Haven Retro Combined Chart : 19.06.1971

[smokeyb]

It's a debut number one for Middle Of the Road with their first charting single. The Carpenters slip down to 2.

John Kongos is at 3, Blue Mink are at 4 and Mungo Jerry are up to 5.



There are 6 new entries this week, the highest is Hurricane Smith at number 13.



The biggest climber is the Bee Gees who jump up 17 places to number 22.



The biggest faller is Chairmen Of The Board who drop 35 places.



19.06.1971 (Week # 25)


1 (03) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - 110 points (3-1) 2 wks

2 (01) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays - 82 points (13-4-1-1-1-2) 6 wks

3 (02) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again - 82 points (40-12-6-4-2-3) 6 wks

4 (05) Blue Mink - The Banner Man - 75 points (40-20-6-5-4) 5 wks

5 (07) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose - 71 points (9-7-5) 3 wks

6 (18) Sweet - Co-Co - 67 points (18-6) 2 wks

7 (04) Free - My Brother Jake - 61 points (26-5-4-3-3-2-4-7) 8 wks

8 (06) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar - 48 points (2-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-8) 9 wks

9 (08) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You - 48 points (29-20-9-5-8-9) 6 wks

10 (09) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria - 48 points (33-5-5-5-7-9-10) 7 wks

11 (14) Three Dog Night - Joy To The World - 47 points (24-16-15-16-21-40-38-x-20-14-11) 10 wks

12 (10) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff - 45 points (17-11-10-12) 4 wks

13 (NE) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die - 43 points 1 wk

14 (13) Supremes - Nathan Jones - 43 points (17-17-13-10-14-13-14) 7 wks

15 (12) Carole King - It's Too Late - 40 points (39-30-16-12-15) 5 wks

16 (11) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing - 39 points (34-19-12-11-16) 5 wks

17 (22) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All - 35 points (38-x-22-17) 3 wks

18 (21) Greyhound - Black And White - 34 points (32-39-21-18) 4 wks

19 (32) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - 27 points (35-32-19) 3 wks

20 (NE) Rolling Stones - Wild Horses - 26 points 1 wk

21 (NE) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper - 25 points 1 wk

22 (39) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - 24 points (40-39-22) 3 wks

23 (19) Carpenters - Superstar - 24 points (28-22-17-19-23) 5 wks

24 (15) Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You - 22 points (35-14-10-9-13-18-15-24) 8 wks

25 (17) Neil Diamond - I Am …I Said - 22 points (29-21-17-12-20-23-7-11-7-10-17-25) 12 wks

26 (24) Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - 21 points (35-27-20-16-9-8-13-11-14-17-34-32-37-39-35-30-14-15-24-26) 20 wks

27 (NE) Delfonics – Hey Love - 20 points 1 wk

28 (35) Freda Payne - Bring The Boys Home - 20 points (25-35-28) 3 wks

29 (16) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues - 20 points (17-4-2-2-4-8-16-29) 8 wks

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

31 (28) Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me - 19 points (32-28-31) 3 wks

32 (29) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You - 19 points (21-5-2-2-3-3-4-13-21-22-27-34-29-32) 14 wks

33 (NE) Slade - Get Down And Get With It - 19 points 1 wk

34 (27) Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart - 19 points (30-27-34) 3 wks

35 (23) Dawn – Knock Three Times - 18 points (20-13-9-6-9-6-11-21-23-35) 10 wks

36 (25) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People - 18 points (12-4-4-7-6-14-24-37-31-35-18-22-25-36) 14 wks

37 (30) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 18 points (27-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-8-6-7-8-18-21-28-33-30-37) 21 wks

38 (37) Fantastics – Something Old Something New - 17 points (21-12-10-9-21-36-20-22-24-36-38-37-38) 13 wks

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

40 (36) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - 17 points (37-29-36-40) 4 wks

40 (NE) White Plains - When You Are A King - 17 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

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

46 (31) Honey Cone - Want Ads - 14 points (29-29-32-19-19-24-31-31)

49 (33) John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads - 13 points (33-23-11-12-15-15-17-16-23-33)

53 (40) T.Rex - Hot Love - 12 points (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-7-23-25-x-40)

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

Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak darkstar79 Mark & a frozen chart from o .


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 26.06.1971

1 (1) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Tony Christie - I did what I did for Maria (8 wk) (# 2)
3 (4) Blue Mink - The Banner Man (5 wk) (# 3)
4 (5) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (6) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (5 wk) (# 5)
6 (7) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (6 wk) (# 6)
7 (2) Dawn - Knock Three Times (12 wk) (# 1)
8 (18) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (3 wk) (# 8)
9 (19) Sweet - Co-Co (3 wk) (# 9)
10 (9) Neil Diamond - I am... I said (8 wk) (# 4)
11 (8) Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (9 wk) (# 3)
12 (13) Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (6 wk) (# 12)
13 (17) Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (6 wk) (# 13)
14 (12) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches (7 wk) (#9)
15 (10) R Dean Taylor - Indiana Want Me (13 wk) (# 2)
16 (22) Smokey Robison & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (4 wk) (# 16)
17 (11) Free - My Brother Jake (9 wk) (# 4)
18 (16) Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (10 wk) (# 2)
19 (14) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues (9 wk) (# 5)
20 (15) Perry Como - I Think Of You (7 wk) (# 14)
21 (27) Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper (4 wk) (# 21)
22 (20) Waldo de Los Rios - Mozart (Sinfonia 40) (12 wk) (# 5)
23 (23) Jonathan King - Lazy Bones (5 wk) (# 23)
24 (26) Three Dog Night - Joy to The World (5 wk) (# 24)
25 (21) East Of Eden - Jig-a-Jig (11 wk) (# 7)
26 (32) White Plains - When You Are A King (3 wk) (# 26)
27 (30) Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel (14 wk) (# 1)
28 (24) Hollies - Hey Willy (7 wk) (# 22)
29 (29) Gerry Monroe - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie (11 wk) (# 13)
30 (NE) Greyhound - Black And White (1 wk) (# 30)
31 (NE) Medicine Head - Pictures in the Sky (1 wk) (# 31)
32 (44) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (2 wk)(# 32)
33 (NE) Supremes And The Four Tops - River Deep Mountain High (1 wk) (# 33)
34 (33) Sakkarin - Sugar Sugar (13 wk) (# 12)
35 (28) Séverine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue (10 wk) (# 9)
36 (35) Frank Sinatra - My Way (107 wk) (# 5)
37 (42) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (15 wk) (# 4)
38 (37) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (19 wk) (# 3)
39 (43) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (2 wk) (# 39)
40 (49) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air) (2 wk) (# 40)
41 (31) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (11 wk) (# 4)
42 (34) Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper (7 wk) (# 34)
43 (45) Slade - Get Down And Get With It (2 wk) (# 43)
44 (NE) Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner (1 wk) (# 44)
45 (25) Bruce Ruffin - Rain (9 wk) (# 19)
46 (40) Perry Como - It's Impossible (22 wk) (# 4)
47 (38) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (29 wk) (# 5)
48 (36) Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (7 wk) (# 27)
49 (NE) Jim Reeves - I Love You Because/He'll Have To Go (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (RE) Clive Dunn - Grandad (27 wk) (# 1)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 24-06-71: Tony Blackburn
(30) GREYHOUND – Black And White  
(5) MUNGO JERRY – Lady Rose
(8) HURRICANE SMITH – Don’t Let It Die  
(26) WHITE PLAINS – When You Are A King
(NEW) DAVE CLARK FIVE – Won’t You Be My Lady
(NEW) TIN TIN – Is That The Way
(21) BOB & MARCIA – Pied Piper
(6) JOHN KONGOS – He’s Gonna Step On You Again
PAUL McCARTNEY – Heart Of The Country  
PAUL McCARTNEY – Three Legs  
(NEW) THE FORTUNES – Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
(NEW) THE MOVE – Tonight
(1) MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep  
(16) SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES – I Don’t Blame You At All

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 26.06.1971

1 (6) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (8 wk) (# 1)
3 (2) Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram (4 wk) (# 1)
4 (4) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (71 wks) (#1)
5 (3) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 5 (11 wk) (# 1)
6 (5) Andy Williams - Home Loving Man (13 wk) (# 1)
7 (NE) Free - Free Live (1 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon (5 wk) (# 4)
9 (10) Frank Sinatra - Sinatra and Company (4 wk) (# 9)
10 (7) Groundhogs - Split (13 wk) (# 5)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 26.06.1971

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

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Hey Love (2 wks)
02 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (4 wks)
03 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (21 wks)
04 The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes (1 wk)
05 Continental 4 – Day By Day (2 wks)
06 Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) (9 wks)
07 The Supremes & The Four Tops – River Deep Mountain High (1 wk)
08 Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff (5 wks)
09 The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays (7 wks)
10 The Stylistics – Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart) (4 wks)

11 The Supremes – Nathan Jones (8 wks)
12 The Intrigues – The Language Of Love (2 wks)
13 Tom Jones – Puppet Man (6 wks)
14 Gladys Knight And The Pips – I Don't Want To Do Wrong (4 wks)
15 Greyhound – Black And White (1 wk)
16 Bobby Bland – I´m Sorry (2 wks)
17 Dee Dee Warwick – Suspicious Minds (1 wk)
18 Peaches & Herb – Sound Of Silence (1 wk)
19 Z. Z. Hill – I Need Someone To Love Me (2 wks)
20 Wilson Pickett – Don't Knock My Love (10 wks)

21 Al Green – Driving Wheel (12 wks)
22 Bobby Bloom – We're All Goin' Home (1 wk)
23 The Bells – I Love You Lady Dawn (1 wk)
24 The Isley Brothers – Love The One You're With (2 wks)
25 The Ebonys – You're The Reason Why (3 wks)
26 The Free Movement – I Found Someone Of My Own (6 wks)
27 The Elgins – Heaven Must Have Sent You (9 wks)
28 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don't Blame You At All (4 wks)
29 Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper (7 wks)
30 Candi Staton – Mr. And Mrs. Untrue (10 wks)

[smokeyb]

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

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) It's Too Late - Carole King < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 8 ) You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
3 ( 5 ) Co-Co - Sweet
4 ( 2 ) He's Gonna Step On You Again - John Kongos (#2[3])
5 ( 4 ) Lady Rose - Mungo Jerry (#4)
6 ( 3 ) Banner Man - Blue Mink (#3)
7 ( 7 ) Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle Of The Road
8 ( 17 ) Get Down And Get With It - Slade
9 ( 10 ) Don't Let It Die - Hurricane Smith
10 ( 6 ) Nathan Jones - Supremes (#5)

11 ( -- ) Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
12 ( 15 ) When You Are A King - White Plains
13 ( -- ) Black And White - Greyhound
14 ( 16 ) Albert Flasher / Broken - Guess Who
15 ( 23 ) Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air) - St Cecilia
16 ( 25 ) Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - Fortunes
17 ( -- ) Never Ending Song Of Love - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
18 ( 14 ) When You're Hot You're Hot - Jerry Reed (#14)
19 ( 19 ) Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds
20 ( 9 ) Oh You Pretty Things - Peter Noone (#3)

21 ( 27 ) Mr Big Stuff - Jean Knight`
22 ( 11 ) I'm Gonna Run Away From You - Tami Lynn (#7)
23 ( -- ) Monkey Spanner - Dave And Ansel Collins
24 ( 13 ) Lazy Bones - Jonathan King (#11)
25 ( 12 ) Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters (#8)
26 ( 18 ) Double Lovin' - Osmonds (#18)
27 ( 31 ) Sooner Or Later - Grass Roots
28 ( -- ) Bring The Boys Home - Freda Payne
29 ( 22 ) That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon (#22)
30 ( 38 ) High Time We Want - Joe Cocker

31 ( 21 ) I Did What I Did For Maria - Tony Christie (#2[1])
32 ( 20 ) Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones (#1[4])
33 ( -- ) Get It On - Chase
34 ( 30 ) Funky Nassau - Beginning Of The End (#29)
35 ( 29 ) Lowdown - Chicago (#26)
36 ( 26 ) I'll Meet You Halfway - Partridge Family (#17)
37 ( 34 ) She's Not Just Another Woman - 8th Day (#34)
38 ( 24 ) Superstar - Murray Head (#4)
39 ( -- ) Draggin' The Line - Tommy James
40 ( 35 ) Right On The Tip Of My Tongue - Brenda And The Tabulations (#27)

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-- ( 28 ) Malt And Barley Blues - McGuinness Flint (#2[2])
-- ( 32 ) I Don't Know How To Love Him - Helen Reddy (#13)
-- ( 33 ) Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo (#10)
-- ( 36 ) My Brother Jake - Free (#3)
-- ( 37 ) Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#24)
-- ( 39 ) Don't Knock My Love - Wilson Pickett (#27)
-- ( 40 ) Give More Power To The People - Chi Lites (#18)

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-- ( -- ) (And The) Pictures In The Sky - Medicine Head
-- ( -- ) Escape-ism - James Brown

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John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" enters the US chart this week and thus also my chart. It never reached the UK chart so I guess one other person put it in their chart based on a release date and everyone else followed as otherwise I have no idea why it already charted so high.

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
02(02) The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
03(07) Hurricane Smith – Don’t Let It Die
04(03) Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff
05(22) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
06(05) Blue Mink – The Banner Man
07(12) The Sweet – Co-Co
08(04) The Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays
09(08) Three Dog Night – Joy To The World
10(24) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo

11(06) Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You
12(--) Greyhound – Black And White
13(19) White Plains – When You Are A King
14(11) Mungo Jerry – Lady Rose
15(10) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don’t Blame You At All
16(09) Tony Christie – I Did What I Did For Maria
17(14) Peter Noone – Oh You Pretty Things
18(13) Free – My Brother Jake
19(30) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air)
20(27) Slade - Get Down And Get With It

21(15) Bob & Marcia – Pied Piper
22(16) John Kongos – He’s Gonna Step On You Again
23(--) The Bee Gees – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
24(--) The Supremes & The Four Tops – River Deep Mountain High
25(17) Chairmen Of The Board – Pay To The Piper
26(18) Neil Diamond – I Am… I Said
27(20) R. Dean Taylor – Indiana Wants Me
28(--) Dave & Ansel Collins – Monkey Spanner
29(21) Tom Jones – Puppet Man
30(--) Medicine Head – Pictures In The Sky

[raliverpool]

01 Carole King - It's Too Late (5wks 23-6-1-1-1)
02 Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (6wks 16-10-5-3-2-2)
03 Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (6wks 31-19-11-5-3-3)
04 Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose (4wks 12-7-4-4)
05 Blue Mink - Banner Man (4wks 26-10-5-5)
06 John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again (4wks 31-12-8-6)
07 Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (2wks 13-7)
08 Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (3wks 26-13-8)
09 Paul Revere & The Raiders - Indian Reservation (4wks 38-15-11-9)
10 Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move (4wks 18-11-9-10)

11 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (2wks 20-11)
12 Paul & Linda McCartney - Too Many People (4wks 10-6-6-12)
13 Supremes - Nathan Jones (5wks 31-25-21-14-13)
14 Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You (4wks 32-22-17-14)
15 Sweet - Coco (2wks 24-15)
16 Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff (2wks 23-16)
17 Honey Cone - Want Ads (8wks 21-10-5-5-2-2-7-17)
18 Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (4wks 36-33-27-18)
19 Carole King - You've Got a Friend (2wks 33-19)
20 Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love (4wks 35-25-18-20)

21 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Free - My Brother Jake (8wks 25-12-7-4-1-4-10-22)
23 Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau (2wks 28-23)
24 Guess Who - Albert Flasher (2wks 35-24)
25 Nick Drake - Poor Boy (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - Treat Her Like A Lady (4wks 34-27-22-26)
27 White Plains - When You Are A King (1wk 27 NEW)
28 George Harrison - Wah Wah (6wks 37-21-17-14-16-28)
29 Jonathan King - Lazybones (3wks 38-29-29)
30 Doors - LA Woman (7wks 6-3-3-4-8-15-30)

31 Graham Nash - Chicago (1wk 31 NEW)

32 Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Ballade de Melody Nelson (1wk 32 NEW)

33 Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (5wks 27-22-18-21-33)
34 8th Day - She's Not Just Another Woman (2wks 32-34)
35 Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (9wks 6-1-1-1-1-3-9-19-36)
37 Emitt Rhodes - Lullaby (1wk 37 NEW)
38 David Crosby - Music Is Love (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Jerry Reed - When You're Hot, You're Hot (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Guess Who - Broken (1wk 40 NEW)

This duet taken from the French songwriter's Histoire de Melody Nelson album sounds was the highlight of what is regarded as his definitive album, which sounds well ahead of its time.

[Shireblogger]

1 [3] :: Rolling Stones - WILD HORSES
2 [5] :: Sweet - CO-CO
3 [10] :: Slade - GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT
4 [1] :: Elgins - HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU
5 [2] :: Neil Diamond - I AM…I SAID
6 [4] :: Freda Payne - BRING THE BOYS HOME
7 [new] :: Supremes & Four Tops - RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH
8 [14] :: Bob & Marcia - PIED PIPER
9 [6] :: Middle of the Road - CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP
10 [11] :: Mac & Katie Kissoon - CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP
11 [new] :: Supertramp - YOUR POPPA DON'T MIND {Indelibly Stamped LP track}
12 [13] :: John Kongos - HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN
13 [19] :: Temptations - JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY FROM ME)
14 [new] :: Greyhound - BLACK AND WHITE
15 [8] :: John Denver - TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
16 [18] :: Davy Jones - RAINY JANE
17 [new] :: Dave & Ansel Collins - MONKEY SPANNER
18 [20] :: Lobo - ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO
19 [7] :: Doors - LOVE HER MADLY
20 [9] :: T. Rex - HOT LOVE

[popchartfreak]

19th June 1971 Retro Charts

It's a first week on top for the US chart-topper How Can I Mend A Broken Heart, as the entire top 4 this week flop in the UK, and the rest of the top 10, bar Rod, flop in the USA. Talk about diverging music scenes, though to be fair 2 of them flopped everywhere except with me. That gives The Bee Gees a 6th retro chart number one. The Raiders get a first (and last) top 10 with the Joe South song. Highest new entry, courtesy of the Italian charts who are a few months ahead of the UK with Middle Of The Road, is Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum, the first single I bought (along with The New Seekers track above it) in the UK in mid-September, another one I was mad on at the time. It's still sweet, with it's Scottish-themed story song, but isn't exactly well-known these days. The B side Give It Time also debuts.

New at 24, Dave, and Ansel Collins, both get a 2nd chart entry as Monkey Spanner pops in - the first track of theirs I knew, as my friend at RAF Swinderby (Graham) had the single, so I got him to play it every time I went round and got it for Xmas. Fun reggae. Graham had been a friend back in 1969 when we lived there before, though we went to different schools. I ended up going to the same school this time-round, in his class, and as I immediately was taken for a geek because I had no idea cool kids didn't button up their jackets (we didn't have jackets in Singapore!) that was pretty much the end of the friendship in dribs and drabs as he didn't want to be associated with a loser. Kids are dicks. Trouble is a lot of people never grow out of it....

Some albums out this week from Joni Mitchell (the classic Blue) brings in This Flight Tonight 2 years before Nazereth do a great hit version, the lovely Carey, and future Ellie Goulding UK chart-topper doing her best to ruin Christmas, River. Spotlight-avoiding Lesley Duncan gets her debut album out with her own version of Love Song following Elton John and Olivia Newton-John's versions into the chart, and also bringing in the fab Sing Children Sing, also well-known at the time but never a hit. Lesley sort of retired to a Scottish island and left the Biz forever after the 70's. She did a 1979 charity ensemble version of Sing Children Sing, featuring volunteers like Kate Bush, and even that wasn't a hit. Outrageous!

The Willy Wonka (aka Charlie & The Chocolate Factory these days) movie was out, and the soundtrack album also dropped so a couple of Anthony Newly songs from the soundtrack debut, The candy man ahead of Sammy Davis Jr's big 1972 US smash version. Gene Wilder had already been in Me Brooks' The Producers, and would get cinema immortality in Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein in 1973 and 74, 2 of my all-time fave movies. Ronnie Dyson covers The Delfonics for future UK hit When You Get Right Down To It, still a goodie, Slade get a 2nd chart entry, the skinhead stomping Get Down & Get With It, but the image was on the way out and Glam on the way in.

Three Dog Night actually do a decent cover, shock news! Never heard Liar before, but it's a Russ Ballard song (then of Argent) which tend to be fairly indestructible, and sure enough I'd say it's their best record on one listen, with a good vocal. Never thought I'd say that! Quo enter with an obscure flop I've never heard in my life, certainly never on their Hits compilations, so a 5th to date, and Jim Reeves is selling again in the Uk charts with early 60's golden oldie I Love You Because. Jim was big in our household growing up.


1 ( 3 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1
2 ( 1 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
3 ( 2 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
4 ( 4 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
5 ( 7 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 5
6 ( 10 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart # 6
7 ( 5 ) YAMASUKI - The Yamasukis # 5
8 ( 6 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
9 ( 8 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 8
10 ( 15 ) BIRDS OF A FEATHER - The Raiders # 10

11 ( 9 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
12 ( 11 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn # 1
13 ( 12 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1
14 ( 13 ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink # 6
15 ( 14 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos # 4
16 ( 19 ) THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR - Paul & Linda McCartney # 16
17 ( 16 ) HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - The Fortunes # 1
18 ( 18 ) BRING THE BOYS HOME - Freda Payne # 12
19 ( 24 ) THE PIED PIPER - Bob & Marcia # 19
20 ( 23 ) DID YOU EVER? - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood # 20

21 ( NEW ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road # 21
22 ( 28 ) LOVE SONG - Olivia Newton-John # 22
23 ( 34 ) CO-CO - The Sweet # 23
24 ( NEW ) MONKEY SPANNER - Dave & Ansel Collins # 24
25 ( 21 ) DON’T LET IT DIE - Hurricane Smith # 10
26 ( 17 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM - The Doors # 4
27 ( 36 ) BACK STREET LUV - Curved Air # 27
28 ( 25 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1
29 ( 39 ) MELODY FAIR - The Bee Gees # 29
30 ( 38 ) TONIGHT - The Move # 30

31 ( 22 ) OH YOU PRETTY THINGS - Peter Noone # 17
32 ( 26 ) RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - Carpenters # 8
33 ( 37 ) MOONSHADOW - Cat Stevens # 33
34 ( 20 ) HARLEM - Bill Withers # 20
35 ( 32 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? - Marvin Gaye # 1
36 ( 33 ) ANOTHER DAY - Paul McCartney # 1
37 ( 27 ) STOP LOOK LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART) - The Stylistics # 16
38 ( 30 ) THINK ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES - Harry Nilsson # 30
39 ( 45 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry # 39
40 ( 48 ) RAININ’ N’ PAININ’ - Middle Of The Road # 40

41 ( 35 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 # 1
42 ( 31 ) FLIM FLAM MAN - Barbra Streisand # 13
43 ( 29 ) DRAGGIN’ THE LINE - Tommy James # 29
44 ( 42 ) DOUBLE BARREL - Dave & Ansel Collins # 7
45 ( NEW ) LOVE SONG - Lesley Duncan # 45
46 ( 55 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - James Taylor # 46
47 ( 40 ) MR. BIG STUFF - Jean Knight # 40
48 ( 61 ) INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) - Marvin Gaye # 48
49 ( NEW ) CAREY - Joni Mitchell # 49
50 ( 63 ) CALL ME ANYTIME YOU NEED SOME LOVIN’ - Lorraine Ellison # 50

51 ( 47 ) IT’S TOO LATE - Carole King # 4
52 ( 49 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR - Don McLean # 1
53 ( 56 ) HERE IT COMES - Peter Gordeno # 53
54 ( 54 ) YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART - The Supremes & The Four Tops # 54
55 ( NEW ) SING CHILDREN SING - Lesley Duncan # 55
56 ( 62 ) I DON’T WANT TO DO WRONG - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 56
57 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT - Ronnie Dyson # 57
58 ( 58 ) (AND THE) PICTURES IN THE SKY - Medicine Head # 58
59 ( 52 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Middle Of The Road # 6
60 ( 50 ) MOZART 40 - Waldo De Los Rios # 7

61 ( 57 ) MY SWEET LORD - George Harrison # 1
62 ( 53 ) MY LITTLE ONE - The Marmalade # 5
63 ( 68 ) COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED - Faith, Hope & Charity # 63
64 ( 71 ) REASON TO BELIEVE - Rod Stewart # 64
65 ( 67 ) OVER AND OVER - The Delfonics # 65
66 ( 51 ) TIRED OF BEING ALONE - Al Green # 6
67 ( NEW ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Joni Mitchell # 67
68 ( 76 ) SMILING FACE SOMETIMES - The Undisputed Truth # 68
69 ( 72 ) IN THESE CHANGING TIMES - The Four Tops # 69
70 ( NEW ) GIVE IT TIME - Middle Of The Road # 70

71 ( NEW ) GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT - Slade # 71
72 ( NEW ) LIAR - Three Dog Night # 72
73 ( 75 ) I JUST WANT TO FALL IN LOVE - Archie Bell & The Drells # 73
74 ( 74 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Mac & Katie Kissoon # 74
75 ( NEW ) PURE IMAGINATION - Gene Wilder (from “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” Original Soundtrack) # 75
76 ( NEW ) TUNE TO THE MUSIC - Status Quo # 76
77 ( NEW ) K-JEE - Nite-Liters # 77
78 ( NEW ) I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - Jim Reeves # 78
79 ( NEW ) RIVER - Joni Mitchell # 79
80 ( NEW ) THE CANDY MAN - Aubrey Woods (from “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” Original Soundtrack) # 80



22nd June 1971

It's 3 weeks on top for Chirpy Chirpy Middle Of The Road as I continued to be obsessed about it, while another Singapore track I recorded onto tape at the time pops in at 19 for The Supremes & The Four Tops - but River Deep ain't no Ike & Tina Turner and while I liked it I've always felt it sounded a bit flat in comparison. Hurricane Smith, back in the UK charts from later in the year (for me) grabs a first top 10 with a lovely tune, and The Sweet get a 2nd top with Co-Co. Monkey Spanner I actually heard before I heard Double Barrel, as when we returned to RAF Swinderby in September my friend from 1969, Graham, still lived there and had 2 singles new to me that he'd bought, and I ended up loving - including Dave & Ansel Collins (note that's Dave, the singer, and Ansel Collins (everything else). Current rap-star Dave wasn't the first.

That week in the news, the USA had rioting in Jacksonville following the shooting of a 15-year-old black boy, Northern ireland politicians refused to attend the opening of Stormont, both stories sounding like they could have come from 2021. Out this week at the cinema, Jane Fonda's cult movie Klute, Steve McQueen's Le Mans, and the first Black-starring Hollywood smash Shaft, starring Richard Rowntree and Isaac Hayes theme classic theme. On US TV, Doris Day had her own TV show following her bankruptcy courtesy of her ex-husband business mis-management, and Lucille Ball was still sit-com-ing with Here's Lucy. Mission:Impossible was still running, Andy Williams still had the Cookie Bear amidst the singing, and Mary Tyler Moore was being inspirational for women in sitcoms and work.



1 ( 1 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 4 ) THE BANNER MAN - Blue Mink
3 ( 2 ) I AM...I SAID - Neil Diamond
4 ( 13 ) DON’T LET IT DIE - Hurricane Smith
5 ( 3 ) LADY ROSE - Mungo Jerry
6 ( 5 ) MY LITTLE ONE - Marmalade
7 ( 14 ) CO-CO - The Sweet
8 ( 7 ) MAMA’S PEARL - The Jackson 5
9 ( 9 ) KNOCK THREE TIMES - Dawn
10 ( 6 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN - John Kongos

11 ( 8 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn
12 ( 10 ) RAGS TO RICHES - Elvis Presley
13 ( 12 ) MOZART 40 - Waldo De Los Rios
14 ( 11 ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED - The Partridge Family
15 ( 18 ) THE PIED PIPER - Bob & Marcia
16 ( NEW ) MONKEY SPANNER - Dave & Ansel Collins
17 ( 15 ) I’LL GIVE YOU YOU THE EARTH - Keith Michell
18 ( 16 ) INDIANA WANTS ME - R. Dean Taylor
19 ( NEW ) RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH - The Supremes & The Four Tops
20 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU ARE A KING - White Plains