RA Retro Tracks Rewind Charts 1970 - 1979

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20/02/1971

01 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (5wks 29-11-5-2-1)

02 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (5wks 33-19-11-5-2)
03 Elton John - Your Song (8wks 25-19-14-8-3-1-1-3)
04 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (7wks 34-21-13-5-3-3-4)
05 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (7wks 27-18-15-10-7-4-5)
06 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (3wks 23-7-6)
07 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (2wks 18-7)
08 Neil Young - Southern Man (3wks 31-14-8)
09 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (2wks 19-9)
10 Elton John - My Father's Gun (3wks 33-17-10)

11 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (4wks 34-17-12-11)
12 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (3wks 26-15-12)
13 Band - The Shape I'm In (4wks 36-21-13-13)
14 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (5wks 25-14-10-9-14)
15 Elton John - Border Song (6wks 33-22-13-9-8-15)
16 John Lennon - Mother (7wks 35-15-5-2-2-6-16)
17 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (2wks 31-17)
18 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Todd Rundgren & Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman (7wks 29-20-14-7-6-10-19)
20 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (2wks 32-20)

21 Carpenters - For All We Know (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Bee Gees - Lonely Days (8wks 26-11-7-1-1-4-11-22)
23 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Grateful Dead - Truckin' (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Osmonds - One Bad Apple (2wks 30-26)
27 Mixtures - Pushbike Song (4wks 30-22-23-27)
28 Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom (2wks 33-28)
29 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (8wks 22-13-8-3-4-8-16-29)
30 David Bowie - Black Country Rock (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (5wks 40-31-25-24-31)
32 Temptations - Just My Imagination (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Badfinger - We're For The Dark (5wks 39-29-24-26-33)
34 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (5wks 23-20-18-25-34)
35 Zoot - Eleanor Rigby (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Wadsworth Mansion - Sweet Mary (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Four Tops - Just Seven Numbers (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Jackie Wilson - (I Can Feel The Vibrations) This Love Is Real (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Guess Who - Hang on to Your Life (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Isley Brothers - Freedom (1wk 40 NEW)

If another song better encapsulates the joy of listening to rock music, then I have not heard it. It gives the Velvet Underground their second Retro Rewind #1.

A monster 13 new entries from:

• Written by the group's lead vocalist and guitarist Ray Dorset and produced by Barry Murray, this swamp rocker reached UK #1 & Ireland #5.
• This soft rock Oscar winning song written for the 1970 film Lovers and Other Strangers, by Fred Karlin, and Bread's Robb Wilson (Robb Royer) and Arthur James (Jimmy Griffin) reached USA #3 (AC #1), UK #18, Canada #5 & Australia #10.
• Written by Kris Kristofferson with Fred Foster about his then lover Janis Joplin. Joplin subsequently recorded this cover for inclusion on her Pearl album only a few days before her death in October 1970. The first time Kristofferson knew of her recording of it was the day after she died. This Paul A. Rothchild produced posthumous release peaked at #1 in the USA & Australia; and went top ten in Canada & New Zealand but failed to chart in the UK.
• Again written by The Corporation Motown songwriting quartet of Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren and Deke Richards, this uptempo soul pop track hit USA #2 (R&B #1) & UK #25 for the quintet from Gary, Indiana.
• The trademark boogie shuffle American Beauty album cut written by the San Francisco roots rock group's Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and lyricist Robert Hunter was released as a single peaking at USA #64.
  
• The Man Who Sold The World album cut was released as a b-side to the more commercial sounding, but much inferior "Holy Holy" single. The irony was whilst daytime Radio 1 spurned the A-side; the nighttime DJ's including John Peel gave the blues heavy rock B-side a few spins, not least as it was a homage to the likes of Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath, and featured a spontaneously impersonation of his friend Marc Bolan's vibrato in the final verse.
  
• This mellow soulful USA #1 (R&B #1) & UK #8 written by producer Norman Whitfield with Barrett Strong was the final Temptations single to feature founding members Eddie Kendricks (Robbie Williams/Zayn Malik syndrome) and Paul Williams (ill health).
• The pop/rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia scored an Australian #4 hit with a progressive heavy rock cover of the Paul McCartney Revolver album cut. But the group shortly disbanded as guitarist Rick Springfield was singled out for greater things in the near future.
• The American rock band from Providence, Rhode Island became USA #7 one hit wonders with this catchy pop rock tune.
• This midtempo soulful USA #40 (R&B #9) & UK #36 hit was written by Motown staff writer Gloria Jones.
  
• Detroit's Mr. Excitement scored his last active USA #56 (R&B #9) hit before suffering a near fatal heart attack in 1975 which ended his career, until his death in 1984.
  
• The Canadian group's hard rock song written by Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter peaked at USA #43 & Canada #5.
• This soulful black power funk anthem peaked at USA #72 (R&B #11), but has been used in a number of film & TV soundtracks since then.
  

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27/02/1971

01 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (6wks 29-11-5-2-1-1)
02 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (6wks 33-19-11-5-2-2)
03 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (3wks 18-7-3)
04 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (3wks 19-9-4)
05 Neil Young - Southern Man (4wks 31-14-8-5)
06 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (4wks 23-7-6-6)
07 Elton John - My Father's Gun (4wks 33-17-10-7)
08 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (3wks 31-17-8)
09 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (2wks 18-9)
10 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (2wks 23-10)

11 Carpenters - For All We Know (2wks 21-11)
12 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (8wks 27-18-15-10-7-4-5-12)
13 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (8wks 34-21-13-5-3-3-4-13)
14 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (5wks 34-17-12-11-14)
15 Elton John - Your Song (9wks 25-19-14-8-3-1-1-3-15)
16 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (4wks 26-15-12-16)
17 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (3wks 32-20-17)
18 Grateful Dead - Truckin' (2wks 25-18)
19 Band - The Shape I'm In (5wks 36-21-13-13-19)
20 Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl (2wks 24-20)

21 Temptations - Just My Imagination (2wks 32-21)
22 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (6wks 25-14-10-9-14-22)
23 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (1wk 23 NEW)
24 David Bowie - Black Country Rock (2wks 30-24)
25 Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom (3wks 33-28-25)
26 Osmonds - One Bad Apple (3wks 30-26-26)
27 Elton John - Border Song (7wks 33-22-13-9-8-15-27)
28 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (1wk 30 NEW)

31 John Lennon - Mother (8wks 35-15-5-2-2-6-16-31)
32 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Mixtures - Pushbike Song (5wks 30-22-23-27-33)
34 Bee Gees - Lonely Days (9wks 26-11-7-1-1-4-11-22-34)
35 Todd Rundgren & Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman (8wks 29-20-14-7-6-10-19-35)
36 James Taylor - Country Road (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Johnnie Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Freda Payne - Cherish What Is Dear To You (1wk 40 NEW)

With 25% of the chart new entries .....

• The Californian born country crossover artist born Jewel Faye Smith sensual cover of the Kris Kristofferson classic reached USA #8 (CW #1) and won her a Grammy.
  
• Formed by members of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, organist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer (he recorded this track but had left to join Emerson Lake & Palmer at this point in time), this progressive rock recording reached UK #11.
• Written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy during 1969 for a planned country rock musical named Gene Tryp. This The Byrds' (Untitled) album cut reached USA #121 & UK #19 turning out to be their last chart success until they split in 1973.
• The 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival USA #2 hit penned by John Fogerty was given a raucous R&B makeover resulting in the husband & wife duo scoring a USA #4 (R&B #5) hit.
• The Atlanta, Georgia country rock singer most famous for his composition "Guitar Man", reached USA #8 with his self penned hybrid of rock, country, funk, and Cajun styles track produced by Chet Atkins.
  
• Written and performed by James Taylor this song appeared on his 1970 second album, Sweet Baby James about the happiness and freedom of being alone. It reached USA #37 and featured Randy Meisner, later of The Eagles on bass guitar.
• This Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff Philadelphia produced recording rewarded the Atlantic soul singer with a USA #17 (R&B #2) hit.
• The Arkansas born versatile soul singer USA #28 (R&B #1) hit was written by record producer Don Davis with Kent Barker and Cam Wilson.
  
• Written by all five members of the progressive rock band: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford this near 10 minute recording was the opening cut on their third studio album The Yes Album.
• Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Angelo Bond and produced by Ronald Dunbar. This soulful single peaked at USA #44 (R&B #11) & UK #46.

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06/03/1971

01 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (7wks 33-19-11-5-2-2-1)

02 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (4wks 31-17-8-2)
03 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (3wks 23-10-3)
04 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (4wks 18-7-3-4)
05 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (4wks 19-9-4-5)
06 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (7wks 29-11-5-2-1-1-6)
07 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (3wks 18-9-7)
08 Neil Young - Southern Man (5wks 31-14-8-5-8)
09 Carpenters - For All We Know (3wks 21-11-9)
10 Paul McCartney - Another Day (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Elton John - My Father's Gun (5wks 33-17-10-7-11)
12 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (5wks 23-7-6-6-12)
13 Temptations - Just My Imagination (3wks 32-21-13)
14 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (2wks 23-14)
15 Grateful Dead - Truckin' (3wks 25-18-15)
16 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (2wks 30-16)
17 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (4wks 32-20-17-17)
18 T Rex - Hot Love (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (6wks 34-17-12-11-14-19)
20 George Harrison - What Is Life (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl (3wks 24-20-21)
22 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (2wks 29-22)
23 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (5wks 26-15-12-16-23)
24 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (2wks 28-24)
25 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses (2wks 32-25)
26 David Bowie - Black Country Rock (3wks 30-24-26)
27 James Taylor - Country Road (2wks 36-27)
28 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (9wks 27-18-15-10-7-4-5-12-28)
29 Band - The Shape I'm In (6wks 36-21-13-13-19-29)
30 Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom (4wks 33-28-25-30)

31 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (9wks 34-21-13-5-3-3-4-13-31)
32 Osmonds - One Bad Apple (4wks 30-26-26-32)
33 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (7wks 25-14-10-9-14-22-33)
34 Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (2wks 37-34)
35 Elton John - Your Song (10wks 25-19-14-8-3-1-1-3-15-35)
36 Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (2wks 39-36)
37 Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Chairmen Of the Board - Everything's Tuesday (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Dana - Who Put The Lights Out (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Petula Clark - The Song Of My Life (1wk 40 NEW)

The Canadian singer/songwriter scores a Retro Rewind number one with this melancholic introspective effort .... Seven new entries arrive from:

• This UK #2, USA #5 (& #1 in Australia, Ireland, & Spain) first single of McCartney's solo career, this New York Ram album session recording (neither it nor its flip-side made the subsequent album), was written and previewed during the Beatles' Let It Be sessions in 1969. The observational lyrics describe the drudgery and sadness of an unnamed woman's life at work and at home.
• This Marc Bolan penned, Tony Visconti produced Glam Rock single spent six weeks at #1 in the UK, and topped the Irish charts, largely thanks to its lengthy singalong outro. It was less successful internationally peaking at USA #72.
  
• This soulful rocking All Things Must Pass album track appeared as the flipside on his UK (& many other territories in Europe & Australasia) single "My Sweet Lord". But in the USA it was released as a separate single (where Isn't It A Pity was the b-side to My Sweet Lord) peaking at USA #10.
  
• This blue eyed soul rocker was culled from the American pop rock group's eighth album, More Golden Grass. It reached USA #15, but hung around the top 40 for a sizeable number of weeks.
• The Detroit group's USA #38 & UK #12 soulful pop track was produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland and written by them (using the pseudonym Edyth Wayne) with Daphne Dumas and Ron Dunba.
• Written by brother of Barry Ryan, Paul Ryan's interesting lyrical & dreamy ballad reached UK #14 for the 1970 Irish ESC winner (Simultaneously Frank Sinatra's take on his composition "I Will Drink The Wine" was on the climb to UK #16). In truth this song sounds perfect for late 1970s period Olivia Newton John.
  
• The final original material UK top 40 hit (UK #32) by the 38 year old Surrey born singer & actress was an easy listening reworking of the French ballad "C'est Le Refrain de Ma Vie" She spent most of the 1970s in semi-retirement in France bringing up her children, but from the early 1980s returned to acting and especially the theatre where she won an Olivier in 1982 after starring as Maria von Trapp in a revival of The Sound of Music.
  

[rubcale]

Good to see you chart the brilliant Stoned Love at #1 although my fav post-Ross single is yet to come.

I see you're not over impressed by Diana's Remember Me - for me her finest moment sounding chilling and soulful, almost anguished. Totally compelling.

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13/03/1971

01 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (5wks 31-17-8-2-1)

02 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (4wks 23-10-3-2)
03 Paul McCartney - Another Day (2wks 10-3)
04 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (8wks 33-19-11-5-2-2-1-4)
05 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (4wks 18-9-7-5)
06 Carpenters - For All We Know (4wks 21-11-9-6)
07 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (5wks 18-7-3-4-7)
08 Temptations - Just My Imagination (4wks 32-21-13-8)
09 T Rex - Hot Love (2wks 18-9)
10 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (3wks 23-14-10)

11 George Harrison - What Is Life (2wks 20-11)
12 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (5wks 19-9-4-5-12)
13 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (3wks 30-16-13)
14 Grateful Dead - Truckin' (4wks 25-18-15-14)
15 Neil Young - Southern Man (6wks 31-14-8-5-8-15)
16 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (8wks 29-11-5-2-1-1-6-16)
17 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (5wks 32-20-17-17-18)
19 James Taylor - Country Road (3wks 36-27-19)
20 Elton John - My Father's Gun (6wks 33-17-10-7-11-20)

21 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (3wks 29-22-21)
22 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (6wks 23-7-6-6-12-22)
23 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (3wks 28-24-23)
24 Santana - Oye Como Va (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses (3wks 32-25-25)
26 Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes (2wks 37-26)
27 Jackson Five - Mama's Pearl (4wks 24-20-21-27)
28 James Brown - Soul Power (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Cat Stevens - Wild World (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (7wks 34-17-12-11-14-19-30)

31 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Van Morrison - Blue Money (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Dana - Who Put The Lights Out (2wks 39-34)
35 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Paul McCartney - Oh Woman Oh Why (1wk 36 NEW)
37 David Bowie - Black Country Rock (4wks 30-24-26-37)
38 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (6wks 26-15-12-16-23-38)
39 Donovan - Celia Of The Seals (1wk 39 NEW)
40 John Lennon - Love (1wk 40 NEW)

The fourth Retro Rewind number one hit by John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford on my charts .... Elsewhere, eleven more new entries (I'm starting to think David Hepworth was correct after all)....

• The title track of his forthcoming Motown studio album, was inspired by a police brutality incident witnessed by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, the song was composed by Benson, Al Cleveland and Marvin Gaye and produced by Gaye himself. This meditation on the troubles and problems of the world reached USA #2 (R&B #1) & Australia #5. But it failed to chart in the UK where notably (thanks to the book brilliant I bought in my Avator for this factoid) Radio 1 Breakfast DJ and soul fan Tony Blackburn rubbished the track comparing it unfavourably to his earlier material, and criticised its lyrical intent. Well the future 2002 winner of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! did later get banned by the BBC for two weeks in 1973 after he said the miners should go back to work after a Power Cut stopped his show....
• Written by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente in 196, this Latin Rock "Abraxas" album cover version reached USA #13.
• This extensively sampled funk workout was written and produced by the Godfather of Soul, and was recorded with the original J.B.'s (plus Fred Wesley). It peaked at USA #29 (R&B #3).
  
• This much covered USA #11 folk pop "recover" of the Jimmy Cliff UK hit was taken from the Tea for the Tillerman album.
  
• The anthemic USA #21 hard rock commercial breakthrough for Vincent Furnier's Detroit Shock Rock group was taken from their debut album Love It to Death.
• This stand alone UK #8 Hard Rock recording was written and produced by the Hertfordshire based group. Interestingly, it's original title was "Prostitute" but Harvest Records persuaded them to change its title.
  
• This USA #23 white R&B recording was taken from the Northern Irish singer/songwriter's His Band and the Street Choir album.
  
• The John Fogerty penned hard rocking Pendulum album cut was the lesser played double A-side of Have You Ever Seen The Rain.
  
• The Paul McCartney penned lesser played double A-side of Another Day was a tense blues rocker about a male lover who has been spurned who then shoots her dead featuring a fierce vocal delivery on a track which is basically AC/DC before they existed. Unsurprisingly it got banned by the BBC.
• Taken from the Scottish folk singer/songwriter's 9th studio album H.M.S. Donovan this very folky anti-Seal clubbing anthem was his penultimate hit in the USA reaching USA #84 (& Australia #60)
  
• This beautifully minimalistic John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album cut was posthumously remixed and released as a single in 1982 to promote his forthcoming "John Lennon Collection" best of. The Las Vegas male pop vocal trio took an easy listening cover of this song to USA #42 in 1971 (their final top 100 hit).
  

[raliverpool]

20/03/1971

01 Paul McCartney - Another Day (3wks 10-3-1)

02 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (5wks 23-10-3-2-2)
03 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (6wks 31-17-8-2-1-3)
04 T Rex - Hot Love (3wks 18-9-4)
05 Temptations - Just My Imagination (5wks 32-21-13-8-5)
06 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (5wks 18-9-7-5-6)
07 Carpenters - For All We Know (5wks 21-11-9-6-7)
08 George Harrison - What Is Life (3wks 20-11-8)
09 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (2wks 17-9)
10 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (4wks 23-14-10-10)

11 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (9wks 33-19-11-5-2-2-1-4-11)
12 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (4wks 30-16-13-12)
13 Cat Stevens - Wild World (2wks 29-13)
14 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (6wks 18-7-3-4-7-14)
15 James Brown - Soul Power (2wks 28-15)
16 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (2wks 31-16)
17 Paul McCartney - Oh Woman Oh Why (2wks 36-17)
18 John Lennon - Love (2wks 40-18)
19 James Taylor - Country Road (4wks 36-27-19-19)
20 Santana - Oye Como Va (2wks 24-20)

21 Grateful Dead - Truckin' (5wks 25-18-15-14-21)
22 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (6wks 19-9-4-5-12-22)
23 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (2wks 32-23)
24 Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes (3wks 37-26-24)
25 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (6wks 32-20-17-17-18-25)
26 John Lennon - Power To The People (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Neil Young - Southern Man (7wks 31-14-8-5-8-15-27)
28 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (4wks 28-24-23-28)
29 Van Morrison - Blue Money (2wks 33-29)
30 Byrds - Chestnut Mare (4wks 29-22-21-30)

31 Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight (2wks 35-32)
33 Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses (4wks 32-25-25-34)
35 Donovan - Celia Of The Seals (2wks 39-35)
36 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (9wks 29-11-5-2-1-1-6-16-36)
37 Elton John - Take Me to the Pilot (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Chicago - Free (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Partridge Family - Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (1wk 40 NEW)

Paul McCartney grabs his second post Beatles number one hit .... how many more will achieve in the 1970s? Elsewhere, seven more new entries from:

• The former Beatle UK #6 & USA #11 preachy anthem produced by Phil Spector. It's title was turned into a comedy catchphrase by Tooting "urban guerilla" "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist leader of Tooting Popular Front. During the four series of Citizen Smith, John Lennon's former songwriting partner made a cameo appearance in the show in 1979.
  
• The a cappella song written by singer Janis Joplin with the poets Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth considered to be a rejection of consumerism. The "Pearl" album cut was subsequently used in many TV car adverts by the manufacturer of the same name.
• The perky pop 4th placed UK entry in 1971 ESC was written by David Myers and composed by John Worsley and performed by the Northern Irish singer peaked at UK #4.
• The rocking 1970 Elton John album cut was released as the flip side of "Your Song" which was still hanging around both UK & USA's charts. As a result this recording deservedly received a sizeable number of spins.
  
• Written by Robert Lamm, this rocking III album cut featured Terry Kath on lead vocals.
• Written by Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos, and Wes Farrell this superior bubblegum pop single reached USA #6 & Canada #1. But singer David Cassidy hated this Bell records release.
• The Love Story film theme written by Francis Lai, now added lyrics by Carl Sigman. This much covered classy easy listening record reached USA #9 (AC #1) & UK #4.
  

[vastar iner]

Judy Collins' "Amazing Grace" is a truly beautiful song. One of those that hung around in the charts for absolutely ages. Had it focussed its sales in a "normal" chart run it would have been a deserved number 1. Don't know what it is with that, "My Way" and "A Scottish Soldier" that had them with greater longevity than altitude.

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Jul 7, 2016 19:07:25 GMT 1 rubcale said:

Good to see you chart the brilliant Stoned Love at #1 although my fav post-Ross single is yet to come.

I see you're not over impressed by Diana's Remember Me - for me her finest moment sounding chilling and soulful, almost anguished. Totally compelling.

My five favourite post Supremes Diana Ross singles are to come, so she may very well grab a Retro Rewind #1 or two (My favourite Diana Ross song may very well surprise you). Whilst Stoned Love is my favourite Supremes single.

For me I admire what Remember Me was trying to do, but it just does not quite pull it for my ears liking as I can easily imagine Aretha Franklin singing the same song with far more nuance and emotion.

[raliverpool]

Jul 7, 2016 23:14:28 GMT 1 vastar iner said:

Judy Collins' "Amazing Grace" is a truly beautiful song. One of those that hung around in the charts for absolutely ages. Had it focussed its sales in a "normal" chart run it would have been a deserved number 1. Don't know what it is with that, "My Way" and "A Scottish Soldier" that had them with greater longevity than altitude.

I guess these records were bought my non conventional record buyers ... hence the longevity .... the sort who today who buy Adele; Michael Buble; and "classical popera covers album promoted by unnamed act on Alan Titchmarsh's mid afternoon weekday run up to Xmas shows on ITV" albums.

