Haven Retro Combined Chart : 22.08.1970

[smokeyb]

Smokey Robinson stays on top for a 3rd week. Jimmy Cliff moves up to number 2, Bread stay at 3

Hot Chocolate is up at 4 and the Kinks slip to 5.



There are 5 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Desmond Dekker at number 23.



The biggest climber is Deep Purple who jump up 26 places to number 6.



The biggest faller is Creedance Clearwater Revival who drop completely out the chart from 38.



22.08.1970 (Week # 34)


1 (01) Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown - 144 points (10-1-1-1) 4 wks

2 (09) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World - 87 points (38-9-2) 3 wks

3 (03) Bread - Make It With You - 84 points (26-25-24-28-30-31-17-16-13-6-3-3) 12 wks

4 (10) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 80 points (31-10-4) 3 wks

5 (02) Kinks – Lola - 79 points (5-1-1-1-1-2-2-5) 8 wks

6 (32) Deep Purple - Black Night - 77 points (32-6) 2 wks

7 (13) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come - 58 points (40-19-17-17-18-26-25-17-35-13-7) 11 wks

8 (06) Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 - 57 points (40-9-4-5-6-8) 6 wks

9 (08) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 55 points (31-16-8-9) 4 wks

10 (04) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - 55 points (37-13-5-3-3-4-10) 7 wks

11 (07) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man - 54 points (13-9-6-6-8-7-11) 7 wks

12 (11) Clarence Carter – Patches - 52 points (26-23-11-12) 4 wks

13 (05) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You - 49 points (31-32-40-4-3-2-2-4-5-13) 10 wks

14 (34) Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - 44 points (33-34-14) 3 wks

15 (21) Andy Williams - It's So Easy - 42 points (21-15) 2 wks

16 (23) James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - 34 points (30-23-16) 3 wks

17 (19) Edwin Starr – War - 31 points (23-24-24-19-19-20-19-17) 8 wks

18 (12) Marmalade – Rainbow - 31 points (32-11-7-7-12-18) 6 wks

19 (16) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 29 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8-9-11-16-19) 11 wks

20 (15) Diana Ross – Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand - 28 points (35-13-11-10-15-20) 6 wks

21 (14) Jackson 5 – The Love You Save - 26 points (17-14-21) 3 wks

22 (37) Anne Murray - Snowbird - 25 points (26-25-27-29-30-35-39-37-22) 9 wks

23 (NE) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 25 points 1 wk

24 (26) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration - 25 points (37-21-26-24) 4 wks

25 (18) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner- 24 points (15-22-18-25) 4 wks

26 (29) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26) 34 wks

27 (17) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi - 20 points (14-6-3-3-3-4-4-5-9-17-27) 11 wks

28 (30) Shirley Bassey – Something - 20 points (21-13-14-16-23-38-x-30-28) 8 wks

29 (27) B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing - 19 points (23-24-18-14-27-29) 6 wks

30 (33) Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me - 19 points (31-27-30-26-25-24-26-28-31-31-32-32-33-30) 14 wks

31 (24) Mama Cass – A Song That Never Comes - 19 points (34-24-31) 3 wks

32 (NE) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 18 points 1 wk

33 (25) Rodriguez - Sugar Man - 18 points (27-25-33) 3 wks

34 (22) Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love - 17 points (18-22-16-13-22-34) 6 wks

35 (NE) Tom Jones – I Who Have Nothing - 17 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door - 16 points 1 wk

37 (28) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame - 16 points (40-38-21-20-24-28-37) 7 wks

38 (NE) Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 16 points 1 wk

39 (RE) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - 16 points (26-26-31-x-22-11-7-12-23-x-40-x-40-32-36-40-37-x-39) 15 wks

40 (36) Melanie - What Have They Done To My Song, Ma - 16 points (36-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

42 (39) Ernie – Rubber Duckie - 15 points (39)

43 (20) Free - All Right Now - 15 points (11-2-2-1-1-2-2-3-8-12-20)

49 (35) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 12 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29-30-37-35)

73 (40) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime - 3 points (9-1-1-2-2-6-10-15-21-25-40)

75 (31) Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville - 2 points (34-31-27-20-8-8-7-7-12-18-31)

- (38) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend - 0 points (37-13-10-10-12-15-10-5-6-7-6-10-17-26-38)

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 28.08.1970

1 (1) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (8 wk) (# 1)
2 (5) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (5 wk) (#2)
3 (2) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (9 wk) (#2)
4 (3) Marmalade - Rainbow (7 wk) (#3)
5 (4) Kinks - Lola (9 wk) (#2)
6 (8) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (7 wk) (#6)
7 (14) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (7 wk) (#7)
8 (6) Shirley Bassey - Something (11 wk) (#4)
9 (19) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (4 wk) (# 9)
10 (7) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (5 wk) (#7)
11 (15) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (6 wk) (#11)
12 (13) Ten Years After - Love Like A Man (13 wk) (# 10)
13 (10) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever, My Love (9 wk) (# 7)
14 (12) Free - All Right Now (13 wk) (#2)
15 (22) Bread - Make It with You (5 wk) (# 15)
16 (9) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (13 wk) (# 1)
17 (20) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (3 wk) (#17)
18 (16) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (7 wk) (#15)
19 (34) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (2 wk) (#19)
20 (17) Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville (10 wk) (#8)
21 (11) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (12 wk) (#11)
22 (21) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (4 wk) (# 21)
23 (18) Miguel Rios - Song Of Joy (8 wk) (#16)
24 (26) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (5 wk) (#24)
25 (23) Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing (3 wk) (#23)
26 (30) Four Tops - It's All In The Game (14 wk) (#5)
27 (27) Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha (13 wk) (#6)
28 (41) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (3 wk) (#28)
29 (25) Beach Boys - Cotton Fields (16 wk) (#5)
30 (28) Christie - Yellow River (18 wk) (#1)
31 (33) Gerry Munroe - Sally (15 wk) (# 4)
32 (50) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (2 wk) (#32)
33 (29) Nicky Thomas - Love of the Common People (12 wk) (# 9)
34 (37) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President (5 wk) (#34)
35 (24) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie (9 wk) (#16)
36 (32) Mr Bloe - Groovin` With Mr. Bloe (17 wk) (#2)
37 (38) Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful (16 wk) (#6)
38 (43) Who - Summertime Blues (4 wk) (# 38)
39 (46) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (2 wk) (#39)
40 (40) Family - Strange Band (2 wk) (#40)
41 (NE) Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (1 wk) (#41)
42 (31) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (11 wk) (#3)
43 (36) Ray Morgan - The Long And Winding Road (6 wk) (#32)
44 (35) Brotherhood Of Man - Where Are You Going to My Love (9 wk) (# 22)
45 (NE) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (1 wk) (#45)
46 (48) Deep Purple - Black Night (3 wk) (#46)
47 (NE) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1 wk) (#47)
48 (42) Dorothy Squires - My Way (4 wk) (# 40)
49 (44) Frank Sinatra - My Way (67 wk) (#5)
50 (39) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back (17 wk) (#4)

USA chart this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 27-8-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You (and charts)
(40) FAMILY – The Weaver’s Answer
(22) JIMMY CLIFF – Wild World
(7) CHICAGO – 25 Or 6 To 4
(6) FAIR WEATHER – Natural Sinner
(24) ANDY WILLIAMS – It’s So Easy
(39) DESMOND DEKKER – You Can Get It If You Really Want
(19) CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD – Give Me Just A Little More Time
(NEW) GARY OSBORNE & THE HEAVIES – Three Day Nation
(NEW) TONY JOE WHITE – Save Your Sugar For Me
(25) TOM JONES – I (Who Have Nothing)
(17) HOT CHOCOLATE – Love Is Life
(1) ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 29.08.1970
1 (1) Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (3 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (28 wk) (#1)
3 (3) Elvis Presley - On Stage February 1970 (5 wk) (#2)
4 (4) Paint Your Wagon OST - Various Artists (30 wk) (#2)
5 (9) Johnny Cash - World Of Johnny Cash (3 wk) (#5)
6 (6) Various Artists - Easy Rider OST (32 wk) (#2)
7 (8) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (11 wk) (#4)
8 (10) Paul McCartney - McCartney (18 wk) (#2)
9 (12) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (43 wk) (#1)
10 (27) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (11 wk) (#10)

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (35 wks)
02 The Four Tops – Still Water (1 wk)
03 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (15 wks)
04 Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (4 wks)
05 Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused (1 wk)
06 Ernie – Rubber Duckie (3 wks)
07 Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (4 wks)
08 The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love (7 wks)
09 The Spinners – It’s A Shame (6 wks)
10 Brenda & The Trabulations – Don’t Make Me Over (3 wks)

11 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown (5 wks)
12 Candi Staton – Stand By Your Man (1 wk)
13 Mavis Staples – I Have Learned To Do Without You (2 wks)
14 Buddy Miles & Freedom Express – Them Changes (9 wks)
15 Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down (1 wk)
16 Tom Jones – I Who Have Nothing (3 wks)
17 Jackie DeShannon – It’s So Nice (4 wks)
18 Jimmy Ruffin – I’ll Say Forever My Love (9 wks)
19 The Carpenters – They Long To Be (Close To You) (11 wks)
20 The Moments – If I Didn’t Care (2 wks)

21 The Originals – We Can Make It Baby (5 wks)
22 Clarence Carter – Patches (7 wks)
23 The Impressions – (Baby) Turn On To Me (1 wk)
24 Funkadelic – I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You (2 wks)
25 The Dells – Long Lonely Nights (7 wks)
26 Wilson Pickett – She Said Yes (2 wks)
27 Dyke And The Blazers – Runaway People (6 wks)
28 Shirley Bassey – Something (11 wks)
29 Neil Diamond – Solitary Man (8 wks)
30 Syl Johnson – One Way Ticket To Nowhere (8 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
02(02) Mama Cass – A Song That Never Comes
03(05) Jimmy Cliff – Wild World
04(06) Deep Purple - Black Night
05(03) Bread - Make It with You
06(15) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
07(08) Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration
08(04) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
09(14) Hot Chocolate – Love Is Life
10(09) Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me (Not To Come)

11(22) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
12(07) The Jackson 5 – The Love You Save
13(20) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
14(16) Tom Jones – I (Who Have Nothing)
15(18) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy
16(--) Eric Burdon & War – Spill The Wine
17(10) Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
18(24) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
19(11) Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
20(13) Elvis Presley – The Wonder Of You

22(25) Ernie – Rubber Duckie
27(--) Bobby Bloom – Montego Bay
30(--) Black Sabbath – Paranoid

31(45) Family - Strange Band

[raliverpool]

01 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (5wks 39-13-6-1-1)
02 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (4wks 29-15-7-2)
03 Edwin Starr - War (5wks 17-10-7-5-3)
04 Hotlegs (aka 10cc) - Neanderthal Man (7wks 30-17-11-6-3-2-4)
05 Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (3wks 21-9-5)
06 Kinks - Lola (9wks 23-13-6-3-3-1-1-3-6)
07 Bread - Make It With You (8wks 29-15-9-5-5-5-6-7)
08 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (9wks 19-10-3-2-2-2-2-4-8)
09 Clarence Carter - Patches (5wks 32-26-18-12-9)
10 Marmalade - Rainbow (4wks 31-19-10-10)

11 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door (3wks 28-17-11)
12 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (2wks 24-12)
13 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (7wks 31-19-14-12-11-11-13)
14 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (2wks 26-14)
15 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (2wks 29-15)
16 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (5wks 27-21-16-15-16)
17 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (9wks 22-14-8-4-4-4-4-8-17)
18 Shocking Blue - Never Marry a Railroad Man (4wks 36-25-21-18)
19 BJ Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing (6wks 27-19-14-13-14-19)
20 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (2wks 30-20)

21 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World (4wks 33-24-22-21)
22 Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (6wks 34-22-15-12-13-22)
23 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (2wks 31-23)
24 Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (4wks 34-22-19-24)
25 Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (2wks 33-25)

26 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (1wk 26 NEW)

27 Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (8wks 28-19-11-8-8-9-16-27)
28 Rodriguez - Sugar Man (6wks 32-23-17-14-20-28)
29 Andy Williams - It's So Easy (4wks 39-31-27-29)
30 Moody Blues - And the Tide Rushes In (2wks 32-30)

31 Who - Overture (From 'Tommy' (A Rock Opera)) (5wks 24-22-23-25-31)
32 Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (2wks 39-32)
33 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (11wks 23-12-7-3-1-1-1-3-8-18-33)
34 Elvis Presley - I've Lost You (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) (2wks 40-35)
36 Dozy, Beaky, Mich & Tich - Mr President 4wks 38-35-34-36)
37 Family - Strange Band (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Free - Fire and Water (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Cat Stevens - Lady D'Arbanville (9wks 34-25-17-10-7-7-10-23-40)

The farewell ballad penned by Kris Kristofferson that appeared on his debut 1970 album Kristofferson, but it had been first recorded in 1968 by country singer Bill Nash. It went on to be covered several more times in the 1970s and beyond.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Black Night - Deep Purple
3 ( 8 ) Snowbird - Anne Murray
4 ( -- ) Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
5 ( 2 ) Lola - Kinks (#1[6])
6 ( 9 ) Looking Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
7 ( 5 ) Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (#4)
8 ( 4 ) Patches - Clarence Carter (#2[1])
9 ( 11 ) Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
10 ( 7 ) Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown (#7)

11 ( -- ) Paranoid - Black Sabbath
12 ( 20 ) Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin
13 ( 10 ) Wild World - Jimmy Cliff (#10)
14 ( 6 ) War - Edwin Starr (#2[1])
15 ( 16 ) Love Is Life Hot Chocolate
16 ( 14 ) I Want To Take Your Higher - Ike & Tina Turner (#14)
17 ( -- ) Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
18 ( 25 ) You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker
19 ( 27 ) It's A Shame - Spinners
20 ( 12 ) Natural Sinner - Fair Weather (#10)

21 ( 15 ) Tell It All Brother - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#15)
22 ( 22 ) Hi-De-Ho Blood Sweat & Tears
23 ( 13 ) I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas (#4)
24 ( -- ) Candida - Dawn
25 ( 28 ) Solitary Man Neil Diamond
26 ( 21 ) (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You - Ronnie Dyson (#19)
27 ( 24 ) Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler (#24)
28 ( 19 ) Make It With You - Bread (#11)
29 ( 18 ) 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago (#6)
30 ( 17 ) Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder (#2[2])

31 ( 38 ) I've Lost You - Elvis Presley
32 ( 31 ) Hand Me Down World - Guess Who (#31)
33 ( 23 ) Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara (#14)
34 ( 29 ) Mr President - D B M And T (#25)
35 ( 36 ) My Marie - Engelbert Humperdinck (#32)
36 ( 26 ) Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs (#5)
37 ( 33 ) Sweet Inspiration - Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon (#24)
38 ( 30 ) Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay (#16)
39 ( 37 ) Rainbow - Marmalade (#26)
40 ( 32 ) Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#9)

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-- ( 34 ) Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (#1[1])
-- ( 35 ) Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War (#18)
-- ( 39 ) (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (#3)
-- ( 40 ) (It's Like A) Sad Old Kinda Movie - Pickettywitch (#12)

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-- ( -- ) Rubber Duckie - Ernie

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[smokeyb]

1 (6) Deep Purple - Black Night (3 wks)
2 (5) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (3 wks)
3 (3) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (7 wks)
4 (4) Bread - Make It with You (5 wks)
5 (1) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (5 wks)
6 (2) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (9 wks)
7 (9) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (4 wks)
8 (8) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (4 wks)
9 (20) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (2 wks)
10 (7) Marmalade - Rainbow (7 wks)
11 (24) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (2 wks)
12 (15) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (5 wks)
13 (16) Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing (3 wks)
14 (18) Who - Summertime Blues (4 wks)
15 (25) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (2 wks)
16 (11) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (6 wks)
17 (10) Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (7 wks)
18 (23) Family - Strange Band (2 wks)
19 (22) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (3 wks)
20 (NE) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1 wk)
21 (NE) Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (1 wk)
22 (12) Kinks - Lola (9 wks)
23 (13) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (8 wks)
24 (14) Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand (7 wks)
25 (19) Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville (10 wks)
26 (17) Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - Mr. President (5 wks)
27 (NE) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (1 wk)
28 (21) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (5 wks)
29 (26) Neil Diamond - Solitary Man (7 wks)
30 (27) Free - All Right Now (13 wks)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 29.08.1970

1 (12) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
2 (01) Clarence Carter - Patches
3 (02) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
4 (03) Shirley Bassey - Something
5 (05) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
6 (06) Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)
7 (13) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
8 (15) Deep Purple - Black Night
9 (11) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World
10 (09) Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
11 (04) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
12 (07) The Kinks - Lola
13 (08) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
14 (10) Van Morrison - Moondance
15 (37) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
16 (33) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
17 (14) Free - All Right Now
18 (16) Dawn - Candida
19 (17) Pickettywitch - Sad Old Kinda Movie
20 (18) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
21 (19) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
22 (20) Marmalade - Rainbow
23 (21) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
24 (New) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
25 (22) Bread - Make It With You
26 (23) Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing
27 (24) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love
28 (25) Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)
29 (26) Jackson 5 - ABC
30 (27) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
31 (28) Elton John - Your Song
32 (39) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (I Lied)
33 (29) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi
34 (30) Four Tops - It's All In The Game
35 (New) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
36 (34) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
37 (New) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
38 (36) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John
39 (38) Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
40 (31) Cat Stevens - Lady D'arbanville

[o]

1 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come
2 Deep Purple – Black night
3 Kinks – Lola
4 Hot Chocolate – Love is life
5 Elvis Presley – The wonder of you
6 Jimmy Cliff – Wild world
7 Hotlegs – Neanderthal man
8 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
9 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
10 Bread - Make It With You
11 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
12 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
13 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
14 Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
15 Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand
16 Who - Summertime Blues
17 Shirley Bassey – Something
18 Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
19 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
20 Marmalade – Rainbow

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Aretha Franklin - DON'T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED)
2 [4] :: Hot Chocolate - LOVE IS LIFE
3 [5] :: Jimmy Cliff - YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT
4 [6] :: Delaney & Bonnie - SOUL SHAKE
5 [3] :: Jimmy Cliff - WILD WORLD
6 [2] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - TEARS OF A CLOWN
7 [7] :: Elton John - BORDER SONG
8 [14] :: Desmond Dekker - YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT
9 [8] :: Wilson Pickett - SHE SAID YES
10 [new] :: Johnny Cash - SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN
11 [13] :: Chairmen Of The Board - GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME
12 [16] :: Deep Purple - BLACK NIGHT
13 [new] :: Black Sabbath - PARANOID
14 [10] :: Hot Chocolate - PRETTY GIRLS {Love Is Life B-side}
15 [9] :: Bread - MAKE IT WITH YOU
16 [15] :: Three Dog Night - MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME
17 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - WHEN THE BATTLE IS OVER {Spirit In The Dark LP track}
18 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - HONEST I DO {Spirit In The Dark LP track}
19 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - TRY MATTY'S {Spirit In The Dark LP track}
20 [new] :: Bobby Bloom - MONTEGO BAY

[popchartfreak]

22nd August 1970

It's back up to number on for Diana Ross' Ain't No Mountain High Enough for a second week on top after holding at 2 for 3 weeks behind Hot Chocolate. One of the fascinating things for me about revisiting (and discovering) music from 50 years ago is how much my tastes have changed over that period, some tracks I still love, some I'm surprised to see peaking much lower than I thought, especially chart-toppers like Desmond Dekker, my number one 50 years ago, which is doing OK at 16, but not as high as Hot Choc who are at 2 in both charts. Such is the competitive quality of that time that the top 5 could all be number ones, the top 10 top 3's, the top 20 all top 10's, top 40 top 20's, and the top 60 all top 40's.

Aretha grabs another top 10 with a track I didn't know in 1970, one I'd been aware of since the later 70's but never really loved until now. Fab! Jimmy Cliff goes top 10 with Cat Stevens Wild World while his own You Can Get It climbs. Highest new entry is Glen Campbell's show-stopping cover of It's Only Make Believe, still the definitive version by a long distance, as he goes all Roy Orbison on it and shows he has the range. The Carpenters album is out, and from it the next single enters at 17, the lovely We've Only Just Begun - a Paul Williams song, a much-under-rated singer-songwriter and actor - and also a cherry-picked album track, the lush Crescent Noon at 62.

Jimmy Mack returns, having gone top 10 in 1967, and Paranoid debuts for Black Sabbath at 47, far and away their best track, and still the best thing Ozzy Osbourne has been involved in. Freda Payne gets a decent follow-up, Kris Kristofferson debuts the 1973 Perry Como hit, For The Good Times, and Tommy Roe keeps his run of bubblegum going with a single that came out in the UK in 1972 when the Bay City Rollers (version one) covered it as a follow-up to Keep On Dancing. I liked both versions, but haven't heard Tommy's version of We Can make Music in 48 years, and I heard it once at the most even then! 

1 ( 2 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
2 ( 1 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
3 ( 7 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond # 3
4 ( 8 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort # 4
5 ( 3 ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 3
6 ( 10 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie # 6
7 ( 16 ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED) Aretha Franklin # 7
8 ( 5 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie # 5
9 ( 4 ) SUGAR MAN Rodriguez # 3
10 ( 15 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff # 10

11 ( 14 ) STILL WATER (LOVE) The Four Tops # 11
12 ( 6 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 4
13 ( NEW ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 13
14 ( 9 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
15 ( 13 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
16 ( 18 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker # 16
17 ( NEW ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 17
18 ( 12 ) JOANNE Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 10
19 ( 11 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 5
20 ( 20 ) NICKEL SONG Melanie # 20

21 ( 17 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
22 ( 27 ) PATCHES Clarence Carter # 22
23 ( 19 ) IT’S A SHAME The (Detroit) Spinners # 4
24 ( 23 ) CANDIDA Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 8
25 ( 21 ) LOLA The Kinks # 2
26 ( 22 ) RAINBOW Marmalade # 5
27 ( 30 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Jimmy Cliff # 27
28 ( 24 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
29 ( 36 ) CALICO GIRLFRIEND Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 29
30 ( 38 ) STAY JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER Yvonne Fair # 30

31 ( 35 ) GREY SEAL Elton John # 31
32 ( 39 ) I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) Tom Jones # 32
33 ( 26 ) LIGHTS OF TUCSON Jim Campbell # 17
34 ( 37 ) STAY AWAY FROM ME (I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH) Major Lance # 34
35 ( 28 ) SOLITARY MAN Neil Diamond # 9
36 ( 29 ) DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (FOR YOU GROWING) Junior Walker & The All Stars # 10
37 ( 40 ) MONSTER MASH Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers # 37
38 ( 33 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens # 3
39 ( 54 ) EVERYTHING’S TUESDAY Chairmen Of The Board # 39
40 ( 55 ) LET ME BRING YOU UP Ron Dante # 40

41 ( 25 ) MONTEGO BAY Bobby Bloom # 25
42 ( 58 ) COMES THE SUN The Archies # 42
43 ( 32 ) KINGSTON TOWN Lord Creator # 20
44 ( 31 ) (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU Warm Earth # 20
45 ( NEW ) JIMMY MACK Martha & The Vandellas # 45
46 ( 34 ) THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye # 34
47 ( NEW ) PARANOID Black Sabbath # 47
48 ( 69 ) ON THE BEACH (IN THE SUMMERTIME) The 5th Dimension # 48
49 ( 43 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY The 5th Dimension # 1
50 ( 44 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1

51 ( 59 ) INNER CITY BLUES Rodriguez # 51
52 ( 42 ) GO BACK Crabby Appleton # 3
53 ( 50 ) YOUR SONG Elton John # 1
54 ( 47 ) GONE MOVIN’ ON The Raiders # 9
55 ( 41 ) WAR Edwin Starr # 5
56 ( 61 ) IT’S SO EASY Andy Williams # 56
57 ( 48 ) TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive N’ Kickin’ # 4
58 ( 53 ) BORDER SONG Elton John # 1
59 ( 68 ) GYPSY WOMAN Brian Hyland # 59
60 ( 66 ) BLACK NIGHT Deep Purple # 60

61 ( 57 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
62 ( NEW ) CRESCENT NOON The Carpenters # 62
63 ( 49 ) SUNSHINE The Archies # 12
64 ( 51 ) APARTMENT 21 Bobbie Gentry # 40
65 ( 74 ) SPANISH EYES Al Martino # 65
66 ( 56 ) MAYBE I’M AMAZED Paul McCartney # 2
67 ( 70 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band # 67
68 ( 72 ) LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR Creedence Clearwater Revival # 68
69 ( 45 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs # 16
70 ( 64 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 1

71 ( 73 ) (BABY) TURN ON TO ME The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield # 71
72 ( NEW ) DEEPER AND DEEPER Freda Payne # 72
73 ( NEW ) WE CAN MAKE MUSIC Tommy Roe # 73
74 ( 75 ) FUNK 49 The James Gang # 74
75 ( NEW ) FOR THE GOOD TIMES Kris Kristofferson # 75





Wot I liked then
1 ( NEW ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker
2 ( 5 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate
3 ( 3 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread
4 ( 1 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley
5 ( 2 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens
6 ( 6 ) LOVE VIBRATIONS The Archies
7 ( 7 ) RAINBOW Marmalade
8 ( 8 ) CECILIA Simon And Garfunkel
9 ( 10 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry
10 ( 9 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

11 ( NEW ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Chairmen Of The Board
12 ( 12 ) NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs
13 ( 13 ) LOLA The Kinks
14 ( 11 ) THE LOVE YOU SAVE The Jackson 5
15 ( 15 ) I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) Tom Jones
16 ( 14 ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder
17 ( 19 ) IT’S SO EASY Andy Williams
18 ( 16 ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago
19 ( 18 ) I’LL SAY FOREVER MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
20 ( 20 ) ALL RIGHT NOW Free