RA Retro Tracks Rewind Charts 1970 - 1979

[raliverpool]

18/07/1970

01 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (5wks 23-12-7-3-1)

02 Free - All Right Now (5wks 11-5-2-1-2)
03 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (3wks 19-10-3)
04 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (6wks 24-12-7-4-4-4)
05 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (6wks 21-14-8-6-5-5)
06 Kinks - Lola (3wks 23-13-6)
07 Van Morrison - Moondance (6wks 32-18-13-10-8-7)
08 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (3wks 22-14-8)
09 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (8wks 17-11-6-3-1-1-2-9)
10 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (6wks 20-8-2-3-6-10)

11 Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the Night (4wks 23-14-11-11)
12 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People (4wks 18-11-9-12)
13 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (3wks 35-20-13)
14 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker (6wks 25-10-6-5-7-14)
15 Bread - Make It With You (2wks 29-15)
16 Shirley Bassey - Something (3wks 24-19-16)
17 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (3wks 34-25-17)
18 Four Tops - It's All In The Game (4wks 34-21-15-18)
19 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (2wks 28-19)
20 Paul McCartney - Every Night (2wks 27-20)

21 Jackson Five - The Love You Save (4wks 31-16-16-21)
22 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (2wks 32-22)
23 Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha (5wks 38-17-15-17-23)
24 Beatles - Two Of Us (5wks 19-10-8-12-24)
25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (4wks 30-26-24-25)
26 Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready (3wks 40-30-26)
27 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love (2wks 33-27)
28 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (2wks 35-28)
29 Mountain - Mississippi Queen (5wks 27-21-20-22-29)
30 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (7wks 24-3-2-4-9-18-32)
33 Deep Purple - Speed King (5wks 29-20-18-21-33)
34 Fotheringay - Winter Winds (2wks 39-34)
35 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Love Land (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Five Stairsteps - OOH Child (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Pickettywitch - (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Mark Lindsay - Silver Bird (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Doors - Peace Frog (7wks 26-14-9-9-13-23-39)
40 5th Dimension - Save The Country (4wks 35-30-34-40)

Holland-Dozier-Holland's most famous composition after leaving Motown records tops my Retro Rewind Chart .... six new entries come from:

• The song, initially created only as a studio exercise to test drum sounds on new recording equipment at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England was created by the quartet of its writers' Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Eric Stewart with the co-studio owner Graham Gouldman. It reached UK #2 & USA #22, and topped the charts in Italy and Germany; and the group would later sign to Jonathan King's UK records and rebrand as 10cc.
• The funk group from California featuring the former lead singer of the Animals reached USA #3 with their self penned debut single.
  
• The Los Angeles soul and funk band reached USA #16 with their breakout horn-laden hit.
• The Chicago based "The First Family of Soul" made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children reached USA #8 (R&B #14) with a song written & produced by Stan Vincent.
• The British bubblegum pop group fronted by singer Polly Brown reached UK #16 with this Tony Macaulay and John Macleod composition which sounds like a doppelganger for a 1960s Dionne Warwick effort.
  
• The Oregan born lead singer for Paul Revere & the Raiders reached USA #25 with this solo blue eyed soul string-laden effort.
  

[raliverpool]

25/07/1970

01 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (6wks 23-12-7-3-1-1)
02 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (4wks 19-10-3-2)
03 Kinks - Lola (4wks 23-13-6-3)
04 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (4wks 22-14-8-4)
05 Free - All Right Now (6wks 11-5-2-1-2-5)
06 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (7wks 21-14-8-6-5-5-6)
07 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (7wks 24-12-7-4-4-4-7)
08 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (4wks 35-20-13-8)
09 Bread - Make It With You (3wks 29-15-9)
10 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (4wks 34-25-17-10)

11 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (3wks 28-19-11)
12 Van Morrison - Moondance (7wks 32-18-13-10-8-7-12)
13 Shirley Bassey - Something (4wks 24-19-16-13)
14 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (3wks 32-22-14)
15 Paul McCartney - Every Night (3wks 27-20-15)
16 Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the Night (5wks 23-14-11-11-16)
17 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (2wks 30-17)
18 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (7wks 20-8-2-3-6-10-18)
19 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (2wks 31-19)
20 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People (5wks 18-11-9-12-20)

21 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (9wks 17-11-6-3-1-1-2-9-21)
22 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love (3wks 33-27-22)
23 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (3wks 35-28-23)
24 Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker (7wks 25-10-6-5-7-14-24)
25 Four Tops - It's All In The Game (5wks 34-21-15-18-25)
26 Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready (4wks 40-30-26-26)
27 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (5wks 30-26-24-25-28)
29 Jackson Five - The Love You Save (5wks 31-16-16-21-29)
30 Fotheringay - Winter Winds (3wks 39-34-30)

31 Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha (6wks 38-17-15-17-23-31)
32 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Pickettywitch - (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie (2wks 37-33)
34 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Beatles - Two Of Us (6wks 19-10-8-12-24-35)
36 Five Stairsteps - OOH Child (2wks 36-36)
37 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Love Land (2wks 35-37)
38 David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Elton John - Rock & Roll Madonna (1wk 40 NEW)

Six new entries in this week from:

• A song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil which reached USA #9 (AC #1) for the Oklahoma born country pop singer. Elvis Presley would take a cover version of it into the UK top ten.
• Sixto Rodriguez, the US-born Mexican musician from Detroit cult singer/songwriter who had most success in South Africa. He had a belated career revival after his signature song was featured in the 2006 film Candy, starring Heath Ledger.
• Taken from the Jamaican reggae group's 1970 album Monkey Man, this Frederick "Toots" Hibbert composition later appeared on the soundtrack to the 1972 film The Harder They Come.
• Originally been recorded in September 1969 as a seven-minute opus for Bowie's second self-titled album (reissued as Space Oddity in 1972); this festival anthem was rerecorded as a single in a punchier, tighter, rocking version marking guitarist Mick Ronson's and drummer Mick Woodmansey's studio debut with the London based singer's band.
• The title track of the second solo album by the London born rock singer songwriter, it was co-written by the Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood.
  
• The rock and roll song by the English born pianist and singer/songwriter with lyrics written by Bernie Taupin was released as a single from his self-titled debut album, but it failed to chart.

[raliverpool]

Jun 5, 2016 16:07:46 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

Mine isn't necessarily going to match up, and I have over a year to go until I reach 1970, but Lola, Big Yellow Taxi and Close To You all entering the same week. That would put a definite strain on me.

Indeed. This is one of the reasons for doing this by re-imagining the internet existed way back then and you could have near instant access to songs from the USA, etc as you do today.

[Earl Purple]

I had access to US hits when Paul Gambaccini was doing the US chart on Radio One.

[Earl Purple]

Jun 5, 2016 17:32:05 GMT 1 raliverpool said:

25/07/1970

40 Elton John - Rock & Roll Madonna (1wk 40 NEW)

Six new entries in this week from:

• The rock and roll song by the English born pianist and singer/songwriter with lyrics written by Bernie Taupin was released as a single from his self-titled debut album, but it failed to chart.

Released too early. Ms Ciccone was just shy of her 12th birthday and nobody had heard of her. They should have tried re-releasing this 15 years later.

[raliverpool]

01/08/1970

01 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (7wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1)
02 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (5wks 19-10-3-2-2)
03 Kinks - Lola (5wks 23-13-6-3-3)
04 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (5wks 22-14-8-4-4)
05 Bread - Make It With You (4wks 29-15-9-5)
06 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (5wks 35-20-13-8-6)
07 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (5wks 34-25-17-10-7)
08 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (4wks 28-19-11-8)
09 Free - All Right Now (7wks 11-5-2-1-2-5-9)
10 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (8wks 21-14-8-6-5-5-6-10)

11 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (3wks 30-17-11)
12 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (4wks 32-22-14-12)
13 Paul McCartney - Every Night (4wks 27-20-15-13)
14 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (3wks 31-19-14)
15 Shirley Bassey - Something (5wks 24-19-16-13-15)
16 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (8wks 24-12-7-4-4-4-7-16)
17 Edwin Starr - War (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love (4wks 33-27-22-18)
19 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (2wks 27-19)
20 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (4wks 35-28-23-20)

21 Van Morrison - Moondance (8wks 32-18-13-10-8-7-12-21)
22 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (2wks 34-22)
23 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (2wks 32-23)
24 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the Night (6wks 23-14-11-11-16-25)
26 Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (2wks 39-26)
27 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (8wks 20-8-2-3-6-10-18-28)
29 David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (2wks 38-29)
30 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People (6wks 18-11-9-12-20-30)

31 Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready (5wks 40-30-26-26-31)
32 Clarence Carter - Patches (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (6wks 30-26-24-25-28-34)
35 Pickettywitch - (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie (3wks 37-33-35)
36 Fotheringay - Winter Winds (4wks 39-34-30-36)
37 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (10wks 17-11-6-3-1-1-2-9-21-37)
38 Three Degrees - Maybe (1wk 38 NEW)
39 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Four Tops - It's All In The Game (6wks 34-21-15-18-25-40)

Seven new entries in this week from:

• The anti-Vietnam War protest song was first recorded by the Temptations in 1969, but Motown boss Berry Gordy decided not to release it to avoid alienating the American public. One year later and with public opinion changing, composers and producer Norman Whitfield with Barrett Strong persuaded Gordy to allow his second string act to release his version of this psychedelic soul song. The result was a runaway USA #1 (R&B #3) & UK #3 hit.
• The instrumental motif track from the Rock Opera Tommy was released as the flipside to their current Live At Leeds cover of "Summertime Blues". A rival cover by The Assembled Multitude, an instrumental ensemble group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reached USA #16.
  
• The hard jazz rock fusion track written by the group's Robert Lamm was recorded for their second album, Chicago, in 1970, with Peter Cetera on lead vocals and peaked at USA #4 & UK #7.
• The Alabama blues soul singer reached USA #4 (R&B #2) & UK #2 with the Grammy winning Atlantic records  country soul song written by General Johnson and Ron Dunbar.
  
• The title track of the 6th studio album by the Californian psychedelic country rock group reached USA #17.
  
• The Philadelphia female soul vocal trio of Fayette Pinkney, Valerie Holiday and Sheila Ferguson reached USA #29 (R&B #4) with the title track of their debut album featuring Valerie Holiday on lead vocals and a lengthy spoken intro. It would be four more years before they troubled the USA top 40 again.
  
• Recorded by James Brown with Bobby Byrd on backing vocals this seminal funk track reached USA #15 (R&B #2) & UK #32.

[raliverpool]

08/08/1970

01 Kinks - Lola (6wks 23-13-6-3-3-1)

02 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (6wks 19-10-3-2-2-2)
03 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (8wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1-3)
04 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (6wks 22-14-8-4-4-4)
05 Bread - Make It With You (5wks 29-15-9-5-5)
06 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (4wks 30-17-11-6)
07 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (6wks 34-25-17-10-7-7)
08 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (5wks 28-19-11-8-8)
09 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (6wks 35-20-13-8-6-9)
10 Edwin Starr - War (2wks 17-10)

11 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (5wks 32-22-14-12-11)
12 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (4wks 31-19-14-12)
13 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (2wks 39-13)
14 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (3wks 27-19-14)
15 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (3wks 34-22-15)
16 Paul McCartney - Every Night (5wks 27-20-15-13-16)
17 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (3wks 32-23-17)
18 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love (5wks 33-27-22-18-18)
19 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (5wks 35-28-23-20-19)
20 Free - All Right Now (8wks 11-5-2-1-2-5-9-20)

21 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (2wks 27-21)
22 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (2wks 24-22)
23 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (9wks 21-14-8-6-5-5-6-10-23)
24 Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (3wks 39-26-24)
25 Shirley Bassey - Something (6wks 24-19-16-13-15-25)
26 Clarence Carter - Patches (2wks 32-26)
27 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother (2wks 33-27)
28 David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (3wks 38-29-28)
29 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (9wks 24-12-7-4-4-4-7-16-30)

31 Marmalade - Rainbow (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Van Morrison - Moondance (9wks 32-18-13-10-8-7-12-21-32)
33 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the Night (7wks 23-14-11-11-16-25-35)
36 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready (6wks 40-30-26-26-31-37)
38 Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich - Mr President (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (9wks 20-8-2-3-6-10-18-28-40)

Ray Davies' rock group grab their 7th Retro Rewind number one hit to date..... Seven new entries this week from:

• This song written was a 1967 Stevie Wonder instrumental co-written with Hank Cosby which Smokey Robinson subsequently came up with lyrics and a catchy vocal melody over the top of it. The result was this two year old Motown track was released and became a USA #1 (R&B #1) & UK #1 hit.
  
• The Glasgow based pop rock group reached UK #3 & USA #51 with this uncharacteristic acoustic folk track which sounds like a lost Crosby Stills & Nash effort written by the group members William Campbell & Thomas McAleese.
  
• Written by Kurt Winter, the Canadian guitarist of this Canadian rock group, this rock track reached USA #17 & Canada #10.
• The Cardiff group formed out of the remnants of Amen Corner featured Andy Fairweather-Low on lead vocals. Their only significant hit was this gospel rocking UK #6.
  
• The Dutch pop rock group had another major European hit (including #1 in the Netherlands & France), top 40 in Australia & Japan & USA #102 with this moody psychedelic rock effort.
  
• Limping on after lead singer Dave Dee had fled the nest for a short lived solo career, this harmonic CSN meets Badfinger type folk rocker with an early synth instrumental break added to it was the remaining group's only chart hit peaking at UK #33.
  
• Written by Dave Watkins and Dor Lee, this happy uptempo easy listening recording reached UK #13.

[raliverpool]

15/08/1970

01 Kinks - Lola (7wks 23-13-6-3-3-1-1)
02 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (7wks 19-10-3-2-2-2-2)
03 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (5wks 30-17-11-6-3)
04 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (7wks 22-14-8-4-4-4-4)
05 Bread - Make It With You (6wks 29-15-9-5-5-5)
06 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (3wks 39-13-6)
07 Edwin Starr - War (3wks 17-10-7)
08 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (9wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1-3-8)
09 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (6wks 28-19-11-8-8-9)
10 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (7wks 34-25-17-10-7-7-10)

11 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (5wks 31-19-14-12-11)
12 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (4wks 34-22-15-12)
13 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (4wks 27-19-14-13)
14 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (4wks 32-23-17-14)
15 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (2wks 29-15)
16 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (3wks 27-21-16)
17 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (6wks 32-22-14-12-11-17)
18 Clarence Carter - Patches (3wks 32-26-18)
19 Marmalade - Rainbow (2wks 31-19)
20 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (7wks 35-20-13-8-6-9-20)

21 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (2wks 34-22)
23 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (3wks 24-22-23)
24 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (2wks 33-24)
25 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (2wks 36-25)
26 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (6wks 35-28-23-20-19-26)
27 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love (6wks 33-27-22-18-18-27)
28 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother (3wks 33-27-29)
30 Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (4wks 39-26-24-30)

31 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (2wks 39-31)
32 Paul McCartney - Every Night (6wks 27-20-15-13-16-32)
33 Ike & Tina Turner - I Want to Take Higher (1wk 33 NEW)
34 David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (4wks 38-29-28-34)
35 Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich - Mr President (2wks 38-35)
36 Supremes - Everybody's Got The Right To Love (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Shirley Bassey - Something (7wks 24-19-16-13-15-25-37)
38 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (10wks 21-14-8-6-5-5-6-10-23-38)
39 Free - All Right Now (9wks 11-5-2-1-2-5-9-20-39)
40 Who - Summertime Blues (1wk 40 NEW)

A bit of a congested top five ... but elsewhere five more Retro Rewind new entries from:

• The jazzy folk rock title track of the English group's 4th album was Steve Winwood's progressive rock reworking arrangement of a 16th century traditional Celtic folk song.
  
• The fifth and final USA # 2 Billboard hit (they never topped the charts in a very Andy Murray/Ken Norton/Colin Montgomerie chart history) although this topped the Cash box charts where Berry Gordy Jr had less "influence" .... allegedly was an uptempo Southern shuffle rocker taken from their USA, UK, Australia, Canada, etc #1 album Cosmo's Factory.
• The husband-and-wife team's R&B rocking cover of the 1969 Sly & The Family Stone classic reached USA #25.
• A socially conscious–inspired pop song written by Lou Stallman, produced by Frank Wilson featured new Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell in lead with backup and help from Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong and peaked at USA #21 (R&B #11).
• The hard rocking Live at Leeds album cut covering the Eddie Cochran rock'n'roll standard reached UK #38 & USA #27.
  

[vastar iner]

Creedence had a similar run of no. 2s in the other charts as well; 3 others in Cashbox (and 3 and 5 with their other Billboard no. 2s), and 3 in Record World. "Lookin' Out My Back Door" was their only Cashbox no. 1, but one of three they had in Record World. A year later "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" would top out at 3 in the 'other' charts but only 8 in Billboard.

[raliverpool]

22/08/1969

01 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (4wks 39-13-6-1)

02 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (6wks 30-17-11-6-3-2)
03 Kinks - Lola (8wks 23-13-6-3-3-1-1-3)
04 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (8wks 19-10-3-2-2-2-2-4)
05 Edwin Starr - War (4wks 17-10-7-5)
06 Bread - Make It With You (7wks 29-15-9-5-5-5-6)
07 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (3wks 29-15-7)
08 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (8wks 22-14-8-4-4-4-4-8)
09 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (2wks 21-9)
10 Marmalade - Rainbow (3wks 31-19-10)

11 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (6wks 31-19-14-12-11-11)
12 Clarence Carter - Patches (4wks 32-26-18-12)
13 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (5wks 34-22-15-12-13)
14 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (5wks 27-19-14-13-14)
15 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (4wks 27-21-16-15)
16 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (7wks 28-19-11-8-8-9-16)
17 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (2wks 28-17)
18 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (10wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1-3-8-18)
19 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (3wks 34-22-19)
20 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (5wks 32-23-17-14-20)

21 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (3wks 36-25-21)
22 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (3wks 33-24-22)
23 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (8wks 34-25-17-10-7-7-10-23)
24 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (4wks 24-22-23-25)
26 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (3wks 39-31-27)
28 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (7wks 32-22-14-12-11-17-28)
29 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Moody Blues - And the Tide Rushes In (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich - Mr President (3wks 38-35-34)
35 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (8wks 35-20-13-8-6-9-20-35)
36 Supremes - Everybody's Got The Right To Love (2wks 36-36)
37 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (7wks 35-28-23-20-19-26-37)
38 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother (4wks 33-27-29-38)
39 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) (1wk 40 NEW)

The Godfather of Soul grabs his maiden Retro Rewind chart-topper with this bona fide funk classic. Elsewhere, nine new entries from:

• John Fogerty's white soul blues ballad track was the other side of CCR's current USA #2 hit. It received the most airplay of the two tracks in the UK on the way to UK #20.
  
• The R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 which became a hit duet for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, received a dramatic Isaac Hayes type slower gospel & orchestral pop makeover. Motown chief Berry Gordy did not like the record upon first hearing it. He hated the spoken-word passages and wanted the song to begin with the climactic chorus/bridge. It was not until radio stations nationwide were editing their own versions and adding it to their playlists that Ashford and Simpson were able to convince Gordy to release an edited three-minute version as a single. The result was the former Supreme grabbed a USA #1 (R&B #1) & UK #6 hit.
• The 1970 Spirit In The Dark album track was a cover of a 1962 soul USA #11 song written by Ahmet Ertegün and by the wife of Ben E. King, Betty Nelson. This version reached USA #11 (R&B #1) & UK #12. But perhaps is more famous for being ripped off by the title track of one of the best selling albums of 1986. As a result in 1989 Madonna and Steve Bray publishers settled with an undisclosed percentage of the royalties going to the original songwriters. (It also helps explains why Madonna ensured the USA #3 & UK #1 did not make the cut of her subsequent "Immaculate Collection" best of).
• Born James Chamber, the Jamaican ska & reggae musician recorded this then unreleased Cat Stevens composition in a quasi reggae style and reached UK #8.
  
• The hypnotic jazzy-folk opening track on the Northern Irish singer/songwriters third solo album, Moondance featuring a reference to jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton, was the most similar musically to his previous Astral Weeks long player.
• Culled from the 1970 UK #1 album A Question of Balance. The progressive symphonic pop song was written by band member Ray Thomas after having a row with his wife!
• The of its time UK #6 breakthrough hit was produced by Mickie Most and written by the London soul band members, Errol Brown and Tony Wilson.
  
• The 1960s American vocal soul group were now based in the UK. They reached UK #10 for the Bell label with this Northern Soul classic.
• The second Ben E King cover, which had already been a 1963 UK hit for Shirley Bassey, saw her Welsh male equivalent enjoy another UK #16 & USA #14 dramatic ballad hit.
  

[raliverpool]

29/08/1970

01 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (5wks 39-13-6-1-1)
02 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (4wks 29-15-7-2)
03 Edwin Starr - War (5wks 17-10-7-5-3)
04 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (7wks 30-17-11-6-3-2-4)
05 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (3wks 21-9-5)
06 Kinks - Lola (9wks 23-13-6-3-3-1-1-3-6)
07 Bread - Make It With You (8wks 29-15-9-5-5-5-6-7)
08 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (9wks 19-10-3-2-2-2-2-4-8)
09 Clarence Carter - Patches (5wks 32-26-18-12-9)
10 Marmalade - Rainbow (4wks 31-19-10-10)

11 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (3wks 28-17-11)
12 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (2wks 24-12)
13 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (7wks 31-19-14-12-11-11-13)
14 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (2wks 26-14)
15 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (2wks 29-15)
16 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (5wks 27-21-16-15-16)
17 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (9wks 22-14-8-4-4-4-4-8-17)
18 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (4wks 36-25-21-18)
19 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (6wks 27-19-14-13-14-19)
20 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (2wks 30-20)

21 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (4wks 33-24-22-21)
22 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (6wks 34-22-15-12-13-22)
23 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (2wks 31-23)
24 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (4wks 34-22-19-24)
25 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (2wks 33-25)
26 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (8wks 28-19-11-8-8-9-16-27)
28 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (6wks 32-23-17-14-20-28)
29 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (4wks 39-31-27-29)
30 Moody Blues - And the Tide Rushes In (2wks 32-30)

31 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (5wks 24-22-23-25-31)
32 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (2wks 39-32)
33 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (11wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1-3-8-18-33)
34 Elvis Presley - I've Lost You (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) (2wks 40-35)
36 Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich - Mr President 4wks 38-35-34-36)
37 Family - Strange Band (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Free - Fire and Water (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (9wks 34-25-17-10-7-7-10-23-40)

Five new entries arrive from:

• The farewell ballad penned by Kris Kristofferson that appeared on his debut 1970 album Kristofferson, but it had been first recorded in 1968 by country singer Bill Nash. It went on to be covered several more times in the 1970s and beyond.
• Written by Alan Blaikley and Ken Howard which Matthews' Southern Comfort had originally recorded in 1969, this ballad cover version reached USA #32 & UK #9.
• The Leicester based progressive folk rock band fronted by Roger Chapman reached UK #11 with their second hit single.
  
• The title track of the London blues rock band's third studio album was written by the group's Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers.
  
• Written by the San Franscisco group's guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter, this Workingman's Dead album cut is an accesssible harmonic folk rocker in the vein of Crosby Stills & Nash meets The Byrds.

[raliverpool]

05/09/1970

01 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (5wks 29-15-7-2-1)

02 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (3wks 29-15-2)
03 Edwin Starr - War (6wks 17-10-7-5-3-3)
04 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (4wks 21-9-5-4)
05 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (6wks 39-13-6-1-1-5)
06 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (3wks 26-14-6)
07 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (3wks 24-12-7)
08 Clarence Carter - Patches (6wks 32-26-18-12-9-8)
09 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (4wks 28-17-11-9)
10 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (2wks 26-10)

11 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (3wks 30-20-11)
12 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (8wks 30-17-11-6-3-2-4-12)
13 Bread - Make It With You (9wks 29-15-9-5-5-5-6-7-13)
14 Marmalade - Rainbow (5wks 31-19-10-10-14)
15 Kinks - Lola (10wks 23-13-6-3-3-1-1-3-6-15)
16 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (10wks 19-10-3-2-2-2-2-4-8-16)
17 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (5wks 36-25-21-18-17)
18 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (3wks 31-23-18)
19 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (5wks 33-24-22-21-19)
20 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (6wks 27-21-16-15-16-20)

21 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (3wks 33-25-21)
22 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (8wks 31-19-14-12-11-11-13-22)
23 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (1wk 25 NEW)
26 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (7wks 27-19-14-13-14-19-26)
27 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (3wks 39-32-27)
28 Stooges - Fun House (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Deep Purple - Black Night (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Moody Blues - And the Tide Rushes In (3wks 32-30-31)
32 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (5wks 34-22-19-24-32)
33 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (10wks 22-14-8-4-4-4-4-8-17-33)
34 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (5wks 39-31-27-29-34)
35 Family - Strange Band (2wks 37-35)
36 Elvis Presley - I've Lost You (2wks 34-36)
37 Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) (3wks 40-35-37)
38 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (7wks 34-22-15-12-13-22-38)
39 Blood, Sweat & Tears - Hi De Ho (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (7wks 32-23-17-14-20-28-40)

The transatlantic #1 hit written by Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder tops my Retro Rewind chart .... Elsewhere, seven new entries from:

• The famous late rocksteady song written by the Jamaican reggae singer songwriter Jimmy Cliff which reached UK #2 and later appeared on the soundtrack to the 1972 film The Harder They Come via the original singer/songwriter's "recover" version.
• This famous USA #1 & UK #3 is taken from the Brooklyn, New York born singer/songwriter's album Tap Root. Manuscript.
• This self-penned country rock track was taken from the former Monkees debut solo album Magnetic South. It reached USA #21, Canada #4, USA #7, & New Zealand #1.
• The Detroit hard rock group's 7 minute 45 seconds title track of their second album was written and composed by the group (Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, and Iggy Pop).
  
