Haven Retro Combined Chart : 12.06.1971

[smokeyb]

Week number 3 at the top for the Carpenters, as John Kongos is now at number 2.

Middle of the Road are in at 3, Free are down to 4 and Blue Mink are up to 5.



There are 2 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is Middle of the Road at number 3.



The biggest climber is Greyhound who jump up to 18 places to number 21.



The biggest faller is Dave & Ansel Collins who drop 43 places.



12.06.1971 (Week # 24)


1 (01) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays - 106 points (13-4-1-1-1) 5 wks

2 (04) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again - 90 points (40-12-6-4-2) 5 wks

3 (NE) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - 86 points 1 wk

4 (02) Free - My Brother Jake - 80 points (26-5-4-3-3-2-4) 7 wks

5 (06) Blue Mink - The Banner Man - 78 points (40-20-6-5) 4 wks

6 (03) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar - 76 points (2-1-1-1-1-2-3-6) 8 wks

7 (09) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose - 67 points (9-7) 2 wks

8 (05) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You - 67 points (29-20-9-5-8) 5 wks

9 (07) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria - 61 points (33-5-5-5-7-9) 6 wks

10 (11) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff - 50 points (17-11-10) 3 wks

11 (12) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing - 50 points (34-19-12-11) 4 wks

12 (16) Carole King - It's Too Late - 40 points (39-30-16-12) 4 wks

13 (14) Supremes - Nathan Jones - 40 points (17-17-13-10-14-13) 6 wks

14 (20) Three Dog Night - Joy To The World - 39 points (24-16-15-16-21-40-38-x-20-14) 9 wks

15 (18) Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You - 38 points (35-14-10-9-13-18-15) 7 wks

16 (08) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues - 37 points (17-4-2-2-4-8-16) 7 wks

17 (10) Neil Diamond - I Am …I Said - 37 points (29-21-17-12-20-23-7-11-7-10-17) 11 wks

18 (NE) Sweet - Co-Co - 34 points 1 wk

19 (17) Carpenters - Superstar - 31 points (28-22-17-19) 4 wks

20 (19) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 30 points (32-40-x-32-23-23-38-27-28-40-x-22-22-18-19-12-8-12-19-20) 18 wks

21 (39) Greyhound - Black And White - 29 points (32-39-21) 3 wks

22 (RE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All - 27 points (38-x-22) 2 wks

23 (21) Dawn – Knock Three Times - 27 points (20-13-9-6-9-6-11-21-23) 9 wks

24 (15) Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - 25 points (35-27-20-16-9-8-13-11-14-17-34-32-37-39-35-30-14-15-24) 19 wks

25 (22) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People - 22 points (12-4-4-7-6-14-24-37-31-35-18-22-25) 13 wks

26 (13) Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers - 20 points (30-32-37-36-37-36-32-39-38-36-x-25-18-11-10-8-13-26) 17 wks

27 (30) Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart - 20 points (30-27) 2 wks

28 (32) Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me - 20 points (32-28) 2 wks

29 (34) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You - 19 points (21-5-2-2-3-3-4-13-21-22-27-34-29) 13 wks

30 (33) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 19 points (27-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-8-6-7-8-18-21-28-33-30) 20 wks

31 (31) Honey Cone - Want Ads - 19 points (29-29-32-19-19-24-31-31) 8 wks

32 (35) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - 19 points (35-32) 2 wks

33 (23) John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads - 18 points (33-23-11-12-15-15-17-16-23-33) 10 wks

34 (28) Doors - Love Her Madly - 18 points (36-25-27-23-10-11-8-14-15-28-34) 11 wks

35 (25) Freda Payne - Bring The Boys Home - 18 points (25-35) 2 wks

36 (29) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - 18 points (37-29-36) 3 wks

37 (38) Fantastics – Something Old Something New - 17 points (21-12-10-9-21-36-20-22-24-36-38-37) 12 wks

38 (26) Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper - 17 points (33-x-31-26-38) 4 wks

39 (40) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - 17 points (40-39) 2 wks

40 (RE) T.Rex - Hot Love - 16 points (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-7-23-25-x-40) - 14 wks



Dropped Out

41 (36) Stylistics - Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart) - 15 points (36)

44 (40) Carpenters – For All We Know - 14 points (31-38-40)

47 (37) Doors - LA Woman - 13 points (33-35-37)

67 (24) Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel - 5 points (20-9-3-1-1-2-3-6-16-21-24)

68 (27) David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World - 5 points (32-26-27)

79 (40) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 1 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27-27-24-29-29-31-31-24-28-29-30-25-25-25-28-34-x-39-20-11-10-14-23-40)

- (40) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything - 0 points (33-16-15-13-27-22-x-40)

- (40) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy - 0 points (26-5-3-2-3-7-25-40)

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 19.06.1971

1 (16) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Dawn - Knock Three Times (11 wk) (# 1)
3 (2) Tony Christie - I did what I did for Maria (7 wk) (# 2)
4 (9) Blue Mink - The Banner Man (4 wk) (# 4)
5 (8) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (5 wk) (# 5)
6 (7) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (4 wk) (# 6)
7 (15) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (5 wk) (# 7)
8 (5) Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (8 wk) (# 3)
9 (4) Neil Diamond - I am... I said (7 wk) (# 4)
10 (3) R Dean Taylor - Indiana Want Me (12 wk) (# 2)
11 (6) Free - My Brother Jake (8 wk) (# 4)
12 (13) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches (6 wk) (#9)
13 (12) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (5 wk) (# 12)
14 (11) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues (8 wk) (# 5)
15 (17) Perry Como - I Think Of You (6 wk) (# 14)
16 (10) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (9 wk) (# 2)
17 (25) Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (5 wk) (# 17)
18 (50) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (2 wk) (# 18)
19 (33) Sweet - Co-Co (2 wk) (# 19)
20 (18) Waldo de Los Rios - Mozart (Sinfonia 40) (11 wk) (# 5)
21 (14) East Of Eden - Jig-a-Jig (10 wk) (# 7)
22 (32) Smokey Robison & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (3 wk) (# 22)
23 (24) Jonathan King - Lazy Bones (4 wk) (# 23)
24 (22) Hollies - Hey Willy (6 wk) (# 22)
25 (21) Bruce Ruffin - Rain (8 wk) (# 19)
26 (29) Three Dog Night - Joy to The World (4 wk) (# 26)
27 (43) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (23) Séverine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue (9 wk) (# 9)
29 (27) Gerry Monroe - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (10 wk) (# 13)
30 (26) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel (13 wk) (# 1)
31 (20) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (10 wk) (# 4)
32 (49) White Plains - When You Are A King (2 wk) (# 32)
33 (19) Sakkarin - Sugar Sugar (12 wk) (# 12)
34 (35) Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper (6 wk) (# 34)
35 (41) Frank Sinatra - My Way (106 wk) (# 5)
36 (31) Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (6 wk) (# 27)
37 (37) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (18 wk) (# 3)
38 (46) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (28 wk) (# 5)
39 (28) Diana Ross - Remember Me (12 wk) (# 7)
40 (38) Perry Como - It's Impossible (21 wk) (# 4)
41 (NE) Mac & Katie Kissoon - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1 wk) (# 41)
42 (30) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (14 wk) (# 4)
43 (NE) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (NE) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (1 wk)(# 44)
45 (NE) Slade - Get Down And Get With It (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (39) Keith Michell - I'll Give You The Earth (11 wk) (# 30)
47 (36) Arsenal FC - Good Old Arsenal (7 wk) (# 16)
48 (34) T. Rex - Hot Love (17 wk) (# 1)
49 (NE) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air) (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (RE) Tom Jones - Puppet Man (2 wk) (# 49)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 17-06-71: Jimmy Saville
(19) THE SWEET – Co-Co  
(NEW) PETER GREEN – Heavy Heart
(5) TAMI LYNN – I’m Gonna Run Away From You  
(NEW) SOUTHERN COMFORT – I Sure Like Your Smile
(22) SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES – I Don’t Blame You At All  
(26) THREE DOG NIGHT – Joy To The World  
(NEW) JULIE FELIX – Moonlight
MICK ABRAHAMS – Why Do You Do Me This Way
(1) MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 19.06.1971
1 (2) Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram (3 wk) (# 1)
3 (4) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 5 (10 wk) (# 1)
4 (3) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (70 wks) (#1)
5 (5) Andy Williams - Home Loving Man (12 wk) (# 1)
6 (NE) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (1 wk) (# 6)
7 (7) Groundhogs - Split (12 wk) (# 5)
8 (8) James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon (4 wk) (# 4)
9 (6) Waldo De Los Rios - Symphonies for the 70's (8 wk) (# 6)
10 (12) Frank Sinatra - Sinatra and Company (3 wk) (# 10)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 19.06.1971

1 (01) Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
2 (08) Greyhound - Black And White
3 (02) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
4 (09) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All
5 (10) Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
6 (12) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
7 (13) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
8 (03) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays
9 (04) Carpenters - Superstar
10 (05) Free - My Brother Jake
11 (06) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
12 (07) Carpenters - For All We Know
13 (37) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die
14 (35) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
15 (33) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
16 (38) White Plains - When You're A King
17 (28) Sweet - Co-Co
18 (34) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
19 (New) Slade - Get Down And Get With It
20 (11) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You
21 (14) Blue Mink - The Banner Man
22 (15) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues
23 (16) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel
24 (17) John Lennon - Power To The People
25 (18) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose
26 (19) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing
27 (20) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches
28 (21) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything
29 (22) Neil Diamond - I Am I Said
30 (23) Diana Ross - Remember Me
31 (24) The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
32 (New) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
33 (25) Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time
34 (New) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air)
35 (26) The Supremes - Nathan Jones
36 (27) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
37 (New) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
38 (New) Tom Jones - Puppet Man
39 (31) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
40 (32) Olivia Newton-John - If For Not You

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Hey Love (1 wk)
02 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (3 wks)
03 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (20 wks)
04 Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) (8 wks)
05 Continental 4 – Day By Day (1 wk)
06 The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays (6 wks)
07 Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff (4 wks)
08 The Stylistics – Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart) (3 wks)
09 The Supremes – Nathan Jones (7 wks)
10 Tom Jones – Puppet Man (5 wks)

11 Gladys Knight And The Pips – I Don't Want To Do Wrong (3 wks)
12 The Intrigues – The Language Of Love (1 wk)
13 Wilson Pickett – Don't Knock My Love (9 wks)
14 Al Green – Driving Wheel (11 wks)
15 Bobby Bland – I´m Sorry (1 wk)
16 Z. Z. Hill – I Need Someone To Love Me (1 wk)
17 The Isley Brothers – Love The One You're With (1 wk)
18 The Free Movement – I Found Someone Of My Own (5 wks)
19 The Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You (8 wks)
20 The Ebonys – You're The Reason Why (2 wks)

21 Candi Staton – Mr. And Mrs. Untrue (9 wks)
22 Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper (6 wks)
23 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don't Blame You At All (3 wks)
24 Tami Lynn – I'm Gonna Run Away From You (5 wks)
25 The Whispers – Your Love Is So Doggone Good (4 wks)
26 James Brown – Escape-Ism (2 wks)
27 Luther Ingram – Be Good To Me Baby (8 wks)
28 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – You've Got A Friend (2 wks)
29 Tony Christie – I Did What I Did For Maria (7 wks)
30 The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (20 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (5 wks)
2 (7) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (3 wks)
3 (5) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (4 wks)
4 (6) Blue Mink - The Banner Man (4 wks)
5 (2) Free - My Brother Jake (8 wks)
6 (3) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (9 wks)
7 (4) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (5 wks)
8 (10) Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (4 wks)
9 (15) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (3 wks)
10 (17) Sweet - Co-Co (2 wks)
11 (20) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (2 wks)
12 (NE) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (1 wk)
13 (9) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (5 wks)
14 (16) Smokey Robison & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (3 wks)
15 (14) Three Dog Night - Joy to The World (4 wks)
16 (8) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (6 wks)
17 (24) White Plains - When You Are A King (2 wks)
18 (11) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (7 wks)
19 (NE) Slade - Get Down And Get With It (1 wk)
20 (NE) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (1 wk)
21 (12) Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (8 wks)
22 (13) Neil Diamond - I am... I said (7 wks)
23 (18) Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (5 wks)
24 (NE) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air) (1 wk)
25 (19) Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (8 wks)
26 (21) David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (7 wks)
27 (22) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues (8 wks)
28 (23) Hollies - Hey Willy (5 wks)
29 (NE) Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (1 wk)
30 (NE) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (1 wk)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
02(02) The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
03(04) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff
04(03) The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays
05(07) Blue Mink – The Banner Man
06(05) Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You
07(27) Hurricane Smith – Don’t Let It Die
08(12) Three Dog Night – Joy To The World
09(06) Tony Christie – I Did What I Did For Maria
10(15) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don’t Blame You At All

11(14) Mungo Jerry – Lady Rose
12(23) The Sweet – Co-Co
13(08) Free – My Brother Jake
14(17) Peter Noone – Oh You Pretty Things
15(19) Bob & Marcia – Pied Piper
16(10) John Kongos – He’s Gonna Step On You Again
17(09) Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper
18(11) Neil Diamond – I Am… I Said
19(30) White Plains – When You Are A King
20(13) R. Dean Taylor – Indiana Wants Me

21(22) Tom Jones – Puppet Man
22(--) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
23(16) Stoney & Meat Loaf – What You See Is What You Get
24(--) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
25(18) Bruce Ruffin – Rain
26(20) John Denver – Take Me Home Country Roads
27(--) Slade - Get Down And Get With It
28(21) The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
29(24) Carly Simon – That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be
30(--) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air)

[raliverpool]

01 Carole King - It's Too Late (4wks 23-6-1-1)
02 Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (5wks 16-10-5-3-2)
03 Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (5wks 31-19-11-5-3)
04 Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (3wks 12-7-4)
05 Blue Mink - Banner Man (3wks 26-10-5)
06 Paul & Linda McCartney - Too Many People (3wks 10-6-6)
07 Honey Cone - Want Ads (7wks 21-10-5-5-2-2-7)
08 John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (3wks 31-12-8)
09 Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move (3wks 18-11-9)
10 Free - My Brother Jake (7wks 25-12-7-4-1-4-10)

11 Paul Revere & The Raiders - Indian Reservation (3wks 38-15-11)
12 Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (2wks 26-13)
13 Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Supremes - Nathan Jones (4wks 31-25-21-14)
15 Doors - LA Woman (6wks 6-3-3-4-8-15)
16 George Harrison - Wah Wah (5wks 37-21-17-14-16)
17 Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (3wks 32-22-17)
18 Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love (3wks 35-25-18)
19 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (8wks 6-1-1-1-1-3-9-19)
20 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (4wks 27-22-18-21)
22 Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - Treat Her Like A Lady (3wks 34-27-22)

23 Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (1wk 23 NEW)

24 Sweet - Coco (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Susan Raye - LA International Airport (5wks 27-18-15-17-25)
26 Rolling Stones - Bitch (7wks 33-21-13-7-7-13-26)
27 Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (3wks 36-33-27)
28 Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Jonathan King - Lazybones (2wks 38-29)
30 Grateful Dead - Ripple (3wks 40-32-30)

31 Procol Harum - Simple Sister (4wks 39-33-28-31)
32 8th Day - She's Not Just Another Woman (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Carole King - You've Got a Friend (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Elton John - Where To Now St Peter? (6wks 35-20-14-14-19-34)
35 Guess Who - Albert Flasher (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Neil Young - I Believe In You (6wks 33-22-17-16-20-36)
37 Tom Jones - Puppet Man (1wk 37 NEW)
38 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (8wks 33-19-11-8-6-8-16-38)
39 Cat Stevens - Father and Son (8wks 19-8-2-2-2-9-23-39)

40 Alice Cooper - Caught In A Dream (1wk 40 NEW)

The New Orleans born soul/funk singer peaked at USA #2 (R&B #1) with the much sampled Stax/Alantic records recording.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) It's Too Late - Carole King < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) He's Gonna Step On You Again - John Kongos
3 ( 3 ) Banner Man - Blue Mink
4 ( 6 ) Lady Rose - Mungo Jerry
5 ( 13 ) Co-Co - Sweet
6 ( 5 ) Nathan Jones - Supremes (#5)
7 ( 9 ) Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle Of The Road
8 ( -- ) You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
9 ( 4 ) Oh You Pretty Things - Peter Noone (#3)
10 ( 16 ) Don't Let It Die - Hurricane Smith

11 ( 7 ) I'm Gonna Run Away From You - Tami Lynn (#7)
12 ( 8 ) Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters (#8)
13 ( 11 ) Lazy Bones - Jonathan King (#11)
14 ( 15 ) When You're Hot You're Hot - Jerry Reed
15 ( 24 ) When You Are A King - White Plains
16 ( 25 ) Albert Flasher / Broken - Guess Who
17 ( -- ) Get Down And Get With It - Slade
18 ( 18 ) Double Lovin' - Osmonds
19 ( 27 ) Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds
20 ( 10 ) Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones (#1[4])

21 ( 12 ) I Did What I Did For Maria - Tony Christie (#2[1])
22 ( 23 ) That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon
23 ( -- ) Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air) - St Cecilia
24 ( 14 ) Superstar - Murray Head (#4)
25 ( -- ) Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - Fortunes
26 ( 19 ) I'll Meet You Halfway - Partridge Family (#17)
27 ( -- ) Mr Big Stuff - Jean Knight`
28 ( 17 ) Malt And Barley Blues - McGuinness Flint (#2[2])
29 ( 26 ) Lowdown - Chicago (#26)
30 ( 29 ) Funky Nassau - Beginning Of The End (#29)

31 ( -- ) Sooner Or Later - Grass Roots
32 ( 20 ) I Don't Know How To Love Him - Helen Reddy (#13)
33 ( 21 ) Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo (#10)
34 ( 34 ) She's Not Just Another Woman - 8th Day
35 ( 35 ) Right On The Tip Of My Tongue - Brenda And The Tabulations (#27)
36 ( 22 ) My Brother Jake - Free (#3)
37 ( 28 ) Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#24)
38 ( -- ) High Time We Want - Joe Cocker
39 ( 33 ) Don't Knock My Love - Wilson Pickett (#27)
40 ( 31 ) Give More Power To The People - Chi Lites (#18)

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-- ( 30 ) Joy To The World - Three Dog Night (#1[3])
-- ( 32 ) Rain - Bruce Ruffin (#11)
-- ( 36 ) Toast And Marmalade For Tea - Tin Tin (#22)
-- ( 37 ) Rags To Riches - Elvis Presley (#30)
-- ( 38 ) Love Her Madly - Doors (#8)
-- ( 39 ) Me And My Arrow - Nilsson (#16)
-- ( 40 ) Cool Aid - Paul Humphrey (#33)

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-- ( -- ) I Don't Want To Do Wrong - Gladys Knight & The Pips

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[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Elgins - HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU
2 [2] :: Neil Diamond - I AM…I SAID
3 [new] :: Rolling Stones - WILD HORSES
4 [6] :: Freda Payne - BRING THE BOYS HOME
5 [10] :: Sweet - CO-CO
6 [14] :: Middle of the Road - CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP
7 [3] :: Doors - LOVE HER MADLY
8 [4] :: John Denver - TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
9 [5] :: T. Rex - HOT LOVE
10 [new] :: Slade - GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT
11 [new] :: Mac & Katie Kissoon - CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP
12 [9] :: Mungo Jerry - LADY ROSE
13 [11] :: John Kongos - HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN
14 [16] :: Bob & Marcia - PIED PIPER
15 [8] :: McGuinness Flint - MALT & BARLEY BLUES
16 [7] :: R Dean Taylor - INDIANA WANTS ME
17 [12] :: Carpenters - RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS
18 [new] :: Davy Jones - RAINY JANE
19 [18] :: Temptations - JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY FROM ME)
20 [new] :: Lobo - ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO

[popchartfreak]

12th June 1971 What I Like This Week 50 Years Later

It's a first week on top for Bill Withers' brilliant Ain't No Sunshine, as Harlem also goes top 20, and Rod Stewart gets a second top 10, following on from In A Broken Dream, the Python Lee Jackson debut from 6 months earlier, Maggie May about to start it's world-domination any week now, as soon as US DJ's flip over Reason To Believe to the B side. Highest new entry is the chart prog-rock of Dutch band Curved Air, Sonja Kristina being a bit of schoolboy pin-up, I found when I started school in the UK in September/October. Me, I instantly liked Back Street Luv, but didn't get to tape it off the radio - it had dropped out the charts by the time my reel-to-reel recorder arrived from Singapore. I have the vinyl single now, though, took about ooh 10 or 15 years to get hold of a copy.

In at 56, one of the final 2 Singapore-era tracks to make these charts - after this week every new entry will post-Singapore, even if we didn't leave the island until September 1st - and it's actor-singer-dancer Peter Gordeno, who starred in the Gerry Anderson fab live-action sci-fi series U.F.O. as a pilot for the first few episodes. Here It Comes was played on the radio, we taped it, and I still have very fond memories of loving it, even if it's utterly obscure in the UK. It's a sort of pop showtune, not unlike Tony Christie, and is not available anywhere, has not been available to listen to anywhere for 50 years (except on my tape)...until recently some kind soul popped a copy on Youtube, for which I'm grateful! The other Singapore track is in at the bottom end, it's a Mandarin cover version of Knock Three Times, which my dad heard on Changi market record stall, it tickled him, he bought it, and the band (The Travellers) were based in Singapore and had quite a list of 3 or 4-track EP's released on the Sina label, based in Singapore. I like to think we were 40 years ahead of K-Pop.....but you will never find it anywhere to listen to unless I decide to post it on Youtube for a laugh, assuming I can work how to make some visuals to do it.

Other newies: The Four Tops get a second on the list; Michael Nesmith gets solo number 4, and both acts were charting first in these retro charts when I started up with Jan 1967. Mac & Katie Kissoon debut with their version of Chirpy Cheep Cheep Cheep, a US hit - one I remember not being too fussed about when I got to hear it in early 1972, either on Lift Off With Ayshea, or Dave Cash Music Box, both kids shows featuring pop music. I became more fond of them in 1975 though, and saw Katie in later years as a backing singer to the big stars after the hits dried up. Mac had a striking voice though, Katie's was sweeter. Finally, Julie Felix returns with one I don;t know, but sounds nice, and The Chi-Lites re-use their own horn/rhythm section (pretty much) from the future Beyonce Crazy In Love monster hit 32 years before she & Jay-Z thought of doing the same.


1 ( 2 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
2 ( 1 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
3 ( 4 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 3
4 ( 3 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
5 ( 6 ) YAMASUKI - The Yamasukis # 5
6 ( 5 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
7 ( 10 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 7
8 ( 8 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 8
9 ( 7 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
10 ( 16 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart # 10

11 ( 9 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn # 1
12 ( 11 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1
13 ( 12 ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink # 6
14 ( 13 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos # 4
15 ( 20 ) BIRDS OF A FEATHER - The Raiders # 15
16 ( 14 ) HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - The Fortunes # 1
17 ( 15 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM - The Doors # 4
18 ( 18 ) BRING THE BOYS HOME - Freda Payne # 12
19 ( 27 ) THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR - Paul & Linda McCartney # 19
20 ( 23 ) HARLEM - Bill Withers # 20

21 ( 19 ) DON’T LET IT DIE - Hurricane Smith # 10
22 ( 17 ) OH YOU PRETTY THINGS - Peter Noone # 17
23 ( 37 ) DID YOU EVER? - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood # 23
24 ( 31 ) THE PIED PIPER - Bob & Marcia # 24
25 ( 24 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1
26 ( 21 ) RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - Carpenters # 8
27 ( 22 ) STOP LOOK LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART) - The Stylistics # 16
28 ( 36 ) LOVE SONG - Olivia Newton-John # 28
29 ( 33 ) DRAGGIN’ THE LINE - Tommy James # 29
30 ( 35 ) THINK ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES - Harry Nilsson # 30

31 ( 25 ) FLIM FLAM MAN - Barbra Streisand # 13
32 ( 28 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? - Marvin Gaye # 1
33 ( 30 ) ANOTHER DAY - Paul McCartney # 1
34 ( 56 ) CO-CO - The Sweet # 34
35 ( 29 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 # 1
36 ( NEW ) BACK STREET LUV - Curved Air # 36
37 ( 49 ) MOONSHADOW - Cat Stevens # 37
38 ( 47 ) TONIGHT - The Move # 38
39 ( 57 ) MELODY FAIR - The Bee Gees # 39
40 ( 40 ) MR. BIG STUFF - Jean Knight # 40

41 ( 26 ) HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - The Elgins # 12
42 ( 38 ) DOUBLE BARREL - Dave & Ansell Collins # 7
43 ( 32 ) I CRIED - James Brown # 23
44 ( 34 ) RAIN - Bruce Ruffin # 17
45 ( 50 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry # 45
46 ( 39 ) WHEN YOU ARE A KING - White Plains # 39
47 ( 42 ) IT’S TOO LATE - Carole King # 4
48 ( 58 ) RAININ’ N’ PAININ’ - Middle Of The Road # 48
49 ( 46 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR - Don McLean # 1
50 ( 44 ) MOZART 40 - Waldo De Los Rios # 7

51 ( 41 ) TIRED OF BEING ALONE - Al Green # 6
52 ( 45 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Middle Of The Road # 6
53 ( 48 ) MY LITTLE ONE - The Marmalade # 5
54 ( 60 ) YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART - The Supremes & The Four Tops # 54
55 ( 59 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - James Taylor # 55
56 ( NEW ) HERE IT COMES - Peter Gordeno # 56
57 ( 54 ) MY SWEET LORD - George Harrison # 1
58 ( 63 ) (AND THE) PICTURES IN THE SKY - Medicine Head # 58
59 ( 55 ) I AM...I SAID - Neil Diamond # 8
60 ( 67 ) SUMMER SAND - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 60

61 ( 70 ) INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) - Marvin Gaye # 61
62 ( 68 ) I DON’T WANT TO DO WRONG - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 62
63 ( 77 ) CALL ME ANYTIME YOU NEED SOME LOVIN’ - Lorraine Ellison # 63
64 ( 43 ) FUNKY NASSAU - The Beginning Of The End # 28
65 ( 53 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Isaac Hayes # 53
66 ( 64 ) STONED LOVE - The Supremes # 1
67 ( 76 ) OVER AND OVER - The Delfonics # 67
68 ( 79 ) COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED - Faith, Hope & Charity # 68
69 ( 69 ) 54-56 WAS MY NUMBER - Toots & The Maytals # 69
70 ( 51 ) GET TO THE COUNTRY - Labi Siffre # 51

71 ( 74 ) REASON TO BELIEVE - Rod Stewart # 71
72 ( NEW ) IN THESE CHANGING TIMES - The Four Tops # 72
73 ( 78 ) MAN OF MANY FACES - Christie # 73
74 ( NEW ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Mac & Katie Kissoon # 74
75 ( 80 ) I JUST WANT TO FALL IN LOVE - Archie Bell & The Drells # 75
76 ( NEW ) SMILING FACE SOMETIMES - The Undisputed Truth # 76
77 ( NEW ) MOONLIGHT - Julie Felix # 77
78 ( NEW ) WE ARE NEIGHBOURS - The Chi-Lites # 78
79 ( NEW ) TEXAS MORNING - Michael Nesmith # 79
80 ( NEW ) KNOCK THREE TIMES - The Travellers # 80



15th June 1971 Wot I Liked Way Back When

It's 2 weeks on top for Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, and I'll prepare everyone for a long run on top for Middle Of The Road, as I was obsessed with this catchy little ditty 50 years ago. I was 13, and that's my excuse - assuming I need an excuse for liking such a huge worldwide hit, albeit one not played much these days. Blue Mink get a top 5, John Kongos a top 10, and they'll both be back in the top 10 at least one more time, but not many more times. New entries from the other-worldly vocals of Norman Smith, former Beatles/Pink Floyd sound engineer, and his very old-fashioned (but tuneful) ballad Don't Let It Die and The Sweet's 2nd entry with the Caribbean-flavoured Co-Co, as writer-producers Chinn-Chapman start to get into their pop-dominating stride for the next 6 or 7 years. Bob & Marcia return with reggae cover of a childhood fave tune of mine The Pied Piper, almost as good as Crispian St Peter's version.

Possibly my fave TV show at the time, at least sit-com-wise, was Green Acres, being re-run on Singapore/Malaysia TV (I forget which, we had quite a few channels from both countries, certainly more than the UK had at that time - 3!). I watched the first episode of season 4 last night, having finally got the complete DVD series. That's only taken me 50 years waiting, and definitely worth it. It has a wacky period charm, but it was never based remotely in reality, it was pure fantasy (a rich New York couple buy a ramshackle farm in rural America where everyone lives in their own reality, oblivious of the real world, with ambitions to farm away from the rat race and live off the land - despite having no knowledge, equipment or basic services), and the show was a huge inspiration for Matt "Simpsons" Groening, jam-packed with zany, bizarre characters. The rock of sanity is Eddie Arnold, and the lunacy eventually infects his wife, the wonderful Hungarian Eva Gabor as Lisa, who started off hating the Countryside but who fit into the madness better than her still-sane husband: Lisa, in last night's episode noticed the sign saying "2 weeks later" which cut to a scene 2 weeks later as husband Oliver is on the settee, he of course thinking she was insane as she discussed it as words suddenly appeared in real life. Breaking the 4th wall was regular. My fave character at the time was Arnold, the TV-watching super-smart pig who everyone treated like a person, the runaway star of the show was a pig! My fave character now is Hank Kimball the County Agent who pops round and forgets immediately why he's arrived, and everything else. His memory span is about 5 seconds and his rambling diversions beat Ronnie Corbett's by 8 years or so. Still fab, still quirky, still ahead of it's time.


1 ( 1 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 2 ) I AM...I SAID - Neil Diamond
3 ( 6 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry
4 ( 9 ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink
5 ( 5 ) MY LITTLE ONE - Marmalade
6 ( 12 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos
7 ( 3 ) MAMA’S PEARL - The Jackson 5
8 ( 4 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn
9 ( 8 ) KNOCK THREE TIMES - Dawn
10 ( 7 ) RAGS TO RICHES - Elvis Presley

11 ( 10 ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED - The Partridge Family
12 ( 11 ) MOZART 40 - Waldo De Los Rios
13 ( NEW ) DON’T LET IT DIE - Hurricane Smith
14 ( NEW ) CO-CO - The Sweet
15 ( 14 ) I’LL GIVE YOU YOU THE EARTH - Keith Michell
16 ( 15 ) INDIANA WANTS ME - R. Dean Taylor
17 ( 13 ) OH YOU PRETTY THINGS - Peter Noone
18 ( NEW ) THE PIED PIPER - Bob & Marcia
19 ( 19 ) JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY WITH ME) - The Temptations
20 ( 20 ) IT DON’T COME EASY - Ringo Starr