[raliverpool]

27/03/1971

01 Paul McCartney - Another Day (4wks 10-3-1-1)
02 T Rex - Hot Love (4wks 18-9-4-2)
03 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (3wks 17-9-3)
04 Temptations - Just My Imagination (6wks 32-21-13-8-5-4)
05 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (6wks 23-10-3-2-2-5)
06 George Harrison - What Is Life (4wks 20-11-8-6)
07 Cat Stevens - Wild World (3wks 29-13-7)
08 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (7wks 31-17-8-2-1-3-8)
09 John Lennon - Love (3wks 40-18-9)
10 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Carpenters - For All We Know (6wks 21-11-9-6-7-11)
12 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (6wks 18-9-7-5-6-12)
13 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (3wks 31-16-13)
14 James Brown - Soul Power (3wks 28-15-14)
15 Paul McCartney - Oh Woman Oh Why (3wks 36-17-15)
16 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (5wks 30-16-13-12-16)
17 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (5wks 23-14-10-10-17)
18 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (3wks 32-23-18)
19 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Santana - Oye Como Va (3wks 24-20-20)

21 John Lennon - Power To The People (2wks 26-21)
22 Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (2wks 33-22)
23 Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes (4wks 37-26-24-23)
24 David Crosby - Laughing (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Elton John - Take Me to the Pilot (2wks 37-25)
26 Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By (1wk 26 NEW)
27 James Taylor - Country Road (5wks 36-27-19-19-27)
28 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (7wks 18-7-3-4-7-14-28)
29 Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz (2wks 31-29)
30 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (10wks 33-19-11-5-2-2-1-4-11-30)

31 Marmalade - My Little One (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Van Morrison - Blue Money (3wks 33-29-32)
33 Chicago - Free (2wks 38-33)
34 Donovan - Celia Of The Seals (3wks 39-35-34)
35 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight (3wks 35-32-35)
36 Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (2wks 40-36)
37 Stephen Stills - Sit Yourself Down (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Faces - Bad 'N' Ruin (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Kiki Dee - Love Makes The World Go Round (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Danyel Gerard - Butterfly (1wk 40 NEW)

Nine more entries this week from:

• This evocative self penned rock ballad taken from the posthumous transatlantic top 5 studio album The Cry of Love was recorded on August 20th 1970, less than a month before his death. It has since been covered by many artists including Rod Stewart; Lulu; Jeff Healey; Fiona Apple; Gary Moore; etc.
• The 6 & a half minute title track of Ian Anderson's progressive folk rock group's 4th studio album (and best catalogue seller). It was their first album with John Evan as a full-time member and with new bassist Jeffrey Hammond; and last album featuring Clive Bunker on drums.
  
• This self penned effort was taken from the CSN&Y member's debut solo album If I Could Only Remember My Name. This tense atmospheric jazzy country rock recording featured Stephen Stills & Joni Mitchell on backing vocals.
  
• The Queen of Soul's gospel cover of the Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson penned Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell duet for her 1971 compilation album, Aretha's Greatest Hits made USA #19 (R&B #3) and featured Duane Allman on guitar.
• The UK #15 hit ballad by the Glasgow pop rock was predominately written by singer Dean Ford (songwriter Thomas McAleese stage moniker) about his new baby daughter Tracey.
  
• This solo USA #37 hit by the CSN&Y member, was a gospel rock ballad written about his then girlfriend Rita Coolidge, who provided the gospel style backing vocals alongside Graham Nash, David Crosby, John Sebastian and Cass Elliott.
  
• The groove rocking opening track from the London rock band's second album Long Player was written by keyboardist Ian McLagan, with singer Rod Stewart.
  
• The Bradford born Pauline Matthews became the first white, female, blue-eyed soul singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. Taken from that album's Great Expectations. This USA #87 hit was her first chart success in 13 single releases over the previous 8 years.
  
• The Paris born singer to an Armenian father and an Italian mother, had already had a string of French language hits from 1958 when this self penned hit reached #1 in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and France; and UK #11 & USA #78 so he became a transatlantic one hit wonder.
  

[raliverpool]

03/04/1971

01 T Rex - Hot Love (5wks 18-9-4-2-1)

02 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (4wks 17-9-3-2)
03 Paul McCartney - Another Day (5wks 10-3-1-1-3)
04 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (2wks 10-4)
05 Cat Stevens - Wild World (4wks 29-13-7-5)
06 Temptations - Just My Imagination (7wks 32-21-13-8-5-4-6)
07 George Harrison - What Is Life (5wks 20-11-8-6-7)
08 John Lennon - Love (4wks 40-18-9-8)
09 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (2wks 19-9)
10 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (7wks 23-10-3-2-2-5-10)

11 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (4wks 31-16-13-11)
12 David Crosby - Laughing (2wks 24-12)
13 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (8wks 31-17-8-2-1-3-8-13)
14 Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (3wks 33-22-14)
15 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (1wk 15 NEW)
16 Paul McCartney - Oh Woman Oh Why (4wks 36-17-15-16)
17 John Lennon - Power To The People (3wks 26-21-17)
18 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (4wks 32-23-18-18)
19 Marmalade - My Little One (2wks 31-19)
20 Carpenters - For All We Know (7wks 21-11-9-6-7-11-20)

21 James Brown - Soul Power (4wks 28-15-14-21)
22 Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By (2wks 26-22)
23 Elton John - Take Me to the Pilot (3wks 37-25-23)
24 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (7wks 18-9-7-5-6-12-25)
26 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Santana - Oye Como Va (4wks 24-20-20-28)
29 Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes (5wks 37-26-24-23-29)
30 Chicago - Free (3wks 38-33-30)

31 5th Dimension - Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (6wks 30-16-13-12-16-33)
34 Stephen Stills - Sit Yourself Down (2wks 37-34)
35 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night (6wks 23-14-10-10-17-35)
36 Faces - Bad 'N' Ruin (2wks 38-36)
37 CCS - Walking (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Underneath The Blanket Go (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy (1wk 39 NEW)
40 BJ Thomas - No Love At All (1wk 40 NEW)

The record which effectively started the whole Glam Rock movement tops my Retro Rewind Chart. Otherwise, 10 new entries appear on my countdown from:

• The Los Angeles pop rock band's reworking of Hoyt Axton original topped the USA & Canadian charts, and became an international hit including UK #25 & Australia #8.
  
• The Jamaican vocal/instrumental reggae duo's Trojan records release. Topped the Jamaican & UK charts, and peaked at USA #22. It was produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry, and was the first record a then 18 year old Sly Dunbar played on.
• Taken from the self titled progressive rock supergroup's debut album, keyboardist Keith Emerson, singer, bassist, and producer Greg Lake, and drummer and percussionist Carl Palmer reached USA #48 with Greg Lake's folky composition.
  
• The British mixed race soul band's UK #22 hit was written by the group's lead vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson.
  
• This USA #19 (AC #6) song written by Dorothea Joyce, was a near solo soulful ballad vocal showcase for Marilyn McCoo. Which was not too surprising seeing how it first appeared on the self titled 1970 debut album by Diana Ross.
• This country pop cover of the Bob Dylan penned 1970 New Morning album track, became the debut single by the Australian singer peaking at UK #7 & USA #25 (AC #1); and Australia #7. It was produced by Bruce Welch & John Farrar.
  
• Alexis Korner's Collective Consciousness Society reached UK #7 with their Mickie Most produced jazz blues rock reworking of the Donovan original.
• The Irish born, Swindon, Wiltshire raised pianist/singer/songwriter's uptempo single only peaked at UK #40. But it fared far better across Europe, and even topped the Dutch charts.
  
• The Chicago gospel, soul and R&B singing group who were signed to Epic records in 1967 and enjoyed minimal success, immediately hit the charts with their debut Stax records release peaking at USA #27 (R&B #6).
• Billy Joe Thomas' USA #16 (AC #4) hit was taken from his 1970 Most Of All album released on Sceptor records.
  

[raliverpool]

10/04/1971

01 T Rex - Hot Love (6wks 18-9-4-2-1-1)
02 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (5wks 17-9-3-2-2)
03 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (3wks 10-4-3)
04 Cat Stevens - Wild World (5wks 29-13-7-5-4)
05 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (2wks 15-5)
06 Paul McCartney - Another Day (6wks 10-3-1-1-3-6)
07 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (3wks 19-9-7)
08 David Crosby - Laughing (3wks 24-12-8)
09 Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (4wks 33-22-14-9)
10 Temptations - Just My Imagination (8wks 32-21-13-8-5-4-6-10)

11 John Lennon - Love (5wks 40-18-9-8-11)
12 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (5wks 31-16-13-11-12)
13 Marmalade - My Little One (3wks 31-19-13)
14 George Harrison - What Is Life (6wks 20-11-8-6-7-14)
15 John Lennon - Power To The People (4wks 26-21-17-15)
16 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (2wks 24-16)
17 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (2wks 26-18)
19 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady (2wks 27-20)

21 Elton John - Friends (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (8wks 23-10-3-2-2-5-10-22)
23 Paul McCartney - Oh Woman Oh Why (5wks 36-17-15-16-23)
24 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (5wks 32-23-18-18-24)
25 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (2wks 32-25)
26 5th Dimension - Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (2wks 31-26)
27 Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By (3wks 26-22-27)
28 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (9wks 31-17-8-2-1-3-8-13-28)
29 CCS - Walking (2wks 37-29)
30 Bread - If (1wk 30 NEW)

31 James Brown - Soul Power (5wks 28-15-14-21-31)
32 Elton John - Take Me to the Pilot (4wks 37-25-23-32)
33 Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy (2wks 39-33)
34 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Underneath The Blanket Go (2wks 38-34)
35 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Carpenters - For All We Know (8wks 21-11-9-6-7-11-20-36)
37 Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Jimi Hendrix - Freedom (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Johnny Cash - Man In Black (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Santana - Oye Como Va (5wks 24-20-20-28-40)

20% of the chart is new entries from:

• The 7 minute plus rock classic taken from the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs was inspired by a love story that originated as a poem The Story of Layla and Majnun in 5th-Century Iran, which his good friend George Harrison told Eric Clapton about. Unfortunately the former Cream guitarist was falling in love with the former Beatles wife, Patti Boyd. Originally a Eric Clapton ballad until Duane Allman came up with the rocking guitar riff (in addition to Jim Gordon's piano coda). This song originally failed to chart in the UK and peaked at USA #51, but it became an English language #1 hit in Japan. Its 1972 reissue saw it hit new peaks of USA #10 & UK #7, and top the chart in France, and hit #2 in Australia & New Zealand. Then a 1982 reissue saw it establish UK & Irish #4 peaks.
• The New York singer/songwriter's emotional USA #4 & UK #4 hit.
  
• The John/Taupin penned title track and theme song from the movie "Friends" starring Sean Bury was a stringladen piano ballad which hit USA #34.
• The much covered American soft rock group singer David Gates penned USA #4 (AC #1) hit. This failed to chart in the UK. However, Telly Savalas ghastly version peaked at UK #1 in 1975.
• Written by Clifton Davis for The Supremes. Motown boss decided the song was too good for them and got the Indiana family group to record it, so resulting in a USA #2 & UK #33 hit. This much covered song was later a hit for Gloria Gaynor & The Communards.
• The much covered 1966 (USA CW #1) hit for Jack Greene, gave the King of Rock'n'Roll a UK #6, where it was only a B-side in the USA.
  
• The Cry of Love rock R&B album cut was influenced by Curtis Mayfield and became a USA #59 hit.
  
• The protest song written by the country folk legend peaked at USA #58 (CW #3), but more importantly became his nickname if not his signature tune.

[raliverpool]

17/04/1971

01 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (6wks 17-9-3-2-2-1)

02 T Rex - Hot Love (7wks 18-9-4-2-1-1-2)
03 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (4wks 10-4-3-3)
04 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (3wks 15-5-4)
05 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (2wks 17-5)
06 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (4wks 19-9-7-6)
07 David Crosby - Laughing (4wks 24-12-8-7)
08 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (3wks 24-16-8)
09 Cat Stevens - Wild World (6wks 29-13-7-5-4-9)
10 Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (5wks 33-22-14-9-10)

11 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (2wks 19-11)
12 Elton John - Friends (2wks 21-12)
13 Marmalade - My Little One (4wks 31-19-13-13)
14 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (3wks 26-18-14)
15 Paul McCartney - Another Day (7wks 10-3-1-1-3-6-15)
16 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (3wks 32-25-16)
17 John Lennon - Power To The People (5wks 26-21-17-15-17)
18 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (6wks 31-16-13-11-12-18)
19 Bread - If (2wks 30-19)
20 John Lennon - Love (6wks 40-18-9-8-11-20)

21 Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady (3wks 27-20-21)
22 Temptations - Just My Imagination (9wks 32-21-13-8-5-4-6-10-22)
23 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (2wks 35-23)
24 T Rex - Beltane Walk (1wk 24 NEW)
25 5th Dimension - Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (3wks 31-26-25)
26 CCS - Walking (3wks 37-29-26)
27 Sweet - Funny Funny (1wk 27 NEW)
28 George Harrison - What Is Life (7wks 20-11-8-6-7-14-28)
29 Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Harry Nilsson - Me & My Arrow (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Johnny Cash - Man In Black (2wks 39-32)
33 Elton John - Burn Down The Mission (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Badfinger - Without You (1wk 34 NEW)
35 George Harrison - Awaiting On You All (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman (6wks 32-23-18-18-24-36)
37 Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By (4wks 26-22-27-37)
38 Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (9wks 23-10-3-2-2-5-10-22-38)
39 Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy (3wks 39-33-39)
40 Paul McCartney - Oh Woman Oh Why (6wks 36-17-15-16-23-40)

The Motown artist's socially aware soulful single gives him his second Retro Rewind chart-topper. Elsewhere, eight more entries from:

• Marc Bolan's 1970 T Rex album cut which he still played in his live sets into 1977, featured a great guitar riff; and string arrangement by producer Tony Visconti.
  
• The chart breakthrough of the UK Glam Rock group. This Chinn & Chapman written & produced bubblegum track was the first single featuring the key line up of vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker. It reached UK #13, but was a major international hit topping the charts in South Africa, The Netherlands, Sweden & Denmark.
  
• The gospel pop song composed by Gene MacLellan, gave the Canadian group a USA #2 (AC #4) & Canada #10 hit.
• Taking the centuries old English folk tune "The Maid Freed from the Gallows". This traditional arr. by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant album "III" version starts off as a folk track, before exploding into a rock track featuring electric guitar, banjo, drums, & bass guitar.
• The piano led USA #34 pop hit written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson for his 1970 album The Point!
• The six minute plus final song on the album "Tumbleweed Connection" was a complicated four part jazzy gospel composition influenced by Laura Nyro. It has since been covered by Phil Collins (featuring Eric Clapton); and Toto.
• The original bluesy rock No Dice album track written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the Swansea/Liverpool Power Pop group. An evergreen Reality TV singing talent show cover, it is most famous for the global hit versions by Harry Nilsson & Mariah Carey. Tragically, taking into account the demise of the two songwriters, it's chorus lyrics have a rather macabre feel to them....
• The gospelly All Things Must Pass album cut showed a heavy Phil Spector produced Wall Of Sound to the track featuring Derek & The Dominos on the backing track.
  

[raliverpool]

24/04/1971

01 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (7wks 17-9-3-2-2-1-1)
02 T Rex - Hot Love (8wks 18-9-4-2-1-1-2-2)
03 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (3wks 17-5-3)
04 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (5wks 10-4-3-3-4)
05 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (4wks 24-16-8-5)
06 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (4wks 15-5-4-6)
07 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (3wks 19-11-7)
08 Elton John - Friends (3wks 21-12-8)
09 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (5wks 19-9-7-6-9)
10 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (4wks 32-25-16-11)
12 David Crosby - Laughing (5wks 24-12-8-7-12)
13 Bread - If (3wks 30-19-13)
14 T Rex - Beltane Walk (2wks 24-14)
15 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (3wks 35-23-15)
16 Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (2wks 30-16)
17 Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (6wks 33-22-14-9-10-17)
18 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (4wks 26-18-14-18)
19 Cat Stevens - Wild World (7wks 29-13-7-5-4-9-19)
20 Marmalade - My Little One (5wks 31-19-13-13-20)

21 Georgie Fame & Alan Price - Rosetta (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Badfinger - Without You (2wks 34-22)
23 Sweet - Funny Funny (2wks 27-23)
24 Harry Nilsson - Me & My Arrow (2wks 31-24)
25 Stevie Wonder - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand (2wks 29-26)
27 John Lennon - Power To The People (6wks 26-21-17-15-17-27)
28 CCS - Walking (4wks 37-29-26-28)
29 Fantastics - Something Old Something New (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Elton John - Burn Down The Mission (2wks 33-30)

31 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Paul McCartney - Another Day (8wks 10-3-1-1-3-6-15-32)
33 Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been A Lady (4wks 27-20-21-33)
34 5th Dimension - Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (4wks 31-26-25-34)
35 Bells - Stay Awhile (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Cliff Richard - Silvery Rain (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (7wks 31-16-13-11-12-18-37)
38 Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Todd Rundgren & Runt - Be Nice To Me (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (1wk 40 NEW)

10 new entries this week from:

• This contemporary pop song written by the former Beatles drummer with a little help from his friend, and track producer George Harrison. This UK #4 & USA #4 and global top 5 hit including Canada #1 featured members of Badfinger on the track.
  
• The two 1960s Northern English beat musicians and songwriters collaborate on this UK #11 & USA #91 on this Mike Snow written track produced by Mike Smith.
  
• This ballad co-written by Syreeta Wright peaked at USA #13 and was famously performed by the Motown legend at Michael Jackson's funeral.
  
• The New York R&B vocal group had relocated to England in the late 1960s, and were rewarded with a contract with Bell records scoring a UK #9 & USA #102 hit written by Tony Macaulay, Roger Greenaway, and Roger Cook.
  
• The Florida born Roland Kent LaVoie commercial breakthrough came with this USA #5 (AC #1) & UK #4 hit released on the Big Tree label.
  
• The Canadian rock group's soulful ballad duet featuring members Jackie Ralph and Cliff Edwards was written by Saint John native Ken Tobias. The result was a Canadian #1 hit which peaked at USA #7.
  
• The UK #27 hit written by Hank Marvin, was covered in 1983 by Olivia Newton-John.
  
• This soulful R&B flavoured USA #13 (R&B #3) & UK #27 cover of the 1965 The Beatles chart topper.
  
• This lovely USA #72 piano led ballad was written and produced by the Philadelphia based multi-instrumentalist whose approach to his career and to a lesser extent his music was a huge influence on Prince.
  
• The Canadian folk songwriter's Songs of Love and Hate album cut has been covered by many artists over the past 45 years, and was one of the first songs written with a number of lyrical references to Scientology.

[raliverpool]

01/05/1971

01 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (4wks 17-5-3-1)

02 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (8wks 17-9-3-2-2-1-1-2)
03 T Rex - Hot Love (9wks 18-9-4-2-1-1-2-2-3)
04 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (5wks 24-16-8-5-4)
05 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (2wks 10-5)
06 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (1wk 6 NEW)
07 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (4wks 19-11-7-7)
08 Elton John - Friends (4wks 21-12-8-8)
09 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (6wks 10-4-3-3-4-9)
10 Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (3wks 30-16-10)

11 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (5wks 15-5-4-6-11)
12 T Rex - Beltane Walk (3wks 24-14-12)
13 Bread - If (4wks 30-19-13-13)
14 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (5wks 32-25-16-11-14)
15 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo (2wks 31-15)
16 Doors - Love Her Madly (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Georgie Fame & Alan Price - Rosetta (2wks 21-17)
18 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (4wks 35-23-15-18)
19 Cat Stevens - Father and Son (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (6wks 19-9-7-6-9-20)

21 Stevie Wonder - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (2wks 25-21)
22 Bells - Stay Awhile (2wks 35-22)
23 Badfinger - Without You (3wks 34-22-23)
24 Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1wk 24 NEW)
25 David Crosby - Laughing (6wks 24-12-8-7-12-25)
26 Harry Nilsson - Me & My Arrow (3wks 31-24-26)
27 Sweet - Funny Funny (3wks 27-23-27)
28 Fantastics - Something Old Something New (2wks 29-28)
29 Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand (3wks 29-26-29)
30 Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (2wks 40-30)

31 Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (2wks 38-31)
32 Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun (1wk 32 NEW)
33 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (5wks 26-18-14-18-34)
35 Buoys - Timothy (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Elton John - Burn Down The Mission (3wks 33-30-36)
37 CCS - Walking (5wks 37-29-26-28-37)
38 Fuzz - I Love You For All Seasons (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Peter Maffay - Du (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Marmalade - My Little One (6wks 31-19-13-13-20-40)

The fourth act to feature Eric Clapton on guitar grabs this week's Retro Rewind Chart top spot ... Nine new entries this week from:

• This classic rock song was primarily the work of Mick Jagger, who wrote it sometime during the filming of Ned Kelly in 1969. The opening track of the Sticky Fingers album was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama from 2–4 December 1969, but not released until now due to legal wranglings with the band's former label Decca. This UK #2 hit topped the charts in USA, Canada, Netherlands, & Switzerland.
• This rock track composed by guitarist Robby Krieger served as the lead single from L.A. Woman, the final album featuring singer Jim Morrison. It peaked at USA #11, Canada #3, Australia #6, but failed to chart in the UK.
• This self explanatory folk pop song was written by the London based singer songwriter, and first appeared on the 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman. This song was first released as a flop single by Sandie Shaw, and enjoyed its biggest success thanks to UK #2 cover versions by Boyzone (1995), and Ronan Keating duetting with Yusuf Islam himself (2004).
  
• The Grammy Award winning gospel USA #6 (R&B #1) cover version of the Simon & Garfunkel original.
  
• The opening track to the New York group's Loaded album had a very untypical commercial sounding appeal, and was memorably used in an early 1990s advertising campaign for Rupert Murdoch's top UK selling national "news"paper.
  
• The Tony Visconti produced title track of the London based singer/songwriter's album, was originally released as a flop UK single in April 1971. It has since been memorably covered by Lulu, Nirvana, & Midge Ure amongst many others.
  
• The 1970s pop/rock band from Pennsylvania are remembered for their USA #17 recording of Rupert Holmes's song deliberately written to get banned, based on a theme of cannibalism.
• The female vocal trio from Washington, D.C. were protegees of Barry White. The group's Shelia Young written and Barry White produced USA #21 (R&B #7) recording was there only pop hit before they split in 1972.
• The Romanian born, German musician self penned ballad debut single was a German, Dutch, & Belgium chart topper and was a top ten hit across Europe.
  

