 11.



The biggest faller is the Isley Brothers who drop 28 places.



25.10.1969 (Week # 43)


1 (01) Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - 146 points (5-3-1-1) 4 wks

2 (04) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well - 103 points (8-5-4-2) 4 wks

3 (02) David Bowie - Space Oddity - 94 points (34-15-12-11-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3) 12 wks

4 (10) Archies - Sugar, Sugar - 81 points (36-19-16-19-16-20-24-40-21-15-12-11-10-9-7-16-12-10-4) 19 wks

5 (03) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' - 77 points (16-13-4-2-2-3-5) 7 wks

6 (09) Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do - 64 points (28-14-9-9-6) 5 wks

7 (07) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine - 63 points (19-6-6-4-6-7-7) 7 wks

8 (11) Beatles - Here Comes The Sun - 59 points (17-11-8) 3 wks

9 (06) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl - 58 points (32-25-16-7-7-6-9) 7 wks

10 (05) Joe Cocker - Delta Lady - 58 points (11-8-5-10) 4 wks

11 (18) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - 57 points (22-14-11-15-15-23-19-20-22-30-40-x-18-11) 13 wks

12 (08) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again - 46 points (14-2-2-2-2-3-4-8-12) 9 wks

13 (17) Beatles - Carry That Weight - 38 points (31-17-13) 3 wks

14 (13) Beatles - Octopus' Garden - 38 points (22-13-14) 3 wks

15 (12) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds - 36 points (21-8-10-11-12-15) 6 wks

16 (24) Beatles - Something - 32 points (24-16) 2 wks

17 (23) Cuff Links - Tracy - 32 points (40-19-23-17) 4 wks

18 (25) Marlena Shaw – California Soul - 30 points (26-25-18) 3 wks

19 (NE) Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket - 27 points 1 wk

20 (22) Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - 27 points (38-36-23-22-20) 5 wks

21 (16) 5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues - 26 points (28-16-21) 3 wks

22 (26) Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer - 25 points (26-22) 2 wks

23 (14) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay - 24 points (35-15-13-11-10-12-6-3-3-6-10-14-23) 13 wks

24 (21) Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher - 20 points (30-29-29-31-25-26-25-23-18-21-24) 11 wks

25 (15) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising - 19 points (31-11-5-7-10-6-14-29-x-26-10-5-4-5-4-5-9-13-15-25) 19 wks

26 (27) John Barry - Theme From "Midnight Cowboy" - 19 points (28-24-27-26) 4 wks

27 (NE) Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is - 19 points 1 wk

28 (19) Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade - 19 points (33-16-14-13-15-19-28) 7 wks

29 (29) Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow - 18 points (27-22-18-19-25-27-27-29-26-28-34-30-30-29-29) 15 wks

30 (20) Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I Second That Emotion - 18 points (21-12-14-20-30) 5 wks

31 (36) Frank Sinatra – Love’s Been Good To Me - 18 points (36-31) 2 wks

32 (28) Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime - 18 points (40-32-25-28-33) 5 wks

33 (NE) Mama Cass – Make Your Own Kind Of Music - 17 points 1 wk

34 (NE) Marv Johnson – I Miss You (Baby) - 17 points 1 wk

35 (NE) Tremeloes - (Call Me) Number One - 17 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Upsetters - Return Of Django - 17 points 1 wk

37 (33) Jerry Butler – What's The Use Of Breaking Up - 15 points (33-33-27-22-24-22-27-33-37) 9 wks

38 (NE) Beatles - Come Together - 14 points 1 wk

39 (37) Glen Campbell - Try A Kittle Kindness - 14 points (39-33-37-39) 4 wks

40 (NE) Kinks - Shangri La - 14 points 1 wk

40 (40) Soul Children – The Sweeter He Is - 14 points (40-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

42 (30) Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home - 13 points (32-25-21-30)

43 (35) Emotions – The Best Part Of A Love Affair - 13 points (35-38-39-38-39-35)

44 (34) Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) - 12 points (34-34)

48 (32) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile - 11 points (11-5-2-3-3-5-16-28-x-32)

50 (31) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better - 11 points (20-6-3-3-3-8-9-15-16-31)

54 (39) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times - 10 points (40-8-5-3-2-1-8-14-17-19-35-37-35-39)

66 (38) Isley Brothers – Put Yourself In My Place - 7 points (36-24-13-21-40-38)


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 01.11.1969

1 (1) Archies - Sugar Sugar (4 wk) (#1)
2 (3) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (8 wk) (#2)
3 (5) Hollies - He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother (5 wk) (#3)
4 (8) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (5 wk) (#4)
5 (6) David Bowie - Space Oddity (8 wk) (#5)
6 (2) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (10 wk) (#1)
7 (7) Karen Young - Nobody's Child (9 wk) (#6)
8 (17) Upsetters - Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth (5 wk) (#9)
9 (4) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (14 wk) (#1)
10 (10) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (9 wk) (#4)
11 (9) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (8 wk) (#5)
12 (20) Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (6 wk) (#12)
13 (13) Frank Sinatra - Love's Been Good To Me (5 wk) (#13)
14 (11) Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do (6 wk) (#11)
15 (14) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (12 wk) (#8)
16 (18) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (12 wk) (# 1)
17 (12) Oliver - Good Morning Sunshine (13 wk) (#6)
18 (44) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People (2 wk) (#18)
19 (16) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (12 wk) (#2)
20 (NE) Tremeloes - Call Me Number One (1 wk) (# 20)
21 (19) Sounds Nice - Love At First Sight (9 wk) (#18)
22 (29) Junior Walker & the All Stars - What Does It take (3 wk) (#22)
23 (32) Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket (3 wk) (#23)
24 (23) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (5 wk) (#23)
25 (30) Jose Feliciano - And The Sun Will Shine (3 wk) (#25)
26 (21) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place (10 wk) (#13)
27 (39) Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade (7 wk) (#27)
28 (15) Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - Throw Down A Line (8 wk) (#7)
29 (22) Radah Krishna Temple - Hare Krishna Mantra (8 wk) (#12)
30 (28) Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I Second That Emotion (7 wk) (#18)
31 (36) Harry J All Stars - Liquidator (2 wk) (#31)
32 (26) Dorothy Squires - For Once In My Life (7 wk) (#26)
33 (27) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (15 wk) (#5)
34 (34) Max Romeo - Wet Dream (23 wk) (#10)
35 (25) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (13 wk) (# 1)
36 (NE) Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream (1 wk) (#36)
37 (NE) Family...No Mule's Fool (1 wk) (# 37)
38 (NE) Plastic Ono Band - Cold Turkey (1 wk) (#38)
39 (47) Dave Clark Five - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (2 wk) (#39)
40 (46) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (17 wk) (#1)
41 (37) Neville Dickie - Robin's Return (2 wk) (#37)
42 (31) Frank Sinatra - My Way (31 wk) (#5)
43 (41) Barry Ryan - The Hunt (5 wk) (#34)
44 (24) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (14 wk) (#6)
45 (49) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town (3 wk) (# 45)
46 (43) Engelbert Humperdinck - I'm A Better Man (13 wk) (#15)
47 (38) Trash - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight (Medley) (2 wk) (#38)
48 (NE) Scaffold - Gin Gan Goolie (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (NE) Joe Dolan - Teresa (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (48) Marv Johnson - I Miss You Baby (2 wk) (#48)

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[smokeyb]

TOTP: 30-10-69:   Presenter: Tony Blackburn

(1) THE ARCHIES – Sugar Sugar  (and charts)
(49) JOE DOLAN – Teresa  
(13) FRANK SINATRA – Love’s Been Good To Me  
(18) JIMMY CLIFF – Wonderful World, Beautiful People
(NEW) CLODAGH RODGERS – Biljo
(12) JOE COCKER – Delta Lady  
(4) FLEETWOOD MAC – Oh Well
(1) THE ARCHIES – Sugar Sugar

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Hollies - He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother (5 wks)
2 (4) Archies - Sugar Sugar (4 wks)
3 (5) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (5 wks)
4 (1) David Bowie - Space Oddity (9 wks)
5 (6) Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (3 wks)
6 (11) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town (3 wks)
7 (7) Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do (6 wks)
8 (3) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (8 wks)
9 (9) Beatles - Octopus's Garden (3 wks)
10 (10) Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer (3 wks)
11 (13) Beatles - Carry That Weight (3 wks)
12 (18) Upsetters - Return Of Django/Dollar In The Teeth (5 wks)
13 (19) Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket (3 wks)
14 (21) Junior Walker & the All Stars - What Does It take (3 wks)
15 (NE) Tremeloes - Call Me Number One (1 wk)
16 (8) Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (7 wks)
17 (12) Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (6 wks)
18 (14) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (9 wks)
19 (22) Harry J All Stars - Liquidator (2 wks)
20 (28) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People (2 wks)
21 (29) Dave Clark Five - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (2 wks)
22 (30) Marv Johnson - I Miss You Baby (2 wks)
23 (15) Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade (8 wks)
24 (16) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl (7 wks)
25 (17) Cliff Richard & Hank Marvin - Throw Down A Line (8 wks)
26 (27) Trash - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight (Medley) (2 wks)
27 (NE) Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream (1 wk)
28 (NE) Family...No Mule's Fool (1 wk)
29 (NE) Plastic Ono Band - Cold Turkey (1 wk)
30 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1 wk)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 01.11.1969

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

[raliverpool]

01/11/1969

1 David Bowie - Space Oddity (6wks 18-12-6-2-1-1)
2 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (6wks 20-11-7-3-2-2)
3 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (4wks 13-7-4-3)
4 Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother (4wks 17-10-6-4)
5 Kinks - Shangri La (5wks 31-21-14-7-5)
6 Marlena Shaw - California Soul (4wks 28-18-10-6)
7 Beatles - Something (1wk 7 NEW)
8 Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (5wks 32-24-17-11-8)
9 Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (6wks 26-16-10-5-5-9)
10 Beatles - Come Together (1wk 10 NEW)

11 5th Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (3wks 19-13-11)
12 Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord (3wks 23-16-12)
13 Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is? (3wks 20-15-13)
14 Upsetters - Return To Django (4wks 34-26-18-14)
15 Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime (9wks 21-14-8-5-3-2-1-3-15)
16 Easybeats - St Louis (6wks 36-26-19-15-14-16)
17 Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (3wks 36-23-17)
18 Blood Sweat & Tears - And When I Die (2wks 24-18)
19 Crosby Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (2wks 26-19)
20 Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me (2wks 22-20)

21 Smith - Baby It's You (4wks 35-28-21-21)
22 Four Tops - Do What You Gotta Do (5wks 27-18-12-12-22)
23 Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (5wks 10-5-6-9-23)
24 Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home (7wks 15-2-1-1-4-8-24)
25 Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Tremeloes - (Call Me) Number One (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Friends Of Distinction - Going In Circles (2wks 30-27)
28 Band - Up On Cripple Creek (2wks 39-28)
29 RB Greaves - Take A Letter Maria (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Originals - Baby I'm For Real (2wks 38-30)

31 King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King (1wk 31 NEW)

32 Small Faces - Autumn Stone (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Marvin Gaye - That's The Way Love Is (7wks 30-17-13-11-11-17-33)
34 Toots & the Maytals - Sweet & Dandy (2wks 40-34)
35 Stooges - 1969 (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (8wks 18-11-7-4-4-9-19-36)
37 Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider (3wks 39-34-37)
38 Dave Clark Five - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Reuben James (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Tommy James & The Shondells - Ball Of Fire (1wk 40 NEW)

If you have never checked out the debut album by King Crimson, then I highly recommend it. Just listen to its title track and you can hear the huge influence it had on early Genesis; post-Syd Barret/pre-DSOTM era Pink Floyd; Yes; the Moody Blues; Emerson Lake & Palmer; etc.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Something - Beatles < 15th #1 >
2 ( 1 ) He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Hollies (#1[2])
3 ( 3 ) Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
4 ( -- ) (Call Me) Number One - Tremeloes
5 ( 7 ) Come Together - Beatles
6 ( 6 ) Tracy - Cufflinks
7 ( 4 ) Space Oddity - David Bowie (#1[5])
8 ( 17 ) Take A Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
9 ( 5 ) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (#2[1])
10 ( 13 ) Long Shot Kick De Bucket - Pioneers

