Haven Retro Combined Chart : 10.01.1970

[smokeyb]

Marmalade spend a second week at the top, in a static top 4. The Jackson 5 move up a place to 5.

There are 5 new entries this week, the highest is the Carpenters at number 19.

The biggest climber is Lou Christie who jumps up 13 places to number 14.

The biggest faller is Lulu who drops 38 places.

10.01.1970 (Week # 02)

1 (01) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life - 104 points (31-6-2-1-1) 5 wks
2 (02) Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love - 81 points (40-20-13-10-6-3-1-1-2-2) 10 wks
3 (03) Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – All I Have To Do Is Dream - 74 points (31-7-7-5-3-3) 6 wks
4 (04) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds - 60 points (21-8-10-11-12-15-21-20-x-13-7-4-4-4-4-4) 15 wks
5 (06) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back - 56 points (25-9-8-7-6-5) 6 wks
6 (07) Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - 55 points (30-19-10-7-6) 5 wks
7 (05) Blue Mink - Melting Pot - 54 points (32-18-9-5-5-8-5-7) 8 wks
8 (12) Vanity Fare - Hitchin' a Ride - 52 points (12-8) 2 wks
9 (10) Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl - 49 points (11-10-9) 3 wks
10 (09) Beatles - Across The Universe - 49 points (30-18-9-10) 4 wks
11 (14) Shocking Blue - Venus - 47 points (37-25-14-11) 4 wks
12 (13) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind - 44 points (18-13-13-12) 4 wks
13 (08) Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys - 42 points (24-8-3-2-2-3-8-13) 8 wks
14 (27) Lou Christie - She Sold Me Magic - 40 points (27-14) 2 wks
15 (20) Equals - Rub A Dub Dub - 38 points (20-15) 2 wks
16 (11) Tom Jones - Without Love - 38 points (25-15-23-11-16) 5 wks
17 (17) Cuff Links - Tracy - 34 points (40-19-23-17-20-15-17-26-17-14-14-14-14-17-17) 15 wks
18 (18) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 34 points (18-18) 2 wks
19 (NE) Carpenters – Ticket To Ride - 31 points 1 wk
20 (23) Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross - 31 points (23-20) 2 wks
21 (NE) Badfinger – Come And Get It - 30 points 1 wk
22 (16) Diana Ross & The Supremes – Someday We'll Be Together - 30 points (40-19-19-16-17-10-19-16-22) 9 wks
23 (19) B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - 29 points (30-27-18-12-13-17-19-23) 8 wks
24 (NE) Kinks – Victoria - 29 points 1 wk
25 (25) Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Comin' Home - 26 points (25-25) 2 wks
26 (15) Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me Yester- You Yesterday - 24 points (37-19-9-2-1-1-1-3-6-15-26) 11 wks
27 (26) Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgia - 23 points (26-27) 2 wks
28 (24) Beatles - Something - 22 points (24-16-9-2-2-1-2-2-6-11-12-24-28) 13 wks
29 (37) Beatles - Here Comes The Sun - 20 points (17-11-8-6-12-16-x-37-29) 8 wks
30 (NE) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - 20 points 1 wk
31 (36) Murray Head - Superstar - 19 points (36-32-36-31) 4 wks
32 (35) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - 19 points (22-14-11-15-15-23-19-20-22-30-40-x-18-11-5-7-6-6-7-10-8-9-9-35-32) 24 wks
33 (29) Leapy Lee - Good Morning - 18 points (29-33) 2 wks
34 (22) Tremeloes - (Call Me) Number One - 18 points (35-11-6-5-5-4-5-11-17-20-22-34) 12 wks
35 (38) Marvin Gaye – How Can I Forget - 18 points (38-35) 2 wks
36 (31) Sly And The Family Stone – Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Again) - 18 points (31-36) 2 wks
37 (NE) Impressions – Wherever She Leadeth Me - 17 points 1 wk
38 (28) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - 17 points (36-29-x-40-32-30-32-33-28-18-38) 10 wks
39 (39) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well - 17 points (8-5-4-2-2-4-7-8-15-24-29-28-27-39-39) 15 wks
40 (21) Nancy Sinatra - Highway Song - 17 points (39-23-33-21-40) 5 wks

Dropped Out
45 (34) Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'N' Roll - 15 points (34)
59 (32) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 11 points (26-26-32)
61 (40) Roger Whittaker - Leavin' (Durham Town) - 10 points (36-25-17-16-20-22-40)
64 (33) Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane - 9 points (37-29-23-22-22-15-16-16-33)
68 (30) Lulu - Oh Me Oh My - 8 points (37-40-31-30)
71 (40) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Onion Song - 7 points (19-10-6-8-10-12-15-40)

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 17.01.1970

1 (1) Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (9 wk) (#1)
2 (7) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (8 wk) (# 2)
3 (5) Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Dream (7 wk) (# 3)
4 (2) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town (14 wk) (# 2)
5 (4) Cufflinks - Tracy (8 wk) (# 4)
6 (6) Archies - Sugar Sugar (15 wk) (#1)
7 (3) Blue Mink - Melting Pot (10 wk) (# 3)
8 (8) Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'N' Roll (7 wk) (# 8)
9 (16) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life (5 wk) (# 9)
10 (33) Badfinger - Come And Get It (2 wk) (# 10)
11 (13) Tom Jones - Without Love (6 wk) (#10)
12 (12) Roger Whittaker - Leavin' (Durham Town) (11 wk) (#12)
13 (24) Diana Ross & Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together (6 wk) (#13)
14 (9) Stevie Wonder - Yesterme Yesteryou Yesterday (10 wk) (# 2)
15 (17) Jim Reeves - But You Love Me Daddy (7 wk) (#15)
16 (14) Engelbert Humperdinck - Winter World Of Love (10 wk) (#7)
17 (10) Harry J All Stars - Liquidator (15 wk) (#9)
18 (45) Arrival - Friends (2 wk) (# 18)
19 (11) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song (10 wk) (# 9)
20 (22) Cliff Richard - With The Eyes Of A Child (7 wk) (#20)
21 (19) Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Comin' Home (5 wk) (# 19)
22 (23) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (10 wk) (# 19)
23 (31) Chicago - I'm a Man (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (26) Malcolm Roberts - Love Is All (9 wk) (#12)
25 (15) Tremeloes - Call Me Number One (12 wk) (# 2)
26 (32) Vanity Fare - Hitchin' a Ride (4 wk) (# 26)
27 (20) Cilla Black - If I'd Thought You'd Change Your Mind (6 wk)(#20)
28 (21) Nancy Sinatra - Highway Song (8 wk) (#21)
29 (39) Frank Sinatra - Love's Been Good To Me (16 wk) (#8)
30 (27) Lou Christie - She Sold Me Magic (4 wk) (# 27)
31 (30) Des O'Connor - Lonelines (8 wk) (#18)
32 (36) Jonathan King - Let It All Hang Out (2 wk) (#32)
33 (48) Kinks - Victoria (2 wk) (# 33)
34 (NE) Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (1 wk) (# 34)
35 (28) Karen Young - Nobody's Child (20 wk) (#6)
36 (NE) Peter Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane (1 wk) (#36)
37 (25) Georgie Fame - Seventh Son (6 wk) (#25)
38 (35) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People (13 wk) (#6)
39 (NE) Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You (1 wk) (#39)
40 (18) Beatles - Something/Come Together (11 wk) (# 4)
41 (46) The Equals - Rub A Dub Dub (4 wk) (# 41)
42 (NE) Shocking Blue - Venus (1 wk) (#42)
43 (29) Leapy Lee - Good Morning (2 wk) (#29)
44 (NE) Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (1 wk) (#44)
45 (42) Desmond Dekker & Aces - Pickney Gal (2 wk) (#42)
46 (34) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (16 wk) (#2)
47 (NE) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together (1 wk) (#47)
48 (NE) Boris Gardener - Elizabethan Reggae (1 wk) (#48)
49 (NE) Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop (1 wk) (#49)

50 (37) Frank Sinatra - My Way (42 wk) (#5)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 15-1-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville

(1) ROLF HARRIS – Two Little Boys  (and charts)
(39) THE TEMPTATIONS – I Can’t Get Next To You
(18) ARRIVAL – Friends
(NEW) THE PEDDLERS – Girlie
(8) DAVE CLARK FIVE – Good Old Rock ‘N’ Roll  
(10) BADFINGER – Come And Get It  
(17) HARRY J. ALL-STARS – The Liquidator  
(NEW) KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION – Something’s Burning
(1) ROLF HARRIS – Two Little Boys  

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
02(02) The Carpenters – Ticket To Ride
03(16) Arrival – Friends
04(03) Lou Christie – She Sold Me Magic
05(17) Badfinger – Come And Get It
06(06) Vanity Fare – Hitchin’ A Ride
07(14) The Kinks – Victoria
08(09) The Equals – Rub A Dub Dub
09(04) Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – All I Have To Do Is Dream
10(05) Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds

11(25) Sacha Distel – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
12(20) Chicago – I’m A Man
13(11) Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Comin' Home
14(21) Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Pickney Gal
15(07) Diana Ross & The Supremes – Someday We’ll Be Together
16(--) Peter, Paul & Mary – Leaving On A Jet Plane
17(08) Cilla Black – If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind
18(32) The Melodians – Sweet Sensation
19(--) Judy Collins – Both Sides Now
20(10) Tom Jones – Without Love

23(36) Jonathan King – Let It All Hang Out
26(--) Canned Heat – Let’s Work Together
28(--) Fifth Dimensions – Wedding Bell Blues
29(--) The Temptations – I Can’t Get Next To You
30(--) Shocking Blue – Venus

39(--) Derrick Morgan – Moon Hop
40(--) Boris Gardiner – Elizabethan Reggae

[raliverpool]

17/01/1970

01 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (4wks 15-2-1-1)
02 Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (7wks 22-12-6-3-3-2-2)
03 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (7wks 21-10-7-5-5-3-3)
04 Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross (4wks 18-10-7-4)
05 Shocking Blue - Venus (4wks 23-17-9-5)
06 King Crimson - Epitaph (5wks 24-12-6-5-6)
07 Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry - All I Have To Do Is Dream (5wks 17-10-7-6-7)
08 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (5wks 9-1-1-4-8)
09 Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life (2wks 15-9)
10 Led Zeppelin - What Is and What Should Never Be (3wks 26-14-10)

11 Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (3wks 18-13-11)
12 Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia (3wks 31-18-12)
13 Rod Stewart - Handbags and Gladrags (3wks 28-20-13)
14 Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again (7wks 26-22-16-14-12-10-14)
15 Delaney & Bonnie - Comin' Home (2wks 23-15)
16 BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (7wks 18-5-2-2-4-8-16)
17 Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy (2wks 24-17)
18 Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (6wks 30-19-13-11-11-18)
19 Tommy Roe - Jam Up Jelly Tight (5wks 32-25-19-16-19)
20 Badfinger - Come & Get It (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Arrival - Friends (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Blue Mink - Melting Pot (7wks 24-16-10-8-8-12-22)
23 Kinks - Victoria (2wks 37-23)
24 Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (2wks 29-24)
25 Tom Jones - Without Love (There Is Nothing) (4wks 28-22-21-25)
26 Chicago - I'm A Man (1wk 26 NEW)

27 Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin) (1wk 27 NEW)

28 Beatles - The Abbey Road Medley (8wks 18-3-1-1-4-9-17-28)
29 Neil Diamond - Holly Holy (8wks 32-20-15-12-11-13-19-29)
30 Tim Buckley - Blue Melody (5wks 37-31-27-26-30)

31 Crow - Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me (5wks 36-27-20-22-31)
32 Mark Lindsay - Arizona (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Joe South - Walk A Mile In My Shoes (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (2wks 34-34)
35 Bobby Sherman - La La La (4wks 40-34-32-35)
36 Peter Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane (9wks 24-17-12-6-5-7-14-25-36)
37 Joe Cocker - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band - She Belongs To Me (3wks 38-36-38)
39 Vanity Fair - Hitchin' A Ride (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Fairport Convention - Matty Groves (1wk 40 NEW)

This groundbreaking badass taut funk USA #1 was as ever written and produced by Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone). It was famously "ripped off" by the title track of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation album, resulting in a plagiarism lawsuit ... However, brother Michael bought up Sly Stone's publishing much to the chagrin of the original songwriter! It was one of two new tracks taken from the band's 1970 Greatest Hits album, hence one verse it spent name checking the other tracks on the album.

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Mark's Top 40 - 17.01.1970

1 (01) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
2 (02) Blue Mink - Melting Pot
3 (03) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
4 (04) Cufflinks - Tracy
5 (05) Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys
6 (06) The Archies - Sugar Sugar
7 (27) Jonathan King - Let It All Hang Out
8 (07) Engelbert Humperdinck - Winter World Of Love
9 (08) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind
10 (09) Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me Yester-You Yester-Day
11 (16) Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine
12 (10) Tremeloes - Call Me Number One
13 (11) Roger Whittaker - Leavin' (Durham Town)
14 (23) Badfinger - Come and Get It
15 (12) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
16 (14) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - The Onion Song
17 (15) Harry J Allstars - The Liquidator
18 (17) Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket
19 (19) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People
20 (20) Isley Brothers - Behind A Painted Smile
21 (21) Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream
22 (38) Marvin Gaye – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
23 (13) Beatles - Something
24 (24) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
25 (New) Shocking Blue - Venus
26 (36) Vanity Fare - Hitchin' A Ride
27 (18) Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
28 (25) Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
29 (39) Arrival - Friends
30 (New) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
31 (31) Isley Brothers - Put Yourself In My Place
32 (29) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
33 (33) Dusty Springfield - Am I The Same Girl
34 (30) David Bowie - Space Oddity
35 (New) Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues
36 (26) Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times
37 (New) Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns
38 (22) Tom Jones - Without Love
39 (32) Joe Cocker - Delta Lady
40 (New) Boris Gardiner - Elizabethan Reggae

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life (5 wks)
2 (2) Vanity Fare - Hitchin' a Ride (4 wks)
3 (10) Badfinger - Come And Get It (2 wks)
4 (7) Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl (5 wks)
5 (6) Lou Christie - She Sold Me Magic (4 wks)
6 (3) Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (9 wks)
7 (4) Cufflinks - Tracy (9 wks)
8 (5) Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Dream (7 wks)
9 (9) The Equals - Rub A Dub Dub (4 wks)
10 (17) Chicago - I'm a Man (2 wks)
11 (20) Arrival - Friends (2 wks)
12 (8) Tom Jones - Without Love (6 wks)
13 (11) Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Comin' Home (5 wks)
14 (NE) Shocking Blue - Venus (1 wk)
15 (25) Kinks - Victoria (2 wks)
16 (12) Blue Mink - Melting Pot (10 wks)
17 (13) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (10 wks)
18 (14) Tremeloes - Call Me Number One (12 wks)
19 (NE) Peter Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane (1 wk)
20 (29) Leapy Lee - Good Morning (2 wks)
21 (NE) Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You (1 wk)
22 (NE) Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (1 wk)
23 (15) Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'N' Roll (7 wks)
24 (30) Sacha Distel - Raindrops keep falling on my Head (2 wks)
25 (NE) Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (1 wk)
26 (NE) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together (1 wk)
27 (16) Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (9 wks)
28 (18) Stevie Wonder - Yesterme Yesteryou Yesterday (10 wks)
29 (19) Beatles - Something (11 wks)
30 (NE) Boris Gardener - Elizabethan Reggae (1 wk)

[Earl Purple]

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)

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-- ( 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)

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-- ( -- ) Moon Hop - Derrick Morgan

