Post by Earl Purple on Mar 26, 2020 23:46:28 GMT 1
About time we got this going. At the time of posting this we are all locked down with the Coronavirus scare.
5 January 1974
1 ( 5 ) Radar Love - Golden Earring < 1st #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
3 ( 1 ) Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (#1[1])
4 ( 6 ) The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer
5 ( 2 ) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard (#1[3])
6 ( 7 ) Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Browsville Station
7 ( 3 ) Step Into Christmas - Elton John (#2[1])
8 ( 9 ) Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
9 ( 12 ) I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles
10 ( 8 ) Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin (#8)
11 ( 11 ) Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton John
12 ( 14 ) Some Guys Have All The Luck - Persuaders
13 ( 10 ) Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople (#3)
14 ( 13 ) Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally - Dawn (#13)
15 ( 22 ) The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
16 ( 19 ) Galloping Home - London String Chorale
17 ( 28 ) Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
18 ( -- ) All Of My Life - Diana Ross
19 ( 20 ) Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell
20 ( 16 ) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (#8)
21 ( 15 ) The Joker - Steve Miller Band (#1[2])
22 ( 18 ) Take Me High - Cliff Richard (#15)
23 ( 23 ) Gaudete - Steeleye Span
24 ( -- ) Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
25 ( 25 ) Corazon - Carole King
26 ( 17 ) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
27 ( 21 ) Forever - Roy Wood (#17)
28 ( 37 ) Walk Like A Man (You Can Call Me Your Man) - Grand Funk Railroad
29 ( 24 ) My Music - Loggins & Messina (#20)
30 ( 39 ) Painted Ladies - Ian Thomas
31 ( 32 ) Raised On Rock - Elvis Presley (#33)
32 ( 29 ) Vado Via - Drupi (#29)
33 ( 34 ) Lamplight - David Essex (#22)
34 ( 33 ) D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (#27)
35 ( 30 ) Truck On (Tyke) - T. Rex (#22)
36 ( 27 ) Love On A Mountain Top - Robert Knight (#11)
37 ( 26 ) You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - New Seekers (#5)
38 ( 31 ) Street Life - Roxy Music (#7)
39 ( -- ) American Tune - Paul Simon
40 ( -- ) If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
-- ( 35 ) Mind Games - John Lennon (#18)
-- ( 36 ) My Coo-Ca-Choo - Alvin Stardust (#2[3])
-- ( 38 ) Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy (#19)
-- ( 40 ) Amoureuse - Kiki Dee (#5)
Start of the year and relatively slow at least this week but we do see a change at the top as the Christmas top 3 fall to make way for non-Christmas songs and Golden Earring's classic rock "Radar Love" takes the top spot.
5 January 1974
1 ( 5 ) Radar Love - Golden Earring < 1st #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
3 ( 1 ) Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (#1[1])
4 ( 6 ) The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer
5 ( 2 ) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard (#1[3])
6 ( 7 ) Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Browsville Station
7 ( 3 ) Step Into Christmas - Elton John (#2[1])
8 ( 9 ) Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
9 ( 12 ) I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles
10 ( 8 ) Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin (#8)
11 ( 11 ) Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton John
12 ( 14 ) Some Guys Have All The Luck - Persuaders
13 ( 10 ) Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople (#3)
14 ( 13 ) Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally - Dawn (#13)
15 ( 22 ) The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
16 ( 19 ) Galloping Home - London String Chorale
17 ( 28 ) Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
18 ( -- ) All Of My Life - Diana Ross
19 ( 20 ) Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell
20 ( 16 ) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (#8)
21 ( 15 ) The Joker - Steve Miller Band (#1[2])
22 ( 18 ) Take Me High - Cliff Richard (#15)
23 ( 23 ) Gaudete - Steeleye Span
24 ( -- ) Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
25 ( 25 ) Corazon - Carole King
26 ( 17 ) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
27 ( 21 ) Forever - Roy Wood (#17)
28 ( 37 ) Walk Like A Man (You Can Call Me Your Man) - Grand Funk Railroad
29 ( 24 ) My Music - Loggins & Messina (#20)
30 ( 39 ) Painted Ladies - Ian Thomas
31 ( 32 ) Raised On Rock - Elvis Presley (#33)
32 ( 29 ) Vado Via - Drupi (#29)
33 ( 34 ) Lamplight - David Essex (#22)
34 ( 33 ) D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (#27)
35 ( 30 ) Truck On (Tyke) - T. Rex (#22)
36 ( 27 ) Love On A Mountain Top - Robert Knight (#11)
37 ( 26 ) You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - New Seekers (#5)
38 ( 31 ) Street Life - Roxy Music (#7)
39 ( -- ) American Tune - Paul Simon
40 ( -- ) If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
-- ( 35 ) Mind Games - John Lennon (#18)
-- ( 36 ) My Coo-Ca-Choo - Alvin Stardust (#2[3])
-- ( 38 ) Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy (#19)
-- ( 40 ) Amoureuse - Kiki Dee (#5)
Start of the year and relatively slow at least this week but we do see a change at the top as the Christmas top 3 fall to make way for non-Christmas songs and Golden Earring's classic rock "Radar Love" takes the top spot.