11 ( 19 ) Wonderful World Beautiful People - Jimmy Cliff
12 ( 9 ) Wedding Bell Blues - 5th Dimension (#9)
13 ( 14 ) Is That All There Is - Peggy Lee
14 ( 11 ) You I - Rugbys (#11)
15 ( 8 ) Penny Arcade - Roy Orbison (#2[2])
16 ( 18 ) What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Junior Walker And The All Stars
17 ( -- ) Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
18 ( 24 ) Liquidator - Harry J All Stars
19 ( 10 ) Delta Lady - Joe Cocker (#6)
20 ( 27 ) Robin's Return - Neville Dickie

21 ( 16 ) Make Believe - Wind (#16)
22 ( 12 ) Born To Live Born To Die - Foundations (#4)
23 ( 15 ) Am I The Same Girl - Dusty Springfield (#9)
24 ( -- ) Cold Turkey - Plastic Ono Band
25 ( 33 ) And When I Die - Blood Sweat And Tears
26 ( 21 ) Carry Me Back - Rascals (#21)
27 ( 20 ) What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am - Bill Deal & The Rhondells (#14)
28 ( -- ) Try A Little Kindness - Glen Campbell
29 ( 38 ) Ruben James - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
30 ( 40 ) Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight - Trash

31 ( 25 ) Throw Down A Line - Cliff Richard And Hank Marvin (#21)
32 ( 22 ) I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Bobbie Gentry (#8)
33 ( 23 ) I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie (#5)
34 ( 32 ) These Eyes - Guess Who (#30)
35 ( 26 ) Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson (#3)
36 ( 31 ) Tears In The Wind - Chicken Shack (#27)
37 ( 30 ) Nobody But You Babe - Clarence Reid (#24)
38 ( 29 ) What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Jerry Butler (#12)
39 ( 28 ) Nobody's Child - Karen Young (#10)
40 ( -- ) Teresa - Joe Dolan

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-- ( 34 ) I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations (#3)
-- ( 35 ) That's The Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye (#17)
-- ( 36 ) Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone (#27)
-- ( 37 ) Put Yourself In My Place - Isley Brothers (#20)
-- ( 39 ) Birth - Peddlers (#25)

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-- ( -- ) Echo Park - Keith Barbour
-- ( -- ) Gin Gan Goolie - Scaffold
-- ( -- ) Let A Woman Be A Woman - Dyke & The Blazers
-- ( -- ) Sweet Dream - Jethro Tull
-- ( -- ) Cherryhill Park - Billy Joe Royal
-- ( -- ) No Mule's Fool - Family
-- ( -- ) Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn - James Brown

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A lot of songs this week and a lot of rejects. Anyway as my highest entry has already been posted this is the second highest entry, one of Stevie Wonder's classics

[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – Do What You Gotta Do (6 wks)
02 Marlena Shaw – California Soul (4 wks)
03 Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (16 wks)
04 Marv Johnson – I Miss You (Baby) (2 wks)
05 Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (12 wks)
06 Jerry Butler – What's The Use Of Breaking Up (10 wks)
07 The Soul Children – The Sweeter He Is (3 wks)
08 The Emotions – The Best Part Of A Love Affair (8 wks)
09 The Originals – Baby I’m For Real (8 wks)
10 The Delfonics – You Got Yours And I'll Got Mine (12 wks)

11 Glady Knight And The Pips – Friendship Train (1 wk)
12 Mongo Santamaria – We Got Latin Soul (2 wks)
13 Isaac Hayes – By The Time I Get To Phoenix (10 wks)
14 Aretha Franklin – Today I Sing The Blues (3 wks)
15 Howard Tate – These Are The Things That Make Me Know You're Gone (7 wks)
16 Joe Simon – It’s Hard To Get Along (2 wks)
17 The Scaffold – Gin Gan Goolie (1 wk)
18 The Honey Cone – Girls It Aint Easy (1 wk)
19 The Impressions – Say You Love Me (3 wks)
20 The Isley Brothers – Was It Good To You? (7 wks)

21 The Chi-Lites – The Twelfth Of Never (7 wks)
22 Clarence Carter – Doin’ Our Thing (6 wks)
23 Eddie Floyd – Why Is The Wine Sweeter (On The Other Side) (1 wk)
24 The Glass House – Crumbs Off The Table (3 wks)
25 Junior Walker & The All Stars – These Eyes (1 wk)
26 Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations – I Second That Emotion (7 wks)
27 Ella Fitzgerald – Get Ready (5 wks)
28 Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations – The Weight (8 wks)
29 Dionne Warwick – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (7 wks)
30 Martha Reeves And The Vandellas – Taking My Love (And Leaving Me) (8 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother
02(04) Mama Cass – Make Your Own Kind Of Music
03(09) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
04(06) The Archers – Sugar Sugar
05(14) Jose Feliciano - And The Sun Will Shine
06(03) Frank Sinatra – Love’s Been Good To Me
07(02) Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well
08(19) Dave Clark Five - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
09(15) The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket
10(18) Junior Walker & the All Stars - What Does It Take

11(05) Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’
12(30) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People
13(26) Harry J All Stars – Liquidator
14(20) Trash - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight (Medley)
15(08) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
16(07) Joe Cocker – Delta Lady
17(11) Bobbie Gentry – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
18(36) Vince Hill - Little Bluebird
19(33) Marv Johnson - I Miss You Baby (How I Miss You)
20(10) The Four Tops – Do What You Gotta Do

22(--) The Tremeloes – (Call Me) Number One
29(--) The Scaffold – Gin Gan Goolie

32(--) Joe Dolan – Teresa
38(--) Plastic Ono Band – Cold Turkey
40(42) Neville Dickie – The Robin's Return

42(--) Jethro Tull – Sweet Dream
45(--) Family – No Mule’s Fool

[o]

1 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
2 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
3 Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
4 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
5 Hollies - He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother
6 Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl
7 David Bowie - Space Oddity
8 Beatles – Carry that weight
9 Joe Cocker - Delta Lady
10 Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
11 Archies - Sugar, Sugar
12 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
13 Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I Second That Emotion
14 Beatles - Octopus' Garden
15 Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket
16 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
17 Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
18 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
19 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
20 Plastic Ono Band - Cold Turkey

[popchartfreak]

25th October 1969

It's a first week on top for yet another movie song - this time from Paint Your Wagon, but not the one you might think, this one is the Mariah-Carey-naming fab They Call The Wind Maria. The soundtrack, and this song especially, and the film, loomed large in our Singapore family lives back then. Wandrin' Star meanwhile takes Lee Marvin into the 20 many months early, as he enters with yet another track also featuring Clint Eastwood, who should have taught Pierce Brosnan a lesson by going nowhere near a microphone to sing ever again, and also the great Ray Walston, childhood fave star of My Favourite Martian sitcom (and also South Pacific the movie).

Nilsson replaces himself in the 20, NItty Gritty Dirt Band replace The Monkees with another Mike Nesmith song, and Laura Nyro replaces Three Dog Night's cover of Eli's Coming in the 75 by entering with her own new-album-track Time And Love. Highest new entry is the debut classic hit for The Jackson 5 - starring young Michael, he of the jaw-dropping pre-pubescent vocals delivered with a maturity and style he had to work to achieve once his voice broke. As a kid he could soar effortlessy. I Want You Back, though, does feature Jermaine and the brothers, and obviously launched a major world star. At the time they were groovy black kids from the ghetto, pushed by Motown via Diana Ross' TV special show, and they were on many a variety show aired in Singapore, not least Ed Sullivan. Diana Ross, meanwhile joins the Supremes for their goodbye single just before she went solo, and before Mary Wilson became the only remaining original member for their last 3 fab years of singles. I've seen Mary Wilson in concert, but not Diana Ross. Diana is finally headlining Glasto and coming out of semi-retirement to tour. Of course, she was totally lying, they have never gotten back together: Someday We'll Be Together, as if!

Jimmy Cliff gets his first top 40, Shocking Blue enter with Venus, a European smash for the Dutch band that was not far from conquering the US, and the UK a little later, in 1970. Cards on the table, I love the Bananarama version more, but the original is still very good, and this week it was riding high in the Swiss top 10. Riding high in the Canadian top 10 was another future UK 1970 hit, getting them in early because my Chart Rule is, if it was available to buy somewhere - anywhere - it's eligible for my "Streaming" version of 1969 charting: Terry Jacks as the creative force and member of The Poppy Family, and Which Way You Going Billy? In at 67 a full 4 and a bit years before Seasons In The Sun became a massive hit for him. 

Clodagh's back with a song I didn't know at the time, but heard of in later years, and finally got to hear on CD compilation in the early 90's, Biljo. The O'Jays are back with a track from the US Soul top 40 that has yet to pop up in the Hot 100 breakers, Branded Bad. Branded Good, I say, I was grooving along to the epic Love Train at my brothers 60th bash last weekend. By 1969 they'd already almost a decade of US singles success, albeit minor success. In at 72, Marty Wilde is back using his US pseudonym Shannon, and singing his own UK hit-song Jesamine (a hit for The Casuals that is), Nina Simone enters with future reggae classic Young, Gifted & Black, and errr in the Austrian top 10 this week, a little bubblegum ditty from a man who changed the course of popular music. Name of Giorgio. A little Papa Ooh Mow Mow-chorus-nicking bit of bubblegum named Looky Looky. It's very catchy, and some might recognise the mini-background-hook in it. Most won't, but it's the same as the one Chicory Tip used on Good Grief Christina in 1973. Produced by a certain G. Moroder esq, following up their chart-topping synth-pioneering Son Of My Father. Yes there are synths on this song, albeit almost incidental background scenery towards the end. Took him another 8 years to get his own UK hit-single....

1 ( 14 ) THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA Harve Presnell # 1
2 ( 2 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry # 1
3 ( 1 ) HE AIN’T HEAVY...HE’S MY BROTHER The Hollies # 1
4 ( 4 ) (CALL ME) NUMBER ONE The Tremeloes # 4
5 ( 5 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry # 1
6 ( 8 ) SOMETHING The Beatles # 6
7 ( 3 ) NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Steam # 3
8 ( 10 ) YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY Stevie Wonder # 8
9 ( 9 ) HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles # 9
10 ( 6 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Dusty Springfield # 1

11 ( 11 ) DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO The Four Tops # 11
12 ( 7 ) TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell # 4
13 ( 13 ) LEAVING ON A JET PLANE Peter, Paul & Mary # 13
14 ( 21 ) RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD B.J. Thomas # 14
15 ( 26 ) I GUESS THE LORD MUST BE IN NEW YORK CITY Nilsson # 15
16 ( 18 ) YOU LITTLE ANGEL, YOU The Archies # 16
17 ( 32 ) WAND’RIN’ STAR Lee Marvin # 17
18 ( 12 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKING Nilsson # 3
19 ( 15 ) WEDDING BELL BLUES The 5th Dimension # 8
20 ( 30 ) SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band # 20

21 ( 16 ) SPACE ODDITY David Bowie # 1
22 ( 24 ) MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC Mama Cass # 22
23 ( 17 ) GOOD CLEAN FUN The Monkees # 8
24 ( 20 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Elvis Presley # 6
25 ( 34 ) THESE EYES Junior Walker & The All Stars # 25
26 ( 19 ) IS THAT ALL THERE IS Peggy Lee # 19
27 ( 36 ) OH WELL Fleetwood Mac # 27
28 ( 23 ) MY WOMAN’S GOOD TO ME George Benson # 19
29 ( 37 ) COME TOGETHER The Beatles # 29
30 ( 27 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman # 1

31 ( 28 ) IN THE YEAR 2525 (EXORDIUM AND TERMINUS) Zager & Evans # 1
32 ( 25 ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE The Isley Brothers # 7
33 ( NEW ) I WANT YOU BACK The Jackson 5 # 33
34 ( 31 ) CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James & The Shondells # 1
35 ( 39 ) BECAUSE The Beatles # 35
36 ( 29 ) CIRCLE OF BLUE The Archies # 29
37 ( 22 ) MAYBE Betty Everett # 10
38 ( 48 ) WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Jimmy Cliff # 38
39 ( 45 ) FORTUNATE SON Creedence Clearwater Revival # 39
40 ( 49 ) PROUD MARY Sonny Charles & The Checkmates # 40

41 ( 44 ) WE’LL CRY TOGETHER Maxine Brown # 41
42 ( 35 ) DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME The Bee Gees # 4
43 ( 55 ) THE GOSPEL OF NO NAME CITY Alan Dexter # 43
44 ( 41 ) A WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg # 1
45 ( 42 ) SUGAR, SUGAR The Archies # 1
46 ( 43 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb # 1
47 ( 61 ) LIQUIDATOR Harry J All Stars # 47
48 ( 70 ) A BRAND NEW ME Dusty Springfield # 48
49 ( 33 ) GOLDEN SLUMBERS The Beatles # 23
50 ( 63 ) THERE’S A COACH COMIN’ IN Harve Presnell & Chorus # 50

51 ( 40 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 14
52 ( NEW ) VENUS Shocking Blue # 52
53 ( 56 ) HOLLY HOLY Neil Diamond # 53
54 ( 71 ) THAT’S HOW HEARTACHES ARE MADE The Marvelettes # 54
55 ( 38 ) MY BALLOON’S GOING UP Archie Bell & The Drells # 27
56 ( 51 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys # 1
57 ( 47 ) I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU The Temptations # 5
58 ( 60 ) JINGO-LO-BA Santana # 58
59 ( NEW ) SOMEDAY WE’LL BE TOGETHER Diana Ross & The Supremes # 59
60 ( 62 ) SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE WORLD Esther Ofarim # 60

61 ( 50 ) BALL OF FIRE Tommy James & The Shondells # 50
62 ( 72 ) PAINT YOUR WAGON ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK MAIN TITLE (I’M ON MY WAY) Paint Your Wagon Chorus # 62
63 ( NEW ) BILJO Clodagh Rodgers # 63
64 ( 58 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO The Beatles # 1
65 ( 52 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair # 5
66 ( 53 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare # 5
67 ( NEW ) WHICH WAY YOU GOING BILLY? The Poppy Family featuring Terry Jacks # 67
68 ( 68 ) LOVE’S BEEN GOOD TO ME Frank Sinatra # 68
69 ( NEW ) BEST THINGS Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood & Ray Walston # 69
70 ( NEW ) TIME AND LOVE Laura Nyro # 70

71 ( NEW ) BRANDED BAD The O’Jays # 71
72 ( NEW ) JESAMINE Shannon aka Marty Wilde # 72
73 ( NEW ) LOOKY LOOKY Giorgio (Moroder) # 73
74 ( NEW ) TO BE YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK Nina Simone # 74
75 ( NEW ) YOU GOT TO PAY THE PRICE Gloria Taylor # 75



Wot I liked then
1 ( 1 ) I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry
2 ( 2 ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver
3 ( 4 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies
4 ( 3 ) IT'S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass
5 ( 8 ) BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 ( 6 ) LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan
7 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY'S TALKING Nilsson
8 ( 7 ) DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER The Bee Gees
9 ( NEW ) OH ME OH MY (I'M A FOOL FOR YOU) Lulu
10 ( NEW ) (CALL ME) NUMBER ONE The Tremeloes

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Archies - SUGAR SUGAR
2 [5] :: Hollies - HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER
3 [2] :: Beatles - OCTOPUS' GARDEN {Abbey Road LP track}
4 [6] :: Kenny Rogers & First Edition - RUBY, DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
5 [new] :: George Baker Selection - LITTLE GREEN BAG
6 [4] :: Beatles - CARRY THAT WEIGHT {Abbey Road LP track}
7 [9] :: Harry J All Stars - LIQUIDATOR
8 [3] :: Nilsson - EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'
9 [13] :: Jimmy Cliff - WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
10 [7] :: Beatles - MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER {Abbey Road LP track}
11 [10] :: Upsetters - RETURN OF DJANGO
12 [8] :: Beatles - HERE COMES THE SUN {Abbey Road LP track}
13 [17] :: Dave Clark Five - PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
14 [11] :: Fleetwood Mac - OH WELL
15 [14] :: Kenny Rogers & First Edition - REUBEN JAMES
16 [12] :: Diana Ross & Supremes with The Temptations - I SECOND THAT EMOTION
17 [19] :: Johnny Cash - SAN QUENTIN {A Boy Named Sue B-side}
18 [new] :: Plastic Ono Band - COLD TURKEY
19 [new] :: Tremeloes - (CALL ME) NUMBER ONE
20 [16] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - BAD MOON RISING

Released this month in 1969, although familiar to most from 1992's Reservoir Dogs film:-