• The Canadian singer/songwriter's "recover" of a folk song first recorded in 1968 by Tom Rush was taken from her 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon.
  
• This UK #2 hard rock track was written by the group (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, & Ian Paice)
  
• This jazz rock cover of the Carole King composition reached USA #14 for the New York group from their album Blood, Sweat & Tears 3.
  

[raliverpool]

12/09/1970

01 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (4wks 29-15-2-1)

02 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (6wks 29-15-7-2-1-2)
03 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (4wks 26-14-6-3)
04 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (3wks 26-10-4)
05 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (4wks 24-12-7-5)
06 Edwin Starr - War (7wks 17-10-7-5-3-3-6)
07 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (5wks 21-9-5-4-7)
08 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (4wks 30-20-11-8)
09 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (5wks 28-17-11-9-9)
10 Clarence Carter - Patches (7wks 32-26-18-12-9-8-10)

11 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (2wks 25-11)
12 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (2wks 24-12)
13 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (4wks 31-23-18-13)
14 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (7wks 39-13-6-1-1-5-14)
15 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (2wks 23-15)
16 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (6wks 36-25-21-18-17-16)
17 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (6wks 33-24-22-21-19-17)
18 Marmalade - Rainbow (6wks 31-19-10-10-14-18)
19 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (2wks 29-20)

21 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (4wks 33-25-21-21)
22 Deep Purple - Black Night (2wks 30-22)
23 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (9wks 30-17-11-6-3-2-4-12-23)
24 Stooges - Fun House (2wks 28-24)
25 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (4wks 39-32-27-25)
26 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change You're World (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (7wks 27-21-16-15-16-20-27)
28 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (11wks 19-10-3-2-2-2-2-4-8-16-28)
29 Bread - Make It With You (10wks 29-15-9-5-5-5-6-7-13-29)
30 Kinks - Lola (11wks 23-13-6-3-3-1-1-3-6-15-30)

31 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Anne Murray - Snowbird (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (9wks 31-19-14-12-11-11-13-22-34)
35 Family - Strange Band (3wks 37-35-35)
36 Spinners - It's A Shame (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Melanie - Peace Will Come (According To Plan) (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation (1wk 40 NEW)

After "Respect" & "I Say A Little Prayer" peaked at #2 on my Retro Rewind Chart, the Queen Of Soul gains her maiden chart-topper with a song which was recently performed by Lady Gaga (very easy to hear and work out why) in a Grammy tribute performance to Aretha Franklin. A monster ten new entries come from:

• The American singer-songwriter's calypso pop song co-written with producer Jeff Barry reached USA #8 & UK #3 with his only sizeable hit (excluding the fact he co-wrote "Mony Mony"). Sadly he died aged 28 in a shotgun incident in 1974, with opinion mixed as to where it was suicide or accidental (whilst cleaning his shotgun).
  
• The 39 year old London born "The Man With The Golden Voice" failed to trouble the UK Top 50 with this out of character uptempo swinging track which apparently (according to the internet) spent 29 weeks inside the top 200 over the next 18 months, due to it receiving extensive airplay on Radio 2, and even Radio 1's Kenny Everett played it a lot. He passed away aged 54 in 1985.
  
• The eleven-minute interpretation of the Marvin Gaye classic is taken from their 1970 album, Cosmo's Factory. After the Californian group disbanded acrimoniously it was released and peaked at USA #43.
• The 27 year old Californian born actor and teen idol reached USA #5 (AC #2) with this Tom Bahler pop tune.
  
• The Canadian born country pop singer signature song and chart breakthrough was penned by the Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan. It reached #2 in Canada, and crossed over to USA #8 (AC #1) & UK #23.
  
• A song co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright and Lee Garrett and produced by Wonder for the Motown group which reached USA #14 (R&B #3) & UK #20. In 1990, the song was sampled and covered by rapper Monie Love.
• The Michigan formed arena rock American band scored their maiden Billboard top 40 hit with this USA #22 progressive blues rock anti-Vietnam War track penned by Mark Farner, the lead guitarist & singer of the group.
  
• The New York born Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk second hit single was this self penned USA #32 effort.
• The Grammy nominated USA #25 hit written by Gary White and produced by Elliot Mazer was a country folk effort by the Tucson, Arizona born singer taken from her second album Silk Purse.
  
• Written by Russell Lewis and Herman Davis, and first recorded by Mel and Tim in 1969. This self produced soulful cover reached USA #12 (R&B #8) for "The Duke of Earl".
  

[rubcale]

If only Diana Ross had got Band Of Gold.

[raliverpool]

19/09/1970

01 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (5wks 29-15-2-1-1)
02 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (4wks 26-10-4-2)
03 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (5wks 26-14-6-3-3)
04 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (7wks 29-15-7-2-1-2-4)
05 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (3wks 25-11-5)
06 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (3wks 24-12-6)
07 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (5wks 24-12-7-5-7)
08 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (5wks 30-20-11-8-8)
09 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (3wks 23-15-9)
10 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (5wks 31-23-18-13-10)

11 Edwin Starr - War (8wks 17-10-7-5-3-3-6-11)
12 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (2wks 26-12)
13 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (6wks 28-17-11-9-9-13)
14 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (6wks 21-9-5-4-7-14)
15 Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (3wks 29-20-15)
16 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (2wks 19-16)
17 Deep Purple - Black Night (3wks 30-22-17)
18 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (7wks 33-24-22-21-19-17-18)
19 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (2wks 31-19)
20 Clarence Carter - Patches (8wks 32-26-18-12-9-8-10-20)

21 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (7wks 36-25-21-18-17-16-21)
22 Spinners - It's A Shame (2wks 36-22)
23 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (2wks 32-23)
24 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (5wks 33-25-21-21-25)
26 Anne Murray - Snowbird (2wks 33-26)
27 Stooges - Fun House (3wks 28-24-27)
28 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (8wks 39-13-6-1-1-5-14-28)
29 Marmalade - Rainbow (7wks 31-19-10-10-14-18-29)
30 Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (2wks 39-30)

31 Golden Earring - Back Home (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (5wks 39-32-27-25-32)
33 Melanie - Peace Will Come (According To Plan) (2wks 38-33)
34 Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) (2wks 37-34)
35 Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation (2wks 40-35)
36 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Band - Stage Fright (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (8wks 27-21-16-15-16-20-27-40)

The six new entries this week are from:

• The Los Angeles funk band with their USA #12 (R&B #3) signature tune which was utilized as the musical bed and chorus of the 1989 NWA track of the same name.
  
• The Dutch rock band with their second Netherlands chart topping single (after 1968's Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong) which was their first sizeable European hit.
  
• Written by the Birmingham hard rock quartet, this rock classic was the lead single from their second album (Paranoid). It reached UK #4 & USA #61.
  
• This cover of the 1967 USA #4 hit by the Young Rascals written by the group's Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati gave Mary O'Brien a UK #36 hit. Her last top 40 single until 1987.
  
• The self explanatory title track of the Canadian roots rock band's third album was written by Robbie Robertson and featured bassist Rick Danko on lead vocals.
  
• Motown's blue eyed progressive rock outfit's cover of the Temptations classic gave the Detroit band a USA #7 hit (one place higher than the original).
  

[raliverpool]

26/09/1970

01 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (6wks 29-15-2-1-1-1)
02 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (5wks 26-10-4-2-2)
03 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (4wks 25-11-5-3)
04 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (4wks 24-12-6-4)
05 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (6wks 26-14-6-3-3-5)
06 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (3wks 26-12-6)
07 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (4wks 23-15-9-7)
08 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (8wks 29-15-7-2-1-2-4-8)
09 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (3wks 31-19-9)
10 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (6wks 24-12-7-5-7-10)

11 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (6wks 31-23-18-13-10-11)
12 Deep Purple - Black Night (4wks 30-22-17-12)
13 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (6wks 30-20-11-8-8-13)
14 Spinners - It's A Shame (3wks 36-22-14)
15 Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (4wks 29-20-15-15)
16 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (2wks 24-16)
17 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (3wks 32-23-17)
18 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (3wks 19-16-18)
19 Band - Stage Fright (2wks 38-19)
20 Anne Murray - Snowbird (3wks 33-26-20)

21 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (2wks 36-21)
22 Golden Earring - Back Home (2wks 31-22)
23 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (2wks 37-23)
24 Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (3wks 39-30-24)
25 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (7wks 28-17-11-9-9-13-25)
26 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (7wks 21-9-5-4-7-14-26)
27 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (8wks 33-24-22-21-19-17-18-27)
28 Edwin Starr - War (9wks 17-10-7-5-3-3-6-11-28)
29 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation (3wks 40-35-31)
32 Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (2wks 39-32)
33 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (8wks 36-25-21-18-17-16-21-33)
34 Melanie - Peace Will Come (According To Plan) (3wks 38-33-34)
35 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Isaac Hayes - I Stand Accused (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (6wks 33-25-21-21-25-37)
38 Clarence Carter - Patches (9wks 32-26-18-12-9-8-10-20-38)
39 Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) (3wks 37-34-39)
40 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (1wk 40 NEW)

Five new entries on this week's Retro Rewind Chart from:

• The soul ballad written by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, and Willie Hutch gave the family male group their 4th USA #1 hit in a row. It also reached UK #4 and replaced Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine to become Motown's biggest selling single in the USA at the time.
• The Dagenham pop rock group reached UK #4 with their Alan Blakley & Len Hawkes self penned Creedence Clearwater Revival meets The Bee Gees midtempo rocker.
  
• The Totonto, Canada born Richard Dean Taylor reached Canada #1, USA #5 & UK #2 with his self penned and produced dramatic soft rocker on Motown Records.
  
• The Stax singer/songwriter & produced continued his solo career with this USA #42 meticulous, complex and heavily orchestrated reworking of the Jerry Butler soul track.
  
• The Jamaican rocksteady/reggae group centred on Derrick Crooks, who had been one of the founding members of The Pioneers with this big hit in the Caribbean which later appeared on the 1972 The Harder They Come soundtrack and was later covered by UB40.
  

[raliverpool]

03/10/1970

01 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (5wks 25-11-5-3-1)

02 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (4wks 26-12-6-2)
03 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (5wks 24-12-6-4-3)
04 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (7wks 29-15-2-1-1-1-4)
05 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (6wks 26-10-4-2-2-5)
06 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (4wks 31-19-9-6)
07 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (5wks 23-15-9-7-7)
08 Deep Purple - Black Night (5wks 30-22-17-12-8)
09 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (3wks 24-16-9)
10 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (7wks 26-14-6-3-3-5-10)

11 Band - Stage Fright (3wks 38-19-11)
12 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (3wks 36-21-12)
13 Spinners - It's A Shame (4wks 36-22-14-13)
14 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (2wks 29-14)
15 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (4wks 32-23-17-15)
16 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (7wks 31-23-18-13-10-11-16)
17 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (9wks 29-15-7-2-1-2-4-8-17)
18 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (7wks 24-12-7-5-7-10-18)
19 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (3wks 37-23-19)
20 Golden Earring - Back Home (3wks 31-22-20)

21 Anne Murray - Snowbird (4wks 33-26-20-21)
22 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (2wks 30-22)
23 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (4wks 39-30-24-24)
25 Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (5wks 29-20-15-15-25)
26 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (2wks 35-26)
27 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (7wks 30-20-11-8-8-13-27)
28 Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (3wks 39-32-28)
29 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (4wks 19-16-18-29)
30 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (2wks 40-31)
32 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation (4wks 40-35-31-36)
37 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (1wk 37 NEW)
38 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Grateful Dead - Casey Jones (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (1wk 40 NEW)

The former Monkee tops my Retro Rewind chart with a very different sounding and haunting self penned country rock track inspired by the Academy Award winning actress (& wife of Paul Newman) Joanne Woodward.

Elsewhere, ten new entries arrive from:

• The traditional pop song written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics) frequently used as a wedding song peaked at USA #2 (AC #1); UK #28; Australia #6 & Canada #1.
• Written and produced by Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson, this smooth sounding soul track reached USA #11 (R&B #4) & UK #10.
• The 1913 traditional Peruvian song giving a lyrical reworking by Paul Simon saw the New York folk pop duo gain a USA #18 (AC #6) hit. However, it topped the charts in Australia; Germany; Spain; The Netherlands; Belgium; Switzerland; & Austria. It was never released as a single in the UK, as their record label Columbia felt it would detract sales from their blockbusting album Bridge Over Troubled Water (much like when an act won't release a record on streaming sites today).
  
• The much covered haunting piano led title song from the 1970 album by the Canadian folk rock singer/songwriter/guitarist written about non specified environmental concerns.
• The UK #14 hit written by the songwriting team of Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay for the Manchester group featured the session piano work of Elton John.
• The Denver, Colorado psychedelic rock band jazz rock fusion track written by band members Jerry Corbetta and Dave Riordan reached USA #3 with their breakthrough single.
  
• Written by Manchester singer-songwriter Graham Nash  in an hour, on then girlfriend Joni Mitchell's piano in her house on Laurel Canyon (Los Angeles), this Baroque folk rock ballad was taken from the Deja Vu album. The song has been covered by numerous artists and used in numerous TV adverts and programmes despite the former Hollies member admitting he was bored of the song the day after it was recorded, yet still performs it to this day "because it does mean so much to so many people".
• The USA #3 & UK #42 folk rock song written and performed by the Massachusetts born singer/songwriter following Taylor's reaction to the suicide of Suzanne Schnerr, a childhood friend, and his experiences with drug addiction, depression and fame. It features Carole King on piano.
  
• The Workingman's Dead album cut with music written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics by Robert Hunter. "Casey Jones" is about a railroad engineer who is on the verge of a train wreck due to his train going too fast, a sleeping switch man, and another train being on the same track and headed for him whilst "high on Cocaine".
  
• Iain Matthews, the former lead male singer of the seminal English folk group Fairport Convention cover of the Joni Mitchell future standard featured a host of top folk musicians such as Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, and Ashley Hutchings from Fairport Convention, guitarist Mark Griffiths, drummer Gerry Conway, pedal steel player Gordon Huntley, and keyboardists Dolly Collins and Roger Coulam for an album rooted in American country music. This haunting cover reached UK #1, USA #23, & Canada #5.
  

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10/10/1970

01 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (5wks 26-12-6-2-1)

02 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (6wks 25-11-5-3-1-2)
03 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (6wks 24-12-6-4-3-3)
04 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (5wks 31-19-9-6-4)
05 Deep Purple - Black Night (6wks 30-22-17-12-8-5)
06 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (4wks 36-21-12-6)
07 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (3wks 29-14-7)
08 Band - Stage Fright (4wks 38-19-11-8)
09 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (2wks 23-9)
10 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (4wks 24-16-9-10)

11 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (6wks 23-15-9-7-7-11)
12 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (7wks 26-10-4-2-2-5-12)
13 Spinners - It's A Shame (5wks 36-22-14-13-13)
14 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (8wks 29-15-2-1-1-1-4-14)
15 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (3wks 30-22-15)
16 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (2wks 33-16)
17 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (5wks 32-23-17-15-17)
18 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (2wks 38-18)
19 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (3wks 35-26-19)
20 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (2wks 35-20)

21 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (2wks 40-21)
22 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (2wks 30-22)
23 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (4wks 37-23-19-23)
24 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (8wks 26-14-6-3-3-5-10-24)
25 Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (2wks 32-26)
27 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (3wks 40-31-27)
28 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (2wks 34-28)
29 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (2wks 37-29)
30 Anne Murray - Snowbird (5wks 33-26-20-21-30)

31 Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (4wks 39-32-28-31)
32 Golden Earring - Back Home (4wks 31-22-20-32)
33 Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (5wks 39-30-24-24-33)
34 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (1wk 34 NEW)
35 New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song Ma (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Grateful Dead - Casey Jones (2wks 39-36)
37 Blue Mink - Our World (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Horace Faith - Black Pearl (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (8wks 31-23-18-13-10-11-16-39)
40 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (8wks 24-12-7-5-7-10-18-40)

The British answer to Frank Sinatra grabs my Retro Rewind chart top spot with this Woman's Lib protest anthem. Interestingly the guitarist on the session is future Womble Martin Kershaw, who then went on to have a string of novelty hits a decade later as the man behind The Snowmen.

Five new entries come from:

• The much covered hard rock Paranoid album cut about the story of a man who time travels into the future, and sees the apocalypse. In the process of returning to the present, he is turned into steel by a magnetic field. He is rendered mute, unable verbally to warn people of his time in the future and of the impending destruction. His attempts to communicate are ignored and mocked. This causes Iron Man to become angry, and drives his revenge on mankind, causing the destruction seen in his vision.
  
• This faithful USA #10, UK #4, Australia #2, Canada #5, etc cover of the 1958 hit song written by Jack Nance and American country music artist Conway Twitty.
• The "Trigger's Broom" UK based group formed after the disbanding of the successful 1960s Australian group the Seekers which now consisted of Eve Graham, Lyn Paul, Marty Kristian, Peter Doyle, and Paul Layton with their cover of the Melanie USA hit. It only reached UK #44, but then went on to peak elsewhere at USA #14, Canada #3, Australia #3.
• The British studio Sunshine pop group consisting of Roger Coulam (keyboards), Madeline Bell (vocalist), Roger Cook (vocalist), Alan Parker (guitarist), Herbie Flowers (bassist), and Barry Morgan (drummer) with their UK #17 & USA #64 hit written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway.
  
• The Jamaican reggae singer's cover of the Checkmates, Ltd. song equalling the original's 1969 USA chart peak reaching UK #13.

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17/10/1970

01 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (6wks 31-19-9-6-4-1)

02 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (4wks 29-14-7-2)
03 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (6wks 26-12-6-2-1-3)
04 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (5wks 36-21-12-6-4)
05 Deep Purple - Black Night (7wks 30-22-17-12-8-5-5)
06 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (3wks 23-9-6)
07 Band - Stage Fright (5wks 38-19-11-8-7)
08 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (3wks 38-18-8)
09 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (7wks 24-12-6-4-3-3-9)
10 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (3wks 33-16-10)

11 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (4wks 30-22-15-11)
12 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (3wks 40-21-12)
13 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (7wks 25-11-5-3-1-2-13)
14 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (3wks 35-26-19)
15 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (2wks 35-20)
16 Black Sabbath - Iron Man (2wks 25-16)
17 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (5wks 24-16-9-10-17)
18 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (3wks 30-22-18)
19 Spinners - It's A Shame (6wks 36-22-14-13-13-19)
20 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (3wks 32-26-20)

21 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (3wks 34-28-21)
22 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (7wks 23-15-9-7-7-11-22)
23 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (3wks 37-29-22)
24 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (4wks 40-31-27-23)
25 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (6wks 32-23-17-15-17-25)
26 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Rattles - The Witch (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (8wks 26-10-4-2-2-5-12-29)
30 Blue Mink - Our World (2wks 37-30)

31 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (9wks 29-15-2-1-1-1-4-14-31)
32 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (2wks 34-32)
33 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (5wks 37-23-19-23-33)
34 Traffic - Freedom Rider (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Poppy Family - That's Where I Went Wrong (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Three Dog Night - Out In The Country (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (5wks 39-32-28-31-38)
39 Bread - It Don't Matter to Me (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Randy Newman - Have You Seen My Baby? (1wk 40 NEW)

A third Retro Rewind #1 for CCR .... with 11 minutes and 11 seconds of Swamp Rock wigging out at its finest.... elsewhere nine new arrivals from:

• The studio reworking of Melanie Safka Woodstock Festival definitive version of the Rolling Stones 1967 hit song which peaked at USA #52 & UK #9.
• The much covered Belfast born soothing jazz/folk/gospel Moondance album cut which he and his fan base regard as his signature tune. Hence, its final lyric "Too Late To Start Now" was used as the title of his 1974 live album.
  
• The German psychedelic rock band from Hamburg with their only international hit UK #8, USA #79, Australia #20, & Germany #4 with vocals by Edna Bejarano.
  
• The 6:20 long progressive jazz rock John Barleycorn Must Die album cut co-written by Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi.
  
• The Canadian country folk pop group consisting of husband & wife Terry & Susan Jacks reached USA #29 & Canada #9 with the Which Way You Goin' Billy? album track.
  
• Frank Zappa's penned humourous jazzy hard rock track taken from his group's 1970 album Weasels Ripped My Flesh.
  
• Written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, the Los Angeles based blue eyed rock group's recording peaked at USA #15 & Canada #9.
• The David Gates written soft rock track from their debut album Bread, reached USA #10 (AC #2).
  
• Taken from the Los Angeles based singer/songwriter's second album titled 12 Songs, produced by Lenny Waronker, is this opening track later covered by Ringo Starr.
  

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24/10/1970

01 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (7wks 31-19-9-6-4-1-1)
02 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (5wks 29-14-7-2-2)
03 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (6wks 36-21-12-6-4-3)
04 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (4wks 23-9-6-4)
05 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (4wks 38-18-8-5)
06 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (4wks 33-16-10-6)
07 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (7wks 26-12-6-2-1-3-7)
08 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (4wks 40-21-12-8)
09 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (5wks 30-22-15-11-9)
10 Black Sabbath - Iron Man (3wks 25-16-10)

11 Deep Purple - Black Night (8wks 30-22-17-12-8-5-5-11)
12 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (4wks 35-26-19-12)
13 Band - Stage Fright (6wks 38-19-11-8-7-13)
14 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (3wks 35-20-14)
15 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (4wks 34-28-21-15)
16 Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (2wks 27-16)
17 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (4wks 30-22-18-17)
18 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (2wks 26-18)
19 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (4wks 32-26-20-19)
20 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (4wks 37-29-22-20)

21 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (8wks 24-12-6-4-3-3-9-21)
22 Traffic - Freedom Rider (2wks 34-22)
23 Rattles - The Witch (2wks 28-23)
24 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (5wks 40-31-27-23-24)
25 Blue Mink - Our World (3wks 37-30-25)
26 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (8wks 25-11-5-3-1-2-13-26)
27 Spinners - It's A Shame (7wks 36-22-14-13-13-19-27)
28 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (6wks 24-16-9-10-17-28)
29 Pink Floyd - If (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee (1wk 30 NEW)

31 James Brown - Super Bad (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Who - See Me Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (3wks 34-32-33)
34 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (2wks 36-34)
35 Bread - It Don't Matter to Me (2wks 39-35)
36 Fleetwood Mac - Jewel Eyed Judy (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (8wks 23-15-9-7-7-11-22-37)
38 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (7wks 32-23-17-15-17-25-38)
39 100 Proof Aged In Soul - Somebody's Been Sleeping (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper (1wk 40 NEW)

Seven new entries this week from:

• Written and sung by Roger Waters this introspective psychedelic folk track is taken from the progressive rock quartet's UK #1 album Atom Heart Mother.
• A country folk song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally recorded by Roger Miller. This "recover" is taken from his debut album Kristofferson, and was written about his then troubled lover, blues rock singer Janis Joplin ....
• The latest two part funk single written and produced by the Godfather Of Soul. It peaked at USA #15 (R&B #1). The 1987 UK #1 MARRS' Pump Up the Volume samples the "Watch Me" vocal part of the song.
  
• The Tommy rock opera album's final seven minute plus song "We're Not Gonna Take It" consists of three parts We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You. Pete Townshend's song was belatedly released as a single where it went on to peak at USA #12, Canada #4, Germany #2. It remained unreleased in the UK.
• This blues folk rock track was released from the group's 4th proper studio album Kiln House. This is the first of the post-Peter Green Fleetwood Mac albums, and their last album to feature Jeremy Spencer. this flop single release was credited to John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, (and the vocalist) Danny Kirwan on songwriting duties. However, Mick Fleetwood's autobiography, "Play On",  claimed that Fleetwood's wife ex-Chicken Shack vocalist Christine McVie wrote the track but due to legal/contractual reasons her credits could not appear on the album on which she also provided uncredited backing vocals and piano.
  
• The Hot Wax signed Detroit funk/soul group's uptempo Gladys Knight & The Pips meets Sly & The Family Stone like USA #8 (R&B #6) hit written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland.
  
• The Detroit soul singer's USA #24 (R&B #9) & UK #33 hit written and produced by Edythe Wayne (Holland-Dozier-Holland) & Ron Dunbar.