Haven Retro Combined Chart : 15.08.1970

[smokeyb]

Smokey Robinson easily gets a second week at the top, as the Kinks remain at 2.

Bread are up to 3, Stevie Wonder is down at 4 and Elvis slips to 5.



There are 4 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Andy Williams at number 21.



The biggest climber is Jimmy Cliff who jumps up 29 places to number 9.



The biggest faller is Neil Diamond who drops 42 places.



15.08.1970 (Week # 33)


1 (01) Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown - 142 points (10-1-1) 3 wks

2 (02) Kinks – Lola - 104 points (5-1-1-1-1-2-2) 7 wks

3 (06) Bread - Make It With You - 86 points (26-25-24-28-30-31-17-16-13-6-3) 11 wks

4 (03) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - 79 points (37-13-5-3-3-4) 6 wks

5 (04) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You - 78 points (31-32-40-4-3-2-2-4-5) 9 wks

6 (05) Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 - 76 points (40-9-4-5-6) 5 wks

7 (08) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man - 58 points (13-9-6-6-8-7) 6 wks

8 (16) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 53 points (31-16-8) 3 wks

9 (38) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World - 53 points (38-9) 2 wks

10 (31) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 48 points (31-10) 2 wks

11 (23) Clarence Carter – Patches - 47 points (26-23-11) 3 wks

12 (07) Marmalade – Rainbow - 45 points (32-11-7-7-12) 5 wks

13 (35) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come - 42 points (40-19-17-17-18-26-25-17-35-13) 10 wks

14 (17) Jackson 5 – The Love You Save - 40 points (17-14) 2 wks

15 (10) Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand - 37 points (35-13-11-10-15) 5 wks

16 (11) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 36 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8-9-11-16) 10 wks

17 (09) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - 35 points (14-6-3-3-3-4-4-5-9-17) 10 wks

18 (22) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner- 33 points (15-22-18) 3 wks

19 (20) Edwin Starr – War - 32 points (23-24-24-19-19-20-19) 7 wks

20 (12) Free - All Right Now - 32 points (11-2-2-1-1-2-2-3-8-12-20) 11 wks

21 (NE) Andy Williams - It's So Easy - 31 points 1 wk

22 (13) Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love - 30 points (18-22-16-13-22) 5 wks

23 (30) James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - 29 points (30-23) 2 wks

24 (34) Mama Cass – A Song That Never Comes - 26 points (34-24) 2 wks

25 (27) Rodriguez - Sugar Man - 25 points (27-25) 2 wks

26 (21) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration - 24 points (37-21-26) 3 wks

27 (14) B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing - 22 points (23-24-18-14-27) 5 wks

28 (24) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame - 21 points (40-38-21-20-24-28) 6 wks

29 (28) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29) 33 wks

30 (RE) Shirley Bassey – Something - 20 points (21-13-14-16-23-38-x-30) 7 wks

31 (18) Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville - 19 points (34-31-27-20-8-8-7-7-12-18-31) 11 wks

32 (NE) Deep Purple - Black Night - 19 points 1 wk

33 (32) Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me - 19 points (31-27-30-26-25-24-26-28-31-31-32-32-33) 13 wks

34 (33) Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - 18 points (33-34) 2 wks

35 (37) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 17 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29-30-37-35) 21 wks

36 (NE) Melanie - What Have They Done To My Song, Ma - 16 points 1 wk

37 (39) Anne Murray - Snowbird - 15 points (26-25-27-29-30-35-39-37) 8 wks

38 (26) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 15 points (37-13-10-10-12-15-10-5-6-7-6-10-17-26-38) 15 wks

39 (NE) Ernie – Rubber Duckie - 15 points 1 wk

40 (25) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - 15 points (9-1-1-2-2-6-10-15-21-25-40) 11 wks



Dropped Out

42 (40) New Seekers - What Have They Done To My Song, Ma - 14 points (40)

43 (40) Elvis Presley - Release Me - 13 points (32-33-40)

44 (29) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed - 13 points (37-21-7-6-7-6-10-12-12-18-20-19-26-24-29)

49 (40) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie - 12 points (16-12-17-25-40)

56 (19) Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever, My Love - 10 points (33-10-11-12-14-19)

57 (15) Neil Diamond – Solitary Man - 10 points (17-15-14-22-15)

72 (36) Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio - 4 points (33-28-36)


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 21.08.1970
1 (1) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (8 wk) (#2)
3 (7) Marmalade - Rainbow (6 wk) (#3)
4 (3) Kinks - Lola (8 wk) (#2)
5 (11) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (4 wk) (#5)
6 (4) Shirley Bassey - Something (10 wk) (#4)
7 (17) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (4 wk) (#7)
8 (6) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (6 wk) (#6)
9 (8) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (12 wk) (# 1)
10 (9) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever, My Love (8 wk) (# 7)
11 (13) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (11 wk) (#11)
12 (5) Free - All Right Now (12 wk) (#2)
13 (10) Ten Years After - Love Like A Man (12 wk) (# 10)
14 (16) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (6 wk) (#14)
15 (23) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (5 wk) (#15)
16 (15) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (6 wk) (#15)
17 (12) Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville (9 wk) (#8)
18 (21) Miguel Rios - Song Of Joy (7 wk) (#16)
19 (30) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (3 wk) (# 19)
20 (43) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (2 wk) (#20)
21 (35) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (3 wk) (# 21)
22 (33) Bread - Make It with You (4 wk) (# 22)
23 (39) Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing (2 wk) (#23)
24 (24) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie (8 wk) (#16)
25 (19) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (15 wk) (#5)
26 (34) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (4 wk) (#26)
27 (20) Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha (12 wk) (#6)
28 (25) Christie - Yellow River (17 wk) (#1)
29 (18) Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People (11 wk) (# 9)
30 (14) Four Tops - It's All In The Game (13 wk) (#5)
31 (22) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (10 wk) (#3)
32 (29) Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe (16 wk) (#2)
33 (27) Gerry Munroe - Sally (14 wk) (# 4)
34 (NE) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (1 wk) (#34)
35 (26) Brotherhood Of Man - Where Are You Going to My Love (8 wk) (# 22)
36 (36) Ray Morgan - The Long And Winding Road (5 wk) (#32)
37 (42) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President (4 wk) (#34)
38 (28) Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful (15 wk) (#6)
39 (31) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back (16 wk) (#4)
40 (NE) Family - Strange Band (1 wk) (#40)
41 (48) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (2 wk) (#41)
42 (40) Dorothy Squires - My Way (3 wk) (# 40)
43 (38) Who - Summertime Blues (3 wk) (# 38)
44 (37) Frank Sinatra - My Way (66 wk) (#5)
45 (32) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe (17 wk) (#12)
46 (NE) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1 wk) (#46)
47 (49) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star (23 wk) (# 1)
48 (50) Deep Purple - Black Night (2 wk) (#48)
49 (NE) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes (1 wk) (#49)
50 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 20-8-70:   Presenter:  Tony Blackburn
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You (and charts)
(3) MARMALADE – Rainbow
(20) HOT CHOCOLATE – Love Is Life
(22) BREAD – Make It With You
(15) JOHNNY JOHNSON & THE BANDWAGON – Sweet Inspiration
(26) ANDY WILLIAMS – It’s So Easy
(NEW) RAY STEVENS – Come Around
(NEW) CARAVAN – If I Could Do It All Over Again
(19) THREE DOG NIGHT – Mama Told Me Not To Come
(NEW) ARTHUR CONLEY – All Day Singing
(5) SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES – The Tears Of A Clown
(NEW) MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS – Jimmy Mack
(21) JIMMY CLIFF – Wild World
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 22.08.1970
1 (3) Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (2 wk) (#1)
2 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (27 wk) (#1)
3 (2) Elvis Presley - On Stage February 1970 (4 wk) (#2)
4 (6) Paint Your Wagon OST - Various Artists (29 wk) (#2)
5 (5) Beatles - Let It Be (14 wk) (#1)
6 (9) Various Artists - Easy Rider OST (31 wk) (#2)
7 (4) Free - Fire And Water (7 wk) (# 2)
8 (15) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (10 wk) (#4)
9 (62) Johnny Cash - World Of Johnny Cash (2 wk) (#9)
10 (10) Paul McCartney - McCartney (17 wk) (#2)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 22.08.1970

1 (04) Clarence Carter - Patches
2 (07) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
3 (05) Shirley Bassey - Something
4 (01) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
5 (13) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
6 (15) Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)
7 (02) The Kinks - Lola
8 (03) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
9 (06) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
10 (20) Van Morrison - Moondance
11 (14) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World
12 (17) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
13 (16) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
14 (08) Free - All Right Now
15 (37) Deep Purple - Black Night
16 (18) Dawn - Candida
17 (09) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie
18 (10) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
19 (11) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
20 (12) Marmalade - Rainbow
21 (19) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
22 (21) Bread - Make It With You
23 (36) Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing
24 (22) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love
25 (23) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)
26 (24) Jackson 5 - ABC
27 (25) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
28 (26) Elton John - Your Song
29 (27) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi
30 (28) Four Tops - It's All In The Game
31 (29) Cat Stevens - Lady D'arbanville
32 (30) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man
33 (New) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
34 (32) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
35 (33) Edwin Starr - War
36 (34) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John
37 (New) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time 
38 (38) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
39 (New) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (I Lied)
40 (40) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
02(02) Mama Cass – A Song That Never Comes
03(05) Bread - Make It with You
04(08) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
05(12) Jimmy Cliff – Wild World
06(19) Deep Purple - Black Night
07(03) The Jackson 5 – The Love You Save
08(10) Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration
09(11) Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
10(04) Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)

11(06) Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
12(07) Fair Weather – Natural Sinner
13(09) Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
14(33) Hot Chocolate – Love Is Life
15(--) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
16(27) Tom Jones – I (Who Have Nothing)
17(13) The Who – Summertime Blues
18(34) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy
19(18) Dorothy Squires – My Way
20(--) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes

22(--) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
24(--) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
25(28) Ernie – Rubber Duckie

45(--) Family - Strange Band

[smokeyb]

1 (3) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (4 wks)
2 (2) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (8 wks)
3 (4) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (6 wks)
4 (5) Bread - Make It with You (4 wks)
5 (15) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (2 wks)
6 (19) Deep Purple - Black Night (2 wks)
7 (1) Marmalade - Rainbow (6 wks)
8 (12) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (3 wks)
9 (10) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (3 wks)
10 (6) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (6 wks)
11 (11) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (5 wks)
12 (7) Kinks - Lola (8 wks)
13 (8) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (7 wks)
14 (9) Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand (6 wks)
15 (17) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (4 wks)
16 (21) Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing (2 wks)
17 (16) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President (4 wks)
18 (18) Who - Summertime Blues (3 wks)
19 (13) Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville (9 wks)
20 (NE) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (1 wk)
21 (14) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (4 wks)
22 (30) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (2 wks)
23 (NE) Family - Strange Band (1 wk)
24 (NE) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1 wk)
25 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (1 wk)
26 (20) Neil Diamond - Solitary Man (6 wks)
27 (22) Free - All Right Now (12 wks)
28 (23) B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (10 wks)
29 (24) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (11 wks)
30 (25) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever, My Love (8 wks)

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (34 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (14 wks)
03 Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (3 wks)
04 The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love (6 wks)
05 Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (3 wks)
06 Ernie – Rubber Duckie (2 wks)
07 The Spinners – It’s A Shame (5 wks)
08 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown (4 wks)
09 Brenda & The Trabulations – Don’t Make Me Over (2 wks)
10 Buddy Miles & Freedom Express – Them Changes (8 wks)

11 Mavis Staples – I Have Learned To Do Without You (1 wk)
12 Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever My Love (8 wks)
13 The Carpenters – They Long To Be (Close To You) (10 wks)
14 Tom Jones – I Who Have Nothing (2 wks)
15 Clarence Carter – Patches (6 wks)
16 Jackie DeShannon – It’s So Nice (3 wks)
17 The Originals – We Can Make It Baby (4 wks)
18 The Moments – If I Didn’t Care (1 wk)
19 The Dells – Long Lonely Nights (6 wks)
20 Funkadelic – I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You (1 wk)

21 Shirley Bassey – Something (10 wks)
22 Neil Diamond – Solitary Man (7 wks)
23 Syl Johnson – One Way Ticket To Nowhere (7 wks)
24 Dyke And The Blazers – Runaway People (5 wks)
25 Wilson Pickett – She Said Yes (1 wk)
26 The Isley Brothers – Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys (7 wks)
27 Junior Walker & The Allstars – Do You See My Love (For You Growing) (7 wks)
28 Marvin Gaye – The End Of Our Road (11 wks)
29 Edwin Starr – War (8 wks)
30 Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand (17 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 5 ) Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Lola - Kinks (#1[6])
3 ( 6 ) Black Night - Deep Purple
4 ( 2 ) Patches - Clarence Carter (#2[1])
5 ( 4 ) Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (#4)
6 ( 3 ) War - Edwin Starr (#2[1])
7 ( 7 ) Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown
8 ( -- ) Snowbird - Anne Murray
9 ( 17 ) Looking Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 ( 12 ) Wild World - Jimmy Cliff

