Haven Retro Combined Chart : 04.08.1973

[smokeyb]

Gary Glitter gets his first retro number one, after he reached number 2 with his last 2 singles.



In the smallest of margins he beats David Bowie by only 1 point.



In a very static top 5, the Carpenters stay at 3, Diana Ross at 4 and Mungo Jerry at 5.



There are 7 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is Barry Blue at number 17.



The biggest climber is 22 places who jump up 22 places to number 6.



The biggest faller is the Hotshots who drop off the chart from number 40.

[smokeyb]

04.08.1973 (Week # 31)

1 (02) Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - 146 points (5-2-1) 3 wks
2 (01) David Bowie - Life On Mars? - 145 points (2-1-1-1-1-2) 6 wks
3 (03) Carpenters – Yesterday Once More - 127 points (37-38-21-18-16-7-4-2-3-3) 10 wks
4 (04) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning - 126 points (26-12-7-4-4) 5 wks
5 (05) Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright - 118 points (19-8-5-5) 4 wks
6 (28) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash - 94 points (28-6) 2 wks
7 (06) Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - 77 points (19-5-4-6-7) 5 wks
8 (14) Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic - 73 points (40-14-8) 3 wks
9 (07) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye - 69 points (39-31-40-25-17-12-7-9) 8 wks
10 (13) Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy - 57 points (38-13-10) 3 wks
11 (10) Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band - 55 points (16-10-9-10-11) 5 wks
12 (12) Osmonds - Goin' Home - 54 points (22-12-12) 3 wks
13 (17) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes - 53 points (28-17-13) 3 wks
14 (09) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home - 49 points (25-17-22-12-11-13-8-10-9-14) 10 wks
15 (19) Free – All Right Now - 46 points (34-19-15) 3 wks
16 (18) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 45 points (30-28-28-24-23-24-29-40-28-27-17-14-20-28-x-18-16) 16 wks
17 (NE) Barry Blue – Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night) - 44 points (17) 1 wk
18 (08) Paul McCartney & Wings – Live And Let Die - 38 points (4-2-1-1-2-2-6-8-18) 9 wks
19 (15) Pink Floyd - Money - 34 points (40-x-32-18-19-28-27-27-20-21-17-15-19) 12 wks
20 (22) Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - 32 points (24-20-16-22-20) 5 wks
21 (11) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me - 32 points (5-3-3-3-11-21) 6 wks
22 (27) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 30 points (27-22) 2 wks
23 (16) Sylvia – Pillow Talk - 29 points (36-23-16-23) 4 wks
24 (RE) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) - 29 points (28-32-39-x-24) 4 wks
25 (34) Aretha Franklin - Angel - 28 points (34-25) 2 wks
26 (26) Mud - Hypnosis - 24 points (30-14-10-14-14-26-26) 7 wks
27 (NE) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - 23 points (27) 1 wk
28 (31) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28) 20 wks
29 (29) Isley Brothers - That Lady - 20 points (28-30-29-29) 4 wks
30 (NE) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free - 20 points (30) 1 wk
31 (33) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 19 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31) 9 wks
32 (35) Osmonds - Let Me In - 19 points (36-35-32) 3 wks
33 (30) Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock - 18 points (37-30-33) 3 wks
34 (NE) Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache - 18 points (34) 1 wk
35 (NE) Goons - The Ying Tong Song - 18 points (35) 1 wk
36 (NE) Cher – Half Breed - 18 points (36) 1 wk
37 (32) Hot Chocolate - Rumours - 18 points (32-32-37) 4 wks
38 (37) Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain - 17 points (35-34-34-33-32-32-34-35-33-38-35-40-37-38) 14 wks
39 (39) Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water - 17 points (31-17-15-18-21-23-29-39-39) 9 wks
40 (23) Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light - 17 points (28-27-25-23-40) 5 wks
40 (RE) Four Tops - Are You Man Enough? - 17 points (25-x-40) 2 wks
40 (NE) Peter Doyle - Rusty Hands Of Time - 17 points (40) 1 wk

Dropped Out
43 (25) T. Rex - The Groover - 16 points (37-6-3-4-4-9-18-25)
44 (40) Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness - 15 points (40-x-40-x-40)
45 (20) Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras - 15 points (24-8-8-6-11-20)
46 (40) Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn - 15 points (26-22-26-26-40)
49 (24) Dave Edmunds - Born To Be With You - 13 points (15-7-9-6-7-13-24)
50 (21) Blue Mink - Randy - 13 points (29-25-19-21)
51 (36) Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him - 13 points (32-39-30-39-36)
55 (38) Lou Reed - Vicious - 10 points (38)
64 (40) Carl Anderson & Cast - Superstar - 8 points (29-31-33-x-40)
71 (40) Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away - 3 points (33-34-35-40)
- (40) Hotshots - Snoopy Vs the Red Baron - 0 points (33-21-16-10-10-12-11-15-40)

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 11.08.1973

1 (1) Gary Glitter - Leader of the Gang (I Am) (4 wk)(# 1)
2 (2) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home (12 wk) (# 1)
3 (3) Mungo Jerry - Alright ,Alright, Alright (6 wk) (# 3)
4 (6) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (3 wk) (# 4)
5 (7) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (6 wk) (# 5)
6 (4) The Osmonds - Goin' Home (5 wk) (# 4)
7 (5) David Bowie – Life On Mars? (7 wk) (# 3)
8 (8) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes (5 wk) (# 8)
9 (13) The Goons - The Ying Tong Song (4 wk) (# 9)
10 (11) Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy (4 wk) (# 10)
11 (9) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (5 wk) (# 9)
12 (18) Limme The Family Cooking' - You Can Do Magic (4 wk) (# 12)
13 (12) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye (7 wk) (# 8)
14 (10) Blue Mink - Randy (8 wk) (# 9)
15 (21) Free - All Right Now (4 wk) (# 15)
16 (17) Mud - Hypnosis (8 wk) (# 16)
17 (16) Sylvia - Pillow Talk (8 wk) (# 14)
18 (34) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (23) Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band (7 wk) (# 19)
20 (14) Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (6 wk) (# 7)
21 (15) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me (7 wk) (# 1)
22 (36) Medicine Head - Rising Sun (2 wk) (# 22)
23 (19) Dave Edmunds - Born To Be With You (10 wk) (# 5)
24 (37) First Choice - Smarty Pants (2 wk) (# 24)
25 (31) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now (4 wk) (# 25)
26 (32) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer The First Time (2 wk) (# 26)
27 (20) The Hotshots - Snoopy Vs the Red Baron (11 wk) (# 4)
28 (44) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother (2 wk) (# 28)
29 (42) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (2 wk) (# 29)
30 (25) Joe Simon - Step by Step (9 wk) (# 14)
31 (22) Paul Simon - Take Me to the Mardi Gras - (9 wk) (# 7)
32 (NE) Elvis Presley - Fool (1 wk) (# 32)
33 (27) Perry Como - And I Love You So (17 wk) (# 3)
34 (41) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free (2 wk) (# 34)
35 (29) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die (10 wk) (# 9)
36 (26) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (12 wk) (# 2)
37 (24) 10cc - Rubber Bullets - (13 wk) (# 1)
38 (28) Chairman of the Board - Finder's Keeper's (8 wk) (# 21)
39 (30) Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (23 wk) (# 1)
40 (50) C.C.S. - The Band Played Boogie (2 wk) (# 40)
41 (NE) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You (1 wk) (# 41)
42 (NE) Hawkwind - Urban Guerilla (1 wk)(# 42)
43 (49) Suzi Quatro - Can The Can - (13 wk) (# 1)
44 (33) Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie - (9 wk) (# 12)
45 (39) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive (17 wk) (# 1)
46 (NE) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine (1 wk) (# 46)
47 (35) Linda Lewis - Rock A Doodle Doo (11 wk) (# 15)
48 (48) Geordie - Can You Do It - (9 wk) (# 13)
49 (45) Vicky Leandros - When Bouzoukis Played (5 wk) (# 44)
50 (47) T. Rex - Groover (9 wk) (# 4)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 10-08-73:  Presenter: Kenny Everett
(25) NEW YORK CITY – I’m Doing Fine Now  
(18) BARRY BLUE – Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night)
(34) ROGER DALTREY, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHAMBER CHOIR – I’m Free  
(NEW) 10cc – The Dean And I
(22) MEDICINE HEAD – Rising Sun
(24) FIRST CHOICE – Smarty Pants  
(2) PETERS & LEE – Welcome Home
(16) MUD – Hypnosis
(4) SUZI QUATRO – 48 Crash
(1) GARY GLITTER – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)  
(15) FREE – All Right Now 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 11.08.1973
1 (1) Various Artists - That'll Be The Day (8 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Peters & Lee - We Can Make It (7 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (15 wk) (# 1)
4 (10) Carpenters - Now And Then (6 wk) (# 4)
5 (4) David Bowie - Hunky Dory (11 wk) (# 4)
6 (12) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (20 wk) (# 2)
7 (7) Pery Como - And I Love You So (6 wk) (# 3)
8 (6) The Beatles - 1967-1970 (15 wk) (# 2)
9 (15) Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender (3 wk) (# 7)
10 (5) Cat Stevens - The Foreigner (4 wk) (# 3)

[o]

1 Gary Glitter - Leader of the Gang (I Am)
2 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
3 Free - All Right Now
4 David Bowie – Life On Mars?
5 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
6 Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy
7 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
8 The Goons - The Ying Tong Song
9 Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
10 Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 02.08.1973

1 (01) Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
2 (02) David Bowie - Live On Mars?
3 (06) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
4 (05) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
5 (07) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
6 (03) Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright
7 (04) The Osmonds - Goin' Home
8 (17) Elton John - Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting
9 (19) Barry Blue - Dancing On A Saturday Night
10 (11) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
11 (16) The Goons - The Ying Tong Song
12 (08) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
13 (09) Slade - Sqweeze Me, Pleeze Me
14 (10) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home
15 (27) Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy
16 (12) Mud - Hypnosis
17 (13) Limmie And The Family Cooking - You Can Do Magic
18 (33) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free
19 (25) Free - All Right Now
20 (29) The Drifters - Like Sister, Like Brother
21 (30) Tony Orlando and Dawn - Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?
22 (31) Medicine Head - Rising Sun
23 (14) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye
24 (15) Blue Mink - Randy
25 (18) Dave Edmunds - Born To Be With You
26 (20) Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras
27 (21) Hotshots - Snoopy Vs The Red Baron
28 (22) 10cc - Rubber Bullets
29 (23) Sylvia - Pillow Talk
30 (24) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
31 (37) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time)
32 (New) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine
33 (New) Elvis Presley - Fool
34 (26) Perry Como - And I Love You So
35 (New) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You
36 (32) Chairmen Of The Board - Finders Keepers
37 (34) First Choice - Smarty Pants
38 (35) Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
39 (38) Albert Hammond - Free Electric Band
40 (39) New York City - I'm Doing Fine Now

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (21 wks)
02 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (10 wks)
03 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (4 wks)
04 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (15 wks)
05 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (11 wks)
06 Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness (11 wks)
07 Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out (9 wks)
08 The Four Tops – Are You Man Enough? (8 wks)
09 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (5 wks)
10 The Stylistics – Peek-A-Boo (7 wks)

11 Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (6 wks)
12 Tyrone Davis – There It Is (3 wks)
13 The Chi Lites – Stoned Out Of My Mind (2 wks)
14 Gladys Knight & The Pips – All I Need Is Time (1 wk)
15 James Brown – Think (1973 Version) (1 wk)
16 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (27 wks)
17 Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning (11 wks)
18 David Bowie – Life On Mars (7 wks)
19 The Isley Brothers – That Lady (5 wks)
20 The Independents – Baby I've Been Missing You (4 wks)

21 Earth, Wind & Fire – Evil (2 wks)
22 Detroit Emeralds – I Think Of You (1 wk)
23 The SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You (18 wks)
24 The Supremes – Bad Weather (17 wks)
25 The Temptations – Plastic Man (10 wks)
26 Don Covay – I Was Checking Out She Was Checking In (6 wks)
27 Limmie Family Cookin – You Can Do Magic (4 wks)
28 Gene Pitney – 24 Sycamore (16 wks)
29 Albert Hammond – The Free Electric Band (7 wks)
30 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Where Peaceful Waters Flow (9 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Gary Glitter - I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM)
2 [2] :: Suzi Quatro - 48 CRASH
3 [6] :: Carpenters - YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
4 [8] :: Sylvia - PILLOW TALK
5 [3] :: Mungo Jerry - ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT
6 [4] :: Albert Hammond - THE FREE ELECTRIC BAND
7 [11] :: New York City - I'M DOIN' FINE NOW
8 [12] :: Limmie & Family Cookin' - YOU CAN DO MAGIC
9 [5] :: Al Green - HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME)
10 [15] :: Barry Blue - DANCIN' ON A SATURDAY NIGHT
11 [9] :: Diana Ross - TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING
12 [14] :: Elton John - SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING
13 [7] :: David Bowie - LIFE ON MARS ?
14 [new] :: Don Thomas - COME ON TRAIN {Northern Soul single}
15 [13] :: Helen Reddy - DELTA DAWN
16 [new] :: Cher - HALF-BREED
17 [10] :: Peters & Lee - WELCOME HOME
18 [16] :: Staple Singers - BE WHAT YOU ARE
19 [new] :: Rod Stewart - TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY
20 [18] :: Eagles - TEQUILA SUNRISE


Good news if you have an original copy of this on 7" vinyl, as it is worth upwards of £300.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) David Bowie – Life On Mars? (7 wks)
2 (3) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (6 wks)
3 (14) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (3 wks)
4 (4) Mungo Jerry - Alright , Alright, Alright (6 wks)
5 (2) Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (6 wks)
6 (6) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (5 wks)
7 (9) Queen - Keep Yourself Alive (6 wks)
8 (12) Free - All Right Now (4 wks)
9 (10) Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy (4 wks)
10 (22) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer The First Time (2 wks)
11 (20) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night (3 wks)
12 (15) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now (4 wks)
13 (5) Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light (7 wks)
14 (17) Limme The Family Cooking' - You Can Do Magic (4 wks)
15 (27) Medicine Head - Rising Sun (2 wks)
16 (7) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye (7 wks)
17 (8) Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band (7 wks)
18 (33) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free (2 wks)
19 (21) The Goons - The Ying Tong Song (4 wks)
20 (30) First Choice - Smarty Pants (2 wks)
21 (29) Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band (3 wks)
22 (34) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother (2 wks)
23 (11) Gary Glitter - Leader of the Gang (I Am) (4 wks)
24 (13) The Osmonds - Goin' Home (5 wks)
25 (16) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me (7 wks)
26 (39) Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (2 wks)
27 (18) Paul Simon - Take Me to the Mardi Gras (9 wks)
28 (NE) Elvis Presley - Fool (1 wk)
29 (NE) Roy Wood - Dear Elaine (1 wk)
30 (40) C.C.S. - The Band Played Boogie (2 wks)
31 (19) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die (10 wks)
32 (NE) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You (1 wk)
33 (23) Lou Reed - Vicious (6 wks)
34 (NE) Hawkwind - Urban Guerilla (1 wk)
35 (24) Mud - Hypnosis (8 wks)
36 (25) Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie (9 wks)
37 (26) Eagles - Tequila Sunrise (8 wks)
38 (28) T. Rex - Groover (9 wks)
39 (31) Dave Edmunds - Born To Be With You (10 wks)
40 (NE) The Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride (1 wk)

[raliverpool]

01 David Bowie - Life On Mars (6wks 2-1-1-1-1-1)
02 Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache (5wks 28-16-9-3-2)
03 Aretha Franklin - Angel (4wks 25-14-8-3)
04 Clifford T Ward - Gaye (6wks 34-16-8-4-2-4)
05 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (2wks 20-5)
06 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (7wks 40-22-11-6-5-4-6)
07 Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (4wks 23-17-12-7)
08 Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (3wks 24-15-8)
09 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (3wks 23-14-9)
10 David Bowie - Queen b**** (2wks 17-10)

11 Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright (5wks 26-13-7-7-11)
12 Clifford T Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad (2wks 25-12)
13 David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul (5wks 32-18-11-9-13)
14 Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (5wks 27-20-15-13-14)
15 Limmie & The Family Cooking - You Can Do Magic (3wks 28-19-15)
16 Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn (2wks 23-16)
17 Pink Floyd - Money (7wks 20-8-6-3-2-5-17)
18 Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (4wks 22-12-10-18)
19 Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy (3wks 27-22-19)
20 Four Tops - Are You Man Enough (2wks 31-20)

21 Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (8wks 24-14-7-5-4-3-6-21)
22 Chicago - Feelin' Stronger Every Day (3wks 36-29-22)
23 Lou Reed - Vicious (6wks 24-12-9-8-11-23)
24 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (5wks 13-11-10-16-24)
25 Kris Kristofferson - Why Me (4wks 35-29-24-25)
26 Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids (2wks 34-26)
27 Carole King - Believe In Humanity (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Drifters - Like Sister & Brother (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Barry Blue - Dancing On A Saturday Night (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away (8wks 28-15-6-3-2-6-18-30)

31 Johnnie Taylor - I Believe In You (2wks 33-31)
32 Genesis - Supper's Ready (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Lobo - How Can I Tell Her (2wks 38-33)
34 Donny Hathaway - Love Love Love (4wks 29-25-26-34)
35 Earth Wind & Fire - Evil (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Blue Mink - Randy (6wks 37-31-28-26-28-36)
37 Mud - Hypnosis (2wks 37-37)
38 Sui Generis - Rasguña las piedras (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me (7wks 6-5-7-10-16-25-40)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning
02(02) Free – All Right Now
03(17) Cher – Half Breed
04(06) New York City – I’m Doin’ Fine Now
05(03) The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More
06(10) Barry Blue – Dancing On A Saturday Night
07(15) Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time)
08(04) Gary Glitter – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)
09(05) Mungo Jerry – Alright Alright Alright
10(08) Al Martino – Spanish Eyes

11(14) Suzi Quatro – 48 Crash
12(23) First Choice – Smarty Pants
13(--) Elvis Presley – Fool
14(07) Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
15(22) The Drifters – Like Sister And Brother
16(09) David Bowie – Life On Mars?
17(11) Limme & Family Cookin’ – You Can Do Magic
18(12) Nazareth – Bad Bad Boy
19(26) Medicine Head – Rising Sun
20(13) Paul McCartney & Wings – Live And Let Die

21(19) Mud – Hypnosis
22(29) Roger Daltrey – I’m Free
23(16) The Osmonds – Goin’ Home
24(--) Detroit Emeralds – I Think Of You
25(30) Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando – Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
26(18) Albert Hammond – Free Electric Band
27(20) Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light
28(--) Rod Stewart – Twistin’ The Night Away
29(--) Roy Wood – Dear Elaine
30(21) Al Green – Here I Am (Come And Take Me)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Life On Mars - David Bowie < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 6 ) Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro
3 ( 2 ) I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
4 ( 4 ) Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
5 ( 7 ) Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn
6 ( 3 ) Money - Pink Floyd (#1[2])
7 ( 5 ) You Can Do Magic - Limmie & Family Cookin' (#5)
8 ( 9 ) Dancing On A Saturday Night - Barry Blue
9 ( 19 ) Smarty Pants - First Choice
10 ( 14 ) Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy

11 ( 11 ) Bad Bad Boy - Nazareth
12 ( 17 ) Are You Man Enough? - Four Tops
13 ( 8 ) Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross (#3)
14 ( 10 ) Alright Alright Alright - Mungo Jerry (#7)
15 ( 20 ) 48 Crash - Suzi Quatro
16 ( 28 ) Band Played The Boogie - C.C.S
17 ( 18 ) Soul Makossa - Manu DiBango
18 ( 13 ) Goin' Home - Osmonds (#9)
19 ( 12 ) Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John (#4)
20 ( 16 ) The Plastic Man - Temptations (#12)

21 ( 32 ) Like Sister And Brother - Drifters
22 ( -- ) Fool - Elvis Presley
23 ( 15 ) The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond (#5)
24 ( 24 ) Angel - Aretha Franklin
25 ( 35 ) The Hurt - Cat Stevens
26 ( -- ) You Light Up My Life - Carole King
27 ( 38 ) Gypsy Man - War
28 ( 22 ) Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago (#18)
29 ( -- ) Dear Elaine - Roy Wood
30 ( 39 ) Rising Sun Medicine Head

31 ( -- ) I Think Of You - Detroit Emeralds
32 ( 31 ) Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band (#31)
33 ( 27 ) If You Want Me To Stay - Sly & The Family Stone (#24)
34 ( 23 ) Yesterday Once More - Carpenters (#2[1])
35 ( 21 ) Live And Let Die - Wings (#1[2])
36 ( 33 ) Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Al Green (#33)
37 ( 26 ) Way Back Home - Junior Walker & The All Stars (#17)
38 ( 25 ) Skweeze Me Pleeze Me - Slade (#11)
39 ( -- ) Urban Guerilla - Hawkwind
40 ( 30 ) Gaye - Clifford T Ward (#21)

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-- ( 29 ) Give It To Me Now - Kenny (#13)
-- ( 34 ) Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford (#29)
-- ( 36 ) I'll Always Love My Mama - Intruders (#24)
-- ( 37 ) Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (#3)
-- ( 40 ) Groover - T Rex (#6)

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-- ( -- ) Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out - Bobby Womack
-- ( -- ) I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In - Don Covay

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Gary Glitter fails to dislodge David Bowie and instead Bobby Goldsboro moves up to #2. Of course this charge was compiled just before lockdown in 2020. As an 8 year old I'm sure I'd have preferred "Leader Of The Gang" to "Summer The First Time", a song I don't even recall knowing at the time (whereas I did know Leader Of The Gang).

[Smurfie]

1 ) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
2 ) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
3 ) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
4 ) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home
5 ) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now
6 ) Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band
7 ) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night
8 ) David Bowie – Life On Mars?
9 ) Limme The Family Cooking' - You Can Do Magic
10 ) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
11 ) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
12 ) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye
13 ) The Osmonds - Goin' Home
14 ) Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
15 ) Mungo Jerry - Alright ,Alright, Alright
16 ) Sylvia - Pillow Talk
17 ) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother
18 ) Mud - Hypnosis
19 ) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
20 ) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You

[rubcale]

01 Diana Ross Touch Me In The Morning
02 Limmie & The Family Cookin' You Can Do Magic
03 Nazareth Bad Bad Boy
04 Gary Glitter I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)
05 Al Martino Spanish Eyes
06 Barry Blue Dancin' On A Saturday Night
07 Albert Hammond The Free Electric Band
08 Suzi Quatro 48 Crash
09 Drifters Like Brother And Sister
10 Mungo Jerry Alright Alright Alright
11 Clifford T Ward Gaye
12 Carpenters Yesterday Once More
13 First Choice Smarty Pants
14 New York City I'm Doin' Fine Now
15 Medicine Head Rising Sun
16 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
17 Paul Simon Take Me To The Mardi Gras
18 Vicky Leandros When Bouzoukis Played
19 Detroit Emeralds I Think Of You
20 Roy Wood Dear Elaine

[popchartfreak]

28th July 1973

It's a brand new album debut for 10CC this week in 1973, and as it turned out one of my absolute fave albums of the decade when I managed to tape it off a friend in early 1976. So, in comes the best track off the album, the stunning Speed Kills, never a single, criminally as it is totally rifftastic. I expect the drug-related themes might not have got Radio 1 plays, but it is a fabulous studio creation from 4 fabulous musicians playing about in their studio, and getting ready to take on the rest of the world, and a second Retro chart-topper. The next single for 10CC is new in at 9, the quirky 50's-pastiche The Dean And I. The amusing Sand In My Face is in at 23, the rockpop Headline Hustler debuts at 32, and Ships Don't Disappear In The Night (Do They), also quirky, is at 65. Their album is varied, the songs meticulous, lyrics witty and/or moving and choruses are more of an occasional accident amongst a backdrop of chock-a-block production.

Medicine Head manage to get a 2nd top 10 despite the 10CC invasion, with Rising Sun, and out this week in the USA it's the soundtrack album to the big Western movie of 1973, the X-Rated Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, with a soundtrack composed and produced by Bob Dylan, including his classic Knocking On Heaven's Door, new at 15. Unusually, Dylan's version remains the best version, not even close, and Eric Clapton and Guns 'n' Roses are among those who have tried it out to lesser artistic success.

Another song that would be a future cover was sadly a UK flop in 1973, a shame as I Believe In Miracles is a fab soul dance song and track, in at 35. Love Unlimited drop their new album this week, with current single up to 60, but the next bigger single debuts early at 46, Under The Influence Of Love, and both are very Barry White-sounding, naturally, bar the vocals. A minor UK hit of the time was a 3rd Detroit Emeralds song, I Think Of You - I quite liked it, but never managed to tape it off the radio, and consequently it's one I literally haven't heard for 50 years. It's quite nice, new at 61. Ann Peebles future disco monster cover by Eruption, I Can't Stand The Rain, plops in at 74, as former rain-on-windowpane singers The Fortunes do a catchy reggae pop number that flopped, Whenever It's A Sunday.

That leaves another album debut, another one of my fave 70's albums, by my then-hero-of-the-year, Roy Wood with Boulders. 2 of the tracks retro-charted in 1972, and are joined by another 3 this week, current single Dear Elaine at 64, all gentle folk, Songs Of Praise at 66, a bit of gospel that the New Seekers tried out for Eurovision 1972, and the sci-fi folk-jazz of Miss Clarke & The Computer, a sort of HAL2000 IT obession. Every instrument and every voice on the album is Roy Wood. I was very impressed with that as a 15-year-old. Still am, it's a fun album.


1 ( NEW ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
2 ( 1 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry # 1
3 ( 4 ) RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - Peter Doyle # 3
4 ( 3 ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate # 1
5 ( 2 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds # 2
6 ( 5 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers # 4
7 ( 7 ) HALF-BREED - Cher # 7
8 ( 15 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head # 8
9 ( NEW ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC # 9
10 ( 8 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1

11 ( 10 ) I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 5
12 ( 6 ) ANGEL - Aretha Franklin # 6
13 ( 14 ) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) - Bobby Goldsboro # 1
14 ( 17 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
15 ( NEW ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 15
16 ( 9 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud # 1
17 ( 11 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT - Yvonne Elliman, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson & Cast # 5
18 ( 16 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
19 ( 12 ) COULD WE START AGAIN PLEASE? - Yvonne Elliman, Philip Toubus & Cast # 2
20 ( 21 ) SATURDAY NIGHT - Bay City Rollers # 20

21 ( 13 ) SUPERSTAR - Carl Anderson & Cast # 1
22 ( 30 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro # 22
23 ( NEW ) SAND IN MY FACE - 10CC # 23
24 ( 20 ) CLOUDS - David Gates # 20
25 ( 18 ) LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon featuring The Dixie Hummingbirds # 10
26 ( 22 ) SWEET ILLUSION - Junior Campbell # 4
27 ( 34 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Undisputed Truth # 26
28 ( 35 ) KING HEROD’S SONG - Josh Mostel & Cast # 28
29 ( 25 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth # 8
30 ( 24 ) THE GROOVER - T.Rex # 1

31 ( 26 ) (EVERYONE’S AGREED THAT) EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT FINE - Stealers Wheel # 26
32 ( NEW ) HEADLINE HUSTLER - 10CC # 32
33 ( 23 ) TUBULAR BELLS SIDE 1 - Mike Oldfield # 3
34 ( 37 ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters # 34
35 ( NEW ) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters # 35
36 ( 48 ) IS IT BECAUSE I’M BLACK - Ken Boothe # 36
37 ( 60 ) SMARTY PANTS - First Choice # 37
38 ( 32 ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 5
39 ( 33 ) HELL RAISER - The Sweet # 1
40 ( 28 ) HOSANNAH - Ted Neeley & Cast # 16

41 ( 29 ) HONALOOCHIE BOOGIE - Mott The Hoople # 9
42 ( 42 ) JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - Ronnie Dyson # 42
43 ( 38 ) SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 38
44 ( 40 ) LIVE AND LET DIE - Wings # 2
45 ( 39 ) 24 SYCAMORE - Gene Pitney # 1
46 ( NEW ) UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE - Love Unlimited # 46
47 ( 45 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1
48 ( 19 ) RANDY - Blue Mink # 10
49 ( 41 ) BORN TO BE WITH YOU - Dave Edmunds # 7
50 ( 44 ) RUBBER BULLETS - 10CC # 1

51 ( 51 ) WHEN BOUZOUKIS PLAYED - Vicky Leandros # 51
52 ( 36 ) SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME - Slade # 36
53 ( 43 ) TAKE ME TO THE MARDI GRAS - Paul Simon # 22
54 ( 27 ) ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH? - The Four Tops # 24
55 ( 46 ) GAYE - Clifford T. Ward # 2
56 ( 53 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
57 ( 52 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5 # 1
58 ( 54 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
59 ( 59 ) EVIL - Earth, Wind & Fire # 59
60 ( 71 ) OH LOVE WE FINALLY MADE IT - Love Unlimited # 60

61 ( NEW ) I THINK OF YOU - The Detroit Emeralds # 61
62 ( 31 ) HOOKED ON A FEELING - Blue Swede (Bjorn Skifs & Blablues) # 16
63 ( 58 ) BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate # 1
64 ( NEW ) DEAR ELAINE - Roy Wood # 64
65 ( NEW ) SHIPS DON’T DISAPPEAR IN THE NIGHT (DO THEY?) - 10CC # 65
66 ( NEW ) SONGS OF PRAISE - Roy Wood # 66
67 ( 69 ) JUST WHAT I HAD IN MIND - Faron Young # 67
68 ( 57 ) THE KISS - Judee Sill # 57
69 ( 47 ) THE BAND PLAYED THE BOOGIE - C.C.S. # 47
70 ( 70 ) WE’RE AN AMERICAN BAND - Grand Funk Railroad # 70

71 ( 50 ) IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY - Sly & The Family Stone # 50
72 ( NEW ) MISS CLARKE AND THE COMPUTER - Roy Wood # 72
73 ( NEW ) WHENEVER IT’S A SUNDAY - The Fortunes # 73
74 ( NEW ) I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN - Ann Peebles # 74
75 ( 74 ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY - Joe Walsh # 74





Wot I liked then way back in 28th July 1973

It's Mud still hypnotising on top of my summer chart back in '73, but Suzi Quatro goes a step higher than Can The Can did with 48 Crash up to 2, so a Chinn-Chapman double-top glamtastic chart. Nazereth hit their career chart peak of 3 (so far) as bad Bad Boy makes it a lively top 3, with Carpenters at 5 slowing things down a bit. The Goons tickle my funny bone, briefly, as Ying Tong Song hits 9, and a reactivated All Right Now is in at 11 for Free. Don't worry if it doesn't go any higher it'll be back again in the 70's. And 80's. And 90's.

Another 1970 oldie climbs to 13 for Al Martino, and Limmie & The Family Cooking finally sneak into the UK chart after weeks of airplay on Radio 1, or was it radio Luxembourg, with You Can Do Magic. The Drifters prove they don;t need all those 60's oldies to get a hit - Like Sister And Brother updates the sound and prepares the band for relocation to the UK and several years of non-stop hits, new at 28, their 3rd chart entry (and 4th song). New York City was another radio fave of the time, I'm Doing Fine Now took a while to grow on me too, but it's an actual soul minor classic, and First Choice get a second hit with Smarty Pants, which I didn;t like anywhere near as much as Armed & Extremely Dangerous. They would have further "hits" in my charts but this was their UK chart swansong.


1 ( 1 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud
2 ( 21 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro
3 ( 23 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth
4 ( 5 ) GOIN’ HOME - The Osmonds
5 ( 9 ) YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - The Carpenters
6 ( 6 ) I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) - Gary Glitter
7 ( 4 ) LIFE ON MARS - David Bowie
8 ( 3 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia
9 ( 26 ) YING TONG SONG - The Goons
10 ( 2 ) HONALOOCHI BOOGIE - Mott The Hoople

11 ( NEW ) ALL RIGHT NOW - Free
12 ( 7 ) SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME - Slade
13 ( 29 ) SPANISH EYES - Al Martino
14 ( 13 ) TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING - Diana Ross
15 ( 12 ) BORN TO BE WITH YOU - Dave Edmunds
16 ( 15 ) SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING - Elton John
17 ( 10 ) ALBATROSS - Fleetwood Mac
18 ( 24 ) GAYE - Clifford T. Ward
19 ( 16 ) ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT - Mungo Jerry
20 ( 11 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon

21 ( 8 ) ROCK A DOODLE DOO - Linda Lewis
22 ( 14 ) LIVE AND LET DIE - Wings
23 ( 17 ) FINDER’S KEEPERS - Chairmen Of The Board
24 ( NEW ) YOU CAN DO MAGIC - Limmie & The family Cooking
25 ( 18 ) THE GROOVER - T.Rex
26 ( 30 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT - Barry Blue
27 ( 22 ) I SAW THE LIGHT - Todd Rundgren
28 ( NEW ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters
29 ( NEW ) I’M DOING FINE NOW - New York City
30 ( NEW ) SMARTY PANTS - First Choice