Haven Retro Combined Chart : 27.04.1974

[smokeyb]

Abba get their first retro number one song, just after winning the Eurovision Song Contest. I wonder how many



chart toppers they will get in the future?



Mud slip to 2, the Wombles are up to 3, Slade slip to 4 and David Bowie is at 5.



There are 11 new entries this week, the highest is Peters & Lee at number 18.



The biggest climber is Stevie Wonder who jumps up 7 places to number 6.



The biggest faller is the New Seekers who drop off the chart from number 34.

[smokeyb]

27.04.1974 (Week # 17)

1 (03) Abba - Waterloo - 158 points (3-1) 2 wks
2 (01) Mud - The Cat Crept In - 138 points (5-1-2) 3 wks
3 (06) Wombles - Remember You're A Womble - 104 points (7-6-3) 3 wks
4 (02) Slade – Everyday - 100 points (7-3-2-4) 4 wks
5 (11) David Bowie - Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide - 99 points (11-5) 2 wks
6 (13) Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All - 86 points (13-6) 2 wks
7 (09) Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - 77 points (37-19-9-7) 4 wks
8 (07) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything - 75 points (20-14-6-6-7-8) 6 wks
9 (05) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun - 69 points (36-36-27-33-11-6-3-2-5-9) 10 wks
10 (14) Limmie & The Family Cookin - A Walkin Miracle - 66 points (26-14-10) 3 wks
11 (10) Sunny - Doctor's Orders - 59 points (29-20-10-11) 4 wks
12 (18) Three Degrees - Year Of Decision - 58 points (28-18-12) 3 wks
13 (04) Hot Chocolate - Emma - 57 points (28-21-7-2-1-1-4-13) 8 wks
14 (08) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye - 43 points (29-13-5-3-1-2-4-8-14) 9 wks
15 (17) Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - 42 points (26-24-17-17-15) 5 wks
16 (12) Glitter Band - Angel Face - 41 points (20-10-9-12-16) 5 wks
17 (20) Billy Joel - Piano Man - 39 points (21-19-18-16-16-13-15-20-17) 9 wks
18 (NE) Peters And Lee - Don't Stay Away Too Long - 38 points (18) 1 wk
19 (19) Chi-Lites – Homely Girl - 31 points (36-17-21-19-19) 5 wks
20 (24) Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze - 31 points (36-34-36-27-24-20) 6 wks
21 (25) Al Green – Let's Get Married - 30 points (27-28-24-25-21) 5 wks
22 (16) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love - 30 points (24-12-10-11-14-16-22) 7 wks
23 (23) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll - 29 points (19-13-23-23) 4 wks
24 (NE) Wizzard - Rock 'n' Roll Winter - 29 points (24) 1 wk
25 (NE) Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors - 28 points (25) 1 wk
26 (22) Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music - 28 points (21-14-19-11-8-8-22-26) 8 wks
27 (28) Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New - 28 points (35-28-27) 3 wks
28 (NE) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang - 27 points (28) 1 wk
29 (15) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero - 25 points (18-11-6-4-6-8-12-11-15-29) 10 wks
30 (21) Elton John - Candle In The Wind - 22 points (12-7-6-4-5-5-12-21-30) 9 wks
31 (NE) M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - 22 points (31) 1 wk
32 (NE) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black - 22 points (32) 1 wk
33 (37) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Satisfaction Guaranteed - 21 points (40-33-37-33) 4 wks
34 (NE) Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis - 21 points (34) 1 wk
35 (31) Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love - 20 points (31-31-29-25-28-26-28-28-31-33-34-31-35) 13 wks
36 (NE) Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us - 20 points (36) 1 wk
37 (NE) Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain - 19 points (37) 1 wk
38 (NE) Aretha Franklin - I'm In Love - 19 points (38) 1 wk
39 (33) Art Garfunkel - Travelin' Boy - 19 points (37-33-39) 3 wks
40 (30) Elton John - Bennie And the Jets - 18 points (35-30-40-x-34-16-13-14-17-32-32-30-40) 12 wks
40 (NE) Neil Sedaka - The Immigrant - 18 points (40) 1 wk

Dropouts:
42 (38) Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - 17 points (33-27-30-29-31-31-38-x-38)
43 (39) Genesis - Firth Of Fifth - 17 points (39)
44 (35) Harry Chapin - WOLD - 17 points (25-27-33-34-38-35)
45 (40) Stevie Wonder – Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing - 17 points (40)
46 (40) O'Jays – For The Love Of Money - 16 points (40)
47 (36) Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean - On The Run - 15 points (35-40-36)
50 (27) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Belle - 14 points (20-10-7-9-16-27)
51 (32) Adriano Celantano - PRISENCOLINENSINAINCIUSOL - 13 points (40-38-39-32)
52 (40) Helen Reddy - Keep On Singing - 13 points (34-29-27-x-40)
69 (29) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet - 7 points (28-28-36-37-40-x-39-40-x-24-6-4-2-2-3-4-10-29)
75 (26) Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - 4 points (18-12-12-9-12-16-18-26)
- (34) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - 0 points (30-10-8-13-21-22-34)

[smokeyb]

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


I will leave this open until next Fri.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 04.05.1974

1 (2) Abba - Waterloo (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Mud - The Cat Crept In (4 wk) (# 2)
3 (1) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (7 wk) (# 1)
4 (4) Wombles - Remember You're A Womble (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (9) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl (7 wk) (# 5)
6 (10) Limmie & The Family Cookin - A Walkin Miracle (5 wk) (# 6)
7 (8) Sunny - Doctors Orders (6 wk) (# 7)
8 (6) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything (7 wk) (# 5)
9 (26) Wizzard - Rock 'n' Roll Winter (2 wk) (# 9)
10 (5) Glitter Band - Angel Face (7 wk) (# 4)
11 (19) Peters & Lee - Don't Stay Away To Long (3 wk) (# 11)
12 (35) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang (2 wk) (# 12)
13 (7) Slade - Everyday (5 wk) (# 3)
14 (18) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black (5 wk) (# 14)
15 (11) Little Jimmy Osmond - I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door (7 wk) (# 11)
16 (28) The Three Degrees - Year Of Decision (4 wk) (# 16)
17 (20) Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know It All (4 wk) (# 17)
18 (14) Hot Chocolate - Emma (8 wk) (# 3)
19 (13) Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (8 wk) (# 12)
20 (12) Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way (6 wk) (# 3)
21 (27) Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors (4 wk) (# 21)
22 (16) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll (6 wk) (# 16)
23 (23) David Bowie - Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (3 wk) (# 23)
24 (31) Osmonds - I Can't Stop (3 wk) (# 24)
25 (25) Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer (6 wk) (# 25)
26 (21) Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (5 wk) (# 21)
27 (NE) The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love (1 wk) (# 27)
28 (50) Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes (2 wk) (# 28)
29 (47) MFSB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) (2 wk) (# 29)
30 (29) Wombles - Wombling Song (15 wk) (# 4)
31 (15) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (11 wk) (# 1)
32 (38) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Satisfaction Guaranteed (4 wk) (# 32)
33 (39) The Intruders - I'll Always Love My Mama (4 wk) (# 33)
34 (24) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (12 wk) (# 2)
35 (30) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (10 wk) (# 12)
36 (17) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (9 wk) (# 10)
37 (37) Ragtimers - The Sting (6 wk) (# 31)
38 (NE) Status Quo - Break The Rules (1 wk) (# 38)
39 (NE) Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (36) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were (6 wk) (# 31)
41 (RE) Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (2 wk) (# 41)
42 (NE) Alvin Stardust - Red Dress (1 wk) (# 42)
43 (NE) Mouth & MacNeal - I See A Star (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (48) Freddy Breck - So In Love With You (4 wk) (# 44)
45 (NE) Diana Ross - Last Time I Saw Him (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (NE) Gigliola Cinquetti - Go (1 wk) (# 46)
47 (33) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You (9 wk) (# 5)
48 (NE) Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (22) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (8 wk) (# 11)
50 (32) Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (13 wk) (# 2)

Usa chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 02-05-74:  Presenter: Jimmy Saville
(29) MFSB – T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)  
(12) BAY CITY ROLLERS – Shang-A-Lang
(6) LIMMIE & THE FAMILY COOKIN’ – A Walking Miracle  
(42) ALVIN STARDUST – Red Dress
(24) THE OSMONDS – I Can’t Stop  
(17) STEVIE WONDER – He’s Misstra Know It All  
(9) WIZZARD – Rock ‘N’ Roll Winter
(28) JIM STAFFORD – Spiders And Snakes  
(NEW) THE STYLISTICS – Only For The Children
(1) ABBA – Waterloo
(27) THE RUBETTES – Sugar Baby Love

Top 30 rundown

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 04.05.1974
1 (1) Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (15 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (21 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (27 wk) (# 1)
4 (5) Cat Stevens - Buddah And The Chocolate Box (5 wk) (# 3)
5 (6) Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue (11 wk) (# 1)
6 (21) Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors (7 wk) (# 6)
7 (7) Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (17 wk) (# 5)
8 (4) Millican & Nesbitt - Millicant & Nesbitt (7 wk) (# 3)
9 (8) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (5 wk) (# 8)
10 (10) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - Diana And Marvin (6 wk) (# 6)

[darkstar79]

01 Bobby Womack – Lookin' For A Love (14 wks)
02 Al Green – Let's Get Married (6 wks)
03 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Satisfaction Guaranteed (5 wks)
04 Four Tops – I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (15 wks)
05 The O'Jays – For The Love Of Money (4 wks)
06 The Temptations – Heavenly (8 wks)
07 Four Tops - One Chain Don't Make No Prison (1 wk)
08 Al Wilson – Touch And Go (9 wks)
09 The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New (7 wks)
10 Martha Reeves – Power Of Love (6 wks)

11 Aretha Franklin – I'm In Love (5 wks)
12 The Carpenters – I Won't Last A Day Without You (4 wks)
13 Tower Of Power – Time Will Tell (2 wks)
14 Isaac Hayes - Wonderful (1 wk)
15 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – My Mistake (Was To Love You) (11 wks)
16 Mouth And MacNeal - I See A Star (1 wk)
17 Kool & The Gang – Hollywood Swinging (3 wks)
18 Gladys Knight & The Pips – Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (12 wks)
19 The Dells – I Miss You (16 wks)
20 New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry (14 wks)

21 First Choice – Newsy Neighbors (10 wks)
22 Leon Haywood – Keep It In The Family (7 wks)
23 Johnny Nash – Loving You (4 wks)
24 William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got (1 wk)
25 The Isley Brothers – The Highway Of My Life (16 wks)
26 Tavares – That's The Sound That Lonely Makes (14 wks)
27 The Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (10 wks)
28 Bill Withers – The Same Love That Made Me Laugh (4 wks)
29 Johnnie Taylor – We're Getting Careless With Our Love (15 wks)
30 Tyrone Davis – I Wish It Was Me (14 wks)

[Earl Purple]

You have the wrong photo in the opening post, that's the #1 in 1992.

[smokeyb]

Apr 24, 2024 22:55:14 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

You have the wrong photo in the opening post, that's the #1 in 1992.

Thanks, didn't clear the pic from upload site after I did 1992, it was a long day yesterday.

[Earl Purple]

Abba will top my chart a total of 5 times, the next will be fairly soon with "Ring Ring" (the later version with the saxophones). They will then have two NM #1s in a row with "Money Money Money" and "Knowing Me Knowing You" and their final NM #1 will be "Super Trouper" in 1980. They will peak at #2 and #3 a few times along the way, and all their singles which will include "Honey Honey" in addition will get into my top 10 up until near the end of 1979 with "I Have A Dream" being the first one that does not.

The question though is whether "Waterloo" was actually the best song in the 1974 contest

1 ( 1 ) Waterloo - Abba < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( -- ) This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us - Sparks
3 ( 2 ) Piano Man - Billy Joel (#1[2])
4 ( 3 ) The Cat Crept In - Mud (#3)
5 ( -- ) Band On The Run - Wings
6 ( 15 ) Shang-A-Lang - Bay City Rollers
7 ( -- ) Go (Before You Break My Heart) - Gigliola Cinquetti
8 ( 6 ) You Make Me Feel Brand New - Stylistics (#6)
9 ( 11 ) Rock And Roll Suicide - David Bowie
10 ( 7 ) He's Misstra Know-It-All - Stevie Wonder (#7)

11 ( 5 ) Remember You're A Womble - Wombles (#4)
12 ( 4 ) W.O.L.D - Harry Chapin (#1[3])
13 ( 13 ) Don't Stay Away Too Long - Peters And Lee
14 ( 9 ) Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur (#9)
15 ( -- ) I See A Star - Mouth & MacNeal
16 ( 21 ) Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder
17 ( -- ) Sugar Baby Love - Rubettes
18 ( 14 ) I'm A Train - Albert Hammond (#14)
19 ( 8 ) Keep On Singing - Helen Reddy (#4)
20 ( 24 ) The Streak - Ray Stevens

21 ( 10 ) Emma - Hot Chocolate (#2[1])
22 ( 27 ) Rock And Roll Winter - Wizzard
23 ( 12 ) The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch (#9)
24 ( 16 ) Everyday - Slade (#16)
25 ( -- ) The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
26 ( 19 ) Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black - Mungo Jerry (#19)
27 ( 17 ) Doctor's Orders - Sunny (#12)
28 ( 18 ) The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll - Mott The Hoople (#15)
29 ( 28 ) I Can't Stop - Osmonds (#28)
30 ( 29 ) Star Baby - Guess Who (#29)

31 ( 26 ) Year Of Decision - Three Degrees (#26)
32 ( -- ) Red Dress - Alvin Stardust
33 ( 25 ) I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - Genesis (#24)
34 ( 20 ) Oh My My - Ringo Starr (#8)
35 ( -- ) My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford
36 ( 23 ) I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song - Jim Croce (#7)
37 ( 22 ) Jet - Wings (#1[2])
38 ( 35 ) I've Been Searchin' So Long - Chicago (#34)
39 ( 31 ) My Mistake (Was To Love You) - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (#26)
40 ( -- ) Break The Rules - Status Quo

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-- ( 30 ) Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen (#4)
-- ( 32 ) Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#6)
-- ( 33 ) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Main Ingredient (#10)
-- ( 34 ) Homely Girl - Chi-Lites (#19)
-- ( 36 ) Candle In The Wind - Elton John (#2[1])
-- ( 37 ) Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#17)
-- ( 38 ) Angel Face - Glitter Band (#24)
-- ( 39 ) Ma-Ma-Belle - Electric Light Orchestra (#7)
-- ( 40 ) Dancing Machine - Jackson Five (#33)

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-- ( -- ) For The Love Of Money - O'Jays
-- ( -- ) I'm In Love - Aretha Franklin

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This chart was first compiled at the end of April 2020. That Sparks song is clearly better than Abba. "Band On The Run" has always been one of my favourite Wings songs - maybe I always liked songs with different parts. I'm not that certain now that it ranks among my top Wings songs - certainly I'd now place it below "Live And Let Die". It entered the US top 40 this week (may the 4th be with it).

The 5th highest entry by the Rubettes is what will knock Abba off the top of the UK chart. Some have said we should have entered that as our own entry instead of Olivia Newton John. For this song it's actually just session musicians and a real Rubettes band was formed on the success of it, the one that did Juke Box Jive, We Can Do It and so-on. I prefer Juke Box Jive to this song.

So how about the 3rd and 4th entries - yes they were both Eurovision hits. Both have been around before: Gigliola Cinquetti won the Eurovision in 1964 with "Non Ho L'eta Par Amarti" and that song was released in Italian in the UK but failed to reach my chart. Mouth And MacNeal had an NM (and US) top 10 hit in 1972 with "How Do You Do?" but that song was not in Eurovision (as far as I know). "I See A Star" was performed in English in Eurovision but "Go.." was actually performed in Italian as "Si" and translated for the English market, and I probably like it more than Abba (it's different so difficult to compare). Definitely not as good as Sparks but nor is Abba. Also, if I'm going to decide whether this song is my favourite Eurovision song I probably need to judge it on the actual version used in Eurovision, i.e. the Italian version. (I saw it on a recent repeat of Top of the Pops and had also seen it before). Even then, I thought it was magnificent. And I'm not even normally a fan of ballads like that.

[rubcale]

01 Peters And Lee Don't Stay Away Too Long
02 Limmie & The Family Cooking A Walkin' Miracle
03 Terry Jacks Seasons In The Sun
04 Sunny Doctor's Orders
05 Three Degrees Year Of Decision
06 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye You Are Everything
07 Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
08 Wizzard Rock And Roll Winter
09 Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black
10 Stevie Wonder He's Mistra Know-It-All
11 Osmonds I Can't Stop
12 Abba Waterloo
13 Glitter Band Angel Face
14 Jim Stafford Spiders And Snakes
15 Bay City Rollers Shang-A-Lang
16 Wombles Remember You're A Womble
17 Staus Quo Break The Rules
18 Gigliola Cinquetti Go (Befoe You Break My Heart)
19 Mouth & MacNeal I See A Star
20 Diana Ross Last Time I Saw Him

Hangs head - Don't Stay Away Too Long is a guilty pleasure of mine

[Earl Purple]

Apr 25, 2024 11:13:18 GMT 1 rubcale said:

12 Abba Waterloo
18 Gigliola Cinquetti Go (Before You Break My Heart)
19 Mouth & MacNeal I See A Star

I'll look out for where these end up in your chart, but I recall you once saying before you liked GC's song more than Abba's

[rubcale]

Apr 25, 2024 12:15:24 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

Apr 25, 2024 11:13:18 GMT 1 rubcale said:

12 Abba Waterloo
18 Gigliola Cinquetti Go (Before You Break My Heart)
19 Mouth & MacNeal I See A Star

I'll look out for where these end up in your chart, but I recall you once saying before you liked GC's song more than Abba's

Those were the days when each member of the National jury had one vote only and as with a lot of the UK jurors I would have given mine to GC..

Abba have been on the chart for a few weeks where as this is the first for GC.

Waterloo is one of my least favourite Abba singles.

[Smurfie]

1 ) Abba - Waterloo
2 ) The Three Degrees - Year Of Decision
3 ) Mouth & MacNeal - I See A Star
4 ) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
5 ) Wombles - Remember You're A Womble
6 ) Peters & Lee - Don't Stay Away To Long
7 ) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl
8 ) MFSB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
9 ) Sunny - Doctors Orders
10 ) Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
11 ) Limmie & The Family Cookin - A Walkin Miracle
12 ) The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
13 ) Mud - The Cat Crept In
14 ) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
15 ) Diana Ross - Last Time I Saw Him
16 ) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
17 ) Gigliola Cinquetti - Go
18 ) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
19 ) Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero
20 ) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

[popchartfreak]

Almost every single Abba did topped my chart from day one bar the next 3 singles and at the time i was ecstatic Waterloo won. 50 years later and its Gigliola for me. Two brilliant eurovision ballads and a then-current Italian number one which is also good.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (5 wks)
2 (4) David Bowie - Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide (3 wks)
3 (7) Abba - Waterloo (3 wks)
4 (2) Mud - The Cat Crept In (4 wks)
5 (NE) Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us (1 wk)
6 (9) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black (5 wks)
7 (12) Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know It All (4 wks)
8 (3) Slade - Everyday (5 wks)
9 (11) Limmie & The Family Cookin - A Walkin Miracle (5 wks)
10 (5) Glitter Band - Angel Face (7 wks)
11 (21) Wizzard - Rock 'n' Roll Winter (2 wks)
12 (15) The Three Degrees - Year Of Decision (4 wks)
13 (18) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Satisfaction Guaranteed (3 wks)
14 (6) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything (7 wks)
15 (19) Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors (3 wks)
16 (NE) The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love (1 wk)
17 (20) Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (4 wks)
18 (10) Sunny - Doctors Orders (6 wks)
19 (8) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye (9 wks)
20 (24) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang (2 wks)
21 (25) The Intruders - I'll Always Love My Mama (3 wks)
22 (26) Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (3 wks)
23 (13) Hot Chocolate - Emma (8 wks)
24 (NE) Status Quo - Break The Rules (1 wk)
25 (32) MFSB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) (2 wks)
26 (31) Anne Murray - You Won't see Me (3 wks)
27 (37) Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes (2 wks)
28 (14) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (9 wks)
29 (16) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll (6 wks)
30 (NE) Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died (1 wk)
31 (NE) Alvin Stardust - Red Dress (1 wk)
32 (17) ZZ Top - La Grange (6 wks)
33 (22) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (7 wks)
34 (NE) Electric Light Orchestra - Daybreaker (1 wk)
35 (23) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl (7 wks)
36 (27) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were (6 wks)
37 (30) David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (11 wks)
38 (NE) Mouth & MacNeal - I See A Star (1 wk)
39 (NE) Diana Ross - Last Time I Saw Him (1 wk)
40 (NE) Gigliola Cinquetti - Go (1 wk)

[Mark]

Mark's Top 40 - 27.04.1974

1 (01) ABBA - Waterloo
2 (New) The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
3 (02) Slade - Everyday
4 (03) Mud - The Cat Crept In
5 (04) The Wombles - Remember You're A Womble
6 (05) Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero
7 (17) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
8 (13) Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know It All
9 (23) Wizzard - Rock 'n' Roll Winter
10 (06) Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
11 (07) Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
12 (16) Limmie And The Family Cookin' - A Walkin' Miracle
13 (15) Elton John - Candle In The Wind
14 (24) Three Degrees - Year Of Decision
15 (25) Sunny - Doctor's Orders
16 (08) Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love
17 (09) Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
18 (10) Hot Chocolate - Emma
19 (11) The Glitter Band - Angel Face
20 (12) Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
21 (14) Diana Ross And Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
22 (18) Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
23 (19) David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
24 (New) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black
25 (20) Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
26 (21) Bay City Rollers - Remember
27 (22) Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll
28 (26) Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way
29 (27) Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
30 (28) The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
31 (29) Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
32 (30) The Wombles - The Wombling Song
33 (New) Chicory Tip - The Night Chicago Died
34 (31) Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet
35 (New) Status Quo - Break The Rules
36 (New) Alvin Stardust - Red Dress
37 (New) Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
38 (New) Diana Ross - Last Time I Saw Him
39 (32) New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
40 (33) Barry Blue - School Love

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) ABBA – Waterloo
02(03) Elton John – Bennie & The Jets
03(07) Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know It All
04(01) Dolly Parton – I Will Always Love You
05(05) Stevie Wonder – Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing
06(08) Mud - The Cat Crept In
07(04) Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun
08(11) Sunny – Doctor’s Orders
09(13) David Bowie - Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
10(15) MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees – T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)

11(12) Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors
12(06) Slade – Everyday
13(16) The Three Degrees - Year Of Decision
14(17) Diana Ross – Last Time I Saw Him
15(09) The Wombles - Remember You're A Womble
16(19) Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain
17(10) Elton John – Candle In The Wind
18(26) Wizzard - Rock 'n' Roll Winter
19(20) Limmie & The Family Cookin - A Walkin Miracle
20(33) Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes

21(24) Kool & The Gang – Hollywood Swinging
22(14) Hot Chocolate – Emma
23(36) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
24(29) Peters & Lee - Don't Stay Away Too Long
25(18) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything
26(34) The Osmonds - I Can't Stop
27(--) Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
28(21) The Chi-Lites – Homely Girl
29(22) Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love
30(25) Carly Simon & James Taylor– Mockingbird

31(23) Queen – Seven Seas Of Rhye
32(--) The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
33(27) Marvin Hamlisch – The Entertainer
34(30) Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized
35(--) Status Quo - Break The Rules
36(--) Alvin Stardust - Red Dress
37(--) Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
38(28) Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
39(32) Billy Joel – Piano Man
40(31) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Satisfaction Guaranteed

[o]

1 David Bowie - Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
2 Abba – Waterloo
3 Limmie & The Family Cookin - A Walkin Miracle
4 Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
5 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
6 Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye
7 Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
8 Slade – Everyday
9 Wombles - Remember You're A Womble
10 Mud - The Cat Crept In
11 Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know It All
12 Wizzard - Rock 'n' Roll Winter
13 Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
14 Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
15 Alvin Stardust - Red Dress

[popchartfreak]

20th April 1974

It's a quiet week for new tracks so Art Garfunkel pops back to the top spot for a 3rd week, such a great song, and Neil Sedaka almost gets 2 top 5's from his latest (UK-only) album ahead of breaking the US big-time, while another track drops in at 85. Don Downing gets a second top 10 with the forgotten fab Northern Soul-ish Dream World, and Aretha makes it two top 10's in a row with I'm In Love, and her vocal range at the climax of the song is jaw-dropping. 7 years of retro chart biggies and counting.

Straight in at 12, Gigliola Cinquetti won the 1964 Eurovision with the timelessly wonderful Non Ho L'Eta Per Amarti, and had the misfortune to come up against ABBA with her 2nd fab ballad Si, and had to settle for runner-up. It took the English-language version to convince me it was fab, but I was convinced and that makes 5 1974 Eurovision charting tracks (both in my charts of the time, and Retro) while her Italian & Brazilian chart-topper is also up to 63.

Ricky Wilde goes top 20, and Kim really should do a cover of it (with amended lyrics) for her next project. Chairmen Of The Board almost go top 20 with a 9-minute funk-workout that doesn't let up, and The Four Tops are top 40 with another UK flop - the hits had dried up, but the quality hadn't. Blue Magic's sweet soul Sideshow is new at 46 (not the same song as Allan Clarke's, but like him it would be a hit for a later cover act - Barry Biggs in this case), and Paper Lace get a second US-history-based hit, The Night Chicago Died at 58.

Alvin Stardust gets his hat-trick as Red Dress pops in at 61 for some Glam fun, The Eagles return for a 3rd year of charting, Already Gone at 80, Kiki Dee drops her new album Loving And Free, the title track wouldn't become a chart hit until she'd topped the charts with Elton in 1976, but it's really 1974 so here it is at 81. Quo are back for 6 years of chart action with Break The Rules, more of a throwback to 1970-era Quo, at 82.


1 ( 2 ) TRAVELIN’ BOY - Garfunkel # 1

2 ( 1 ) THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US - Sparks # 1

3 ( 4 ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WINTER - Wizzard # 3

4 ( 3 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 3

5 ( 5 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1

6 ( 10 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 6

7 ( 6 ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1

8 ( 14 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 8

9 ( 8 ) THE CAT CREPT IN - Mud # 3

10 ( 13 ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 10


11 ( 11 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1

12 ( NEW ) GO (BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART) - Gigliola Cinquetti # 12

13 ( 9 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT - William De Vaughan # 9

14 ( 19 ) JARROW SONG - Alan Price # 14

15 ( 39 ) TEEN WAVE - Ricky Wilde # 15

16 ( 21 ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 16

17 ( 22 ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 17

18 ( 7 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2

19 ( 15 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1

20 ( 18 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1


21 ( 17 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1

22 ( 41 ) LIFE AND DEATH IN G & A PARTS 1 & 2 - Chairmen Of The Board # 22

23 ( 33 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 23

24 ( 23 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 16

25 ( 28 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 25

26 ( 16 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 16

27 ( 26 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1

28 ( 25 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1

29 ( 24 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4

30 ( 12 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 4


31 ( 20 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 12

32 ( 38 ) IT’S BETTER TO HAVE (AND DON’T NEED) - Don Covay # 32

33 ( 36 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2

34 ( 29 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13

35 ( 42 ) MAKIN’ MUSIC - Hot Chocolate # 35

36 ( 43 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

37 ( 30 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14

38 ( 75 ) ONE CHAIN DON’T MAKE NO PRISON - The Four Tops # 38

39 ( 27 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 17

40 ( 34 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 17


41 ( 32 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4

42 ( 37 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6

43 ( 65 ) SIDESHOW - Allan Clarke # 43

44 ( 45 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3

45 ( 40 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1

46 ( NEW ) SIDESHOW - Blue Magic # 46

47 ( 47 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7

48 ( 35 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1

49 ( 51 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1

50 ( 48 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6


51 ( 50 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2

52 ( 60 ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 52

53 ( 67 ) I SEE A STAR - Mouth & MacNeal # 53

54 ( 72 ) SHANG-A-LANG - Bay City Rollers # 54

55 ( 53 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2

56 ( 71 ) THE MAN WHO TURNED ON THE WORLD - The Friends Of St. Francis # 56

57 ( 46 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 25

58 ( NEW ) THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED - Paper Lace # 58

59 ( 59 ) MY GIRL BILL - Jim Stafford # 59

60 ( 52 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7


61 ( NEW ) RED DRESS - Alvin Stardust # 61

62 ( 31 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15

63 ( 84 ) ALLE PORTE DEL SOLE - Gigliola Cinquetti # 63

64 ( 54 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7

65 ( 77 ) GETTING OVER YOU - Andy Williams # 65

66 ( 73 ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 66

67 ( 56 ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 56

68 ( 62 ) GET UP - Blue Mink # 62

69 ( 83 ) SOLID STATE RAINBOW - Christopher Rainbow # 69

70 ( 57 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8


71 ( 61 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1

72 ( 66 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3

73 ( 44 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10

74 ( 74 ) THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH - Bill Withers # 74

75 ( 55 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 33

76 ( 49 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 49

77 ( 64 ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 64

78 ( 78 ) DON’T STAY AWAY TOO LONG - Peters & Lee # 78

79 ( 58 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45

80 ( NEW ) ALREADY GONE - The Eagles # 80


81 ( NEW ) LOVING AND FREE - Kiki Dee # 81

82 ( NEW ) BREAK THE RULES - Status Quo # 82

83 ( 68 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 68

84 ( 85 ) BYE BYE I LOVE YOU - Irene Sheer # 84

85 ( NEW ) GOING NOWHERE - Neil Sedaka # 85



16th April 1974

Still 1-2-3 for Abba, Sparks, Mud and Benny & The Jet shoots up to 4, Elton’s fab B side, all 4 could easily be number one really it was that tight at the time at the top. My charts starting to have less and less in common with the BBC charts, stuffed as they were with TV reality stars and MOR. My tastes were maturing more into albums acts and tracks, not unusual for 16-year-olds.

Highest new entry was fab Native Canadian Buffy at 13, always had a soft spot for her ballads. Graham Nash at 21 joined at 24 by Allan Clarke the other main Hollies vocalist, fresh off Air That I Breathe. Sideshow would be covered 2 years later by the Surprise Sisters, an even better version, and still frustratingly not a big hit. The Stylistics having a rare flop in the UK with Only For The Children, not that they cared they just flipped it over and the B Side became a huge UK and US hit (You Make Me Feel Brand New). Finally, new for Bowie, another old album track. Bowie new stuff was always punctuated with old stuff, not exactly being short of fab back catalogue for RCA and others to bung out in between albums. Then there's Roxy's Eno and his odd debut single. I liked it, ahead of it's time it was, and future legendary record producer or what!

1 ( 1 ) WATERLOO Abba

2 ( 2 ) THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US Sparks

3 ( 3 ) THE CAT CREPT IN Mud

4 ( 34 ) BENNY AND THE JETS Elton John

5 ( 4 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen

6 ( 5 ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees

7 ( 7 ) DOCTOR'S ORDERS Sunny

8 ( 8 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks

9 ( 9 ) HOOKED ON A FEELING Blue Swede

10 ( 19 ) TEEN WAVE Ricky Wilde


11 ( 16 ) THE MAN WHO TURNED ON THE WORLD Friends Of St Francis

12 ( 13 ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU Merlin

13 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THE FEELING Buffy Sainte-Marie

14 ( 10 ) ON THE RUN Scorched Earth

15 ( 15 ) REMEMBER (YOU'RE A WOMBLE) The Wombles

16 ( 17 ) MR NATURAL The Bee Gees

17 ( 22 ) HOMELY GIRL The Chi-Lites

18 ( 27 ) MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL Stevie Wonder

19 ( 11 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) Genesis

20 ( 18 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers


21 ( 28 ) ON THE LINE Graham Nash

22 ( NEW ) SEVEN DEADLY FINS Eno

23 ( 21 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Mott The Hoople

24 ( NEW ) SIDESHOW Allan Clarke

25 ( 24 ) I SEE A STAR Mouth and MacNeal

26 ( NEW ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN The Stylistics

27 ( NEW ) ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE David Bowie

28 ( 39 ) W.O.L.D. Harry Chapin

29 ( 12 ) HELP ME Joni Mitchell

30 ( 23 ) ANGEL FACE The Glitter Band


31 ( 6 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes

32 ( 14 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings

33 ( 20 ) A WALKIN' MIRACLE Limmie & The Family Cooking

34 ( 25 ) BYE BYE I LOVE YOU Irene Shears

35 ( 26 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight

36 ( 29 ) SHE WAS JUST A YOUNG GIRL Simon Jones

37 ( 30 ) I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA The Intruders

38 ( 31 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers

39 ( 32 ) THE STING The Ragtimers

40 ( 33 ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel