Haven Retro Combined Chart : 23.05.1970

[smokeyb]

The Moody Blues get a 3rd week at the top, with Christie stuck at number 2. Marvin Gaye is up at 3

Status Quo remain at 4 and the Hollies slip to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 2 re-entrys this week, the highest is Glen Campbell at number 17.



The biggest climber is the Jackson 5 who jump up 25 places.



The biggest faller is the Pipkins who drop 48 places.



23.05.1970 (Week # 21)


1 (01) Moody Blues - Question - 119 points (2-1-1-1) 4 wks

2 (02) Christie - Yellow River - 107 points (7-2-2-2) 4 wks

3 (05) Marvin Gaye – Abraham, Martin And John - 99 points (8-5-3) 3 wks

4 (04) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe - 84 points (17-6-4-4) 4 wks

5 (03) Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - 69 points (10-3-3-3-5) 5 wks

6 (07) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed - 62 points (37-21-7-6) 4 wks

7 (08) Move - Brontosaurus - 56 points (24-7-8-7) 4 wks

8 (23) Beatles - The Long And Winding Road - 52 points (23-8) 2 wks

9 (31) Beach Boys – Cotton Fields - 46 points (31-9) 2 wks

10 (13) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 44 points (37-13-10) 3 wks

11 (17) Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe - 41 points (17-11) 2 wks

12 (06) Maytals - Monkey Man - 38 points (16-5-5-6-12) 5 wks

13 (14) Elton John - Your Song - 37 points (39-15-14-14-13) 5 wks

14 (39) Jackson 5 - ABC - 35 points (18-9-13-14-12-18-x-39-14) 8 wks

15 (11) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 35 points (33-10-3-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-5-4-8-9-11-15) 17 wks

16 (09) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky - 34 points (40-26-26-26-13-7-6-3-2-2-1-1-1-4-9-16) 16 wks

17 (RE) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back - 30 points (35-38-40-x-39-40-x-17) 6 wks

18 (NE) Elvis Presley – Kentucky Rain - 29 points 1 wk

19 (40) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl - 29 points (40-19) 2 wks

20 (15) Who - The Seeker - 28 points (13-12-12-11-15-20) 6 wks

21 (10) Supremes – Up The Ladder To The Roof - 27 points (31-22-11-7-8-9-11-23-22-15-10-21) 12 wks

22 (12) Tom Jones – Daughter Of Darkness - 27 points (40-13-10-10-12-22) 6 wks

23 (NE) Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher - 23 points 1 wk

24 (19) Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - 22 points (15-6-8-8-8-13-20-19-24) 9 wks

25 (20) Don Fardon – Belfast Boy - 21 points (34-25-20-25) 4 wks

26 (21) Led Zeppelin - Ramble On - 21 points (23-21-26) 3 wks

27 (RE) Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful - 21 points (29-27-27-27-31-30-31-x-27) 8 wks

28 (25) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28) 21 wks

29 (26) Guess Who - American Woman - 20 points (36-33-35-32-26-29) 6 wks

30 (28) 5th Dimension - Save The Country - 19 points (35-28-30) 3 wks

31 (NE) Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me - 19 points 1 wk

32 (32) Four Tops – It’s All In The Game - 19 points (38-32-32) 3 wks

33 (18) Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia - 19 points (32-12-14-12-14-15-27-28-30-21-17-11-9-12-18-33) 16 wks

34 (37) Beatles - Two Of Us - 18 points (37-34) 2 wks

35 (29) Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand - 18 points (28-30-29-29-35) 5 wks

36 (30) George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag - 18 points (35-29-28-30-36) 5 wks

37 (NE) Crabby Appleton - Go Back - 17 points 1 wk

38 (27) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 17 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38) 9 wks

39 (36) Moments – Love On A Two Way Street - 17 points (30-30-34-33-34-36-39) 7 wks

40 (33) Band - Rag Mama Rag - 16 points (20-10-9-9-11-16-33-40) 8 wks

40 (NE) Butterscotch – Don’t You Know (She Said Hello) - 16 points 1 wk

40 (22) Elton John - Border Song - 16 points (38-32-16-14-14-19-22-40) 8 wks

40 (NE) Luther Ingram – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

44 (24) Beatles - Let It Be - 15 points (32-2-1-1-1-2-2-4-13-24)

45 (40) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 15 points (40)

48 (16) Doors - Roadhouse Blues - 14 points (21-17-16-17-16)

49 (34) England World Cup Squad - Back Home - 14 points (34)

58 (40) Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon - 11 points (33-29-29-32-33-40)

83 (35) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding - 3 points (30-7-5-4-3-6-18-35)


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 29.05.1970

1 (1) England World Cup Squad - Back Home (7 wk) (#1)
2 (4) Moody Blues - Question (4 wk) (#2)
3 (3) Christie - Yellow River (5 wk) (#3)
4 (2) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (11 wk) (# 1)
5 (13) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back (4 wk) (#5)
6 (30) Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof (5 wk) (#6)
7 (6) Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun (10 wk) (#4)
8 (8) Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore (8 wk) (#8)
9 (5) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness (7 wk) (#5)
10 (7) The Move - Brontosaurus (6 wk) (#7)
11 (20) Jackson 5 - ABC (3 wk) (#11)
12 (16) Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful (3 wk) (#12)
13 (21) Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe (4 wk) (#13)
14 (32) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (3 wk) (#14)
15 (9) The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (7 wk) (#7)
16 (11) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band (9 wk) (#8)
17 (17) White Plains - I've Got You On my Mind (7 wk) (#17)
18 (49) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (2 wk) (# 18)
19 (22) Butterscotch - Don't You Know (5 wk) (#19)
20 (24) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John (4 wk) (# 20)
21 (10) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (9 wk) (#1)
22 (19) Julie Felix - If I Could (El Condor Pasa) (7 wk) (#19)
23 (18) Rufus Thomas - Do The Funky Chicken (8 wk) (#18)
24 (28) The Who - The Seeker (9 wk) (#19)
25 (14) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (15 wk) (#1)
26 (31) Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain (3 wk) (#26)
27 (25) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around (12 wk) (#10)
28 (12) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (12 wk) (#3)
29 (39) Herman's Hermits - Bet Yer Life I Do (2 wk) (# 29)
30 (37) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe (5 wk) (#30)
31 (29) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There (10 wk) (#2)
32 (23) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (14 wk) (#8)
33 (33) Johnny Cash - What is Truth (2 wk) (#33)
34 (45) Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love (13 wk) (#14)
35 (38) Gerry Munroe - Sally (2 wk) (# 35)
36 (15) Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True (10 wk) (#6)
37 (43) Barry Ryan - Kitsch (3 wk) (#37)
38 (35) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star (17 wk) (# 1)
39 (40) Bob & Marcia - Young, Gifted and Black (12 wk) (#5)
40 (NE) Four Tops - It's All In The Game (1 wk) (#40)
41 (26) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding (10 wk) (#6)
42 (27) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom (10 wk) (# 10)
43 (34) The Band - Rag Mama Rag (9 wk) (#16)
44 (36) Richard Barnes - Take To The Mountains (2 wk) (# 36)
45 (42) Frank Sinatra - My Way (56 wk) (#5)
46 (48) The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (11 wk) (#10)
47 (50) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling (14 wk) (#5)
48 (41) Herman's Hermits - Years May Come Years May Go (16 wk) (# 7)
49 (46) Sasha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (20 wk) (#10)
50 (NE) Engelbert Humperdinck - My Marie (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 28-5-70:   Presenter:  Tony Blackburn

(1) ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD – Back Home  (and charts)
(3) CHRISTIE – Yellow River  
(NEW) FAIRFIELD PARLOUR – Bordeaux Rose
(11) THE JACKSON 5 – A.B.C.  
(30) STATUS QUO– Down The Dustpipe  
(20) MARVIN GAYE – Abraham, Martin And John
(13) MR. BLOE – Groovin’ With Mr. Bloe
(29) HERMAN’S HERMITS – Bet Yer Life I Do  
(17) WHITE PLAINS – I’ve Got You On My Mind  
(NEW) CAT STEVENS – Lady D’Arbanville  
(NEW) BRINSLEY SCHWARZ – Shining Brightly
(12) RAY STEVENS – Everything Is Beautiful  
(NEW) ZOOT MONEY – No One But You
(1) ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD – Back Home  
(NEW) SYD LAWRENCE ORCHESTRA – Mexico Grandstand 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 30.05.1970

1 (1) Beatles - Let It Be (2 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (15 wk) (#1)
3 (3) Paul McCartney - McCartney (5 wk) (#2)
4 (NE) King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (1 wk) (#4)
5 (5) Jethro Tull - Benefit (4 wk) (#3)
6 (8) Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (8 wk) (#2)
7 (4) England World Cup Squad 1970 - The World Beaters Sing The World Beaters (3 wk) (#4)
8 (7) Various Artists - Easy Rider OST (19 wk) (#2)
9 (9) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (13 wk) (#8)
10 (10) Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green (5 wk) (#4)

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Mark's Top 40 - 30.05.1970

1 (01) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John
2 (05) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields
3 (02) Elton John - Your Song
4 (03) Christie - Yellow River
5 (12) Jackson 5 - ABC
6 (16) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star
7 (04) The Moody Blues - Question
8 (06) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
9 (07) The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top
10 (08) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
11 (15) Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
12 (09) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe
13 (19) Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True
14 (10) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
15 (13) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
16 (New) Four Tops - It's All In The Game
17 (29) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
18 (11) England World Cup Squad - Back Home
19 (17) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin'
20 (18) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling
21 (25) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
22 (26) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
23 (14) Shocking Blue - Venus
24 (20) Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful
25 (21) Beatles - Let It Be
26 (22) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding
27 (23) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around
28 (24) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows)
29 (27) American Woman - Guess Who
30 (28) Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
31 (30) BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
32 (New) Clint Eastwood - I Talk To The Trees
33 (32) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
34 (33) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
35 (34) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band
36 (35) John Lennon & Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma
37 (36) Cufflinks - Tracy
38 (37) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
39 (38) Johnny Cash - What Is Truth
40 (39) White Plains - I've Got You On My Mind

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Christie - Yellow River (5 wks)
2 (1) Moody Blues - Question (5 wks)
3 (6) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed (4 wks)
4 (7) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John (4 wks)
5 (8) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back (4 wks)
6 (3) The Move - Brontosaurus (6 wks)
7 (10) Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl (4 wks)
8 (9) Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe (4 wks)
9 (16) Beatles - The Long And Winding Road (2 wks)
10 (14) Guess Who - American Woman (4 wks)
11 (15) Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain (3 wks)
12 (4) The Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (7 wks)
13 (5) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe (5 wks)
14 (23) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (2 wks)
15 (21) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (3 wks)
16 (20) Jackson 5 - ABC (3 wks)
17 (NE) Four Tops - It's All In The Game (1 wk)
18 (22) Johnny Cash - What is Truth (2 wks)
19 (12) The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (11 wks)
20 (25) Herman's Hermits - Bet Yer Life I Do (2 wks)
21 (11) Maytals - Monkey Man (6 wks)
22 (19) Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful (3 wks)
23 (13) Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof (5 wks)
24 (17) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness (7 wks)
25 (18) Julie Felix - If I Could (El Condor Pasa) (7 wks)
26 (24) Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (4 wks)
27 (26) Barry Ryan - Kitsch (3 wks)
28 (27) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (11 wks)
29 (28) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding (10 wks)
30 (29) Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia (8 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Question - Moody Blues < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 8 ) The Long And Winding Road - Beatles
3 ( 2 ) Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2[2])
4 ( 3 ) Yellow River - Christie (#3)
5 ( 4 ) Down The Dustpipe - Status Quo (#4)
6 ( 7 ) Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & Edwin Hawkins Singers
7 ( 6 ) Keep The Customer Satisfied - Marsha Hunt (#6)
8 ( 14 ) The Wonder Of You - Elvis Presley
9 ( 9 ) Groovin' With Mr Bloe - Mr Bloe
10 ( 5 ) Daughter Of Darkness - Tom Jones (#2[2])

11 ( 13 ) Which Way You Goin' Billy - Poppy Family
12 ( 26 ) Sally - Gerry Monroe
13 ( 11 ) Brontosaurus - Move (#8)
14 ( -- ) Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
15 ( 15 ) Belfast Boy - Don Fardon
16 ( 10 ) Monkey Man - Maytals (#3)
17 ( 20 ) Let Me Go To Him - Dionne Warwick
18 ( 12 ) I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - Hollies (#6)
19 ( 24 ) Soolaimon - Neil Diamond
20 ( 21 ) Don't You Know - Butterscotch

21 ( 22 ) Some Beautiful - Jack Wild
22 ( 34 ) Take To The Mountains - Richard Barnes
23 ( 17 ) Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel (#10)
24 ( 16 ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin (#1[2])
25 ( 19 ) Back Home - England World Cup Squad (#16)
26 ( 27 ) Hey Lawdy Mama - Steppenwolf
27 ( 36 ) Ride Captain Ride - Blue Image
28 ( 31 ) Kitsch - Barry Ryan
29 ( 18 ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins (#2[1])
30 ( 23 ) Come Running - Van Morrison (#21)

31 ( 38 ) The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) - Fleetwood Mac
32 ( 39 ) Bet Yer Life I Do - Herman's Hermits
33 ( 28 ) Mighty Joe - Shocking Blue (#26)
34 ( 25 ) I Don't Believe In If Anymore - Roger Whittaker (#10)
35 ( 33 ) Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens (#26)
36 ( 32 ) Vehicle - Ides Of March (#16)
37 ( 29 ) Rag Mama Rag - Band (#5)
38 ( 30 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia (#1[3])
39 ( -- ) My Marie - Engelbert Humperdinck
40 ( -- ) Love Land - Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

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-- ( 35 ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#6)
-- ( 37 ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink (#8)
-- ( 40 ) Let It Be - Beatles (#3)

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Written by Holland Dozier Holland but under a pseudonym for their "Invicta" label, and would be a UK #1 for 6 weeks a bit later in the year but it's already broken the US top 40.

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (22 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (2 wks)
03 Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand (5 wks)
04 The Moments – Love On A Two Way Street (8 wks)
05 Luther Ingram – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) (2 wks)
06 Judy Clay – Greatest Love (7 wks)
07 Marvin Gaye – Abraham, Martin & John (4 wks)
08 Jackie Wilson – Let This Be A Letter (To My Baby) (3 wks)
09 The Four Tops – It’s All In The Game (6 wks)
10 Arthur Conley – God Bless (7 wks)

11 Aretha Franklin & The Dixie Flyers – Spirit In The Dark (2 wks)
12 The Main Ingredient – You’ve Been My Inspiration (1 wk)
13 Sly & The Family Stone – I Want To Take You Higher (2 wks)
14 Johnny Cash – What Is Truth (2 wks)
15 The Dells – Open Up My Heart (7 wks)
16 Dusty Springfield – I Wanna Be A Free Girl (3 wks)
17 Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) (6 wks)
18 Doris Duke – Feet Start Walkin’ (1 wk)
19 Brenda & The Tabulations – And My Heart Sang Tra La La (5 wks)
20 The Jackson 5 – The Love You Save (1 wk)

21 Peaches & Herb – It’s Just A Game (2 wks)
22 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Who’s Gonna Take The Blame (2 wks)
23 Dee Dee Warwick & The Dixie Flyers – She Didn’t Know (She Kept On Talking) (4 wks)
24 Kim Weston – Lift Every Voice And Sing (1 wk)
25 The Temptations – Ball Of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (2 wks)
26 Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations – Why (Must We Fall In Love) (11 wks)
27 Clarence Carter – I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone (8 wks)
28 Toots And The Maytals – Monkey Man (6 wks)
29 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - California Soul (8 wks)
30 The Supremes – Up The Ladder To The Roof (13 wks)

[o]

1 Who - The Seeker
2 Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe
3 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
4 The Move – Brontosaurus
5 Beach Boys – Cotton fields
6 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend
7 Moody Blues – Question
8 The Band - Rag Mama Rag
9 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John
10 Jackson 5 – ABC
11 Four Tops – I cant help myself
12 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band
13 Freda Payne – Band of gold
14 Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top
15 Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe
16 Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
17 Four Tops - It's All In The Game
18 Beatles - Let It Be
19 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
20 Herman's Hermits - Years My Come And Years May Go

[raliverpool]

30/05/1970

01 Moody Blues - Question (4wks 14-1-1-1)
02 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed (4wks 13-3-2-2)
03 Nick Drake - Day is Done (4wks 32-16-7-3)
04 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (4wks 34-9-4-4)
05 Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl (4wks 23-14-5-5)
06 Beatles - The Long & Winding Road (2wks 14-6)
07 George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag (8wks 30-13-4-1-1-2-3-7)
08 Beatles - Across the Universe (2wks 24-8)
09 Move - Brontosaurus (6wks 31-20-12-10-8-9)
10 Christie - Yellow River (3wks 31-19-10)

11 Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia (6wks 16-8-4-5-6-11)
12 Ides Of March - Vehicle (6wks 38-24-17-13-11-12)
13 Joe Cocker - The Letter (3wks 29-20-13)
14 Mr Bloe - Groovin' With Mr Bloe (2wks 33-14)
15 Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness (5wks 38-29-21-15-15)
16 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle (3wks 35-22-16)

17 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (1wk 17 NEW)

18 Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (6wks 20-11-8-8-9-18)
19 Van Morrison - Crazy Love (5wks 29-24-20-18-19)
20 Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down (2wks 39-20)

21 Julie Felix - If I Could (El Condor Pasa) (5wks 34-25-19-16-21)
22 Rare Earth - Get Ready (7wks 36-27-22-18-17-17-22)
23 Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (7wks 22-14-9-5-7-12-23)
24 5th Dimension - Puppet Man (3wks 37-27-24)
25 Doors - Roadhouse Blues (8wks 20-10-6-2-2-4-10-25)
26 Melanie ft Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) (2wks 37-26)
27 Who - The Seeker (7wks 18-7-5-3-6-13-27)
28 Barry Ryan - Kitsch (3wks 36-31-28)
29 Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) (5wks 39-33-28-25-30)

31 Marvin Gaye - Abraham Martin And John (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Chicago - Make Me Smile (3wks 39-35-32)
33 Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon (2wks 38-33)
34 Neil Diamond - Soolaimon (2wks 36-34)
35 Maytals - Monkey Man (6wks 22-13-9-12-21-35)
36 Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Moments - Love On A Two Way Street (5wks 31-27-26-30-37)
38 Shocking Blue - Mighty Joe (7wks 26-16-10-6-11-23-38)
39 Butterscotch - Don't You Know (1wk 39 NEW)
40 King Crimson - Cat Food (1wk 40 NEW)

The very disturbing UK #10 psychedelic heavy rock song was written during Peter Green's final months with the British blues rock band before he departed after taking far two much LSD at a party in Germany.

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) The Jackson 5 – ABC
02(04) Elvis Presley – Kentucky Rain
03(13) Fleetwood Mac – The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown
04(01) Marvin Gaye – Abraham, Martin And John
05(12) The Beach Boys – Cotton Fields
06(09) Barry Ryan – Kitsch
07(03) Christie – Yellow River
08(16) Ray Stevens – Everything Is Beautiful
09(24) Richard Barnes – Take To The Mountains
10(20) The Beatles – The Long And Winding Road

11(05) Butterscotch – Don’t You Know (She Said Hello)
12(27) Johnny Cash – What Is Truth
13(11) Glen Campbell – Honey Come Back
14(06) Don Fardon – Belfast Boy
15(07) Moody Blues – Question
16(10) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
17(08) The Guess Who – American Woman
18(15) Mr. Bloe – Groovin’ With Mr. Bloe
19(29) Gerry Munroe – Sally
20(35) Herman’s Hermits – Bet Yer Life I Do

30(--) The Four Tops – It’s All In The Game

43(--) Engelbert Humperdinck - My Marie

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Status Quo - DOWN THE DUSTPIPE
2 [2] :: Supremes - UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF
3 [5] :: Christie - YELLOW RIVER
4 [6] :: Sly & The Family Stone - I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER
5 [3] :: Beatles - TWO OF US {Let It Be LP track}
6 [7] :: Beach Boys - COTTON FIELDS
7 [8] :: Marvin Gaye - ABRAHAM MARTIN & JOHN
8 [9] :: Aretha Franklin - SPIRIT IN THE DARK
9 [12] :: Monkees - OH MY MY
10 [14] :: Glen Campbell - HONEY COME BACK
11 [4] :: Maytals - MONKEY MAN
12 [11] :: Beatles - ONE AFTER 909 {Let It Be LP track}
13 [13] :: Norman Greenbaum - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
14 [new] :: Four Tops - IT'S ALL IN THE GAME
15 [15] :: Beatles - THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD {Let It Be LP track}
16 [17] :: Johnny Cash - WHAT IS TRUTH
17 [new] :: Jackson Five - ABC
18 [new] :: Fleetwood Mac - THE GREEN MANALISHI (WITH THE TWO-PRONG CROWN)
19 [re] :: Kinks - VICTORIA
20 [19] :: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - CINNAMON GIRL


Really struggling to get excited about this retro-chart. And a pretty flimsy new release schedule through the summer to look forward to. What the industry really needs is someone to start dressing up flamboyantly, and laying down some seriously hipster grooves.

[popchartfreak]

23rd May 1970

It's 2 weeks on top for The Beatles, as Alive 'N' Kickin break into the 10 thanks to Tommy James, and Cat Stevens is the highest entry at 17 with his very very dark n yet lovely Lady D'Arbanville, 3 years on from topping my chart with the Childhood obsession Matthew And Son. Carole King gets her first top 20 of these retro charts, The Raiders also get a first, and neither will be the last. Barry Ryan gets a 3rd solo top 20 - and also has more to come!

In a quiet week for chart entries, I've flicked through the Billboard Magazine to cast my net a bit further on what was around and available to buy (or at least featuring in movies) and came up with Johnny Mandel's chart-topping Theme from M*A*S*H - hitting the UK top spot 10 years later, that is, under the name The Mash - in at 66, ex The Mamas & The Papas mastermind John Phillips in at 59 with Mississippi, a quirky, upbeat oddity that isn't related to Pussycat's UK chart-topping song, while elsewhere we have Tony Burrows finally getting a namecheck credit on a single - Melanie making him smile at 72, as The Lettermen are talking about She Cried, a 1964 cover of a 1962 Jay & The Americans US hit which was charting this week - it's not bad actually, quite dark for a basic MOR vocal group.

Crosby Stills & Nash return, minus Neil Young who's not bovvered as he had his own solo entry the other week, with the sweet and tuneful Teach Your Children, harmonies all present and correct - as they are on the soundalike Brinsley Schwarz, who I kept hearing about in the 70's, but never got to hear properly, and latterly became better-known as The Band That Nick Lowe Used To Be IN. Shining Brightly is quite nice at 74, just ahead of a significant chart debut for The Three Degrees, 4 years earlier than their debut in my charts of the time with The Year Of Decision. This time it's Maybe, the 50's girl group ground-breaker from The Chantels, which I first knew of as a Dave Edmunds single cover. Dave & the aforementioned Nick Lowe worked together in Rockpile, and in production, and each other's hits. I love a good link. The Three Degrees cover is unsual as Sheila Ferguson (I think it is she) talks over the first half of the single, and the second-half is like slow funk Janis-Joplin-esque version (and she did also cover it). The best version is the Chantels version, easy, and that has charted in my retro 1969 charts when it was a US hit again. 



1 ( 1 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
2 ( 2 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY The 5th Dimension # 1
3 ( 4 ) GO BACK Crabby Appleton # 3
4 ( 5 ) YELLOW RIVER Christie # 4
5 ( 3 ) YOUR SONG Elton John # 1
6 ( 13 ) TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive N’ Kickin’ # 6
7 ( 6 ) MAYBE I’M AMAZED Paul McCartney # 2
8 ( 9 ) RAMBLE ON Led Zeppelin # 8
9 ( 10 ) QUESTION The Moody Blues # 9
10 ( 8 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1

11 ( 7 ) BORDER SONG Elton John # 1
12 ( 14 ) IT’S ALL IN THE GAME The Four Tops # 12
13 ( 11 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 1
14 ( 12 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
15 ( 17 ) ABRAHAM MARTIN & JOHN Marvin Gaye # 15
16 ( 19 ) GROOVIN’ WITH MR BLOE Mr Bloe # 16
17 ( NEW ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens # 17
18 ( 24 ) UP ON THE ROOF Carole King # 18
19 ( 26 ) GONE MOVIN’ ON The Raiders # 19
20 ( 22 ) KITSCH Barry Ryan # 20

21 ( 15 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne # 2
22 ( 16 ) CALIFORNIA SOUL Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell # 10
23 ( 25 ) EVERY NIGHT Paul McCartney # 23
24 ( 18 ) (TO BE) YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK Bob & Marcia # 2
25 ( 31 ) BALL OF CONFUSION (THAT’S WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY) The Temptations # 25
26 ( 27 ) COTTONFIELDS The Beach Boys # 26
27 ( 20 ) DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS Tom Jones # 20
28 ( 28 ) VIVA TIRADO El Chicano # 28
29 ( 30 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley # 29
30 ( 32 ) (YOU’VE GOT ME) DANGLING ON A STRING Chairmen Of The Board # 30

31 ( 21 ) PUPPET MAN The 5th Dimension # 14
32 ( 34 ) DON’T YOU KNOW Butterscotch # 32
33 ( 46 ) SALLY Gerry Monroe # 33
34 ( 44 ) TWO OF US The Beatles # 34
35 ( 35 ) RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival # 35
36 ( 23 ) I CAN’T TELL THE BOTTOM FROM THE TOP The Hollies # 18
37 ( 33 ) TEMMA HARBOUR Mary Hopkin # 1
38 ( 29 ) VEHICLE The Ides Of March # 8
39 ( 39 ) IT’S 5 O’CLOCK Aphrodite’s Child # 39
40 ( 47 ) UP AROUND THE BEND Creedence Clearwater Revival # 40

41 ( 37 ) LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) Edison Lighthouse # 1
42 ( 48 ) I’VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND White Plains # 42
43 ( 52 ) CHECK OUT YOUR MIND The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield # 43
44 ( 49 ) BABY HOLD ON The Grass Roots # 44
45 ( 41 ) EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD) Simon & Garfunkel # 2
46 ( 42 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum # 2
47 ( 53 ) I WANNA BE A FREE GIRL Dusty Springfield # 47
48 ( 61 ) DAY IS DONE Nick Drake # 48
49 ( NEW ) TEACH YOUR CHILDREN Crosby, Stills & Nash # 49
50 ( 55 ) LET THIS BE A LETTER (TO MY BABY) Jackie Wilson # 50

51 ( 38 ) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH) The Four Tops # 8
52 ( 36 ) DON’T STOP NOW Eddie Holman # 16
53 ( 65 ) CHILD OF MINE Carole King # 53
54 ( 62 ) MAMA TOLD ME (NOT TO COME) Three Dog Night # 54
55 ( 51 ) CECILIA Simon & Garfunkel # 3
56 ( 43 ) KNOCK KNOCK WHO’S THERE Mary Hopkin # 10
57 ( 69 ) THE LOVE YOU SAVE The Jackson 5 # 57
58 ( 74 ) THE GREEN MANALISHI (WITH THE TWO PRONG CROWN) Fleetwood Mac # 58
59 ( NEW ) MISSISSIPPI John Phillips # 59
60 ( 72 ) TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME The Delfonics # 60

61 ( 45 ) ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana # 7
62 ( 59 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell # 3
63 ( 73 ) TAKE TO THE MOUNTAINS Richard Barnes # 63
64 ( 50 ) SO YOUNG Roy Orbison # 50
65 ( 60 ) FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor # 9
66 ( NEW ) THEME FROM M*A*S*H (SUICIDE IS PAINLESS) Johnny Mandel aka The MASH # 66
67 ( 77 ) YOU’VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION The Main Ingredient # 67
68 ( 75 ) IF YOU KNEW HIM LIKE I DO Barbara Mason # 68
69 ( NEW ) SHE CRIED The Lettermen # 69
70 ( 66 ) REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade # 1

71 ( 78 ) BET YER LIFE I DO Herman’s Hermits # 71
72 ( NEW ) MELANIE MAKES ME SMILE Tony Burrows # 72
73 ( NEW ) THE SLY, SLICK AND THE WICKED The Lost Generation # 73
74 ( NEW ) SHINING BRIGHTLY Brinsley Schwarz featuring Nick Lowe # 74
75 ( NEW ) MAYBE The Three Degrees # 75





Wot I liked then

1 ( 1 ) HONEY COME BACK Glen Campbell
2 ( 3 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens
3 ( 2 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles
4 ( 4 ) YELLOW RIVER Christie
5 ( 8 ) DON’T YOU KNOW Butterscotch
6 ( 5 ) ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana
7 ( 7 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon And Garfunkel
8 ( 15 ) ABC The Jackson 5
9 ( 6 ) IF I COULD Julie Felix
10 ( 18 ) GROOVIN’ WITH MR. BLOE Mr. Bloe

11 ( 9 ) DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS Tom Jones
12 ( 10 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum
13 ( 13 ) QUESTION The Moody Blues
14 ( 11 ) THE ARCHIES EP (Sugar Sugar/Bang Shang A Lang/ Everything’s Archie (Archie's Theme)/Over And Over) The Archies
15 ( NEW ) COTTONFIELDS The Beach Boys
16 ( 12 ) BACK HOME England World Cup Squad
17 ( 20 ) ABRAHAM MARTIN AND JOHN Marvin Gaye
18 ( 14 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY The Fifth Dimension
19 ( 16 ) UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF The Supremes
20 ( 17 ) NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE Stevie Wonder