[raliverpool]

08/05/1971

01 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (2wks 6-1)

02 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (5wks 17-5-3-1-2)
03 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (3wks 10-5-3)
04 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (6wks 24-16-8-5-4-4)
05 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (9wks 17-9-3-2-2-1-1-2-5)
06 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (5wks 19-11-7-7-6)
07 Doors - Love Her Madly (2wks 16-7)
08 Cat Stevens - Father and Son (2wks 19-8)
09 Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (4wks 30-16-10-9)
10 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo (3wks 31-15-10)

11 T Rex - Hot Love (10wks 18-9-4-2-1-1-2-2-3-11)
12 Elton John - Friends (5wks 21-12-8-8-12)
13 Georgie Fame & Alan Price - Rosetta (3wks 21-17-13)
14 Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (2wks 24-14)
15 T Rex - Beltane Walk (4wks 24-14-12-15)
16 Bells - Stay Awhile (3wks 35-22-16)
17 Bread - If (5wks 30-19-13-13-17)
18 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (7wks 10-4-3-3-4-9-18)
19 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (2wks 33-19)
20 Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun (2wks 32-20)

21 Honey Cone - Want Ads (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (6wks 15-5-4-6-11-22)
23 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (6wks 32-25-16-11-14-23)
24 McGuinness Flint - Malt And Barley Blues (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Free - My Brother Jake (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (3wks 38-31-26)
27 Stevie Wonder - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (3wks 25-21-27)
28 Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (3wks 40-30-28)
29 Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye (5wks 35-23-15-18-29)
30 Severine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Un Rue (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Ronnie Spector - Try Some Buy Some (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Rolling Stones - Bitch (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Badfinger - Without You (4wks 34-22-23-34)
35 Harry Nilsson - Me & My Arrow (4wks 31-24-26-35)
36 Fantastics - Something Old Something New (3wks 29-28-36)
37 Richie Havens - Here Comes The Sun (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Sweet - Funny Funny (4wks 27-23-27-38)
39 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (1wk 40 NEW)

Mick Jagger's "love" rock song about his secret lover Marsha Hunt, who was mother of her his first child born in 1970 gives the London rock group their 13th Retro Rewind chart-topper to move nine behind The Beatles.

Another week with 25% turnover sees new entries from:

• The Los Angeles R&B and soul all-girl vocal group consisting of lead singer Edna Wright (sister of Darlene Love) with Carolyn Willis and Shelly Clark reached USA #1 (R&B #1) & Canada #11 with this Jackson 5 flavoured uptempo tune on Holland-Dozier-Holland's Hot Wax label.
• This short lived English folk rock group reached UK #5 with this Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle composition.
• This non typical melodic McCartney-esque rocker was written by lead singer Paul Rodgers and bass guitarist Andy Fraser for the London blues rock quartet.
• 1971 ESC winning song was by this Paris born singer representing Monaco on this anthemic pop song. It was a top ten hit across Europe including UK #9.
• The all too short lived folk singer released this track from his second studio album Bryter Layter. This recording features part of the British folk rock group Fairport Convention and John Cale from The Velvet Underground, as well as Beach Boys musicians Mike Kowalski and Ed Carter on this Islands records release.
  
• This austere sounding USA #77 minor his was an Apple records release written by George Harrison who co-produced the track with the former Ronette's husband Phil Spector.
  

• This chugging horn laden Sticky Fingers album rocker was written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, and appeared as the B-side of Brown Sugar.
  
• The New York born soulful folk singer sole hit was this earnest USA #16 acoustic guitar laden take on the George Harrison standard.
  
• This USA #18 (R&B #7) & UK #11 uptempo hit was composed by Miracles lead singer, William "Smokey" Robinson,and produced by Robinson and Terry "Buzzy" Johnson, and was taken from their album, One Dozen Roses.
• Taken from the third studio album Maggot Brain by the psychedelic funk rock outfit. This George Clinton produced track peaked at USA #91.
  

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15/05/1971

01 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (3wks 6-1-1)
02 Cat Stevens - Father and Son (3wks 19-8-2)
03 Doors - Love Her Madly (3wks 16-7-3)
04 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (4wks 10-5-3-4)
05 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (6wks 17-5-3-1-2-5)
06 Doors - LA Woman (1wk 6 NEW)
07 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (6wks 19-11-7-7-6-7)
08 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (7wks 24-16-8-5-4-4-8)
09 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo (4wks 31-15-10-9)
10 Honey Cone - Want Ads (2wks 21-10)

11 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (3wks 33-19-11)
12 Free - My Brother Jake (2wks 25-12)
13 Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (3wks 24-14-13)
14 McGuinness Flint - Malt And Barley Blues (2wks 24-14)
15 Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (5wks 30-16-10-9-15)
16 Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun (3wks 32-20-16)
17 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (10wks 17-9-3-2-2-1-1-2-5-17)
18 Bells - Stay Awhile (4wks 35-22-16-18)
19 Georgie Fame & Alan Price - Rosetta (4wks 21-17-13-19)
20 Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (2wks 31-20)

21 Rolling Stones - Bitch (2wks 33-21)
22 T Rex - Beltane Walk (5wks 24-14-12-15-22)
23 Elton John - Friends (6wks 21-12-8-8-12-23)
24 Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Ronnie Spector - Try Some Buy Some (2wks 32-25)
26 Bread - If (6wks 30-19-13-13-17-26)
27 T Rex - Hot Love (11wks 18-9-4-2-1-1-2-2-3-11-27)
28 Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (4wks 38-31-26-28)
29 Severine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Un Rue (2wks 30-29)
30 Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (4wks 40-30-28-30)

31 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (2wks 39-31)
32 Jimi Hendrix - Angel (8wks 10-4-3-3-4-9-18-32)
33 Neil Young - I Believe In You (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Bruce Ruffin - Rain (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Elton John - Where To Now St Peter? (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Chi-Lites - Give More Power To The People (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You (7wks 32-25-16-11-14-23-37)
38 Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Brenda & The Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (7wks 15-5-4-6-11-22-40)

Eight Retro Rewind entries this week from:

• With the Los Angeles quartet hiring out Elvis Presley's bassist Jerry Scheff and rhythm guitarist Marc Benno to round out their sound, and former engineer Bruce Botnick promoted to co-producer, the near eight minute long title track of their final album to feature Jim Morrison before his death on 3 July 1971 was a return to their jazz blues rock roots with "Mr Mojo Rising" composition.
  
• The USA #13 & Australia #2 torch ballad sung by the character of Mary Magdalene from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by the Melbourne born singer on the Australian cast version of the Andrew Lloyd-Webber/Tim Rice musical
• The emotional After The Goldrush album cut by the Canadian rock singer was later covered by Linda Ronstadt.
  
• The Jamaican born Reggae cover of the José Feliciano tune peaked at UK #19 on Trojan records.
  
• The almost progressive rock Tumbleweed Connection album cut written by John & Taupin addresses the subject of whether the final destination is heaven or hell told through the point of view of a dying soldier.
  
• The USA #26 (R&B #4) & UK #32 psychedelic soul title track of the 3rd studio album by the Chicago soul group was written and produced by their singer Eugene Record.
  
• The USA #28 & UK #47 torch ballad sung by the character of Mary Magdalene from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by the Hawaii born singer on the London West End, and New York cast versions of the Andrew Lloyd-Webber/Tim Rice musical which has been covered by a fair proportion of female singers over the years from Syreeta Wright & Amii Stewart to Elaine Paige & Mel C.
• The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania R&B soul group originally composed of Brenda Payton, Eddie L. Jackson, Maurice Coates and Jerry Jones scored their 2nd and final USA top 40 hit (USA #23 (R&B #2)) written and produced by Van McCoy.

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22/05/1971

01 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (4wks 6-1-1-1)
02 Cat Stevens - Father and Son (4wks 19-8-2-2)
03 Doors - LA Woman (2wks 6-3)
04 Doors - Love Her Madly (4wks 16-7-3-4)
05 Honey Cone - Want Ads (3wks 21-10-5)
06 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (5wks 10-5-3-4-6)
07 Free - My Brother Jake (3wks 25-12-7)
08 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (4wks 33-19-11-8)
09 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo (5wks 31-15-10-9-9)
10 McGuinness Flint - Malt And Barley Blues (3wks 24-14-10)

11 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (7wks 17-5-3-1-2-5-11)
12 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (7wks 19-11-7-7-6-7-12)
13 Rolling Stones - Bitch (3wks 33-21-13)
14 Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (3wks 31-20-14)
15 Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun (4wks 32-20-16-15)
16 Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (4wks 24-14-13-17)
18 Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him (2wks 24-18)
19 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (8wks 24-16-8-5-4-4-8-19)
20 Elton John - Where To Now St Peter? (2wks 35-20)

21 Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him (2wks 38-21)
22 Neil Young - I Believe In You (2wks 33-22)
23 Bells - Stay Awhile (5wks 35-22-16-18-23)
24 Ronnie Spector - Try Some Buy Some (3wks 32-25-24)
25 Bruce Ruffin - Rain (2wks 34-25)
26 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (3wks 39-31-26)
27 Susan Raye - LA International Airport (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (6wks 30-16-10-9-15-28)
29 Chi-Lites - Give More Power To The People (2wks 36-29)
30 Georgie Fame & Alan Price - Rosetta (5wks 21-17-13-19-30)

31 Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Harry Nilsson - Think About Your Troubles (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Brenda & The Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue (2wks 39-33)
34 Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (5wks 38-31-26-28-34)
35 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (11wks 17-9-3-2-2-1-1-2-5-17-35)
36 Janis Joplin - Cry Baby (1wk 36 NEW)
37 George Harrison - Wah Wah (1wk 37 NEW)
38 John Lennon - Isolation (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Bread - If (7wks 30-19-13-13-17-26-39)
40 Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (5wks 40-30-28-30-40)

Seven more entries this week from:

• Composed in 1971 by the then-fairly unknown composers Roger Nichols and Paul Williams this moving easy listening track gave Richard & Karen Carpenter a USA #2 (AC #1) & Canada #3 hit. However, it failed to reach the top 50 in the UK.
• The Oregan born USA country singer was a protegee of country music singer Buck Owens crossed over to USA #54 in the pop charts. Yet it was a huge hit down under peaking at New Zealand #1 & Australia #2.
  
• Written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, this dramatic pop song is about a widower who, on the eve of his execution, recalls how he remorselessly avenged his dead wife. It rewarded the Yorkshire born singer with a UK #2 & Ireland #2 hit.
• The American songwriters baroque pop song taken from his 1971 album The Point! has been covered on numerous occasions including versions by The Monkees & Jellyfish.
  
• This Bert Berns song was originally recorded by Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters, in 1963 hitting USA #4. This Pearl album rock cover version peaked at USA #42.
• The former Beatle wrote the song following his temporary departure from the Beatles in January 1969, during the troubled Get Back sessions as a form of anger management. This All Things Must Pass album cut has been recorded by  Ocean Colour Scene, Buffalo Tom, & Beck ... and performed live by Eric Clapton with guests Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr.
• This stark bleak track featuring Lennon, Ringo Starr, & Klauss Voormann on bass from the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band has been covered since by Snow Patrol, Harry Nilsson, Joe Cocker, Maximo Park, & Mercury Rev.
  

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29/05/1971

01 Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (5wks 6-1-1-1-1)
02 Cat Stevens - Father and Son (5wks 19-8-2-2-2)
03 Doors - LA Woman (3wks 6-3-3)
04 Free - My Brother Jake (4wks 25-12-7-4)
05 Honey Cone - Want Ads (4wks 21-10-5-5)
06 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (5wks 33-19-11-8-6)
07 Rolling Stones - Bitch (4wks 33-21-13-7)
08 Doors - Love Her Madly (5wks 16-7-3-4-8)
09 McGuinness Flint - Malt And Barley Blues (4wks 24-14-10-9)
10 Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (2wks 16-10)

11 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo (6wks 31-15-10-9-9-11)
12 Nick Drake - Hazey Jane II (4wks 31-20-14-12)
13 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (6wks 10-5-3-4-6-13)
14 Elton John - Where To Now St Peter? (3wks 35-20-14)
15 Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him (3wks 24-18-15)
16 Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him (3wks 38-21-16)
17 Neil Young - I Believe In You (3wks 33-22-17)
18 Susan Raye - LA International Airport (2wks 27-18)
19 Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (2wks 31-19)
20 Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun (5wks 32-20-16-15-20)

21 George Harrison - Wah Wah (2wks 37-21)
22 Bruce Ruffin - Rain (3wks 34-25-22)
23 Carole King - It's Too Late (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (5wks 24-14-13-17-24)
25 Derek & The Dominos - Layla (8wks 17-5-3-1-2-5-11-25)
26 Harry Nilsson - Think About Your Troubles (2wks 32-26)
27 Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Neil Diamond - I Am … I Said (8wks 19-11-7-7-6-7-12-28)
29 John Lennon - Isolation (2wks 38-29)
30 Chi-Lites - Give More Power To The People (3wks 36-29-30)

31 Supremes - Nathan Jones (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Brenda & The Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue (3wks 39-33-32)
33 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (4wks 39-31-26-33)
34 Chicago - Lowdown (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Ronnie Spector - Try Some Buy Some (4wks 32-25-24-35)
36 Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (9wks 24-16-8-5-4-4-8-19-36)
37 Diana Ross - Reach Out, I'll Be There (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Bells - Stay Awhile (6wks 35-22-16-18-23-38)
39 Procol Harum - Simple Sister (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Jethro Tull - Cross Eyed Mary (1wk 40 NEW)

Seven more new entries this week from:

• The USA #1 (AC #1), Canada #1, UK #6, Australia #6, etc lead single from the seminal singer/songwriter album Tapestry, saw Toni Stern write the lyrics to Carole King music. This very emotionally sad and real song describing the end of a loving relationship without assigning blame (about Stern's split from James Taylor, but it could equally have been about King's divorce from Gerry Goffin) won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1972.
• The future David Bowie penned Hunky Dory album classic was first recorded (in the singular rather than plural, although it is on Spotify, etc with the s added, and with Noone replacing Bowie's line "The Earth is a bitch" with "The Earth is a beast") with its songwriter on piano. This comparably lightweight Mickie Most produced version peaked at UK #12 for the former Herman Hermit.
  
• Produced by Frank Wilson, and written by Leonard Caston and Kathy Wakefield this USA #16 & UK #5 psychedelic soul track was later covered by Bananarama after Siobhan Fahey was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan.
• This midtempo rocking USA #35 hit from Cicago III was written by Peter Cetera and Danny Seraphine. Cetera provided lead vocals while guitarist Terry Kath used a fuzzbox and wah-wah pedal for his guitar solo and Robert Lamm made prominent use of the Hammond organ.
• This USA #29 (R&B #17) slowed down soulful version of the 1966 Four Tops classic appeared on the Motown singer's 2nd studio album Surrender.
  
• The opening track from the English progressive rock group's 5th studio album Broken Barricades was written by singer Gary Brooker with Keith Reid.
  
• The second track from Ian Anderson's progressive folk rockers global top 5 4th studio album Aqualung.
  

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The next chart will be arguably the most important as it will be rewinding back to the week I was born in (June 8th 1971) when:

UK #1 Single: Dawn - Knock Three Times
UK #1 Album: Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram (Straight in at #1)
USA #1 Single: Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
USA #1 Album: Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers