Haven Retro Combined Chart : 18.04.1970

[smokeyb]

It's the longest chart run in retro chart history for a song to reach number 1, it's taken 11 weeks for Norman Greenbaum.

The Beatles slip to 2, Bob & Marcia are up at 3, the Pipkins are up to 4 and Simon & Garfunkel fall to 5.



There are 8 new entries this week, the highest is the Who at number 13.



The biggest climber is Elton John who jumps up 16 places to number 16.



The biggest faller is the Tremeloes who drop 60 places.


18.04.1970 (Week # 16)


1 (02) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky - 131 points (40-26-26-26-13-7-6-3-2-2-1) 11 wks

2 (01) Beatles - Let It Be - 126 points (32-2-1-1-1-2) 7 wks

3 (04) Bob And Marcia - Young Gifted And Black - 84 points (13-5-3-4-4-3) 6 wks

4 (05) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding - 83 points (30-7-5-4) 4 wks

5 (03) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 77 points (33-10-3-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-5) 12 wks

6 (06) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom - 65 points (14-6-6) 3 wks

7 (07) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There - 63 points (22-9-7-7) 4 wks

8 (08) Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - 62 points (15-6-8-8) 4 wks

9 (10) Band - Rag Mama Rag - 59 points (20-10-9) 3 wks

10 (13) Dana – All Kinds Of Everything - 51 points (33-13-10) 3 wks

11 (09) Supremes – Up The Ladder To The Roof - 42 points (31-22-11-7-8-9-11) 7 wks

12 (14) Jackson 5 - ABC - 36 points (18-9-13-14-12) 5 wks

13 (NE) Who - The Seeker - 36 points 1 wk

14 (12) Tyrannosaurus Rex - By The Light Of The Magical Moon - 34 points (16-12-14) 3 wks

15 (29) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band - 32 points (24-27-27-x-29-15) 5 wks

16 (32) Elton John - Border Song - 32 points (38-32-16) 3 wks

17 (21) Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia - 31 points (32-12-14-12-14-15-27-28-30-21-17) 11 wks

18 (11) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together - 29 points (36-15-10-11-11-18) 6 wks

19 (18) Shocking Blue - Venus - 28 points (37-25-14-11-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-10-21-24-17-18-18-19) 18 wks

20 (22) Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True - 28 points (40-27-27-x-36-22-20) 6 wks

21 (NE) Doors - Roadhouse Blues - 26 points 1 wk

22 (28) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love - 25 points (14-8-12-28-22) 5 wks

23 (34) Ides Of March - Vehicle - 25 points (34-23) 2 wks

24 (25) Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun - 24 points (25-24) 2 wks

25 (17) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling - 24 points (5-4-4-6-10-17-25) 7 wks

26 (40) David Bowie - The Prettiest Star - 23 points (40-26) 2 wks

27 (31) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 21 points (38-29-31-27) 4 wks

28 (24) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28) 16 wks

29 (33) Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon - 19 points (33-29) 2 wks

30 (30) Moments – Love On A Two Way Street - 19 points (30-30) 2 wks

31 (27) Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful - 19 points (29-27-27-27-31) 5 wks

32 (35) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner - 18 points (38-16-19-21-x-37-21-7-4-6-13-24-37-35-32) 14 wks

33 (20) Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations – Why (Must We Fall In Love) - 18 points (30-18-19-20-33) 5 wks

34 (15) John Lennon & Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) - 18 points (35-3-3-2-3-3-5-5-15-34) 10 wks

35 (26) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' - 18 points (15-11-6-9-12-23-31-25-26-35) 10 wks

36 (NE) Guess Who - American Woman - 17 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Judy Clay – Greatest Love - 17 points 1 wk

38 (NE) Al Stewart - Electric Los Angeles Sunset - 16 points 1 wk

39 (NE) Arthur Conley – God Bless - 15 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Tennessee Birdwalk - 15 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Tom Jones – Daughter Of Darkness - 15 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

46 (19) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around - 13 points (22-13-15-19)

47 (37) Marvin Gaye – Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got - 13 points (35-33-36-35-31-37)

50 (39) Gladys Knight & The Pips - You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) - 12 points (39-39-39-39)

52 (23) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - 11 points (30-29-5-1-1-1-2-2-3-5-8-11-21-23)

58 (38) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy - 9 points (37-19-12-19-22-38)

76 (16) Tremeloes – By the Way - 5 points (40-17-16)

79 (36) Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - 4 points (27-22-13-11-11-9-9-16-24-36)


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 25.04.1970

1 (1) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (4 wk) (#1)
2 (5) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (6 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (10 wk) (#1)
4 (3) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (7 wk) (#3)
5 (4) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There (5 wk) (#2)
6 (6) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding (5 wk) (#6)
7 (7) Bob & Marcia - Young, Gifted and Black (7 wk) (#5)
8 (13) Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True (5 wk) (#8)
9 (9) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (9 wk) (#9)
10 (18) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (10) The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (6 wk) (#10)
12 (12) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around (7 wk) (#12)
13 (8) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star (12 wk) (# 1)
14 (21) Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun (5 wk) (#14)
15 (19) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band (4 wk) (#15)
16 (25) The Band - Rag Mama Rag (4 wk) (#16)
17 (33) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness (2 wk) (#17)
18 (15) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning (12 wk) (# 8)
19 (11) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling (9 wk) (#5)
20 (14) Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love (8 wk) (#14)
21 (17) Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman (9 wk) (# 17)
22 (28) Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore (3 wk) (#22)
23 (26) England World Cup Squad - Back Home (2 wk) (#23)
24 (29) Radha Krishna Temple - Govinda (5 wk) (#23)
25 (20) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy (9 wk) (#8)
26 (16) Beatles - Let It Be (7 wk) (#2)
27 (44) The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (2 wk) (#27)
28 (35) The Who - The Seeker (4 wk) (#28)
29 (22) Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (13 wk) (#9)
30 (36) Rufus Thomas - Do The Funky Chicken (3 wk) (#30)
31 (NE) The Move - Brontosaurus (1 wk) (#31)
32 (27) White Plains - I've Got You On my Mind (2 wk) (#27)
33 (47) Julie Felix - If I Could (El Condor Pasa) (2 wk) (#33)
34 (31) Diana Ross and The Supremes with The Temptations - Why (must we fall in love) (6 wk) (#31)
35 (32) Sasha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (15 wk) (#10)
36 (23) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together (8 wk) (#8)
37 (37) Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (23 wk) (#1)
38 (40) Frank Sinatra - My Way (51 wk) (#5)
39 (30) The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (13 wk) (#2)
40 (34) Boris Gardener - Elizabethan Reggae (14 wk) (#14)
41 (50) Edgar Broughton Band - Out Demons Out (2 wk) (#41)
42 (41) Des O'Connor - I'll Go On Hoping (7 wk) (#30)
43 (39) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together (15 wk) (#2)
44 (43) Dorothy Squires - Till (10 wk) (#25)
45 (NE) Deep Feeling - Do You Love Me (1 wk) (#45)
46 (NE) Shocking Blue - Mighty Joe (1 wk) (#46)
47 (42) Peter Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane (15 wk) (# 2)
48 (45) Don Fardon - Belfast Boy (2 wk) (#45)
49 (46) The Tremeloes - By The Way (6 wk) (#35)
50 (NE) Maytals - Monkey Man (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 23-4-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville

(1) DANA – All Kinds Of Everything  (and charts)
(27) THE HOLLIES – I Can’t Tell The Bottom From The Top  
(NEW) PEACHES & HERB – Satisfy My Hunger
(20) JUICY LUCY – Who Do You Love  
(NEW) THE MOODY BLUES – Question
(14) FRIJID PINK – House Of The Rising Sun  
(28) THE WHO – The Seeker  
(30) RUFUS THOMAS – Do The Funky Chicken  
(NEW) GLEN CAMPBELL – Honey Come Back
(10) BLUE MINK – Good Morning Freedom  
(8) STEVIE WONDER – Never Had A Dream Come True  
(24) RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE – Govinda  
(23) ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD – Back Home
(1) DANA – All Kinds Of Everything 

