Haven Retro Combined Chart : 22.12.1973

[smokeyb]

Wizzard keep the top spot in a closely contested fight for the xmas number one.



Slade have to remain in 2nd spot, and another xmas song for Elton John makes the top 3.



Mott The Hoople slip to 4 and Alvin Stardust falls to 5.



In a quiet xmas there are only 2 new entries this week, the highest is Leo Sayer at number 15.



The biggest climber is Rod Stewart & the Faces who jump up 18 places to number 22.



the biggest faller is Led Zeppelin who drop 20 places.

[smokeyb]

22.12.1973 (Week # 51)

1 (01) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - 183 points (4-1-1) (3 wks)
2 (02) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody - 143 points (2-2) 2 wks
3 (09) Elton John - Step Into Christmas - 116 points (12-9-3) 3 wks
4 (03) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone - 104 points (9-4-1-3-4) 5 wks
5 (04) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo - 87 points (14-5-2-2-1-2-4-5) 8 wks
6 (08) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse - 86 points (18-8-6-6-7-8-6) 7 wks
7 (05) New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - 86 points (20-7-6-5-7) 5 wks
8 (07) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love - 82 points (5-3-2-5-7-8) 6 wks
9 (12) Golden Earring - Radar Love - 79 points (24-12-9) 3 wks
10 (06) Roxy Music - Street Life - 72 points (12-4-3-3-6-10) 6 wks
11 (11) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle - 67 points (20-17-12-9-11-11) 6 wks
12 (13) Roy Wood - Forever - 64 points (14-13-12) 3 wks
13 (17) Steeleye Span - Gaudete - 60 points (17-13) 2 wks
14 (10) John Lennon - Mind Games - 57 points (21-11-8-10-14) 5 wks
15 (NE) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On - 49 points (15) 1 wk
16 (14) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top - 44 points (19-16-14-16) 4 wks
17 (15) David Essex - Lamplight - 35 points (24-16-10-11-15-17) 6 wks
18 (20) Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - 34 points (25-23-19-20-18) 5 wks
19 (16) Carpenters – Top Of The World - 33 points (31-31-9-2-1-1-1-1-5-10-16-19) 12 wks
20 (22) Stevie Wonder - Living For The City - 31 points (37-34-26-27-22-20) 6 wks
21 (19) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses - 28 points (25-15-15-13-19-21) 6 wks
22 (40) Rod Stewart & Faces - Pool Hall Richard - 27 points (40-22) 2 wks
23 (24) Cozy Powell - Dance with The Devil - 27 points (35-24-23) 3 wks
24 (21) Gilbert O’Sullivan – Why, Oh Why, Oh why - 25 points (38-30-20-20-21-24) 6 wks
25 (39) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme - 24 points (40-39-25) 3 wks
26 (25) Love Unlimited – It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) - 22 points (25-26) 2 wks
27 (27) Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street - 20 points (29-30-21-13-14-14-23-26-25-30-29-26-29-29-28-30-29-31-31-28-34-35-33-33-34-34-31-30-27-25-27-29-33-32-31-31-30-31-27-27) 40 wks
28 (28) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 20 points (28-28) 2 wks
29 (23) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels - 19 points (20-15-10-13-30-23-29) 7 wks
30 (18) T. Rex – Truck on (Tyke) - 19 points (27-18-18-18-30) 5 wks
31 (30) Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again - 19 points (29-31-35-36-32-32-33-33-30-31) 10 wks
32 (40) Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone - 19 points (40-32) 2 wks
33 (29) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian - 19 points (33-26-26-22-23-29-33) 7 wks
34 (31) Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait - 18 points (29-31-32-30-35-32-33-33-31-36-37-35-37-35-36-32-31-28-27-32-32-36-38-35-36-34-34-31-34) 29 wks
35 (32) Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me - 18 points (37-37-32-35) 4 wks
36 (NE) Temptations – Let Your Hair Down - 17 points (36) 1 wk
37 (36) Who - Love, Reign O'er Me - 17 points (40-36-37) 3 wks
38 (33) Drupi - Vado Via - 17 points (33-38) 2 wks
39 (37) Cliff Richard - Take Me High - 16 points (40-37-39) 3 wks
40 (35) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost - 16 points (34-24-22-19-22-17-16-16-28-35-36-35-40) 13 wks

Dropped Out
41 (34) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (part 1) - 15 points (37-25-28-34)
44 (26) Steve Miller Band - Joker - 15 points (32-23-14-12-16-15-26)
47 (40) Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This - 13 points (30-35-x-38-39-40)
58 (38) Led Zeppelin - D'Yer Ma'Ker - 9 points (31-32-38)

[smokeyb]

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


I will leave this open until Wed/Thu next week.

It would really help if you could post your charts early this week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 29.12.1973

1 (1) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (7 wk) (# 1)
3 (3) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (6 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (4 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (9 wk) (# 2)
6 (6) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses (7 wk) (# 2)
7 (7) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (3 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) David Essex - Lamplight (8 wk) (# 7)
9 (9) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (6 wk) (# 8)
10 (10) Roxy Music - Street Life (7 wk) (# 9)
11 (11) Roy Wood - Forever (5 wk) (# 11)
12 (12) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke (6 wk) (# 12)
13 (13) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (8 wk) (# 6)
14 (14) Steeleye Span - Gaudete (4 wk) (# 14)
15 (15) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love (8 wk) (# 4)
16 (16) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (6 wk) (# 16)
17 (17) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (4 wk) (# 17)
18 (18) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (8 wk) (# 13)
19 (19) The Osmonds - Let Me In (10 wk) (# 2)
20 (20) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard (4 wk) (# 20)
21 (21) Drupi - Vado Via (5 wk) (# 21)
22 (22) Mud -Dynamite (10 wk) (# 4)
23 (23) Millican & Nesbitt - Vaya Con Dios (5 wk) (# 23)
24 (24) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (9 wk) (# 12)
25 (25) Golden Earring - Radar Love (4 wk) (# 25)
26 (26) Elton John - Step Into Christmas (4 wk) (# 25)
27 (27) The Carpenters - Top Of The World (11 wk) (# 5)
28 (28) Barry Blue ‎– Do You Wanna Dance (9 wk) (# 7)
29 (29) Perry Como - For The Good Times (19 wk) (# 7)
30 (30) David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Song (12 wk) (# 1)
31 (31) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (9 wk) (# 18)
32 (32) David Bowie - Sorrow (11 wk) (# 3)
33 (33) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (16 wk) (# 1)
34 (34) Matt Monroe - And You Smiled (6 wk) (# 28)
35 (35) John Lennon - Mind Games (6 wk) (# 26)
36 (36) The Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love (8 wk) (# 29)
37 (37) Ringo Starr - Photograph (10 wk) (# 8)
38 (38) Slade - My Friend Stan (14 wk) (# 2)
39 (39) Cliff Richard - Take Me High (5 wk) (# 39)
40 (40) Perry Como - Walk Right Back (4 wk) (# 40)
41 (41) Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (12 wk) (# 11)
42 (42) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (14 wk) (# 6)
43 (43) Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards (11 wk) (# 22)
44 (44) Charles Aznavour - The Old Fashioned Way (11 wk) (# 38)
45 (45) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (10 wk) (# 14)
46 (46) Andy Williams - Solitaire (4 wk) (# 46)
47 (47) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards (13 wk) (# 13)
48 (48) Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock (6 wk) (# 36)
49 (49) London String Chorale - Galloping Home (3 wk) (# 49)
50 (50) Michael Ward - Let There Be Peace On Earth (3 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 25-12-73:  Presenter: Tony Blackburn & Noel Edmond
SLADE – Cum On Feel The Noize 
DONNY OSMOND – Young Love  
SUZI QUATRO – Can The Can 
SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – Eye Level
LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND – Long Haired Lover From Liverpool  
THE SWEET – Blockbuster  
DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree  
GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – Get Down  
GARY GLITTER – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) 
DAVID CASSIDY – Daydreamer  
10cc – Rubber Bullets 
PETERS & LEE – Welcome Home
WIZZARD – See My Baby Jive 
SLADE – Merry Xmas Everybody 

Full xmas episode

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 29.12.1973
1 (1) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (9 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Roxy Music - Stranded (5 wk) (# 1)
3 (3) David Bowie - Pin Ups (9 wk) (# 1)
4 (4) David Cassidy - Dreams Are Nothin' More Than Wishes (6 wk) (# 1)
5 (5) Donny Osmond - A Time For Us (3 wk) (# 5)
6 (6) Perry Como - And I Love You So (26 wk) (# 3)
7 (7) Ringo Starr - Ringo (4 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) Gilbert O'Sullivan - I'm A Writer Not A Fighter (13 wk) (# 2)
9 (9) Paul Mccartney & Wings - Band On The Run (3 wk) (# 9)
10 (10) Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (2 wk) (# 10)

[o]

1 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
2 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
3 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
4 Golden Earring - Radar Love
5 John Lennon - Mind Games
6 Steeleye Span – Gaudete
7 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
8 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
9 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
10 T. Rex - Truck On Tyke

[Earl Purple]

Unlike the other year, this is my last chart of 1973:

1 ( 2 ) Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade < 3rd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard (#1[3])
3 ( 3 ) Step Into Christmas - Elton John (#2[1])
4 ( 4 ) Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
5 ( 5 ) Radar Love - Golden Earring
6 ( 6 ) The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer
7 ( 7 ) Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Browsville Station
8 ( 9 ) Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
9 ( 14 ) Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
10 ( 8 ) Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople (#3)

11 ( 15 ) Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton John
12 ( 23 ) I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles
13 ( 13 ) Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally - Dawn
14 ( 17 ) Some Guys Have All The Luck - Persuaders
15 ( 10 ) The Joker - Steve Miller Band (#1[2])
16 ( 12 ) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (#8)
17 ( 11 ) I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (#2[1])
18 ( 16 ) Take Me High - Cliff Richard (#15)
19 ( 24 ) Galloping Home - London String Chorale
20 ( 21 ) Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell

21 ( 19 ) Forever - Roy Wood (#17)
22 ( 34 ) The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
23 ( 25 ) Gaudete - Steeleye Span
24 ( 22 ) My Music - Loggins & Messina (#20)
25 ( 28 ) Corazon - Carole King
26 ( 18 ) You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - New Seekers (#5)
27 ( 20 ) Love On A Mountain Top - Robert Knight (#11)
28 ( -- ) Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
29 ( 30 ) Vado Via - Drupi
30 ( 27 ) Truck On (Tyke) - T. Rex (#22)

31 ( 26 ) Street Life - Roxy Music (#7)
32 ( 37 ) Raised On Rock - Elvis Presley (#33)
33 ( 33 ) D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (#27)
34 ( 38 ) Lamplight - David Essex (#22)
35 ( 31 ) Mind Games - John Lennon (#18)
36 ( 29 ) My Coo-Ca-Choo - Alvin Stardust (#2[3])
37 ( -- ) Walk Like A Man (You Can Call Me Your Man) - Grand Funk Railroad
38 ( 36 ) Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy (#19)
39 ( -- ) Painted Ladies - Ian Thomas
40 ( 32 ) Amoureuse - Kiki Dee (#5)

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-- ( 35 ) Rockin' Roll Baby - Stylistics (#11)
-- ( 39 ) Wild Love - Mungo Jerry (#14)
-- ( 40 ) Helen Wheels - Wings (#11)

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[smokeyb]

1 (1) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (3 wks)
2 (2) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (4 wks)
3 (4) Golden Earring - Radar Love (4 wks)
4 (6) Elton John - Step Into Christmas (4 wks)
5 (7) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard (4 wks)
6 (5) Roy Wood - Forever (5 wks)
7 (12) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (3 wks)
8 (10) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil (4 wks)
9 (3) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (6 wks)
10 (17) Drupi - Vado Via (5 wks)
11 (13) Steeleye Span - Gaudete (4 wks)
12 (8) John Lennon - Mind Games (6 wks)
13 (18) Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (4 wks)
14 (9) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (8 wks)
15 (20) Andy Williams - Solitaire (4 wks)
16 (19) Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie (4 wks)
17 (21) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (6 wks)
18 (14) Roxy Music - Street Life (7 wks)
19 (11) The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (6 wks)
20 (15) Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (9 wks)
21 (28) Cliff Richard - Take Me High (5 wks)
22 (16) War - Me And Baby Brother (8 wks)
23 (22) Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (7 wks)
24 (23) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke (6 wks)
25 (24) Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (7 wks)
26 (40) Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider (2 wks)
27 (25) Ringo Starr - Photograph (10 wks)
28 (26) David Essex - Lamplight (8 wks)
29 (27) Steve Miller Band - The Joker (11 wks)
30 (29) Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin (9 wks)
31 (30) Don Downing - Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (8 wks)
32 (31) Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock (6 wks)
33 (32) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (10 wks)
34 (33) Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (9 wks)
35 (34) Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (13 wks)
36 (35) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (7 wks)
37 (36) The Persuaders - Some Guys Have All The Luck (9 wks)
38 (37) Billy Joel - Piano Man (9 wks)
39 (38) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (8 wks)
40 (39) David Bowie - Sorrow (11 wks)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack And Peace – Across 110th Street (41 wks)
02 Curtis Mayfield – Can't Say Nothin' (1 wk)
03 Curtis Mayfield – If I Were Only A Child Again (11 wks)
04 The Delfonics – I Don't Want To Make You Wait (30 wks)
05 The Temptations – Let Your Hair Down (2 wks)
06 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (14 wks)
07 Isaac Hayes – Joy (Part 1) (2 wks)
08 The Carpenters – Top Of The World (13 wks)
09 Marvin Gaye – Come Get To This (9 wks)
10 The Independents – It's All Over (7 wks)

11 Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (6 wks)
12 Al Green – Livin' for You (4 wks)
13 Love Unlimited – It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) (3 wks)
14 The Isley Brothers – What It Comes Down To (1 wk)
15 Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock (24 wks)
16 The O'Jays – Put Your Hands Together (2 wks)
17 The Chi Lites – I Found Sunshine (7 wks)
18 The Four Tops – Sweet Understanding Love (12 wks)
19 New York City – Make Me Twice The Man (18 wks)
20 Gladys Knight & The Pips – I've Got to Use My Imagination (6 wks)

21 The Temptations – Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) (20 wks)
22 The Intruders – I Wanna Know Your Name (10 wks)
23 Betty Wright – Let Me Be Your Lovemaker (13 wks)
24 Earth, Wind & Fire – Keep Your Head to the Sky (7 wks)
25 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia (18 wks)
26 The Dramatics – Fell For You (10 wks)
27 Sly & The Family Stone – Frisky (6 wks)
28 Bloodstone – Never Let You Go (16 wks)
29 The Temptations – Law Of The Land (14 wks)
30 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You're A Special Part Of Me (13 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Wizzard - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
2 [2] :: Slade - MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY
3 [11] :: Steeleye Span - GAUDETE
4 [3] :: Elton John - STEP INTO CHRISTMAS
5 [12] :: Emerson Lake & Palmer - JERUSALEM
6 [10] :: Roxy Music - MOTHER OF PEARL {Stranded LP track}
7 [5] :: Mott The Hoople - ROLL AWAY THE STONE
8 [7] :: John Lennon - MIND GAMES
9 [13] :: Olivia Newton-John - LET ME BE THERE
10 [9] :: Thin Lizzy - THE ROCKER
11 [6] :: Paul McCartney & Wings - HELEN WHEELS
12 [4] :: Alvin Stardust - MY COO-CA-CHOO
13 [8] :: Roxy Music - STREET LIFE
14 [17] :: Gary Glitter - I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE
15 [18] :: Kiki Dee - AMOUREUSE
16 [19] :: David Essex - LAMPLIGHT
17 [15] :: Helen Reddy - LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS)
18 [16] :: Mungo Jerry - WILD LOVE
19 [20] :: Steve Miller Band - THE JOKER
20 [14] :: Suzi Quatro - DAYTONA DEMON

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 15.12.1973

1 (01) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
2 (02) Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
3 (03) Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love
4 (04) New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
5 (05) Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo
6 (06) Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
7 (14) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On
8 (08) David Essex - Lamplight
9 (07) Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
10 (09) Elton John - Step Into Christmas
11 (12) Roxy Music - Street Life
12 (23) Roy Wood - Forever
13 (10) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why
14 (11) Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
15 (13) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
16 (19) Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top
17 (22) Steeleye Span - Gaudete
18 (Re) T. Rex - Truck On Tyke
19 (15) Mud - Dynamite
20 (16) Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love
21 (17) Paul McCartney and Wings - Helen Wheels
22 (18) The Osmonds - Let Me In
23 (20) Carpenters - Top Of The World
24 (21) Perry Como - For The Good Times
25 (24) Rod Stewart & The Faces - Pool Hall Richard
26 (25) Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level
27 (26) David Cassidy - Daydreamer
28 (27) David Bowie - Sorrow
29 (28) John Lennon - Mind Games
30 (30) Golden Earring - Radar Love
31 (29) Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love
32 (31) Ringo Starr - Photograph
33 (32) Slade - My Friend Stan
34 (33) Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil
35 (34) Cliff Richard - Take Me High
36 (35) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
37 (36) Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards
38 (37) Andy Williams - Solitaire
39 (38) Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon
40 (40) Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance

[rubcale]

01 Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
02 Kiki Dee Amoureuse
03 New Seekers ft/ Lyn Paul You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
04 Robert Knight Love On A Mountain Top
05 Roy Wood Forever
06 Eddie Kendricks Keep On Truckin'
07 Golden Earring Radar Love
08 The Faces Pool Hall Richard
09 Gary Glitter I Love You Love Me Love
10 Cliff Richard Take Me High
11 Mott The Hoople Roll Away The Stone
12 Steeleye Span Gaudete
13 Roxy Music Street Life
14 Elton John Step Into Chriatmas
15 Leo Sayer The Show Must Go On
16 David Essex Lamplight
17 T Rex Truck On Tyke
18 Four Tops Sweet Understanding Love
19 Carpenters Top Of The World
20 Cozy Powell Dance With The Devil

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
02(02) Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
03(03) Elton John – Step Into Christmas
04(04) Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle
05(06) Steeleye Span – Gaudete
06(08) Kool And The Gang – Jungle Boogie
07(07) Golden Earring – Radar Love
08(05) Roy Wood – Forever
09(10) Kiki Dee – Amoureuse
10(12) Leo Sayer – The Show Must Go On

11(--) Jim Croce – It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way
12(09) Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone
13(17) The Carpenters – Top Of The World
14(13) Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
15(11) Gary Glitter – I Love You Love Me Love
16(18) Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
17(14) New Seekers – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me
18(16) Marie Osmond – Paper Roses
19(20) John Lennon – Mind Games
20(15) Andy Williams – Solitaire

[raliverpool]

01 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (3wks 1-1-1)
02 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (4wks 24-2-2-2)
03 Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (4wks 19-14-5-3)
04 Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (5wks 35-22-15-7-4)
05 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (5wks 28-16-13-6-5)
06 Who - Love, Reign O'er Me (5wks 19-6-4-4-6)
07 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (7wks 26-11-5-4-3-3-7)
08 Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On (2wks 22-8)
09 Roy Wood - Forever (2wks 21-9)
10 Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo (6wks 9-3-3-7-8-10)

11 Ringo Starr - I'm The Greatest (4wks 10-9-10-11)
12 Steve Miller Band - The Joker (4wks 28-21-17-12)
13 Elton John - Step Into Christmas (4wks 37-22-15-13)
14 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up (5wks 29-21-17-16-14)
15 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Sebastian (2wks 37-15)
16 Steeleye Span - Gaudette (4wks 38-23-18-16)
17 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (7wks 11-4-2-2-6-9-17)
18 Roxy Music - Street Life (6wks 23-9-5-8-11-18)
19 John Lennon - Mind Games (5wks 21-7-10-14-19)
20 Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (7wks 34-27-17-11-12-13-20)

21 Led Zeppelin - D'Yer Ma'Ker (6wks 12-1-1-5-12-21)
22 Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (2wks 35-22)
23 Badfinger - Apple Of My Eye (3wks 33-26-23)
24 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (2wks 29-24)
25 Faces - Pool Hall Richard (3wks 30-24-25)
26 Linda Ronstadt - Love Has No Pride (3wks 34-28-26)
27 Helen Reddy - Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) (3wks 35-30-27)
28 Love Unlimited - It May Be Winter Outside (2wks 36-28)
29 Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (6wks 32-23-17-16-20-29)
30 New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (5wks 20-15-18-23-30)

31 Rolling Stones - Star Star (3wks 29-25-31)
32 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (6wks 24-11-8-11-19-32)
33 Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (4wks 35-28-27-33)
34 Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby (2wks 38-34)
35 Olivia Newton-John - Let Me Be There (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Earth Wind & Fire - Keep Your Head To The Sky (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Lou Reed - Sad Song (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Al Wilson - Show & Tell (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Brownsville Station - Smokin' In The Boy's Room (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Friend Of Mine (1wk 40 NEW)

[smokeyb]

So I can complete the year end I need to close out the final charts,

so if you don't post up a chart by tomorrow evening I will freeze last week's if that's ok

Smurfie popchartfreak

[popchartfreak]

sorry hope this is in, in time, will add my actual chart of this week 1973 later...


15th December 1973



It's a double Retro Barry White top 2 as the lush disco instrumental Love's Theme gives Barry a 3rd number one, following on from Love Unlimited's Walking In The Rain With The One I Love in 1972, his own I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby earlier in 1973, and now this one with his missus at 2 with Love Unlimited's winter delight. Peter Noone gets a first top 10 since Herman's Hermits had 2 in 1969.



Highest new entry is the future ELO single (flop) in summer 1974 taken from current album On The Third Day: Daybreaker is an instrumental, and new at 34 for a 4th chart entry in total. Ruby Winters drops the soul ballad I Will in the USA, 4 years ahead of a UK big hit with it - I didn't actually realise it was 4 years old at the time I first charted it - and new in here at 57. Art Garfunkel gets his 2nd solo entry with the delightful jolly I Shall Sing out in the USA, a few months earlier than it was getting UK airplay (but no hit), and in at 62.



Johnny Nash pops in yet again with another single I had forgotten about, but know, Loving You at 69 extending his run to well over 5 years. Alice Cooper has his last UK hit for around 15 years, and his 5th here with Teenage Lament '74 in at 71, while Diana Ross moves further into morose ballads with All Of My Life at 73. Billy Paul is on his 3rd of 1972/3 with Thanks For saving My Life at 74, and Blue Magic sneak in at 75 with one I didn't know before this week - Stop To Start. They will be back later on with more famous songs.





1 ( 4 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1

2 ( 8 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 2

3 ( 1 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

4 ( 5 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 4

5 ( 2 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1

6 ( 3 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1

7 ( 7 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7

8 ( 9 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 8

9 ( 10 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2

10 ( 17 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10



11 ( 12 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3

12 ( 6 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4

13 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4

14 ( 11 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2

15 ( 15 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3

16 ( 28 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 16

17 ( 19 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 17

18 ( 20 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 18

19 ( 35 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 19

20 ( 29 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 20



21 ( 14 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9

22 ( 16 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7

23 ( 23 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5

24 ( 30 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1

25 ( 22 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19

26 ( 37 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 26

27 ( 21 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17

28 ( 27 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2

29 ( 18 ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 18

30 ( 25 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1



31 ( 24 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5

32 ( 26 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14

33 ( 43 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 33

34 ( NEW ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 34

35 ( 40 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 35

36 ( 31 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1

37 ( 34 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6

38 ( 50 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 38

39 ( 39 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 39

40 ( 52 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 40



41 ( 38 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1

42 ( 42 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1

43 ( 54 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 43

44 ( 53 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 44

45 ( 45 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1

46 ( 32 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9

47 ( 33 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 20

48 ( 61 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 48

49 ( 49 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1

50 ( 66 ) W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin # 50



51 ( 41 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5

52 ( 46 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3

53 ( 47 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19

54 ( 58 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5

55 ( 75 ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 55

56 ( 56 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1

57 ( NEW ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 57

58 ( 51 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12

59 ( 62 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 59

60 ( 44 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 29



61 ( 55 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 30

62 ( NEW ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 62

63 ( 63 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1

64 ( 36 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 23

65 ( 67 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 65

66 ( 70 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 66

67 ( 73 ) MIDNIGHT RIDER - Gregg Allman # 67

68 ( 48 ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 48

69 ( NEW ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 69

70 ( 57 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8



71 ( NEW ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 71

72 ( 68 ) NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 68

73 ( NEW ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 73

74 ( NEW ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE - Billy Paul # 74

75 ( NEW ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 75


15th December 1973 My actual charts that week then



It's 2 weeks on top for Wizzard as Roy Wood holds Roy Wood off the top spot as Xmas trumps Forever. Or forever as the Xmas song goes on and on half a century later, ditto Slade at 3 and Elton at 13. Elton's mate Kiki is up to 8 with Amoureuse and The New Seekers get back in the top 10 for the first time since Circles, with You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me. Geordie are highest new entry at 12, with the very halloween Black Cat Woman, probably their best record and a shock flop which has plunged it into obscurity since. It needs to be revived as a Halloween regular.



Leo Sayer debuts with The Show Must Go On at 16, all dressed up as a Harlequin on Top Of The Pops, but already a good songwriter donating Giving It All Away to Roger Daltrey. Stevie Wonder's great social commentary song Living For The City is new at 24, Billy Paul is back for a follow-up at 26, Thanks For Saving My Life, and Andy Williams gets his first UK hit in 3 years as he covers Neil Sedaka's album track Solitaire at 29. That leaves The Beach Boys christmas classic Little Saint Nick to debut at 28 around 10 years late - it was getting a lot of plays on Radio 1 a christmas oldie that christmas. But it was new to me.



My first term at Chosen Hill Comprehensive was about to draw to a close, and we were getting ready for Christmas, buying stuff, wrapping, getting ready for the new big film debuts on TV, Morecambe & Wise's Xmas Special, and trying to make the best of power cuts, reduced TV hours, and I was buying DC Comics galore to help keep me happy as my reel to reel tape recorder was starting to develop a fault - the recordings were getting very muffled and low. I didn't realise it was due to the head getting clogged and could have sorted it myself, but it ended up getting sent away for repairs for 2 or 3 months in early 1974 which was a disaster for me - so many songs I didn't get to record!





1 ( 1 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard

2 ( 2 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood

3 ( 13 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - Slade

4 ( 8 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight

5 ( 4 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust

6 ( 3 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music

7 ( 5 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople

8 ( 15 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee

9 ( 12 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers

10 ( 6 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex



11 ( 17 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell

12 ( NEW ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie

13 ( 18 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John

14 ( 9 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue

15 ( 7 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks

16 ( NEW ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer

17 ( 14 ) DYNAMITE - Mud

18 ( 16 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter

19 ( 19 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex

20 ( 20 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings



21 ( 24 ) VADO VIA - Drupi

22 ( 29 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces

23 ( 26 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring

24 ( NEW ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder

25 ( 10 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon

26 ( NEW ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE - Billy Paul

27 ( 11 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr

28 ( NEW ) LITTLE SAINT NICK - The Beach Boys

29 ( NEW ) SOLITAIRE - Andy Williams

30 ( 23 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard