Haven Retro Combined Chart : 06.03.1971

[smokeyb]

T Rex get a second week at the top as their points total is the highest in 1971 so far.

Marvin Gaye remains in 2nd spot, Paul McCartney moves up to 3, Mungo Jerry are at 4, and Neil Diamond is at 5.



There are 7 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Deep Purple at number 16.



The biggest climber is John Lennon, who moves up 11 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is Petula Clark who falls 36 places.


06.03.1971 (Week # 10)


1 (01) T.Rex - Hot Love - 143 points (1-1) 2 wks

2 (02) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 125 points (27-11-5-3-2-2) 6 wks

3 (08) Paul McCartney - Another Day - 119 points (8-3) 2 wks

4 (05) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump - 97 points (21-6-5-4) 4 wks

5 (07) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 88 points (9-7-5) 3 wks

6 (03) Elton John - Your Song - 69 points (39-15-14-14-13-17-17-17-22-x-30-26-25-24-21-3-1-1-1-1-3-6) 21 wks

7 (04) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 68 points (31-29-30-29-26-20-18-13-7-4-7) 11 wks

8 (06) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 66 points (38-14-7-8-7-8-10-12-1-3-2-2-2-6-8) 15 wks

9 (16) Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - 53 points (35-27-20-16-9) 5 wks

10 (11) Carpenters - For All We Know - 49 points (33-34-17-17-15-11-10) 7 wks

11 (12) Supremes - Stoned Love - 46 points (35-13-9-13-9-7-9-10-9-11-12-5-5-5-5-6-8-12-11) 19 wks

12 (13) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain - 44 points (22-12-10-13-12) 5 wks

13 (15) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You - 44 points (30-26-22-15-18-19-17-18-12-5-7-8-13-15-x-16-15-13) 17 wks

14 (17) Edwin Starr – Stop The War - 40 points (19-17-14) 3 wks

15 (20) Byrds - Chestnut Mare - 36 points (40-26-20-15) 4 wks

16 (NE) Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman - 36 points 1 wk

17 (09) Mixtures - Pushbike Song - 35 points (8-4-2-4-4-5-9-17) 8 wks

18 (14) Cat Stevens – Wild World - 34 points (24-17-14-18) 4 wks

19 (30) John Lennon - Working Class Hero - 31 points (30-19) 2 wks

20 (10) Tom Jones - She's A Lady - 31 points (10-6-4-3-3-4-10-20) 8 wks

21 (18) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary - 30 points (30-12-11-14-18-21) 6 wks

22 (24) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night - 25 points (29-24-22) 3 wks

23 (31) Martha Reeves And The Vandellas - Forget Me Not - 25 points (31-23) 2 wks

24 (21) Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy - 22 points (31-23-23-21-24) 5 wks

25 (22) George Harrison - What Is Life - 20 points (25-33-24-20-22-22-25) 7 wks

26 (26) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 20 points (33-27-28-36-40-x-35-22-21-14-18-26-26) 12 wks

27 (NE) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - 18 points 1 wk

28 (29) Isaac Hayes – The Look Of Love - 18 points (32-31-29-28) 4 wks

29 (RE) Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee - 18 points (30-37-x-29) 3 wks

30 (19) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need - 17 points (26-9-12-19-30) 5 wks

31 (35) Don McLean - Castles In The Air - 16 points (24-27-30-28-31-34-30-33-35-31) 10 wks

32 (36) Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers - 16 points (30-32-37-36-37-36-32) 7 wks

33 (33) George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime - 16 points (33-33) 2 wks

34 (NE) OV Wright – When You Took Your Love From Me - 16 points 1 wk

35 (NE) Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady - 15 points 1 wk

36 (27) Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll - 15 points (40-28-30-27-36) 5 wks

37 (NE) Carole King - It's Too Late - 13 points 1 wk

38 (NE) Chairmen Of The Board – Everything’s Tuesday - 13 points 1 wk

39 (23) Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You Petula - 13 points (29-25-23-39) 4 wks

40 (40) Jackie Lee - Rupert (The Bear) - 13 points (13-9-13-16-25-26-34-40-40) 9 wks

40 (37) Neil Young - Southern Man - 13 points (37-40) 2 wks

40 (NE) Raelettes – Bad Water - 13 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

49 (40) Elton John - My Father's Gun - 10 points (40)

51 (25) Osmonds - One Bad Apple - 10 points (39-29-20-19-19-26-21-15-16-18-21-25)

54 (38) Kinks – Apeman - 9 points (10-4-3-1-1-1-2-6-6-16-24-38)

55 (39) Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You - 9 points (40-39)

59 (28) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle - 6 points (36-17-9-7-8-13-28)

60 (32) Cliff Richard – Sunny Honey Girl - 18 points (13-7-11-32) 
70 (34) Petula Clark - The Song Of My Life - 4 points (33-27-34)

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 13.03.1971

1 (1) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (5 wk) (# 1)
2 (4) Paul McCartney - Another Day (3 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (8 wk) (# 1)
4 (10) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (4 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) Perry Como - It's Impossible (7 wk) (# 4)
6 (3) Mixtures - Pushbike Song (9 wk) (# 2)
7 (17) T. Rex - Hot Love (3 wk) (# 7)
8 (9) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (7) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (14 wk) (# 5)
10 (8) Supremes - Stoned Love (9 wk) (# 3)
11 (6) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (9 wk) (# 3)
12 (19) Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (12) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (6 wk) (# 12)
14 (21) Dana - Who Put the Lights Out (5 wk) (# 14)
15 (11) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (5 wk) (# 11)
16 (18) Clive Dunn - Grandad (15 wk) (# 1)
17 (27) New World - Rose Garden (3 wk) (# 17)
18 (15) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (7 wk) (# 13)
19 (16) Badfinger - No Matter What (10 wk) (# 5)
20 (13) Elton John - Your Song (8 wk) (# 7)
21 (20) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (9 wk) (# 9)
22 (29) Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (3 wk) (# 22)
23 (22) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (5 wk) (# 19)
24 (23) Partridge Family - I Think I love You (5 wk) (# 18)
25 (26) Frank Sinatra - I Will Drink The Wine (2 wk) (# 25)
26 (28) Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song (9 wk) (# 19)
27 (14) Jackie Lee - Rupert (11 wk) (# 14)
28 (31) Frank Sinatra - My Way (93 wk) (# 5)
29 (24) The Kinks - Apeman (13 wk) (# 5)
30 (25) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (9 wk) (# 13)
31 (33) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (6 wk) (# 31)
32 (39) CCS - Walkin' (3 wk) (# 32)
33 (30) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl (8 wk) (# 19)
34 (NE) Ray Stevens - Bridget The Midget (1 wk) (# 34)
35 (RE) Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout (3 wk) (# 35)
36 (32) Petula Clark - Song Of My Life (6 wk) (# 32)
37 (NE) Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With (1 wk) (# 37)
38 (NE) The Sweet - Funny Funny (1 wk) (# 38)
39 (35) ElvisPresley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (2 wk) (# 35)
40 (36) Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady (2 wk) (# 36)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 11-03-71: Jimmy Saville

(NEW) MARMALADE – My Little One
(22) DEEP PURPLE – Strange Kind Of Woman  
(4) LYNN ANDERSON – Rose Garden  
(NEW) MALCOLM ROBERTS – Nothing’s Gonna Change Our World
(12) CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD – Everything’s Tuesday  
(8) NEIL DIAMOND – Sweet Caroline  
(2) PAUL McCARTNEY – Another Day  
(7) T-REX – Hot Love  
NANA MOUSKOURI - Turn On The Sun
NANA MOUSKOURI - Open Your Eyes
(1) MUNGO JERRY – Baby Jump  
(32) CCS – Walkin’

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 13.03.1971

1 (01) T. Rex - Hot Love
2 (02) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
2 (03) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
4 (04) The Supremes - Stoned Love
5 (05) Elton John - Your Song
6 (09) Paul McCartney - Another Day
7 (10) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
8 (06) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
9 (07) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
10 (08) Jackie Lee - Rupert
11 (11) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
12 (20) Cat Stevens - Wild World
13 (14) Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman
14 (12) Tom Jones - She's A Lady
15 (13) Carpenters - For All We Know
16 (15) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl
17 (16) The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song
18 (17) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted
19 (18) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
20 (19) The Kinks - Apeman
21 (New) John Lennon - Working Class Hero
22 (38) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
23 (New) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
24 (26) Tony Christie - Las Vegas
25 (New) Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee
26 (New) Carole King - It's Too Late
27 (21) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
28 (22) Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
29 (23) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
30 (24) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You
31 (25) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
32 (27) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida
33 (28) Badfinger - No Matter What
34 (29) Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday
35 (30) Bee Gees - Lonely Days
36 (32) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
37 (33) Frank Sinatra - I Will Drink The Wine
38 (35) Perry Como - It's Impossible
39 (37) Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady
40 (31) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Hot Love - T.Rex < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Another Day - Paul McCartney
3 ( 6 ) What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
4 ( 3 ) Chestnut Mare - Byrds (#2[2])
5 ( 7 ) Strange Kind Of Woman - Deep Purple
6 ( 16 ) What Is Life - George Harrison
7 ( -- ) Funny Funny - Sweet
8 ( 5 ) Baby Jump - Mungo Jerry (#3)
9 ( 4 ) Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#1[3])
10 ( 8 ) It's Up To You Petula - Edison Lighthouse (#8)

11 ( 20 ) Wild World - Cat Stevens
12 ( 15 ) (Where Do I Begin) Love Story - Andy Williams
13 ( 12 ) Just My Imagination - Temptations (#12)
14 ( 10 ) 1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon (#9)
15 ( 17 ) Cried Like A Baby - Bobby Sherman
16 ( 9 ) Your Song - Elton John (#1[5])
17 ( 13 ) Forget Me Not - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas (#13)
18 ( 11 ) Pushbike Song - Mixtures (#2[2])
19 ( 28 ) Oye Como Va - Santana
20 ( 14 ) Let Your Love Go - Bread (#11)

21 ( 30 ) Blue Money - Van Morrison
22 ( -- ) One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
23 ( 27 ) Walkin' - CCS
24 ( 18 ) Mama's Pearl - Jackson Five (#14)
25 ( 24 ) Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (#24)
26 ( 22 ) Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster (#18)
27 ( 32 ) Just Seven Numbers - Four Tops
28 ( 19 ) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson (#2[1])
29 ( 25 ) For All We Know - Carpenters (#22)
30 ( -- ) Bridget The Midget - Ray Stevens

31 ( 23 ) The Song Of My Life - Petula Clark (#15)
32 ( 26 ) Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion (#23)
33 ( 21 ) One Bad Apple - Osmonds (#4)
34 ( -- ) Love's Lines Angles And Rhymes - 5th Dimension
35 ( 31 ) Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith (#31)
36 ( -- ) Soul Power - James Brown
37 ( 38 ) You Could've Been A Lady - Hot Chocolate
38 ( 29 ) She's A Lady - Tom Jones (#6)
39 ( 35 ) Get Up Get Into It Get Involved - James Brown (#16)
40 ( 36 ) Born To Wander - Rare Earth (#12)

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-- ( 33 ) If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (#8)
-- ( 34 ) Sunny Honey Girl - Cliff Richard (#10)
-- ( 37 ) What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie (#12)
-- ( 39 ) We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt (#16)
-- ( 40 ) Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Gardner & Dyke (#9)

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-- ( -- ) No Love At All - B.J. Thomas

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[smokeyb]

1 (1) T. Rex - Hot Love (3 wks)
2 (2) Paul McCartney - Another Day (3 wks)
3 (7) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (4 wks)
4 (5) Cat Stevens - Wild World (6 wks)
5 (3) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (6 wks)
6 (13) CCS - Walkin' (3 wks)
7 (10) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (4 wks)
8 (9) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (6 wks)
9 (4) Elton John - Your Song (8 wks)
10 (6) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (5 wks)
11 (24) Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady (2 wks)
12 (20) Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (3 wks)
13 (17) Santana - Oye Como Va (4 wks)
14 (16) Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday (4 wks)
15 (15) Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (5 wks)
16 (19) Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now (4 wks)
17 (NE) Sweet - Funny Funny (1 wk)
18 (8) Partridge Family - I Think I love You (5 wks)
19 (12) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (5 wks)
20 (11) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (8 wks)
21 (14) George Harrison - What Is Life (6 wks)
22 (18) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (5 wks)
23 (NE) Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With (1 wk)
24 (30) Tin Tin - Toast And Marmalade For Tea (2 wks)
25 (21) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (7 wks)
26 (22) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song (9 wks)
27 (23) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (9 wks)
28 (25) Guess Who - Hang On To Your Life (7 wks)
29 (27) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Mother (10 wks)
30 (NE) Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose - Treat Her Like A Lady! (1 wk)

[darkstar79]

01 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (6 wks)
02 The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (6 wks)
03 Isaac Hayes – The Look Of Love (5 wks)
04 Edwin Starr – Stop The War (4 wks)
05 OV Wright – When You Took Your Love From Me (2 wks)
06 The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (8 wks)
07 The Carpenters – For All We Know (6 wks)
08 The Raelettes – Bad Water (2 wks)
09 Brenda & The Tabulations – Right On The Tip Of My Tongue (1 wk)
10 Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution (8 wks)

11 James Brown – Soul Power (3 wks)
12 The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy (6 wks)
13 Tom Jones – She's A Lady (9 wks)
14 Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline (4 wks)
15 Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager – If It's Real What I Feel (2 wks)
16 JR Walker & The All Stars – Carry Your Own Load (4 wks)
17 The Presidents – Triangle Of Love (7 wks)
18 The Detroit Emeralds – Do Me Right (6 wks)
19 David Ruffin – Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me (2 wks)
20 Ann Peebles – I Pity The Fool (3 wks)

21 Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight (9 wks)
22 The Moments – I Can’t Help It (4 wks)
23 Aretha Franklin – You Are All I Need To Get By (4 wks)
24 Wilson Pickett – Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (9 wks)
25 The Impressions – Ain’t Got Time (5 wks)
26 Jimmy Ruffin – Maria (You Were The Only One) (6 wks)
27 Major Lance – Must Be Love Coming Down (8 wks)
28 100 Proof Aged Soul – One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast) (4 wks)
29 Chairmen Of The Board – Everything's Tuesday (4 wks)
30 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Child No One Wanted (8 wks)

[o]

1 Paul McCartney – Another day
2 John Lennon - Working Class Hero
3 T Rex – Hot love
4 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman
5 Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
6 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
7 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
8 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
9 Marvin Gaye – What’s going on
10 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
11 Sweet – Funny funny
12 Mixtures - Pushbike Song
13 Tom Jones - She's A Lady
14 Elton John - Your Song
15 Supremes - Stoned Love

[Whitneyfan]

I hadn't realised how few new entries there were each week in the early 70s


01(01) T. Rex – Hot Love
02(02) Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden
03(03) Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
04(13) Paul McCartney – Another Day
05(04) The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
06(07) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not
07(05) Cat Stevens – Wild World
08(27) Hot Chocolate – You Could’ve Been A Lady
09(06) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary
10(15) Deep Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman

11(16) Alice Cooper – I’m Eighteen
12(24) Frank Sinatra – I Will Drink The Wine
13(14) Chairmen Of The Board – Everything’s Tuesday
14(08) Atomic Rooster – Tomorrow Night
15(12) The Byrds – Chestnut Mare
16(10) Elton John – Your Song
17(20) CCS – Walkin’
18(11) Edwin Starr – Stop The War Now
19(19) New World – Rose Garden
20(--) Stevie Wonder – Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer

27(--) Stephen Stills – Love The One You’re With
28(--) The Sweet – Funny Funny

40(--) Ray Stevens – Bridget The Midget

[raliverpool]

01 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (5wks 31-17-8-2-1)
02 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (4wks 23-10-3-2)
03 Paul McCartney - Another Day (2wks 10-3)
04 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (8wks 33-19-11-5-2-2-1-4)
05 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (4wks 18-9-7-5)
06 Carpenters - For All We Know (4wks 21-11-9-6)
07 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (5wks 18-7-3-4-7)
08 Temptations - Just My Imagination (4wks 32-21-13-8)
09 T Rex - Hot Love (2wks 18-9)
10 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (3wks 23-14-10)

11 George Harrison - What Is Life (2wks 20-11)
12 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (5wks 19-9-4-5-12)
13 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (3wks 30-16-13)
14 Grateful Dead - Truckin' (4wks 25-18-15-14)
15 Neil Young - Southern Man (6wks 31-14-8-5-8-15)
16 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (8wks 29-11-5-2-1-1-6-16)
17 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (5wks 32-20-17-17-18)
19 James Taylor - Country Road (3wks 36-27-19)
20 Elton John - My Father's Gun (6wks 33-17-10-7-11-20)

21 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (3wks 29-22-21)
22 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (6wks 23-7-6-6-12-22)
23 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (3wks 28-24-23)
24 Santana - Oye Como Va (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses (3wks 32-25-25)
26 Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes (2wks 37-26)
27 Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl (4wks 24-20-21-27)
28 James Brown - Soul Power (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Cat Stevens - Wild World (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (7wks 34-17-12-11-14-19-30)

31 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (1wk 31 NEW)

32 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Van Morrison - Blue Money (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Dana - Who Put The Lights Out (2wks 39-34)
35 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Paul McCartney - Oh Woman Oh Why (1wk 36 NEW)
37 David Bowie - Black Country Rock (4wks 30-24-26-37)
38 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (6wks 26-15-12-16-23-38)
39 Donovan - Celia Of The Seals (1wk 39 NEW)

40 John Lennon - Love (1wk 40 NEW)

The anthemic USA #21 hard rock commercial breakthrough for Vincent Furnier's Detroit Shock Rock group was taken from their debut album Love It to Death.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: T. Rex - HOT LOVE
2 [6] :: Hot Chocolate - YOU COULD'VE BEEN A LADY
3 [5] :: Neil Diamond - SWEET CAROLINE
4 [4] :: Mungo Jerry - BABY JUMP
5 [new] :: Dory Previn - YADA YADA LA SCALA {Mythical Kings And Iguanas LP track}
6 [3] :: Paul McCartney - ANOTHER DAY
7 [9] :: Marvin Gaye - WHAT'S GOING ON
8 [10] :: Edwin Starr - STOP THE WAR NOW
9 [new] :: Stephen Stills - LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH
10 [7] :: George Harrison - MY SWEET LORD
11 [new] :: Dory Previn - GOING HOME {Mythical Kings And Iguanas LP track}
12 [8] :: Staple Singers - HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY
13 [13] :: Aretha Franklin - YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
14 [12] :: Lynn Anderson - ROSE GARDEN
15 [11] :: Ike & Tina Turner - PROUD MARY
16 [2] :: Supremes - STONED LOVE
17 [new] :: Dory Previn - MARY C BROWN & THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN {Mythical Kings And Iguanas LP track}
18 [new] :: Dory Previn - LADY WITH THE BRAID {Mythical Kings And Iguanas LP track}
19 [new] :: Sweet - FUNNY FUNNY
20 [18] :: Judy Collins - AMAZING GRACE

[popchartfreak]

6th March 1971

It's a 2nd week on top for Hot Love as Marc Bolan presides over an otherwise Pop/Folk/Easy Listening/Soul top 10 - or otherwise, what was big at the time. It's tempting to think the rather reflective top 10 is me getting old, but it's not - that's what my parents liked at the time (aged 32 and 34), and that's what I liked after 7 years of being heavily into melodic current pop music. Some tracks haven't aged well at all (New World's version of Rose Garden is out of my retro charts after 2 weeks, but I liked it then) but the majority are still sounding brilliant 50 years on.

Highest new entry at 9 is a 3rd Junior Campbell ballad in a row for The Marmalade, the very sweet My Little One, and it would be their last ballad too, as Junior split for a solo career (as we said at the time) and Marmalade went in a more quirky, folk-ey pop direction. Anecdote-time: One lazy, sunny morning in Singapore I was coming out of a sleep with this song playing in my head. I don't recall hearing it ever before, but that hook woke me up, couldn't get it out of me head, I loved it. I got up, went into the living room and turned on the radio and the song was playing, just coming to end on the radio. Now, either a neighbour had had the radio on very loud, briefly, enough to wake me up, or I was momentarily receiving radio waves directly into my brain. One is slightly more likely than the other, but it's stayed with me for 50 years as "the song that woke me up that morning".

The Osmonds get a 2nd top 10, albeit with a 60's oldie that I still find charming and is still unavailable on hits collections - luckily I have the single on vinyl, I Can't Stop. Fret not, there is no new entry for the new Donny novelty record. It makes Long Haired Lover From Liverpool sound very forgivable for his younger brother in 18 months time. Tin Tin get a Maurice-Gibb-boost into the 20, Hot Choc make it 2 top 20's in a row, and Neil Diamond gets his umpteenth chart entry in the retro charts with a track that topped my charts of the time in a few weeks, the tropical-themed, lush I Am...I Said popping in relatively lowly at 29.

Stevie Wonder's B side sounds fabulous 50 years on, it has the hallmarks of later gems like Lately and Overjoyed, up to 30 amongst a bunch of Carole King climbers, Tapestry is a classic album, critically and commercially, and Carole King is still a legend, following her on Twatter lately. It's a quiet week for new entries, The Sweet debut with Funny Funny, bubblegum pop a year or two late, but no matter they will swiftly morph into Glam next year as their debuting Chinn-Chapman songwriting/production team signal a complete domination of UK pop for 2 years in 1973/1974, starting here and the aforementioned New World, who have a much better record to come.

Babs Streisand gets a 3rd Laura Nyro track off her cool new album into the chart, and still has one more to spare for the next single. Laura Nyro was a brilliant soul/gospel-flavoured songwriter but her voice wasn't quite in the same league as Ms. S, who was the main reason (along with The 5th Dimension) I discovered Laura Nyro in the 80's, as I noticed so many songs I loved being written by this singer I'd not been aware of. Kiki Dee has a song already in the chart by another act, her version being slower, albeit still soul-based, and Dawn turn up with I Play And Sing, which I recall hearing exactly once later in the year and liking - and then having to wait decades to hear it again on their Greatest Hits album as it was a UK flop.


1 ( 1 ) HOT LOVE T.Rex # 1
2 ( 2 ) ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney # 1
3 ( 3 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? Marvin Gaye # 1
4 ( 8 ) IT’S TOO LATE Carole King # 4
5 ( 4 ) JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY WITH ME) The Temptations # 4
6 ( 5 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean # 1
7 ( 10 ) (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A) NATURAL WOMAN Carole King # 7
8 ( 6 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW Carpenters # 2
9 ( NEW ) MY LITTLE ONE The Marmalade # 9
10 ( 17 ) I CAN’T STOP The Osmonds # 10

11 ( 7 ) (COME ‘ROUND HERE) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 5
12 ( 9 ) (WHERE DO I BEGIN?) LOVE STORY Andy Williams # 9
13 ( 18 ) JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ (EARLY IN THE MORNING) Barbra Streisand # 13
14 ( 12 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison # 1
15 ( 37 ) TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA Tin Tin # 15
16 ( 27 ) YOU COULD’VE BEEN A LADY Hot Chocolate # 16
17 ( 11 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds # 2
18 ( 19 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Aretha Franklin # 18
19 ( 14 ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins # 2
20 ( 15 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ‘BOUT MY BABY Mardi Gras # 2

21 ( 13 ) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? Creedence Clearwater Revival # 4
22 ( 39 ) NICKEL SONG The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 22
23 ( 36 ) THE SONG OF MY LIFE Petula Clark # 23
24 ( 21 ) ME AND MY ARROW Nilsson # 10
25 ( 16 ) BABY JUMP Mungo Jerry # 16
26 ( 24 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
27 ( 25 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees # 1
28 ( 26 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot # 2
29 ( NEW ) I AM...I SAID Neil Diamond # 29
30 ( 50 ) NEVER DREAMED YOU’D LEAVE IN SUMMER Stevie Wonder # 30

31 ( 52 ) SO FAR AWAY Carole King # 31
32 ( 22 ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard # 8
33 ( 28 ) LET YOUR LOVE GO Bread # 28
34 ( 38 ) TOMORROW NIGHT Atomic Rooster # 34
35 ( 23 ) WILD WORLD Cat Stevens # 15
36 ( 20 ) JUST 7 NUMBERS The Four Tops # 20
37 ( 34 ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 1
38 ( 42 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Carole King # 38
39 ( 51 ) TREAT HER LIKE A LADY Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose # 39
40 ( 35 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman # 2

41 ( 31 ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 17
42 ( 29 ) MUST BE LOVE COMING DOWN Major Lance # 20
43 ( 40 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1
44 ( 30 ) A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES George Jones # 9
45 ( 53 ) DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM) Glen Campbell # 45
46 ( 43 ) LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes # 4
47 ( 49 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy # 47
48 ( 54 ) OYE COMO VA Santana # 48
49 ( 46 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
50 ( 60 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Isaac Hayes # 50

51 ( 45 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
52 ( 47 ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 3
53 ( 32 ) ANGEL BABY Dusk # 32
54 ( 33 ) AIN’T IT A SAD THING R. Dean Taylor # 30
55 ( 55 ) AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn # 55
56 ( 61 ) WALKIN' C.C.S. # 56
57 ( NEW ) FUNNY FUNNY The Sweet # 57
58 ( 62 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Carole King # 58
59 ( 59 ) SOUL POWER James Brown # 59
60 ( 63 ) LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES The 5th Dimension # 60

61 ( 56 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
62 ( 67 ) I BELIEVE IN MUSIC Mac Davis # 62
63 ( 64 ) STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN Deep Purple # 63
64 ( 68 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Carole King # 64
65 ( 69 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT Stevie Wonder # 65
66 ( 66 ) DON’T STOP LOVIN’ ME David Ruffin # 66
67 ( 70 ) LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Odds And Ends # 67
68 ( 71 ) TOO YOUNG TO BE MARRIED The Hollies # 68
69 ( NEW ) TIME AND LOVE Barbra Streisand # 69
70 ( 72 ) RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE Brenda And The Tabulations # 70

71 ( 75 ) (WHERE DID IT GO) THE SONG WE USED TO SING Desmond Dekker # 71
72 ( 74 ) ADRIENNE Tommy James # 72
73 ( 73 ) JOY TO THE WORLD Three Dog Night # 73
74 ( NEW ) I PLAY AND SING Dawn # 74
75 ( NEW ) LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Kiki Dee # 75





9th March 1971
Wot I Liked Then

So, no new entries, but a lot of much-loved tracks shuffling positions, notably Macca up to 3 and Hot Love to 7, with TV show-fave Comes The Sun giving The Archies some chart action: I used to tape all 3 of the songs played on their TV show each week onto my reel-to-reel tape. As it was never-released on any format, the TV series on DVD (which is excruciating to sit through apart from the music) is the only place to hear it, complete with superfluous "amusing" sound-affects over the top of it. Doh!

The Partridge Family, still on top, though is far more watchable 50-year-later, and fits nicely into the style of the 70's-section of Wandavision the fab Marvel series just finished. If I could have fallen into a time-stream briefly 50-years into the future, given I was obsessed by sci-fi books, pop music and superhero comics Wandavision would have blown my mind, not least the concept of the internet, huge colour TV's, movie special effects making my comics a filmed reality, and computers. Had I seen what is happening to the planet, though, all my darkest fears come to life would have had the opposite effect. Cos, daft as it sounds, even kiddie shows like The Archies were all about ruining the environment, and in terms of social problems things might have improved for many human beings in the world..but a Star Trek utopia it ain't. And I wanted a Star Trek utopia.


1 ( 1 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family
2 ( 2 ) SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) Neil Diamond
3 ( 10 ) ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney
4 ( 4 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger
5 ( 3 ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard
6 ( 9 ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson
7 ( 11 ) HOT LOVE T.Rex
8 ( 7 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison
9 ( 8 ) CANDIDA Dawn
10 ( 16 ) COMES THE SUN The Archies

11 ( 6 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand
12 ( 13 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie
13 ( 12 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn
14 ( 5 ) BABY JUMP Mungo Jerry
15 ( 14 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters
16 ( 15 ) YOUR SONG Elton John
17 ( 18 ) ROSE GARDEN New World
18 ( 20 ) STRANGE KINDA WOMAN Deep Purple
19 ( 19 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes
20 ( 17 ) CHESTNUT MARE The Byrds