Haven Retro Combined Chart : 18.08.1973

[smokeyb]

Suzi Quatro keeps the top spot on her own this week,as the Carpenters go back to number 2.



David Bowie slips to 3, Barry Blue is up to 4 and Gary Glitter falls to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is David Essex at number 19.



The biggest climber is the Drifters who jump up 20 places to number 10.



The biggest faller is Pink Floyd who drops off the chart from number 38.

[smokeyb]

18.08.1973 (Week # 33)

1 (01) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash - 126 points (28-6-1-1) 4 wks
2 (05) Carpenters – Yesterday Once More - 113 points (37-38-21-18-16-7-4-2-3-3-5-2) 12 wks
3 (01) David Bowie - Life On Mars? - 108 points (2-1-1-1-1-2-1-3) 8 wks
4 (07) Barry Blue – Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night) - 95 points (17-7-4) 3 wks
5 (03) Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - 93 points (5-2-1-3-5) 5 wks
6 (08) Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic - 93 points (40-14-8-8-6) 5 wks
7 (04) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning - 79 points (26-12-7-4-4-4-7) 7 wks
8 (11) New York City – I'm Doin' Fine Now - 79 points (30-28-28-24-23-24-29-40-28-27-17-14-20-28-x-18-16-11-8) 18 wks
9 (14) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) - 62 points (28-32-39-x-24-14-9) 6 wks
10 (30) Drifters - Like Brother And Sister - 62 points (30-10) 2 wks
11 (21) First Choice - Smarty Pants - 53 points (21-11) 2 wks
12 (06) Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright - 52 points (19-8-5-5-6-12) 6 wks
13 (13) Free – All Right Now - 51 points (34-19-15-13-13) 5 wks
14 (09) Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - 50 points (19-5-4-6-7-9-14) 7 wks
15 (12) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes - 49 points (28-17-13-12-15) 5 wks
16 (16) Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On - 45 points (27-22-16-16) 4 wks
17 (24) Medicine Head - Rising Sun - 43 points (24-17) 2 wks
18 (18) Cher – Half Breed - 42 points (36-18-18) 3 wks
19 (NE) David Essex - Rock On - 39 points (19) 1 wk
20 (20) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - 36 points (27-20-20) 3 wks
21 (10) Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy - 34 points (38-13-10-10-21) 5 wks
22 (RE) Hot Chocolate - Rumours - 32 points (32-32-37-x-22) 4 wks
23 (19) Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - 31 points (24-20-16-22-20-19-23) 7 wks
24 (28) Roger Daltrey - I'm Free - 30 points (30-28-24) 3 wks
25 (29) Four Tops - Are You Man Enough? - 29 points (25-x-40-29-25) 4 wks
26 (32) Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn - 28 points (26-22-26-26-40-x-32-26) 7 wks
27 (NE) Elvis Presley – Fool - 27 points (27) 1 wk
28 (NE) Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You - 25 points (28) 1 wk
29 (27) Osmonds - Goin' Home - 24 points (22-12-12-27-29) 5 wks
30 (NE) Hudson-Ford - Pick Up The Pieces - 22 points (30) 1 wk
31 (26) Goons - The Ying Tong Song - 21 points (35-26-31) 3 wks
32 (31) Sylvia – Pillow Talk - 21 points (36-23-16-23-31-32) 6 wks
33 (35) 10CC - Speed Kills - 20 points (35-33) 2 wks
34 (15) Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band - 20 points (16-10-9-10-11-15-34) 7 wks
35 (34) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35) 22 wks
36 (23) Aretha Franklin - Angel - 19 points (34-25-23-36) 4 wks
37 (36) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 19 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37) 11 wks
38 (22) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home - 19 points (25-17-22-12-11-13-8-10-9-14-22-38) 12 wks
39 (39) Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock - 18 points (37-30-33-39-39) 5 wks
40 (NE) Don Thomas - Come On Train - 18 points (40) 1 wk
40 (40) Peter Doyle - Rusty Hands Of Time - 18 points (40-40-40) 3 wks

Dropped Out
43 (37) Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache - 17 points (34-37)
47 (25) Paul McCartney & Wings – Live And Let Die - 16 points (4-2-1-1-2-2-6-8-18-25)
59 (17) Clifford T. Ward - Gaye - 10 points (39-31-40-25-17-12-7-9-17)
76 (33) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me - 4 points (5-3-3-3-11-21-33)
- (38) Pink Floyd - Money - 0 points (40-x-32-18-19-28-27-27-20-21-17-15-19-38)

[smokeyb]

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 25.08.1973

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

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 24-08-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn
(23) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose  
(4) BARRY BLUE – Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night) 
(9) FIRST CHOICE – Smarty Pants  
(NEW) CHAOS – Down At The Club 
(13) THE DRIFTERS – Like Sister And Brother  
(25) ROY WOOD – Dear Elaine
(5) LIMMIE & THE FAMILY COOKIN’ – You Can Do Magic
(30) HUDSON-FORD – Pick Up The Pieces
(NEW) THE ROLLING STONES – Angie  
(22) ELVIS PRESLEY – Fool 
(1) DONNY OSMOND – Young Love 
(20) NEW YORK CITY – I’m Doing Fine Now  

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 25.08.1973
1 (1) Peters & Lee - We Can Make It (9 wk) (# 1)
2 (NE) Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod (1 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (17 wk) (# 1)
4 (4) Carpenters - Now And Then (8 wk) (# 4)
5 (3) David Bowie - Hunky Dory (13 wk) (# 3)
6 (7) David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars (33 wk) (# 5)
7 (NE) Osmonds - The Plan (1 wk)(# 7)
8 (5) Perry Como - And I Love You So (8 wk) (# 3)
9 (6) Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (58 wk) (# 2)
10 (8) Cat Stevens - The Foreigner (6 wk) (# 3)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (23 wks)
02 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (12 wks)
03 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (6 wks)
04 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (2 wks)
05 The Dramatics – Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (17 wks)
06 The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (13 wks)
07 The Spinners – Ghetto Child (2 wks)
08 Earnest Jackson – Love & Happiness (13 wks)
09 Bobby Womack – Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out (11 wks)
10 The Four Tops – Are You Man Enough? (10 wks)

11 The Sylvers – Stay Away from Me (2 wks)
12 Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On (7 wks)
13 The Stylistics – Peek-A-Boo (9 wks)
14 Al Green – Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (8 wks)
15 Tyrone Davis – There It Is (5 wks)
16 The Chi Lites – Stoned Out Of My Mind (4 wks)
17 Gladys Knight & The Pips – All I Need Is Time (3 wks)
18 Bloodstone – Natural High (2 wks)
19 James Brown – Think (1973 Version) (3 wks)
20 The Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can (2 wks)

21 Aretha Franklin – Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) (29 wks)
22 Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning (13 wks)
23 David Bowie – Life On Mars (9 wks)
24 The Isley Brothers – That Lady (7 wks)
25 The Independents – Baby I've Been Missing You (6 wks)
26 Earth, Wind & Fire – Evil (4 wks)
27 Detroit Emeralds – I Think Of You (3 wks)
28 The SouthSide Movement – I' Been Watching You (20 wks)
29 The Supremes – Bad Weather (19 wks)
30 The Temptations – Plastic Man (12 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Free – All Right Now
02(04) Elvis Presley – Fool
03(01) Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning
04(05) Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time)
05(03) Cher – Half Breed
06(08) First Choice – Smarty Pants
07(15) Rod Stewart – Twistin’ The Night Away
08(21) David Essex – Rock On
09(06) New York City – I’m Doin’ Fine Now
10(12) Detroit Emeralds – I Think Of You

11(07) Barry Blue – Dancing On A Saturday Night
12(27) Bloodstone – Natural High
13(09) The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More
14(10) Suzi Quatro – 48 Crash
15(28) Donny Osmond – Young Love
16(26) The Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can
17(24) Hot Chocolate – Rumours
18(29) Guy Darrell – I’ve Been Hurt
19(11) Gary Glitter – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!)
20(13) The Drifters – Like Sister And Brother

21(14) Mungo Jerry – Alright Alright Alright
22(17) Medicine Head – Rising Sun
23(30) Hudson-Ford – Pick Up The Pieces
24(18) Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
25(--) 10cc – The Dean And I
26(--) Perry Como – For The Good Times
27(19) David Bowie – Life On Mars?
28(16) Al Martino – Spanish Eyes
29(--) Geordie – Electric Lady
30(20) Limme & Family Cookin’ – You Can Do Magic

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 16.08.1973

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

[rubcale]

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

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Suzi Quatro - 48 CRASH
2 [3] :: Don Thomas - COME ON TRAIN {Northern Soul single}
3 [2] :: New York City - I'M DOIN' FINE NOW
4 [10] :: Hot Chocolate - RUMOURS
5 [6] :: Van Morrison - WARM LOVE {Hard Nose The Highway LP track}
6 [7] :: Barry Blue - DANCIN' ON A SATURDAY NIGHT
7 [new] :: Allman Brothers Band - RAMBLIN' MAN
8 [13] :: Cher - HALF-BREED
9 [new] :: Lou Reed - VICIOUS
10 [4] :: Carpenters - YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
11 [5] :: Gary Glitter - I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM)
12 [8] :: Mungo Jerry - ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT
13 [9] :: Sylvia - PILLOW TALK
14 [15] :: Detroit Emeralds - I THINK OF YOU
15 [11] :: Al Green - HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME)
16 [new] :: David Essex - ROCK ON
17 [17] :: Helen Reddy - DELTA DAWN
18 [12] :: Limmie & Family Cookin' - YOU CAN DO MAGIC
19 [18] :: David Bowie - LIFE ON MARS ?
20 [new] :: Lou Reed - SATELLITE OF LOVE

[smokeyb]

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

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
3 ( 9 ) Rock On - David Essex
4 ( 2 ) Life On Mars - David Bowie (#1[5])
5 ( 6 ) Smarty Pants - First Choice
6 ( 4 ) I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
7 ( 16 ) Pick Up The Pieces - Hudson-Ford
8 ( 5 ) Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn (#5)
9 ( 7 ) Dancing On A Saturday Night - Barry Blue (#7)
10 ( 8 ) Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy (#8)

11 ( -- ) The Dean And I - 10cc
12 ( 18 ) That Lady - Isley Brothers
13 ( 10 ) Are You Man Enough? - Four Tops (#10)
14 ( 14 ) Fool - Elvis Presley
15 ( 21 ) Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon
16 ( 13 ) Band Played The Boogie - C.C.S (#13)
17 ( 19 ) You Light Up My Life - Carole King
18 ( 11 ) You Can Do Magic - Limmie & Family Cookin' (#5)
19 ( -- ) Our Last Song Together - Neil Sedaka
20 ( 12 ) Money - Pink Floyd (#1[2])

21 ( 23 ) Dear Elaine - Roy Wood
22 ( 15 ) Bad Bad Boy - Nazareth (#11)
23 ( 20 ) Like Sister And Brother - Drifters (#20)
24 ( 17 ) 48 Crash - Suzi Quatro (#15)
25 ( -- ) For The Good Times - Perry Como
26 ( 24 ) The Hurt - Cat Stevens (#24)
27 ( 27 ) I Think Of You - Detroit Emeralds
28 ( 36 ) Rumours - Hot Chocolate
29 ( -- ) Electric Lady - Geordie
30 ( 38 ) We're An American Band - Grand Funk

31 ( 22 ) Soul Makossa - Manu DiBango (#17)
32 ( 28 ) Gypsy Man - War (#27)
33 ( 34 ) Urban Guerilla - Hawkwind
34 ( 30 ) Rising Sun Medicine Head (#30)
35 ( 35 ) Gaye - Clifford T Ward (#21)
36 ( -- ) My Maria - B.W. Stevenson
37 ( -- ) There It Is - Tyrone Davis
38 ( 25 ) Alright Alright Alright - Mungo Jerry (#7)
39 ( 31 ) Angel - Aretha Franklin (#24)
40 ( 26 ) Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross (#3)

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-- ( 29 ) Goin' Home - Osmonds (#9)
-- ( 32 ) The Plastic Man - Temptations (#12)
-- ( 33 ) Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John (#4)
-- ( 37 ) The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond (#5)
-- ( 39 ) Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band (#31)
-- ( 40 ) Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago (#18)

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-- ( -- ) Cleopatra Jones - Joe Simon
-- ( -- ) Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield

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No change at the top and Marvin Gaye moves up to #2 and David Essex up to #3. "Humdrum days and humdrum ways" for 10cc with the highest new entry.

[o]

1 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
2 Gary Glitter - Leader of the Gang (I Am)
3 David Essex - Rock On
4 Free - All Right Now
5 10CC - The Dean and I
6 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
7 Geordie - Electric Lady
8 David Bowie – Life On Mars?
9 Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic
10 Neil Sedaka - Our Last Song Together
11 Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy
12 Perry Como - For The Good Times

[Smurfie]

1 ) Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
2 ) Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
3 ) Peters & Lee - Welcome Home
4 ) New York City - I'm Doin Fine Now
5 ) David Essex - Rock On
6 ) Barry Blue - Dancin' On A Saturday Night
7 ) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
8 ) Dawn - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
9 ) Bobby Goldsboro - Summer The First Time
10 ) Limme The Family Cooking' - You Can Do Magic
11 ) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
12 ) Hudson Ford - Pick Up The Pieces
13 ) Medicine Head - Rising Sun
14 ) Donny Osmond - Young Love
15 ) Neil Sedaka - Our Last Song Together
16 ) First Choice - Smarty Pants
17 ) David Bowie – Life On Mars?
18 ) The Drifters - Like Sister and Brother
19 ) The Osmonds - Goin' Home
20 ) Perry Como - For The Good Times

[raliverpool]

01 David Bowie - Life On Mars (8wks 2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)
02 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (4wks 20-5-3-2)
03 Aretha Franklin - Angel (6wks 25-14-8-3-2-3)
04 Pink Floyd - Time (2wks 13-4)
05 David Bowie - Queen b**** (4wks 17-10-5-5)
06 Clifford T Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad (4wks 25-12-8-6)
07 Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (6wks 23-17-12-7-6-7)
08 Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (5wks 24-15-8-7-8)
09 Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn (4wks 23-16-10-9)
10 Drifters - Like Sister & Brother (3wks 28-15-10)

11 Limmie & The Family Cooking - You Can Do Magic (5wks 28-19-15-12-11)
12 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (5wks 23-14-9-9-12)
13 Four Tops - Are You Man Enough (4wks 31-20-14-13)
14 Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache (7wks 28-16-9-3-2-4-14)
15 Roy Wood - Dear Elaine (2wks 31-15)
16 Carole King - Believe In Humanity (3wks 27-19-16)
17 Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids (4wks 34-26-18-17)
18 Chicago - Feelin' Stronger Every Day (5wks 36-29-22-17-18)
19 Earth Wind & Fire - Evil (3wks 35-24-19)
20 Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (2wks 27-20)

21 Roger Daltrey - I'm Free (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Clifford T Ward - Gaye (8wks 34-16-8-4-2-4-11-22)
23 Sly & The Family Stone - In Time (2wks 28-23)
24 Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Barry Blue - Dancing On A Saturday Night (3wks 29-25-25)

26 Spinners - Ghetto Child (1wk 26 NEW)

27 Genesis - Supper's Ready (3wks 32-26-27)
28 Sui Generis - Rasguña las piedras (3wks 38-29-28)
29 Eagles - Doolin Dalton (2wks 35-29)
30 Isley Brothers - That Lady (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy (5wks 27-22-19-20-32)
33 Judee Sill - There's A Rugged Road (1wk 33 NEW)
34 10cc - The Dean & I (1wk 34 NEW)
35 David Essex - Rock On (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (9wks 40-22-11-6-5-4-6-16-36)
37 Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (7wks 27-20-15-13-14-21-37)
38 Curtis Mayfield - Future Shock (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Hot Chocolate - Rumours (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Medicine Head - Rising Sun (1wk 40 NEW)

[popchartfreak]

11th August 1973

It's 3 weeks on top for 10CC, as Bob Dylan rises to 3, a new peak, with Knocking On Heaven's Door trying to jostle for the top spot. David Essex climbs into the top 10 for the first time with the fab moody Rock On, love the double-tracking and echo style. Ken Boothe also goes top 10 with a wonderful reggae flop that is new to me, a full year ahead of his UK chart break-through. Highest new entry at 18 is ex-Temptation Eddie Kendricks, on his solo smash, Keep On Truckin', easily the best thing he did outside the band.

New at 41, Nilsson's back with lovely cover of the Casablanca movie classic As Time Goes By, 4 years ahead of Dooley Wilson getting his original in the UK chart. Nilsson didn't have many UK hits but he's rarely out of my retro charts, always quality. In at 69, David Cassidy's Us single was a quirky ragtime styled cover of the Lovin' Spoonful's Daydream, not one I was aware of but way better than Rock Me Baby, so they may as well have stuck it out in the UK where darlin' david was WAY bigger than than in the US. Geordie make it 3 in a row with Electric Lady, Perry Como tries For The Good Times, and his 3rd chart entry too, Deodato covers the standard Rhapsody In Blue, jazz stylee, for a 2nd entry, and finally, The Stories sneak in with their mostly-insipid cover of Hot Chocolate's masterful Brother Louie. I was most put-out that my beloved band didn't get a US chart-topper break-through and this did. I like it a bit more these days, but I still feel sorry for Errol & Tony and the boys, though Emma did give them a hit, but not fame and the same UK chart consistency.


1 ( 1 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
2 ( 2 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry # 1
3 ( 8 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 3
4 ( 4 ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate # 1
5 ( 3 ) RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - Peter Doyle # 3
6 ( 7 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head # 6
7 ( 10 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Hudson-Ford # 7
8 ( 6 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds # 2
9 ( 21 ) ROCK ON - David Essex # 9
10 ( 12 ) IS IT BECAUSE I’M BLACK - Ken Boothe # 10

11 ( 17 ) GHETTO CHILD - The Detroit Spinners # 11
12 ( 5 ) HALF-BREED - Cher # 5
13 ( 13 ) I’VE BEEN HURT - Guy Darrell # 13
14 ( 14 ) THAT LADY - The Isley Brothers # 4
15 ( 11 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1
16 ( 9 ) THE DEAN AND I - 10CC # 9
17 ( 16 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing # 3
18 ( NEW ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 18
19 ( 19 ) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters # 19
20 ( 18 ) LAW OF THE LAND - The Undisputed Truth # 18

21 ( 15 ) I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 5
22 ( 38 ) HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder # 22
23 ( 44 ) CHINA GROVE - The Doobie Brothers # 23
24 ( 67 ) A BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONG - Glen Campbell # 24
25 ( 26 ) HEADLINE HUSTLER - 10CC # 25
26 ( 29 ) OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka # 26
27 ( 25 ) CLOUDS - David Gates # 20
28 ( 22 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE - Wizzard # 1
29 ( 33 ) SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME) - Bobby Goldsboro # 1
30 ( 28 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud # 1

31 ( 32 ) SUPERSTAR - Carl Anderson & Cast # 1
32 ( 24 ) ANGEL - Aretha Franklin # 6
33 ( 30 ) COULD WE START AGAIN PLEASE? - Yvonne Elliman, Philip Toubus & Cast # 2
34 ( 40 ) UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE - Love Unlimited # 34
35 ( 37 ) SMARTY PANTS - First Choice # 35
36 ( 23 ) SAND IN MY FACE - 10CC # 23
37 ( 31 ) LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon featuring The Dixie Hummingbirds # 10
38 ( 27 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT - Yvonne Elliman, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson & Cast # 5
39 ( 39 ) TUBULAR BELLS SIDE 1 - Mike Oldfield # 3
40 ( 20 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro # 20

41 ( NEW ) AS TIME GOES BY - Nilsson # 41
42 ( 50 ) OH LOVE WE FINALLY MADE IT - Love Unlimited # 42
43 ( 36 ) SWEET ILLUSION - Junior Campbell # 4
44 ( 42 ) SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns # 5
45 ( 66 ) SONGS OF PRAISE - Roy Wood # 45
46 ( 45 ) HELL RAISER - The Sweet # 1
47 ( 43 ) HONALOOCHIE BOOGIE - Mott The Hoople # 9
48 ( 34 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth # 8
49 ( 64 ) DEAR ELAINE - Roy Wood # 49
50 ( 55 ) ERES TU - Mocedades # 1

51 ( 49 ) LIVE AND LET DIE - Wings # 2
52 ( 47 ) HOSANNAH - Ted Neeley & Cast # 16
53 ( 54 ) RANDY - Blue Mink # 10
54 ( 69 ) MISS CLARKE AND THE COMPUTER - Roy Wood # 54
55 ( 59 ) WHENEVER IT’S A SUNDAY - The Fortunes # 55
56 ( 56 ) RUBBER BULLETS - 10CC # 1
57 ( 52 ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters # 34
58 ( 41 ) KING HEROD’S SONG - Josh Mostel & Cast # 28
59 ( 71 ) HE’S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL - Stevie Wonder # 59
60 ( 57 ) SHIPS DON’T DISAPPEAR IN THE NIGHT (DO THEY?) - 10CC # 57

61 ( 35 ) SATURDAY NIGHT - Bay City Rollers # 20
62 ( 46 ) THE GROOVER - T.Rex # 1
63 ( 58 ) I THINK OF YOU - The Detroit Emeralds # 58
64 ( 73 ) I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN - Ann Peebles # 64
65 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas # 1
66 ( 62 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners # 1
67 ( 63 ) SKYWRITER - The Jackson 5 # 1
68 ( 48 ) SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 38
69 ( NEW ) DAYDREAM - David Cassidy # 69
70 ( 72 ) HURTS SO GOOD - MIllie Jackson # 70

71 ( NEW ) ELECTRIC LADY - Geordie # 71
72 ( NEW ) FOR THE GOOD TIMES - Perry Como # 72
73 ( 74 ) YES WE CAN CAN - The Pointer Sisters # 73
74 ( NEW ) BROTHER LOUIE - The Stories # 74
75 ( NEW ) RHAPSODY IN BLUE - Deodato # 75




11th August 1973 My actual chart of that week way back then

It's still Mud on top for a 4th week with not much happening at the top end, but The Drifters grab a 3rd top 10 with Like Sister And Brother, and First Choice get a Smarty Pants 2nd, as do Medicine Head. Dawn now give 60's vocalist Tony Orlando some billing on Sweet Gypsy Rose, their ragtime latest new at 15, and it was all downhill MOR from here on after a run of 7 singles or so and a chart-topper with Knock Three Times.

In at 20, Bobby Goldsboro debuts in my original charts with the sultry fab Summer, The First time, matching the summer days of '73 mood-wise, while Peter Doyle drops his first solo single at 21, as good as anything the New seekers released, but a complete stiff - Rusty Hands Of Time happily got played on Junior's Choice so I managed to record it around 8 years before I managed to buy a copy. Just behind, and getting loads of airplay on Radio 1 ahead of actual release, Wizzard's next smash Angel Fingers, which I was instantly a fan of, but it was so annoying having to wait a few weeks to buy it that I never bothered in the end. I got it 2nd hand in 1974 instead.

The Bay City Rollers return with future 1976 US number one Saturday Night - but that was rerecorded version with Les McKewan on lead, and this was the original version that almost charted in the UK. The intro is great, the rest of the record is not bad. Roger Daltrey gives Tommy's I'm Free the huge orchestral treatment and it really works a treat. Dramatic! Love it still. Note, it's nothing to do with Mr. Humphries, though Are You Being Served had already debuted on BBC1. Hot Chocolate's dark, orchestral Rumours was a hint of things to come, and deserved to be a huge smash, but it was a modest hit only, and their 7th chart hit for me. That leaves Halloween classic Monster Mash getting an unseasonal reissue in the UK, having been a US hit in 1963 and 1970, but never a UK hit. I'd never even heard of it, it was so obscure. Who knew it was destined to be the most perennial of all Halloween songs! Bobby 'Boris' Pickett didnt have another hit but he obtained pop immortality. 

1 ( 1 ) HYPNOSIS - Mud
2 ( 2 ) 48 CRASH - Suzi Quatro
3 ( 3 ) YESTERDAY ONCE MORE - Carpenters
4 ( 5 ) BAD BAD BOY - Nazereth
5 ( 6 ) PILLOW TALK - Sylvia
6 ( 4 ) TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING - Diana Ross
7 ( 7 ) GOIN’ HOME - The Osmonds
8 ( 21 ) LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER - The Drifters
9 ( 27 ) SMARTY PANTS - First Choice
10 ( 24 ) RISING SUN - Medicine Head

11 ( 25 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT - Barry Blue
12 ( 9 ) SPANISH EYES - Al Martino
13 ( 26 ) I’M DOING FINE NOW - New York City
14 ( 10 ) YING TONG SONG - The Goons
15 ( NEW ) SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Dawn/ Tony Orlando
16 ( 8 ) LIFE ON MARS - David Bowie
17 ( 11 ) ALL RIGHT NOW - Free
18 ( 16 ) YOU CAN DO MAGIC - Limmie & The family Cooking
19 ( 19 ) FREE ELECTRIC BAND - Albert Hammond
20 ( NEW ) SUMMER, THE FIRST TIME - Bobby Goldsboro

21 ( NEW ) RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - Peter Doyle
22 ( NEW ) ANGEL FINGERS - Wizzard
23 ( 22 ) THE MORNING AFTER - Maureen McGovern
24 ( NEW ) SATURDAY NIGHT - Bay City Rollers
25 ( 12 ) I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) - Gary Glitter
26 ( NEW ) I'M FREE - Roger Daltrey
27 ( 13 ) SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING - Elton John
28 ( NEW ) RUMOURS - Hot Chocolate
29 ( NEW ) MONSTER MASH - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
30 ( 14 ) SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME - Slade