Haven Retro Combined Chart : 30.01.1971

[smokeyb]

It may have taken a chart run of 9 weeks for George Harrison to get his first number 1, but Elton John has knocked

him off the top spot for his first chart topper, it has taken him an amazing 16 weeks, plus a period he dropped of the chart.



The Mixtures are up to 2, George Harrison slips to 3, Tom Jones is up to 4, and the Supremes remain at number 5.



There are 5 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Tony Orlando & Dawn at number 17.



The biggest climber is Gordon Lightfoot who jumps up 13 places to number 22.



The biggest faller is Johnny Johnson who drops 43 places.



30.01.1971 (Week # 05)


1 (03) Elton John - Your Song - 131 points (39-15-14-14-13-17-17-17-22-x-30-26-25-24-21-3-1) 16 wks

2 (04) Mixtures - Pushbike Song - 104 points (8-4-2) 3 wks

3 (01) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 100 points (38-14-7-8-7-8-10-12-1-3) 10 wks

4 (06) Tom Jones - She's A Lady - 97 points (10-6-4) 3 wks

5 (05) Supremes - Stoned Love - 96 points (35-13-9-13-9-7-9-10-9-11-12-5-5-5) 14 wks

6 (02) Kinks – Apeman - 72 points (10-4-3-1-1-1-2-6) 8 wks

7 (09) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 59 points (18-20-23-17-6-6-6-5-6-11-x-14-7-9-7) 14 wks

8 (10) Tony Christie – Las Vegas - 57 points (32-14-10-8) 4 wks

9 (17) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle - 52 points (36-17-9) 3 wks

10 (07) Badfinger - No Matter What - 51 points (37-31-37-36-38-17-7-6-8-9-8-14-5-3-7-10) 16 wks

11 (08) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 48 points (38-19-13-9-3-2-8-11) 8 wks

12 (11) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 43 points (28-15-11-12) 4 wks

13 (15) Bee Gees - Lonely Days - 35 points (40-25-27-18-20-18-20-16-11-15-13) 11 wks

14 (18) John Lennon - Mother - 34 points (28-18-14) 3 wks

15 (21) Osmonds - One Bad Apple - 34 points (39-29-20-19-19-26-21-15) 8 wks

16 (13) Jackie Lee - Rupert (The Bear) - 33 points (13-9-13-16) 4 wks

17 (NE) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida - 31 points 1 wk

18 (12) Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys - 31 points (14-7-4-4-12-18) 6 wks

19 (19) Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - 31 points (20-19-19) 3 wks

20 (26) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 29 points (31-29-30-29-26-20) 6 wks

21 (14) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 29 points (5-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-6-14-21) 11 wks

22 (35) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 24 points (33-27-28-36-40-x-35-22) 7 wks

23 (23) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy - 23 points (23-23-23-23) 4 wks

24 (20) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 21 points (24-5-3-2-2-2-3-6-17-20-24) 11 wks

25 (22) Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby - 20 points (15-17-19-22-25) 5 wks

26 (24) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 20 points (13-5-5-5-4-8-16-24-26) 9 wks

27 (NE) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 20 points 1 wk

28 (29) Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight - 19 points (34-29-28) 3 wks

29 (16) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 19 points (2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-7-13-16-29) 15 wks

30 (NE) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary - 19 points 1 wk

31 (27) Don McLean - Castles In The Air - 19 points (24-27-30-28-31) 5 wks

32 (30) Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers - 18 points (30-32) 2 wks

33 (25) George Harrison - What Is Life - 18 points (25-33) 2 wks

34 (33) Carpenters - For All We Know - 18 points (33-34) 2 wks

35 (RE) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End - 17 points (27-38-24-x-27-25-27-x-35) 7 wks

36 (31) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - 17 points (31-36) 2 wks

37 (NE) Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman - 16 points 1 wk

38 (NE) Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa - 16 points 1 wk

39 (38) Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution - 15 points (38-39) 2 wks

