Haven Retro Combined Chart : 01.08.1970

[smokeyb]

Its week number 4 for the Kinks, Elvis Presley is still at 2, Stevie Wonder moves up to 3.

Chicago are up to 4 and Joni Mitchell slips to 5.



There are 5 new entries this week, the highest is Smokey Robinson & the Miracles at number 10.



The biggest climber are the Supremes & BJ Thomas who both jump up 6 places.



The biggest faller is the Beach Boys who slip 12 places.


01.08.1970 (Week # 31)


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

2 (02) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You - 100 points (31-32-40-4-3-2-2) 7 wks

3 (05) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - 97 points (37-13-5-3) 4 wks

4 (09) Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 - 75 points (40-9-4) 3 wks

5 (04) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - 74 points (14-6-3-3-3-4-4-5) 8 wks

6 (06) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man - 67 points (13-9-6-6) 4 wks

7 (11) Marmalade – Rainbow - 66 points (32-11-7) 3 wks

8 (03) Free - All Right Now - 63 points (11-2-2-1-1-2-2-3-8) 9 wks

9 (08) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 58 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8-9) 8 wks

10 (NE) Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown - 57 points 1 wk

11 (13) Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand - 55 points (35-13-11) 3 wks

12 (07) Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville - 53 points (34-31-27-20-8-8-7-7-12) 9 wks

13 (16) Bread - Make It With You - 46 points (26-25-24-28-30-31-17-16-13) 9 wks

14 (12) Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever, My Love - 43 points (33-10-11-12-14) 5 wks

15 (NE) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner- 38 points 1 wk

16 (22) Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love - 38 points (18-22-16) 3 wks

17 (10) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 36 points (37-13-10-10-12-15-10-5-6-7-6-10-17) 13 wks

18 (24) B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing - 35 points (23-24-18) 3 wks

19 (19) Edwin Starr – War - 34 points (23-24-24-19-19) 5 wks

20 (21) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame - 34 points (40-38-21-20) wks

21 (15) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - 33 points (9-1-1-2-2-6-10-15-21) 9 wks

22 (14) Neil Diamond – Solitary Man - 32 points (17-15-14-22) 4 wks

23 (20) Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People - 26 points (40-13-4-4-5-8-20-23) 8 wks

24 (26) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed - 24 points (37-21-7-6-7-6-10-12-12-18-20-19-26-24) 14 wks

25 (17) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie - 24 points (16-12-17-25) 4 wks

26 (NE) Clarence Carter – Patches - 22 points 1 wk

27 (25) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come - 21 points (40-19-17-17-18-26-25-17) 8 wks

28 (33) Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio - 20 points (33-28) 2 wks

29 (28) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29) 31 wks

30 (29) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 20 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29-30) 19 wks

31 (NE) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 20 points 1 wk

32 (31) Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me - 19 points (31-27-30-26-25-24-26-28-31-31-32) 11 wks

33 (32) Elvis Presley - Release Me - 19 points (32-33) 2 wks

34 (27) Thunderclap Newman – Accidents - 19 points (39-21-20-27-34) 5 wks

35 (30) Anne Murray - Snowbird - 19 points (26-25-27-29-30-35) 6 wks

36 (18) Joe Cocker - The Letter - 18 points (40-19-14-18-36) 5 wks

37 (NE) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration - 18 points 1 wk

38 (23) Shirley Bassey – Something - 18 points (21-13-14-16-23-38) 6 wks

39 (36) Bob Dylan - (Quinn The Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn - 15 points (36-36-39) 3 wks

40 (35) Buddy Miles & Freedom Express – Them Changes - 15 points (31-32-33-35-40) 5 wks

40 (38) Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter - 15 points (38-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

43 (37) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 13 points (40-x-32-36-40-37)

45 (40) Lord Creator - Kingston Town - 12 points (40)

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

48 (40) Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand - 10 points (28-30-29-29-35-29-33-28-30-30-34-35-37-40)

50 (39) Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Candida - 9 points (39)


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 07.08.1970

1 (1) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (5 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) Kinks - Lola (6 wk) (#2)
3 (6) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (6 wk) (#3)
4 (2) Free - All Right Now (10 wk) (#2)
5 (5) Shirley Bassey - Something (8 wk) (#5)
6 (4) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (10 wk) (# 1)
7 (9) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever, My Love (6 wk) (# 7)
8 (10) Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville (7 wk) (#8)
9 (7) Four Tops - It's All In The Game (11 wk) (#5)
10 (12) Ten Years After - Love Like A Man (10 wk) (# 10)
11 (8) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (8 wk) (#3)
12 (17) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (9 wk) (#12)
13 (11) Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People (9 wk) (# 9)
14 (20) Marmalade - Rainbow (4 wk) (#14)
15 (18) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (4 wk) (#15)
16 (22) Miguel Rios - Song Of Joy (5 wk) (#16)
17 (23) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (4 wk) (#17)
18 (13) Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha (10 wk) (#6)
19 (14) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (13 wk) (#5)
20 (15) Gerry Munroe - Sally (12 wk) (# 4)
21 (25) Christie - Yellow River (15 wk) (#1)
22 (26) Brotherhood Of Man - Where Are You Going to My Love (6 wk) (# 22)
23 (16) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie (6 wk) (#16)
24 (37) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (2 wk) (#24)
25 (29) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (2 wk) (#25)
26 (21) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back (14 wk) (#4)
27 (19) Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe (14 wk) (#2)
28 (30) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (4 wk) (#28)
29 (36) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (3 wk) (#29)
30 (27) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (12 wk) (# 10)
31 (28) Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful (13 wk) (#6)
32 (24) Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe (15 wk) (#12)
33 (32) Ray Morgan - The Long And Winding Road (3 wk) (#32)
34 (41) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President (2 wk) (#34)
35 (43) Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore (18 wk) (#8)
36 (33) Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand (4 wk) (#33)
37 (46) Bread - Make It with You (2 wk) (# 37)
38 (40) Arrival - I Will Survive (10 wk) (#16)
39 (31) Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love (23 wk) (#14)
40 (NE) Who - Summertime Blues (1 wk) (# 40)
41 (NE) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (1 wk) (# 41)
42 (NE) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (1 wk) (# 42)
43 (42) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (2 wk) (#42)
44 (39) Tony Joe White - Groupie Girl (10 wk) (#22)
45 (35) Frank Sinatra - My Way (64 wk) (#5)
46 (RE) Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain (11 wk) (# 21)
47 (38) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John (14 wk) (# 9)
48 (NE) Dorothy Squires - My Way (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (48) Joe Cocker - The Letter (6 wk) (#39)
50 (34) Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof (24 wk) (#6)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 06-8-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You (and charts)
(NEW) THE FOUNDATIONS – I’m Gonna Be A Rich Man
(14) MARMALADE – Rainbow
(24) THE JACKSON 5 – The Love You Save
(NEW) JERRY REED – Plastic Saddle
(7) JIMMY RUFFIN – I’ll Say Forever My Love
(17) FAIR WEATHER – Natural Sinner
(NEW) THE PEDDLERS – Tell The World We’re Not In
(29) JOHNNY JOHNSON & THE BANDWAGON – Sweet Inspiration
(15) STEVIE WONDER – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
(NEW) RICHARD HARRIS – Ballad Of A Man Called Horse
(5) SHIRLEY BASSEY – Something
(25) SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES – The Tears Of A Clown
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You
(NEW) THE RATTLES – The Witch

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 08.08.1970
1 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (25 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Free - Fire And Water (5 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Beatles - Let It Be (12 wk) (#1)
4 (4) Bob Dylan - Self Portrait (5 wk) (# 1)
5 (5) Elvis Presley - On Stage February 1970 (2 wk) (#5)
6 (6) Paint Your Wagon OST - Various Artists (27 wk) (#2)
7 (9) Led Zeppelin - Led Zepellin 11 (40 wk) (#1)
8 (7) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (8 wk) (#4)
9 (10) Various Artists - Easy Rider OST (29 wk) (#2)
10 (8) Paul McCartney - McCartney (15 wk) (#2)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 08.08.1970

1 (24) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
2 (01) The Kinks - Lola
3 (02) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
4 (03) Free - All Right Now
5 (04) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie
6 (05) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
7 (06) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
8 (07) Marmalade - Rainbow
9 (08) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
10 (09) Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)
11 (10) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love
12 (38) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
13 (11) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)
14 (13) Jackson 5 - ABC
15 (14) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
16 (39) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
17 (36) Bread - Make It With You
18 (15) Elton John - Your Song
19 (40) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi
20 (26) Shirley Bassey - Something
21 (25) Four Tops - It's All In The Game
22 (12) Cat Stevens - Lady D'arbanville
23 (16) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man
24 (17) The Move - Brontosaurus
25 (18) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
26 (19) Van Morrison - Moondance
27 (20) Edwin Starr - War
28 (21) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John
29 (23) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend
30 (New) Clarence Carter - Patches
31 (27) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness
32 (New) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
33 (29) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields
34 (30) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
35 (New) Dawn - Candida
36 (33) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
37 (35) Stevie Wonder - Never Had A Dream Come True
38 (New) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
39 (New) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
40 (New) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (32 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (12 wks)
03 Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (1 wk)
04 The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love (4 wks)
05 Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (1 wk)
06 The Spinners – It’s A Shame (3 wks)
07 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown (2 wks)
08 Buddy Miles & Freedom Express – Them Changes (6 wks)
09 Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever My Love (6 wks)
10 The Carpenters – They Long To Be (Close To You) (8 wks)

11 Shirley Bassey – Something (8 wks)
12 Clarence Carter – Patches (4 wks)
13 Neil Diamond – Solitary Man (5 wks)
14 The Originals – We Can Make It Baby (2 wks)
15 Jackie DeShannon – It’s So Nice (1 wk)
16 Syl Johnson – One Way Ticket To Nowhere (5 wks)
17 The Dells – Long Lonely Nights (4 wks)
18 Bobby Womack – More Than I Can’t Stand (15 wks)
19 The Isley Brothers – Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys (5 wks)
20 Marvin Gaye – The End Of Our Road (9 wks)

21 Dyke And The Blazers – Runaway People (3 wks)
22 Edwin Starr – War (6 wks)
23 Junior Walker & The Allstars – Do You See My Love (For You Growing) (5 wks)
24 Luther Ingram – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) (12 wks)
25 Kinks – Lola (6 wks)
26 Dionne Warwick – Paper Maché (6 wks)
27 The Chi-Lites – I Like Your Lovin’ (Do You Like Mine) (4 wks)
28 Paul Kelly – Stealing In The Name Of The Lord (8 wks)
29 The Moments – Love On A Two Way Street (18 wks)
30 The Main Ingredient – You’ve Been My Inspiration (10 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
02(07) The Jackson 5 – The Love You Save
03(13) Mama Cass – A Song That Never Comes
04(06) Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
05(17) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
06(03) Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You
07(11) Fair Weather – Natural Sinner
08(02) Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand
09(04) Thunderclap Newman – Accidents
10(05) Marmalade – Rainbow

11(24) Bread - Make It with You
12(16) Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration
13(15) The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love
14(08) Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
15(09) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around The Bend
16(10) The Kinks – Lola
17(31) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President
18(36) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
19(12) Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever, My Love
20(--) Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me (Not To Come)

23(--) The Who – Summertime Blues
25(--) Jimmy Cliff – Wild World
30(--) Dorothy Squires – My Way

[smokeyb]

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

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Lola - Kinks < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) War - Edwin Starr
3 ( 8 ) Patches - Clarence Carter
4 ( 2 ) Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder (#2[2])
5 ( 4 ) I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas (#4)
6 ( 14 ) Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
7 ( 6 ) 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago (#6)
8 ( 5 ) Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs (#5)
9 ( 21 ) Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown
10 ( 13 ) Natural Sinner - Fair Weather

11 ( 11 ) Make It With You - Bread
12 ( 7 ) Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (#1[1])
13 ( 10 ) Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#9)
14 ( 15 ) Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara
15 ( 9 ) Lady D'Arbanville - Cat Stevens (#5)
16 ( 16 ) Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay
17 ( 23 ) Tell It All Brother - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
18 ( 12 ) (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (#3)
19 ( 18 ) Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War (#18)
20 ( 26 ) (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You - Ronnie Dyson

21 ( 17 ) (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie - Pickettywitch (#12)
22 ( -- ) Wild World - Jimmy Cliff
23 ( 20 ) Save The Country - 5th Dimension (#15)
24 ( 28 ) Sweet Inspiration - Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon
25 ( 34 ) Mr President - D B M And T
26 ( 27 ) Rainbow - Marmalade
27 ( 19 ) Accidents - Thunderclap Newman (#9)
28 ( -- ) I Want To Take Your Higher - Ike & Tina Turner
29 ( 24 ) I'll Say Forever My Love - Jimmy Ruffin (#22)
30 ( -- ) Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler

31 ( 22 ) Song Of Joy - Miguel Rios (#9)
32 ( 29 ) Sugar Bee - Canned Heat (#28)
33 ( 30 ) Where Are You Going To My Love - Brotherhood Of Man (#26)
34 ( 25 ) All Right Now - Free (#1[2])
35 ( 37 ) My Marie - Engelbert Humperdinck (#32)
36 ( 31 ) Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha - Cliff Richard (#8)
37 ( 33 ) Mama Told Me Not Come - Three Dog Night (#4)
38 ( 35 ) Baby Hold On - Grass Roots (#10)
39 ( 32 ) Are You Ready - Pacific Gas & Electric (#6)
40 ( -- ) Hand Me Down World - Guess Who

---

-- ( 36 ) Love Of The Common People - Nicky Thomas (#3)
-- ( 38 ) Mississippi - John Phillips (#20)
-- ( 39 ) The Love You Save - Jackson Five (#17)
-- ( 40 ) O-o-h Child - Five Stairsteps (#23)

---

In the long list of "take a song and do it reggae style" gives Jimmy Cliff a hit with a Cat Stevens song. Maxi Priest would cover it in 1988, also reggae style, to get a top 5 hit in the UK. I seem to recall I will chart Cat Stevens' originaly version in 1971.

Jonathan King would do a cover version to the arrangement of the Pet Shop Boys' "It's A Sin". Cat Stevens never sued the Pet Shop Boys for royalties but they sued him.

[Whitneyfan]

It's a sin sounds nothing like Wild world.

[Earl Purple]

Aug 2, 2020 11:20:17 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

It's a sin sounds nothing like Wild world.

It has a similar chord sequence. You can't however necessarily copyright a chord sequence especially if it's a natural progression, and possibly has been used somewhere before, which I guess it would have been.

[popchartfreak]

King's version of Wild World was amusing but it was a total copy of Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin, so yes he copied them and lost the case. At the time plagiarism was something like 5 notes in a row being the same (see My Sweet Lord) whereas now it can be arrangements that are copied (Blurred Lines).

[o]

I desperately need some new songs I know

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 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
11 Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand
12 Marmalade – Rainbow
13 Beach Boys – Cotton fields
14 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
15 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
16 Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People
17 Dave Clark Five – Here comes summer
18 Four Tops - It's All In The Game
19 Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
20 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi

[raliverpool]

01 Kinks - Lola (6wks 23-13-6-3-3-1)
02 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (6wks 19-10-3-2-2-2)
03 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (8wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1-3)
04 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (6wks 22-14-8-4-4-4)
05 Bread - Make It With You (5wks 29-15-9-5-5)
06 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (4wks 30-17-11-6)
07 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (6wks 34-25-17-10-7-7)
08 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (5wks 28-19-11-8-8)
09 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (6wks 35-20-13-8-6-9)
10 Edwin Starr - War (2wks 17-10)

11 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (5wks 32-22-14-12-11)
12 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (4wks 31-19-14-12)
13 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (2wks 39-13)
14 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (3wks 27-19-14)
15 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (3wks 34-22-15)
16 Paul McCartney - Every Night (5wks 27-20-15-13-16)
17 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (3wks 32-23-17)
18 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love (5wks 33-27-22-18-18)
19 Ten Years After - Love Like a Man (5wks 35-28-23-20-19)
20 Free - All Right Now (8wks 11-5-2-1-2-5-9-20)

21 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (2wks 27-21)
22 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (2wks 24-22)
23 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (9wks 21-14-8-6-5-5-6-10-23)
24 Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley (3wks 39-26-24)
25 Shirley Bassey - Something (6wks 24-19-16-13-15-25)
26 Clarence Carter - Patches (2wks 32-26)
27 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother (2wks 33-27)
28 David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival (3wks 38-29-28)
29 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (9wks 24-12-7-4-4-4-7-16-30)

31 Marmalade - Rainbow (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Van Morrison - Moondance (9wks 32-18-13-10-8-7-12-21-32)
33 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Kris Kristofferson - Help Me Make It Through the Night (7wks 23-14-11-11-16-25-35)
36 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready (6wks 40-30-26-26-31-37)
38 Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich - Mr President (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (9wks 20-8-2-3-6-10-18-28-40)

[smokeyb]

Aug 5, 2020 18:21:56 GMT 1 o said:

I desperately need some new songs I know

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 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
11 Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand
12 Marmalade – Rainbow
13 Beach Boys – Cotton fields
14 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
15 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
16 Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People
17 Dave Clark Five – Here comes summer
18 Four Tops - It's All In The Game
19 Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
20 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi

There are a couple of classic rock songs appearing in the next few weeks, watch this space.

[Shireblogger]

Aug 5, 2020 18:21:56 GMT 1 o said:

I desperately need some new songs I know

Agreed. The middle four months of 1970 have been dire.

[Shireblogger]

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

[popchartfreak]

1st August 1970

It's straight in at 1 for Hot Chocolate who debut with Love Is Life having signed up to Mickie Most's RAK Records, and it's fab sailing ship logo, fresh from a brief stint on Apple Records. I love this record, I love Hot Chocolate and Errol Brown, and the songwriting team of Errol Brown/Tony Wilson don't get enough love being as the gang were mostly a singles act. On the plus side, this kicked off 15 consecutive years of chart success in the UK. That means Diana Ross gets a single week on top, as the high new entries start to come in thick and fast this week, and for the next few weeks. Meanwhile new-to-me Rodgriguez' Sugar Man is up to 4, and a 2014 remix is in my current personal top 10 to boot.

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles get a 3rd top 10 as Tears Of A Clown climbs, there's no denying Smokey Robinson is a fab lyricist, and a great melody man, The New Seekers take Melanie's song into the top 5 - as Melanie enters at 15 with her original version (and future chart hit), taken from her April album Candles In The Rain, as her latest single pops in at 80. Just to rub it in, there are 2 more Melanie tracks entering from the same album, one a future hit, the other a future New Seekers cover (again) - I have to say Melanie (or her label) were oblivious to commercial songs, going instead for worthy, dreary singles and ignoring the far superior quirky, melodic songs she wrote. So, a cover of The Rolling Stones' Ruby Tuesday enters at 22, and Nickel Song at 27. 

Released a couple of months earlier with limited availablity, the Motown single for R.Dean Taylor starts to get properly available this month and take off into the US charts for his biggest US hit, Indiana Wants Me following in the tradition of murder-story ballads - it's no Ghost In My House or Gotta See Jane, which both frantically danced to the top of my charts in 1967/68 (the former after I amended the charts I posted on here because everyone forgot to chart it, including me), but it's still fab. In at 13. Highest climber, into the 40, is Aretha Franklin, as Jimmy Cliff somehow gets hold of Cat Stevens Wild World before release, at 60. 

No it's not Halloween, but Monster Mash is a hit again in the US Hot 100, and would be an even bigger hit in the summer of 1973 on both sides of the Atlantic, so may as well chart it now rather than 1973 as I expect my charts will be even busier than the 1970 charts are - and they are chock-a-block right now, anyway. Charles Wright is back, Express Yourself being one of those songs you know without knowing you know, a funk workout, as The Archies go top 20 with a B side I was a fan of in 1970. The Archies track in my actual charts of the time is a couple of months early - I got my dates wrong when I retrospectively compiled my charts according to what I recalled liking at the time while it was still fresh in my memory (I was still in my teens).



1 ( NEW ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
2 ( 1 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
3 ( 2 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
4 ( 10 ) SUGAR MAN Rodriguez # 4
5 ( 8 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers # 5
6 ( 15 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 6
7 ( 3 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
8 ( 5 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
9 ( 4 ) IT’S A SHAME The (Detroit) Spinners # 4
10 ( 12 ) JOANNE Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 10

11 ( 6 ) LOLA The Kinks # 2
12 ( 7 ) RAINBOW Marmalade # 5
13 ( NEW ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 13
14 ( 11 ) CANDIDA Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 8
15 ( NEW ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie # 15
16 ( 9 ) SOLITARY MAN Neil Diamond # 9
17 ( 17 ) LIGHTS OF TUCSON Jim Campbell # 17
18 ( 14 ) DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (FOR YOU GROWING) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 10
19 ( 16 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
20 ( 22 ) OVER AND OVER The Archies # 20

21 ( 13 ) WAR Edwin Starr # 5
22 ( NEW ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie # 22
23 ( 23 ) (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU Warm Earth # 23
24 ( 20 ) KINGSTON TOWN Lord Creator # 20
25 ( 28 ) MONTEGO BAY Bobby Bloom # 25
26 ( 19 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens # 3
27 ( NEW ) NICKEL SONG Melanie # 27
28 ( 18 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs # 16
29 ( 34 ) PATCHES Clarence Carter # 29
30 ( 40 ) LOOKY LOOKY (LOOK AT ME GIRL) The O’Jays # 30

31 ( 25 ) GO BACK Crabby Appleton # 3
32 ( 21 ) SUNSHINE The Archies # 12
33 ( 27 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY The 5th Dimension # 1
34 ( 30 ) GONE MOVIN’ ON The Raiders # 9
35 ( 39 ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago # 35
36 ( 29 ) TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive N’ Kickin’ # 4
37 ( 33 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1
38 ( 67 ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED) Aretha Franklin # 38
39 ( 42 ) THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye # 39
40 ( 53 ) APARTMENT 21 Bobbie Gentry # 40

41 ( 31 ) YOUR SONG Elton John # 1
42 ( 32 ) MAYBE I’M AMAZED Paul McCartney # 2
43 ( 24 ) BALL OF CONFUSION (THAT’S WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY) The Temptations # 9
44 ( 35 ) BORDER SONG Elton John # 1
45 ( 26 ) ALL RIGHT NOW Free # 17
46 ( 50 ) EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED Glen Campbell # 46
47 ( 37 ) YELLOW RIVER Christie # 4
48 ( 38 ) BLACK FOX Freddy Robinson # 33
49 ( 52 ) CALICO GIRLFRIEND Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 49
50 ( 54 ) THE BALLAD OF CHERRY FLAVAR Marmalade # 50

51 ( 44 ) IT’S YOUR LIFE Andy Kim # 44
52 ( 46 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
53 ( 55 ) GREY SEAL Elton John # 53
54 ( 47 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 1
55 ( 45 ) JULIE DO YA LOVE ME Bobby Sherman # 45
56 ( 62 ) STAY AWAY FROM ME (I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH) Major Lance # 56
57 ( 36 ) SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I’M YOURS) Stevie Wonder # 28
58 ( 58 ) STAY JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER Yvonne Fair # 58
59 ( 56 ) THE DAY WILL COME BETWEEN SUNDAY AND MONDAY Kiki Dee # 56
60 ( NEW ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff # 60

61 ( 57 ) A SONG THAT NEVER COMES Mama Cass Elliot # 57
62 ( 63 ) EVERYTHING’S TUESDAY Chairmen Of The Board # 62
63 ( 66 ) LET ME BRING YOU UP Ron Dante # 63
64 ( 41 ) SUSIE-Q Jose Feliciano # 35
65 ( 59 ) I LIKE YOUR LOVIN’ (DO YOU LIKE MINE?) The Chi-Lites # 59
66 ( 68 ) SET ME FREE Esther Phillips with The Dixie Flyers # 66
67 ( 69 ) INNER CITY BLUES Rodriguez # 67
68 ( 70 ) GASOLINE ALLEY Rod Stewart # 68
69 ( 71 ) IT’S SO EASY Andy Williams # 69
70 ( 65 ) EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE The Supremes # 65

71 ( 60 ) GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A) SEX MACHINE James Brown # 60
72 ( 72 ) SWEET INSPIRATION Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon # 72
73 ( 74 ) PRESSURE DROP Toots & The Maytals # 73
74 ( 76 ) WE’RE SO MUCH IN LOVE Madeline Bell # 74
75 ( NEW ) MONSTER MASH Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers # 75
76 ( 78 ) LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR Creedence Clearwater Revival # 76
77 ( 61 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne # 2
78 ( NEW ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band # 78
79 ( 80 ) MR. PRESIDENT D, B, M & T # 79
80 ( NEW ) STOP! I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE Melanie # 80


1st Aug
Wot I Liked Then
1 ( 1 ) GOODBY SAM HELLO SAMANTHA Cliff Richard
2 ( 4 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley
3 ( 3 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens
4 ( 2 ) CECILIA Simon And Garfunkel
5 ( 12 ) RAINBOW Marmalade
6 ( 5 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry
7 ( 13 ) LOVE VIBRATIONS The Archies
8 ( 14 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
9 ( 8 ) LOLA The Kinks
10 ( 10 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles

11 ( 9 ) I’LL SAY FOREVER MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
12 ( 6 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs
13 ( NEW ) THE LOVE YOU SAVE The Jackson 5
14 ( 17 ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder
15 ( 16 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell
16 ( 15 ) IT’S ALL IN THE GAME The Four Tops
17 ( 19 ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago
18 ( 18 ) ALL RIGHT NOW Free
19 ( 20 ) COTTONFIELDS The Beach Boys
20 ( NEW ) NATURAL SINNER Fairweather