11 ( 20 ) Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
12 ( 10 ) Natural Sinner - Fair Weather (#10)
13 ( 8 ) I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas (#4)
14 ( 18 ) I Want To Take Your Higher - Ike & Tina Turner
15 ( 15 ) Tell It All Brother - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
16 ( 26 ) Love Is Life Hot Chocolate
17 ( 9 ) Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder (#2[2])
18 ( 11 ) 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago (#6)
19 ( 13 ) Make It With You - Bread (#11)
20 ( -- ) Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin

21 ( 19 ) (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You - Ronnie Dyson (#19)
22 ( 31 ) Hi-De-Ho Blood Sweat & Tears
23 ( 16 ) Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara (#14)
24 ( 24 ) Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler
25 ( -- ) You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker
26 ( 14 ) Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs (#5)
27 ( -- ) It's A Shame - Spinners
28 ( 36 ) Solitary Man Neil Diamond
29 ( 25 ) Mr President - D B M And T (#25)
30 ( 21 ) Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay (#16)

31 ( 35 ) Hand Me Down World - Guess Who
32 ( 22 ) Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#9)
33 ( 28 ) Sweet Inspiration - Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon (#24)
34 ( 23 ) Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (#1[1])
35 ( 27 ) Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War (#18)
36 ( 37 ) My Marie - Engelbert Humperdinck (#32)
37 ( 33 ) Rainbow - Marmalade (#26)
38 ( -- ) I've Lost You - Elvis Presley
39 ( 30 ) (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (#3)
40 ( 32 ) (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie - Pickettywitch (#12)

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-- ( 29 ) Lady D'Arbanville - Cat Stevens (#5)
-- ( 34 ) Save The Country - 5th Dimension (#15)
-- ( 38 ) I'll Say Forever My Love - Jimmy Ruffin (#22)
-- ( 39 ) Accidents - Thunderclap Newman (#9)
-- ( 40 ) Sugar Bee - Canned Heat (#28)

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-- ( -- ) Strange Band - Family

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Strange song-title to release in August, still...

[o]

1 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come
2 Kinks – Lola
3 Deep Purple – Black night
4 Elvis Presley – The wonder of you
5 Hotlegs – Neanderthal man
6 Hot Chocolate – Love is life
7 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
8 Jimmy Cliff – Wild world
9 Bread - Make It With You
10 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
11 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
12 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
13 Free - All Right Now
14 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
15 Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand
16 Marmalade – Rainbow
17 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner
18 Who - Summertime Blues
19 Shirley Bassey – Something
20 Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - DON'T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED)
2 [1] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - TEARS OF A CLOWN
3 [2] :: Jimmy Cliff - WILD WORLD
4 [5] :: Hot Chocolate - LOVE IS LIFE
5 [new] :: Jimmy Cliff - YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT
6 [7] :: Delaney & Bonnie - SOUL SHAKE
7 [9] :: Elton John - BORDER SONG
8 [new] :: Wilson Pickett - SHE SAID YES
9 [6] :: Bread - MAKE IT WITH YOU
10 [13] :: Hot Chocolate - PRETTY GIRLS {Love Is Life B-side}
11 [11] :: Stevie Wonder - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS
12 [4] :: Chicago - 25 OR 6 TO 4
13 [new] :: Chairmen Of The Board - GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME
14 [new] :: Desmond Dekker - YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT
15 [new] :: Three Dog Night - MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME
16 [new] :: Deep Purple - BLACK NIGHT
17 [20] :: B J Thomas - I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING
18 [3] :: Elvis Presley - THE WONDER OF YOU
18 [18] :: Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - SWEET INSPIRATION
20 [re] :: The Who - SUMMERTIME BLUES (LIVE)

We needed a song of this class, so badly...

