Haven Retro Combined Chart : 17.10.1970

[smokeyb]

Mathews Southern Comfort extend their points gap to hold onto the top spot for a 2nd week.

Black Sabbath remain at number2, the Four Tops are up to 3, the Hollies are up to 4 and the Tremeloes slip to 5.



There are 7 new entries this week, the highest is Etta James at number 24.



The biggest climber is Clarence Carter who jumps up 18 places to number 13.



The biggest faller is Michael Nesmith who falls 36 places.



17.10.1970 (Week # 42)


1 (01) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock - 121 points (38-39-x-24-6-1-1) 6 wks

2 (02) Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 74 points (19-7-1-1-2-1-2-2) 8 wks

3 (08) Four Tops – Still Water - 72 points (18-19-21-23-26-20-8-3) 8 wks

4 (12) Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred - 67 points (35-12-4) 3 wks

5 (04) Tremeloes - Me And My Life - 62 points (22-9-5-4-4-5) 6 wks

6 (06) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 59 points (18-20-23-17-6-6) 6 wks

7 (07) Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 56 points (16-16-14-38-25-x-12-7-7-7) 9 wks

8 (03) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 54 points (31-16-8-9-9-8-4-2-1-2-3-8) 12 wks

9 (09) Deep Purple - Black Night - 48 points (32-6-2-2-5-6-8-5-9-9) 10 wks

10 (13) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There - 48 points (29-21-17-15-13-10) 6 wks

11 (11) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday - 48 points (40-16-11-11) wks

12 (14) Glen Campbell – Everything A Man Could Ever Need - 47 points (19-14-12) 3 wks

13 (31) Clarence Carter – Patches - 45 points (26-23-11-12-12-13-19-29-x-31-13) 10 wks

14 (05) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 41 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29-30-37-35-x-28-15-6-5-3-3-5-14) 29 wks

15 (22) James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - 39 points (30-23-16-17-25-x-22-15) 7 wks

16 (10) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure - 38 points (40-24-14-9-10-16) 6 wks

17 (19) Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & ft David Cassidy - I Think I Love You - 35 points (30-26-22-15-18-19-17) 7 wks

18 (16) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 34 points (23-8-6-3-3-6-8-16-18) 9 wks

19 (33) Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House - 31 points (33-19) 2 wks

20 (18) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 30 points (16-16-16-15-11-13-18-20) 8 wks

21 (15) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 29 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8-9-11-16-19-x-21-13-10-9-12-15-21) 18 wks

22 (20) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light - 28 points (27-11-7-7-10-20-22) 7 wks

23 (17) Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa - 27 points (32-13-14-17-23) 5 wks

24 (NE) Etta James - Losers Weepers - 24 points 1 wk

25 (37)Gene Pitney - Shady Lady - 24 points (37-25) 2 wks

26 (21) Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - 20 points (33-34-14-5-1-2-4-4-11-21-26) 11 wks

27 (NE) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End - 20 points 1 wk

28 (35) Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 20 points (35-28) 2 wks

29 (24) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27-27-24-29) 42 wks

30 (26) Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It - 19 points (27-27-30-31-26-30) 6 wks

31 (29) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door - 18 points (36-20-12-15-16-29-30-29-31) 9 wks

32 (27) Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach - A House Is Not A Home - 18 points (35-28-32-27-32) 5 wks

33 (30) Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It - 18 points (30-34-34-30-33) 5 wks

34 (NE) Freddie Notes & the Rudies – Montego Bay - 18 points1 wk

35 (25) Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World - 18 points (33-25-35) 3 wks

36 (NE) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning - 18 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Badfinger - No Matter What - 17 points 1 wk

38 (23) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 17 points (32-40-x-32-23-23-38) 6 wks

39 (NE) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation - 16 points 1 wk

40 (36) Otis Leaville – Love Uprising - 16 points (37-40-39-36-40) 5 wks

40 (NE) Rattles - The Witch - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

43 (39) Ernie – Rubber Duckie - 15 points (39-x-39-40-x-39)

44 (32) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come - 15 points (40-19-17-17-18-26-25-17-35-13-7-7-10-14-17-22-25-32)

48 (38) Neil Young - Southern Man - 14 points (38)

53 (40) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 12 points (36-33-40-39-x-40)

54 (34) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 12 points (31-10-4-4-5-7-8-18-28-34)

64 (28) Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Joanne - 8 points (36-37-29-28)

68 (40) Blue Mink - Our World - 7 points (40)


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 23.10.1970

1 (1) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (8 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Deep Purple - Black Night (10 wk) (#2)
3 (14) Clarence Carter - Patches (3 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (9 wk) (#4)
6 (8) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (8 wk) (# 6)
7 (6) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (7 wk) (# 6)
8 (3) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (10 wk) (#2)
9 (10) The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (6 wk) (# 9)
10 (11) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (7) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (9 wk) (# 3)
12 (9) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (11 wk) (#7)
13 (20) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (4 wk) (# 13)
14 (19) The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (4 wk) (# 14)
15 (13) Horace Faith - Black Pearl (7 wk) (# 13)
16 (NE) Edwin Starr - War (1 wk) (# 16)
17 (24) Blue Mink - Our World (6 wk) (#17)
18 (21) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (5 wk) (# 18)
19 (15) Des O'Connor - The Tip Of My Fingers (5 wk) (#15)
20 (17) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (16 wk) (# 1)
21 (18) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (10 wk) (#3)
22 (25) The Rattles - The Witch (4 wk) (# 22)
23 (12) Family - Strange Band (10 wk) (#11)
24 (28) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning (3 wk) (# 24)
25 (16) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (13 wk) (#1)
26 (32) Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (9 wk) (#21)
27 (38) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You (2 wk) (# 27)
28 (30) Frank Sinatra - My Way (75 wk) (#5)
29 (23) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (8 wk) (# 20)
30 (22) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (12 wk) (# 3)
31 (26) Bread - Make It with You (13 wk) (# 5)
32 (44) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (3 wk) (# 32)
33 (39) Gene Pitney - Shady Lady (4 wk) (# 33)
34 (40) Julie Felix - Heaven Is Here (2 wk) (# 34)
35 (43) Dorothy Squires - My Way (6 wk) (#34)
36 (29) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (10 wk) (#13)
37 (27) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (11 wk) (#6)
38 (35) Shirley Bassey - Something (19 wk) (#4)
39 (NE) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (31) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (12 wk) (# 8)
41 (37) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (13 wk) (#13)
42 (34) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need (5 wk) (# 32)
43 (RE) Beatles - Let It Be (10 wk) (#2)
44 (RE) Christie - San Bernadino (2 wk) (# 44)
45 (41) James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) (3 wk) (# 41)
46 (RE) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (13 wk) (#10)
47 (NE) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (NE) Anne Murray - Snowbird (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (NE) Richard Barnes - Go North (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (47) Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) (10 wk) (# 16)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 22-10-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville
(1) FREDA PAYNE – Band Of Gold  (and charts)
(19) DES O’CONNOR – The Tip Of My Fingers
(NEW) MARY HOPKIN – Think About Your Children
(18) MELANIE – Ruby Tuesday  
(24) ROGER WHITTAKER – New World In The Morning  
(NEW) HUMPY BONG – Don’t You Be Too Long
(16) EDWIN STARR – War  
(NEW) VANITY FARE – Carolina’s Coming Home
(3) CLARENCE CARTER – Patches
(13) THE FOUR TOPS – Still Water  
(NEW) STATUS QUO – In My Chair  
(NEW) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bayou Country  
(5) BLACK SABBATH– Paranoid  
(1) FREDA PAYNE – Band Of Gold  

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 22.10.1970
1 (NE) Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (36 wk) (#1)
4 (NE) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 4 (1 wk) (# 4)
5 (4) Rolling Stones In Concert - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (6 wk) (#1)
6 (5) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (51 wk) (#1)
7 (6) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (7 wk) (#1)
8 (7) Beach Boys - Greatest Hits (6 wk) (#5)
9 (8) Melanie - Candles In The Rain (6 wks) (# 8)
10 (12) Various Artists - Paint Your Wagon OST (38 wk) (#2)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 24.10.1970

1 (02) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
2 (01) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
3 (03) Clarence Carter - Patches
4 (12) Tremeloes - Me And My Life
5 (04) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6 (05) Deep Purple - Black Night
7 (06) Bread - Make It With You
8 (07) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock
9 (16) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
10 (20) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
11 (08) The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion
12 (09) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
13 (10) Four Tops - Still Water
14 (11) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
15 (13) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
16 (14) Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand
17 (15) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
18 (17) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
19 (18) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure
20 (19) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
21 (40) New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
22 (21) The Jacksons - The Love You Save
23 (22) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
24 (23) Shirley Bassey - Something
25 (24) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
26 (25) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame
27 (26) The Kinks - Lola
28 (27) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
29 (29) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World
30 (30) Dawn - Candida
31 (New) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
32 (28) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
33 (32) Four Tops - It's All In The Game
34 (33) Jackson 5 - ABC
35 (34) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
36 (New) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me
37 (New) Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration
38 (New) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
39 (39) Elton John - Your Song
40 (31) Van Morrison - Moondance

[Whitneyfan]

01(07) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation
02(01) Matthews’ Southern Comfort – Woodstock
03(03) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need
04(06) The Four Tops – Still Water (Love)
05(19) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You
06(02) Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
07(05) Clarence Carter – Patches
08(23) Eric Clapton – After Midnight
09(10) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
10(04) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light

11(--) T. Rex – Ride A White Swan
12(13) James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)
13(08) The Hollies – Gasoline Alley Bred
14(18) Christie - San Bernadino
15(16) Freddie Notes & the Rudies – Montego Bay
16(27) New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
17(11) Gene Pitney – Shady Lady
18(09) The Tremeloes – Me And My Life
19(--) Edwin Starr – War
20(32) Julie Felix - Heaven Is Here

21(--) Mama Cass – The Good Times Are Coming
24(--) Neil Young – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
28(--) Etta James – Losers Weepers

31(--) Anne Murray – Snowbird
36(--) White Plains – Julie Do Ya Love Me
38(--) Richard Barnes – Go North

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (5 wks)
2 (2) The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (4 wks)
3 (6) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (4 wks)
4 (7) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House (6 wks)
5 (10) Clarence Carter - Patches (3 wks)
6 (3) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (8 wks)
7 (4) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (7 wks)
8 (5) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be sure (6 wks)
9 (15) Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (3 wks)
10 (12) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need (5 wks)
11 (13) The Who - See Me, Feel Me (5 wks)
12 (16) James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) (3 wks)
13 (17) The Rattles - The Witch (4 wks)
14 (14) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (5 wks)
15 (NE) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (1 wk)
16 (20) Christie - San Bernadino (3 wks)
17 (22) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You (2 wks)
18 (NE) Edwin Starr - War (1 wk)
19 (21) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (3 wks)
20 (19) Gene Pitney - Shady Lady (4 wks)
21 (8) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (9 wks)
22 (NE) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me (1 wk)
23 (9) Temptations - Ball of Confusion (6 wks)
24 (26) New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma (2 wks)
25 (NE) Anne Murray - Snowbird (1 wk)
26 (11) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (7 wks)
27 (18) Blue Mink - Our World (6 wks)
28 (23) Deep Purple - Black Night (11 wks)
29 (24) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (8 wks)
30 (25) Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (7 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Our House - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
3 ( 2 ) El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel (#2[1])
4 ( -- ) Ride A White Swan - T.Rex
5 ( 6 ) Gasoline Alley Bred - Hollies
6 ( 3 ) Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond (#1[5])
7 ( 5 ) Woodstock - Matthew's Southern Comfort (#5)
8 ( 9 ) Lucretia Mac Evil - Blood Sweat & Tears
9 ( 15 ) San Bernadino - Christie
10 ( 10 ) Still Water - Four Tops

11 ( 7 ) Me And My Life - Tremeloes (#2[2])
12 ( 14 ) Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof Aged In Soul
13 ( 8 ) I'll Be There - Jackson Five (#3)
14 ( 24 ) God Love And Rock & Roll - Teagarden & Van Winkle
15 ( 16 ) The Witch - Rattles
16 ( 19 ) New World In The Morning - Roger Whittaker
17 ( 27 ) It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You) - Jimmy Ruffin
18 ( 11 ) Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt (#5)
19 ( 13 ) Everything A Man Could Ever Need - Glen Campbell (#11)
20 ( 12 ) Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor (#7)

21 ( 22 ) Shady Lady - Gene Pitney
22 ( 17 ) Our World - Blue Mink (#16)
23 ( 26 ) Pretty Woman - Juicy Lucy
24 ( 33 ) Heaven Is Here - Julie Felix
25 ( 18 ) Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom (#5)
26 ( 36 ) See Me Feel Me - Who
27 ( 38 ) Unite The World - Temptations
28 ( 25 ) Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf (#24)
29 ( 21 ) Candida - Dawn (#6)
30 ( 20 ) Paranoid - Black Sabbath (#2[2])

31 ( 34 ) Deeper And Deeper - Freda Payne
32 ( 23 ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Cliff Richard (#10)
33 ( 31 ) Do What You Wanna Do - Five Flights Up (#31)
34 ( 28 ) Look What They've Done To My Song Ma - New Seekers (#23)
35 ( 29 ) That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family (#25)
36 ( 30 ) Everything's Tuesday - Chairmen Of The Board (#16)
37 ( 35 ) You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker (#11)
38 ( 40 ) Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (#28)
39 ( 32 ) Snowbird - Anne Murray (#3)
40 ( 37 ) Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin (#7)

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-- ( 39 ) It's A Shame - Spinners (#14)

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-- ( -- ) Go North - Richard Barnes

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[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (43 wks)
02 The Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It (7 wks)
03 The Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It (6 wks)
04 The Four Tops – Still Water (9 wks)
05 Otis Leaville – Love Uprising (6 wks)
06 Ernie – Rubber Duckie (11 wks)
07 Eddie Floyd – The Best Years Of My Life (2 wks)
08 Ronnie Dyson – I Don’t Wanna Cry (2 wks)
09 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – I Gotta Let You Go (1 wk)
10 Barbara Acklin – I Did It (2 wks)

11 The Presidents – 5 10 15 20 (25 30 Years Of Love) (5 wks)
12 The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun (7 wks)
13 Etta James – Losers Weepers (2 wks)
14 Dionne Warwick – Make It Easy On Yourself (4 wks)
15 Faith Hope & Charity – Baby Don’t Take Your Love (6 wks)
16 The Isley Brothers – Get Into Something (2 wks)
17 Tyrone Davis – Let Me Back In (5 wks)
18 Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused (9 wks)
19 Jimmy Ruffin – It’s Wonderful To Be Loved By You (2 wks)
20 B.B. King – Chains ‘N’ Things (2 wks)

21 The Temptations – Unite The World (4 wks)
22 The Intruders – This Is My Love Song (1 wk)
23 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (23 wks)
24 Carolyn Franklin – All I Want To Be Is Your Woman (7 wks)
25 Johnny Taylor – I Am Somebody (2 wks)
26 The Main Ingredient – I’m Better Off Without You (3 wks)
27 Dusty Springfield – How Can I Be Sure (6 wks)
28 Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (12 wks)
29 Glen Campbell – Everything A Man Could Ever Need (5 wks)
30 Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (12 wks)

[o]

1 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday
2 Temptations – Ball of confusion
3 James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)
4 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
5 Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock
6 Deep Purple – Black night
7 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
8 Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
9 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred
10 Edwin Starr – War
11 T Rex – Ride a white swan
12 Gene Pitney - Shady Lady
13 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light
14 Freda Payne – Band of gold
15 New Seekers – Look what they’ve done to my song ma

[Whitneyfan]

Glam rock is here!

[Shireblogger]

At last, the 1970s have arrived !

1 [new] :: T.Rex - RIDE A WHITE SWAN
2 [1] :: Aretha Franklin - DON'T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED)
3 [new] :: Bob Dylan - IF NOT FOR YOU {New Morning LP track}
4 [2] :: James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE)
5 [new] :: Edwin Starr - WAR
6 [4] :: Melanie - RUBY TUESDAY
7 [3] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR {Long As I Can See The Light B-side}
8 [6] :: Etta James - LOSERS WEEPERS
9 [new] :: Bob Dylan - NEW MORNING {New Morning LP track}
10 [7] :: Neil Young - SOUTHERN MAN {After The Gold Rush album track}
11 [10] :: The Temptations - BALL OF CONFUSION
12 [9] :: Glen Campbell - EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED
13 [5] :: Matthews Southern Comfort - WOODSTOCK
14 [8] :: Freddie Notes & the Rudies - MONTEGO BAY
15 [15] :: Juicy Lucy - PRETTY WOMAN
16 [17] :: Hollies - GASOLINE ALLEY BRED
17 [18] :: Rattles - THE WITCH
18 [19] :: Don Fardon - INDIAN RESERVATION
19 [new] :: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - THEY CALL IT ROCK'N'ROLL MUSIC
20 [20] :: Christie - SAN BERNADINO

As EP has already included a clip of the most important single of 1970, here's one of the best album tracks of the year.

[raliverpool]

01 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (7wks 31-19-9-6-4-1-1)
02 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (5wks 29-14-7-2-2)
03 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (6wks 36-21-12-6-4-3)
04 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (4wks 23-9-6-4)
05 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (4wks 38-18-8-5)
06 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (4wks 33-16-10-6)
07 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (7wks 26-12-6-2-1-3-7)
08 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (4wks 40-21-12-8)
09 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (5wks 30-22-15-11-9)
10 Black Sabbath - Iron Man (3wks 25-16-10)

11 Deep Purple - Black Night (8wks 30-22-17-12-8-5-5-11)
12 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (4wks 35-26-19-12)
13 Band - Stage Fright (6wks 38-19-11-8-7-13)
14 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (3wks 35-20-14)
15 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (4wks 34-28-21-15)
16 Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (2wks 27-16)
17 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (4wks 30-22-18-17)
18 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (2wks 26-18)
19 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (4wks 32-26-20-19)
20 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (4wks 37-29-22-20)

21 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (8wks 24-12-6-4-3-3-9-21)
22 Traffic - Freedom Rider (2wks 34-22)
23 Rattles - The Witch (2wks 28-23)
24 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (5wks 40-31-27-23-24)
25 Blue Mink - Our World (3wks 37-30-25)
26 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (8wks 25-11-5-3-1-2-13-26)
27 Spinners - It's A Shame (7wks 36-22-14-13-13-19-27)
28 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (6wks 24-16-9-10-17-28)
29 Pink Floyd - If (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee (1wk 30 NEW)

31 James Brown - Super Bad (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Who - See Me Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (3wks 34-32-33)
34 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (2wks 36-34)
35 Bread - It Don't Matter to Me (2wks 39-35)
36 Fleetwood Mac - Jewel Eyed Judy (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (8wks 23-15-9-7-7-11-22-37)
38 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (7wks 32-23-17-15-17-25-38)
39 100 Proof Aged In Soul - Somebody's Been Sleeping (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper (1wk 40 NEW)

A country folk song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally recorded by Roger Miller. This "recover" is taken from his debut album Kristofferson, and was written about his then troubled lover ..... blues rock singer Janis Joplin...

[popchartfreak]

17th October 1970

It's a new chart-topper from Badfinger as No Matter What gives them a first number one, though they are still guaranteed at least one more as songwriters of the song taken from the album. A stomping fave of mine at the time, as was T.Rex's Ride A White Swan which debuts at 4. Bolan-mania was completely not a thing in Singapore, but this track was a regular on Two-Way Family Favourites, the Radio 2 request show which was broadcast on Forces radio networks abroad for ex-pats - as was Home Lovin' Man, which rang a bell for anyone missing the UK, I think. T.Rex were the huge popstars when we returned, with 2 UK chart-toppers to catch-up on, and BTW one of my fave acts of all-time. Ride A White Swan was a good-natured morphing from Donovan-wannabee elfchild to Glamrock pioneer, and love that guitar riff.

Curtis Mayfield gets that solo top 10 as fully 6 of the top 10 is comprised of tracks that I associate with 1971, the UK was invariably that far behind US hits and releases - not that I mind, there's so much classic stuff in 1971 a boost to 1970's charts does both good. Notably, several of my first-compiled top 10 charts further below have failed to reach the same heights in these half-century re-visits. In a quiet week for newies, Mary Hopkin's Errol Brown/Tony Wilson song, Think About Your Children enters modestly given I love both Mary & Hot Chocolate. Andy Kim does Phil Spector on a decent cover of The Ronettes' Be My Baby, a massive childhood fave, and in at 72 Jim Ed Brown debuts with a future-Val Doonican-hit, Morning, a quirky little country-flavoured minor gem. 

White Plains cover already-charted Bobby Sherman's Julie Do Ya Love Me, Quo grab a 4th chart entry, and The Who enter with the latest Tommy track 18 months after Pinball Wizard, See Me Feel Me/Listening To You, which The New Seekers covered in 1973 in a medley with Pinball Wizard - while the Pinball bit is a bit lacking compared to The Who's or Elton John's fab versions, oddly the second half of the medley is way better than this mellow-ish Roger Daltrey vocal original, the under-rated Peter Doyle/Eve Graham vocals take it up a major level on the histrionic scale. yes, I AM saying The New Seekers did a gutsier version than The Who, check out the remastered video. Rock fans everywhere find a fainting couch quickly....!


1 ( 4 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
2 ( 2 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
3 ( 1 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
4 ( NEW ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 4
5 ( 3 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
6 ( 5 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
7 ( 6 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
8 ( 8 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams # 8
9 ( 11 ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield # 9
10 ( 10 ) MAMA’S PEARL The Jackson 5 # 10

11 ( 7 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
12 ( 9 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3
13 ( 18 ) GASOLINE ALLEY BRED The Hollies # 13
14 ( 17 ) RAINMAKER The Moods # 14
15 ( 12 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort # 4
16 ( 13 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
17 ( 14 ) SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 5
18 ( 20 ) COME ON GET HAPPY The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 18
19 ( 19 ) UNGENA ZA UMWELINGU (UNITE THE WORLD) The Temptations # 19
20 ( 15 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1

21 ( 16 ) CRESCENT NOON Carpenters # 10
22 ( 26 ) ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER The 5th Dimension # 22
23 ( 29 ) IT DON’T MATTER TO ME Bread # 23
24 ( 22 ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 3
25 ( 23 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond # 3
26 ( 21 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes # 9
27 ( 34 ) IT’S WONDERFUL (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) Jimmy Ruffin # 27
28 ( 28 ) NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING Roger Whittaker # 28
29 ( 35 ) MACARTHUR PARK Glen Campbell # 29
30 ( 24 ) SPOOKY Dusty Springfield # 15

31 ( 25 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie # 6
32 ( 27 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 4
33 ( 37 ) I’M BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU The Main Ingredient # 33
34 ( 30 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
35 ( 31 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
36 ( 44 ) SAN BERNADINO Christie # 36
37 ( 38 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Neil Young # 37
38 ( 39 ) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE C.C.S. # 38
39 ( 46 ) MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF (LIVE) Dionne Warwick # 39
40 ( 42 ) HELP ME FIND A WAY (TO SAY I LOVE YOU) Little Anthony & The Imperials # 40

41 ( 36 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
42 ( 32 ) STILL WATER (LOVE) The Four Tops # 11
43 ( 33 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff # 10
44 ( 52 ) HUM ALONG AND DANCE The Temptations # 44
45 ( 55 ) FRESH AIR Quicksilver Messenger Service # 45
46 ( 40 ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED) Aretha Franklin # 7
47 ( 57 ) MELLOW DREAMIN’ Young-Holt Unlimited # 47
48 ( 59 ) MR BOJANGLES Nitty Gritty Dirt Band # 48
49 ( 54 ) LOSERS WEEPERS Etta James featuring Minnie Ripperton # 49
50 ( 43 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie # 5

51 ( 41 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath # 27
52 ( 50 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
53 ( 45 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker # 14
54 ( 60 ) SOLDIER BLUE Buffy Saint-Marie # 54
55 ( 62 ) SHADY LADY Gene Pitney # 55
56 ( 48 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 5
57 ( 67 ) WHEN THE PARTY IS OVER Robert John # 57
58 ( 51 ) CANDIDA Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 8
59 ( 65 ) I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Gary Puckett # 59
60 ( 66 ) RIVER DEEP - MOUNTAIN HIGH The Supremes & The Four Tops # 60

61 ( 47 ) ON THE BEACH (IN THE SUMMERTIME) The 5th Dimension # 26
62 ( 68 ) MONTEGO BAY Freddie Notes & The Rudies # 62
63 ( 58 ) SUGAR MAN Rodriguez # 3
64 ( 71 ) DETROIT CITY Dean Martin # 64
65 ( 73 ) SIMPLY CALL IT LOVE Gene Chandler # 65
66 ( 70 ) HITCHIN’ A RIDE Frank Ifield # 66
67 ( 72 ) HEAVEN HELP US ALL Stevie Wonder # 67
68 ( NEW ) THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN Mary Hopkin # 68
69 ( 74 ) I GOTTA LET YOU GO Martha Reeves & The Vandellas # 69
70 ( 75 ) CAROLINA IN MY MIND James Taylor # 70

71 ( NEW ) BE MY BABY Andy Kim # 71
72 ( NEW ) MORNING Jim Ed Brown # 72
73 ( 76 ) IT’S IMPOSSIBLE Perry Como # 73
74 ( 79 ) MIDNIGHT George Baker Selection # 74
75 ( 78 ) I CRIED (THE BLUE RIGHT OUT OF MY EYES) Crystal Gayle # 75
76 ( 77 ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Elvis Presley # 76
77 ( 63 ) JOANNE Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 10
78 ( NEW ) JULIE DO YA LOVE ME White Plains # 78
79 ( NEW ) SEE ME FEEL ME/ LISTENING TO YOU The Who # 79
80 ( NEW ) IN MY CHAIR Status Quo # 80



20th Oct
wot I liked that week then

Snowbird enters at 1, and 50 years later it still reminds of a family visit to Suicide Village, to visit family friends, it was going round my head all day long and for weeks after, I was obsessed with it. The other memory of Suicide Village is of a terrorist bombing of 2 British Primary School kids attracted to a booby-trap with a flag stuck amongst overgrown vegetation on a large open space adjacent the community and main road. The terrorists seem to be Malaysian activists no doubt inspired by the ongoing wars in Viet-Nam, Cambodia & around the area. One of the kids died, and it was a spiteful action given the RAF was already in the process of pulling out of Singapore. We kids were all warned off flag bombs from that day forward - they attended the same school as my brother, and the small kids were more at risk. I still ignored orders not to go into other areas to buy DC Comics, especially Legion Of Super-Heroes comics, my other main obsession. Yes, I would literally risk my life going on a bus to Katong and Siglap (in a minor way) to get super-hero comics. And now they feature in huge blockbuster movies. I feel justified...!  

Also new in, Jimmy Ruffin with his last great Motown-track, It's Wonderful, though he would have reissued success again in 1970, and Bee Gees-assisted success in 1980, and War, Edwin Starr's still-relevant histrionic cover of a Temptations track. Classic. 

1 ( NEW ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray
2 ( 3 ) SUNSHINE The Archies
3 ( 1 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters
4 ( 2 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes
5 ( 4 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort
6 ( 7 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie
7 ( 5 ) EL CONDOR PASA Simon And Garfunkel
8 ( 6 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker
9 ( 12 ) LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers
10 ( 16 ) PATCHES Clarence Carter

11 ( NEW ) IT’S WONDERFUL (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) Jimmy Ruffin
12 ( 10 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley
13 ( 13 ) GASOLINE ALLEY BRED The Hollies
14 ( 8 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
15 ( 11 ) STILL WATERS (LOVE) The Four Tops
16 ( 9 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath
17 ( 18 ) NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING Roger Whittaker
18 ( 14 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne
19 ( 20 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
20 ( NEW ) WAR Edwin Starr