Haven Retro Combined Chart : 23.08.1969

[smokeyb]

A first number 1 hit for the Love Affair with their last charting single in the UK, better late than never I suppose.

Neil Diamond is up at 2, Equals up to 3, Zager & Evans up to 4 and Crosby, Stills & Nash are up to 5.



There are only 2 new entries this week, and they are both by Marvin Gaye.



The biggest climber is the Bee Gees who jump up 21 places to 14.



The biggest faller is Donovan who drops 51 places.



The Rolling Stones fall from number 1 to number 7 is the second biggest faller from the top spot
after Amen Corner.

23.08.1969 (Week # 34)


1 (02) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times - 91 points (40-8-5-3-2-1) 6 wks

2 (03) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 78 points (39-6-6-5-6-5-3-2) 8 wks

3 (04) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe - 77 points (14-7-4-3) 4 wks

4 (06) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 - 73 points (29-27-30-26-13-12-14-17-30-12-6-4) 12 wks

5 (08) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express - 68 points (22-11-8-5) 4 wks

6 (20) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better - 67 points (20-6) 2 wks

7 (01) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women - 63 points (3-2-1-1-1-1-7) 7 wks

8 (10) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning - 63 points (36-9-9-10-8) 5 wks

9 (07) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - 60 points (35-30-34-23-11-10-13-22-20-23-33-x-21-10-10-7-9) 16 wks

10 (26) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising - 59 points (31-11-5-7-10-6-14-29-x-26-10) 10 wks

11 (13) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay - 55 points (35-15-13-11) 4 wks

12 (15) David Bowie - Space Oddity - 54 points (34-15-12) 3 wks

13 (09) Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want - 52 points (36-19-13-8-9-13) 6 wks

14 (35) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember - 48 points (35-14) 2 wks

15 (21) Archies - Sugar, Sugar - 47 points (36-19-16-19-16-20-24-40-21-15) 10 wks

16 (17) Tyrannosaurus Rex - King Of The Rumbling Spires - 46 points (25-17-16) 3 wks

17 (11) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 45 points (21-14-11-17) 4 wks

18 (12) Move - Curly - 41 points (34-13-12-18) 4 wks

19 (16) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air - 38 points (7-3-1-1-1-1-3-4-6-16-19) 11 wks

20 (19) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - 35 points (22-14-11-15-15-23-19-20) 8 wks

21 (27) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue - 31 points (27-21) 2 wks

22 (05) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance - 31 points (7-3-2-2-2-5-22) 7 wks

23 (18) Who - I'm Free - 27 points (39-17-18-23) 4 wks

24 (40) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime - 25 points (40-24) 2 wks

25 (14) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell - 24 points (40-8-4-3-4-14-25) 7 wks

26 (32) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi - 21 points (32-26) 2 wks

27 (25) Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow - 20 points (27-22-18-19-25-27) 6 wks

28 (NE) Marvin Gaye – That’s The Way Love Is - 20 points 1 wk

29 (30) Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher - 20 points (30-29) 2 wks

30 (24) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight - 19 points (35-18-17-33-24-30) 6 wks

31 (33) Four Tops – What Is A Man - 18 points (21-27-27-26-25-17-9-5-5-5-8-17-16-16-18-33-31) 17 wks

32 (39) Otis Redding – Free Me - 18 points (40-39-32) 3 wks

33 (34) Delfonics – You Got Yours And I'll Got Mine - 17 points (34-33) 2 wks

34 (NE) Marvin Gaye - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) - 17 points 1 wk

35 (36) Tommy James & The Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion - 17 points (31-35-32-28-18-18-12-13-12-21-36-35) 12 wks

36 (23) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine - 17 points (30-25-16-23-36) 5 wks

37 (29) Cilla Black - Conversations - 16 points (37-24-33-38-29-37) 6 wks

38 (38) David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved - 16 points (30-31-31-32-38-38) 6 wks

39 (40) Youngbloods - Get Together - 16 points (40-39) 2 wks

40 (37) Jackie De Shannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart - 15 points (28-37-40) 3 wks

40 (40) William Bell – Happy - 15 points (36-40-40) 3 wks



Dropped Out

44 (40) Guess Who - Laughing - 13 points (40)

49 (22) Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Lorin Maazel - Thus Spake Zarathustra - 12 points (27-26-22)

59 (31) Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie - 9 points (40-40-40-23-22-31)

79 (28) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group – Goo Goo Barabajagal - 2 points (32-26-29-28)


Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o darkstar79 and Mark 


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 30.08.1969

1 (3) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (8 wk) (#1)
3 (2) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (8 wk) (#2)
4 (4) Stevie Wonder - I Don't Know Why/My Cherie Amour (18 wk) (#4)
5 (5) Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island (10 wk) (#3)
6 (14) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (5 wk) (#6)
7 (8) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (6 wk) (#7)
8 (20) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (3 wk) (# 8)
9 (18) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (3 wk) (#9)
10 (10) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (6 wk) (#8)
11 (23) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (2 wk) (#11)
12 (11) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (7 wk) (#9)
13 (9) Cilla Black - Conversations (8 wk) (# 7)
14 (12) The Move - Curly (6 wk) (#12)
15 (6) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (8 wk) (#2)
16 (7) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight (8 wk) (#4)
17 (17) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (5 wk) (#17)
18 (13) Max Romeo - Wet Dream (14 wk) (#10)
19 (26) Oliver - Good Morning Sunshine (4 wk) (#19)
20 (16) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (12 wk) (#2)
21 (21) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (6 wk) (#21)
22 (19) Engelbert Humperdinck - I'm A Better Man (4 wk) (#19)
23 (29) Jim Reeves - When Two Worlds Collide (10 wk) (#17)
24 (42) Temptations - Cloud Nine (2 wk) (#24)
25 (15) Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (7 wk) (#15)
26 (27) Ken Dodd - Tears Won't Wash Away My Heartache (5 wk) (#26)
27 (35) Tommy Roe - Heather Honey (6 wk) (#27)
28 (22) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon (12 wk) (#9)
29 (40) Box Tops - Soul Deep (2 wk) (#29)
30 (45) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (3 wk) (#30)
31 (24) Georgie Fame - Peaceful (8 wk) (#16)
32 (28) Desmond Dekker - It Miek (10 wk) (#7)
33 (50) Frank Sinatra - My Way (22 wk) (#5)
34 (47) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (3 wk) (#34)
35 (NE) Booker T & MG's - Soul Clap '69 (1 wk) (#35)
36 (31) Family Dogg - A Way Of Life (14 wk) (#6)
37 (NE) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1 wk) (#37)
38 (43) Diana Ross & Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are (7 wk) (#37)
39 (25) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (12 wk) (#1)
40 (30) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (10 wk) (#4)
41 (36) Booker T & MG's - Time Is Tight (17 wk) (#4)
42 (41) Maazel & Philharmonic Orchestra - Thus Spake Zarathustra (5 wk) (#33)
43 (33) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (8 wk) (#12)
44 (48) The Peddlers - Birth (2 wk) (#44)
45 (46) Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before (4 wk) (#45)
46 (32) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (6 wk) (#32)
47 (38) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko (13 wk) (#1)
48 (37) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (9 wk) (#11)
49 (NE) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind (1 wk) (#49)
50 (NE) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19690823&ChMode=N

[smokeyb]

TOTP: 28-8-69:   Presenter: Jimmy Saville

(1) ZAGER & EVANS – In The Year 2525  (and charts)
(10) VANITY FARE – Early In The Morning
(NEW) CHICKEN SHACK – Tears In The Wind
(8) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Bad Moon Rising
(11) HUMBLE PIE – Natural Born Bugie  
(44) THE PEDDLERS – Birth
(6) THE EQUALS – Viva Bobby Joe
(27) TOMMY ROE – Heather Honey
(1) ZAGER & EVANS – In The Year 2525

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Viva Bobby Joe - Equals
3 ( 3 ) Marrakesh Express - Crosby Stills & Nash
4 ( 7 ) Sugar Sugar - Archies
5 ( 5 ) Get Together - Youngbloods
6 ( 6 ) It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
7 ( 4 ) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond (#1[3])
8 ( 12 ) Don't Forget To Remember - Bee Gees
9 ( 11 ) I'd Wait A Million Years - Grass Roots
10 ( 10 ) A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

11 ( -- ) I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations
12 ( 14 ) Commotion - Creedence Clearwater Revival
13 ( 9 ) Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens (#7)
14 ( 8 ) Bring On Back The Good Times - Love Affair (#3)
15 ( 24 ) I'm Free - Who
16 ( 25 ) Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie
17 ( -- ) I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Bobbie Gentry
18 ( 17 ) Share Your Love With Me - Aretha Franklin (#17)
19 ( 15 ) Thus Spake Zarathustra - Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor Lorin Maazel (#15)
20 ( 28 ) Soul Deep - Box Tops

21 ( 13 ) Early In The Morning - Vanity Fare (#11)
22 ( 22 ) Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
23 ( -- ) Jean - Oliver
24 ( 21 ) King Of The Rumbling Spires - Tyrannosaurus Rex (#21)
25 ( 16 ) Curly - Move (#13)
26 ( 20 ) Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg (#19)
27 ( 34 ) Birth - Peddlers
28 ( 18 ) Give Peace A Chance - Plastic Ono Band (#4)
29 ( 40 ) Keem-O-Sabe - Electric Indian
30 ( 19 ) Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones (#2[2])

31 ( 27 ) Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon (#23)
32 ( 26 ) Conversations - Cilla Black (#9)
33 ( 33 ) These Eyes - Guess Who (#30)
34 ( 23 ) Saved By The Bell - Robin Gibb (#6)
35 ( 31 ) Laughing - Guess Who (#26)
36 ( 29 ) Doggone Right - Smokey Robinson & The Mircales (#21)
37 ( -- ) Put Yourself In My Place - Isley Brothers
38 ( 36 ) Hello Suzie - Amen Corner (#17)
39 ( -- ) Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone
40 ( 32 ) Love Man - Otis Redding (#13)

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-- ( 30 ) Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman (#1[5])
-- ( 35 ) So I Can Love You - Emotions (#18)
-- ( 37 ) Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#5)
-- ( 38 ) Quentin's Theme - Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (#15)
-- ( 39 ) Let Me - Paul Revere & the Raiders (#8)

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-- ( -- ) Soul Clap - Booker T & The MG's
-- ( -- ) Your Good Thing - Lou Rawls

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Psychedelic period for the Temptations

[raliverpool]

30/08/1969

1 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (8wks 17-6-2-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (5wks 25-14-9-5-2)
3 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (8wks 7-2-1-2-2-2-2-3)
4 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay (5wks 34-20-12-7-4)
5 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (7wks 22-11-5-4-4-4-5)
6 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town (7wks 19-10-4-3-3-3-6)
7 Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (6wks 28-13-6-5-6-7)
8 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (3wks 20-11-8)
9 Move - Curly (5wks 30-19-14-10-9)
10 Nick Drake - River Man (4wks 29-19-14-10)

11 Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (2wks 17-11)
12 Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (5wks 29-21-16-13-12)
13 Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (2wks 23-13)
14 Who - I'm Free (6wks 30-15-10-7-8-14)
15 Equals - Viva Bobbie Joe (3wks 27-21-15)
16 Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (6wks 24-11-8-6-9-16)
17 Guess Who - Laughing (6wks 34-22-16-13-12-17)
18 Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (5wks 31-22-17-16-18)
19 Archies - Sugar Sugar (3wks 37-25-19)
20 Crosby Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (5wks 26-18-15-15-20)

21 Youngbloods - Get Together (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Led Zeppelin - Your Time Is Gonna Come (2wks 29-22)
23 Grass Roots - I'd Wait A Million Years (3wks 30-26-23)
24 Box Tops - Soul Deep (2wks 34-24)

25 Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1wk 25 NEW)

26 Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues (6wks 40-33-27-25-24-26)
27 Georgie Fame - Peaceful (6wks 38-32-25-21-22-27)
28 Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie (6wks 22-12-9-10-18-28)
29 Aretha Franklin - Share Your Love With Me (2wks 36-29)
30 Steppenwolf - The Pusher (2wks 37-30)

31 Johnny Cash - Wanted Man (2wks 40-31)
32 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Nitty Gritty (3wks 35-31-32)
33 Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (7wks 29-6-3-5-11-20-34)
35 Max Romeo - Wet Dream (4wks 36-29-28-35)
36 Almendra - Muchacha (Ojos de papel) (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Tim Buckley - Buzzin' Fly (4wks 37-33-32-37)
38 Donovan with the Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (7wks 21-12-8-7-8-19-38)
39 Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Peddlers - Birth (1wk 40 NEW)

Sandy Denny's signature self penned song was taken from the English folk group's Unhalfbricking album. This reflective song has been covered by too many acts to mention.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (4 wks)
2 (11) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (3 wks)
3 (3) The Move - Curly (6 wks)
4 (4) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (6 wks)
5 (5) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (5 wks)
6 (2) Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (12 wks)
7 (6) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times (7 wks)
8 (18) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (3 wks)
9 (9) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime (5 wks)
10 (10) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (6 wks)
11 (13) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better (3 wks)
12 (12) Tyrannosaurus Rex - King Of The Rumbling Spires (4 wks)
13 (20) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie (2 wks)
14 (14) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember (3 wks)
15 (15) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine (4 wks)
16 (7) Who - I'm Free (7 wks)
17 (8) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning (6 wks)
18 (NE) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1 wk)
19 (21) Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before (4 wks)
20 (29) Temptations - Cloud Nine (2 wks)
21 (16) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (8 wks)
22 (17) Guess Who - Laughing (7 wks)
23 (22) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (8 wks)
24 (30) Box Tops - Soul Deep (2 wks)
25 (23) Donovan & Jeff Beck Group - Goo Goo Barabajagal (8 wks)
26 (24) Dells - Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (7 wks)
27 (NE) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place (1 wk)
28 (25) Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir (6 wks)
29 (26) Amen Corner - Hello Suzie (10 wks)
30 (19) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (8 wks)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 30.08.1969

1 (03) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
2 (01) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
3 (02) David Bowie - Space Oddity
4 (04) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
5 (11) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
6 (05) Cilla Black - Conversations
7 (06) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
8 (07) Archies - Sugar, Sugar
9 (09) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
10 (10) Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour
11 (19) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember
12 (8) Clodagh Rodgers - Goodnight Midnight
13 (12) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
14 (13) Equals - Viva Bobby Joe
15 (14) Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell
16 (15) Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
17 (16) Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
18 (17) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
19 (18) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
20 (20) Frank Sinatra - My Way
21 (New) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
22 (21) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
23 (22) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
24 (23) Beatles - Get Back
25 (New) Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind
26 (New) Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
27 (24) Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon
28 (25) Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko
29 (New) Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You
30 (26) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance
31 (New) Aretha Franklin - Share Your Love With Me
32 (27) Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
33 (New) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place
34 (30) Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine
35 (31) Four Tops – What Is A Man
36 (32) Otis Redding – Love Man
37 (35) Ken Dodd - Tears Won't Wash Away My Heartache
38 (36) Diana Ross & The Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are
39 (29) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
40 (37) Move - Curly

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Mama Cass - It's Getting Better
02(04) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
03(02) Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
04(06) Tyrannosaurus Rex - King Of The Rumbling Spires
05(03) Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning
06(05) Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
07(16) Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember
08(17) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
09(08) Oliver - Good Morning Starshine
10(24) The Box Tops - Soul Deep

11(12) Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime…Moi Non Plus
12(07) The Equals – Viva Bobby Joe
13(10) Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
14(09) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
15(32) The Temptations - Cloud Nine
16(--) Bobbie Gentry – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
17(11) Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
18(36) Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie
19(13) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
20(40) Isaac Hayes – Walk On By

25(37) The Peddlers – Birth

32(--) Isley Brothers – Put Yourself In My Place
40(--) Booker T & the MG’s – Soul Clap ‘69

[darkstar79]

01 Dells – Love Is Blue/I Can Sing A Rainbow (7 wks)
02 Otis Redding – (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (3 wks)
03 Jerry Butler – What's The Use Of Breaking Up (1 wk)
04 Isaac Hayes – By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1 wk)
05 The Delfonics – You Got Yours And I'll Got Mine (3 wks)
06 The Four Tops – What Is A Man (18 wks)
07 David Ruffin – I’ve Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved (7 wks)
08 William Bell – Happy (4 wks)
09 Carla Thomas – I’ve Fallen In Love With You (2 wks)
10 The Delfonics – Funny Feeling (13 wks)

11 Bobbie Gentry – I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1 wk)
12 Otis Redding – Free Me (5 wks)
13 Isley Brothers – Put Yourself In My Place (1 wk)
14 The Flirtations – South Carolina (6 wks)
15 Isaac Hayes – Walk On By (2 wks)
16 The Moments – I Do (3 wks)
17 Al Wilson – Lodi (3 wks)
18 The O’Jays – One Night Affair (4 wks)
19 Marvin Gaye – That’s The Way Love Is (2 wks)
20 The Impressions – Choice Of Colors (11 wks)

21 The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You (3 wks)

22 Dean Martin – I Take A Lot Of Pride (4 wks)
23 Marva Whitney – Things Got To Get Better (2 wks)
24 The Chi-Lites – Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was (5 wks)
25 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon – Let's Hang On (14 wks)
26 Isley Brothers – Black Berries (2 wks)
27 Carolyn Franklin – It's True I'm Gonna Miss You (3 wks)
28 The Dells – Oh What A Night (4 wks)
29 Diana Ross & The Supremes – The Young Folks (5 wks)
30 Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle (25 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - BAD MOON RISING
2 [3] :: Marvin Gaye - TOO BUSY THINKING 'BOUT MY BABY
3 [2] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LODI {Bad Moon Rising B-side}
4 [6] :: Marvin Gaye - THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS
5 [4] :: Marvin Gaye - WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME) {Too Busy Thinking…B-side}
6 [5] :: Zager & Evans - IN THE YEAR 2525
7 [12] :: Humble Pie - NATURAL BORN BUGIE
8 [9] :: Johnny Cash - WANTED MAN {Live At San Quentin LP track}
9 [10] :: Crosby, Stills & Nash - MARRAKESH EXPRESS
10 [new] :: Temptations - CLOUD NINE
11 [8] :: Tyrannosaurus Rex - KING OF THE RUMBLING SPIRES
12 [7] :: Rolling Stones - YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT {Honky Tonk Women B-side}
13 [13] :: Box Tops - SOUL DEEP
14 [new] :: Piero Umiliani - MAH-NA-MAH-NA
15 [11] :: Bee Gees - DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER
16 [new] :: Booker T & MG's - SOUL CLAP '69
17 [new] :: Bobbie Gentry - I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN
18 [new] :: Isley Brothers - PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
19 [20] :: Plastic Ono Band - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
20 [16] :: Love Affair - BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES

Taken from might just be the greatest live album of all-time:-

[popchartfreak]

23rd August 1969

It's straight in at 1 for the 4th single I bought, again in Singapore on one of the evening record stalls - this one might have been near Siglap rather than Changi Village - same record stall different locations different nights, basically, the whole shebang moved around. Bobbie Gentry's sublime Bacharach/David song was all gravel-voiced sophistication and a huge change in style from the "swamp" country music of her previous chart-topper Ode To Billy-Joe. To this day I still expect to hear the record get stuck in one particular place, repeating over and over till I forced it to skip into the next groove: I was obviously just a kid and sold a faulty record (the stall-holder tended to play them, so they weren't exactly mint). I associate this track totally with Singapore, as by this week we were visiting relatives in Liverpool and Mansfield, which meant no more Chart Shows or Top Of The Pops. My great grandad and grandma gave me and my brother 10 shillings each as a goodbye gift, which was a huge sum of money to me. We had to save it for Singapore - it paid for my first singles. It's odd to think back now and realise they were born in the 19th Century and here we are 2 decades into the 21st Century. 

Clodagh gets a second top 10, Smokey Robinson gets another top 40 with a big climb for Here I Go Again, and the second-highest new entry is Bobby (Bob) Darin, with a change of style, more like Nilsson and Paul Williams in their whimsical moments, but ol Bobby wrote it himself. In at 55 for Jive. The Isley Brothers have yet to vacate the charts their previous Motown oldie, and enter with another goodie in Put Yourself In My Place - a song I first came across in late '71 in a charting version by The Elgins. At 63, here's a surprise - Groovin' With Mr Bloe enters, and it's not Mr Bloe! No, turns out ol Mr Bloe was a 1970 UK studio band cover of a B side by Wind, which featured Tony Orlando on vocal duties on the A side. Obviously Tone isn't singing on this unusual bubblegum instrumental, but he was in the band so I've named him so my A to Z lists of chart stars will pick it up.

At 69, James Brown has a go at power funk ballad social commentary, parts 1 & 2 work together or apart, while the voice behind The Archies enters under another band name - The Cuff Links take Tracy in at 73. I first heard it in 1974 and recognised Ron Dante's voice (as an Archies afficiando in my younger days) but never rated it that much. The regular Archies songwriters were better to my ears. Still are. Finally, two big names from 70's jazz-soul-funk debut: George Benson and Kool & The Gang sneaking into the 60's listings a good 6 years ahead of their breakthrough into my charts-of-the-time. 



1 ( NEW ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobby Gentry # 1
2 ( 1 ) SPACE ODDITY David Bowie # 1
3 ( 2 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman # 1
4 ( 3 ) IN THE YEAR 2525 (EXORDIUM AND TERMINUS) Zager & Evans # 1
5 ( 6 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair # 5
6 ( 4 ) CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James & The Shondells # 1
7 ( 9 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE Lou Christie # 7
8 ( 10 ) DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME The Bee Gees # 8
9 ( 5 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare # 5
10 ( 16 ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers # 10


11 ( 7 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb # 1
12 ( 8 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones # 6
13 ( 12 ) SUGAR, SUGAR The Archies # 1
14 ( 13 ) A WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg # 1
15 ( 18 ) RIVERMAN Nick Drake # 15
16 ( 19 ) LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS The Chi-Lites # 16
17 ( 11 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE The Plastic Ono Band # 5
18 ( 20 ) I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU The Temptations # 18
19 ( 15 ) MOTHER AND JACK Robin Gibb # 15
20 ( 22 ) HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME Sly & The Family Stone # 20

21 ( 14 ) BREAKAWAY The Beach Boys # 1
22 ( 24 ) WHEN I DIE Motherlode # 22
23 ( 25 ) VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals # 23
24 ( 17 ) MARRAKESH EXPRESS Crosby, Stills & Nash # 8
25 ( 23 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO The Beatles # 1
26 ( 21 ) SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) Neil Diamond # 9
27 ( 27 ) ONE NIGHT AFFAIR The O’Jays # 27
28 ( 35 ) WALK ON BY Isaac Hayes # 28
29 ( 40 ) STREETS OF LONDON Ralph McTell # 29
30 ( 30 ) JE T’AIME..MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg # 30

31 ( 32 ) THE TIME WILL COME The Whispers # 31
32 ( 29 ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver # 1
33 ( 61 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 33
34 ( 26 ) LAY LADY LAY Bob Dylan # 19
35 ( 37 ) IN A MOMENT The Intrigues # 35
36 ( 36 ) GREEN RIVER Creedence Clearwater Revival # 36
37 ( 33 ) BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers # 1
38 ( 39 ) THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor Lorin Maazel # 38
39 ( 28 ) TRUE GRIT Glen Campbell # 16
40 ( 48 ) STRAIGHT AHEAD Young-Holt Unlimited # 40

41 ( 34 ) RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Kenny Rogers & The First Edition # 6
42 ( 43 ) CURLY The Move # 42
43 ( 52 ) SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME Aretha Franklin # 43
44 ( 47 ) ALL THE WAITING IS NOT IN VAIN Tyrone Davis # 44
45 ( 31 ) PEACEFUL Georgie Fame # 20
46 ( 49 ) HAPPY William Bell # 46
47 ( 38 ) OH WHAT A NIGHT (1969) The Dells # 38
48 ( 42 ) LISTEN TO THE BAND The Monkees # 3
49 ( 45 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley # 1
50 ( 46 ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 1

51 ( 58 ) KEEM-O-SABE The Electric Indian # 51
52 ( 54 ) I WANNA BE YOUR DOG The Stooges featuring Iggy Pop # 52
53 ( 50 ) OH HAPPY DAY The Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison # 1
54 ( 59 ) THAT’S THE WAY LOVE IS Marvin Gaye # 54
55 ( NEW ) JIVE Bobby Darin # 55
56 ( 55 ) FIRST OF MAY The Bee Gees # 1
57 ( 51 ) IT’S GETTING BETTER Mama Cass Elliot # 8
58 ( 65 ) MY BALLOON’S GOING UP Archie Bell & The Drells # 58
59 ( 62 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU THINK I AM Bill Deal & The Rhondels # 59
60 ( 63 ) RAIN Jose Feliciano # 60

61 ( NEW ) PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE The Isley Brothers # 61
62 ( 56 ) AH, HA, HA, DO YOUR THING The Hit Parade # 2
63 ( NEW ) GROOVIN’ WITH MR’ BLOE Wind featuring Tony Orlando # 63
64 ( 60 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
65 ( 66 ) BIRTH The Peddlers # 65
66 ( 68 ) I DO The Moments # 66
67 ( 69 ) MAH NA MAH NA Piero Umiliano # 67
68 ( 70 ) YOU GOT YOURS (AND I’LL GET MINE) The Delfonics # 68
69 ( NEW ) WORLD PART 1 James Brown # 69
70 ( 71 ) PAIN The Mystics # 70

71 ( 73 ) WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT’S MY HOME) Marvin Gaye # 71
72 ( NEW ) TRACY The Cuff Links featuring Ron Dante # 72
73 ( 57 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan # 15
74 ( NEW ) MY WOMAN’S GOOD TO ME George Benson # 74
75 ( NEW ) KOOL AND THE GANG Kool And The Gang # 75



Wot I liked then


1 ( 7 ) IN THE YEAR 2525 Zager And Evans
2 ( 5 ) SAVED BY THE BELL Robin Gibb
3 ( 4 ) EARLY IN THE MORNING Vanity Fare
4 ( 1 ) IN THE GHETTO Elvis Presley
5 ( 6 ) DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER The Bee Gees
6 ( 9 ) MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder
7 ( RE ) VIVA BOBBY JOE The Equals
8 ( 8 ) MAKE ME AN ISLAND Joe Dolan
9 ( 3 ) SI TU DOIS PARTIR Fairport Convention
10 ( 12 ) CONVERSATIONS Cilla Black


11 ( 13 ) GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT Clodagh Rodgers
12 ( 17 ) HONKY TONK WOMEN The Rolling Stones
13 ( 11 ) GIVE PEACE A CHANCE Plastic Ono Band
14 ( NEW ) BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival
15 ( 15 ) BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES The Love Affair
16 ( NEW ) GOOD MORNING STARSHINE Oliver
17 ( NEW ) HEATHER HONEY Tommy Roe
18 ( NEW ) I'M A BETTER MAN Engelbert Humperdinck
19 ( NEW ) I CAN SING A RAINBOW/LOVE IS BLUE The Dells
20 ( 18 ) TOO BUSY THINKING BOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye