Haven Retro Combined Chart : 14.01.1973

[smokeyb]

Nothing can separate our top 2 songs as they pull well away from the rest, so our joint chart toppers are

David Bowie with week 2 and Carly Simon getting her first chart number 1.



T. Rex slip down to 3, Elvis is up at 4 and Wizzard are up to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 4 re-entries this week, the highest is the Sweet at number 6.



The biggest climber is the Temptations who rebound back 29 places to number 7.



The biggest faller is the Jackson Five who drop of the chart from number 28.

[smokeyb]

14.01.1973 (Week # 02)

1 (03) Carly Simon - You're So Vain - 166 points (7-5-4-3-1) 5 wks
1 (01) David Bowie - The Jean Genie - 166 points (34-6-5-3-3-1-1) 7 wks
3 (02) T. Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action - 103 points (3-1-1-2-2-3) 6 wks
4 (05) Elvis Presley – Always On My Mind - 98 points (16-10-7-5-4) 5 wks
5 (06) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident - 97 points (23-12-9-6-5) 5 wks
6 (NE) Sweet - Blockbuster - 94 points 1 wk
7 (36) Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone - 77 points (24-18-13-11-4-6-7-7-11-20-34-31-36-7) 14 wks
8 (11) Wings - C Moon - 66 points (27-16-14-11-8) 5 wks
9 (10) Wings - Hi Hi Hi - 66 points (26-17-10-9) 4 wks
10 (09) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin - 65 points (18-14-9-8-9-10) 6 wks
11 (08) Gladys Knight & The Pips – Help Me Make It Through The Night - 56 points (16-17-8-6-6-6-8-11) 8 wks
12 (04) John & Yoko & the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - 51 points (7-3-2-1-4-12) 6 wks
13 (13) Chairman of the Board - Im On My Way To A Better Place - 50 points (24-22-13-13) 4 wks
14 (26) Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling - 46 points (26-14) 2 wks
15 (RE) Free - Wishing Well - 45 points (30-36-x-15) 3 wks
16 (19) Stevie Wonder - Superstition - 45 points (31-39-40-24-21-22-25-19-16) 9 wks
17 (22) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In - 41 points (40-22-17) 3 wks
18 (RE) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – If You Don't Know Me By Now - 39 points (32-28-21-17-21-27-x-18) wks7
19 (07) Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane - 39 points (4-3-2-2-4-5-7-19) 8 wks
20 (18) Judge Dread - Big Seven - 38 points (33-21-20-18-20) 5 wks
21 (20) Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together - 37 points (38-31-35-40-25-18-20-21) 8 wks
22 (33) New Seekers - Come Softly To Me - 35 points (38-31-x-33-22) 4 wks
23 (NE) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads - 34 points 1 wk
24 (12) Osmonds - Crazy Horses -32 points (12-2-2-1-4-9-8-11-12-24) 10 wks
25 (16) Curtis Mayfield – Superfly - 31 points (29-32-20-26-18-15-16-16-25) 9 wks
26 (17) Detroit Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - 31 points (26-17-26) 3 wks
27 (23) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - 29 points (34-23-27) 3 wks
28 (15) Little Jimmy Osmond – Long Haired Lover From Liverpool - 28 points (21-12-11-13-15-28) 6 wks
29 (14) Elton John - Crocodile Rock - 27 points (6-2-1-1-2-1-4-7-10-14-29) 11 wks
30 (25) Roy C - Shotgun Wedding - 24 points (28-40-40-25-30) 5 wks
31 (NE) Status Quo - Paper Plane - 24 points 1 wk
32 (38) Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love - 20 points (40-38-32) 3 wks
33 (38) Kinks - Celluloid Heroes - 19 points (38-33) 2 wks
34 (34) Nilsson – Remember (Christmas) - 19 points (30-34-34) 3 wks
35 (37) Al Green – Guilty - 18 points (28-23-32-36-37-40-37-34-40-36-37-40-35-37-37-35) 16 wks
36 (31) Steely Dan - Do It Again - 18 points (34-33-40-26-32-39-x-35-31-36) 9 wks
37 (RE) Delfonics – Tell Me It Is A Dream - 17 points (28-26-29-27-30-31-26-27-28-25-27-30-31-31-32-26-34-39-40-x-40-38-x-40-x-39-40-x-37) 25 wks
38 (RE) Donny Osmond - Why - 17 points (18-18-19-19-19-x-38) 6 wks
39 (NE) Barbara Mason – Give Me Your Love - 16 points 1 wk
40 (NE) King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight - 16 points 1 wk

Dropped Out
47 (24) Four Tops - Keeper Of The Castle - 13 points (39-17-15-20-13-20-21-24)
48 (38) Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man - 13 points (38-38)
56 (21) Michael Jackson - Ben - 10 points (30-9-9-8-13-15-21)
58 (29) Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack - 10 points (13-13-10-9-13-9-6-6-25-26-28-29-29)
62 (32) Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag - 9 points (38-39-32)
67 (30) Chuck Berry - My Ding- A-Ling - 7 points (16-10-9-10-16-22-23-23-30)
68 (27) Rod Stewart – What Made Milwaukee Famous - 7 points (25-5-4-5-10-14-19-27)
78 (38) Lieutenant Pigeon - Desperate Dan - 3 points (38)
- (28) Jackson Five - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - 0 points (18-12-28)
- (35) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band - Little Drummer Boy - 0 points (32-24-35)

Thanks to o Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak darkstar79 Mark rubcale & Smurfie .


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 20.01.1973

1 (1) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (9 wk) (# 1)
2 (16) Sweet - Blockbuster (2 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) David Bowie – The Jean Genie (7 wk) (# 2)
4 (7) Carly Simon - You're So Vain (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) Wings - Hi Hi Hi/C Moon (7 wk) (# 5)
6 (6) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident (7 wk) (# 6)
7 (3) T.Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action (7 wk) (# 2)
8 (4) Osmonds - Crazy Horses (11 wk) (# 2)
9 (10) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind (6 wk) (# 9)
10 (8) Judge Dread - Big Seven (7 wk) (# 8)
11 (18) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through the Night (9 wk) (# 11)
12 (11) Roy C - Shotgun Wedding (9 wk) (# 7)
13 (13) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (8 wk) (# 9)
14 (9) Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane (9 wk) (# 2)
15 (26) Free - Wishing Well (2 wk) (# 15)
16 (21) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In (7 wk) (# 16)
17 (19) Lieutenant Pigeon - Desperate Dan (6 wk) (# 17)
18 (37) Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (2 wk) (# 18)
19 (12) Michael Jackson - Ben (9 wk) (# 7)
20 (24) New Seekers - Come Softly To Me (8 wk) (# 20)
21 (17) Donny Osmond - Why (11 wk) (# 3)
22 (14) Chuck Berry - My Ding- A-Ling (13 wk) (# 1)
23 (30) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (40) Status Quo - Paper Plane (2 wk) (# 24)
25 (42) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (2 wk) (# 24)
26 (22) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band - Little Drummer Boy (8 wk) (# 13)
27 (33) The Who - Relay (2 wk) (# 27)
28 (25) Blue Mink - Stay With Me (11 wk) (# 11)
29 (20) Elton John - Crocodile Rock (12 wk) (# 5)
30 (31) Chairman of the Board - Im On My Way To A Better Place (4 wk) (# 30)
31 (23) Lynsey de Paul - Getting a Drag (8 wk) (# 18)
32 (39) Dandy Livingstone - Big City (2 wk) (# 32)
33 (15) John & Yoko & the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (7 wk) (# 4)
34 (NE) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (1 wk) (# 34)
35 (50) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads (2 wk) (# 35)
36 (28) Rod Stewart - Angel/What Made Milwaukee Famous (10 wk) (# 7)
37 (35) Judge Dread-Big Six (22 wk) (# 11)
38 (NE) Elton John - Daniel (1 wk) (# 38)
39 (27) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Clair (14 wk) (# 1)
40 (NE) Focus - Hocus Pocus (1 wk) (# 40)
41 (32) Jackson Five - Lookin' Through The Windows (11 wk) (# 9)
42 (29) David Cassidy - Rock Me Baby (9 wk) (# 11)
43 (41) Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough (19 wk) (# 1)
44 (NE) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar  (1 wk) (# 44)
45 (43) Dick Emery - You Are Awful (2 wk) (# 43)
46 (47) Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - On a Saturday Night (2 wk) (# 46)
47 (46) Ken Dodd - Just Out Of My Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms) (10 wk) (# 29)
48 (NE) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (38) Strawbs - Lay Down (12 wk) (# 12)
50 (RE) Vicky Leandros - The Love In Your Eyes (4 wk) (# 48)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 18-01-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn
(27) THE WHO – Relay  
(24) STATUS QUO – Paper Plane
(NEW) GARY GLITTER – Do You Wanna Touch Me?  (Oh Yeah) 
(17) LIEUTENANT PIGEON – Desperate Dan
(23) HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES – If You Don’t Know Me By Now  
(2) THE SWEET - Blockbuster
(NEW) ANNE MURRAY – Danny’s Song
(15) FREE – Wishing Well  
(1) LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND – Long Haired Lover From Liverpool  
(4) CARLY SIMON – You’re So Vain

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 20.01.1973
1 (3) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front (10 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Slade - Slayed (7 wk) (# 1)
3 (8) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (27 wk) (# 2)
4 (2) Various Artists - 20 Fantastic Hits Vol 2 (9 wk) (# 2)
5 (7) Donny Osmond - Portrait Of Donny (18 wk) (# 5)
6 (4) Various Artists - 25 Rockin' And Rollin' Greats (8 wk) (# 1)
7 (5) Various Artists - 25 Dynamic Hits Vol 2 (9 wk) (# 2)
8 (15) Rod Stewart - Never A Dull Moment (25 wk) (# 1)
9 (10) Donny Osmond - Too Young (6 wk) (# 7)
10 (16) David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (27 wk) (#6)

[darkstar79]

01 The O'Jays – Love Train (1 wk)
02 Al Green – Hot Wire (1 wk)
03 Curtis Mayfield – Superfly (10 wks)
04 The Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone (15 wks)
05 Al Green – Guilty (17 wks)
06 The Delfonics – Tell Me It Is A Dream (31 wks)
07 Barbara Mason – Give Me Your Love (2 wks)
08 Diana Ross - Good Morning Heartache (2 wks)
09 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Help Me Make It Through The Night (9 wks)
10 Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man (6 wks)

11 The Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (4 wks)
12 Johnny Williams – Slow Motion (Part 1) (3 wks)
13 The Supremes – I Guess I’ll Miss The Man (14 wks)
14 Bobby Womack – Harry Hippie (7 wks)
15 Holland-Dozier Feat. Brian Holland – Leave Me Starving for Your Love (Pt. 1) (3 wks)
16 Curtis Mayfield – Freddie's Dead (Theme from 'Superfly') (23 wks)
17 Merry Clayton – Oh No , Not My Baby (5 wks)
18 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Can't Stand To See You Cry (6 wks)
19 The Main Ingredient – You've Got To Take It (If You Want It) (5 wks)
20 James Brown – I Got Ants In My Pants ( And I Want To Dance ) (1 wk)

21 Candi Staton – Lovin' You Lovin' Me (12 wks)
22 The Carpenters – I Won't Last A Day Without You (18 wks)
23 The Shangri-Las – Leader Of The Pack (15 wks)
24 Joey Heatherton – I'm Sorry (8 wks)
25 Millie Jackson – I Miss You Baby (7 wks)
26 Lyn Collins – Me And My Baby Got A Good Thing Goin' (8 wks)
27 Mary Hopkin – Knock Knock Who's There (7 wks)
28 Valerie Simpson – Silly, Wasn't I (7 wks)
29 The Chi Lites – We Need Order (8 wks)
30 The Four Tops – Keeper Of The Castle (11 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
02(09) The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
03(05) Sweet – Blockbuster
04(11) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads
05(04) The Eagles – Peaceful easy Feeling
06(19) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
07(--) Elton John – Daniel
08(21) Status Quo - Paper Plane
09(03) David Bowie – The Jean Genie
10(20) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now

11(02) Nilsson – Remember (Christmas)
12(22) Free – Wishing Well
13(13) Dick Emery - You Are Awful (But I Like You)
14(06) Elvis Presley – Always On My Mind
15(07) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident
16(24) Dandy Livingstone - Big City
17(25) The Who – Relay
18(08) Bette Midler – Do You Want To Dance
19(10) Chairmen Of The Board – I’m On My Way To A Better place
20(12) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In

21(--) Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar
22(15) Simon Park Orchestra – Eye Level
23(30) Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - On a Saturday Night
24(--) Gary Glitter – Do You Wanna Touch Me
25(16) Wings - Hi Hi Hi
26(--) Focus – Hocus Pocus
27(26) Diana Ross – Good Morning Heartache
28(14) Wings – C Moon
29(17) Judge Dread - Big Seven
30(--) Dave Edmunds – Baby I Love You

[rubcale]

01 Wizzard Ball Park Incident
02 Sweet Blockbuster
03 Carly Simon You're So Vain
04 Temptations Papa Was A Rolling Stone
05 Judge Dread Big Seven
06 David Bowie The Jean Genie
07 Gladys Knight & The Pips Help Me Make It Through The Night
08 T Rex Solid Gold Easy Action
09 New Seekers ft/ Marty Kristian Come Softly To Me
10 Status Quo Paper Plane
11 Harold Melvin & Bluenotes If You Don't Know Me By Now
12 Gary Glitter Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah)
13 Roy C Shotgun Wedding
14 Olivia Newton-John Take Me Home Country Roads
15 Billy Paul Me And Mrs Jones
16 Moody Blues Nights In White Satin
17 The Who Relay
18 Elton John Daniel
19 Dave Edmonds Baby I Love You
20 Thin Lizzy Whiskey In The Jar

[o]

1 Carly Simon - You're So Vain
2 Sweet - Blockbuster
3 David Bowie – The Jean Genie
4 T.Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action
5 Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
6 Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
7 Free - Wishing Well
8 Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads
9 Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
10 Elton John – Daniel
11 Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane
12 Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me
13 Focus - Hocus Pocus
14 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
15 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 12.01.1973

1 (02) David Bowie - The Jean Genie
2 (16) Sweet - Blockbuster
3 (01) Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
4 (07) Carly Simon - You're So Vain
5 (05) Paul McCartney & Wings - Hi Hi Hi/C Moon
6 (03) T. Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action
7 (04) The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
8 (10) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
9 (08) Judge Dread - Big Seven
10 (06) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident
11 (18) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through The Night
12 (11) Roy C - Shotgun Wedding
13 (13) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
14 (09) Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane
15 (26) Free - Wishing Well
16 (21) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In
17 (19) Lieutenant Pigeon - Desperate Dan
18 (37) The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
19 (12) Michael Jackson - Ben
20 (24) New Seekers - Come Softly To Me
21 (17) Donny Osmond - Why
22 (14) Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
23 (30) Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
24 (40) Status Quo - Paper Plane
25 (New) Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones
26 (33) The Who - Relay
27 (25) Blue Mink - Stay With Me
28 (20) Elton John - Crocodile Rock
29 (31) Chairmen Of The Board - I'm On My Way To A Better Place
30 (23) Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag
31 (39) Dandy Livingstone - Big City
32 (15) John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
33 (New) Gary Glitter - Do Ya Wanna Touch Me
34 (New) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
35 (28) Rod Stewart - Angel/What Made Milwaukee Famous
36 (35) Judge Dread - Big Six
37 (New) Elton John - Daniel
38 (27) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair
39 (New) Focus - Hocus Pocus
40 (New) Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Do It Again - Steely Dan
3 ( 5 ) Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
4 ( 2 ) Superstition - Stevie Wonder (#2[4])
5 ( 13 ) Wishing Well - Free
6 ( 14 ) Blockbuster - Sweet
7 ( 7 ) Hi Hi Hi - Wings
8 ( 4 ) The Jean Genie - David Bowie (#3)
9 ( -- ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy
10 ( 6 ) Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (#6)

11 ( -- ) Daniel - Elton John
12 ( 9 ) C Moon - Wings (#5)
13 ( 12 ) Sing Don't Speak - Blackfoot Sue (#12)
14 ( 10 ) Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley (#6)
15 ( 11 ) Angel - Rod Stewart (#8)
16 ( 17 ) You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell
17 ( 27 ) Paper Plane - Status Quo
18 ( 8 ) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir (#1[3])
19 ( 16 ) I'm On My Way To A Better Place - Chairmen Of The Board (#16)
20 ( 29 ) On A Saturday Night - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs

21 ( -- ) Hocus Pocus - Focus
22 ( 24 ) Rocky Mountain Hight - John Denver
23 ( -- ) Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners
24 ( 21 ) The World Is A Ghetto - War (#21)
25 ( 15 ) Solid Gold Easy Action - T.Rex (#8)
26 ( 32 ) Big City - Dandy Livingstone
27 ( 19 ) Big Seven - Judge Dread (#17)
28 ( -- ) Dreidel - Don McLean
29 ( 20 ) Desperate Dan - Lieutenant Pigeon (#18)
30 ( 35 ) Relay - Who

31 ( 26 ) Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (#26)
32 ( 18 ) Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina (#7)
33 ( 25 ) Separate Ways - Elvis Presley (#25)
34 ( 23 ) The Love In Your Eyes - Vicky Leandros (#21)
35 ( 40 ) Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo
36 ( 22 ) Ball Park Incident - Wizzard (#12)
37 ( -- ) Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Gary Glitter
38 ( -- ) I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) - Luther Ingram
39 ( 31 ) Been To Canaan - Carole King (#26)
40 ( 28 ) Can't Keep It In - Cat Stevens (#13)

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-- ( 30 ) GudBuy T'Jane - Slade (#3)
-- ( 33 ) I Wanna Be With You - Raspberries (#23)
-- ( 34 ) Crocodile Rock - Elton John (#1[3])
-- ( 36 ) Getting A Drag - Lynsey De Paul (#19)
-- ( 37 ) The Men - Isaac Hayes (#14)
-- ( 38 ) Keeper Of The Castle - Four Tops (#18)
-- ( 39 ) Alive - Bee Gees (#26)

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-- ( -- ) Do You Want To Dance - Bette Midler

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1973 is a brilliant year for music, by the way.

[Whitneyfan]

1973 is the year I was born!

[smokeyb]

Jan 14, 2023 19:35:20 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

1973 is the year I was born!

I was in high school this year

[Earl Purple]

I was in primary school in 1973.

Towards the end of 1972 is when I first started learning piano

[smokeyb]

1 (1) David Bowie – The Jean Genie (7 wks)
2 (5) Sweet - Blockbuster (2 wks)
3 (2) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident (7 wks)
4 (3) Carly Simon - You're So Vain (6 wks)
5 (10) Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling (4 wks)
6 (15) Free - Wishing Well (2 wks)
7 (4) Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind (6 wks)
8 (6) Wings - C Moon (7 wks)
9 (20) Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (2 wks)
10 (16) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now (2 wks)
11 (NE) Elton John - Daniel (1 wk)
12 (27) Status Quo - Paper Plane (2 wks)
13 (23) The Who - Relay (2 wks)
14 (7) Wings - Hi Hi Hi (7 wks)
15 (12) Chairman of the Board - Im On My Way To A Better Place (6 wks)
16 (13) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In (7 wks)
17 (8) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (8 wks)
18 (9) T.Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action (7 wks)
19 (29) Dandy Livinstone - Big City (2 wks)
20 (32) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads (2 wks)
21 (31) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (2 wks)
22 (NE) Focus - Hocus Pocus (1 wk)
23 (NE) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar (1 wk)
24 (11) 10CC - Johnny Don't Do It (8 wks)
25 (14) Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane (9 wks)
26 (18) Blackfoot Sue - Sing, Don't Speak (6 wks)
27 (19) Geordie - Don't Do That (8 wks)
28 (21) Moody Blues - Lost In A Lost World (8 wks)
29 (22) Moody Blues - For My Lady (8 wks)
30 (24) Steely Dan - Do It Again (10 wks)
31 (25) Judge Dread - Big Seven (7 wks)
32 (NE) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You (1 wk)
33 (28) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through the Night (9 wks)
34 (40) Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - On a Saturday Night (2 wks)
35 (30) Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance (11 wks)
36 (33) Rod Stewart - What Made Milwaukee Famous (10 wks)
37 (NE) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (1 wk)
38 (34) Elton John - Crocodile Rock (12 wks)
39 (26) America - Ventura Highway (9 wks)
40 (17) John & Yoko & the Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (7 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [4] :: Sweet - BLOCK BUSTER
2 [5] :: Status Quo - PAPER PLANE
3 [1] :: David Bowie - THE JEAN GENIE
4 [2] :: Elvis Presley - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
5 [6] :: Carly Simon - YOU'RE SO VAIN
6 [3] :: Eagles - PEACEFUL, EASY FEELING
7 [7] :: Temptations - PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE
8 [16] :: Olivia Newton-John - TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
9 [8] :: Harold Melvin & Blue Notes - IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW
10 [new] :: Thin Lizzy - WHISKEY IN THE JAR
11 [new] :: Gary Glitter - DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME ? (OH YEAH)
12 [new] :: Elton John - DANIEL
13 [15] :: Billy Paul - ME AND MRS JONES
14 [11] :: Wizzard - BALL PARK INCIDENT
15 [13] :: Chairmen Of The Board - I'M ON MY WAY TO A BETTER PLACE
16 [17] :: Free - WISHING WELL
17 [12] :: Wings - C'MOON
18 [10] :: Don McLean - DREIDEL
19 [new] :: Sweet - NEED A LOT OF LOVIN' {Block Buster B-side}
20 [new] :: Dandy Livingstone - THINK ABOUT THAT

[raliverpool]

01 Kinks - Celluloid Heroes (5wks 23-13-3-2-1)

02 Carly Simon - You're So Vain (5wks 10-2-1-1-2)
03 Stevie Wonder - Superstition (4wks 31-14-5-3)
04 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (4wks 18-8-4-4)
05 David Bowie - The Jean Genie (5wks 13-7-2-3-5)
06 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night (3wks 30-12-6)
07 Sweet - Blockbuster (2wks 16-7)
08 Paul McCartney & Wings - Hi Hi Hi (6wks 27-15-9-6-6-8)
09 Wizzard - Ball Park Incident (4wks 23-11-7-9)
10 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (3wks 34-17-10)

11 Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In (5wks 32-21-13-11-11)
12 Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance (6wks 31-22-16-12-9-12)
13 Free - Wishing Well (2wks 27-13)
14 Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind (5wks 30-22-17-13-14)
15 Joni Mitchell - You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio (3wks 31-19-15)
16 Paul McCartney & Wings - C Moon (4wks 28-16-14-16)
17 Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard (7wks 32-16-8-4-4-8-17)
18 Steely Dan - Do It Again (3wks 37-24-18)
19 Rolling Stones - Let It Loose (4wks 33-25-20-19)
20 Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (2wks 26-20)

21 Can - Vitamin C (2wks 30-21)
22 John Denver - Rocky Mountain High (2wks 35-22)
23 T Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action (7wks 19-5-4-5-9-15-23)
24 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (8wks 31-17-6-3-3-5-10-24)
25 Who - Relay (3wks 38-28-25)
26 James Taylor - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (4wks 30-22-22-26)
27 Status Quo - Paper Plane (1wk 27 NEW)
28 War - The World Is A Ghetto (2wks 37-28)
29 Black Sabbath - Changes (7wks 28-21-12-8-10-18-29)
30 King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Raspberries - I Wanna Be With You (7wks 33-24-20-19-19-23-31)
32 Slade - I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender (3wks 36-31-33)
34 Harry Nilsson - Turn On Your Radio (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Cat Stevens - Sitting (7wks 27-22-16-17-20-25-35)
36 Dandy Livingstone - Big City (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Genesis - The Musical Box (3wks 35-32-37)
38 Big Star - Feel (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (12wks 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7-21-39)
40 Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones (8wks 23-13-7-6-11-18-29-40)

[Smurfie]

1) Carly Simon - You're So Vain
2) Olivia Newton John - Take me home Country Roads
3) Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through the Night
4) New Seekers - Come Softly To Me
5) Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
6) Lynsey de Paul - Getting a Drag
7) Chairman of the Board - Im On My Way To A Better Place
8) Sweet - Blockbuster
9) David Bowie – The Jean Genie
10) Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In
11) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
12) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
13) Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
14) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You
15) T.Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action
16) Wizzard - Ball Park Incident
17) Elton John - Crocodile Rock
18) Slade - Gudbuy T'Jane
19) Thin Lizzy - Whisky In The Jar
20) Focus - Hocus Pocus

[popchartfreak]

7th January 1973

It's straight in on top for The Sweet and their first retro number one, Blockbuster as they pretty much can't go wrong for the next 12 months, and neither can Chinn-Chapman who will having monster glam hits with Suzi Quatro and Mud instead of New World, who have their last hurrah with Alice at 20. New in at 13, my actual fave record in january 1973, Dave Edmunds Phil Spector-inspired version of Baby I Love You, recorded at his own Rockfield studios, and his 3rd Retro chart entry, 4th counting Love Sculpture.

Strawbs get a 3rd retro entry with Hudson-Ford featuring Part Of The Union, a sort of oom pah pah stomping anti-Union song rather than Dave Cousins folk, so the writing was very much on the wall for a split due to musical differences. The lyrics sounded like it was all about celebrating power to the Unions (who were very active in the 70's) but it wasn't. Presumably they weren't impressed by the Top Of The Pops studio (Musicians Union) orchestra ruining many a solo singer performance...

New at 41, Thin Lizzy debut with Irish folk tune Whiskey In The Jar, which I was never a huge fan of at the time, but it's grown on me with the years, while at 49 the non-single from Neil Sedaka's second comeback album, future hit Solitaire, a terrific song that I recall getting on a flexi-disc free with Record Mirror (unless it was Sounds) circa 1975. The official hit single was That's When The Music Takes Me, which wasn't as good and pops in lower at 73, nestling co-incidentally next to 10CC. The album was produced at their Strawberry Studios and all the back up instruments and vocals are actual 10CC. That would be worth a "feature" these days. Finally, Ann Peebles debuts future 1983 Paul Young hit, I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, and good it is too.



1 ( NEW ) BLOCKBUSTER - The Sweet # 1
2 ( 5 ) WISHING WELL - Free # 1
3 ( 3 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
4 ( 2 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
5 ( 7 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex # 1
6 ( 1 ) SATELLITE OF LOVE - Lou Reed featuring David Bowie # 1
7 ( 8 ) DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray # 7
8 ( 4 ) I'M ON MY WAY TO A BETTER PLACE - Chairmen Of The Board # 4
9 ( 9 ) I BELIEVE IN LOVE - The Pioneers # 9
10 ( 6 ) THE RIGHT THING TO DO - Carly Simon # 6

11 ( 13 ) WE NEED ORDER - The Chi-Lites # 11
12 ( 10 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Lou Reed featuring Thunderthighs # 1
13 ( NEW ) BABY I LOVE YOU - Dave Edmunds # 13
14 ( 15 ) COME SOFTLY TO ME - The New Seekers featuring Marty Kristian # 14
15 ( 11 ) SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder # 1
16 ( 16 ) LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays # 1
17 ( 12 ) LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - The Pipes & Drums of The Royal Scots Dragoons Guard Band # 9
18 ( 22 ) MY THING - The Moments # 18
19 ( 24 ) DADDY’S HOME - Jermaine Jackson # 19
20 ( 26 ) LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE - New World # 20

21 ( 21 ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH - John Denver # 8
22 ( 18 ) THE JEAN GENIE - David Bowie # 2
23 ( NEW ) PART OF THE UNION - The Strawbs # 23
24 ( 14 ) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) - John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir # 4
25 ( 19 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations # 1
26 ( 23 ) KEEPER OF THE CASTLE - The Four Tops # 10
27 ( 47 ) PAPER PLANE - Status Quo # 27
28 ( 33 ) WHEN I AM A KID - Demis Roussos # 28
29 ( 29 ) STAY WITH ME - Blue Mink # 3
30 ( 20 ) YOU’RE SO VAIN - Carly Simon featuring Mick Jagger # 6

31 ( 28 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las # 1
32 ( 30 ) IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER - Carole King # 1
33 ( 31 ) DO IT AGAIN - Steely Dan # 1
34 ( 34 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE - The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy # 25
35 ( 25 ) PERFECT DAY - Lou Reed # 17
36 ( 36 ) MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME - Dolly Parton # 36
37 ( 46 ) I AM AN ASTRONAUT - Ricky Wilde # 37
38 ( 17 ) REGGAE CHRISTMAS - Gable Hall School Choir # 17
39 ( 27 ) SWEET SURRENDER - Bread # 13
40 ( 35 ) I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners # 1

41 ( NEW ) WHISKEY IN THE JAR - Thin Lizzy # 41
42 ( 38 ) REMEMBER (CHRISTMAS) - Nilsson # 38
43 ( 39 ) TWEEDLE DEE - Little Jimmy Osmond # 39
44 ( 61 ) TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS - Olivia Newton-John # 44
45 ( 40 ) C. MOON - Wings # 40
46 ( 37 ) MANANA - Bay City Rollers # 5
47 ( 53 ) I'VE NEVER FOUND ME A MAN - Esther Phillips # 47
48 ( 45 ) SHOTGUN WEDDING - Roy C # 20
49 ( NEW ) SOLITAIRE - Neil Sedaka # 49
50 ( 44 ) YOU’LL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND - Hot Chocolate # 1

51 ( 64 ) ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) - Deodato # 51
52 ( 32 ) DESPERATE DAN - Lieutenant Pigeon # 32
53 ( 71 ) DON’T LEAVE ME STARVIN’ FOR YOUR LOVE - Holland-Dozier featuring Brian Holland # 53
54 ( 41 ) EYE LEVEL - Simon Park Orchestra # 38
55 ( 68 ) DUELING BANJOS - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell # 55
56 ( 42 ) DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? - Bette Midler # 42
57 ( 55 ) VENTURA HIGHWAY - America # 5
58 ( 51 ) HOUSE OF THE KING - Focus # 19
59 ( 59 ) THE COLDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE (PART 1) - The Chi-Lites # 1
60 ( 56 ) GAUDETE - Steeleye Span # 56

61 ( 69 ) BIG CITY - Dandy Livingstone # 61
62 ( 62 ) LOOKIN’ THROUGH THE WINDOWS - The Jackson 5 # 1
63 ( 43 ) OH NO NOT MY BABY - Merry Clayton # 43
64 ( 66 ) LIVING TOGETHER, GROWING TOGETHER - The 5th Dimension # 64
65 ( 65 ) CRAZY HORSES - The Osmonds # 1
66 ( 54 ) 992 ARGUMENTS - The O’Jays # 15
67 ( 50 ) GETTING A DRAG - Lynsey De Paul # 26
68 ( NEW ) I’M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN - Ann Peebles # 68
69 ( 75 ) GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE - Diana Ross # 69
70 ( 52 ) JOHNNY DON’T DO IT - 10cc # 10

71 ( 74 ) GIVE ME YOUR LOVE - Barbara Mason # 71
72 ( 73 ) ON A SATURDAY NIGHT - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs # 72
73 ( NEW ) THAT’S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME - Neil Sedaka # 73
74 ( 49 ) THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES - Vicki Leandros # 49
75 ( 48 ) BALL PARK INCIDENT - Wizzard # 48



7th January 1973 My charts of that week back then

It's a first week at one as Chairmen Of The Board break into the UK top 30 and qualify for my top 20, the forgotten I'm On My Way To A Better Place is one of their best records, and keeps off the Lt Pigeon follow-up to number 2 peaking Mouldy Old Dough - Desperate Dan was a bit jauntier but not much different. I turned 15 years old this week and have no idea what my prezzies were, but I'm guessing it was going back to school and a record token. I preferred the latter, on the whole, less getting bullied involved. I even got smacked in the head hard by a 3rd-year girl who misunderstood some crap joke I was attempting to make a couple of weeks into January.

.Other than that, the post-xmas lull, 10CC enter with their flop 2nd 50's pastiche Johnny Don't Do It, and Cat Stevens is at 30 with Can't Keep It In, my least-fave-ever Cat Stevens record - I just couldn't get my teenage mind away from the image of not keeping something in your pants. Most 15-year-old's were probably thinking the same thing. At the cinema, though, was The Poseidon Adventure, the Irwin Allen disaster movie - the creator of Lost In Space, The Time Tunnel and Land Of The Giants TV sci-fi shows I loved in the 60's, had gone into the big league with the top-grossing film of 1973. An ocean-liner is turned upside-down and the focus is on a group of survivors trying to climb up a sinking wrecked ship to the hull. A cast of wonderful stars made the will-they-survive plot exciting beyond belief (some didn't survive!). Mum took me and my brother to see it in Mansfield on a visit, and I became a fan of Roddy McDowell (fresh off Planet Of The Apes movies), Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Ernest Borgnine and the rest of the cast, my all-time fave film for the next few years. Bought the book, sketched the film poster, bought Film Review magazines, the lot. 



1 ( 21 ) I’M ON MY WAY TO A BETTER PLACE - Chairmen Of The Board
2 ( 22 ) DESPERATE DAN - Lieutenant Pigeon
3 ( 1 ) HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER - John & Yoko, The Plastic Ono Band & The Harlem Community Choir
4 ( 2 ) SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION - T.Rex
5 ( 7 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - The Moody Blues
6 ( 3 ) BALL PARK INCIDENT - Wizzard
7 ( 5 ) YOU’RE SO VAIN - Carly Simon
8 ( 8 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND - Elvis Presley
9 ( 4 ) LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band
10 ( 10 ) LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS - The Jackson 5

11 ( 9 ) HI HI HI - Wings
12 ( 11 ) SHOTGUN WEDDING - Roy C
13 ( 6 ) GETTING A DRAG - Lynsey De Paul
14 ( 13 ) CROCODILE ROCK - Elton John
15 ( 17 ) THE JEAN GENIE - David Bowie
16 ( 16 ) STAY WITH ME - Blue Mink
17 ( 15 ) KEEPER OF THE CASTLE - The Four Tops
18 ( 18 ) BEN - Michael Jackson
19 ( RE ) LONG-HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL - Little Jimmy Osmond
20 ( 27 ) CRAZY HORSES - The Osmonds

21 ( 23 ) IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Albert Hammond
22 ( NEW ) JOHNNY DON’T DO IT - 10CC
23 ( 25 ) COME SOFTLY TO ME - The New Seekers featuring Marty Kristian
24 ( 24 ) DON’T DO THAT - Geordie
25 ( 30 ) GUDBYE T’JANE - Slade
26 ( 29 ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - Gladys Knight & The Pips
27 ( 12 ) HI HO SILVER LINING - The Jeff Beck Group
28 ( 26 ) REGGAE CHRISTMAS - Gable Hall School Choir
29 ( 14 ) LEADER OF THE PACK - The Shangri-Las
30 ( NEW ) CAN’T KEEP IT IN - Cat Stevens