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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 5, 2017 1:04:33 GMT 1
A new decade however no new entries this week.
3 January 1970
1 ( 2 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (#1[2])
3 ( 3 ) I Want You Back - Jackson Five
4 ( 6 ) Venus - Shocking Blue
5 ( 5 ) If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind - Cilla Black
6 ( 15 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
7 ( 11 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee
8 ( 4 ) Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter Paul & Mary (#1[3])
9 ( 9 ) La La La - Bobby Sherman
10 ( 22 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals
11 ( 13 ) Love Will Find A Way - Jackie DeShannon
12 ( 8 ) Melting Pot - Blue Mink (#3)
13 ( 7 ) The Onion Song - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#2[2])
14 ( 10 ) Raindrops Keep Fallin' In My Head - B.J. Thomas (#4)
15 ( 14 ) Highway Song - Nancy Sinatra (#14)
16 ( 12 ) Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow (#9)
17 ( 18 ) With The Eyes Of A Child - Cliff Richard
18 ( 25 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies
19 ( 19 ) But You Love Me Daddy - Jim Reeves
20 ( 23 ) Ain't It Funky Now - James Brown
21 ( 17 ) Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mama Cass (#14)
22 ( 16 ) Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#6)
23 ( 34 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie
24 ( 20 ) Up The Cripple Creek - Band (#18)
25 ( 26 ) I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Nilsson
26 ( 29 ) Heaven Knows - Grass Roots
27 ( 21 ) Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris (#7)
28 ( 24 ) Winter World Of Love - Engelbert Humperdinck (#10)
29 ( 32 ) Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher
30 ( 28 ) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam (#15)
31 ( 30 ) Groovy Grubworm - Harlow Wilcox & The Oakies (#21)
32 ( 27 ) (Call Me) Number One - Tremeloes (#1[3])
33 ( 38 ) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27)
34 ( 35 ) Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) - Lulu (#30)
35 ( 31 ) Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#5)
36 ( 33 ) Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday - Stevie Wonder (#6)
37 ( 36 ) Something - Beatles (#1[1])
38 ( 39 ) Here Comes The Star - Herman's Hermits (#21)
39 ( 37 ) Take A Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves (#5)
40 ( 40 ) Backfield In Motion - Mel & Tim (#19)
-- ( -- ) She Belongs To Me - Rick Nelson
The UK had a frozen chart this week and the USA had just one song enter the top 40, which was Rick Nelson (a singer from the early 60s so not exactly a new decade feel to it).
Marmalade get the first new #1 of the 1970s, so a decade begins with Marmalade at #1 and nearly ends with the Jam at #1...
In a decade that I know how it will end, Michael Jackson will be there as a soloist and also with a slightly different line-up of the band he's in now, Eddy Grant will have gone solo from the Equals, Cliff Richard will still be having hits as will Diana Ross as a soloist, Stevie Wonder (though none in 1979 for him) and Paul McCartney from the Beatles.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 6, 2017 23:29:47 GMT 1
10 January 1970
1 ( 1 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Venus - Shocking Blue
3 ( 6 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
4 ( 2 ) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (#1[2])
5 ( 3 ) I Want You Back - Jackson Five (#3)
6 ( 7 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee
7 ( 10 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals
8 ( 5 ) If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind - Cilla Black (#5)
9 ( -- ) Come And Get It - Badfinger
10 ( 9 ) La La La - Bobby Sherman (#9)
11 ( 11 ) Love Will Find A Way - Jackie DeShannon
12 ( 8 ) Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter Paul & Mary (#1[3])
13 ( 18 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies
14 ( 23 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie
15 ( 12 ) Melting Pot - Blue Mink (#3)
16 ( 17 ) With The Eyes Of A Child - Cliff Richard
17 ( 15 ) Highway Song - Nancy Sinatra (#14)
18 ( -- ) Victoria - Kinks
19 ( 20 ) Ain't It Funky Now - James Brown
20 ( 14 ) Raindrops Keep Fallin' In My Head - B.J. Thomas (#4)
21 ( -- ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
22 ( 19 ) But You Love Me Daddy - Jim Reeves (#19)
23 ( 13 ) The Onion Song - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#2[2])
24 ( 16 ) Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow (#9)
25 ( 26 ) Heaven Knows - Grass Roots
26 ( -- ) Friends - Arrival
27 ( 25 ) I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Nilsson (#25)
28 ( 21 ) Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mama Cass (#14)
29 ( 29 ) Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher
30 ( 22 ) Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#6)
31 ( 33 ) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27)
32 ( 24 ) Up The Cripple Creek - Band (#18)
33 ( -- ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay
34 ( 31 ) Groovy Grubworm - Harlow Wilcox & The Oakies (#21)
35 ( 30 ) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam (#15)
36 ( 28 ) Winter World Of Love - Engelbert Humperdinck (#10)
37 ( 27 ) Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris (#7)
38 ( 34 ) Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) - Lulu (#30)
39 ( -- ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians
40 ( 38 ) Here Comes The Star - Herman's Hermits (#21)
-- ( 32 ) (Call Me) Number One - Tremeloes (#1[3])
-- ( 35 ) Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#5)
-- ( 36 ) Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday - Stevie Wonder (#6)
-- ( 37 ) Something - Beatles (#1[1])
-- ( 39 ) Take A Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves (#5)
-- ( 40 ) Backfield In Motion - Mel & Tim (#19)
-- ( -- ) She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker
-- ( -- ) Pickney Gal - Desmond Dekker
-- ( -- ) Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
Now we are in 1970 with new entries for the year. The highest is a Lennon-McCartney song. Badfinger do write their own songs too though. Pete Ham lives in Golders Green and is a friend of George Harrison.
The Eddie Holman song is a cover of Ruby & the Romantics' 1963 hit "Hey There Lonely Boy". I was deciding whether I should therefore chart this version but I think he's done enough.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 8, 2017 1:09:03 GMT 1
17 January 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Venus - Shocking Blue
3 ( 3 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
4 ( 9 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger
5 ( 7 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals
6 ( 6 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee
7 ( 4 ) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (#1[2])
8 ( 18 ) Victoria - Kinks
9 ( 5 ) I Want You Back - Jackson Five (#3)
10 ( 14 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie
11 ( 21 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
12 ( 13 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies
13 ( 11 ) Love Will Find A Way - Jackie DeShannon (#11)
14 ( 8 ) If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind - Cilla Black (#5)
15 ( 10 ) La La La - Bobby Sherman (#9)
16 ( 26 ) Friends - Arrival
17 ( 16 ) With The Eyes Of A Child - Cliff Richard (#16)
18 ( 12 ) Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter Paul & Mary (#1[3])
19 ( 15 ) Melting Pot - Blue Mink (#3)
20 ( 19 ) Ain't It Funky Now - James Brown (#19)
21 ( 17 ) Highway Song - Nancy Sinatra (#14)
22 ( -- ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South
23 ( 33 ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay
24 ( 25 ) Heaven Knows - Grass Roots
25 ( 22 ) But You Love Me Daddy - Jim Reeves (#19)
26 ( 20 ) Raindrops Keep Fallin' In My Head - B.J. Thomas (#4)
27 ( 39 ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians
28 ( 29 ) Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher
29 ( 31 ) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27)
30 ( 27 ) I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Nilsson (#25)
31 ( 24 ) Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow (#9)
32 ( 23 ) The Onion Song - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#2[2])
33 ( 28 ) Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mama Cass (#14)
34 ( 34 ) Groovy Grubworm - Harlow Wilcox & The Oakies (#21)
35 ( 30 ) Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#6)
36 ( -- ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner
37 ( 32 ) Up The Cripple Creek - Band (#18)
38 ( 35 ) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam (#15)
39 ( -- ) No Time - Guess Who
40 ( 40 ) Here Comes The Star - Herman's Hermits (#21)
-- ( 36 ) Winter World Of Love - Engelbert Humperdinck (#10)
-- ( 37 ) Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris (#7)
-- ( 38 ) Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) - Lulu (#30)
-- ( -- ) Moon Hop - Derrick Morgan
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 9, 2017 21:00:54 GMT 1
24 January 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger
3 ( 2 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
4 ( 3 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare (#3)
5 ( 8 ) Victoria - Kinks
6 ( 5 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals (#5)
7 ( -- ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse
8 ( 11 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
9 ( 6 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee (#6)
10 ( 10 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie
11 ( 22 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South
12 ( 16 ) Friends - Arrival
13 ( 7 ) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (#1[2])
14 ( 12 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies (#12)
15 ( -- ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison
16 ( 9 ) I Want You Back - Jackson Five (#3)
17 ( 13 ) Love Will Find A Way - Jackie DeShannon (#11)
18 ( 23 ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay
19 ( 17 ) With The Eyes Of A Child - Cliff Richard (#16)
20 ( 27 ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians
21 ( 15 ) La La La - Bobby Sherman (#9)
22 ( 14 ) If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind - Cilla Black (#5)
23 ( 20 ) Ain't It Funky Now - James Brown (#19)
24 ( -- ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations
25 ( 19 ) Melting Pot - Blue Mink (#3)
26 ( 24 ) Heaven Knows - Grass Roots (#24)
27 ( 36 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner
28 ( 18 ) Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter Paul & Mary (#1[3])
29 ( 21 ) Highway Song - Nancy Sinatra (#14)
30 ( 28 ) Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher (#28)
31 ( 39 ) No Time - Guess Who
32 ( 29 ) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27)
33 ( 25 ) But You Love Me Daddy - Jim Reeves (#19)
34 ( -- ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours
35 ( 26 ) Raindrops Keep Fallin' In My Head - B.J. Thomas (#4)
36 ( 30 ) I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Nilsson (#25)
37 ( -- ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson
38 ( 34 ) Groovy Grubworm - Harlow Wilcox & The Oakies (#21)
39 ( -- ) Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull
40 ( 31 ) Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow (#9)
-- ( 32 ) The Onion Song - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#2[2])
-- ( 33 ) Make Your Own Kind Of Music - Mama Cass (#14)
-- ( 35 ) Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#6)
-- ( 37 ) Up The Cripple Creek - Band (#18)
-- ( 38 ) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam (#15)
-- ( 40 ) Here Comes The Star - Herman's Hermits (#21)
-- ( -- ) Blowing Away - 5th Dimension
The highest new entry was a project by songwriter Tony Macauley, who had written a few big hits before, in particular for the Foundations, and this song was co-written with Barry Mason and comprised of session musicians with Tony Burrows on lead vocals. In the UK chart this entered at #12 then rose to #1 the following week. Tony Burrows had been a member of the Flowerpot Men who later became White Plains and their first single under that name is out very soon... In addition Tony Burrows makes a guest appearance on yet another song.
Wilbert Harrison wrote Let's Work Together and recorded the original version around 1962. A cover version by Canned Heat seemed to inspire a re-release of this and the two were in the US chart together. As I have picked the original version over the cover Canned Heat's version won't make this chart. It was later covered by Bryan Ferry as "Let's Stick Together" which is probably the most familiar version even though Canned Heat's version peaked higher, in fact it got to #2 in the UK chart.
The Temptations song has the line "Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at.." a line that got "borrowed" about 20 years later for a different song..
The Contours on this hit seem to be mostly the Four Tops and not the band that had a #1 with "Do You Love Me" back in 1962.
Jefferson have no connection with Airplane / Starship etc. I know they had many names but they are not this band..
Jethro Tull enter with one of their bigger UK hits, but not around Hallowe'en time.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 11, 2017 0:33:31 GMT 1
31 January 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger
3 ( 7 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse
4 ( 5 ) Victoria - Kinks
5 ( 3 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
6 ( 15 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison
7 ( 4 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare (#3)
8 ( 11 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South
9 ( 8 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman(#8)
10 ( -- ) Girlie - Peddlers
11 ( 6 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals (#5)
12 ( 12 ) Friends - Arrival
13 ( 10 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie (#10)
14 ( -- ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin
15 ( 24 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations
16 ( 9 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee (#6)
17 ( 18 ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay
18 ( -- ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
19 ( 20 ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians
20 ( 14 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies (#12)
21 ( 13 ) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (#1[2])
22 ( 27 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner
23 ( 17 ) Love Will Find A Way - Jackie DeShannon (#11)
24 ( 19 ) With The Eyes Of A Child - Cliff Richard (#16)
25 ( 34 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours
26 ( 16 ) I Want You Back - Jackson Five (#3)
27 ( 31 ) No Time - Guess Who
28 ( 37 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson
29 ( -- ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry
30 ( 23 ) Ain't It Funky Now - James Brown (#19)
31 ( 21 ) La La La - Bobby Sherman (#9)
32 ( 39 ) Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull
33 ( -- ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
34 ( 26 ) Heaven Knows - Grass Roots (#24)
35 ( 22 ) If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind - Cilla Black (#5)
36 ( 25 ) Melting Pot - Blue Mink (#3)
37 ( 30 ) Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher (#28)
38 ( 32 ) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27)
39 ( 29 ) Highway Song - Nancy Sinatra (#14)
40 ( 28 ) Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter Paul & Mary (#1[3])
-- ( 33 ) But You Love Me Daddy - Jim Reeves (#19)
-- ( 35 ) Raindrops Keep Fallin' In My Head - B.J. Thomas (#4)
-- ( 36 ) I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Nilsson (#25)
-- ( 38 ) Groovy Grubworm - Harlow Wilcox & The Oakies (#21)
-- ( 40 ) Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow (#9)
-- ( -- ) Honey Come Back - Glen Campbell
With regards to the highest entry this week, it is difficult when the version I find on Spotify is not exactly what was on the single at the time, and where it actually came from. The 7" single seems to be "Girlie" backed by "P.S. I Love You", the latter not being a Beatles cover, and on Spotify the two are stuck together as a single track. Perhaps it was that way on the album but its length caused them to split things over two sides. I think American Pie was like that too (that will come up in 2 years on this list). In any case the two medleyed together is what caused me to make it the highest entry this week.
Temma Harbour sounds more like a summer song, but it's nice. And although we're in the 70s now we've been revisited by a singer who was prolific in the early 60s. The song was originally written and recorded by Tony Joe White and would later be covered and a UK hit for Randy Crawford.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 13, 2017 2:25:04 GMT 1
7 February 1970:
1 ( 3 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
3 ( 2 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger (#2[2])
4 ( 10 ) Girlie - Peddlers
5 ( 6 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison
6 ( 4 ) Victoria - Kinks (#4)
7 ( 14 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin
8 ( 8 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South
9 ( -- ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits
10 ( 18 ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
11 ( 5 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
12 ( 15 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations
13 ( 7 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare (#3)
14 ( 9 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (#8)
15 ( 12 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
16 ( -- ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board
17 ( -- ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
18 ( 13 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie (#10)
19 ( 11 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals (#5)
20 ( 17 ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay (#17)
21 ( 29 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry
22 ( 22 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner
23 ( 19 ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians (#19)
24 ( 25 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours
25 ( 33 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
26 ( 28 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson
27 ( 16 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee (#6)
28 ( 27 ) No Time - Guess Who (#27)
29 ( -- ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
30 ( 20 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies (#12)
31 ( 32 ) Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull
32 ( -- ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
33 ( 24 ) With The Eyes Of A Child - Cliff Richard (#16)
34 ( 23 ) Love Will Find A Way - Jackie DeShannon (#11)
35 ( 21 ) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (#1[2])
36 ( -- ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set
37 ( 26 ) I Want You Back - Jackson Five (#3)
38 ( 30 ) Ain't It Funky Now - James Brown (#19)
39 ( -- ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
40 ( 31 ) La La La - Bobby Sherman (#9)
-- ( 34 ) Heaven Knows - Grass Roots (#24)
-- ( 35 ) If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind - Cilla Black (#5)
-- ( 36 ) Melting Pot - Blue Mink (#3)
-- ( 37 ) Midnight Cowboy - Ferrante & Teicher (#28)
-- ( 38 ) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27)
-- ( 39 ) Highway Song - Nancy Sinatra (#14)
-- ( 40 ) Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter Paul & Mary (#1[3])
-- ( -- ) One Tin Soldier - Original Caste
-- ( -- ) Evil Ways - Santana
-- ( -- ) Monster - Steppenwolf
-- ( -- ) August October - Robin Gibb
-- ( -- ) Oh Me Oh My - Lulu
-- ( -- ) Wand'rin' Star - Lee Marvin / I Talk To The Trees - Clint Eastwood
Tony Burrows leads Edison Lighthouse at #1 and also enters with is own band White Plains at #32.
Herman's Hermits do a song with a catchy tune, possibly inspired by the end of a decade, and it gets the highest entry.
Give Me Just A Little More Time is a Holland-Dozier-Holland song after they left Motown and have formed their own label called Invictus. They wrote a few songs for their artists and are using a pseudonym on the sleeves for the credits, but it is them.
Travellin' Band is a "retro" song, written by John Fogerty but clearly based on Chuck Berry / Little Richard.
And Kenny Rogers shows UK fans who only discovered him that he didn't always do country music. This reached #8 in the UK chart.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 14, 2017 1:01:21 GMT 1
14 February 1970:
1 ( -- ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel < 3rd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
3 ( 4 ) Girlie - Peddlers
4 ( 9 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits
5 ( 2 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
6 ( 7 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin
7 ( 3 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger (#2[2])
8 ( 5 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison (#5)
9 ( 16 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board
10 ( 10 ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
11 ( 17 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
12 ( 8 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South (#8)
13 ( 6 ) Victoria - Kinks (#4)
14 ( -- ) Light Flight - Pentangle
15 ( 12 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations (#12)
16 ( 21 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry
17 ( 29 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
18 ( -- ) Sympathy - Rare Bird
19 ( 11 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
20 ( -- ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man
21 ( 15 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
22 ( 25 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
23 ( 14 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (#8)
24 ( 13 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare (#3)
25 ( 32 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
26 ( 22 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner (#22)
27 ( 18 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie (#10)
28 ( 24 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
29 ( 20 ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay (#17)
30 ( 36 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set
31 ( 26 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
32 ( 23 ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians (#19)
33 ( 19 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals (#5)
34 ( 39 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
35 ( 28 ) No Time - Guess Who (#27)
36 ( -- ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams
37 ( 31 ) Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull (#31)
38 ( -- ) The Rapper - Jaggerz
39 ( 27 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee (#6)
40 ( 30 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies (#12)
-- ( 33 ) With The Eyes Of A Child - Cliff Richard (#16)
-- ( 34 ) Love Will Find A Way - Jackie DeShannon (#11)
-- ( 35 ) Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (#1[2])
-- ( 37 ) I Want You Back - Jackson Five (#3)
-- ( 38 ) Ain't It Funky Now - James Brown (#19)
-- ( 40 ) La La La - Bobby Sherman (#9)
-- ( -- ) Vietnam - Jimmy Cliff
It's Valentine's day. So we must have a love song at the top, I guess... well actually a bit of a classic, as Simon & Garfunkel's epic ballad enters at the top. Their new album has the same name and there are loads of great songs on it.
(Note, St Valentine's Day never fell on a Saturday during the 1960s. This is the first time since 1959... Buddy Holly had died 11 days earlier. Next time will be 1976 and then 1981. On that occasion Motorhead & Girlschool will have the St Valentine's Day Massacre in the UK chart and Shaddup You Face will be UK #1. Midge Ure crying on that occasion at #2 but in the aforementioned 1976 year he was part of the band at #1).
We had the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1961 with "Take Five" and last year Jethro Tull with "Living In The Past". The latest 5/4-time song to chart is by the Pentangle. It really is good.
Sympathy by Rare Bird was covered by Marillion in the 1990s.
Tony Hiller created Brotherhood Of Man but Tony Burrows is singing on "United We Stand", his 3rd hit. Note: they have charted before Abba... The 1976 line-up was quite different though, aside from Hiller who was ever-present.
The 70s finish with "Rappers Delight" in the chart. It's only just started when we have "The Rapper". That got to #2 in the USA but there's no rapping in it, as we know of the word now. It's not clear from the lyrics what rapping is. Still, there is the term used in music all the way in February 1970..
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 14, 2017 23:53:36 GMT 1
21 February 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits
3 ( 2 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
4 ( 3 ) Girlie - Peddlers (#3)
5 ( 14 ) Light Flight - Pentangle
6 ( -- ) Instant Karma - John Lennon
7 ( 9 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board
8 ( 6 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin (#6)
9 ( 18 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird
10 ( 11 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
11 ( 5 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
12 ( 20 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man
13 ( 17 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
14 ( 10 ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton (#10)
15 ( 8 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison (#5)
16 ( 7 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger (#2[2])
17 ( 16 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#16)
18 ( 12 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South (#8)
19 ( 15 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations (#12)
20 ( 22 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
21 ( 25 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
22 ( 13 ) Victoria - Kinks (#4)
23 ( 36 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams
24 ( -- ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder
25 ( 30 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set
26 ( 38 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz
27 ( 21 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
28 ( 19 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
29 ( 34 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
30 ( 26 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner (#22)
31 ( 23 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (#8)
32 ( 28 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
33 ( 24 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare (#3)
34 ( 27 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie (#10)
35 ( 31 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
36 ( -- ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People
37 ( 29 ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay (#17)
38 ( 32 ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians (#19)
39 ( 35 ) No Time - Guess Who (#27)
40 ( 37 ) Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull (#31)
-- ( 33 ) Rub A Dub Dub - Equals (#5)
-- ( 39 ) Good Morning - Leapy Lee (#6)
-- ( 40 ) Jingle Jangle - Archies (#12)
-- ( -- ) Magical Spiel - Barry Ryan
-- ( -- ) Joy Of Loving - Cliff & Hank
-- ( -- ) Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley
No change at #1, and I think somewhere I predicted that the Herman's Hermits song would peak at #2. They've had one #1 with "No Milk Today" and now 3 times at #2, "There's A Kind Of Hush" and "Something Is Happening" being the other two.
The 3rd hit for John Lennon outside of the Beatles but for the first time the single is credited to John Lennon, at least on this chart, with the other two credited to the Plastic Ono Band. Clearly one of his most distinctive solo songs, and much copied later on, particularly by Beady Eye.
Stevie Wonder gets a new entry with a song that peaked at #6 in the UK (and is totally different to the one S Club 7 released).
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 15, 2017 14:00:51 GMT 1
28 February 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 6 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon
3 ( 2 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
4 ( 5 ) Light Flight - Pentangle
5 ( 3 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
6 ( 9 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird
7 ( 4 ) Girlie - Peddlers (#3)
8 ( 7 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (#7)
9 ( 12 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man
10 ( 10 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
11 ( 13 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
12 ( 8 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin (#6)
13 ( -- ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch
14 ( 24 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder
15 ( 23 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams
16 ( 11 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
17 ( 21 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
18 ( 26 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz
19 ( 14 ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton (#10)
20 ( 17 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#16)
21 ( -- ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan
22 ( 20 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King (#20)
23 ( -- ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin
24 ( 25 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set
25 ( 15 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison (#5)
26 ( 19 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations (#12)
27 ( 36 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People
28 ( 18 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South (#8)
29 ( 29 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
30 ( 16 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger (#2[2])
31 ( 22 ) Victoria - Kinks (#4)
32 ( 27 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
33 ( -- ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
34 ( 30 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner (#22)
35 ( 32 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
36 ( 28 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
37 ( 31 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (#8)
38 ( 35 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
39 ( 34 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie (#10)
40 ( 33 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare (#3)
-- ( 37 ) Arizona - Mark Lindsay (#17)
-- ( 38 ) Sweet Sensation - Melodians (#19)
-- ( 39 ) No Time - Guess Who (#27)
-- ( 40 ) Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull (#31)
-- ( -- ) Gotta Hold On To This Feeling - Junior Walker & The All Stars
-- ( -- ) Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
-- ( -- ) Call Me - Aretha Franklin
-- ( -- ) It's A New Day - James Brown
3 weeks on top for Simon & Garfunkel. In the USA this song topped the chart for 6 weeks. On this chart its main threat comes from John Lennon's classic. Not sure when the rumours started about the Beatles splitting. But we know that is about to happen and there will be just one more single release from them. A ballad written by Paul McCartney so for Lennon it's his solo stuff now..
Tony Macauley once again as a songwriter for the highest entry by Pickettywitch, a UK band fronted by Polly Brown, but it has a reggae beat to it.
Joe Dolan had a big hit in 1969 with Make Me An Island. His latest song sounds a lot like Tom Jones. Maybe the song was intended for him originally but he turned it down. (A bit like "Love Me Tonight" in particular).
Jimmy Ruffin enters next with quite a classic so I'm surprised it doesn't enter higher than #23. I know I had a rather good playlist and we see other stuff not entering at all so not sure how I did the scoring up on these weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2017 18:48:15 GMT 1
Almost every single from Mary Hopkin was # 1 in my chart.
Polly Brown will try to represent UK at Eurovision with 2 songs (one solo and the second in Sweet Dreams) in 1976. It was the most powerful UK pre-selection with some well-known acts (Frank Ifield, Tony Christie, Brotherhood of Man, Hazell Dean, Tammy Jones and Cheryl Baker)
It's not the same Sweet Dreams, which represented UK in 1983, but another group with one UK top 10 hit single (a cover version of classic ABBA's track "Honey Honey").
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 17, 2017 21:34:57 GMT 1
I meant to post one of these yesterday, I'm still way ahead of myself but if that continues then when the 3 weeks arrives I'll just be able to post the back-log. By that point I should be up to 1972 if not 1973.
7 March 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon
3 ( 4 ) Light Flight - Pentangle
4 ( 3 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
5 ( 13 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch
6 ( 6 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird
7 ( 9 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man
8 ( 5 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
9 ( 14 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder
10 ( 21 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan
11 ( 8 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (#7)
12 ( 11 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#11)
13 ( 15 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams
14 ( -- ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
15 ( 10 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#10)
16 ( 7 ) Girlie - Peddlers (#3)
17 ( 23 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin
18 ( 18 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz
19 ( 17 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains (#17)
20 ( 12 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin (#6)
21 ( -- ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy
22 ( 27 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People
23 ( 33 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
24 ( 16 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
25 ( 24 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set (#24)
26 ( 20 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#16)
27 ( 19 ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton (#10)
28 ( 22 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King (#20)
29 ( 29 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
30 ( 26 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations (#12)
31 ( 25 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison (#5)
32 ( 32 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
33 ( 28 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South (#8)
34 ( 35 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
35 ( 34 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner (#22)
36 ( 31 ) Victoria - Kinks (#4)
37 ( 38 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
38 ( 36 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
39 ( 30 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger (#2[2])
40 ( 37 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (#8)
-- ( 39 ) She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie (#10)
-- ( 40 ) Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare (#3)
-- ( -- ) Celebrate - Three Dog Night
-- ( -- ) The Bells - Originals
No change at the top as John Lennon can't break through. Last year the Beatles "Get Back" was also kept out by Simon & Garfunkel, however at the end of 1965, "Sounds Of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel spent one of its two weeks at #2 behind the Beatles' "Day Tripper".
The highest entry is a Jewish singer but he's singing about Jesus. In real life though he remained Jewish. The song was later covered a few times and kept getting to #1 in the UK chart. I don't plan covering it myself though.
Juicy Lucy are a male rock band.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 20, 2017 0:43:17 GMT 1
14 March 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon
3 ( 5 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch
4 ( 3 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
5 ( 14 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
6 ( -- ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia
7 ( 10 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan
8 ( 4 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
9 ( 7 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man (#7)
10 ( 9 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (#9)
11 ( 6 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird (#6)
12 ( 21 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy
13 ( 8 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
14 ( 13 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams (#13)
15 ( 17 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin
16 ( 12 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#11)
17 ( -- ) Let It Be - Beatles
18 ( 11 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (#7)
19 ( -- ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes
20 ( 23 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
21 ( 22 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People
22 ( 18 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz (#18)
23 ( 15 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#10)
24 ( 19 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains (#17)
25 ( -- ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee
26 ( 16 ) Girlie - Peddlers (#3)
27 ( -- ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks
28 ( 25 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set (#24)
29 ( 20 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin (#6)
30 ( 29 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
31 ( 32 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
32 ( 26 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#16)
33 ( 24 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
34 ( 34 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
35 ( 28 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King (#20)
36 ( 30 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations (#12)
37 ( 27 ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton (#10)
38 ( 37 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
39 ( 35 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner (#22)
40 ( 31 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison (#5)
-- ( 33 ) Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South (#8)
-- ( 36 ) Victoria - Kinks (#4)
-- ( 38 ) Venus - Shocking Blue (#2[2])
-- ( 39 ) Come And Get It - Badfinger (#2[2])
-- ( 40 ) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (#8)
-- ( -- ) A Street Called Hope - Gene Pitney
-- ( -- ) I'll Go On Hoping - Des O'Connor
Still Simon & Garfunkel holding out against John Lennon. The highest entry was originally recorded by Nina Simone who also co-wrote it (she wrote the music). Bob & Marcia's reggae version is probably better known though, at least in the UK, and it could give the chart the first proper reggae #1.
It enters ahead of the Beatles. As far as I know there is just one more Beatles hit after this one before they part ways properly. However John said you can just take a few tracks from his album, a few from Paul's and one or two from George's, put the on a mixtape and essentially you have a Beatles album..
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 21, 2017 0:49:44 GMT 1
21 March 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel < 6th week at #1 >
2 ( 6 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia
3 ( 2 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
4 ( 5 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
5 ( 3 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (#3)
6 ( 4 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
7 ( 7 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan
8 ( 17 ) Let It Be - Beatles
9 ( 12 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy
10 ( 19 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes
11 ( -- ) ABC - Jackson Five
12 ( 9 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man (#7)
13 ( 10 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (#9)
14 ( 8 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
15 ( 25 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee
16 ( 15 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin (#15)
17 ( 27 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks
18 ( 14 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams (#13)
19 ( 11 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird (#6)
20 ( 20 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
21 ( 13 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
22 ( 16 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#11)
23 ( 21 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People (#21)
24 ( 18 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (#7)
25 ( 22 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz (#18)
26 ( 24 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains (#17)
27 ( 31 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
28 ( 23 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#10)
29 ( 30 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
30 ( 28 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set (#24)
31 ( -- ) Shilo - Neil Diamond
32 ( 34 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
33 ( 26 ) Girlie - Peddlers (#3)
34 ( -- ) By The Way - Tremeloes
35 ( 32 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#16)
36 ( 29 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin (#6)
37 ( 38 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
38 ( 35 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King (#20)
39 ( 33 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
40 ( 36 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations (#12)
-- ( 37 ) Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton (#10)
-- ( 39 ) Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner (#22)
-- ( 40 ) Let's Work Together - Wilbert Harrison (#5)
-- ( -- ) Love Or Let Me Be Lonely - Friends Of Distinction
-- ( -- ) Why (Must We Fall In Love) - Diana Ross And The Supremes With The Temptations
-- ( -- ) Nobody's Fool - Jim Reeves
A 6th week on top for Simon & Garfunkel. By the way
- I don't expect it to be the top single of the year.
- My latest playlist (that I'm listening to now) from 1970 has 3 songs in it that spent a combined total of 19 weeks at #1 in the UK, but there are several better songs than those 3 on my list.
- One of those is by an artist with whom I've been generally disappointed by their "other" output. But finally we've reached the one by them we were waiting for..
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 21, 2017 23:44:54 GMT 1
28 March 1970:
1 ( 2 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (#1[6])
3 ( 4 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
4 ( 8 ) Let It Be - Beatles
5 ( 11 ) ABC - Jackson Five
6 ( 3 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
7 ( 10 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes
8 ( -- ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin
9 ( 9 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy
10 ( 7 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan (#7)
11 ( 5 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (#3)
12 ( 6 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
13 ( 15 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee
14 ( 17 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks
15 ( -- ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins
16 ( 12 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man (#7)
17 ( 13 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (#9)
18 ( 16 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin (#15)
19 ( 31 ) Shilo - Neil Diamond
20 ( 20 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
21 ( 14 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
22 ( -- ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
23 ( 34 ) By The Way - Tremeloes
24 ( 18 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams (#13)
25 ( 27 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
26 ( 23 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People (#21)
27 ( 19 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird (#6)
28 ( -- ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink
29 ( 22 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#11)
30 ( 29 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
31 ( 26 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains (#17)
32 ( 25 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz (#18)
33 ( 21 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
34 ( -- ) I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees
35 ( 24 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (#7)
36 ( 32 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
37 ( 30 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set (#24)
38 ( 28 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#10)
39 ( 37 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
40 ( 35 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#16)
-- ( 33 ) Girlie - Peddlers (#3)
-- ( 36 ) Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin (#6)
-- ( 38 ) The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King (#20)
-- ( 39 ) Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade (#1[5])
-- ( 40 ) Psychedelic Shack - Temptations (#12)
-- ( -- ) Govinda - Radha Krishna Temple
-- ( -- ) American Woman - Guess Who
-- ( -- ) Who's Your Baby - Archies
-- ( -- ) Long Lonesome Highway - Michael Parks
-- ( -- ) You're The One - Little Sister
For the first time we have a reggae song reach #1. The Equals and Desmond Dekker have both had singles peak at #2. (As of December 2017, the last time I had a reggae song at #1 was 5 years ago, when Matisyahu reached the top with Happy Hanukkah. A song I was playing a lot last week due to it being that festival).
Mary Hopkin enters as her old one drops out. Knock Knock Who's There is the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Was one of the most popular ones in the recent poll we did on here.
And we all like a bit of jazz-swing... Electro Velvet did well in our poll. The Pipkins are putting a bit of that into the chart here.
When I heard Tennesse Birdwalk I thought it was Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra but it isn't. Jack Blanchard actually wrote the song too.
The Radha Krishna Temple song that just missed out is not the same song that Kula Shaker had a hit with in 1996. But I think the B-side was - that being called Govinda Aye Aye.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 23, 2017 19:16:17 GMT 1
4 April 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 8 ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin
3 ( 4 ) Let It Be - Beatles
4 ( 3 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
5 ( 5 ) ABC - Jackson Five
6 ( 2 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (#1[6])
7 ( 15 ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins
8 ( 7 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes
9 ( 9 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy
10 ( 6 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
11 ( 22 ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
12 ( 13 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee
13 ( 14 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks
14 ( 19 ) Shilo - Neil Diamond
15 ( 10 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan (#7)
16 ( 28 ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink
17 ( 23 ) By The Way - Tremeloes
18 ( 11 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (#3)
19 ( 12 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
20 ( -- ) Rag Mama Rag - Band
21 ( 20 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
22 ( 16 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man (#7)
23 ( 18 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin (#15)
24 ( 17 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (#9)
25 ( 34 ) I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees
26 ( 25 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
27 ( -- ) Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
28 ( 21 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
29 ( 26 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People (#21)
30 ( 24 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams (#13)
31 ( 30 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
32 ( -- ) The Seeker - Who
33 ( -- ) Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis
34 ( 27 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird (#6)
35 ( 29 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#11)
36 ( 31 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains (#17)
37 ( -- ) Everybody Go Home The Party's Over - Clodagh Rodgers
38 ( 32 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz (#18)
39 ( -- ) All Kinds Of Everything - Dana
40 ( 36 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
-- ( 33 ) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes - Edison Lighthouse (#1[1])
-- ( 35 ) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (#7)
-- ( 37 ) Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set (#24)
-- ( 38 ) Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#10)
-- ( 39 ) Baby Take Me In Your Arms - Jefferson (#26)
-- ( 40 ) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#16)
-- ( -- ) You Need Love Like I Do - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Nowadays the Eurovision song contest is held near the end of May, back in 1970 it was around the end of March and Dana's entry won the contest for Ireland, with a song that lyrically sounds a bit like "These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things" from the Sound Of Music (written by Rodgers And Hammerstein). I guess entering something that sounds like something else can be a good idea as it gives a bit of "familiarity". Most of our own entries sound like something else too, although I can't place anything that "Knock Knock Who's There" is directly based on.
In any case on this chart Mary Hopkin inches towards #1 while Dana scrapes in at #39. There were questions as to whether it would chart at all, but really some of the songs on the playlist are just there to make up the numbers. I think Gladys Knight & The Pips were often low down in the order when Motown were giving out their songs, but Gladys Knight will have a big hit in my chart in 1989 with a Bond theme...
The highest new entry is a decent song but really that is the worst name for a rock group ever, at least until 2002 when a group called themselves "The Music", which is equally as bad. Robbie Robertson will have his big moment in my chart one year before Gladys Knight.
Clodagh Rodgers enters the chart. She'll have next year's attempt at Eurovision for the UK but it won't be until the group at #22 this week enter (with a mostly different line-up) that we will win it again.
Crosby Stills Nash & Young do their version of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock". We know that there'll be another version of that song later in the year which gets to UK #1. It sounds a lot different to this one so I'll be charting that one too.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 26, 2017 0:26:25 GMT 1
11 April 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin
3 ( 3 ) Let It Be - Beatles
4 ( 7 ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins
5 ( 5 ) ABC - Jackson Five
6 ( 4 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (#4)
7 ( 11 ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
8 ( 20 ) Rag Mama Rag - Band
9 ( 9 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy
10 ( 16 ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink
11 ( 8 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes (#8)
12 ( 6 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (#1[6])
13 ( 14 ) Shilo - Neil Diamond
14 ( 12 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee (#12)
15 ( 13 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks (#13)
16 ( 17 ) By The Way - Tremeloes
17 ( 10 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
18 ( 27 ) Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
19 ( 25 ) I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees
20 ( 32 ) The Seeker - Who
21 ( 15 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan (#7)
22 ( 33 ) Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis
23 ( 21 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (#21)
24 ( -- ) I Don't Believe In If Anymore - Roger Whittaker
25 ( 37 ) Everybody Go Home The Party's Over - Clodagh Rodgers
26 ( 18 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (#3)
27 ( -- ) Vehicle - Ides Of March
28 ( 19 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
29 ( 26 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
30 ( 39 ) All Kinds Of Everything - Dana
31 ( 23 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin (#15)
32 ( 22 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man (#7)
33 ( 24 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (#9)
34 ( 31 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
35 ( 29 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People (#21)
36 ( 28 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
37 ( 30 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams (#13)
38 ( -- ) Everybody's Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas
39 ( 35 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#11)
40 ( -- ) Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
-- ( 34 ) Sympathy - Rare Bird (#6)
-- ( 36 ) My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains (#17)
-- ( 38 ) The Rapper - Jaggerz (#18)
-- ( 40 ) Just A Little Misunderstanding - Contours (#24)
-- ( -- ) For The Love Of Him - Bobbi Martin
Bob and Marcia refuse to budge at the top so Mary Hopkin is left in 2nd place, a position she seems accustomed to be with that song. #2 in the contest and #2 in the UK chart too.
The highest entry comes from Roger Whittaker - the song has a very interesting "intro" part and then gets a bit more mellow. It also has a rather strange title.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 27, 2017 23:50:01 GMT 1
18 April 1970
1 ( 2 ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin < 2nd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia (#1[3])
3 ( 4 ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins
4 ( 3 ) Let It Be - Beatles (#3)
5 ( 8 ) Rag Mama Rag - Band
6 ( 7 ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
7 ( 5 ) ABC - Jackson Five (#5)
8 ( 10 ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink
9 ( 6 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (#4)
10 ( 9 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy (#9)
11 ( -- ) Daughter Of Darkness - Tom Jones
12 ( 24 ) I Don't Believe In If Anymore - Roger Whittaker
13 ( 18 ) Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
14 ( 13 ) Shilo - Neil Diamond (#13)
15 ( -- ) I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - Hollies
16 ( 20 ) The Seeker - Who
17 ( 11 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes (#8)
18 ( 27 ) Vehicle - Ides Of March
19 ( -- ) Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
20 ( 19 ) I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees (#19)
21 ( 22 ) Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis
22 ( 16 ) By The Way - Tremeloes (#16)
23 ( 14 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee (#12)
24 ( 25 ) Everybody Go Home The Party's Over - Clodagh Rodgers
25 ( 15 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks (#13)
26 ( 12 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (#1[6])
27 ( 30 ) All Kinds Of Everything - Dana
28 ( 17 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
29 ( -- ) Back Home - England World Cup Squad
30 ( 23 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (#21)
31 ( 38 ) Everybody's Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas
32 ( 21 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan (#7)
33 ( 40 ) Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
34 ( -- ) Belfast Boy - Don Fardon
35 ( 29 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
36 ( -- ) Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
37 ( 26 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (#3)
38 ( 28 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
39 ( 34 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
40 ( 31 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin (#15)
-- ( 32 ) United We Stand - Brotherhood Of Man (#7)
-- ( 33 ) Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder (#9)
-- ( 35 ) Jennifer Tompkins - Street People (#21)
-- ( 36 ) Years My Come And Years May Go - Herman's Hermits (#2[1])
-- ( 37 ) Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - Tams (#13)
-- ( 39 ) Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#11)
-- ( -- ) Love On A Two Way Street - Moments
-- ( -- ) Out Demons Out - Edgar Broughton Band
She could no longer be held back at #2 and Mary Hopkin's single rises to the top.
Tom Jones and the Hollies get the highest new entries above Simon & Garfunkel. Cecilia is one of their more popular songs but I think it's somewhat overrated. It still gets in though.
The next two songs are both football related: the England World Cup Squad for the 1970 world cup held in Mexico and one who wouldn't be playing in it would be George Best because he played for Northern Ireland. England qualified as holders and "back home" was where they went when they threw away at 2-0 lead against West Germany in the quarter-final.
Everything Is Beautiful has a minor football connection too as it has an intro with some children singing "Jesus loves the little children" which is a very old tune that has also been used in a football context (in particular by Andy Cameron 8 years later), however the song after that is totally original and isn't "comedy". Apparently two of Ray Stevens's own children were in that chorus.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 28, 2017 9:36:40 GMT 1
"Knock Knock Who's There" is the second UK Eurovision entry to reach NM #1, the first was "Congratulations" and there have been none in the modern era, although Electro Velvet reached NM #2.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 29, 2017 0:41:29 GMT 1
25 April 1970:
1 ( 1 ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins
3 ( 11 ) Daughter Of Darkness - Tom Jones
4 ( 2 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia (#1[3])
5 ( 5 ) Rag Mama Rag - Band
6 ( -- ) Monkey Man - Maytals
7 ( 15 ) I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - Hollies
8 ( 4 ) Let It Be - Beatles (#3)
9 ( 6 ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#6)
10 ( 12 ) I Don't Believe In If Anymore - Roger Whittaker
11 ( 8 ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink (#8)
12 ( 19 ) Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
13 ( 7 ) ABC - Jackson Five (#5)
14 ( 13 ) Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#13)
15 ( 10 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy (#9)
16 ( 18 ) Vehicle - Ides Of March
17 ( 9 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (#4)
18 ( 16 ) The Seeker - Who (#16)
19 ( 14 ) Shilo - Neil Diamond (#13)
20 ( 29 ) Back Home - England World Cup Squad
21 ( -- ) Brontosaurus - Move
22 ( 21 ) Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis (#21)
23 ( 20 ) I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees (#19)
24 ( 34 ) Belfast Boy - Don Fardon
25 ( 17 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes (#8)
26 ( 24 ) Everybody Go Home The Party's Over - Clodagh Rodgers (#24)
27 ( 36 ) Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
28 ( 27 ) All Kinds Of Everything - Dana (#27)
29 ( 31 ) Everybody's Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas
30 ( 33 ) Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
31 ( -- ) Which Way You Goin' Billy - Poppy Family
32 ( 22 ) By The Way - Tremeloes (#16)
33 ( -- ) Come Running - Van Morrison
34 ( 23 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee (#12)
35 ( 25 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks (#13)
36 ( 30 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (#21)
37 ( -- ) Mighty Joe - Shocking Blue
38 ( 28 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
39 ( 26 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (#1[6])
40 ( 35 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
-- ( 32 ) You're Such A Good Looking Woman - Joe Dolan (#7)
-- ( 37 ) That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (#3)
-- ( 38 ) Light Flight - Pentangle (#3)
-- ( 39 ) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics (#29)
-- ( 40 ) Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin (#15)
-- ( -- ) Airport Love Theme - Vincent Bell
-- ( -- ) What Is Truth - Johnny Cash
-- ( -- ) Make Me Smile - Chicago
More reggae getting a high entry as the Maytals chart with Monkey Man. I have also seen this credited to the Toots and the Maytals, so not sure where the Toots are on this. In 2003 a more sophisticated cover version by Reel Big Fish peaked at NM #2.
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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 29, 2017 14:38:29 GMT 1
On the same day I post this, I also posted into the retro chart for the first chart of 1968, the week the Moody Blues got their first #1. That one was a classic. In my opinion this one is even better.
2 May 1970
1 ( -- ) Question - Moody Blues < 2nd #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Daughter Of Darkness - Tom Jones
3 ( 6 ) Monkey Man - Maytals
4 ( 1 ) Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin (#1[2])
5 ( 2 ) Gimme Dat Ding - Pipkins (#2[1])
6 ( 7 ) I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top - Hollies
7 ( 5 ) Rag Mama Rag - Band (#5)
8 ( 4 ) Young Gifted And Black - Bob And Marcia (#1[3])
9 ( -- ) Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 ( 12 ) Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
11 ( 10 ) I Don't Believe In If Anymore - Roger Whittaker (#10)
12 ( -- ) Yellow River - Christie
13 ( 21 ) Brontosaurus - Move
14 ( 9 ) Tennessee Birdwalk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (#6)
15 ( 8 ) Let It Be - Beatles (#3)
16 ( 20 ) Back Home - England World Cup Squad
17 ( 11 ) Good Morning Freedom - Blue Mink (#8)
18 ( 16 ) Vehicle - Ides Of March (#16)
19 ( 14 ) Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#13)
20 ( -- ) Down The Dustpipe - Status Quo
21 ( 24 ) Belfast Boy - Don Fardon
22 ( 31 ) Which Way You Goin' Billy - Poppy Family
23 ( 13 ) ABC - Jackson Five (#5)
24 ( 15 ) Who Do You Love - Juicy Lucy (#9)
25 ( -- ) Keep The Customer Satisfied - Marsha Hunt
26 ( 27 ) Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
27 ( 18 ) The Seeker - Who (#16)
28 ( 33 ) Come Running - Van Morrison
29 ( 22 ) Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis (#21)
30 ( 19 ) Shilo - Neil Diamond (#13)
31 ( 37 ) Mighty Joe - Shocking Blue
32 ( 17 ) Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (#4)
33 ( 23 ) I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees (#19)
34 ( 29 ) Everybody's Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas (#29)
35 ( 30 ) Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection (#30)
36 ( 26 ) Everybody Go Home The Party's Over - Clodagh Rodgers (#24)
37 ( 28 ) All Kinds Of Everything - Dana (#27)
38 ( 25 ) Up The Ladder To The Roof - Supremes (#8)
39 ( -- ) Don't You Know - Butterscotch
40 ( -- ) Some Beautiful - Jack Wild
-- ( 32 ) By The Way - Tremeloes (#16)
-- ( 34 ) My Woman's Man - Dave Dee (#12)
-- ( 35 ) When Julie Comes Around - Cufflinks (#13)
-- ( 36 ) Easy Come Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (#21)
-- ( 38 ) Instant Karma - John Lennon (#2[3])
-- ( 39 ) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel (#1[6])
-- ( 40 ) Friends - Arrival (#12)
-- ( -- ) Puppet Man - 5th Dimension
-- ( -- ) Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) - Diana Ross
-- ( -- ) Come Saturday Morning - Sandpipers
-- ( -- ) Viva Tirado - El Chicano
Written by Justin Hayward, it's a song of 2 parts, starts uptempo, then has a slow middle part then returns to the first part. In classical music that is a common pattern (i.e. returning to the first melody, not necessarily with the middle part being slower).
Yet another Creedence Clearwater Revival hit. This time away from the retro 50s sound back to classic rock.
Artists calling themselves just by their surnames. Jeff Christie in this case, although possibly Christie was a band. In any case his single "Yellow River" reached UK #1. Other people with that surname around at the time were Lou and Tony, although the latter hasn't yet had a hit. Lou's biggest hit peaked at #2 and Tony would peak at the same position until 2005 when his follow-up finally went one better.
Status Quo finally start sounding the way we expect them to. Not sure what the kosher cowboy is doing in New Orleans in this song. (I assume kosher here means "not a crook" rather than Jewish, although it may well have been written by a Jew as lots of songwriters at the time were Jewish and I don't think Status Quo wrote this song).
Marsha Hunt is covering a Simon & Garfunkel song, and so was Julie Felix at this time but I decided to hold back to wait for Simon & Garfunkel's own version of that song which will chart later in the year. But they never released "Keep The Customers Satisfied" as a single at all, or "El Condor Pasa" as a single in the UK. Julie Felix will eventually reach my top 10 in 2013 at the age of 74, and is the oldest female vocalist to do so.
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