Haven Retro Combined Chart : 20.02.1971

[smokeyb]

Elton John stays at number one for a 4th week. George Harrison remains at number 2 for a 3rd week.

Marvin Gaye is up to 3, Tom Jones slips to 4 and the Mixtures drop to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is Neil Diamond at number 9.



The biggest climber is Mungo Jerry who jump up 15 places to number 6.



The biggest faller is Tony Christie who falls of the chart from number 25.



20.02.1971 (Week # 08)


1 (01) Elton John - Your Song - 127 points (39-15-14-14-13-17-17-17-22-x-30-26-25-24-21-3-1-1-1-1) 19 wks

2 (02) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 96 points (38-14-7-8-7-8-10-12-1-3-2-2-2) 13 wks

3 (05) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 94 points (27-11-5-3) 4 wks

4 (03) Tom Jones - She's A Lady - 92 points (10-6-4-3-3-4) 6 wks

5 (04) Mixtures - Pushbike Song - 80 points (8-4-2-4-4-5) 6 wks

6 (21) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump - 70 points (21-6) 2 wks

7 (13) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 67 points (31-29-30-29-26-20-18-13-7) 9 wks

8 (06) Supremes - Stoned Love - 58 points (35-13-9-13-9-7-9-10-9-11-12-5-5-5-5-6-8) 17 wks

9 (NE) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 56 points 1 wk

10 (12) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain - 41 points (22-12-10) 3 wks

11 (07) Cliff Richard – Sunny Honey Girl - 40 points (13-7-11) 3 wks

12 (09) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need - 40 points (26-9-12) 3 wks

13 (08) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle - 37 points (36-17-9-7-8-13) 6 wks

14 (11) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary - 36 points (30-12-11-14) 4 wks

15 (17) Carpenters - For All We Know - 34 points (33-34-17-17-15) 5 wks

16 (RE) Partridge Family with Shirley Jones & ft David Cassidy - I Think I Love You - 33 points (30-26-22-15-18-19-17-18-12-5-7-8-13-15-x-16) 15 wks

17 (24) Cat Stevens – Wild World - 32 points (24-17) 2 wks

18 (14) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 30 points (33-27-28-36-40-x-35-22-21-14-18) 10 wks

19 (NE) Edwin Starr – Stop The War - 29 points 1 wk

20 (27) Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - 29 points (35-27-20) 3 wks

21 (18) Osmonds - One Bad Apple - 29 points (39-29-20-19-19-26-21-15-16-18-21) 11 wks

22 (20) George Harrison - What Is Life - 28 points (25-33-24-20-22) 5 wks

23 (23) Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy - 28 points (31-23-23) 3 wks

24 (16) Kinks – Apeman - 26 points (10-4-3-1-1-1-2-6-6-16-24) 11 wks

25 (29) Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You Petula - 25 points (29-25) 2 wks

26 (40) Byrds - Chestnut Mare - 22 points (40-26) 2 wks

27 (33) Petula Clark - The Song Of My Life - 22 points (33-27) 2 wks

28 (10) Badfinger - No Matter What - 21 points (37-31-37-36-38-17-7-6-8-9-8-14-5-3-7-10-9-10-28) 19 wks

29 (NE) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night - 20 points 1 wk

30 (28) Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll - 20 points (40-28-30) 3 wks

31 (32) Isaac Hayes – The Look Of Love - 18 points (32-31) 2 wks

32 (15) John Lennon - Mother - 18 points (28-18-14-15-15-32) 6 wks

33 (30) Don McLean - Castles In The Air - 18 points (24-27-30-28-31-34-30-33) 8 wks

34 (26) Jackie Lee - Rupert (The Bear) - 17 points (13-9-13-16-25-26-34) 7 wks

35 (NE) Bread - Let Your Love Go - 17 points 1 wk

36 (31) Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa - 17 points (38-36-31-36) 4 wks

37 (36) Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers - 16 points (30-32-37-36-37) 5 wks

38 (19) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 15 points (18-20-23-17-6-6-6-5-6-11-x-14-7-9-7-10-19-38) 17 wks

39 (RE) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End - 15 points (27-38-24-x-27-25-27-x-35-32-x-39) 9 wks

40 (NE) Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You - 15 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

41 (39) Perry Como - It's Impossible - 14 points (39)

43 (35) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 14 points (38-19-13-9-3-2-8-11-14-35)

52 (37) Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee - 10 points (30-37)

53 (34) Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - 9 points (20-19-19-29-34)

61 (22) Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys - 7 points (14-7-4-4-12-18-28-22)

85 (38) Bee Gees - Lonely Days - 1 point (40-25-27-18-20-18-20-16-11-15-13-20-38)

- (25) Tony Christie – Las Vegas - 0 points (32-14-10-8-8-25)

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 27.02.1971

1 (1) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (6 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Mixtures - Pushbike Song (7 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (7 wk) (# 3)
4 (7) Perry Como - It's Impossible (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (4) Supremes - Stoned Love (7 wk) (# 3)
6 (5) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (12 wk) (# 5)
7 (14) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (3 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) Elton John - Your Song (6 wk) (# 7)
9 (10) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (7 wk) (# 9)
10 (6) Badfinger - No Matter What (8 wk) (# 5)
11 (30) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (2 wk) (# 11)
12 (9) Clive Dunn - Grandad (13 wk) (# 1)
13 (17) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (5 wk) (# 13)
14 (16) Jackie Lee - Rupert (9 wk) (# 14)
15 (22) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (3 wk) (# 15)
16 (13) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (7 wk) (# 13)
17 (11) The Kinks - Apeman (11 wk) (# 5)
18 (35) Partridge Family - I Think I love You (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (38) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (3 wk) (# 19)
20 (26) Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday (2 wk) (# 20)
21 (29) Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song (7 wk) (# 19)
22 (34) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (4 wk) (# 22)
23 (28) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (NE) Paul McCartney - Another Day (1 wk) (# 24)
25 (19) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl (6 wk) (# 19)
26 (12) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (18 wk) (# 2)
27 (27) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (8 wk) (# 21)
28 (40) Dana - Who Put the Lights Out (3 wk) (# 28)
29 (NE) New World - Rose Garden (1 wk) (# 29)
30 (21) The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (14 wk) (# 4)
31 (NE) T. Rex - Hot Love (1 wk) (# 31)
32 (31) Frank Sinatra - My Way (91 wk) (# 5)
33 (37) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (4 wk) (# 33)
34 (24) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (10 wk) (# 9)
35 (15) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (11 wk) (# 11)
36 (RE) The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (3 wk) (# 33)
37 (NE) CCS - Walkin' (1 wk) (# 37)
38 (36) Petula Clark - Song Of My Life (4 wk) (# 36)
39 (NE) Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (23) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (16 wk) (# 3)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 25-02-71: Jimmy Saville

(22) ATOMIC ROOSTER – Tomorrow Night
(NEW) RAY STEVENS – Can We Get To That
(2) THE MIXTURES – The Pushbike Song
(23) LYNN ANDERSON – Rose Garden  
(36) THE SHOWSTOPPERS – Ain’t Nothin’ But A Houseparty
(4) PERRY COMO – It’s Impossible  
(20) CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD – Everything’s Tuesday
(28) DANA – Who Put The Lights Out
(24) PAUL McCARTNEY – Another Day  
THE FOUR SEASONS – Let’s Hang On
THE FOUR SEASONS - I've Got You Under My Skin
THE FOUR SEASONS – Medley
(1) GEORGE HARRISON – My Sweet Lord  

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Chestnut Mare - Byrds
3 ( 3 ) Baby Jump - Mungo Jerry
4 ( -- ) Hot Love - T.Rex
5 ( -- ) Another Day - Paul McCartney
6 ( 4 ) Your Song - Elton John (#1[5])
7 ( 5 ) Pushbike Song - Mixtures (#2[2])
8 ( 8 ) It's Up To You Petula - Edison Lighthouse
9 ( 10 ) 1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon
10 ( 6 ) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson (#2[1])

11 ( 11 ) Let Your Love Go - Bread
12 ( 7 ) One Bad Apple - Osmonds (#4)
13 ( 16 ) Forget Me Not - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
14 ( 14 ) Mama's Pearl - Jackson Five
15 ( 22 ) Just My Imagination - Temptations
16 ( 9 ) She's A Lady - Tom Jones (#6)
17 ( 15 ) The Song Of My Life - Petula Clark (#15)
18 ( 18 ) Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster
19 ( -- ) Strange Kind Of Woman - Deep Purple
20 ( 12 ) If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (#8)

21 ( 13 ) Sunny Honey Girl - Cliff Richard (#10)
22 ( 23 ) For All We Know - Carpenters
23 ( 25 ) Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion
24 ( -- ) (Where Do I Begin) Love Story - Andy Williams
25 ( 31 ) Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
26 ( -- ) Cried Like A Baby - Bobby Sherman
27 ( 19 ) Get Up Get Into It Get Involved - James Brown (#16)
28 ( 17 ) Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Gardner & Dyke (#9)
29 ( 20 ) What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie (#12)
30 ( 24 ) Born To Wander - Rare Earth (#12)

31 ( 39 ) Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith
32 ( 21 ) Las Vegas - Tony Christie (#5)
33 ( 27 ) We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt (#16)
34 ( -- ) Walkin' - CCS
35 ( 32 ) (Do The) Push And Pull - Rufus Thomas (#32)
36 ( 29 ) Remember Me - Diana Ross (#23)
37 ( 26 ) Rupert (The Bear) - Jackie Lee (#4)
38 ( -- ) Just Seven Numbers - Four Tops
39 ( 35 ) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago (#24)
40 ( 28 ) Apeman - Kinks (#1[4])

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-- ( 30 ) Border Song - Aretha Franklin (#6)
-- ( 33 ) Heavy Makes You Happy - Bobby Bloom (#24)
-- ( 34 ) Amos Moses - Jerry Reed (#28)
-- ( 36 ) Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills (#4)
-- ( 37 ) You're Ready Now - Frankie Valli (#8)
-- ( 38 ) Pay To The Piper - Chairmen Of The Board (#12)
-- ( 40 ) If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#11)

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-- ( -- ) Burning Bridges - Mike Curb Congregation
-- ( -- ) D.O.A - Bloodrock

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Mark's Top 40 - 27.02.1971

1 (07) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
2 (08) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
3 (01) The Supremes - Stoned Love
4 (02) Elton John - Your Song
5 (03) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
6 (09) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
7 (04) Jackie Lee - Rupert
8 (10) Tom Jones - She's A Lady
9 (31) Carpenters - For All We Know
10 (05) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl
11 (06) The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song
12 (16) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
13 (20) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted
14 (12) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
15 (11) The Kinks - Apeman
16 (34) Cat Stevens - Wild World
17 (13) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
18 (14) Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
19 (15) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
20 (17) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You
21 (18) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
22 (21) Tony Christie - Las Vegas
23 (22) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida
24 (New) T. Rex - Hot Love
25 (19) Badfinger - No Matter What
26 (New) Paul McCartney - Another Day
27 (35) Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday
28 (24) Bee Gees - Lonely Days
29 (27) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man
30 (28) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
31 (29) The Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song
32 (New) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
33 (26) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
34 (32) Perry Como - It's Impossible
35 (33) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
36 (36) Petula Clark - Song Of My Life
37 (37) Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now
38 (New) Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman
39 (39) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare
40 (40) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night

[Whitneyfan]

01(14) Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden
02(--) T. Rex – Hot Love
03(01) Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
04(02) Cat Stevens – Wild World
05(03) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary
06(04) Elton John – Your Song
07(10) The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
08(05) Petula Clark – The Song Of My Life
09(06) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
10(09) Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You, Petula

11(13) Atomic Rooster – Tomorrow Night
12(07) Perry Como – It’s Impossible
13(31) Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
14(20) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not
15(21) The Byrds – Chestnut Mare
16(32) Edwin Starr – Stop The War Now
17(08) George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
18(33) Chairmen Of The Board – Everything’s Tuesday
19(19) Dana – Who Put The Lights Out
20(11) Tom Jones – She’s A Lady

22(40) Alice Cooper – I’m Eighteen
24(39) Isaac Hayes – The Look Of Love
27(--) Paul McCartney – Another Day

32(--) New World – Rose Garden
33(--) Deep Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman
37(--) CCS – Walkin’

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Elton John - Your Song (6 wks)
2 (4) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (4 wks)
3 (2) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (3 wks)
4 (NE) T. Rex - Hot Love (1 wk)
5 (3) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (6 wks)
6 (13) Cat Stevens - Wild World (4 wks)
7 (7) George Harrison - What Is Life (4 wks)
8 (11) Partridge Family - I Think I love You (3 wks)
9 (10) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (5 wks)
10 (NE) Paul McCartney - Another Day (1 wk)
11 (12) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (4 wks)
12 (5) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song (7 wks)
13 (19) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (2 wks)
14 (22) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (2 wks)
15 (18) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (3 wks)
16 (6) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (7 wks)
17 (16) Guess Who - Hang On To Your Life (5 wks)
18 (21) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (3 wks)
19 (23) Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (3 wks)
20 (24) Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday (2 wks)
21 (NE) CCS - Walkin' (1 wk)
22 (29) Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now (2 wks)
23 (20) Dana - Who Put the Lights Out (3 wks)
24 (8) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Mother (8 wks)
25 (30) Santana - Oye Como Va (2 wks)
26 (NE) Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (1 wk)
27 (9) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (8 wks)
28 (14) Bread - Let Your Love Go (9 wks)
29 (15) Supremes - Stoned Love (7 wks)
30 (17) The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (5 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

T. Rex must be on the way to getting their second #1.

[o]

1 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
2 Mixtures - Pushbike Song
3 Tom Jones - She's A Lady
4 Elton John - Your Song
5 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
6 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
7 Supremes - Stoned Love
8 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
9 T Rex – Hot love
10 Marvin Gaye – What’s going on
11 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman
12 Kinks – Apeman
13 Badfinger - No Matter What

[darkstar79]

01 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (4 wks)
02 The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (4 wks)
03 Isaac Hayes – The Look Of Love (3 wks)
04 Edwin Starr – Stop The War (2 wks)
05 The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (6 wks)
06 The Carpenters – For All We Know (4 wks)
07 Tom Jones – She's A Lady (7 wks)
08 James Brown – Soul Power (1 wk)
09 Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution (6 wks)
10 The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy (4 wks)

11 Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline (2 wks)
12 Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight (7 wks)
13 Wilson Pickett – Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (7 wks)
14 JR Walker & The All Stars – Carry Your Own Load (2 wks)
15 The Presidents – Triangle Of Love (5 wks)
16 The Detroit Emeralds – Do Me Right (4 wks)
17 Ann Peebles – I Pity The Fool (1 wk)
18 The Moments – I Can’t Help It (2 wks)
19 The Impressions – Ain’t Got Time (3 wks)
20 Major Lance – Must Be Love Coming Down (6 wks)

21 Aretha Franklin – You Are All I Need To Get By (2 wks)
22 Jimmy Ruffin – Maria (You Were The Only One) (4 wks)
23 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Child No One Wanted (6 wks)
24 100 Proof Aged Soul – One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast) (2 wks)
25 The Dells – The Glory Of Love (7 wks)
26 Chairmen Of The Board – Everything's Tuesday (2 wks)
27 Bill Coday – Get Your Lie Straight (3 wks)
28 Junior Parker – Drowning On Dry Land (4 wks)
29 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (5 wks)
30 The Show Stoppers – Ain't Nothing But A House Party (5 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (6wks 29-11-5-2-1-1)
02 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (6wks 33-19-11-5-2-2)
03 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (3wks 18-7-3)
04 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (3wks 19-9-4)
05 Neil Young - Southern Man (4wks 31-14-8-5)
06 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (4wks 23-7-6-6)
07 Elton John - My Father's Gun (4wks 33-17-10-7)
08 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (3wks 31-17-8)
09 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (2wks 18-9)
10 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (2wks 23-10)

11 Carpenters - For All We Know (2wks 21-11)
12 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (8wks 27-18-15-10-7-4-5-12)
13 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (8wks 34-21-13-5-3-3-4-13)
14 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (5wks 34-17-12-11-14)
15 Elton John - Your Song (9wks 25-19-14-8-3-1-1-3-15)
16 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (4wks 26-15-12-16)
17 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (3wks 32-20-17)
18 Grateful Dead - Truckin' (2wks 25-18)
19 Band - The Shape I'm In (5wks 36-21-13-13-19)
20 Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl (2wks 24-20)

21 Temptations - Just My Imagination (2wks 32-21)
22 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (6wks 25-14-10-9-14-22)
23 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (1wk 23 NEW)
24 David Bowie - Black Country Rock (2wks 30-24)
25 Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom (3wks 33-28-25)
26 Osmonds - One Bad Apple (3wks 30-26-26)
27 Elton John - Border Song (7wks 33-22-13-9-8-15-27)
28 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (1wk 28 NEW)

29 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (1wk 30 NEW)

31 John Lennon - Mother (8wks 35-15-5-2-2-6-16-31)
32 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Mixtures - Pushbike Song (5wks 30-22-23-27-33)
34 Bee Gees - Lonely Days (9wks 26-11-7-1-1-4-11-22-34)
35 Todd Rundgren & Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman (8wks 29-20-14-7-6-10-19-35)
36 James Taylor - Country Road (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Johnnie Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Freda Payne - Cherish What Is Dear To You (1wk 40 NEW)

Written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy during 1969 for a planned country rock musical named Gene Tryp. This The Byrds' (Untitled) album cut reached USA #121 & UK #19 turning out to be their last chart success until they split in 1973.

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: T. Rex - HOT LOVE
2 [1] :: Supremes - STONED LOVE
3 [2] :: George Harrison - MY SWEET LORD
4 [3] :: Ike & Tina Turner - PROUD MARY
5 [4] :: Staple Singers - HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY
6 [new] :: Paul McCartney - ANOTHER DAY
7 [8] :: Neil Diamond - SWEET CAROLINE
8 [6] :: Marvin Gaye - WHAT'S GOING ON
9 [9] :: Edwin Starr - STOP THE WAR NOW
10 [7] :: George Harrison - WHAT IS LIFE {My Sweet Lord B-side}
11 [15] :: Mungo Jerry - BABY JUMP
12 [10] :: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE
13 [18] :: Lynn Anderson - ROSE GARDEN
14 [13] :: Mixtures - PUSHBIKE SONG
15 [5] :: Elton John - YOUR SONG
16 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
17 [new] :: Santana - OYE COMO VA
18 [20] :: Judy Collins - AMAZING GRACE
19 [new] :: Chairmen Of The Board - EVERYTHING'S TUESDAY
20 [14] :: Van Morrison - BLUE MONEY



Starting its journey toward becoming the year end #1 ?

[popchartfreak]

20th February 1971

It's straight in on top for the 3rd Beatle to do it outside the band, and the 3rd Beatle on the chart this week for the first time, as Paul McCartney debuts with the wonderfully tuneful Another Day, still one of my fave records even if it's never listed as one of his greats. It's wistful and sad, and yet also melodic and upbeat-sounding. Paul's gift, above all else, is melody. This is a goodie. So that's bad news for Marc Bolan as T.Rex for now have to settle for a number 2 debut with the blissfully great Hot Love. I didn't actually get to hear this until mid-September. I know the rough date cos mum, my brother & me left Singapore on the 1st, stayed in Liverpool with grandma for 2 weeks, and then went to Clipstone, Mansfield to my other grandparents' school-caretaker home, and my Aunty Ann had the single (and some other classic pop) - so I kept putting them on the radiogram cabinet record player, and Hot Love was my second-fave. Still adore it, Bolan was the biggest pop star in the UK by the summer, no question and no competition!

The Temptations get another top 10, and Andy Williams makes it 2 in a row, Aretha Franklin adds to her long list of top 40's, and in at 31 is a 60's oldie, re-issued by a previous record label to cash in on One Bad Apple's success, The Osmonds' I Can't Stop was pre-Donny when his older brothers were still young, as young as Donny was in 1971. The record was also a top 10 hit in the UK in 1974, and is pretty cute - and forgotten these days! Hot Chocolate are the biggest climber, grabbing a 2nd top 40, while in at 52 is Tin Tin (I don't know who they are either, never heard of it before) and the very 60's Bee Gees-sounding Toast And Marmalade For Tea.

Glen Campbell's cover of Roy Orbison's Dream Baby is not bad, C.C.S.'s follow-up Walkin' to their Led Zep cover is also fine, and just ahead of Deep Purple who also get a follow-up to a metal classic, the less-classic Strange Kinda Woman. One of the great Motown voices enters, David Ruffin popping in with a track I don't know as his old muckers are top 10 with Just My Imagination. New World's cover of Rose Garden was always a bit limp next to Lynn Anderson's version, so is lucky to get in at 70 really, we'll see if I warm to it more with nostalgia.

Chicago band The Mob is another new track to me, essentially it's a rewrite of Edwin Starr's 25 Miles, but is quite funky for all that, Mac Davis' original version of I Believe In Music, a staple of variety shows at the time, debuts ahead of the 1972 hit cover, and Ray Charles backing singers sneak in with Bad Water.


1 ( NEW ) ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney # 1
2 ( NEW ) HOT LOVE T.Rex # 2
3 ( 1 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? Marvin Gaye # 1
4 ( 3 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean # 1
5 ( 2 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW Carpenters # 2
6 ( 11 ) JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY WITH ME) The Temptations # 6
7 ( 5 ) (COME ‘ROUND HERE) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 5
8 ( 6 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds # 2
9 ( 13 ) (WHERE DO I BEGIN?) LOVE STORY Andy Williams # 9
10 ( 4 ) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? Creedence Clearwater Revival # 4

11 ( 7 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison # 1
12 ( 8 ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins # 2
13 ( 12 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ‘BOUT MY BABY Mardi Gras # 2
14 ( 14 ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard # 8
15 ( 16 ) WILD WORLD Cat Stevens # 15
16 ( 10 ) ME AND MY ARROW Nilsson # 10
17 ( 17 ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 17
18 ( 18 ) BABY JUMP Mungo Jerry # 18
19 ( 9 ) A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES George Jones # 9
20 ( 27 ) MUST BE LOVE COMING DOWN Major Lance # 20

21 ( 19 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot # 2
22 ( 20 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees # 1
23 ( 21 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
24 ( 28 ) JUST 7 NUMBERS The Four Tops # 24
25 ( 26 ) AND I LOVE YOU SO Don McLean # 25
26 ( 15 ) RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke # 15
27 ( 24 ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 1
28 ( 25 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman # 2
29 ( 48 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Aretha Franklin # 29
30 ( 30 ) AIN’T IT A SAD THING R. Dean Taylor # 30

31 ( NEW ) I CAN’T STOP The Osmonds # 31
32 ( 36 ) ANGEL BABY Dusk # 32
33 ( 38 ) LET YOUR LOVE GO Bread # 33
34 ( 32 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1
35 ( 23 ) LADY BARBARA Peter Noone & Herman’s Hermits # 8
36 ( 34 ) LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes # 4
37 ( 54 ) JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ (EARLY IN THE MORNING) Barbra Streisand # 37
38 ( 22 ) REMEMBER ME Diana Ross # 10
39 ( 66 ) YOU COULD’VE BEEN A LADY Hot Chocolate # 39
40 ( 49 ) TOMORROW NIGHT Atomic Rooster # 40

41 ( 39 ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 3
42 ( 40 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
43 ( 43 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
44 ( 35 ) BRIDGET THE MIDGET (THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES) Ray Stevens # 10
45 ( 33 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD David Bowie # 7
46 ( 60 ) THE SONG OF MY LIFE Petula Clark # 46
47 ( 29 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones # 29
48 ( 57 ) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Chairmen Of The Board # 48
49 ( 53 ) SINCE I’VE BEEN LOVIN’ YOU Led Zeppelin # 49
50 ( 31 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Sonny Curtis # 19

51 ( 47 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
52 ( NEW ) TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA Tin Tin # 52
53 ( 51 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
54 ( 52 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
55 ( 65 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy # 55
56 ( 64 ) CHERISH WHAT IS DEAR TO YOU Freda Payne # 56
57 ( 69 ) AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn # 57
58 ( 63 ) AIN’T GOT TIME Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions # 58
59 ( 70 ) WHO PUT THE LIGHTS OUT Dana # 59
60 ( 71 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Isaac Hayes # 60

61 ( 41 ) WHAT IS LIFE George Harrison # 10
62 ( 37 ) WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon # 13
63 ( NEW ) DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM) Glen Campbell # 63
64 ( 72 ) OYE COMO VA Santana # 64
65 ( 75 ) SOUL POWER James Brown # 65
66 ( 74 ) LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES The 5th Dimension # 66
67 ( NEW ) WALKIN' C.C.S. # 67
68 ( NEW ) STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN Deep Purple # 68
69 ( NEW ) DON’T STOP LOVIN’ ME David Ruffin # 69
70 ( NEW ) ROSE GARDEN New World # 70

71 ( 67 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
72 ( 68 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
73 ( NEW ) GIVE IT TO ME The Mob # 73
74 ( NEW ) I BELIEVE IN MUSIC Mac Davis # 74
75 ( NEW ) BAD WATER The Raelettes # 75


....and back in wot I liked then territory...


23rd February 1971

It's The Partridge Family in at 1 with my fave rave of 50 years ago, I Think I Love You was an obsessive tune for me, and the TV show was fun, especially the one with the skunk (the touring bus gets a skunk on it, the family band all get stinky) and the one in the ghetto with Richard Prior & Louis Gossett Jr. My only regret was not getting the EP with this one and 3 other goodies on it with my pocket money - I'd seen it in Singapore City at the record store and wanted it desperately, and they went out there shopping one day and left me and my brother at home. They came back with The Archies Sugar Sugar EP, because they couldn't find it and knew I loved Sugar Sugar. Doh! I mean, I loved The Archies, yes, but I wanted I Think I Love You! I bought the Greatest Hits album 4 years later.

Mungo Jerry, Babs Streisand & The Byrds all get top 10 climbers, and new in comes the big fave Rose Garden, the whole family loved that one, Country music was always big in our house, and Lynn Anderson's hit was a bonafide country classic. Melanie pops in with a song I knew, but more as a New Seekers song than her original version, and both versions are fab. Atomic Rooster also get a mention, not one I got to know till later in the year, when someone had done an "album cover" using pop songs, I think, on the Art Room wall as part of the coursework in the year above. We did the same thing in 1972, and I came top in Art that year - but had to drop it in the 4th year, tragically.

1 ( NEW ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family
2 ( 1 ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard
3 ( 2 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger
4 ( 6 ) SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) Neil Diamond
5 ( 3 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison
6 ( 4 ) CANDIDA Dawn
7 ( 19 ) BABY JUMP Mungo Jerry
8 ( 16 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand
9 ( 14 ) CHESTNUT MARE The Byrds
10 ( 8 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn

11 ( 7 ) YOUR SONG Elton John
12 ( 12 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex
13 ( 11 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters
14 ( NEW ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson
15 ( 18 ) COMES THE SUN The Archies
16 ( 20 ) THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures
17 ( 15 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes
18 ( NEW ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie
19 ( NEW ) TOMORROW NIGHT Atomic Rooster
20 ( 10 ) LAS VEGAS Tony Christie