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (3 wks)
02 The Dells – Oh What A Day (1 wk)
03 Marvin Gaye – How Can I Forget (3 wks)
04 The Temptations – Psychedelic Shack (1 wk)
05 Sly And The Family Stone – Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin) (3 wks)
06 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Pickney Gal (2 wks)
07 Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl (4 wks)
08 Della Reese – Compared To What (3 wks)
09 The Impressions – Wherever She Leadeth Me (4 wks)
10 Brenda & The Tabulations – The Touch Of You (1 wk)

11 Luther Ingram – My Honey And Me (3 wks)
12 Dyke And The Blazers – You Are My Sunshine (2 wks)
13 Bobby Womack – How I Miss You Baby (5 wks)
14 The Chairmen Of The Board – Give Me Just A Little More Time (1 wk)
15 Judy Collins – Both Sides Now (1 wk)
16 Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgie (3 wks)
17 The Carpenters – Ticket To Ride (3 wks)
18 Joe Simon – Moon Walk (3 wks)
19 Four Tops – Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (6 wks)
20 Johnny Adams – Proud Woman (3 wks)

21 Jerry Butler – Got To See If I Can’t Get Mommy (To Come Back Home) (1 wk)
22 The Sweet Inspiration – (Gotta Find) A Brand New Lover (Part I) (4 wks)
23 The Four Tops – Do What You Gotta Do (17 wks)
24 Jimmy Ruffin – Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (5 wks)
25 The Street People – Jennifer Tomkins (5 wks)
26 Dells – When I’m In Your Arms (11 wks)
27 Candi Staton – I’m Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Loving) (5 wks)
28 Betty Everett – Been A Long Time (5 wks)
29 Dusty Springfield – A Brand New Me (11 wks)
30 Marlena Shaw – California Soul (15 wks)

[popchartfreak]

10th January 1970

It's 2 weeks on top for Edison Lighthouse and 4 weeks at 2 for Murray Head, now challenged by Jimmy Cliff at 3 and Glen Campbell's version of Both Sides Now becoming the second cover to go top 5, after Judy Collins. The Carpenters get a first top 10, Ticket To Ride at 9 one place lower than the band who did the original, and Tommy James grabs yet another top 10 with a track I hadn't noticed until recently - though it was tucked away at the end of my Greatest Hits CD, She. 

Glen also gets a 3rd simultaneous top 20 with Honey Come Back up to 15, and Lou Christie gets a 3rd top 20 (assuming I would have charted Lightnin' Strikes, which would certainly have topped my charts). Chairmen Of The Board get a first top 30 with a good climb, and Jonathan King a first solo top 40 since 1965 (had I been charting Everyone's Gone To The Moon was another cert chart-topper, either at the time, or on any retro chart of any period in my life, I've never not loved it since it came out - even if he WAS taking the p*ss with the lyrics). 

Highest new entry at 44 is Boris Gardiner some 16 years ahead of his UK lovers-rock chart-topper, with his instrumental version of Mantovani's Elizabethan Serenade, written around the time of Queen Elizabeth II ascending to the throne by Ronald Binge and originally called Andante Cantabile. Subsequently covered by the Gunther Kallman Choir in a hit German vocal version, and used on BBC radio as a theme show tune, it charted in 1964 and became a tune I loved and recognised but had no idea what it was called or who sung it, even when I recorded it off radio in Singapore. I didn't get to hear the reggae version from Boris until half a decade later, and twig it was the same melody. Shhh, don't tell anyone, but...I still prefer the Mantovani or Choir versions!

AT 46, Kenny Rogers returns with another dramatic stormer of a pop single, and Something's Burnin' (I think it's love, myself), and Steam get a follow-up hit here even if not in the UK, another track new to me, I've Gotta make You Love Me. Robin Gibb also gets a second solo follow-up that stiffed in the UK, but was charting in various European top 10's this week 50 years ago. Another one I'd never heard before, and it's sort of an early trial of August October arrangements, but more dramatic, as befits someone willing to wait One Million Years. 

At 68, The Exiles debut with a Tommy James song, gifted by him as he was about to embark on a solo career and shortly before he released his own version of Church Street Soul Revival, another of many good songs he wrote in the late 60's. The band changed their name to Exile after a few years of not breaking through much, hooked up with Mike Chapman after he'd split with Nicky Chinn, and got a worldwide massive hit in 1978 with Kiss You All Over. So, 8 years early here! Pat Shannon debuts at 71. No idea who, either, but the song was written by Kenny Nolan, future 70's US hit artist, but more vitally co-writer, writer, house producer/arranger at the Chelsea record label. You might have heard of some of his songs, Lady Marmalade, My Eyes Adored You, and heard his falsetto on Disco Tex & The Sex-o-lettes hits. 

Thelma Houston becomes the second act to chart with Laura Nyro's Save The Country, written after Bobby Kennedy was murdered, and Santana and Canned Heat return with lower-chart entries, the second and third respectively. Canned Heat's is a cover of Wilbert Harrison's 1969 minor hit, more or less identical to the original. It would take Bryan Ferry to turn it into a masterpiece in 1976....

1 ( 1 ) LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) Edison Lighthouse # 1
2 ( 2 ) SUPERSTAR Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers # 2
3 ( 4 ) MANY RIVERS TO CROSS Jimmy Cliff # 3
4 ( 3 ) REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade # 1
5 ( 21 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell # 5
6 ( 7 ) DIDN’T I (BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME) The Delfonics # 6
7 ( 5 ) HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Eddie Holman # 3
8 ( 6 ) ACROSS THE UNIVERSE The Beatles # 6
9 ( 13 ) TICKET TO RIDE The Carpenters # 9
10 ( 12 ) SHE Tommy James & The Shondells # 10

11 ( 8 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Archie Bell & The Drells # 1
12 ( 10 ) ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell # 4
13 ( 11 ) FAREWELL IS A LONELY SOUND Jimmy Ruffin # 6
14 ( 15 ) LADY-O The Turtles # 14
15 ( 30 ) HONEY COME BACK Glen Campbell # 15
16 ( 18 ) BLOWIN’ AWAY The 5th Dimension # 16
17 ( 9 ) NO TIME The Guess Who # 9
18 ( 14 ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Rolf Harris # 3
19 ( 35 ) SHE SOLD ME MAGIC Lou Christie # 19
20 ( 20 ) WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD Louis Armstrong # 20

21 ( 28 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger # 21
22 ( 17 ) I WANT YOU BACK The Jackson 5 # 4
23 ( 16 ) IF I THOUGHT YOU’D EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND Cilla Black # 14
24 ( 37 ) GET ON THE LINE The Archies # 24
25 ( 19 ) OH ME OH MY (I’M A FOOL FOR YOU BABY) Lulu # 10
26 ( 22 ) THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA Harve Presnell # 1
27 ( 24 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry # 1
28 ( 33 ) WITHOUT LOVE (THERE IS NOTHING) Tom Jones # 28
29 ( 25 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry # 1
30 ( 52 ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Chairmen Of The Board # 30

31 ( 27 ) HE AIN’T HEAVY...HE’S MY BROTHER The Hollies # 1
32 ( 34 ) HOW CAN I TELL MY MOM AND DAD The Lovelites # 32
33 ( 36 ) GONNA GIVE HER ALL THE LOVE I GOT Marvin Gaye # 33
34 ( 26 ) WAND’RIN’ STAR Lee Marvin # 2
35 ( 23 ) DURHAM TOWN (THE LEAVIN’) Roger Whittaker # 8
36 ( 29 ) RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD B.J. Thomas # 8
37 ( 46 ) LET IT ALL HANG OUT Jonathan King # 37
38 ( 38 ) HITCHIN’ A RIDE Vanity Fare # 38
39 ( 39 ) DARLING DEAR Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 39
40 ( 55 ) FRIENDS Arrival # 40

41 ( 56 ) PSYCHEDELIC SHACK The Temptations # 41
42 ( 48 ) THE THRILL IS GONE B. B. King # 42
43 ( 50 ) RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA Brook Benton # 43
44 ( NEW ) ELIZABETHAN REGGAE Boris Gardiner # 44
45 ( 40 ) NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Steam # 3
46 ( NEW ) SOMETHING’S BURNING Kenny Rogers & The First Edition # 46
47 ( 32 ) VENUS Shocking Blue # 10
48 ( 31 ) WHICH WAY YOU GOING BILLY? The Poppy Family featuring Terry Jacks # 20
49 ( NEW ) I’VE GOTTA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Steam # 49
50 ( 58 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Dionne Warwick # 50

51 ( 41 ) YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY Stevie Wonder # 6
52 ( 42 ) (CALL ME) NUMBER ONE The Tremeloes # 4
53 ( 49 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Dusty Springfield # 1
54 ( NEW ) ONE MILLION YEARS Robin Gibb # 54
55 ( 51 ) TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell # 4
56 ( 57 ) POOR RAMASES The Pioneers # 56
57 ( 47 ) I GUESS THE LORD MUST BE IN NEW YORK CITY Nilsson # 9
58 ( 64 ) THE GHETTO Donny Hathaway # 58
59 ( 59 ) EVERYBODY IS A STAR Sly & The Family Stone # 59
60 ( 45 ) MAYBE The Chantels # 33

61 ( 53 ) LITTLE GREEN BAG George Baker Selection # 20
62 ( 54 ) SOMETHING The Beatles # 6
63 ( 66 ) BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Lenny Welch # 63
64 ( 73 ) SWEET SENSATION The Melodians # 64
65 ( 72 ) BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Melanie # 65
66 ( 68 ) MY HONEY AND ME Luther Ingram # 66
67 ( 75 ) ANSWER ME, MY LOVE The Happenings # 67
68 ( NEW ) CHURCH STREET SOUL REVIVAL The Exiles (aka Exile) # 68
69 ( 70 ) THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGAIN) Sly & The Family Stone # 69
70 ( 71 ) RUBBERNECKIN’ Elvis Presley # 70

71 ( NEW ) BACK TO DREAMIN’ AGAIN Pat Shannon # 71
72 ( NEW ) SAVE THE COUNTRY Thelma Houston # 72
73 ( NEW ) MOON HOP Derrick Morgan # 73
74 ( NEW ) EVIL WAYS Santana # 74
75 ( NEW ) LET’S WORK TOGETHER Canned Heat # 75


RETRO THEN
1 ( 1 ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Rolf Harris
2 ( 4 ) REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade
3 ( 3 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies
4 ( 2 ) (ALL I HAVE TO DO IS) DREAM Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry
5 ( NEW ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger
6 ( 6 ) SOMETHING The Beatles
7 ( 8 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Elvis Presley
8 ( NEW ) THE LIQUIDATOR The Harry J All Stars
9 ( 7 ) RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
10 ( 5 ) JINGLE JANGLE The Archies

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1 [2] :: Kinks - VICTORIA
2 [1] :: Elvis Presley - SUSPICIOUS MINDS
3 [new] :: Shocking Blue - VENUS
4 [3] :: Rolling Stones - GIMME SHELTER {Let It Bleed LP track}
5 [4] :: Beatles - ACROSS THE UNIVERSE {No-One's Gonna Change Our World LP track}
6 [6] :: Brook Benton - RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA
7 [new] :: Canned Heat - LET'S WORK TOGETHER
8 [5] :: Diana Ross & Supremes - SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER
9 [7] :: Tom Jones - WITHOUT LOVE (THERE IS NOTHING)
10 [11] :: BJ Thomas - RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD
11 [9] :: Melodians - SWEET SENSATION
12 [13] :: Merle Haggard - OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE
12 [new] :: Boris Gardiner - ELIZABETHAN REGGAE
14 [16] :: Jay & the Americans - WALKIN' IN THE RAIN
15 [18] :: Badfinger - COME AND GET IT
16 [8] :: Nancy Sinatra - THE HIGHWAY SONG
17 [new] :: Wilson Pickett - SUGAR SUGAR
18 [19] :: Sly & the Family Stone - THANK YOU (FALETTIN ME BE MICE ELF AGAIN)
19 [new] :: Peter, Paul & Mary - LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
20 [new] :: Temptations - I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU