Haven Retro Combined Chart : 28.03.1970

[smokeyb]

Second week at the top for the Beatles, as Simon & Garfunkel remain in second place.

Norman Greenbaum is up to 3, Bob & Marcia are up to 4 and John Lennon slips to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 3 re-entries this week, the highest is the Four Tops at number 15.



The biggest climber is Diana Ross, Supremes & Temptations who jump up 12 places to number 18.



The biggest faller is Herman's Hermits who drop 33 places.


28.03.1970 (Week # 13)


1 (01) Beatles - Let It Be - 147 points (32-2-1-1) 4 wks

2 (02) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 138 points (33-10-3-1-1-1-1-2-2) 9 wks

3 (06) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky - 119 points (40-26-26-26-13-7-6-3) 8 wks

4 (05) Bob And Marcia - Young Gifted And Black - 97 points (13-5-3) 3 wks

5 (03) John Lennon & Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) - 93 points (35-3-3-2-3-3-5) 7 wks

6 (04) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling - 71 points (5-4-4-6) 4 wks

7 (11) Supremes – Up The Ladder To The Roof - 48 points (31-22-11-7) 4 wks

8 (14) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love - 41 points (14-8) 2 wks

9 (18) Jackson 5 - ABC - 41 points (18-9) 2 wks

10 (15) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together - 38 points (36-15-10) 3 wks

11 (08) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - 38 points (30-29-5-1-1-1-2-2-3-5-8-11) 12 wks

12 (07) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 38 points (22-11-7-12) 4 wks

13 (22) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around - 35 points (22-13) 2 wks

14 (19) Juicy Lucy – Who Do You Love - 34 points (19-14) 2 wks

15 (NE) Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - 33 points 1 wk

16 (09) Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - 31 points (27-22-13-11-11-9-9-16) 8 wks

17 (24) Shocking Blue - Venus - 25 points (37-25-14-11-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-10-21-24-17) 15 wks

18 (30) Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations – Why (Must We Fall In Love) - 24 points (30-18) 2 wks

19 (12) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy - 24 points (37-19-12-19) 4 wks

20 (10) Rare Bird – Sympathy - 24 points (30-14-7-8-10-20) 6 wks

21 (20) Pentangle - Light Flight - 23 points (38-35-25-23-20-20) 6 wks

22 (NE) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There - 22 points 1 wk

23 (17) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back - 21 points (25-9-8-7-6-5-10-12-7-5-4-5-5-8-10-17-23) 17 wks

24 (13) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner - 20 points (38-16-19-21-x-37-21-7-4-6-13-24) 11 wks

25 (25) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25) 13 wks

26 (RE) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - 20 points (27-25-24-8-17-21-28-39-x-26) 9 wks

27 (29) Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful - 20 points (29-27) 1 wks

28 (27) Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia - 20 points (32-12-14-12-14-15-27-28) 8 wks

29 (RE) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 19 points (27-27-21-21-16-12-17-13-20-26-14-6-7-15-24-x-29) 16 wks

30 (NE) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding - 19 points 1 wk

31 (23) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' - 19 points (15-11-6-9-12-23-31) 7 wks

32 (16) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star - 18 points (37-x-20-16-13-18-17-16-32) 8 wks

33 (21) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life - 18 points (31-6-2-1-1-1-1-3-3-5-6-9-15-18-21-33) 16 wks

34 (RE) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - 18 points (25-23-21-x-14-7-7-7-9-25-34-x-34) 11 wks

35 (36) Marvin Gaye – Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got - 17 points (35-33-36-35) 4 wks

36 (40) Aretha Franklin – Call Me - 16 points (40-36) 2 wks

37 (37) Originals – The Bells - 16 points (29-31-29-32-37-38-34-37-37) 9 wks

38 (NE) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 15 points 1 wk

39 (39) Gladys Knight & The Pips - You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) - 15 points (39-39) 2 wks

40 (32) Simon & Garfunkel - Keep The Customer Satisfied - 15 points (17-19-19-17-16-24-32-40) 8 wks

40 (NE) Tremeloes – By the Way - 15 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

43 (34) Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand - 14 points (40-17-10-6-14-34)

44 (31) Kinks – Victoria - 14 points (24-7-4-5-6-9-15-29-26-30-31)

45 (40) Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour - 14 points (12-7-7-8-20-x-40)

47 (35) Led Zeppelin - Thank You - 13 points (39-35-35)

48 (33) Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me - 13 points (40-38-33)

51 (26) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time - 11 points (37-25-14-17-23-31-20-26-26)

54 (40) Glen Campbell - Try A Little Kindness - 11 points (40-25-18-24-32-40)

55 (40) Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman - 11 points (40)

56 (28) Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York - 11 points (32-23-29-28)

62 (40) Cliff & Hank - Joy Of Living - 8 points (31-40)

67 (38) Band - Rag Mama Rag - 7 points (38)

73 (40) Herman's Hermits - Years My Come And Years May Go - 5 points (14-12-21-17-20-40)


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 04.04.1970
1 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (7 wk) (#1)
2 (7) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There (2 wk) (#2)
3 (3) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (4 wk) (#3)
4 (2) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star (9 wk) (# 1)
5 (6) Bob & Marcia - Young, Gifted and Black (4 wk) (#5)
6 (5) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling (6 wk) (#5)
7 (4) Beatles - Let It Be (4 wk) (#2)
8 (11) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning (9 wk) (# 8)
9 (8) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together (5 wk) (#8)
10 (9) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy (6 wk) (#8)
11 (10) Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (10 wk) (#9)
12 (12) The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (10 wk) (#2)
13 (NE) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (1 wk) (#13)
14 (18) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (6 wk) (#14)
15 (33) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (3 wk) (# 15)
16 (13) Herman's Hermits - Years May Come Years May Go (9 wk) (# 7)
17 (22) The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (3 wk) (#17)
18 (20) Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman (6 wk) (# 18)
19 (29) Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love (5 wk) (#19)
20 (14) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together (12 wk) (#2)
21 (31) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding (2 wk) (#21)
22 (26) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around (4 wk) (#22)
23 (16) Sasha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (12 wk) (#10)
24 (15) John Lennon & Yoko One & Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma (7 wk) (#5)
25 (24) Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (20 wk) (#1)
26 (17) Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand (8 wk) (#10)
27 (19) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (11 wk) (# 1)
28 (28) Boris Gardener - Elizabethan Reggae (11 wk) (#14)
29 (23) Peter Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane (12 wk) (# 2)
30 (32) Dorothy Squires - Till (7 wk) (#25)
31 (25) Cliff & Hank - Joy Of Living (7 wk) (#25)
32 (35) Jim Reeves - Nobody's Fool (3 wk) (#32)
33 (42) Radha Krishna Temple - Govinda (2 wk) (#33)
34 (21) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin' (9 wk) (# 9)
35 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band (1 wk) (#35)
36 (30) Des O'Connor - I'll Go On Hoping (4 wk) (#30)
37 (36) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom (2 wk) (# 36)
38 (34) Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour (10 wk) (#6)
39 (46) Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True (2 wk) (#39)
40 (48) Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun (2 wk) (#40)
41 (27) Rare Bird - Sympathy (8 wk) (#27)
42 (39) The Tremeloes - By The Way (3 wk) (#39)
43 (45) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (14 wk) (#23)
44 (43) Diana Ross and The Supremes with The Temptations - Why (must we fall in love) (3 wk) (#36)
45 (41) Archies - Sugar Sugar (26 wk) (#1)
46 (38) Gene Pitney - A Street Called Hope (4 wk) (#37)
47 (NE) The Band - Rag Mama Rag (1 wk) (#47)
48 (NE) The Who - The Seeker (1 wk) (#48)
49 (47) Dave Dee - My Woman's Man (4 wk) (#42)
50 (NE) Clodagh Rogers - Everybody Go Home (The Party's Over) (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 2-4-70:   Presenter:  Tony Blackburn

(1) SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Bridge Over Troubled Water  (and charts)
(13) DANA – All Kinds Of Everything
(19) JUICY LUCY – Who Do You Love  
(NEW) DUSTY with TOM SPRINGFIELD – Morning Please Don’t Come
(3) ANDY WILLIAMS – Can’t Help Falling In Love  
(NEW) RUFUS THOMAS – Do The Funky Chicken  
(36) DES O’CONNOR – I’ll Go On Hoping
(15) NORMAN GREENBAUM – Spirit In The Sky  
(21) PIPKINS – Gimme Dat Ding
(5) BOB & MARCIA – Young Gifted And Black  
(8) KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION – Something’s Burning  
(NEW) ELTON JOHN – Border Song
(NEW) SLADE – Shape Of Things To Come
(17) THE FOUR TOPS – I Can’t Help Myself  
(1) SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Bridge Over Troubled Water  

[Shireblogger]

Sadly, Bob Andy, of Bob & Marcia, died yesterday aged 75.

RIP

[raliverpool]

04/04/1970

01 Beatles - Let It Be (4wks 3-2-2-1)
02 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (8wks 15-2-1-1-1-1-1-2)
03 Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together (5wks 40-26-16-7-3)
04 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (3wks 15-6-4)
05 Jackson 5 - ABC (3wks 9-4-5)
06 John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma (7wks 7-3-2-2-3-3-6)
07 Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted And Black (4wks 30-18-9-7)
08 Tyrannosaurus Rex - By The Light Of The Magical Moon (3wks 28-11-8)
09 Aretha Franklin - Call Me (5wks 30-15-7-5-9)
10 Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There (2wks 16-10)

11 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (2wks 19-11)
12 Doors - Waiting for the Sun (3wks 29-18-12)
13 Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof (2wks 17-13)
14 Led Zeppelin - Thank You (7wks 25-14-4-4-4-8-14)
15 Joni Mitchell - Woodstock (2wks 30-15)

16 Guess Who - American Woman (1wk 16 NEW)

17 Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (7wks 23-18-9-7-5-10-17)
18 Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (5wks 37-21-14-13-18)
19 Santana - Evil Ways (7wks 24-20-16-11-8-12-19)
20 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning (3wks 31-25-20)

21 Tremeloes - By The Way (3wks 32-24-21)
22 David Bowie - The Prettiest Star (2wks 34-22)
23 Bobby Shermann - Easy Come, Easy Go (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling (5wks 27-14-10-15-24)
25 Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun (3wks 38-31-25)
26 Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love (3wks 35-27-26)
27 Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True (4wks 33-23-22-28)
29 Band - Rag Mama Rag (7wks 30-21-10-6-6-14-29)
30 Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around (2wks 37-30)

31 Rare Bird - Sympathy (7wks 33-22-15-12-12-20-31)
32 Little Sister - You're The One (2wks 38-32)
33 Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (6wks 34-26-19-17-23-33)
34 Radha Krishna Temple - Govinda (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia (8wks 37-21-17-12-10-13-21-35)
36 Clodagh Rodgers - Everybody Go Home The Party's Over (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Gladys Knight & The Pips - You Need Love Like I Do (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Cats - Marian (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (5wks 35-28-25-28-39)

40 Bee Gees - IOIO (1wk 40 NEW)

The Canadian rock band's superb attempt at composing a Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love" type hit not only topped their own domestic national chart, but topped the USA Billboard Top 100 singles chart as well as peaking at UK #19.

[Earl Purple]

Mar 28, 2020 9:01:30 GMT 1 Shireblogger said:

Sadly, Bob Andy, of Bob & Marcia, died yesterday aged 75.

RIP

sad - R.I.P. Still number one in my chart..

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)

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-- ( 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)

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-- ( -- ) You Need Love Like I Do - Gladys Knight & The Pips

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"Young Gifted And Black" is the first reggae song to top my chart since 1957 when Harry Belafonte reached the top with "Mama Look At Bubu", also sometimes called "Mama Look A Boo Boo". Whilst that song wasn't called "reggae" at the time, it's reggae enough for me. The song was originally recorded and also co-written by Nina Simone.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Beatles - Let It Be (4 wks)
2 (10) The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (3 wks)
3 (9) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (3 wks)
4 (6) Bob & Marcia - Young, Gifted and Black (4 wks)
5 (2) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling (6 wks)
6 (3) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together (5 wks)
7 (17) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There (2 wks)
8 (8) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (4 wks)
9 (4) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (6 wks)
10 (5) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (7 wks)
11 (14) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around (4 wks)
12 (15) The Tremeloes - By The Way (3 wks)
13 (21) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding (2 wks)
14 (7) John Lennon & Yoko One & Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma (7 wks)
15 (12) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life (16 wks)
16 (19) Diana Ross and The Supremes with The Temptations - Why (must we fall in love) (3 wks)
17 (27) Tyrannosaurus Rex - By The Light Of The Magical Moon (2 wks)
18 (22) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom (2 wks)
19 (24) Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun (2 wks)
20 (28) David Bowie - The Prettiest Star (2 wks)
21 (23) Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True (2 wks)
22 (29) Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) (2 wks)
23 (11) Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love (5 wks)
24 (30) The Ides Of March - Vehicle (2 wks)
25 (16) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (11 wks)
26 (NE) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (1 wk)
27 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band (1 wk)
28 (NE) The Band - Rag Mama Rag (1 wk)
29 (NE) The Who - The Seeker (1 wk)
30 (NE) The Gentrys - Cinnamon Girl (1 wk)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 04.04.1970

1 (02) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin'
2 (01) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling
3 (07) Shocking Blue - Venus
4 (09) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
5 (10) Cuff Links - When Julie Comes Around
6 (03) Beatles - Let It Be
7 (04) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
8 (05) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows)
9 (14) Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
10 (06) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star
11 (08) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
12 (11) John Lennon & Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma
13 (12) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
14 (39) Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True
15 (26) Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom
16 (29) Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding
17 (13) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
18 (15) Cufflinks - Tracy
19 (16) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
20 (17) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
21 (18) Blue Mink - Melting Pot
22 (19) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love
23 (20) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
24 (21) Badfinger - Come and Get It
25 (22) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy
26 (23) BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
27 (25) Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
28 (27) Vanity Fare - Hitchin' A Ride
29 (28) Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns
30 (30) Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World Beautiful People
31 (31) Des O'Connor - I'll Go On Hopin'
32 (32) Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me Yester-You Yester-Day
33 (24) Peter, Paul & Mary - Leavin' On A Jet Plane
34 (New) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band
35 (35) Harry J Allstars - The Liquidator
36 (36) Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There
37 (New) Dana - All Kinds Of Everything
38 (38) Boris Gardiner - Elizabethan Reggae
39 (33) Arrival - Friends
40 (40) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (14 wks)
02 Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations – Why (Must We Fall In Love) (3 wks)
03 The Supremes – Up The Ladder To The Roof (5 wks)
04 Marvin Gaye – Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got (5 wks)
05 The Originals – The Bells (10 wks)
06 Gladys Knight & The Pips - You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) (3 wks)
07 Dana – All Kinds Of Everything (1 wk)
08 Wilson Pickett – Cole Cooke And Redding (2 wks)
09 Archie Bell & The Drells – Here I Go Again (9 wks)
10 The Isley Brothers – Keep On Doing (11 wks)

11 The Dells – Oh What A Day (12 wks)
12 The O’Jays – Deeper In Love With You (2 wks)
13 The Temptations – Psychedelic Shack (12 wks)
14 Howard Tate – My Soul’s Got A Hole In It (3 wks)
15 Otis Redding – Demonstration (1 wk)
16 Charles Wright And The Watts – 103rd Street Rhythm Band Love Land (1 wk)
17 Bobbi Martin – For The Love Of Him (6 wks)
18 The Intruders – Tender (Was The Love We Knew) (2 wks)
19 The Jackson Five – ABC (4 wks)
20 Tyrone Davis – If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time (4 wks)

21 Eddie Holman – Since I Don’t Have You (1 wk)
22 Cold Blood – I’m A Good Woman (2 wks)
23 Buddy Miles & Freedom Express – Them Changes (1 wk)
24 Bettye Swan – Little Things Mean A Lot (9 wks)
25 James Brown – Funky Drummer (3 wks)
26 Mary Hopkin – Knock Knock Who’s There (2 wks)
27 Funkadelic – I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing (4 wks)
28 Dusty Springfield – Silly Silly Fool (6 wks)
29 Junior Walker And The All Stars – Gotta Hold On To This Feeling (7 wks)
30 Clarence Carter – Take It Off Him And Put It On Me (11 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
02(02) The Beatles – Let It Be
03(08) Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
04(04) Bob & Marcia – Young, Gifted & Black
05(20) The Pipkins – Gimme Dat Ding
06(03) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy
07(17) Tyrannosaurus Rex – By The Light Of The Magical Moon
08(22) Blue Mink – Good Morning Freedom
09(15) The Tremeloes – By The Way
10(05) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling

11(06) Rare Bird – Sympathy
12(24) Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True
13(07) Pentangle - Light Flight
14(12) Andy Williams – Can’t Help Falling In Love
15(10) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – My Woman’s Man
16(27) Mary Hopkin – Knock Knock Who’s There
17(09) Juicy Lucy – Who Do You Love
18(18) Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations – Why (Must We Fall In Love)
19(31) Bee Gees – I.O.I.O.
20(11) The Cuff Links – When Julie Comes Around

22(--) Dana – All Kinds Of Everything
24(33) Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun
25(25) Radha Krishna Temple – Govinda
26(--) Clodagh Rogers - Everybody Go Home (The Party's Over)

31(--) The Who – The Seeker
32(--) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Travelling Band
39(--) The Band – Rag Mama Rag

[o]

1 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
2 Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love
3 Four Tops – I cant help myself
4 Beatles - Let It Be
5 John Lennon & Yoko One & Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma
6 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
7 The Band - Rag Mama Rag
8 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
9 Shocking Blue - Venus
10 Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
11 Simon & Garfunkel - Keep The Customer Satisfied
12 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
13 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
14 Herman's Hermits - Years My Come And Years May Go
15 Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together
16 Tremeloes – By the way
17 Jackson 5 - ABC
18 Frijid Pink - The House Of The Rising Sun
19 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band
20 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

[Shireblogger]

1 [5] :: Norman Greenbaum - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
2 [1] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
3 [6] :: Simon & Garfunkel - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
4 [2] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
5 [4] :: Beatles - LET IT BE
6 [3] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING
7 [7] :: Bob & Marcia - YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK
8 [9] :: Pipkins - GIMME DAT DING
9 [new] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN {Travellin' Band B-side}
10 [new] :: The Band - RAG MAMA RAG
11 [8] :: Van Morrison - AND IT STONED ME {Moondance LP track}
12 [new] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - TRAVELLIN' BAND
13 [16] :: Elvis Presley - DON'T CRY DADDY
14 [13] :: Van Morrison - MOONDANCE {Moondance LP track}
15 [10] :: Glen Campbell - TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS
16 [12] :: Rod Stewart - HANDBAGS & GLADRAGS {An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down LP track}
17 [new] :: Clodagh Rogers - EVERYBODY GO HOME (THE PARTY'S OVER)
18 [19] :: Kinks - VICTORIA
19 [20] :: BJ Thomas - RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD
20 [new] :: Johnny Nash - (WHAT A) GROOVY FEELING


Once again, CCR's record company managed to waste a brilliant track as a B-side.

[popchartfreak]

28th March 1970

It's 3 weeks on top for Ray Stevens, holding off a challenge from the fab Band Of Gold, Freda Payne's finest moment, as gospel-influenced tracks get to be quite the thing in the top 6 with the highest new entry and debut from Elton John, about to be able to give up singing cover versions of the latest hits on the budget Top Of The Pops albums of the time. Border Song remains one of his great tracks, and what a brilliant singer he was in his younger days, till his voice dropped circa 1990. In at 5, and the B side Bad Side Of The Moon enters lower down as the new album drop is weeks away. 

Blue Mink go top 10, which gives them two simultaneously, more or less, as Madeleine Bell and Roger Cook join Lesley Duncan and the ever-present Tony Burrows in the back-up choir singing. The Ides Of March have a big climb into the 20, and Eurovision-winner Dana enters at 18, All Kinds Of Everything entering lower than she did in my charts of the time (2) but higher then the UK's entry from Mary Hopkin - the Irish winner was a huge Two-Way Families Favourites radio playlister in 1970/71, as Forces overseas (us) listened to messages from home from family.

Bowie shoots his Prettiest Star into the 20, aided by Marc Bolan, who is lower down with his own T.Rex track, and what with Slade debuting too with a track I've never heard before (but it's very Slade) we have the future of early 70's pop music firmly established as the decade has barely begun: that future is Glam Rock. Gene Pitney grabs another top 40 to keep the 60's flag flying, as do The Tremeloes, though neither will manage much beyond 1974 until the 80's. The late Julie Felix, who sadly died this week, almost makes the 40, and the highest of the tracks new to me this week comes from The Moments. I was struck immediately with deja vu as the instrumental opener chimes in on Love On A Two-Way Street, and sure enough the soul ballad is the basis for a classic 2010's opener that topped my charts: Empire State Of Mind, the finest moment for both Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. The song is a Sylvia Robinson goodie, she of future fab solo Pillow Talk hitsdom, the owner of the All-Platinum label mid-70's disco-era chart success (it took The Moments 5 years to chart in the UK), and the woman who got Rapper's Delight released, a game-changing record.

In at 71, The 5th Dimension are back with yet another entry - Puppet Man this time from the songwriting talent of Neil Sedaka, preparing the ground for his own singer-songwriter reinvention in 1972 - and Bobbie Gentry gets a second solo follow-up, third including duets, to the monster 1969 chart-topper that still nestles in my list. He Made A Woman Out Of Me is firmly back in Delta Country-Blues territory. Clodagh Rodgers gets a 4th, King Curtis brings a good instrumental in with the help of a famous friend, and Dusty assists her bruv Tom to his first chart mention. 


1 ( 1 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1
2 ( 6 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne # 2
3 ( 3 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 1
4 ( 2 ) (TO BE) YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK Bob & Marcia # 2
5 ( NEW ) BORDER SONG Elton John # 5
6 ( 4 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
7 ( 9 ) UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF The Supremes # 7
8 ( 5 ) EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD) Simon & Garfunkel # 2
9 ( 7 ) TEMMA HARBOUR Mary Hopkin # 1
10 ( 17 ) GOOD MORNING FREEDOM Blue Mink # 10

11 ( 8 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum # 2
12 ( 31 ) VEHICLE The Ides Of March # 12
13 ( 25 ) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH) The Four Tops # 13
14 ( 11 ) CECILIA Simon & Garfunkel # 3
15 ( 10 ) THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK Simon & Garfunkel # 4
16 ( 14 ) LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) Edison Lighthouse # 1
17 ( 12 ) FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor # 9
18 ( NEW ) ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana # 18
19 ( 19 ) WHO’S LOVIN’ YOU The Jackson 5 # 19
20 ( 45 ) THE PRETTIEST STAR David Bowie # 20

21 ( 13 ) INSTANT KARMA! (WE ALL SHINE ON) John Lennon & Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Band # 4
22 ( 15 ) AUGUST OCTOBER Robin Gibb # 9
23 ( 24 ) YOU’RE SUCH A GOOD-LOOKING WOMAN Joe Dolan # 23
24 ( 20 ) LOVE, GUESS WHO Martha Reeves & The Vandellas # 20
25 ( 21 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell # 3
26 ( 18 ) UNITED WE STAND Brotherhood Of Man # 8
27 ( 46 ) A STREET CALLED HOPE Gene Pitney # 27
28 ( 28 ) ABC The Jackson 5 # 28
29 ( 16 ) SONG FOR THE ASKING Simon & Garfunkel # 16
30 ( 34 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell # 30

31 ( 22 ) GOTTA HOLD ON TO THIS FEELING Junior Walker & The All Stars # 15
32 ( 23 ) NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE Stevie Wonder # 9
33 ( 26 ) HONEY COME BACK Glen Campbell # 5
34 ( 35 ) MY WOMAN’S MAN Dave Dee # 34
35 ( 54 ) KNOCK KNOCK WHO’S THERE Mary Hopkin # 35
36 ( 48 ) BY THE WAY The Tremeloes # 36
37 ( 37 ) MOONDANCE Van Morrison # 37
38 ( 33 ) REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade # 1
39 ( 32 ) MANY RIVERS TO CROSS Jimmy Cliff # 2
40 ( 42 ) TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Tyrone Davis # 40

41 ( 29 ) KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED Simon & Garfunkel # 10
42 ( 55 ) IF I COULD Julie Felix # 42
43 ( 43 ) OOH CHILD (THINGS ARE GONNA GET EASIER) The Five Stairsteps # 43
44 ( 52 ) EVERYBODY’S OUT OF TOWN B.J. Thomas # 44
45 ( 38 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Archie Bell & The Drells # 1
46 ( 62 ) GIMME DAT DING The Pipkins # 46
47 ( 56 ) 12 Jul 1939 Charlie Rich # 47
48 ( 27 ) SILLY SILLY FOOL Dusty Springfield # 27
49 ( 57 ) AMERICAN WOMAN The Guess Who # 49
50 ( 68 ) SINCE I DON’T HAVE YOU Eddie Holman # 50

51 ( 40 ) WHY SHOULD I CRY The Gentrys # 14
52 ( 63 ) DON’T STOP NOW Eddie Holman # 52
53 ( 30 ) THE JOY OF LIVING Cliff & Hank # 30
54 ( 65 ) WHEN JULIE COMES AROUND The Cuff Links # 54
55 ( 36 ) NEW WORLD COMING Mama Cass # 18
56 ( 67 ) NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS Bill Deal & The Rhondels # 56
57 ( 44 ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Chairmen Of The Board # 8
58 ( 49 ) ADD SOME MUSIC TO YOUR DAY The Beach Boys # 49
59 ( 69 ) WHY (MUST WE FALL IN LOVE) Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations # 59
60 ( NEW ) LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET The Moments # 60

61 ( 59 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry # 1
62 ( 51 ) SUPERSTAR Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers # 2
63 ( 70 ) YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (DON’T YOU?) Gladys Knight & The Pips # 63
64 ( 75 ) CINNAMON GIRL The Gentrys # 64
65 ( 58 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Jimmy Cliff # 58
66 ( 66 ) (WHAT A) GROOVY FEELING Johnny Nash # 66
67 ( 79 ) VIVA TIRADO El Chicano # 67
68 ( 78 ) WOODSTOCK Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young # 68
69 ( 72 ) NO SUGAR TONIGHT The Guess Who # 69
70 ( 74 ) BY THE LIGHT OF THE MAGICAL MOON Tyrannosaurus Rex # 70

71 ( NEW ) PUPPET MAN The 5th Dimension # 71
72 ( 76 ) I.O.I.O. The Bee Gees # 72
73 ( NEW ) HE MADE A WOMAN OUT OF ME Bobbie Gentry # 73
74 ( 50 ) THAT SAME OLD FEELING Pickettywitch # 50
75 ( 77 ) CHILDREN Joe South # 75
76 ( NEW ) BAD SIDE OF THE MOON Elton John 76
77 ( NEW ) THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Slade 77
78 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY GO HOME (THE PARTY’S OVER) Clodagh Rodgers 78
79 ( NEW ) TEASIN’ King Curtis with Delaney Bramlett, Eric Clapton & Friends 79
80 ( NEW ) MORNING PLEASE DON’T COME Dusty & Tom Springfield 80



Wot I liked then
1 ( 1 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
2 ( NEW ) ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana
3 ( 2 ) RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD B.J. Thomas
4 ( 4 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon And Garfunkel
5 ( 3 ) WAND’RIN’ STAR Lee Marvin
6 ( 6 ) NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Steam
7 ( 5 ) TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell
8 ( 9 ) (TO BE) YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK Bob And Marcia
9 ( 13 ) KNOCK KNOCK WHO’S THERE Mary Hopkin
10 ( 8 ) LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) Edison Lighthouse

11 ( 7 ) RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD Sacha Distel
12 ( 10 ) I WANT YOU BACK The Jackson 5
13 ( 15 ) FAREWELL IS A LONELY SOUND Jimmy Ruffin
14 ( 11 ) EVERYBODY GET TOGETHER The Dave Clark 5
15 ( 12 ) AUGUST OCTOBER Robin Gibb
16 ( NEW ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum
17 ( NEW ) GIMME DAT DING The Pipkins
18 ( 18 ) I TALK TO THE TREES Clint Eastwood
19 ( 16 ) CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Andy Williams
20 ( NEW ) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF The Four Tops