[raliverpool]

01 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (4wks 39-13-6-1)
02 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (6wks 30-17-11-6-3-2)
03 Kinks - Lola (8wks 23-13-6-3-3-1-1-3)
04 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (8wks 19-10-3-2-2-2-2-4)
05 Edwin Starr - War (4wks 17-10-7-5)
06 Bread - Make It With You (7wks 29-15-9-5-5-5-6)
07 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (3wks 29-15-7)
08 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (8wks 22-14-8-4-4-4-4-8)
09 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (2wks 21-9)
10 Marmalade - Rainbow (3wks 31-19-10)

11 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (6wks 31-19-14-12-11-11)
12 Clarence Carter - Patches (4wks 32-26-18-12)
13 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (5wks 34-22-15-12-13)
14 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (5wks 27-19-14-13-14)
15 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (4wks 27-21-16-15)
16 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (7wks 28-19-11-8-8-9-16)
17 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (2wks 28-17)
18 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (10wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1-3-8-18)
19 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (3wks 34-22-19)
20 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (5wks 32-23-17-14-20)

21 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (3wks 36-25-21)
22 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (3wks 33-24-22)
23 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (8wks 34-25-17-10-7-7-10-23)
24 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (4wks 24-22-23-25)
26 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (3wks 39-31-27)
28 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (7wks 32-22-14-12-11-17-28)
29 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Moody Blues - And the Tide Rushes In (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich - Mr President (3wks 38-35-34)
35 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (8wks 35-20-13-8-6-9-20-35)
36 Supremes - Everybody's Got The Right To Love (2wks 36-36)
37 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (7wks 35-28-23-20-19-26-37)
38 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother (4wks 33-27-29-38)
39 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) (1wk 40 NEW)

[popchartfreak]

15th August 1970

It's 3 weeks on top for Hot Chocolate as R.Dean Taylor makes a leap for a 3rd chart-topper and falls short at 3. Melanie, meanwhile makes it 2 top 10's simultaneously as her cover of Ruby Tuesday makes it the 2nd version to go top 10. The Four Tops get a 9th top 20 with Still Water (Love), Jimmy Cliff gets a 3rd top 20 as his You Can Get It If You Really Want enters at 30, beaten by Desmond Dekker's cover version at 18 which was the hit version I knew and loved at the time, his 4th chart entry and 2nd top 20.

Aretha gets a 6th top 20, and Monster Mash goes top 40 3 years early, as another oldie from the Summer Of '73 enters at 74 for Al Martino, Spanish Eyes, the comeback hit for the man who kicked off topping the first UK chart in 1952. The Archies Sunshine album is out, and in pops the best track Comes The Sun at 58, which was heavily plugged on the cartoon TV show I loved in Singapore, which I recorded on a hand-held microphone, complete with boings, and other extraneous noises from next door's yapping dog, and mum and dad going out for the evening, giving an intentionally noisy kiss while I gave the shush finger sign.

Brian Hyland returns after a gap of 10 years, or is 5 years early, depending on how you look at it. One of my early obsessions was Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, loved as a pre-school kid, and for the rest of the decade and beyond, so you could say it's the biggest chart gap for a follow-up had I been charting aged 2. Or you can say it's 5 years before Sealed With A Kiss is revived UK hit and a top 5 track for me. Regardless, Gypsy Woman is one I've known of for decades but never really caught before and it's rather good. Both the previous songs have had to endure awful UK Number One cover versions by Jason Donovan and Timmy Mallet. Bombalurina's is especially terrible.

Curtis Mayfield & mates are back for an 11th chart entry, none of which I'd heard of of before these retro countdowns started up, he really was quite the talent, and The James Gang debut with funky rock some years before one of them joined The Eagles after a run of chart of success - that'll be guitarist Joe Walsh then, 8 years before his fab solo hit Life's Been Good. 

1 ( 1 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
2 ( 2 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
3 ( 8 ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 3
4 ( 3 ) SUGAR MAN Rodriguez # 3
5 ( 5 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie # 5
6 ( 4 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 4
7 ( 9 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond # 7
8 ( 10 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort # 8
9 ( 6 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
10 ( 16 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie # 10

11 ( 7 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 5
12 ( 12 ) JOANNE Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 10
13 ( 11 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
14 ( 26 ) STILL WATER (LOVE) The Four Tops # 14
15 ( 32 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff # 15
16 ( 29 ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED) Aretha Franklin # 16
17 ( 13 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
18 ( NEW ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker # 18
19 ( 14 ) IT’S A SHAME The (Detroit) Spinners # 4
20 ( 24 ) NICKEL SONG Melanie # 20

21 ( 15 ) LOLA The Kinks # 2
22 ( 17 ) RAINBOW Marmalade # 5
23 ( 18 ) CANDIDA Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 8
24 ( 21 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
25 ( 25 ) MONTEGO BAY Bobby Bloom # 25
26 ( 19 ) LIGHTS OF TUCSON Jim Campbell # 17
27 ( 27 ) PATCHES Clarence Carter # 27
28 ( 23 ) SOLITARY MAN Neil Diamond # 9
29 ( 22 ) DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (FOR YOU GROWING) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 10
30 ( NEW ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Jimmy Cliff # 30

31 ( 20 ) (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU Warm Earth # 20
32 ( 28 ) KINGSTON TOWN Lord Creator # 20
33 ( 31 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens # 3
34 ( 35 ) THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye # 34
35 ( 48 ) GREY SEAL Elton John # 35
36 ( 44 ) CALICO GIRLFRIEND Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 36
37 ( 51 ) STAY AWAY FROM ME (I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH) Major Lance # 37
38 ( 52 ) STAY JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER Yvonne Fair # 38
39 ( 53 ) I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) Tom Jones # 39
40 ( 59 ) MONSTER MASH Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers # 40

41 ( 30 ) WAR Edwin Starr # 5
42 ( 37 ) GO BACK Crabby Appleton # 3
43 ( 38 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY The 5th Dimension # 1
44 ( 42 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1
45 ( 34 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs # 16
46 ( 36 ) LOOKY LOOKY (LOOK AT ME GIRL) The O’Jays # 30
47 ( 40 ) GONE MOVIN’ ON The Raiders # 9
48 ( 41 ) TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive N’ Kickin’ # 4
49 ( 39 ) SUNSHINE The Archies # 12
50 ( 46 ) YOUR SONG Elton John # 1

51 ( 45 ) APARTMENT 21 Bobbie Gentry # 40
52 ( 47 ) THE BALLAD OF CHERRY FLAVAR Marmalade # 47
53 ( 50 ) BORDER SONG Elton John # 1
54 ( 57 ) EVERYTHING’S TUESDAY Chairmen Of The Board # 54
55 ( 61 ) LET ME BRING YOU UP Ron Dante # 55
56 ( 49 ) MAYBE I’M AMAZED Paul McCartney # 2
57 ( 55 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
58 ( NEW ) COMES THE SUN The Archies # 58
59 ( 60 ) INNER CITY BLUES Rodriguez # 59
60 ( 33 ) OVER AND OVER The Archies # 20

61 ( 63 ) IT’S SO EASY Andy Williams # 61
62 ( 65 ) SET ME FREE Esther Phillips with The Dixie Flyers # 62
63 ( 66 ) GASOLINE ALLEY Rod Stewart # 63
64 ( 58 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 1
65 ( 68 ) PRESSURE DROP Toots & The Maytals # 65
66 ( 74 ) BLACK NIGHT Deep Purple # 66
67 ( 70 ) WE’RE SO MUCH IN LOVE Madeline Bell # 67
68 ( NEW ) GYPSY WOMAN Brian Hyland # 68
69 ( 76 ) ON THE BEACH (IN THE SUMMERTIME) The 5th Dimension # 69
70 ( 73 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band # 70

71 ( 43 ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago # 35
72 ( 72 ) LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR Creedence Clearwater Revival # 72
73 ( NEW ) (BABY) TURN ON TO ME The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield # 73
74 ( NEW ) SPANISH EYES Al Martino # 74
75 ( NEW ) FUNK 49 The James Gang # 75





wot I liked that week then
1 ( 2 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley
2 ( 3 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens
3 ( NEW ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread
4 ( 7 ) GOODBY SAM HELLO SAMANTHA Cliff Richard
5 ( NEW ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate
6 ( 1 ) LOVE VIBRATIONS The Archies
7 ( 4 ) RAINBOW Marmalade
8 ( 6 ) CECILIA Simon And Garfunkel
9 ( 5 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
10 ( 8 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry

11 ( 10 ) THE LOVE YOU SAVE The Jackson 5
12 ( 9 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs
13 ( 11 ) LOLA The Kinks
14 ( 13 ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder
15 ( 16 ) I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) Tom Jones
16 ( 19 ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago
17 ( 15 ) IT’S ALL IN THE GAME The Four Tops
18 ( 14 ) I’LL SAY FOREVER MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
19 ( NEW ) IT’S SO EASY Andy Williams
20 ( 18 ) ALL RIGHT NOW Free