Haven Retro Combined Chart : 25.07.1970

[smokeyb]

The Kinks stay at the top for a 3rd week, Elvis Presley switches places with Free at number 2 and 3.

Joni Mitchell stays at 4 and Stevie Wonder moves up to 5.



There are 5 new entries this week, the highest is Elvis Presley at number 32.



The biggest climber is Chicago who jump up 31 places to number 9.



The biggest faller is Fleetwood Mac who fall 41 places.



25.07.1970 (Week # 30)


1 (01) Kinks – Lola - 148 points (5-1-1-1) 4 wks

2 (03) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You - 104 points (31-32-40-4-3-2) 6 wks

3 (02) Free - All Right Now - 93 points (11-2-2-1-1-2-2-3) 8 wks

4 (04) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - 82 points (14-6-3-3-3-4-4) 7 wks

5 (13) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - 78 points (37-13-5) 3 wks

6 (09) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man - 69 points (13-9-6) 3 wks

7 (07) Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville - 65 points (34-31-27-20-8-8-7-7) 8 wks

8 (05) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 65 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8) 7 wks

9 (40) Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 - 55 points (40-9) 2 wks

10 (06) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 55 points (37-13-10-10-12-15-10-5-6-7-6-10) 12 wks

11 (32) Marmalade – Rainbow - 54 points (32-11) 2 wks

12 (11) Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever, My Love - 46 points (33-10-11-12) 4 wks

13 (35) Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand - 44 points (35-13) 2 wks

14 (15) Neil Diamond – Solitary Man - 43 points (17-15-14) 3 wks

15 (10) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - 42 points (9-1-1-2-2-6-10-15) 8 wks

16 (17) Bread - Make It With You - 40 points (26-25-24-28-30-31-17-16) 8 wks

17 (12) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie - 33 points (16-12-17) 3 wks

18 (14) Joe Cocker - The Letter - 33 points (40-19-14-18) 4 wks

19 (24) Edwin Starr – War - 33 points (23-24-24-19) 4 wks

20 (08) Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People - 32 points (40-13-4-4-5-8-20) 7 wks

21 (38) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame - 32 points (40-38-21) 3 wks

22 (18) Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love - 31 points (18-22) 2 wks

23 (16) Shirley Bassey – Something - 30 points (21-13-14-16-23) 5 wks

24 (23) B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing - 29 points (23-24) 2 wks

25 (26) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come - 28 points (40-19-17-17-18-26-25) 7 wks

26 (19) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed - 27 points (37-21-7-6-7-6-10-12-12-18-20-19-26) 13 wks

27 (20) Thunderclap Newman – Accidents - 26 points (39-21-20-27) 4 wks

28 (30) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28) 30 wks

29 (28) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 20 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29) 18 wks

30 (29) Anne Murray - Snowbird - 20 points (26-25-27-29-30) 5 wks

31 (31) Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me - 19 points (31-27-30-26-25-24-26-28-31-31) 10 wks

32 (NE) Elvis Presley - Release Me - 19 points 1 wk

33 (NE) Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio - 19 points 1 wk

34 (27) Beach Boys – Cotton Fields - 17 points (31-9-5-5-6-5-10-16-22-27-34) 11 wks

35 (33) Buddy Miles & Freedom Express – Them Changes - 16 points (31-32-33-35) 4 wks

36 (36) Bob Dylan - (Quinn The Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn - 15 points (36-36) 2 wks

37 (40) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 14 points (40-x-32-36-40-37) 5 wks

38 (NE) Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter - 13 points 1 wk

39 (NE) Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Candida - 13 points 1 wk

40 (37) Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand - 12 points (28-30-29-29-35-29-33-28-30-30-34-35-37-40) 14 wks

40 (NE) Lord Creator - Kingston Town - 12 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

42 (34) Dave Clark Five - Here Comes Summer - 11 points (34)

45 (40) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle - 10 points (36-29-30-40)

48 (22) Four Tops – It’s All In The Game - 9 points (38-32-32-13-7-8-8-8-11-12-22)

49 (39) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe - 9 points (17-6-4-4-6-10-12-17-19-20-34-39)

50 (40) Van Morrison - Moondance - 9 points (40)

51 (25) Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 9 points (16-16-14-38-25)

58 (40) Ten Years After - Love Like a Man - 6 points (27-21-33-40)

62 (21) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi - 6 points (12-13-9-11-11-10-11-21)


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 31.07.1970


1 (3) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Free - All Right Now (9 wk) (#2)
3 (4) Kinks - Lola (5 wk) (#3)
4 (1) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (9 wk) (# 1)
5 (7) Shirley Bassey - Something (7 wk) (#5)
6 (8) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (5 wk) (#6)
7 (6) Four Tops - It's All In The Game (10 wk) (#5)
8 (5) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (7 wk) (#3)
9 (15) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever, My Love (5 wk) (# 9)
10 (11) Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville (6 wk) (#10)
11 (9) Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People (8 wk) (# 9)
12 (21) Ten Years After - Love Like A Man (9 wk) (# 12)
13 (12) Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha (9 wk) (#6)
14 (10) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (12 wk) (#5)
15 (13) Gerry Munroe - Sally (11 wk) (# 4)
16 (23) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie (5 wk) (#16)
17 (20) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (8 wk) (#17)
18 (24) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (3 wk) (#18)
19 (14) Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe (13 wk) (#2)
20 (30) Marmalade - Rainbow (3 wk) (#20)
21 (19) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back (13 wk) (#4)
22 (26) Miguel Rios - Song Of Joy (4 wk) (#22)
23 (29) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (3 wk) (#23)
24 (16) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe (14 wk) (#12)
25 (18) Christie - Yellow River (14 wk) (#1)
26 (28) Brotherhood Of Man - Where Are You Going to My Love (5 wk) (# 26)
27 (17) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (11 wk) (# 10)
28 (22) Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful (12 wk) (#6)
29 (NE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (1 wk) (#29)
30 (43) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (3 wk) (#30)
31 (31) Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love (22 wk) (#14)
32 (46) Ray Morgan - The Long And Winding Road (2 wk) (#32)
33 (36) Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand (3 wk) (#33)
34 (45) Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof (23 wk) (#6)
35 (48) Frank Sinatra - My Way (63 wk) (#5)
36 (50) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (2 wk) (#36)
37 (NE) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (1 wk) (#37)
38 (25) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John (13 wk) (# 9)
39 (32) Tony Joe White - Groupie Girl (9 wk) (#22)
40 (27) Arrival - I Will Survive (9 wk) (#16)
41 (NE) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President (1 wk) (#41)
42 (NE) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (1 wk) (#42)
43 (33) Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore (17 wk) (#8)
44 (44) England World Cup Squad - Back Home (16 wk) (#1)
45 (34) Johnny Cash - What is Truth (11 wk) (#21)
46 (NE) Bread - Make It with You (1 wk) (#46)
47 (RE) Sasha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (25 wk) (#10)
48 (39) Joe Cocker - The Letter (5 wk) (#39)
49 (40) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (20 wk) (# 1)
50 (41) Ides Of March - Vehicle (9 wk) (#31)

USA chart this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 30-7-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You  (and charts)
(3) THE KINKS – Lola
(NEW) ARETHA FRANKLIN – Don’t Play That Song
(NEW) STAVELY MAKEPEACE – Edna (Let Me Sing My Beautiful Song)
(23) FAIR WEATHER – Natural Sinner  
(17) JONI MITCHELL – Big Yellow Taxi  
(NEW) THE NEW SEEKERS – What Have They Done To My Song Ma
(6) HOTLEGS – Neanderthal Man
(16) PICKETTYWITCH – (It’s Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie  
(NEW) THE WAKE – Boys In The Band
(12) TEN YEARS AFTER – Love Like A Man  
(10) CAT STEVENS – Lady D’Arbanville  
(30) CHICAGO – 25 Or 6 To 4  
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You  

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 01.08.1970
1 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (24 wk) (#1)
2 (3) Free - Fire And Water (4 wk) (# 2)
3 (2) Beatles - Let It Be (11 wk) (#1)
4 (4) Bob Dylan - Self Portrait (4 wk) (# 1)
5 (NE) Elvis Presley - On Stage February 1970 (1 wk) (#5)
6 (11) Paint Your Wagon OST - Various Artists (26 wk) (#2)
7 (10) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (7 wk) (#4)
8 (5) Paul McCartney - McCartney (14 wk) (#2)
9 (7) Led Zeppelin - Led Zepellin 11 (39 wk) (#1)
10 (6) Various Artists - Easy Rider OST (28 wk) (#2)

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (31 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (11 wks)
03 The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love (3 wks)
04 The Spinners – It’s A Shame (2 wks)
05 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown (1 wk)
06 Buddy Miles & Freedom Express – Them Changes (5 wks)
07 The Carpenters – They Long To Be (Close To You) (7 wks)
08 Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever My Love (5 wks)
09 Shirley Bassey – Something (7 wks)
10 Neil Diamond – Solitary Man (4 wks)

11 Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand (14 wks)
12 Clarence Carter – Patches (3 wks)
13 Syl Johnson – One Way Ticket To Nowhere (4 wks)
14 The Originals – We Can Make It Baby (1 wk)
15 Marvin Gaye – The End Of Our Road (8 wks)
16 The Dells – Long Lonely Nights (3 wks)
17 The Isley Brothers – Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys (4 wks)
18 Edwin Starr – War (5 wks)
19 Luther Ingram – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) (11 wks)
20 Dyke And The Blazers – Runaway People (2 wks)

21 Kinks – Lola (5 wks)
22 Junior Walker & The Allstars – Do You See My Love (For You Growing) (4 wks)
23 Dionne Warwick – Paper Maché (5 wks)
24 The Moments – Love On A Two Way Street (17 wks)
25 Paul Kelly – Stealing In The Name Of The Lord (7 wks)
26 The Main Ingredient – You’ve Been My Inspiration (9 wks)
27 The Chi-Lites – I Like Your Lovin’ (Do You Like Mine) (3 wks)
28 The Lost Generation – The Sly Slick And The Wicked (9 wks)
29 Tyrone Davis – I’ll Be Right Here (6 wks)
30 Jackie Wilson – Let This Be A Letter (To My Baby) (12 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(03) Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
02(02) Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand
03(01) Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
04(04) Thunderclap Newman – Accidents
05(09) Marmalade – Rainbow
06(10) Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
07(--) The Jackson 5 – The Love You Save
08(08) Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
09(05) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around The Bend
10(06) The Kinks – Lola

11(20) Fair Weather – Natural Sinner
12(07) Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever, My Love
13(32) Mama Cass – A Song That Never Comes
14(11) Nicky Thomas – Love Of The Common People
15(31) The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love
16(34) Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration
17(--) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
18(13) Pickettywitch – Sad Old Kinda Movie
19(12) Dave Clark Five – Here Comes Summer
20(15) Free – All Right Now

24(--) Bread - Make It with You

31(--) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President
36(--) Andy Williams - It's So Easy

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Kinks - Lola (5 wks)
2 (2) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (5 wks)
3 (7) Marmalade - Rainbow (3 wks)
4 (10) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (3 wks)
5 (3) Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville (6 wks)
6 (8) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (4 wks)
7 (11) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (3 wks)
8 (4) Free - All Right Now (9 wks)
9 (5) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (8 wks)
10 (12) B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (7 wks)
11 (17) Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand (3 wks)
12 (19) Neil Diamond - Solitary Man (3 wks)
13 (6) Joe Cocker - The Letter (5 wks)
14 (14) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever, My Love (5 wks)
15 (9) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (7 wks)
16 (NE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (1 wk)
17 (24) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (2 wks)
18 (15) Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (13 wks)
19 (20) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (3 wks)
20 (NE) Bread - Make It with You (1 wk)
21 (NE) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (1 wk)
22 (13) Shirley Bassey - Something (7 wks)
23 (16) Four Tops - It's All In The Game (10 wks)
24 (NE) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President (1 wk)
25 (18) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (9 wks)
26 (21) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie (5 wks)
27 (22) Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People (8 wks)
28 (23) Dave Clark Five - Here Comes Summer (5 wks)
29 (25) Christie - Yellow River (14 wks)
30 (NE) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (1 wk)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Lola - Kinks < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder
3 ( 10 ) War - Edwin Starr
4 ( 4 ) I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas
5 ( 5 ) Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs
6 ( 8 ) 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
7 ( 3 ) Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (#1[1])
8 ( -- ) Patches - Clarence Carter
9 ( 6 ) Lady D'Arbanville - Cat Stevens (#5)
10 ( 9 ) Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#9)

11 ( 11 ) Make It With You - Bread
12 ( 7 ) (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (#3)
13 ( 17 ) Natural Sinner - Fair Weather
14 ( -- ) Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
15 ( 20 ) Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara
16 ( 16 ) Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay
17 ( 13 ) (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie - Pickettywitch (#12)
18 ( 18 ) Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
19 ( 12 ) Accidents - Thunderclap Newman (#9)
20 ( 19 ) Save The Country - 5th Dimension (#15)

21 ( -- ) Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown
22 ( 14 ) Song Of Joy - Miguel Rios (#9)
23 ( 32 ) Tell It All Brother - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
24 ( 22 ) I'll Say Forever My Love - Jimmy Ruffin (#22)
25 ( 15 ) All Right Now - Free (#1[2])
26 ( 35 ) (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You - Ronnie Dyson
27 ( 30 ) Rainbow - Marmalade
28 ( 37 ) Sweet Inspiration - Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon
29 ( 28 ) Sugar Bee - Canned Heat (#28)
30 ( 26 ) Where Are You Going To My Love - Brotherhood Of Man (#26)

31 ( 23 ) Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha - Cliff Richard (#8)
32 ( 21 ) Are You Ready - Pacific Gas & Electric (#6)
33 ( 24 ) Mama Told Me Not Come - Three Dog Night (#4)
34 ( -- ) Mr President - D B M And T
35 ( 27 ) Baby Hold On - Grass Roots (#10)
36 ( 25 ) Love Of The Common People - Nicky Thomas (#3)
37 ( 36 ) My Marie - Engelbert Humperdinck (#32)
38 ( 31 ) Mississippi - John Phillips (#20)
39 ( 29 ) The Love You Save - Jackson Five (#17)
40 ( 33 ) O-o-h Child - Five Stairsteps (#23)

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-- ( 34 ) In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry (#12)
-- ( 38 ) (You've Got Me) Dangling On A String - Chairmen On The Board (#20)
-- ( 39 ) Ride Captain Ride - Blue Image (#26)
-- ( 40 ) Question - Moody Blues (#1[7])

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-- ( -- ) Do You See My Love - Junior Walker & The All Stars
-- ( -- ) It's So Easy - Andy Williams
-- ( -- ) Overture From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera) - Assembled Multitude
-- ( -- ) Everybody's Got The Right To Love - Supremes
-- ( -- ) The Sly Slick And The Wicked - Lost Generation

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A lot of new songs this week, 5 of them failed to chart.

Stevie Wonder is still #2 with a song I would have played in the last round of Haven Factor and given he's climbed to #5 on the combi-chart this one may have done ok.

He is no longer the only blind singer in the top 10 though as Clarence Carter joins him with a cover of a song originally an album track for Chairmen Of The Board, and actually written by them, not Holland Dozier Holland who wrote their biggest hits.

That comes in even higher than the classic by Smokey Robinson which is the 2nd highest entry this week.

[o]

1 Kinks – Lola
2 Free - All Right Now
3 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
4 Elvis Presley – The wonder of you
5 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come
6 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend
7 Hotlegs – Neanderthal man
8 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
9 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
10 Beach Boys – Cotton fields
11 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
12 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
13 Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand
14 Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People
15 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
16 Dave Clark Five – Here comes summer
17 Marmalade – Rainbow
18 Four Tops - It's All In The Game
19 Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
20 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 01.08.1970

1 (02) The Kinks - Lola
2 (01) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
3 (03) Free - All Right Now
4 (04) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie
5 (05) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
6 (06) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
7 (10) Marmalade - Rainbow
8 (07) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
9 (08) Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)
10 (09) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love
11 (14) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)
12 (11) Cat Stevens - Lady D'arbanville
13 (13) Jackson 5 - ABC
14 (16) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
15 (17) Elton John - Your Song
16 (12) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man
17 (15) The Move - Brontosaurus
18 (18) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
19 (32) Van Morrison - Moondance
20 (20) Edwin Starr - War
21 (21) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John
22 (19) Chicago - 25 or 6 To 4
23 (29) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend
24 (New) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
25 (25) Four Tops - It's All In The Game
26 (26) Shirley Bassey - Something
27 (27) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness
28 (28) Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People
29 (23) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields
30 (30) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
31 (24) Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha
32 (22) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin Star
33 (33) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
34 (34) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin'
35 (35) Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True
36 (New) Bread - Make It With You
37 (37) Christie - Yellow River
38 (New) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
39 (New) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
40 (New) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Elvis Presley - THE WONDER OF YOU
2 [2] :: Elvis Presley - RELEASE ME {On Stage LP track}
3 [3] :: Neil Diamond - SOLITARY MAN
4 [4] :: Kinks - LOLA
5 [12] :: Chicago - 25 OR 6 TO 4
6 [6] :: Bob Dylan - (QUINN THE ESKIMO) THE MIGHTY QUINN {Self Portrait LP track}
7 [8] :: Supremes - EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE
8 [new] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - TEARS OF A CLOWN
9 [5] :: Nicky Thomas - LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE
10 [9] :: Lord Creator - KINGSTON TOWN
11 [10] :: Joe Cocker - THE LETTER
12 [16] :: Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - SWEET INSPIRATION
13 [17] :: Stevie Wonder - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS
14 [15] :: Mungo Jerry - IN THE SUMMERTIME
15 [new] :: Diana Ross - REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEBODY'S HAND
16 [18] :: B J Thomas - I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING
17 [13] :: Kool & The Gang - LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOUR MIND
18 [7] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - UP AROUND THE BEND
19 [19] :: Status Quo - DOWN THE DUSTPIPE
20 [new] :: Bread - MAKE IT WITH YOU

[raliverpool]

01 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (7wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1)
02 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (5wks 19-10-3-2-2)
03 Kinks - Lola (5wks 23-13-6-3-3)
04 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (5wks 22-14-8-4-4)
05 Bread - Make It With You (4wks 29-15-9-5)
06 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (5wks 35-20-13-8-6)
07 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (5wks 34-25-17-10-7)
08 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (4wks 28-19-11-8)
09 Free - All Right Now (7wks 11-5-2-1-2-5-9)
10 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (8wks 21-14-8-6-5-5-6-10)

11 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (3wks 30-17-11)
12 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (4wks 32-22-14-12)
13 Paul McCartney - Every Night (4wks 27-20-15-13)
14 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (3wks 31-19-14)
15 Shirley Bassey - Something (5wks 24-19-16-13-15)
16 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (8wks 24-12-7-4-4-4-7-16)

17 Edwin Starr - War (1wk 17 NEW)

18 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love (4wks 33-27-22-18)
19 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (2wks 27-19)
20 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (4wks 35-28-23-20)

21 Van Morrison - Moondance (8wks 32-18-13-10-8-7-12-21)
22 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (2wks 34-22)
23 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (2wks 32-23)
24 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the Night (6wks 23-14-11-11-16-25)
26 Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (2wks 39-26)
27 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (8wks 20-8-2-3-6-10-18-28)
29 David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (2wks 38-29)
30 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People (6wks 18-11-9-12-20-30)

31 Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready (5wks 40-30-26-26-31)
32 Clarence Carter - Patches (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (6wks 30-26-24-25-28-34)
35 Pickettywitch - (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie (3wks 37-33-35)
36 Fotheringay - Winter Winds (4wks 39-34-30-36)
37 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (10wks 17-11-6-3-1-1-2-9-21-37)
38 Three Degrees - Maybe (1wk 38 NEW)
39 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Four Tops - It's All In The Game (6wks 34-21-15-18-25-40)

The anti-Vietnam War protest song was first recorded by the Temptations in 1969, but Motown boss Berry Gordy decided not to release it to avoid alienating the American public. One year later and with public opinion changing, composers and producer Norman Whitfield with Barrett Strong persuaded Gordy to allow his second string act to release his version of this psychedelic soul song. The result was a runaway USA #1 (R&B #3) & UK #3 hit.

[popchartfreak]

25th July 1970

It's straight in at 1 for Diana Ross' first solo chart-topper, her sprawling, epic, building cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's Ain't No Mountain High Enough. I adore it, I love an emotional record that builds to a crescendo climax, and Di came close to being this good many times in her solo career, but never exceeded it. Including Supremes records it's her 3rd number one, and the 4th in a row for what was termed "East Listening" at the time, the kiss of death for an artist's critical acclaim. Critics, though, including music critics, have a poor record with confusing "popular" as "mass-low-brow" and miss the point as often as not.

Talking of Easy Listening, The New Seekers debut at 8 with What Have They Done To My Song, Ma, Melanie's quirky album track soon to be bunged on the B side of Ruby Tuesday, though both versions made the UK charts any month now. Expect Melanie's version next week. Rodriguez leaps into the top 10 as I get severely into this new track (to me), and the classic Smokey Robinson album track finally gets a single release and enters at 15 - in the UK! I would have included it in my 1967 charts if I'd remembered it 3 years ago, but I didn't twig, just as I forgot to chart a guaranteed number one for R.Dean Taylor's There's A Ghost In My House. More from R. Dean Taylor next week, too (not Ghost though, that'll wait for 1974 now). 

There's a fab Curtis Mayfield song as Major Lance debuts with Stay Away From Me at 62 - 5 years ahead of his bigger hits - while Ron Dante joins himself in the charts (3 this week) in solo capacity rather than with The Archies or The Cufflinks, on a track that was a hit in South Africa. Aretha's back, adding to her long list of chart entries with Don't Play That Song, Andy Williams is back with another Easy Listening effortless singalong, It's So Easy (he makes it look). Creedence quickly shoot off another double A side, but just the one track charting here, while Dave Dee is absent from the D,B,M & T single as it sneaks in. That leaves just Elvis, a track from his Live Vegas album that came out in 1973 in the UK as a hit single, a cover of Tony Joe White's Polk Salad Annie. It's OK, at least I don't hate it anymore like I did it in 1973 when I didn't realise it was a 3-year-old album track. 




1 ( NEW ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
2 ( 1 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
3 ( 3 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
4 ( 6 ) IT’S A SHAME The (Detroit) Spinners # 4
5 ( 4 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
6 ( 2 ) LOLA The Kinks # 2
7 ( 5 ) RAINBOW Marmalade # 5
8 ( NEW ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers # 8
9 ( 9 ) SOLITARY MAN Neil Diamond # 9
10 ( 37 ) SUGAR MAN Rodriguez # 10

11 ( 8 ) CANDIDA Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 8
12 ( 13 ) JOANNE Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 12
13 ( 7 ) WAR Edwin Starr # 5
14 ( 10 ) DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (FOR YOU GROWING) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 10
15 ( NEW ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 15
16 ( 11 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
17 ( 19 ) LIGHTS OF TUCSON Jim Campbell # 17
18 ( 16 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs # 16
19 ( 14 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens # 3
20 ( 21 ) KINGSTON TOWN Lord Creator # 20

21 ( 12 ) SUNSHINE The Archies # 12
22 ( 24 ) OVER AND OVER The Archies # 22
23 ( 25 ) (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU Warm Earth # 23
24 ( 15 ) BALL OF CONFUSION (THAT’S WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY) The Temptations # 9
25 ( 18 ) GO BACK Crabby Appleton # 3
26 ( 17 ) ALL RIGHT NOW Free # 17
27 ( 20 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY The 5th Dimension # 1
28 ( 30 ) MONTEGO BAY Bobby Bloom # 28
29 ( 23 ) TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive N’ Kickin’ # 4
30 ( 22 ) GONE MOVIN’ ON The Raiders # 9

31 ( 26 ) YOUR SONG Elton John # 1
32 ( 27 ) MAYBE I’M AMAZED Paul McCartney # 2
33 ( 29 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1
34 ( 36 ) PATCHES Clarence Carter # 34
35 ( 31 ) BORDER SONG Elton John # 1
36 ( 28 ) SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I’M YOURS) Stevie Wonder # 28
37 ( 32 ) YELLOW RIVER Christie # 4
38 ( 33 ) BLACK FOX Freddy Robinson # 33
39 ( 39 ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago # 39
40 ( 47 ) LOOKY LOOKY (LOOK AT ME GIRL) The O’Jays # 40

41 ( 35 ) SUSIE-Q Jose Feliciano # 35
42 ( 50 ) THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye # 42
43 ( 34 ) SOMETHING Shirley Bassey # 34
44 ( 45 ) IT’S YOUR LIFE Andy Kim # 44
45 ( 48 ) JULIE DO YA LOVE ME Bobby Sherman # 45
46 ( 41 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
47 ( 42 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 1
48 ( 38 ) I FOUND THAT GIRL The Jackson 5 # 38
49 ( 40 ) DOWN BY THE RIVER Buddy Miles & The Freedom Express # 40
50 ( 53 ) EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED Glen Campbell # 50

51 ( 43 ) MORNING MUCH BETTER Ten Wheel Drive with Genya Ravan # 43
52 ( 54 ) CALICO GIRLFRIEND Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 52
53 ( 49 ) APARTMENT 21 Bobbie Gentry # 49
54 ( 57 ) THE BALLAD OF CHERRY FLAVAR Marmalade # 54
55 ( 70 ) GREY SEAL Elton John # 55
56 ( 56 ) THE DAY WILL COME BETWEEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY Kiki Dee # 56
57 ( 60 ) A SONG THAT NEVER COMES Mama Cass Elliot # 57
58 ( 68 ) STAY JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER Yvonne Fair # 58
59 ( 66 ) I LIKE YOUR LOVIN’ (DO YOU LIKE MINE?) The Chi-Lites # 59
60 ( 61 ) GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A) SEX MACHINE James Brown # 60

61 ( 55 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne # 2
62 ( NEW ) STAY AWAY FROM ME (I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH) Major Lance # 62
63 ( 63 ) EVERYTHING’S TUESDAY Chairmen Of The Board # 63
64 ( 46 ) GOODBYE SAM HELLO SAMANTHA Cliff Richard # 27
65 ( 67 ) EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE The Supremes # 65
66 ( NEW ) LET ME BRING YOU UP Ron Dante # 66
67 ( NEW ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG Aretha Franklin # 67
68 ( 69 ) SET ME FREE Esther Phillips with The Dixie Flyers # 68
69 ( 77 ) INNER CITY BLUES Rodriguez # 69
70 ( 75 ) GASOLINE ALLEY Rod Stewart # 70

71 ( NEW ) IT’S SO EASY Andy Williams # 71
72 ( 74 ) SWEET INSPIRATION Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon # 72
73 ( 64 ) (TO BE) YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK Bob & Marcia # 2
74 ( 76 ) PRESSURE DROP Toots & The Maytals # 74
75 ( 51 ) I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING B.J. Thomas # 40
76 ( 78 ) WE’RE SO MUCH IN LOVE Madeline Bell # 76
77 ( 52 ) ABRAHAM MARTIN & JOHN Marvin Gaye # 8
78 ( NEW ) LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR Creedence Clearwater Revival # 78
79 ( NEW ) POLK SALAD ANNIE Elvis Presley # 79
80 ( NEW ) MR. PRESIDENT D, B, M & T # 80


Wot I liked then
1 ( 1 ) GOODBY SAM HELLO SAMANTHA Cliff Richard
2 ( 2 ) CECILIA Simon And Garfunkel
3 ( 4 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens
4 ( 5 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley
5 ( 3 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry
6 ( 8 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs
7 ( 7 ) HONEY COME BACK Glen Campbell
8 ( 6 ) LOLA The Kinks
9 ( 11 ) I’LL SAY FOREVER MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
10 ( 9 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles

11 ( 10 ) YELLOW RIVER Christie
12 ( NEW ) RAINBOW Marmalade
13 ( 13 ) LOVE VIBRATIONS The Archies
14 ( NEW ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
15 ( 14 ) IT’S ALL IN THE GAME The Four Tops
16 ( 12 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell
17 ( 18 ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder
18 ( 15 ) ALL RIGHT NOW Free
19 ( NEW ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago
20 ( 17 ) COTTONFIELDS The Beach Boys