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Mark's Top 40 - 25.04.1970

1 (01) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
2 (02) Shocking Blue - Venus
3 (09) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
4 (03) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin'
5 (05) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling
6 (04) The Beatles - Let It Be
7 (16) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
8 (06) Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True
9 (07) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding
10 (08) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around
11 (10) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows)
12 (11) Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
13 (20) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
14 (12) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love
15 (36) The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top
16 (17) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
17 (28) England World Cup Squad - Back Home
18 (15) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star
19 (40) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness
20 (35) White Plains - I've Got You On My Mind
21 (14) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom
22 (13) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything
23 (19) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band
24 (18) John Lennon & Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma
25 (21) Cufflinks - Tracy
26 (22) Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anyone
27 (23) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
28 (24) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
29 (25) Blue Mink - Melting Pot
30 (27) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
31 (31) Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
32 (32) Vanity Fare - Hitchin' A Ride
33 (New) The Who - The Seeker
34 (New) The Moody Blues - Question
35 (30) BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
36 (29) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy
37 (New) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back
38 (New) The Move - Brontosaurus
39 (New) The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
40 (34) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People

[raliverpool]

25/04/1970

01 Beatles - Let It Be (7wks 3-2-2-1-1-1-1)
02 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (6wks 15-6-4-2-2-2)
03 Guess Who - American Woman (4wks 16-8-4-3)
04 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag (3wks 30-13-4)
05 Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted And Black (7wks 30-18-9-7-4-3-5)
06 Doors - Roadhouse Blues (3wks 20-10-6)
07 Who - The Seeker (2wks 18-7)
08 Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together (8wks 40-26-16-7-3-3-5-8)
09 Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom (4wks 27-16-12-9)
10 Shocking Blue - Mighty Joe (3wks 26-16-10)

11 Tyrannosaurus Rex - By The Light Of The Magical Moon (6wks 28-11-8-5-6-11)
12 Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof (5wks 17-13-10-9-12)
13 Joni Mitchell - Woodstock (5wks 30-15-12-11-13)
14 Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (2wks 22-14)
15 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (5wks 19-11-7-7-15)
16 Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Bobby Shermann - Easy Come, Easy Go (4wks 23-15-15-17)
18 Jackson 5 - ABC (6wks 9-4-5-6-8-18)
19 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (11wks 15-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-9-14-19)
20 Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Radha Krishna Temple - Govinda (4wks 34-25-20-21)

22 Maytals - Monkey Man (1wk 22 NEW)

23 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Woodstock (2wks 31-23)
24 Friends Of Distinction - Love Or Let Me Be Lonely (3wks 40-30-24)
25 Tyrone Davis - Turn Back The Hands Of Time (3wks 37-29-25)
26 Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There (5wks 16-10-11-17-26)
27 Rare Earth - Get Ready (2wks 36-27)
28 David Bowie - The Prettiest Star (5wks 34-22-18-19-28)
29 Little Sister - You're The One (5wks 38-32-23-24-29)
30 John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma (10wks 7-3-2-2-3-3-6-14-23-30)

31 Move - Brontosaurus (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Doors - Waiting for the Sun (6wks 29-18-12-13-21-32)
33 Gladys Knight & The Pips - You Need Love Like I Do (4wks 37-27-27-33)
34 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning (6wks 31-25-20-21-25-34)
35 Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'clock (2wks 40-35)
36 Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun (6wks 38-31-25-19-26-36)
37 Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not To Come (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Ides Of March - Vehicle (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Edgar Broughton Band - Out Demons Out (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Aretha Franklin - Call Me (8wks 30-15-7-5-9-17-28-40)

This much covered ska classic diss track was written by Toots Hibbert as a jab at their producer, Leslie Kong, because of a dispute they could no longer records as Toots & The Maytals because Leslie Kong legally owned the name ... this much covered Jamaican group's ska & reggae standard reached UK #47.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins
3 ( 11 ) Daughter Of Darkness - Tom Jones
4 ( 2 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia (#1[3])
5 ( 5 ) Rag Mama Rag - Band
6 ( -- ) Monkey Man - Maytals
7 ( 15 ) I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - Hollies
8 ( 4 ) Let It Be - Beatles (#3)
9 ( 6 ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#6)
10 ( 12 ) I Don't Believe In If Anymore - Roger Whittaker

11 ( 8 ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink (#8)
12 ( 19 ) Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
13 ( 7 ) ABC - Jackson Five (#5)
14 ( 13 ) Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#13)
15 ( 10 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy (#9)
16 ( 18 ) Vehicle - Ides Of March
17 ( 9 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (#4)
18 ( 16 ) The Seeker - Who (#16)
19 ( 14 ) Shilo - Neil Diamond (#13)
20 ( 29 ) Back Home - England World Cup Squad

21 ( -- ) Brontosaurus - Move
22 ( 21 ) Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis (#21)
23 ( 20 ) I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees (#19)
24 ( 34 ) Belfast Boy - Don Fardon
25 ( 17 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes (#8)
26 ( 24 ) Everybody Go Home The Party's Over - Clodagh Rodgers (#24)
27 ( 36 ) Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
28 ( 27 ) All Kinds Of Everything - Dana (#27)
29 ( 31 ) Everybody's Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas
30 ( 33 ) Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection

31 ( -- ) Which Way You Goin' Billy - Poppy Family
32 ( 22 ) By The Way - Tremeloes (#16)
33 ( -- ) Come Running - Van Morrison
34 ( 23 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee (#12)
35 ( 25 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks (#13)
36 ( 30 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (#21)
37 ( -- ) Mighty Joe - Shocking Blue
38 ( 28 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
39 ( 26 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (#1[6])
40 ( 35 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)

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-- ( 32 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan (#7)
-- ( 37 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (#3)
-- ( 38 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
-- ( 39 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
-- ( 40 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin (#15)

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-- ( -- ) Airport Love Theme - Vincent Bell
-- ( -- ) What Is Truth - Johnny Cash
-- ( -- ) Make Me Smile - Chicago

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A very high entry at #6 for the Maytals' reggae classic but beware of something not yet in the chart..

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (6 wks)
2 (1) The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (6 wks)
3 (4) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding (5 wks)
4 (3) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There (5 wks)
5 (9) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom (5 wks)
6 (6) Tyrannosaurus Rex - By The Light Of The Magical Moon (5 wks)
7 (5) Beatles - Let It Be (7 wks)
8 (12) The Who - The Seeker (4 wks)
9 (10) The Ides Of March - Vehicle (5 wks)
10 (15) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (4 wks)
11 (25) The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (2 wks)
12 (18) Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia (3 wks)
13 (16) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band (4 wks)
14 (7) Bob & Marcia - Young, Gifted and Black (7 wks)
15 (23) White Plains - I've Got You On my Mind (2 wks)
16 (24) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness (2 wks)
17 (17) The Band - Rag Mama Rag (4 wks)
18 (8) David Bowie - The Prettiest Star (5 wks)
19 (11) Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun (5 wks)
20 (NE) The Move - Brontosaurus (1 wk)
21 (20) The Gentrys - Cinnamon Girl (4 wks)
22 (13) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling (9 wks)
23 (14) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together (8 wks)
24 (19) Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) (5 wks)
25 (21) The Tremeloes - By The Way (6 wks)
26 (30) Julie Felix - If I Could (El Condor Pasa) (2 wks)
27 (22) Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True (5 wks)
28 (26) Diana Ross and The Supremes with The Temptations - Why (must we fall in love) (6 wks)
29 (NE) Maytals - Monkey Man (1 wk)
30 (NE) The Carpenters - Ticket To Ride (1 wk)

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (17 wks)
02 Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand (1 wk)
03 The Moments – Love On A Two Way Street (3 wks)
04 Judy Clay – Greatest Love (2 wks)
05 Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations – Why (Must We Fall In Love) (6 wks)
06 The Four Tops – It’s All In The Game (1 wk)
07 Arthur Conley – God Bless (2 wks)
08 The Dells – Open Up My Heart (2 wks)
09 The Supremes – Up The Ladder To The Roof (8 wks)
10 Gladys Knight & The Pips - You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) (6 wks)

11 Clarence Carter – I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone (3 wks)
12 Marvin Gaye – Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got (8 wks)
13 Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) (1 wk)
14 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - California Soul (3 wks)
15 Wilson Pickett – Cole Cooke And Redding (5 wks)
16 The O’Jays – Deeper In Love With You (5 wks)
17 Otis Redding – Demonstration (4 wks)
18 Toots And The Maytals – Monkey Man (1 wk)
19 Candi Staton – Sweet Feeling (1 wk)
20 Sam & Dave – One Part Love Two Parts Pain (1 wk)

21 Dionne Warwick – Let Me Go To Him (2 wks)
22 Archie Bell & The Drells – Don’t Let The Music Slip Away (2 wks)
23 Tom Jones – Daughter Of Darkness (2 wks)
24 Dana – All Kinds Of Everything (4 wks)
25 The Originals – The Bells (13 wks)
26 Charles Wright And The Watts – 103rd Street Rhythm Band Love Land (4 wks)
27 Howard Tate – My Soul’s Got A Hole In It (6 wks)
28 The Isley Brothers – Keep On Doing (14 wks)
29 Archie Bell & The Drells – Here I Go Again (12 wks)
30 The Dells – Oh What A Day (15 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
02(09) Elton John – Border Song
03(02) Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
04(03) Simon & Garfunkel – Cecilia
05(04) The Beatles – Let It Be
06(20) Tom Jones – Daughter Of Darkness
07(07) Dana – All Kinds Of Everything
08(05) The Pipkins – Gimme Dat Ding
09(25) The Hollies – I Can’t Tell The Bottom From The Top
10(06) Blue Mink – Good Morning Freedom

11(08) Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True
12(27) Julie Felix - If I Could (El Condor Pasa)
13(10) Mary Hopkin – Knock Knock Who’s There
14(29) Don Fardon – Belfast Boy
15(11) Clodagh Rogers - Everybody Go Home (The Party's Over)
16(18) Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Chicken
17(12) Bee Gees – I.O.I.O.
18(33) White Plains – I’ve Got You On My Mind
19(13) Bob & Marcia – Young, Gifted & Black
20(14) The Who – The Seeker

25(--) The Maytals – Monkey Man
28(45) England World Cup Squad – Back Home

33(--) Shocking Blue – Mighty Joe
34(40) Edgar Broughton Band - Out Demons Out
40(--) The Move – Brontosaurus

43(--) Deep Feeling – Do You Love Me

[o]

1 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
2 Four Tops – I cant help myself
3 The Band - Rag Mama Rag
4 Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love
5 Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun
6 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band
7 Who - The Seeker
8 Jackson 5 - ABC
9 Freda Payne – Band of gold
10 John Lennon & Yoko One & Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma
11 Beatles - Let It Be
12 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
13 Shocking Blue - Venus
14 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
15 Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
16 Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together
17 Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top
18 The Move – Brontosaurus
19 England World Cup Squad - Back Home
20 Herman's Hermits - Years My Come And Years May Go

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Norman Greenbaum - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
2 [2] :: Melodians - RIVERS OF BABYLON
3 [new] :: Maytals - MONKEY MAN
4 [6] :: Doors - ROADHOUSE BLUES
5 [4] :: The Band - RAG MAMA RAG
6 [5] :: Al Stewart - ELECTRIC LOS ANGELES SUNSET {Zero She Flies LP track}
7 [new] :: Ike & Tina Turner - HONKY TONK WOMEN {Come Together B-side}
8 [3] :: Pipkins - GIMME DAT DING
9 [7] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN {Travellin' Band B-side}
10 [13] :: Kris Kristofferson - HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT {Kristofferson LP track}
11 [new] :: Ike & Tina Turner - COME TOGETHER
12 [16] :: Kris Kristofferson - FOR THE GOOD TIMES {Kristofferson LP track}
13 [12] :: Elvis Presley - DON'T CRY DADDY
14 [10] :: Beatles - LET IT BE
15 [15] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - TRAVELLIN' BAND
16 [new] :: Shocking Blue - MIGHTY JOE
17 [11] :: Bob & Marcia - YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK
18 [19] :: Kinks - VICTORIA
19 [20] :: Tom Jones - DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
20 [9] :: Simon & Garfunkel - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER


Ike Turner took his favourite Beatles and Stones tracks from 1969, stayed true to the arrangements, but gave Tina free reign with the vocals. She maintained her restraint, but the recordings are still scintillating. I suspect Mick and Keith would have approved of "Honky Tonk Women".

[popchartfreak]

18th April 1970

It's 2 weeks on top for Border Song as Elton makes it two top 5's the same week, not bad for a career start, he might go far! As might young Paul McCartney, still at 4 with his ex-Band and entering at 7 with his first solo classic, Maybe I'm Amazed, off his debut solo album, as is Every Night lower down the chart. Neither were singles (what!?) but Wings had a hit with the live version of Maybe I'm Amazed in 1977 and Phoebe Snow a hit cover of Every Night in 1978. 

Joni Mitchell and Charlie Rich both get top 20's (they will both be back later in the 70's), Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell leap up with some California Soul into the top 30, as The Hollies get another top 40, and Diana Ross grabs her first solo top 40. Chairmen Of The Board get a second chart hit, dangling on a string, and Jackie Wilson is back with a soul goodie, sending a letter to his baby, while Toots & The Maytals (as it is now labelled) debut with Monkey Man. The Grass Roots add to their run of hits, Roy Orbison keeps having chart entries longer than I expected with a film theme tune (Zabriskie's Point), Randy Newman is back with a future Three Dog Night hit, and Al Stewart debuts 50 years before his Year Of The Cat is sampled for a dance hit.


1 ( 1 ) BORDER SONG Elton John # 1
2 ( 2 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1
3 ( 3 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne # 2
4 ( 4 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 1
5 ( 9 ) YOUR SONG Elton John # 5
6 ( 5 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
7 ( NEW ) MAYBE I’M AMAZED Paul McCartney # 7
8 ( 6 ) (TO BE) YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK Bob & Marcia # 2
9 ( 7 ) ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana # 7
10 ( 14 ) KNOCK KNOCK WHO’S THERE Mary Hopkin # 10

11 ( 13 ) THE PRETTIEST STAR David Bowie # 11
12 ( 10 ) VEHICLE The Ides Of March # 8
13 ( 8 ) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH) The Four Tops # 8
14 ( 16 ) ABC The Jackson 5 # 14
15 ( 12 ) GOOD MORNING FREEDOM Blue Mink # 10
16 ( 11 ) UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF The Supremes # 7
17 ( 20 ) EVERYBODY’S OUT OF TOWN B.J. Thomas # 17
18 ( 15 ) TEMMA HARBOUR Mary Hopkin # 1
19 ( 23 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell # 19
20 ( 26 ) 12 Jul 1939 Charlie Rich # 20

21 ( 17 ) EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD) Simon & Garfunkel # 2
22 ( 18 ) A STREET CALLED HOPE Gene Pitney # 18
23 ( 19 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum # 2
24 ( 24 ) DON’T STOP NOW Eddie Holman # 24
25 ( 22 ) LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) Edison Lighthouse # 1
26 ( 21 ) CECILIA Simon & Garfunkel # 3
27 ( 58 ) CALIFORNIA SOUL Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell # 27
28 ( 25 ) THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK Simon & Garfunkel # 4
29 ( 27 ) FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor # 9
30 ( 32 ) LET ME GO TO HIM Dionne Warwick # 30

31 ( 34 ) IF I COULD Julie Felix # 31
32 ( 36 ) LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET The Moments # 32
33 ( 33 ) GIMME DAT DING The Pipkins # 33
34 ( 28 ) AUGUST OCTOBER Robin Gibb # 9
35 ( 35 ) SINCE I DON’T HAVE YOU Eddie Holman # 35
36 ( 30 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell # 3
37 ( 38 ) AMERICAN WOMAN The Guess Who # 37
38 ( 39 ) PUPPET MAN The 5th Dimension # 38
39 ( 46 ) I CAN’T TELL THE BOTTOM FROM THE TOP The Hollies # 39
40 ( 57 ) REACH OUT AND TOUCH (SOMEBODY’S HAND) Diana Ross # 40

41 ( 48 ) VIVA TIRADO El Chicano # 41
42 ( 54 ) I DON’T BELIEVE IN IF ANYMORE Roger Whittaker # 42
43 ( 29 ) INSTANT KARMA! (WE ALL SHINE ON) John Lennon & Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band # 4
44 ( 50 ) NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS Bill Deal & The Rhondels # 44
45 ( 31 ) WHO’S LOVIN’ YOU The Jackson 5 # 19
46 ( 37 ) LOVE, GUESS WHO Martha Reeves & The Vandellas # 20
47 ( 52 ) CINNAMON GIRL The Gentrys # 47
48 ( 44 ) REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade # 1
49 ( 42 ) HONEY COME BACK Glen Campbell # 5
50 ( 62 ) IT’S ALL IN THE GAME The Four Tops # 50

51 ( 64 ) DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS Tom Jones # 51
52 ( 40 ) UNITED WE STAND Brotherhood Of Man # 8
53 ( 66 ) RAMBLE ON Led Zeppelin # 53
54 ( 41 ) BY THE WAY The Tremeloes # 34
55 ( 51 ) MANY RIVERS TO CROSS Jimmy Cliff # 2
56 ( 60 ) HE MADE A WOMAN OUT OF ME Bobbie Gentry # 56
57 ( 45 ) GOTTA HOLD ON TO THIS FEELING Junior Walker & The All Stars # 15
58 ( 71 ) I’VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND White Plains # 58
59 ( 56 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Archie Bell & The Drells # 1
60 ( 68 ) UP AROUND THE BEND Creedence Clearwater Revival # 60

61 ( 47 ) NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE Stevie Wonder # 9
62 ( 67 ) BACK HOME England World Cup Squad # 62
63 ( NEW ) (YOU’VE GOT ME) DANGLING ON A STRING Chairmen Of The Board # 63
64 ( NEW ) EVERY NIGHT Paul McCartney # 64
65 ( 73 ) RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival # 65
66 ( NEW ) LET THIS BE A LETTER (TO MY BABY) Jackie Wilson # 66
67 ( 78 ) IT’S 5 O’CLOCK Aphrodite’s Child # 67
68 ( 65 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry # 1
69 ( 75 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON The Melodians # 69
70 ( NEW ) MONKEY MAN Toots And The Maytals # 70

71 ( 77 ) LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE WIND) Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers # 71
72 ( NEW ) BABY HOLD ON The Grass Roots # 72
73 ( NEW ) SO YOUNG Roy Orbison # 73
74 ( NEW ) MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME Randy Newman # 74
75 ( NEW ) ELECTRIC LOS ANGELES SUNSET Al Stewart # 75





wot I liked that week then
1 ( 1 ) ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana
2 ( 2 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
3 ( 9 ) THE ARCHIES EP (Sugar Sugar/Bang Shang A Lang/ Everything’s Archie (Archie's Theme)/Over And Over) The Archies
4 ( 3 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon And Garfunkel
5 ( 5 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum
6 ( 4 ) KNOCK KNOCK WHO’S THERE Mary Hopkin
7 ( 6 ) WAND’RIN’ STAR Lee Marvin
8 ( 16 ) NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE Stevie Wonder
9 ( 8 ) (TO BE) YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK Bob And Marcia
10 ( NEW ) SAVE THE COUNTRY The Fifth Dimension

11 ( 12 ) GIMME DAT DING The Pipkins
12 ( 7 ) RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD B.J. Thomas
13 ( 15 ) GOOD MORNING FREEDOM Blue Mink
14 ( 10 ) TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell
15 ( 14 ) FAREWELL IS A LONELY SOUND Jimmy Ruffin
16 ( 19 ) TRAVELLIN' BAND Creedence Clearwater Revival
17 ( NEW ) DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS Tom Jones
18 ( 17 ) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF The Four Tops
19 ( NEW ) I CAN’T TELL THE BOTTOM FROM THE TOP The Hollies
20 ( NEW ) HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Frijid Pink