Haven Retro Combined Chart : 11.08.1973

[smokeyb]

David Bowie rebounds back to joint number one who he shares with Suzi Quatro who gets her first retro chart topper.



Gary Glitter falls to 3, Diana Ross remains at 4 and the Carpenters slip to 5.



There are 4 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is First Choice at number 21.



The biggest climber is Cher who jumps up 18 places to number 18.



The biggest faller is Mud who drop 24 places.

[smokeyb]

11.08.1973 (Week # 32)

1 (06) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash - 125 points (28-6-1) 3 wks
1 (02) David Bowie - Life On Mars? - 125 points (2-1-1-1-1-2-1) 7 wks
3 (01) Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - 121 points (5-2-1-3) 4 wks
4 (04) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning - 119 points (26-12-7-4-4-4) 6 wks
5 (03) Carpenters – Yesterday Once More - 115 points (37-38-21-18-16-7-4-2-3-3-5) 11 wks
6 (05) Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright - 94 points (19-8-5-5-6) 5 wks
7 (17) Barry Blue – Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night) - 90 points (17-7) 2 wks
8 (08) Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic - 90 points (40-14-8-8) 4 wks
9 (07) Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - 70 points (19-5-4-6-7-9) 6 wks
10 (10) Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy - 66 points (38-13-10-10) 4 wks
11 (16) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 63 points (30-28-28-24-23-24-29-40-28-27-17-14-20-28-x-18-16-11) 17 wks
12 (13) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes - 56 points (28-17-13-12) 4 wks
13 (15) Free – All Right Now - 52 points (34-19-15-13) 4 wks
14 (24) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) - 52 points (28-32-39-x-24-14) 5 wks
15 (11) Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band - 48 points (16-10-9-10-11-15) 6 wks
16 (22) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 45 points (27-22-16) 3 wks
17 (09) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye - 41 points (39-31-40-25-17-12-7-9-17) 9 wks
18 (36) Cher – Half Breed - 37 points (36-18) 2 wks
19 (20) Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - 35 points (24-20-16-22-20-19) 6 wks
20 (27) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - 32 points (27-20) 2 wks
21 (NE) First Choice - Smarty Pants - 30 points (21) 1 wk
22 (14) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home - 28 points (25-17-22-12-11-13-8-10-9-14-22) 11 wks
23 (25) Aretha Franklin - Angel - 27 points (34-25-23) 3 wks
24 (NE) Medicine Head - Rising Sun - 27 points (24) 1 wk
25 (18) Paul McCartney & Wings – Live And Let Die - 26 points (4-2-1-1-2-2-6-8-18-25) 10 wks
26 (35) Goons - The Ying Tong Song - 25 points (35-26) 2 wks
27 (12) Osmonds - Goin' Home - 25 points (22-12-12-27) 4 wks
28 (30) Roger Daltry - I'm Free - 25 points (30-28) 2 wks
29 (40) Four Tops - Are You Man Enough? - 23 points (25-x-40-29) 3 wks
30 (NE) Drifters - Like Brother And Sister - 23 points (30) 1 wk
31 (23) Sylvia – Pillow Talk - 22 points (36-23-16-23-31) 5 wks
32 (RE) Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn - 22 points (26-22-26-26-40-x-32) 6 wks
33 (21) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me - 20 points (5-3-3-3-11-21-33) 7 wks
34 (28) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34) 21 wks
35 (NE) 10CC - Speed Kills - 20 points (35) 1 wk
36 (31) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 19 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36) 10 wks
37 (34) Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache - 19 points (34-37) 2 wks
38 (19) Pink Floyd - Money - 19 points (40-x-32-18-19-28-27-27-20-21-17-15-19-38) 13 wks
39 (33) Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock - 18 points (37-30-33-39) 4 wks
40 (40) Peter Doyle - Rusty Hands Of Time - 18 points (40-40) 2 wks

Dropped Out
41 (38) Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain - 17 points (35-34-34-33-32-32-34-35-33-38-35-40-37-38)
43 (37) Hot Chocolate - Rumours - 17 points (32-32-37)
44 (32) Osmonds - Let Me In - 16 points (36-35-32)
46 (39) Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water - 15 points (31-17-15-18-21-23-29-39-39)
50 (26) Mud - Hypnosis - 13 points (30-14-10-14-14-26-26)
58 (40) Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light - 8 points (28-27-25-23-40)

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 18.08.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 17-08-73:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(14) FIRST CHOICE – Smarty Pants  
(49) HUDSON-FORD – Pick Up The Pieces
(25) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose  
(16) DONNY OSMOND – Young Love 
(17) BOBBY GOLDSBORO – Summer (The First Time)  
(23) NEW YORK CITY – I’m Doing Fine Now  
(NEW) GEORDIE – Electric Lady 
(18) MEDICINE HEAD – Rising Sun 
(2) THE CARPENTERS – Yesterday Once More  
(1) GARY GLITTER – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)  
(7) LIMMIE & THE FAMILY COOKIN’ – You Can Do Magic

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 18.08.1973
1 (2) Peters & Lee - We Can Make It (8 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (16 wk) (# 1)
3 (5) David Bowie - Hunky Dory (12 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Carpenters - Now And Then (7 wk) (# 4)
5 (7) Pery Como - And I Love You So (7 wk) (# 3)
6 (12) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (57 wk) (# 2)
7 (13) David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars (32 wk) (# 5)
8 (10) Cat Stevens - The Foreigner (5 wk) (# 3)
9 (19) Genesis - Genesis Live (2 wk) (# 9)
10 (15) Gary Glitter - Touch Me (10 wk) (# 2)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (22 wks)
02 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (11 wks)
03 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (5 wks)
04 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (1 wk)
05 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (16 wks)
06 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (12 wks)
07 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (1 wk)
08 Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness (12 wks)
09 Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out (10 wks)
10 The Four Tops – Are You Man Enough? (9 wks)

11 The Sylvers – Stay Away from Me (1 wk)
12 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (6 wks)
13 The Stylistics – Peek-A-Boo (8 wks)
14 Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (7 wks)
15 Tyrone Davis – There It Is (4 wks)
16 The Chi Lites – Stoned Out Of My Mind (3 wks)
17 Gladys Knight & The Pips – All I Need Is Time (2 wks)
18 Bloodstone – Natural High (1 wk)
19 James Brown – Think (1973 Version) (2 wks)
20 The Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can (1 wk)

21 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (28 wks)
22 Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning (12 wks)
23 David Bowie – Life On Mars (8 wks)
24 The Isley Brothers – That Lady (6 wks)
25 The Independents – Baby I've Been Missing You (5 wks)
26 Earth, Wind & Fire – Evil (3 wks)
27 Detroit Emeralds – I Think Of You (2 wks)
28 The SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You (19 wks)
29 The Supremes – Bad Weather (18 wks)
30 The Temptations – Plastic Man (11 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Diana Ross Touch Me In The Morning
02 Limmie & The Family Cookin' You Can Do Magic
03 Al Martino Spanish Eyes
04 Drifters Like Brother And Sister
05 Barry Blue Dancin' On A Saturday Night
06 Suzi Quatro 48 Crash
07 New York City I'm Doin' Fine Now
08 Nazareth Bad Bad Boy
09 Carpenters Yesterday Once More
10 First Choice Smarty Pants
11 Medicine Head Rising Sun
12 Detroit Emeralds I Think Of You
13 Dawn ft/ Tony Orlando - Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
14 Roy Wood Dear Elaine
15 Hudson-Ford Pick Up The Pieces
16 Gary Glitter I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)
17 Guy Darrell I've Been Hurt
18 David Essex Rock On
19 Bobby Goldsboro Summer (The First Time)
20 Albert Hammond The Free Electric Band

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning
02(02) Free – All Right Now
03(03) Cher – Half Breed
04(13) Elvis Presley – Fool
05(07) Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time)
06(04) New York City – I’m Doin’ Fine Now
07(06) Barry Blue – Dancing On A Saturday Night
08(12) First Choice – Smarty Pants
09(05) The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More
10(11) Suzi Quatro – 48 Crash

11(08) Gary Glitter – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)
12(24) Detroit Emeralds – I Think Of You
13(15) The Drifters – Like Sister And Brother
14(09) Mungo Jerry – Alright Alright Alright
15(28) Rod Stewart – Twistin’ The Night Away
16(10) Al Martino – Spanish Eyes
17(19) Medicine Head – Rising Sun
18(14) Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
19(16) David Bowie – Life On Mars?
20(17) Limme & Family Cookin’ – You Can Do Magic

21(--) David Essex – Rock On
22(29) Roy Wood – Dear Elaine
23(18) Nazareth – Bad Bad Boy
24(--) Hot Chocolate – Rumours
25(20) Paul McCartney & Wings – Live And Let Die
26(--) The Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can
27(--) Bloodstone – Natural High
28(--) Donny Osmond – Young Love
29(--) Guy Darrell – I’ve Been Hurt
30(--) Hudson-Ford – Pick Up The Pieces

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 09.08.1973

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

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Suzi Quatro - 48 CRASH
2 [7] :: New York City - I'M DOIN' FINE NOW
3 [14] :: Don Thomas - COME ON TRAIN {Northern Soul single}
4 [3] :: Carpenters - YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
5 [1] :: Gary Glitter - I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM)
6 [new] :: Van Morrison - WARM LOVE {Hard Nose The Highway LP track}
7 [10] :: Barry Blue - DANCIN' ON A SATURDAY NIGHT
8 [5] :: Mungo Jerry - ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT
9 [4] :: Sylvia - PILLOW TALK
10 [new] :: Hot Chocolate - RUMOURS
11 [9] :: Al Green - HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME)
12 [8] :: Limmie & Family Cookin' - YOU CAN DO MAGIC
13 [16] :: Cher - HALF-BREED
14 [12] :: Elton John - SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING
15 [new] :: Detroit Emeralds - I THINK OF YOU
16 [6] :: Albert Hammond - THE FREE ELECTRIC BAND
17 [15] :: Helen Reddy - DELTA DAWN
18 [13] :: David Bowie - LIFE ON MARS ?
19 [new] :: Dawn ft Tony Orlando - HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE
20 [19] :: Rod Stewart - TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY

[raliverpool]

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

11 Clifford T Ward - Gaye (7wks 34-16-8-4-2-4-11)
12 Limmie & The Family Cooking - You Can Do Magic (4wks 28-19-15-12)
13 Pink Floyd - Time (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Four Tops - Are You Man Enough (3wks 31-20-14)
15 Drifters - Like Sister & Brother (2wks 28-15)
16 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (8wks 40-22-11-6-5-4-6-16)
17 Chicago - Feelin' Stronger Every Day (4wks 36-29-22-17)
18 Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids (3wks 34-26-18)
19 Carole King - Believe In Humanity (2wks 27-19)
20 Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy (4wks 27-22-19-20)

21 Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (6wks 27-20-15-13-14-21)
22 David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul (6wks 32-18-11-9-13-22)
23 Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright (6wks 26-13-7-7-11-23)
24 Earth Wind & Fire - Evil (2wks 35-24)
25 Barry Blue - Dancing On A Saturday Night (2wks 29-25)
26 Genesis - Supper's Ready (2wks 32-26)
27 Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Sly & The Family Stone - In Time (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Sui Generis - Rasguña las piedras (2wks 38-29)
30 Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (5wks 22-12-10-18-30)

31 Roy Wood - Dear Elaine (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Pink Floyd - Money (8wks 20-8-6-3-2-5-17-32)
33 Kris Kristofferson - Why Me (5wks 35-29-24-25-33)
34 Johnnie Taylor - I Believe In You (3wks 33-31-34)
35 Eagles - Doolin Dalton (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (6wks 13-11-10-16-24-36)
37 Lobo - How Can I Tell Her (3wks 38-33-37)
38 Lou Reed - Vicious (7wks 24-12-9-8-11-23-38)
39 Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (9wks 24-14-7-5-4-3-6-21-39)
40 Alan Price - Poor People (1wk 40 NEW)

[o]

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

[smokeyb]

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

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Life On Mars - David Bowie (#1[5])
3 ( 4 ) Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
4 ( 3 ) I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
5 ( 5 ) Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn
6 ( 9 ) Smarty Pants - First Choice
7 ( 8 ) Dancing On A Saturday Night - Barry Blue
8 ( 10 ) Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
9 ( -- ) Rock On - David Essex
10 ( 12 ) Are You Man Enough? - Four Tops

11 ( 7 ) You Can Do Magic - Limmie & Family Cookin' (#5)
12 ( 6 ) Money - Pink Floyd (#1[2])
13 ( 16 ) Band Played The Boogie - C.C.S
14 ( 22 ) Fool - Elvis Presley
15 ( 11 ) Bad Bad Boy - Nazareth (#11)
16 ( -- ) Pick Up The Pieces - Hudson-Ford
17 ( 15 ) 48 Crash - Suzi Quatro (#15)
18 ( -- ) That Lady - Isley Brothers
19 ( 26 ) You Light Up My Life - Carole King
20 ( 21 ) Like Sister And Brother - Drifters

21 ( -- ) Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon
22 ( 17 ) Soul Makossa - Manu DiBango (#17)
23 ( 29 ) Dear Elaine - Roy Wood
24 ( 25 ) The Hurt - Cat Stevens
25 ( 14 ) Alright Alright Alright - Mungo Jerry (#7)
26 ( 13 ) Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross (#3)
27 ( 31 ) I Think Of You - Detroit Emeralds
28 ( 27 ) Gypsy Man - War (#27)
29 ( 18 ) Goin' Home - Osmonds (#9)
30 ( 30 ) Rising Sun Medicine Head

31 ( 24 ) Angel - Aretha Franklin (#24)
32 ( 20 ) The Plastic Man - Temptations (#12)
33 ( 19 ) Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John (#4)
34 ( 39 ) Urban Guerilla - Hawkwind
35 ( 40 ) Gaye - Clifford T Ward (#21)
36 ( -- ) Rumours - Hot Chocolate
37 ( 23 ) The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond (#5)
38 ( -- ) We're An American Band - Grand Funk
39 ( 32 ) Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band (#31)
40 ( 28 ) Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago (#18)

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-- ( 33 ) If You Want Me To Stay - Sly & The Family Stone (#24)
-- ( 34 ) Yesterday Once More - Carpenters (#2[1])
-- ( 35 ) Live And Let Die - Wings (#1[2])
-- ( 36 ) Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Al Green (#33)
-- ( 37 ) Way Back Home - Junior Walker & The All Stars (#17)
-- ( 38 ) Skweeze Me Pleeze Me - Slade (#10)

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Rock on David Essex! We're going to make him a star for the next decade or so.

Hudson-Ford had a big NM #1 earlier in the year but not under that name - they were part of the Strawbs. In 1979 they'll chart as part of the Monks - nice legs, shame about her face... This song is of course totally different to the mostly instrumental Average White Band hit soon to come.

"That Lady" by the Isley Brothers. Yes it's the one that goes "who's that lady? beautiful lady.."

[Smurfie]

1 ) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
2 ) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
3 ) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now
4 ) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
5 ) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home
6 ) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night
7 ) Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band
8 ) The Osmonds - Goin' Home
9 ) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother
10 ) David Bowie – Life On Mars?
11 ) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
12 ) Sylvia - Pillow Talk
13 ) Limme The Family Cooking' - You Can Do Magic
14 ) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer The First Time
15 ) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
16 ) First Choice - Smarty Pants
17 ) Hot Chocolate - Rumours
18 ) David Essex - Rock On
19 ) Donny Osmond - Young Love
20 ) Perry Como - And I Love You So

[popchartfreak]

4th August 1973

It's 2 weeks on top for 10CC's brilliant album track Speed Kills, as Cher rises to 5, and Bob Dylan gets his first ever Retro top 10, and fit only took 5 years from his Retro chart debut. In my actual charts, Lay Lady Lay was the first to do it. New in, it's a debut for Hudson-Ford's unusual, but fab, Pick Up The Pieces in at 10, fresh off their top 10 Part Of The Union, their ex-band going on with the folk stuff under dave Cousins, while Hudson Ford get pretty-much into genre hopping, or in the case of this single, genre-defying. I've never been able to classify it!

In a busy week for high new entries, Guy Darrell's 1966 flop finally charts, thanks to the Northern Soul scene. It actually used to get on my nerves back in the summer of '73, but I've come to love it with the passage of time, I've Been Hurt at 13. The Detroit Spinners grab a 4th track of the year, with the fab Ghetto Child at 17, and actor and singer David Essex kick-starts his cool teen-idol career with the throbbing, sparse Rock On at 21. Girls at school who liked David Essex records tended to be cooler than the Donny Osmond & David Cassidy fans, or at least a little bit more mature on the whole! I record that observation as a Partridge Family Fan.

Neil Sedaka really starts to show his mature songwriting development with Our Last Song Together at 29, and it's not even 2 years since he restarted his pop career. Stevie Wonder drops his new album Innervisions, with a 7-minute cut of a future edited-version classic single, and also a new single out: Higher Ground at 38, and future UK-only single He's Misstra Know It All new at 71, as still-young Stevie gets all political in the days of Watergate obsessing the world, leading to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Compared to current events, Watergate was pretty mild, just a bit of taping, breaking & entering, corruption and lying. 

New at 44, The Doobie Brothers are new in with the rocking China Grove, never a UK hit sadly. Ditto Glen Campbell's A Beautiful Love Song, one I wasn't familiar with till this week, and it's pretty good at 67. Millie Jackson returns with a big song, Hurts So Good, one better-known to me as future reggae hit for Susan Cadogan in 1975 (I still prefer that version, but this is more powerful). That leaves The Pointer Sisters' big US hit Yes We Can Can in at 74, a full 6 years ahead of their UK chart debut.


1 ( 1 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
2 ( 2 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry # 1
3 ( 3 ) RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - Peter Doyle # 3
4 ( 4 ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate # 1
5 ( 7 ) HALF-BREED - Cher # 5
6 ( 5 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds # 2
7 ( 8 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head # 7
8 ( 15 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 8
9 ( 9 ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC # 9
10 ( NEW ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford # 10


11 ( 10 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1
12 ( 36 ) IS IT BECAUSE I’M BLACK - Ken Boothe # 12
13 ( NEW ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell # 13
14 ( 6 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers # 4
15 ( 11 ) I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 5
16 ( 14 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
17 ( NEW ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners # 17
18 ( 27 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Undisputed Truth # 18
19 ( 35 ) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters # 19
20 ( 22 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro # 20


21 ( NEW ) ROCK ON - David Essex # 21
22 ( 18 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
23 ( 23 ) SAND IN MY FACE - 10CC # 23
24 ( 12 ) ANGEL - Aretha Franklin # 6
25 ( 24 ) CLOUDS - David Gates # 20
26 ( 32 ) HEADLINE HUSTLER - 10CC # 26
27 ( 17 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT - Yvonne Elliman, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson & Cast # 5
28 ( 16 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud # 1
29 ( NEW ) OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 29
30 ( 19 ) COULD WE START AGAIN PLEASE? - Yvonne Elliman, Philip Toubus & Cast # 2

31 ( 25 ) LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon featuring The Dixie Hummingbirds # 10
32 ( 21 ) SUPERSTAR - Carl Anderson & Cast # 1
33 ( 13 ) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) - Bobby Goldsboro # 1
34 ( 29 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth # 8
35 ( 20 ) SATURDAY NIGHT - Bay City Rollers # 20
36 ( 26 ) SWEET ILLUSION - Junior Campbell # 4
37 ( 37 ) SMARTY PANTS - First Choice # 37
38 ( NEW ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder # 38
39 ( 33 ) TUBULAR BELLS SIDE 1 - Mike Oldfield # 3
40 ( 46 ) UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE - Love Unlimited # 40

41 ( 28 ) KING HEROD’S SONG - Josh Mostel & Cast # 28
42 ( 38 ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 5
43 ( 41 ) HONALOOCHIE BOOGIE - Mott The Hoople # 9
44 ( NEW ) CHINA GROVE - The Doobie Brothers # 44
45 ( 39 ) HELL RAISER - The Sweet # 1
46 ( 30 ) THE GROOVER - T.Rex # 1
47 ( 40 ) HOSANNAH - Ted Neeley & Cast # 16
48 ( 43 ) SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 38
49 ( 44 ) LIVE AND LET DIE - Wings # 2
50 ( 60 ) OH LOVE WE FINALLY MADE IT - Love Unlimited # 50

51 ( 31 ) (EVERYONE’S AGREED THAT) EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT FINE - Stealers Wheel # 26
52 ( 34 ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters # 34
53 ( 42 ) JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - Ronnie Dyson # 42
54 ( 48 ) RANDY - Blue Mink # 10
55 ( 47 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1
56 ( 50 ) RUBBER BULLETS - 10CC # 1
57 ( 65 ) SHIPS DON’T DISAPPEAR IN THE NIGHT (DO THEY?) - 10CC # 57
58 ( 61 ) I THINK OF YOU - The Detroit Emeralds # 58
59 ( 73 ) WHENEVER IT’S A SUNDAY - The Fortunes # 59
60 ( 67 ) JUST WHAT I HAD IN MIND - Faron Young # 60

61 ( 45 ) 24 SYCAMORE - Gene Pitney # 1
62 ( 58 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
63 ( 57 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5 # 1
64 ( 64 ) DEAR ELAINE - Roy Wood # 64
65 ( 56 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
66 ( 66 ) SONGS OF PRAISE - Roy Wood # 66
67 ( NEW ) A BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONG - Glen Campbell # 67
68 ( 55 ) GAYE - Clifford T. Ward # 2
69 ( 72 ) MISS CLARKE AND THE COMPUTER - Roy Wood # 69
70 ( 49 ) BORN TO BE WITH YOU - Dave Edmunds # 7

71 ( NEW ) HE’S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL - Stevie Wonder # 71
72 ( NEW ) HURTS SO GOOD - MIllie Jackson # 72
73 ( 74 ) I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN - Ann Peebles # 73
74 ( NEW ) YES WE CAN CAN - The Pointer Sisters # 74
75 ( 70 ) WE’RE AN AMERICAN BAND - Grand Funk Railroad # 70


4th August 1973 my actual charts of the time

It's 3 weeks on top for Mud as the UK top 30 started to disenchant me somewhat, and I was having to chart tracks I wasn't that fussed about inside my charts, so most tracks are flattered, barring those that never made the UK 30 between 21 and 30 here. So that means Diana Ross climbs to 4, suiting the hot lazy days, Al Martino goes top 10, and Albert Hammond bounces back inside the top 20. Of more interest, the song from The Poseidon Adventure blockbuster, my then-all-time movie (bought the book, drew the poster, loved the cast), enters for Maureen McGovern, daughter of US Senator George McGovern, and topping the US charts.

Medicine Head return with a 2nd goodie, Rising Sun even better than One And One Is One, new at 24, and C.C.S. have on final chart fling with The Band Played The Boogie, their 4th and final charting single in my own charts (never really got Walkin' when I finally got to hear what I'd missed while living in Singapore). 


1 ( 1 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud
2 ( 2 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro
3 ( 5 ) YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - The Carpenters
4 ( 14 ) TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING - Diana Ross
5 ( 3 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth
6 ( 8 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia
7 ( 4 ) GOIN’ HOME - The Osmonds
8 ( 7 ) LIFE ON MARS - David Bowie
9 ( 13 ) SPANISH EYES - Al Martino
10 ( 9 ) YING TONG SONG - The Goons

11 ( 11 ) ALL RIGHT NOW - Free
12 ( 6 ) I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) - Gary Glitter
13 ( 16 ) SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING - Elton John
14 ( 12 ) SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME - Slade
15 ( 17 ) ALBATROSS - Fleetwood Mac
16 ( 24 ) YOU CAN DO MAGIC - Limmie & The family Cooking
17 ( 15 ) BORN TO BE WITH YOU - Dave Edmunds
18 ( 20 ) STEP BY STEP - Joe Simon
19 ( RE ) FREE ELECTRIC BAND - Albert Hammond
20 ( 22 ) LIVE AND LET DIE - Wings

21 ( 28 ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters
22 ( NEW ) THE MORNING AFTER - Maureen McGovern
23 ( 10 ) HONALOOCHI BOOGIE - Mott The Hoople
24 ( NEW ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head
25 ( 26 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT - Barry Blue
26 ( 29 ) I’M DOING FINE NOW - New York City
27 ( 30 ) SMARTY PANTS - First Choice
28 ( 18 ) GAYE - Clifford T. Ward
29 ( 19 ) ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT - Mungo Jerry
30 ( NEW ) THE BAND PLAYED THE BOOGIE - C.C.S.