Haven Retro Combined Chart : 11.09.1971

[smokeyb]

Week number 3 for Curtis Mayfield, but Rod Stewart at 2 looks a cert for next week's number 1.

Diana Ross slips to 3, Curved Air remains at 4 and Hot Chocolate are up to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Marmalade at number 18.



The biggest climber is CCS who jump up 10 places to number 12.



The biggest faller is Buffy Sainte-Marie who drops 49 places.


11.09.1971 (Week # 37)


1 (01) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up - 107 points (12-5-4-3-1-1-1) 7 wks

2 (03) Rod Stewart - Maggie May - 105 points (32-x-3-2) 3 wks

3 (02) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting - 73 points (6-3-2-2-2-2-3) 7 wks

4 (04) Curved Air - Back Street Luv - 68 points (14-9-6-5-4-4) 6 wks

5 (10) Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) - 68 points (18-10-5) 3 wks

6 (09) Supremes - Nathan Jones - 65 points (17-17-13-10-14-13-14-14-37-x-14-9-6) 12 wks

7 (11) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever - 62 points (24-13-11-7) 4 wks

8 (12) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - 60 points (37-29-36-40-37-34-x-21-11-12-8) 10 wks

9 (07) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine - 56 points (35-32-19-17-20-21-15-9-8-7-5-5-6-7-9) 15 wks

10 (06) Carole King - It's Too Late - 56 points (39-30-16-12-15-13-13-19-21-x-10-8-8-8-6-10) 15 wks

11 (05) T.Rex - Get It On - 55 points (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-11) 10 wks

12 (22) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water - 54 points (22-12) 2 wks

13 (08) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - 47 points (24-15-10-7-4-8-13) 7 wks

14 (23) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend - 45 points (18-18-14-13-15-23-x-16-14) 8 wks

15 (17) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow - 43 points (38-22-19-20-22-26-x-17-15) 8 wks

16 (19) Al Green – Tired of Being Alone - 38 points (33-35-32-33-37-20-19-16) 8 wks

17 (13) Tams - Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me - 38 points (40-9-7-9-7-13-17) 7 wks

18 (NE) Marmalade - Cousin Norman - 35 points 1 wk

19 (20) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 34 points (27-33-36-36-33-19-14-15-20-19) 10 wks

20 (14) George Harrison - Bangladesh - 31 points (17-12-14-20) 4 wks

21 (NE) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe - 27 points 1 wk

22 (RE) Carpenters - Superstar - 25 points (28-22-17-19-23-40-x-22) 7 wks

23 (15) Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move - 24 points (24-12-10-10-15-23) 6 wks

24 (18) Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - 23 points (18-8-3-2-2-3-4-9-18-24) 10 wks

25 (21) Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me - 23 points (32-28-31-33-9-11-2-2-3-4-6-11-16-21-25) 15 wks

26 (23) Diana Ross - Surrender - 22 points (30-31-25-17-16-19-23-26) 8 wks

27 (27) Delfonics – Hey Love - 19 points (27-27-26-24-25-24-27-27-28-29-29-27-27) 13 wks

28 (25) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - 19 points (25-6-6-5-5-8-11-15-22-25-28) 11 wks

29 (29) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - 19 points (27-28-29-29) 4 wks

30 (30) Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love - 18 points (30-30-34-34-30-30) 6 wks

31 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem - 18 points 1 wk

32 (26) Doors - LA Woman - 18 points (33-35-37-x-28-27-x-35-31-25-26-32) 10 wks

33 (31) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer - 18 points (37-16-11-13-18-24-31-33) 8 wks

34 (34) Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You - 17 points (36-34-34) 3 wks

35 (40) Joni Mitchell - California - 17 points (40-35) 2 wks

36 (33) Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft - 17 points (24-32-35-33-36) 5 wks

37 (32) Carole King - Smackwater Jack - 16 points (32-37) 2 wks

38 (37) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 16 points (38-19-13-9-3-2-8-11-14-35-x-37-38) 12 wks

39 (38) Titanic - Sultana - 16 points (38-39) 2 wks

40 (36) Diana Ross – Remember Me - 15 points (36-38-38-39-x-19-11-7-7-6-12-25-x-26-28-29-29-30-30-36-40) 19 wks

40 (39) Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love - 15 points (38-40-39-40) 4 wks

40 (NE) Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me - 15 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Paul & Linda McCartney – The Back Seat Of My Car - 15 points 1 wk

40 (40) Move - Tonight - 15 points (7-4-4-4-6-14-20-31-40-40) 10 wks

40 (40) Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her - 15 points (29-23-26-28-27-33-38-40-40) 9 wks



Dropped Out

60 (24) Doors - Riders On The Storm - 8 points (36-x-25-11-7-17-18-16-12-17-24)

64 (28) Daniel Boone - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast - 7 points (40-28)

84 (35) Buffy Sainte-Marie – Soldier Blue - 2 points (28-23-35)

Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak darkstar79 Maximo Mark & AoN (frozen chart)



I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 18.09.1971

1 (2) Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (8 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (8 wk) (# 1)
3 (6) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever? (5 wk) (# 3)
4 (9) Curved Air - Back Street Luv (7 wk) (# 4)
5 (8) The Supremes - Nathan Jones (5 wk) (# 5)
6 (10) Carole King - It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move (7 wk) (# 6)
7 (4) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love (11 wk) (# 2)
8 (15) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (7) Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue (10 wk) (# 7)
10 (3) Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday ? (8 wk) (# 3)
11 (19) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (3 wk) (# 11)
12 (14) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (5) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (8 wk) (# 5)
14 (11) Family - In My Own Time (10 wk) (# 4)
15 (21) Shirley Bassey - For All We Know (7 wk) (# 15)
16 (23) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (3 wk) (# 16)
17 (20) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (3 wk) (# 17)
18 (26) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (28) Ken Dodd - When Love Comes Round Again (11 wk) (# 19)
20 (18) Gilbert O'Sullivan - We Will (9 wk) (#16)
21 (24) Daniel Boone - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast (6 wk) (# 21)
22 (12) George Harrison - Bangladesh (6 wk) (# 10)
23 (25) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer (11 wk) (# 4)
24 (27) St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (wave your knickers in the air) (14 wk) (# 12)
25 (NE) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song/Up The Pool (1 wk) (# 25)
26 (29) Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel/Hound Dog (10 wk) (# 10)
27 (17) New World - Tom Tom Turnaround (12 wk) (# 6)
28 (13) T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (11 wk) (# 1)
29 (22) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (16 wk) (# 1)
30 (16) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (8 wk) (# 12)
31 (30) Formations - At The Top Of The Stairs (6 wk) (# 29)
32 (45) Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go (2 wk) (# 32)
33 (35) Englebert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place (2 wk) (# 33)
34 (33) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (4 wk) (# 33)
35 (41) Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People (4 wk)(# 35)
36 (31) Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (11 wk) (# 9)
37 (NE) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (1 wk) (# 37)
38 (48) Rock Candy - Remember (2 wk) (# 38)
39 (37) Gerry Monroe - Little Drops Of Silver (5 wk) (# 37)
40 (36) Dawn - Knock Three Times (24 wk) (# 1)
41 (47) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (3 wk) (# 41)
42 (46) Frank Sinatra - My Way (115 wk) (# 5)
43 (32) Slade - Get Down And Get With It (14 wk) (# 16)
44 (38) Sweet - Co-Co (15 wk) (# 2)
45 (39) Paul & Linda McCartney - Back Seat Of My Card (4 wk) (# 39)
46 (34) Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (14 wk) (# 4)
47 (NE) Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (NE) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (NE) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (44) Greyhound - Black And White (13 wk) (# 6)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 16-09-71: Tony Blackburn
(5) THE SUPREMES – Nathan Jones  
(NEW) AUTUMN – My Little Girl
(3) NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZELWOOD – Did You Ever  
(11) ROD STEWART – Maggie May  
(48) MUNGO JERRY – You Don’t Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War
(NEW) CLODAGH RODGERS – Lady Luv Bug
(18) CCS – Tap Turns On The Water  
(21) DANIEL BOONE – Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast
(8) HOT CHOCOLATE – I Believe (In Love)
(1) THE TAMS – Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me  
(17) MARMALADE – Cousin Norman

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 18.09.1971

1 (2) Who - Who's Next (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (83 wks) (#1)
3 (5) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (9 wk) (# 3)
4 (3) Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (7 wk) (# 1)
5 (NE) Deep Purple - Fireball (1 wk) (# 5)
6 (4) Various Artists - Top Of The Pops Vol 18 (7 wk) (# 1)
7 (18) James Taylor - Mud Slime Slim And The Blue Horizon (17 wk) (# 4)
8 (7) Carole King - Tapestry (9 wk) (# 4)
9 (14) James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (44 wk) (# 4)
10 (16) Various Artists - Love Story OST (4 wk) (# 10)

[darkstar79]

01 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (8 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Hey Love (14 wks)
03 Clarence Carter – Slipped,Tripped And Fell In Love (7 wks)
04 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Part Of You (4 wks)
05 Al Green – Tired of Being Alone (9 wks)
06 Denise LaSalle – Trapped By A Thing Called Love (5 wks)
07 The Carpenters – Superstar (3 wks)
08 The Four Tops – MacArthur Park Pt. 2 (2 wks)
09 The Supremes & The Four Tops – You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (16 wks)
10 The Dells – The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) (6 wks)

11 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (33 wks)
12 The Stylistics – Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) (4 wks)
13 Diana Ross – Surrender (6 wks)
14 8th Day – You've Got To Crawl (1 wk)
15 Cher – Gypsy’s Tramps & Thieves (1 wk)
16 The Whatnauts – We're Friends By Day Lovers By Night (3 wks)
17 The Staple Singers – You've Got To Earn It (8 wks)
18 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Did You Ever? (5 wks)
19 Laura Lee - Women's Love Right (3 wks)
20 James Brown – Make It Funky Part 1 (4 wks)

21 Wilson Pickett – Call My Name, I'll Be There (4 wks)
22 Diana Ross – I'm Still Waiting (8 wks)
23 The Persuaders – Thin Line Between Love And Hate (4 wks)
24 The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes (13 wks)
25 Four Tops – In These Changing Times (12 wks)
26 The Fuzz – Like An Open Door (8 wks)
27 Dionne Warwick – Amanda (7 wks)
28 Lou Rawls – Natural Man (4 wks)
29 The Chi-Lites – We Are Neighbors (9 wks)
30 Detroit Emeralds – Wear This Ring (With Love) (6 wks)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 10.09.1971

1 (01) Rod Stewart - Maggie May
2 (21) Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
3 (09) The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
4 (02) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
5 (12) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water
6 (03) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow
7 (04) Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
8 (05) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
9 (06) Diana Ross - Remember Me
10 (16) Paul McCartney and Wings - Uncle Albert
11 (07) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
12 (08) T. Rex - Get It On
13 (10) New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love
14 (11) Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday?
15 (13) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
16 (New) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe
17 (14) Neil Diamond - I Am I Said
18 (15) Marmalade - Cousin Norman
19 (17) Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
20 (18) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
21 (19) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die
22 (20) Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches
23 (32) Carpenters - For All We Know
24 (34) Carpenters - Superstar
25 (33) The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go
26 (31) Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays
27 (New) Paul & Linda McCartney - Back Seat Of My Car
28 (22) Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
29 (23) Slade - Get Down And Get With It
30 (24) Sweet - Co-Co
31 (25) Greyhound - Black And White
32 (26) Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
33 (28) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times
34 (29) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All
35 (35) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
36 (36) McGuinness Flint - Malt & Barley Blues
37 (New) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
38 (New) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War
39 (27) Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
40 (37) Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel

[Whitneyfan]

01(16) Rod Stewart – Maggie May
02(01) Diana Ross – I’m Still Waiting
03(02) The Supremes – Nathan Jones
04(03) Rod Stewart – Reason To Believe
05(04) James Taylor – You’ve Got A Friend
06(13) Marmalade – Cousin Norman
07(07) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood – Did You Ever?
08(09) Hot Chocolate – I Believe In (Love)
09(11) Joni Mitchell – Carey
10(05) Carole King – It’s Too Late

11(06) Cat Stevens – Moon Shadow
12(17) Middle Of The Road – Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
13(--) The Carpenters – Superstar
14(12) Paul & Linda McCartney – The Back Seat Of My Car
15(15) CCS – Tap Turns On The Water
16(08) Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
17(29) The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go
18(27) Englebert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place
19(14) The Chi-Lites – (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People
20(--) The Carpenters – For All We Know

21(30) Rock Candy – Remember
22(10) The Tams – Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me
23(25) Chairmen Of The Board – Chairman Of The Board
24(18) The Pioneers – Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
25(20) Carole King – I Feel The Earth Move
26(19) Buffy Sainte-Marie – Soldier Blue
27(--) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
28(--) Danyel Gérard – Butterfly
29(--) Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song
30(--) Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Rod Stewart - Maggie May (3 wks)
2 (2) Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (6 wks)
3 (7) Hot Chocolate - I Believe In ( Love) (4 wks)
4 (8) Marmalade - Cousin Norman (3 wks)
5 (10) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend (4 wks)
6 (11) Cat Stevens - Moon Shadow (4 wks)
7 (3) Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (8 wks)
8 (9) The Supremes - Nathan Jones (5 wks)
9 (13) CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (3 wks)
10 (4) Curved Air - Back Street Luv (7 wks)
11 (21) Fortunes - Freedom Come Freedom Go (2 wks)
12 (5) George Harrison - Bangladesh (6 wks)
13 (16) Paul & Linda McCartney - Back Seat Of My Card (4 wks)
14 (NE) Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (1 wk)
15 (17) The Persuaders - Thin Line between Love & Hate (4 wks)
16 (6) Carole King - It's Too Late (7 wks)
17 (12) T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (12 wk)
18 (14) Daniel Boone - Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast (6 wks)
19 (19) Tin Tin - Is That The Way (4 wks)
20 (20) Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (3 wks)
21 (NE) Carpenters - Superstar (1 wk)
22 (15) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (8 wks)
23 (18) Moody Blues - The Story In Your Eyes (7 wks)
24 (22) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever? (5 wks)
25 (NE) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing (1 wk)
26 (NE) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly (1 wk)
27 (23) Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me (8 wks)
28 (24) Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (11 wks)
29 (25) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Sweet Hitch-Hiker (9 wks)
30 (26) Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (8 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey (4wks 25-1-1-1)
02 Curved Air - Back Street Luv (5wks 23-7-2-2-2)
03 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever (4wks 26-17-7-3)
04 Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (5wks 28-19-13-6-4)
05 Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone (3wks 19-8-5)
06 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (6wks 23-15-9-7-3-6)
07 Joni Mitchell - California (6wks 27-17-8-6-4-7)
08 Carpenters - Superstar (2wks 16-8)
09 Rod Stewart - Maggie May (1wk 9 NEW)
10 Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3wks 21-11-10)

11 Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers (5wks 30-21-14-10-11)
12 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (10wks 20-9-5-2-2-1-1-3-5-12)
13 Joni Mitchell - Carey (2wks 21-13)
14 Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (6wks 32-25-15-9-9-14)
15 Graham Nash - Military Madness (3wks 23-14-15)
16 Carole King - So Far Away (2wks 22-16)
17 Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe (4wks 36-26-19-17)
18 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (4wks 39-29-20-18)
19 Who - My Wife (2wks 23-19)
20 Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) (2wks 35-20)

21 Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate (6wks 31-26-22-18-18-21)
22 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (7wks 35-22-9-3-5-12-22)
23 Marmalade - Cousin Norman (2wks 33-23)
24 Diana Ross - Surrender (2wks 37-24)
25 CCS - Tap Turns On The Water (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Gilbert O'Sullivan - We Will (7wks 25-19-16-12-11-17-27)
28 Doors - Riders On The Storm (8wks 19-8-6-2-2-4-13-28)
29 James Brown - Make It Funky (2wks 40-29)

30 Jethro Tull - Life Is A Long Song (1wk 30 NEW)

31 James Taylor - You Can Close Your Eyes (4wks 33-28-28-31)
32 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (8wks 29-15-9-6-5-8-15-32)
33 Carole King - Smackwater Jack (2wks 39-33)
34 Paul & Linda McCartney - Back Seat Of My Car (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Nick Drake - One Of These Things First (5wks 37-30-24-24-35)
36 Moody Blues - The Story In Your Eyes (4wks 38-31-30-36)
37 Honey Cone - Stick Up (3wks 40-34-37)
38 George Harrison - Bangla Desh (5wk 27-24-22-27-38)
39 Partridge Family - I Woke Up In Love This Morning (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Funkadelic - Can You Get To That (1wk 40 NEW)

The Ian Anderson written & produced folk rock UK #11 lead track from the EP, which subsequently turned up on their 1972 compilation album Living In The Past.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Maggie May - Rod Stewart < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Tap Turns On The Water - CCS
3 ( 6 ) If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
4 ( 9 ) Freedom Come Freedom Go - Fortunes
5 ( 2 ) Back Street Luv - Curved Air (#1[3])
6 ( 15 ) Superstar - Carpenters
7 ( 4 ) Did You Ever - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#2[1])
8 ( 5 ) Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - Paul And Linda McCartney (#4)
9 ( 8 ) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez (#8)
10 ( 13 ) Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - Middle Of The Road

11 ( 16 ) Cousin Norman - Marmalade
12 ( 11 ) Saturday Morning Confusion - Bobby Russell (#11)
13 ( 7 ) Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers (#2[1])
14 ( 25 ) Sweet City Woman - Stampeders
15 ( -- ) You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War - Mungo Jerry
16 ( 20 ) The Story In Your Eyes - Moody Blues
17 ( 10 ) Bangla Desh - George Harrison (#6)
18 ( 17 ) Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart (#17)
19 ( 12 ) Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green (#9)
20 ( -- ) Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull

21 ( 14 ) Little Drops Of Silver - Gerry Monroe (#12)
22 ( -- ) Yo-Yo - Osmonds
23 ( 31 ) Another Time Another Place - Engelbert Humperdinck
24 ( 21 ) Back Seat Of My Car - Paul And Linda McCartney (#21)
25 ( 27 ) Rain Dance - Guess Who
26 ( 22 ) Stick Up - Honey Cone (#22)
27 ( 18 ) Mighty Clouds Of Joy - B.J. Thomas (#13)
28 ( 30 ) Smackwater Jack - Carole King
29 ( -- ) I've Found Someone Of My Own - Free Movement
30 ( 36 ) Remember - Rock Candy

31 ( 29 ) I Believe (In Love) - Hot Chocolate (#29)
32 ( 19 ) Get It On - T.Rex (#1[5])
33 ( 24 ) I'm Still Waiting - Diana Ross (#10)
34 ( 23 ) Hey Girl Don't Bother Me - Tams (#6)
35 ( 33 ) Deep Blue - George Harrison (#33)
36 ( -- ) Butterfly - Danyel Gerard
37 ( 26 ) Riders On The Storm - Doors (#2[1])
38 ( 28 ) Won't Get Fooled Again - Who (#2[3])
39 ( 35 ) Go Down Gamblin' - Blood Sweat And Tears (#23)
40 ( -- ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Glass Bottle

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-- ( 32 ) Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - Pioneers (#4)
-- ( 34 ) Let My Name Be Sorrow - Mary Hopkin (#15)
-- ( 37 ) Mother Freedom - Bread (#28)
-- ( 38 ) Maybe Tomorrow - Jackson 5 (#18)
-- ( 39 ) Moon Shadow - Cat Stevens (#3)
-- ( 40 ) I Woke Up In Love This Morning - Partridge Family (#33)

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-- ( -- ) The Breakdown - Rufus Thomas
-- ( -- ) The Line Between Love And Hate - Persuaders
-- ( -- ) The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) - Dells

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I have deliberately switched around my #3 and #4 for this week... Go Stevie Wonder!

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Rod Stewart - MAGGIE MAY
2 [7] :: Hot Chocolate - I BELIEVE (IN LOVE)
3 [11] :: Tams - HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME
4 [6] :: Supremes - NATHAN JONES
5 [2] :: Curtis Mayfield - MOVE ON UP
6 [9] :: Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - DID YOU EVER
7 [4] :: James Taylor - YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
8 [5] :: Carole King - SMACKWATER JACK
9 [3] :: Doors - L.A. WOMAN
10 [8] :: Diana Ross - I'M STILL WAITING
11 [10] :: Carole King - YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND {Tapestry LP track}
12 [16] :: Lobo - CALIFORNIA KID AND REEMO
13 [new] :: Mungo Jerry - YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR
14 [18] :: Rod Stewart - REASON TO BELIEVE {Maggie May B-side}
15 [14] :: Stephen Stills - MARIANNE
16 [19] :: New Seekers - NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE
17 [12] :: Carole King - I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE
18 [17] :: T. Rex - GET IT ON
19 [new] :: Bay City Rollers - KEEP ON DANCING
20 [new] :: Carpenters - SUPERSTAR


It's a thank you to smokeyb for continuing to oversee the Retro Chart. Without it, I'd never have come across this Dylan-pastiche by everybody's favourite jug band.

[popchartfreak]

4th September 1971

It's 4 weeks on top for Hot Chocolate, and exactly 50 years ago I left Singapore and moved to Liverpool for a week or two, with mum and my brother, at my grandma's - see my Charts of the time for more detail than you might care for - and it's appropriate Hot Chocolate were my first new fave new act on returning to the UK. C.C.S. go top 5, Deep Purple go top 20, while less rock-oriented tracks enter the 40, climbers from The Osmonds grabbing a 3rd top 40, The Fortunes on their 2nd, Lobo on his 2nd, and debuts from The Stampeders and future UK teen sensations the Bay City Rollers. Keep On Dancing, a cover of The Gentry's early 60's US hit, is the highest new entry at 35, and was another record I bought - for my birthday in January. A Jonathan King Bell Records attempt to grab the teen market that didn't quite work, outside this one hit, which was a shame as I much preferred the original Rollers, I liked all their records - until Shang A Lang, chart success, and Les Mckewan becoming lead singer led to me being less-than-impressed. Their flop records up to the original version of Remember (Sha La la) are all great, and don't be fooled by the shoddy cover version Rollers 2 put out years later - the original 1971 Keep On Dancing is way better.

At 52, Mamy Blue - but not the Roger Whittaker cover that hogged the UK limelight as far as radio and TV went, it's the Pop Tops European hit original. much much better. I did like Roger's cover though, so expect it later on. At 58, a fave before leaving for Singapore in 1969, it was fab seeing Clodagh Rodgers still having hits - Lady Luv Bug was catchy & jolly. Jethro Tull were also still hitmaking, though Life Is A Long Song wasn't quite up to Living In The Past, but they get a 4th chart entry at 63. Chairmen Of The Board have a new (flop) single out in the USA, with future UK hit, Working On A Building Of Love, stuck on the B side. So it's charting 9 months early, here.

Autumn, minor one-hit wonders, pop up on Top Of The Pops, but I managed to tape My Little Girl off the Terry Wogan afternoon radio show, so it;s one I know from the time pretty well and am fond of, Mungo Jerry's You Don't Have To Be In The Army was one I quite liked, but never got on tape or record, so I'm kinda revisiting it after only hearing it a few times at the time, and a few times since. A 4th hit for Ray Dorset then. At 74, new to me, is a minor Hot 100 track by Springfield (Doh!) with a rock cover of Cilla Black's It's For You - the Paul McCartney/John Lennon song The Beatles gave away to their mate Cilla. Suits me living in Liverpool this week then! Finally, bottom rung is from Michel Legrand, and the lovely film theme Summer Of '42 - I liked the film when it came on TV, but I loved the theme tune, especially the 1975 hit Biddu version.


1 ( 1 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate # 1
2 ( 2 ) GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - Cher # 1
3 ( 3 ) LET YOUR YEAH BE YEAH - The Pioneers # 3
4 ( 4 ) THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes # 1
5 ( 14 ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S # 5
6 ( 9 ) HOCUS POCUS - Focus # 6
7 ( 5 ) SULTANA - Titanic # 5
8 ( 6 ) HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites # 1
9 ( 7 ) SURRENDER - Diana Ross # 1
10 ( 8 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex # 1

11 ( 10 ) THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez # 2
12 ( 12 ) GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL - Donny Osmond # 12
13 ( 11 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross # 5
14 ( 20 ) LET MY NAME BE SORROW - Mary Hopkin # 14
15 ( 13 ) DAY BY DAY (GODSPELL MEDLEY) - Holly Sherwood # 8
16 ( 27 ) BUTTERFLY (UK/AUSTRALIAN 7” VERSION) - Danyel Gerard # 16
17 ( 15 ) TAKE ME GIRL I’M READY - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 5
18 ( 16 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams # 6
19 ( 19 ) WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 19
20 ( 33 ) FIREBALL - Deep Purple # 20

21 ( 17 ) HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - The Bee Gees # 1
22 ( 18 ) MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye # 1
23 ( 23 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey # 9
24 ( 21 ) AIN’T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers # 1
25 ( 22 ) UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY - Paul & Linda McCartney # 1
26 ( 26 ) THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone # 5
27 ( 25 ) SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin # 10
28 ( 24 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World # 8
29 ( 34 ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade # 29
30 ( 38 ) SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band # 30

31 ( 31 ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road # 9
32 ( 43 ) FREEDOM COME, FREEDOM GO - The Fortunes # 32
33 ( 35 ) A-I-E-A-O-A - The Yamasukis # 33
34 ( 32 ) BLACK AND WHITE - Greyhound # 1
35 ( NEW ) KEEP ON DANCING - Bay City Rollers # 35
36 ( 30 ) MONKEY SPANNER - Dave & Ansel Collins # 10
37 ( 46 ) CALIFORNIA KID AND REEMO - Lobo # 37
38 ( 50 ) SWEET CITY WOMAN - The Stampeders # 38
39 ( 37 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers # 8
40 ( 47 ) YO-YO - The Osmonds # 40

41 ( 36 ) SUPERSTAR - Carpenters # 1
42 ( 28 ) HELLO BUDDY - The Tremeloes # 28
43 ( 29 ) HOUND DOG - Elvis Presley # 29
44 ( 40 ) I’M LEAVIN’ - Elvis Presley # 14
45 ( 41 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes # 1
46 ( 42 ) BIRDS OF A FEATHER - The Raiders # 10
47 ( 44 ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart # 4
48 ( 53 ) THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE - The Persuaders # 48
49 ( 56 ) ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE - Engelbert Humperdinck # 49
50 ( 55 ) TALK IT OVER IN THE MORNING - Anne Murray # 50

51 ( 39 ) AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS - The Formations # 39
52 ( NEW ) MAMY BLUE - Pop Tops # 52
53 ( 51 ) HOT LOVE - T.Rex # 1
54 ( 48 ) I’M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - Tami Lynn # 1
55 ( 52 ) HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - The Fortunes # 1
56 ( 60 ) HAUNTED - Dusty Springfield # 56
57 ( 49 ) YAMASUKI - The Yamasukis # 5
58 ( NEW ) LADY LUV BUG - Clodagh Rodgers # 58
59 ( 64 ) SURF’S UP - The Beach Boys # 59
60 ( 45 ) K-JEE - Nite-Liters # 39

61 ( 57 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? - Marvin Gaye # 1
62 ( 58 ) ANOTHER DAY - Paul McCartney # 1
63 ( NEW ) LIFE IS A LONG SONG - Jethro Tull # 63
64 ( 67 ) CHERRY OH BABY - Eric Donaldson # 64
65 ( NEW ) WORKING ON A BUILDING OF LOVE - Chairmen Of The Board # 65
66 ( 68 ) BLUE MONDAY - Dave Edmunds # 66
67 ( NEW ) MY LITTLE GIRL - Autumn # 67
68 ( 74 ) REMEMBER - Rock Candy # 68
69 ( 70 ) BLACK SEEDS KEEP ON GROWING - The Main Ingredient # 69
70 ( 71 ) NEW JERSEY - England Dan & John Ford Coley # 70

71 ( NEW ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR - Mungo Jerry # 71
72 ( 75 ) ON THE WAY OUT (ON THE WAY IN) - Jimmy Ruffin # 72
73 ( 54 ) THE STORY IN YOUR EYES - The Moody Blues # 54
74 ( NEW ) IT’S FOR YOU - Springfield # 74
75 ( NEW ) SUMMER OF ’42 (MAIN THEME) - Michel Legrand # 75


7th September 1971 Wot I Liked Then

It's Middle Of The Road's European hit straight in on top, as for the 2nd time in a row it was bubblegum love at first sight for me with Middle Of The Road, the first major new discovery that was climbing the UK charts. I loved the Scottish vibe, the catchy melody and I finally got to see them on Top Of The Pops. Marmalade enter with Cousin Norman, having topped my charts in Singapore with My Little One, which I preferred, C.C.S. were new to me, but loved the naughty, brassy, Tap Turns On The Water, and got the single for Xmas, Rod Stewart was starting up his exactly 50-year hit career (has a good new track out this week) with Maggie May, and James Taylor was covering Carole King, neither of those tracks faves compared to what was around in the charts I was hearing.

My life changed for the worse this week, as mum, brother and me were bussed to RAF Changi waiting room with our luggage and had to say goodbye to dad who was going to wait for take-off below. As we taxi'd onto the runway and picked up speed, I looked at the palm trees and lush vegetation and was immensely sad and tearful to be leaving forever, and to be leaving dad on his own. 50 years later and dad suddenly left us a few weeks ago in front of my eyes with nothing I could do to save him, which makes this memory bitter-sweet as I try to cope with caring for mum with advanced Alzheimers and having to sort so much.

Plane rides in those days were 24-hour, multiple-stop marathons, and the trip home was stressful for mum. Our first stop was Gan, still the sun-drenched tropical island in the Indian Ocean we stopped at 2 years ago to the day, and then by the time we got to RAF Akritiri in Cyprus it was night - and another plane from Singapore was also there, as we got into the waiting room (same as in Gan, we always left the plane for re-fuelling) I saw my form Tutor, Mrs Gibson, from my First-year at RAF Seletar Secondary Modern leave to board her plane. Talk about seeing people in unexpected places!

By the time we got to RAF Brize Norton the weather was bad and it was early morning on the 2nd September, we came in a couple of times trying to land but had to abandon it - we got diverted to Manchester. Mum was very stressed as grandma and her partner were waiting below us with a hire car to take us to her home in Liverpool. So they had to dash to Manchester while we waited for them to turn up with no way of contacting them. When they did come to collect us the hire car was too small, despite mum sending money with the express instruction that it needed to be big cos of the luggage. So I think I had a suitcase on my knees till we got to Kirkdale, near the Stanley Park football ground, and back to the grim grey reality of cold UK, no central heating, outside toilets at the end of the garden, no hot water, coal fires and general poverty. Culture shock, though grandma was so happy to see us and have us to stay a while.




1 ( NEW ) TWEEDLE DEE TWEEDLE DUM - Middle Of The Road
2 ( 1 ) I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) - Hot Chocolate
3 ( 3 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME - The Tams
4 ( 2 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - The New Seekers
5 ( 4 ) I’M STILL WAITING - Diana Ross
6 ( 8 ) IT’S TOO LATE - Carole King
7 ( 5 ) CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - Middle Of The Road
8 ( 13 ) BACK STREET LUV - Curved Air
9 ( 7 ) WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY? - Dawn
10 ( 15 ) DID YOU EVER - Nancy & Lee

11 ( 17 ) NATHAN JONES - The Supremes
12 ( 10 ) SOLDIER BLUE - Buffy Sainte-Marie
13 ( NEW ) COUSIN NORMAN - Marmalade
14 ( 11 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5
15 ( 12 ) TOM TOM TURNAROUND - New World
16 ( 20 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW - Shirley Bassey
17 ( NEW ) TAP TURNS ON THE WATER - C.C.S.
18 ( NEW ) MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart
19 ( 16 ) GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) - T.Rex
20 ( NEW ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - James Taylor