40 (40) Mardi Gras - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby - 15 points (32-30-29-38-40-40) 6 wks



Dropped Out

43 (40) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - 14 points (19-12-6-6-6-9-25-40)

47 (34) Gladys Knight & The Pips- If I Where Your Woman - 12 points (33-34)

49 (39) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now - 11 points (15-12-10-11-18-39)

51 (32) Shirley Bassey - The Fool On The Hill - 10 points (31-31-32)

60 (37) Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With - 8 points (34-36-32-37)

65 (27) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 6 points (36-33-40-39-x-40-x-19-11-10-12-18-22-27)

68 (40) Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain - 6 points (37-40)

79 (36) Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express - 3 points (16-6-7-11-13-15-24-36)

Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o darkstar79 & Mark .


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 06.02.1971

1 (1) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Mixtures - Pushbike Song (4 wk) (# 2)
3 (19) Supremes - Stoned Love (4 wk) (# 3)
4 (2) Clive Dunn - Grandad (10 wk) (# 1)
5 (13) Badfinger - No Matter What (5 wk) (# 5)
6 (8) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (9 wk) (# 6)
7 (4) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (15 wk) (# 2)
8 (5) The Kinks - Apeman (8 wk) (# 5)
9 (15) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (4 wk) (# 9)
10 (6) The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (11 wk) (# 4)
11 (12) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (8 wk) (# 11)
12 (20) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (30) Elton John - Your Song (3 wk) (# 13)
14 (14) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (5 wk) (# 7)
15 (9) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (7 wk) (# 9)
16 (17) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (11 wk) (# 2)
17 (17) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (4 wk) (# 16)
18 (10) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (13 wk) (# 3)
19 (7) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (11 wk) (# 1)
20 (11) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express (10 wk) (# 7)
21 (26) Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song (4 wk) (# 21)
22 (18) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (11 wk) (# 4)
23 (31) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl (3 wk) (# 23)
24 (27) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (11 wk) (# 7)
25 (28) John Paul Jones - The Man From Nazareth (6 wk) (# 25)
26 (23) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (5 wk) (# 23)
27 (21) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (10 wk) (# 8)
28 (29) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (5 wk) (# 28)
29 (24) Frank Sinatra - My Way (88 wk) (# 5)
30 (22) Jackie Lee - Rupert (6 wk) (# 22)
31 (34) Perry Como - It's Impossible (2 wk) (# 31)
32 (NE) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (1 wk) (# 32)
33 (33) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy (5 wk) (# 31)
34 (NE) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (1 wk) (# 34)
35 (48) Status Quo - In My Chair (13 wk) (# 21)
36 (NE) Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout (1 wk) (# 36)
37 (25) Chairmen of the Board - You Got Me Dangling On a String (12 wk) (# 5)
38 (32) Anne Murray - Snowbird (15 wk) (# 23)
39 (38) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (2 wk) (# 38)
40 (NE) Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out (1 wk) (# 40)

Chart restricted to a top 40 due to a postal strike. No album chart until April.


USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 04-02-71:  Tony Blackburn

(26) TONY CHRISTIE – Las Vegas
(30) JACKIE LEE – Rupert  
(NEW) MARVIN, WELCH & FARRAR – Faithful
(NEW) THE TREMELOES – Right Wheel Left Hand Slam
(9) ASHTON, GARDNER & DYKE – Resurrection Shuffle  
(13) ELTON JOHN – Your Song
ELTON JOHN – Ballad Of A Well Known Gun
ELTON JOHN – Where To Now St. Peter
(3) THE SUPREMES – Stoned Love  
(23) CLIFF RICHARD – Sunny Honey Girl  
(1) GEORGE HARRISON – My Sweet Lord  
(5) BADFINGER – No Matter What  

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Mark's Top 40 - 06.02.1971

1 (01) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
2 (04) Elton John - Your Song
3 (02) Jackie Lee - Rupert
4 (03) The Supremes - Stoned Love
5 (05) The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song
6 (06) The Kinks - Apeman
7 (07) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
8 (08) Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
9 (09) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
10 (10) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
11 (18) Tony Christie - Las Vegas
12 (12) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida
13 (11) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
14 (13) Bee Gees - Lonely Days
15 (14) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
16 (15) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
17 (16) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
18 (17) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man
19 (19) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
20 (20) Badfinger - No Matter What
21 (36) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
22 (38) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You
23 (21) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
24 (34) Perry Como - It's Impossible
25 (37) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl
26 (40) The Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song
27 (22) Clive Dunn - Grandad
28 (23) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
29 (24) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
30 (New) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
31 (New) Status Quo - In My Chair
32 (26) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy
33 (New) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night
34 (28) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
35 (29) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
36 (31) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You
37 (25) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
38 (New) Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout
39 (New) Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out
40 (27) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All

[o]

1 Elton John - Your Song
2 Kinks – Apeman
3 Mixtures - Pushbike Song
4 Tom Jones - She's A Lady
5 Badfinger - No Matter What
6 McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
7 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
8 Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys
9 Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
10 Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy
11 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
12 Supremes - Stoned Love
13 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking

[raliverpool]

01 Elton John - Your Song (6wks 25-19-14-8-3-1)
02 John Lennon - Mother (5wks 35-15-5-2-2)
03 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (5wks 34-21-13-5-3)
04 Bee Gees - Lonely Days (6wks 26-11-7-1-1-4)
05 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (3wks 29-11-5)
06 Todd Rundgren & Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman (5wks 29-20-14-7-6)
07 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (5wks 27-18-15-10-7)
08 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (6wks 22-13-8-3-4-8)
09 Elton John - Border Song (4wks 33-22-13-9)
10 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (3wks 25-14-10)

11 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (3wks 33-19-11)
12 Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (7wks 24-15-12-10-9-9-12)
13 Kinks - Apeman (6wks 17-9-6-7-8-13)
14 Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman (6wks 20-16-12-11-12-14)
15 Supremes - Stoned Love (10wks 24-19-19-10-7-5-5-2-1-2-6-15)
16 Pink Floyd - Fat Old Sun (5wks 37-25-19-17-16)
17 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (2wks 34-17)
18 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (3wks 23-20-18)
19 Dolly Parton - Joshua (5wks 31-22-18-18-19)
20 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr Bojangles (4wks 28-24-22-20)

21 Band - The Shape I'm In (2wks 36-21)
22 Mixtures - Pushbike Song (2wks 30-22)
23 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Badfinger - We're For The Dark (3wks 39-29-24)
25 Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (3wks 40-31-25)

26 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (1wk 26 NEW)

27 Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy (5wks 30-24-20-23-27)
28 Diana Ross - Remember Me (4wks 34-27-27-28)
29 T Rex - Seagull Woman (3wks 38-32-29)
30 King Floyd - Groove Me (7wks 29-18-14-13-16-21-30)

31 Neil Young - Southern Man (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain (9wks 40-25-15-11-7-4-6-15-32)
33 Elton John - My Father's Gun (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With (6wks 39-23-17-17-24-34)
35 T Rex - Ride A White Swan (12wks 19-11-6-6-6-6-6-3-2-4-16-35)
36 Laura Nyro - When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag (2wks 40-36)
37 James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (4wks 32-26-28-37)
38 Bread - Let Your Love Go (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Rufus Thomas - (Do The) Push and Pull (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl (1wk 40 NEW)

The Ray Davies penned Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One album track about traveling on tour and wishing to be back home, was memorably used in the Wes Anderson 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited.

[raliverpool]

Whilst there was no official album chart due to the Postal Strike; the NME were still compiling their weekly album Top 30 charts based on a sizeable sample of Record Shops ranking sales positions:

06.02.1971

01 (01) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
02 (02) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
03 (03) Andy Williams - Greatest Hits
04 (04) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 4
05 (05) Led Zeppelin - III
06 (11) Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
07 (06) James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
08 (07) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer
09 (08) Frank Sinatra - Greatest Hits Vol 2
10 (10) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Your Song - Elton John < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Pushbike Song - Mixtures
3 ( 3 ) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson (#2[1])
4 ( 4 ) One Bad Apple - Osmonds
5 ( -- ) Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
6 ( 6 ) She's A Lady - Tom Jones
7 ( 5 ) Las Vegas - Tony Christie (#5)
8 ( 9 ) If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
9 ( 10 ) Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Gardner & Dyke
10 ( 14 ) Sunny Honey Girl - Cliff Richard

11 ( 20 ) It's Up To You Petula - Edison Lighthouse
12 ( 7 ) Rupert (The Bear) - Jackie Lee (#4)
13 ( 12 ) What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie (#12)
14 ( -- ) Baby Jump - Mungo Jerry
15 ( 8 ) Apeman - Kinks (#1[4])
16 ( 17 ) Get Up Get Into It Get Involved - James Brown
17 ( 27 ) 1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon
18 ( 11 ) Border Song - Aretha Franklin (#6)
19 ( 30 ) Let Your Love Go - Bread
20 ( 15 ) Born To Wander - Rare Earth (#12)

21 ( 13 ) Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills (#4)
22 ( 19 ) We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt (#16)
23 ( 33 ) The Song Of My Life - Petula Clark
24 ( 16 ) You're Ready Now - Frankie Valli (#8)
25 ( 23 ) Remember Me - Diana Ross (#23)
26 ( 24 ) Heavy Makes You Happy - Bobby Bloom (#24)
27 ( 18 ) If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#11)
28 ( 21 ) Pay To The Piper - Chairmen Of The Board (#12)
29 ( 28 ) Amos Moses - Jerry Reed (#28)
30 ( -- ) Mama's Pearl - Jackson Five

31 ( 22 ) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (#2[1])
32 ( 25 ) Games - Redeye (#19)
33 ( 26 ) Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals (#11)
34 ( 35 ) (Do The) Push And Pull - Rufus Thomas
35 ( 31 ) Mr Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#25)
36 ( 29 ) Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (#9)
37 ( 37 ) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago (#24)
38 ( -- ) Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster
39 ( 36 ) It's Impossible - Perry Como (#28)
40 ( 34 ) Stop The War Now - Edwin Starr (#28)

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-- ( 32 ) Groove Me - King Floyd (#18)
-- ( 38 ) Jerusalem - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (#20)
-- ( 39 ) One Man Band - Three Dog Night (#26)
-- ( 40 ) Knock Three Times - Dawn (#7)

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-- ( -- ) Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett
-- ( -- ) Inside Looking Out - Grand Funk Railroad
-- ( -- ) Your Time To Cry - Joe Simon

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[smokeyb]

1 (1) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (3 wks)
2 (4) Elton John - Your Song (3 wks)
3 (3) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (4 wks)
4 (2) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song (4 wks)
5 (7) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (4 wks)
6 (16) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Mother (5 wks)
7 (5) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (5 wks)
8 (6) Badfinger - No Matter What (5 wks)
9 (11) Supremes - Stoned Love (4 wks)
10 (NE) George Harrison - What Is Life (1 wk)
11 (12) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (5 wks)
12 (8) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (5 wks)
13 (9) Kinks - Apeman (9 wks)
14 (13) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (11 wks)
15 (14) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (12 wks)
16 (18) Bread - Let Your Love Go (6 wks)
17 (10) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (4 wks)
18 (22) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (2 wks)
19 (20) Perry Como - It's Impossible (2 wks)
20 (23) The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (2 wks)
21 (NE) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (1 wk)
22 (30) Guess Who - Hang On To Your Life (2 wks)
23 (NE) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (1 wk)
24 (15) Shirley Bassey - The Fool On The Hill (6 wks)
25 (17) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (12 wks)
26 (19) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (8 wks)
27 (21) Jackie Lee - Rupert (6 wks)
28 (24) Bee Gees – Lonely Days (10 wks)
29 (25) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (9 wks)
30 (NE) Cat Stevens - Wild World (1 wk)

[darkstar79]

01 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (1 wk)
02 The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (1 wk)
03 Tom Jones – She's A Lady (4 wks)
04 The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (3 wks)
05 Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight (4 wks)
06 The Carpenters – For All We Know (1 wk)
07 Wilson Pickett – Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (4 wks)
08 Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution (3 wks)
09 The Presidents – Triangle Of Love (2 wks)
10 The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy (1 wk)

11 The Detroit Emeralds – Do Me Right (1 wk)
12 Tony Christie – Las Vegas (5 wks)
13 Major Lance – Must Be Love Coming Down (3 wks)
14 The Dells – The Glory Of Love (4 wks)
15 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Child No One Wanted (3 wks)
16 Jimmy Ruffin – Maria (You Were The Only One) (1 wk)
17 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (2 wks)
18 The Show Stoppers – Ain't Nothing But A House Party (2 wks)
19 Junior Parker – Drowning On Dry Land (1 wk)
20 Jackson 5 – Mama’s Pearl (2 wks)

21 Supremes – Stoned Love (14 wks)
22 The Five Stairsteps – Didn't It Look So Easy (1 wk)
23 The Spinners – We'll Have It Made (3 wks)
24 Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby (6 wks)
25 The Chambers Brothers – Funky (4 wks)
26 Curtis Mayfield – (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go (12 wks)
27 Shirley Bassey – The Fool On The Hill (6 wks)
28 The Stylistics – You're A Big Girl Now (6 wks)
29 Diana Ross – Remember Me (7 wks)
30 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (58 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Elton John – Your Song
02(04) George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
03(20) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary
04(03) The Mixtures – Pushbike Song
05(05) Tom Jones – She’s A Lady
06(02) Badfinger – No Matter What
07(10) Tony Orlando & Dawn – Candida
08(14) Cliff Richard – Sunny Honey Girl
09(23) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need
10(24) Petula Clark – The Song Of My Life

11(06) The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun
12(26) Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee
13(--) Cat Stevens – Wild World
14(28) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
15(07) Elvis Presley – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
16(08) Bobby Bloom – Heavy Makes You Happy
17(32) Perry Como – It’s Impossible
18(09) Tony Christie – Las Vegas
19(12) The Supremes – Stoned Love
20(33) Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You, Petula

21(--) Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
32(--) Atomic Rooster – Tomorrow Night
33(--) Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump
37(--) Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out

[popchartfreak]

30th January 1971

It's 2 weeks on top for What's Going On, and no change at the top end, though Cliff gets his first top 10 since The Day I Met Marie 4 years earlier with a largely forgotten sweet ballad, Sunny Honey Girl, and Creedence get a second top 10 (and last) with Have You Ever seen The Rain? It out-peaks Bad Moon Rising too! Nilsson gets a 6th top 20 with his charming Me And My Arrow, Cat Stevens takes his Wild World moving upwards for a 6th top 40, and Smokey Robinson gets a 7th.

In a quiet week for new entries, the only track I'd been aware of during 1971 enters at 56 for Mungo Jerry, Baby Jump, which sounds better than In The Summertime, probably, these days, but is nowhere near as famous despite topping the UK charts. Bread drop the ballads, and enter with short rockpop track that is growing on me, Let Your Love Grow at 66, and Led Zep are back with a bigtime Blues album track, Since I've Been Lovin' You, Atomic Rooster debut with some Progrock Tomorrow Night, Chairmen Of The Board keep the extending run going with Chairman Of The Board, a funkrock workout, Curtis Mayfield gets a 2nd song on this week's chart, Freda Payne gets a 3rd chart entry, and Alice Cooper get a first with the punkish rockin' Eighteen. As one of only two American bands that were viewed as part of the UK Glam Rock scene, watch this space. Sparks were the other, currently still getting critical acclaim for 50 years of consistency.


1 ( 1 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? Marvin Gaye # 1
2 ( 2 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean # 1
3 ( 3 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW Carpenters # 3
4 ( 4 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds # 2
5 ( 5 ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins # 2
6 ( 6 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ‘BOUT MY BABY Mardi Gras # 2
7 ( 7 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison # 1
8 ( 18 ) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? Creedence Clearwater Revival # 8
9 ( 24 ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard # 9
10 ( 10 ) REMEMBER ME Diana Ross # 10

11 ( 8 ) LADY BARBARA Peter Noone & Herman’s Hermits # 8
12 ( 9 ) NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O’Sullivan # 9
13 ( 17 ) WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon # 13
14 ( 11 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot # 2
15 ( 14 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees # 1
16 ( 13 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
17 ( 28 ) ME AND MY ARROW Nilsson # 17
18 ( 19 ) HOLLY HOLY Junior Walker & The All Stars # 18
19 ( 12 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD David Bowie # 7
20 ( 25 ) A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES George Jones # 20

21 ( 16 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman # 2
22 ( 29 ) RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke # 22
23 ( 21 ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 1
24 ( 15 ) YOU’RE READY NOW Frankie Valli # 15
25 ( 22 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1
26 ( 23 ) BRIDGET THE MIDGET (THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES) Ray Stevens # 10
27 ( 20 ) WHAT IS LIFE George Harrison # 10
28 ( 50 ) WILD WORLD Cat Stevens # 28
29 ( 34 ) AND I LOVE YOU SO Don McLean # 29
30 ( 26 ) LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes # 4

31 ( 38 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Sonny Curtis # 31
32 ( 27 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT Yvonne Elliman, Ian Gillan & Murray Head # 9
33 ( 32 ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 3
34 ( 30 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
35 ( 52 ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 35
36 ( 45 ) (WHERE DO I BEGIN?) LOVE STORY Andy Williams # 36
37 ( 39 ) TOGETHER WE TWO The Archies # 37
38 ( 35 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
39 ( 63 ) (COME ‘ROUND HERE) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 39
40 ( 48 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones # 40

41 ( 36 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
42 ( 37 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds # 7
43 ( 51 ) MUST BE LOVE COMING DOWN Major Lance # 43
44 ( 31 ) TEMPTATION EYES The Grass Roots # 24
45 ( 33 ) SOUL REBEL Bob Marley & The Wailers # 20
46 ( 41 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
47 ( 49 ) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG The Weathermen aka Jonathan King # 47
48 ( 43 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
49 ( 44 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
50 ( 53 ) JUST 7 NUMBERS The Four Tops # 50

51 ( 42 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams # 4
52 ( 47 ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson # 10
53 ( 56 ) HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY Bobby Bloom # 53
54 ( 55 ) SING HIGH - SING LOW Anne Murray # 54
55 ( 40 ) THEME FROM U.F.O. Barry Gray Orchestra # 40
56 ( NEW ) BABY JUMP Mungo Jerry # 56
57 ( 62 ) CAROLINA DAY Livingstone Taylor # 57
58 ( 71 ) AIN’T IT A SAD THING R. Dean Taylor # 58
59 ( 74 ) ANGEL BABY Dusk # 59
60 ( 66 ) BELTANE WALK T.Rex # 60

61 ( 58 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
62 ( 59 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
63 ( 60 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3
64 ( 61 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
65 ( 68 ) TRIANGLE OF LOVE The Presidents # 65
66 ( NEW ) LET YOUR LOVE GO Bread # 66
67 ( 54 ) IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin # 10
68 ( 69 ) WE’LL HAVE IT MADE The Detroit Spinners # 68
69 ( 57 ) I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 9
70 ( NEW ) SINCE I’VE BEEN LOVIN’ YOU Led Zeppelin # 70

71 ( NEW ) TOMORROW NIGHT Atomic Rooster # 71
72 ( NEW ) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Chairmen Of The Board # 72
73 ( NEW ) AIN’T GOT TIME Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions # 73
74 ( NEW ) CHERISH WHAT IS DEAR TO YOU Freda Payne # 74
75 ( NEW ) EIGHTEEN Alice Cooper # 75




Feb 2nd 1971
Retro Then

It's 2 weeks on top for Badfinger, and George Harrison up to his peak of 2 with My Sweet Lord - though it did eventually top my charts after George's passing in the 2000's. The Supremes wonderful Stoned Love is up to 6, and there's not much else going on, so little in fact that the pretty twee Rupert sneaks in for Jackie. After the brilliant White Horses in 1968, which I still love, this was just not worthy, though little kids obviously loved it. Talking of 1968, The Showstoppers are also back with the same song.

Back in Singapore, I've not mentioned Pottery yet. RAF Changi Grammar had pottery lessons in Artwork, which was great fun, but I was so rubbish at it - I've still got the candlestick, the snowman I made before christmas, all glazed, a jug and a vase. That's using the description VERY loosely! The bizarrest shapes ever. I was much better at sketching, I've also kept the drawings I did of 4 of my classmates (we had volunteers posing as models so they got out of drawing). My best subject was Art by 1972, but I was forced to drop it as there were subject clashes as we moved into the 4th year, so I never did do exams in it, or music, being persuaded that "useful" subjects like Physics, Biology, History had more future potential. Arts were my thing, though, I should have gone that route!


1 ( 1 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger
2 ( 7 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison
3 ( 2 ) CANDIDA Dawn
4 ( 3 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5
5 ( 4 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn
6 ( 12 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes
7 ( 6 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters
8 ( 8 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell
9 ( 16 ) YOUR SONG Elton John
10 ( 14 ) THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke

11 ( 10 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex
12 ( 11 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond
13 ( 20 ) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG The Weathermen (Jonathan King)
14 ( 13 ) THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures
15 ( 18 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones
16 ( 15 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds
17 ( NEW ) RUPERT Jackie Lee
18 ( 17 ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Elvis Presley
19 ( NEW ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A HOUSEPARTY The Showstoppers
20 ( 19 ) APEMAN The Kinks

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: George Harrison - MY SWEET LORD
2 [3] :: Ike & Tina Turner - PROUD MARY
3 [2] :: Elton John - YOUR SONG
4 [5] :: Supremes - STONED LOVE
5 [4] :: George Harrison - WHAT IS LIFE {My Sweet Lord B-side}
6 [12] :: Ike & Tina Turner - FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITO'S TWEETER {Proud Mary B-side}
7 [8] :: Janis Joplin - ME AND BOBBY McGEE
8 [7] :: Mixtures - PUSHBIKE SONG
9 [new] :: Staple Singers - HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY
10 [6] :: Wilson Pickett - DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU
11 [9] :: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE
12 [13] :: Tom Jones - SHE'S A LADY
13 [15] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (COME 'ROUND HERE) I'M THE ONE YOU NEED
14 [new] :: Van Morrison - BLUE MONEY
15 [10] :: Carpenters - WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
16 [14] :: Candi Staton - HE CALLED ME BABY
17 [16] :: Elvis Presley - YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
18 [11] :: Judy Collins - AMAZING GRACE
19 [new] :: Derek & the Dominos - BELL-BOTTOM BLUES
20 [new] :: Cat Stevens - WILD WORLD