Haven Retro Combined Chart : 26.09.1970

[smokeyb]

Diana Ross gets her first retro number 1, taking 9 weeks to reach it. Black Sabbath fall to number 2

Freda Payne gets a new peak at 3, Aretha is still at 4 and the Tremeloes are up at 5.



There are 3 new entries and 3 re-entries this week, the highest is the Temptations at number 12.



The biggest climber is Simon & Garfunkel who jump up 19 places to number 13.



The biggest faller is Jimmy Cliff who drops 25 places.



26.09.1970 (Week # 39)


1 (02) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 107 points (31-16-8-9-9-8-4-2-1) 9 wks

2 (01) Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 103 points (19-7-1-1-2) 5 wks

3 (05) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 86 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29-30-37-35-x-28-15-6-5-3) 26 wks

4 (04) Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - 81 points (33-34-14-5-1-2-4-4) 8 wks

5 (09) Tremeloes - Me And My Life - 78 points (22-9-5) 3 wks

6 (03) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 77 points (23-8-6-3-3-6) 6 wks

7 (07) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light - 64 points (27-11-7-7) 4 wks

8 (06) Deep Purple - Black Night - 64 points (32-6-2-2-5-6-8) 7 wks

9 (10) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 51 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8-9-11-16-19-x-21-13-10-9) 15 wks

10 (11) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay - 49 points (17-12-11-10) 4 wks

11 (15) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 46 points (16-16-16-15-11) 5 wks

12 (RE) Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 42 points (16-16-14-38-25-x-12) 6 wks

13 (32) Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa - 38 points (32-13) 2 wks

14 (24) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure - 37 points (40-24-14) 3 wks

15 (22) Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & ft David Cassidy - I Think I Love You - 37 points (30-26-22-15) 4 wks

16 (12) Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown - 36 points (10-1-1-1-1-3-8-12-16) 9 wks

17 (21) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There - 35 points (29-21-17) 3 wks

18 (08) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 32 points (31-10-4-4-5-7-8-18) 8 wks

19 (13) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time - 31 points (37-25-14-17-23-31-20-26-26-x-13-9-10-13-19) 14 wks

20 (14) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World - 31 points (38-9-2-3-4-9-14-20) 8 wks

21 (18) Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack - 31 points (26-20-18-21) 4 wks

22 (17) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come - 28 points (40-19-17-17-18-26-25-17-35-13-7-7-10-14-17-22) 16 wks

23 (20) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 26 points (18-20-23) 3 wks

24 (RE) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock - 26 points (38-39-x-24) 3 wks

25 (25) Cliff Richard - I Ain't Got Time Anymore - 22 points (25-25) 2 wks

26 (23) Four Tops – Still Water - 21 points (18-19-21-23-26) 5 wks

27 (26) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27) 39 wks

28 (35) Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach - A House Is Not A Home - 20 points (35-28) 2 wks

29 (16) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door - 19 points (36-20-12-15-16-29) 6 wks

30 (27) Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It - 19 points (27-27-30) 3 wks

31 (28) Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times - 19 points (35-28-31) 3 wks

32 (RE) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 19 points (32-40-x-32) 3 wks

33 (19) Bread - Make It With You - 18 points (26-25-24-28-30-31-17-16-13-6-3-3-6-11-17-19-33) 17 wks

34 (30) Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It - 18 points (30-34) 2 wks

35 (NE) Horace Faith – Black Pearl - 18 points 1 wk

36 (31) Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down - 18 points (37-28-37-31-36) 5 wks

37 (36) Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Joanne - 18 points (36-37) 2 wks

38 (34) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame - 16 points (40-38-21-20-24-28-37-x-37-30-34-38) 11 wks

39 (40) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 16 points (36-33-40-39) 4 wks

40 (NE) Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time - 16 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday - 16 points 1 wk

40 (37) Otis Leaville – Love Uprising - 16 points (37-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

44 (29) Clarence Carter – Patches - 15 points (26-23-11-12-12-13-19-29)

45 (40) Ernie – Rubber Duckie - 15 points (39-x-39-40)

49 (33) Anne Murray - Snowbird - 14 points (26-25-27-29-30-35-39-37-22-23-22-24-33)

50 (39) Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Candida - 14 points (39)

56 (38) Shirley Bassey – Something - 10 points (21-13-14-16-23-38-x-30-28-26-32-40-38)

65 (40) Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 6 points (38-35-38-x-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 02.10.1970

1 (1) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (5 wk) (#1)
2 (4) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (7 wk) (#2)
3 (8) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (6 wk) (# 3)
4 (2) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (10 wk) (#1)
5 (9) Deep Purple - Black Night (8 wk) (#5)
6 (3) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (7 wk) (#3)
7 (7) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (8 wk) (#7)
8 (19) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (6 wk) (#8)
9 (5) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (13 wk) (# 1)
10 (11) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (8 wk) (#6)
11 (14) Family - Strange Band (7 wk) (#11)
12 (6) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (9 wk) (# 3)
13 (16) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (4 wk) (# 13)
14 (15) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (5 wk) (# 14)
15 (18) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (4 wk) (# 15)
16 (10) Bread - Make It with You (10 wk) (# 5)
17 (12) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (9 wk) (# 8)
18 (13) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (7 wk) (#13)
19 (23) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (10 wk) (#13)
20 (27) Horace Faith - Black Pearl (4 wk) (# 20)
21 (24) Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (6 wk) (#21)
22 (28) Engelbert Humperdinck - Sweetheart (4 wk) (#22)
23 (23) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (5 wk) (# 20)
24 (29) Blue Mink - Our World (3 wk) (#24)
25 (26) Shirley Bassey - Something (16 wk) (#4)
26 (30) The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (3 wk) (# 26)
27 (17) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (12 wk) (#7)
28 (22) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (11 wk) (#10)
29 (NE) The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (1 wk) (# 29)
30 (36) Frank Sinatra - My Way (72 wk) (#5)
31 (31) Tom Jones - I Who Have Nothing (8 wk) (#16)
32 (40) Jim Reeves - Angels Don't Lie (3 wk) (#32)
33 (21) Cliff Richard - I Ain't Got Time Any More (5 wk) (#21)
34 (34) Dorothy Squires - My Way (3 wk) (#34)
35 (42) Des O'Connor - The Tip Of My Fingers (2 wk) (#35)
36 (41) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need (2 wk) (# 35)
37 (44) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (2 wk) (# 37)
38 (32) Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man (14 wk) (#2)
39 (45) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (2 wk) (# 39)
40 (25) Marmalade - Rainbow (12 wk) (#3)
41 (35) Kinks - Lola (14 wk) (#2)
42 (43) Gerry Monroe - Sally (20 wk) (# 4)
43 (38) Gerry Monroe - Cry (3 wk) (#38)
44 (33) Fair Weather - Natural Sinner (12 wk) (#6)
45 (37) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure - (3 wk) (#37)
46 (48) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (18 wk) (# 1)
47 (39) Ten Years After - Love Like A Man (18 wk) (# 10)
48 (NE) Gene Pitney - Shady Lady (1 wk) (# 48)
49 (NE) The Rattles - The Witch (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (NE) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 1-10-70:   Presenter:  Tony Blackburn
(1) FREDA PAYNE – Band Of Gold  (and charts)
(NEW) JULIE FELIX – Heaven Is Here
(15) THE TREMELOES – Me And My Life  
(29) THE HOLLIES – Gasoline Alley Bred  
(NEW) BIRDS OF A FEATHER – All God’s Children Got Soul
(NEW) QUARTET – Joseph
(3) BOBBY BLOOM – Montego Bay  
(14) THE CARPENTERS – (They Long To Be) Close To You  
(50) THE FOUR TOPS – Still Water
(2) DESMOND DEKKER – You Can Get It If You Really Want  
(26) THE TEMPTATIONS – Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today)
(1) FREDA PAYNE – Band Of Gold 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 03.10.1970
1 (2) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (33 wk) (#1)
2 (1) Rolling Stones In Concert - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (3 wk) (#1)
3 (27) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (2 wk) (# 3)
4 (7) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (16 wk) (#4)
5 (4) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (4 wk) (#1)
6 (3) Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (8 wk) (#1)
7 (9) Shirley Bassey - Something (6 wk) (#5)
8 (8) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (48 wk) (#1)
9 (6) Paint Your Wagon OST - Various Artists (35 wk) (#2)
10 (5) Beach Boys - Greatest Hits (3 wk) (#5)

[Earl Purple]

Let's ensure I get this in before I forget

1 ( 1 ) Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Me And My Life - Tremeloes
3 ( 4 ) I'll Be There - Jackson Five
4 ( 10 ) El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel
5 ( 5 ) Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt
6 ( 3 ) Paranoid - Black Sabbath (#2[2])
7 ( 9 ) Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor
8 ( 15 ) Woodstock - Matthew's Southern Comfort
9 ( -- ) We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
10 ( 6 ) Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom (#5)

11 ( 7 ) Candida - Dawn (#6)
12 ( 20 ) Still Water - Four Tops
13 ( 23 ) Everything A Man Could Ever Need - Glen Campbell
14 ( 8 ) Snowbird - Anne Murray (#3)
15 ( 11 ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Cliff Richard (#10)
16 ( -- ) Gasoline Alley Bred - Hollies
17 ( 19 ) Our World - Blue Mink
18 ( 16 ) Everything's Tuesday - Chairmen Of The Board (#16)
19 ( 12 ) Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin (#7)
20 ( 14 ) You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker (#11)

21 ( 13 ) Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross (#1[2])
22 ( 17 ) It's A Shame - Spinners (#14)
23 ( 25 ) Look What They've Done To My Song Ma - New Seekers
24 ( 18 ) I've Lost You - Elvis Presley (#16)
25 ( 21 ) Peace Will Come - Melanie (#20)
26 ( 29 ) That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family
27 ( 33 ) Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
28 ( 24 ) Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#21)
29 ( 28 ) Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (#28)
30 ( 27 ) Express Yourself - Charless Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#26)

31 ( 22 ) Looking Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#6)
32 ( -- ) Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof Aged In Soul
33 ( -- ) The Witch - Rattles
34 ( 30 ) Solitary Man Neil Diamond (#22)
35 ( 26 ) Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman (#9)
36 ( 35 ) Joanne - Mike Nesmith (#31)
37 ( 31 ) Hi-De-Ho Blood Sweat & Tears (#20)
38 ( -- ) Shady Lady - Gene Pitney
39 ( 38 ) Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler (#24)
40 ( -- ) Do What You Wanna Do - Five Flights Up

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-- ( 32 ) Black Night - Deep Purple (#2[1])
-- ( 34 ) Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (#4)
-- ( 36 ) Lola - Kinks (#1[6])
-- ( 37 ) Love Is Life Hot Chocolate (#15)
-- ( 39 ) Patches - Clarence Carter (#2[1])
-- ( 40 ) Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown (#7)

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[smokeyb]

1 (1) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (6 wks)
2 (2) Deep Purple - Black Night (8 wks)
3 (3) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (5 wks)
4 (4) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (4 wks)
5 (5) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (5 wks)
6 (8) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (4 wks)
7 (11) Temptations - Ball of Confusion (3 wks)
8 (13) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be sure (3 wks)
9 (6) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (7 wks)
10 (21) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (2 wks)
11 (7) Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (6 wks)
12 (22) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (2 wks)
13 (14) Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (4 wks)
14 (18) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House (3 wks)
15 (NE) The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (1 wk)
16 (10) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (5 wks)
17 (15) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (6 wks)
18 (NE) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (1 wk)
19 (23) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need (2 wks)
20 (30) The Who - See Me, Feel Me (2 wks)
21 (19) Horace Faith - Black Pearl (4 wks)
22 (20) Blue Mink - Our World (3 wks)
23 (12) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (7 wks)
24 (9) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (7 wks)
25 (NE) The Rattles - The Witch (1 wk)
26 (NE) Gene Pitney - Shady Lady (1 wk)
27 16) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (8 wks)
28 (17) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (8 wks)
29 (24) Family - Strange Band (7 wks)
30 (25) Bread - Make It with You (10 wks)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 03.10.1970

1 (01) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
2 (04) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
3 (02) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
4 (03) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
5 (05) Tremeloes - Me And My Life
6 (14) The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion
7 (13) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
8 (06) Clarence Carter - Patches
9 (12) Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand
10 (07) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
11 (08) Deep Purple - Black Night
12 (09) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
13 (11) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
14 (10) Bread - Make It With You
15 (23) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure
16 (15) The Jacksons - The Love You Save
17 (16) Andy Williams - It's So Easy
18 (17) Shirley Bassey - Something
19 (18) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
20 (20) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame
21 (21) The Kinks - Lola
22 (36) Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort
23 (22) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
24 (19) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
25 (24) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World
26 (25) Dawn - Candida
27 (26) Van Morrison - Moondance
28 (27) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
29 (28) Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi
30 (29) Four Tops - It's All In The Game
31 (30) Jackson 5 - ABC
32 (32) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
33 (33) Elton John - Your Song
34 (New) Four Tops - Still Water
35 (35) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
36 (31) Free - All Right Now
37 (37) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love
38 (39) Des O' Connor - The Tips Of My Fingers
39 (New) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
40 (40) Ruby Tuesday - Melanie

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa
02(03) Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
03(05) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light
04(02) Freda Payne – Band Of Gold
05(07) The Tremeloes – Me And My Life
06(19) Matthews’ Southern Comfort – Woodstock
07(04) The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
08(06) Black Sabbath – Paranoid
09(13) Dusty Springfield – How Can I Be Sure
10(15) Blue Mink – Our World

11(08) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
12(09) Cliff Richard – I Ain’t Got Time Anymore
13(27) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday
14(10) Bobby Bloom – Montego Bay
15(12) Horace Faith – Black Pearl
16(33) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need
17(11) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
18(14) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
19(17) The Temptations – Ball Of Confusion
20(16) Hot Chocolate – Love Is Life

30(--) The Four Tops – Still Water (Love)

31(--) The Hollies – Gasoline Alley Bred
32(--) Gene Pitney – Shady Lady
36(--) The Rattles – The Witch

[o]

1 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
2 Deep Purple – Black night
3 Temptations – Ball of confusion
4 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
5 Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
6 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light
7 Freda Payne – Band of gold
8 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday
9 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come
10 Jimmy Cliff – Wild world
11 Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock
12 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
13 Hot Chocolate – Love is life
14 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred
15 Gene Pitney - Shady Lady

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (40 wks)
02 The Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It (4 wks)
03 The Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It (3 wks)
04 The Four Tops – Still Water (6 wks)
05 Otis Leaville – Love Uprising (3 wks)
06 Ernie – Rubber Duckie (8 wks)
07 The Presidents – 5 10 15 20 (25 30 Years Of Love) (2 wks)
08 The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun (4 wks)
09 Faith Hope & Charity – Baby Don’t Take Your Love (3 wks)
10 Dionne Warwick – Make It Easy On Yourself (1 wk)

11 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (20 wks)
12 Tyrone Davis – Let Me Back In (2 wks)
13 Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused (6 wks)
14 Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (9 wks)
15 Carolyn Franklin – All I Want To Be Is Your Woman (4 wks)
16 Glen Campbell – Everything A Man Could Ever Need (2 wks)
17 The Temptations – Unite The World (1 wk)
18 Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (9 wks)
19 The Spinners – It’s A Shame (11 wks)
20 Dusty Springfield – How Can I Be Sure (3 wks)

21 Wilson Pickett – Engine Number 9 (2 wks)
22 Candi Staton – Stand By Your Man (6 wks)
23 Mavis Staples – I Have Learned To Do Without You (7 wks)
24 Brenda & The Trabulations – Don’t Make Me Over (8 wks)
25 Love – Alone Again Or (4 wks)
26 Freda Payne – Band Of Gold (5 wks)
27 The Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There (3 wks)
28 The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love (12 wks)
29 The Three Degrees – I Do Take You (4 wks)
30 Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down (6 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (5wks 25-11-5-3-1)

02 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (4wks 26-12-6-2)
03 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (5wks 24-12-6-4-3)
04 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (7wks 29-15-2-1-1-1-4)
05 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (6wks 26-10-4-2-2-5)
06 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (4wks 31-19-9-6)
07 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (5wks 23-15-9-7-7)
08 Deep Purple - Black Night (5wks 30-22-17-12-8)
09 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (3wks 24-16-9)
10 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (7wks 26-14-6-3-3-5-10)

11 Band - Stage Fright (3wks 38-19-11)
12 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (3wks 36-21-12)
13 Spinners - It's A Shame (4wks 36-22-14-13)
14 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (2wks 29-14)
15 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (4wks 32-23-17-15)
16 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (7wks 31-23-18-13-10-11-16)
17 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (9wks 29-15-7-2-1-2-4-8-17)
18 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (7wks 24-12-7-5-7-10-18)
19 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (3wks 37-23-19)
20 Golden Earring - Back Home (3wks 31-22-20)

21 Anne Murray - Snowbird (4wks 33-26-20-21)
22 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (2wks 30-22)
23 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (4wks 39-30-24-24)
25 Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (5wks 29-20-15-15-25)
26 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (2wks 35-26)
27 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (7wks 30-20-11-8-8-13-27)
28 Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (3wks 39-32-28)
29 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (4wks 19-16-18-29)
30 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (2wks 40-31)
32 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation (4wks 40-35-31-36)
37 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (1wk 37 NEW)
38 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Grateful Dead - Casey Jones (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (1wk 40 NEW)

The former Monkee tops my Retro Rewind chart with the (USA #21; Australia #7; Canada #4) very different sounding and haunting self penned country rock track inspired by the Academy Award winning actress (& wife of Paul Newman) Joanne Woodward.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Aretha Franklin - DON'T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED)
2 [2] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR {Long As I Can See The Light B-side}
3 [4] :: Freda Payne - BAND OF GOLD
4 [3] :: Johnny Cash - SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN
5 [5] :: Black Sabbath - PARANOID
6 [new] :: Neil Young - SOUTHERN MAN {After The Gold Rush album track}
7 [10] :: Diana Ross - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
8 [6] :: Ann Peebles - PART TIME LOVE
9 [11] :: Glen Campbell - EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED
10 [12] :: Buffy Sainte-Marie - CIRCLE GAME
11 [9] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT
12 [13] :: The Temptations - BALL OF CONFUSION
13 [14] :: Horace Faith - BLACK PEARL
14 [7] :: Bobby Bloom - MONTEGO BAY
15 [8] :: Chairmen Of The Board - GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME
16 [new] :: Neil Young - ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART {After The Gold Rush album track}
17 [20] :: Melanie - RUBY TUESDAY
18 [new] :: Matthews Southern Comfort - WOODSTOCK
19 [18] :: Doug Goodwin - FROM HEAD TO TOES {Pink Panther Show theme}
20 [19] :: Wilson Pickett - ENGINE No.9

Two entries this week from Neil Young's After The Gold Rush album. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" was later covered, quite brilliantly, by Saint Etienne. "Southern Man" prompted a response from Lynyrd Skynyrd in the shape of another superb track, "Sweet Home Alabama".

[popchartfreak]

26th September 1970

It's still all about Dusty Springfield as How Can I Be Sure swaps places with A House Is Not A Home, giving the greatest British vocalist of all-time a 4th Retro chart-topper, while Spooky climbs to 15. The Partridge Family sitcom debuts on US TV this week and so in comes the theme tune, which is very short and very sweet, Come On Get Happy popping in at 34. I have the box set for season 1. By season 2 the sparkle had gone but as by then David Cassidy was a trans-Atlantic popstar they kept it going until 1974, making sure the golden goose couldn't fly off and concentrate on his solo career.

The Jackson 5 get 2 top 20's, and it wouldn't be too long before they also had a TV show - a cartoon series with music. I haven't seen it in decades, so that probably means it wasn't that special, but I am curious. Curtis Mayfield meanwhile moves on up to 20 - he would eventually top my chart in 2001 giving Bran Van 3000 a helping vocal on Astounded. Brian Hyland gets Gypsy Woman a top 40 slot, and The Temptations keep up the run of hard-hitting social conscience funk tracks at 40. 

New entries from The Main Ingredient with a fab new-to-me Philly-Soul-sounding track that had the mid-70's sound in 1970, I'm Better Off Without You at 52, as Neil Young makes it two tracks off After The Goldrush as another great song pops in at 66 - Only Love Can Break Your Heart peaked at 13 for The Mint Juleps in 1986, and Saint Etienne did as well in the 90's. Gene Pitney returns with his Shady Lady, 70's star Nils Lofgren pops in with his band Grin on a track I didn't know, We All Sung Together, Kenny Rogers reaches the end of the First Edition days with Heed The Call (and the end of his best period, it was just the occasional decent gifted-by-other-pop-stars pop country tracks after this, such as Lady or Islands In The Stream). That leaves Julie Felix getting a second chart entry, this time with a Tony Wilson/Errol Brown song that they didn't ever release as Hot Chocolate, Heaven Is Here.


1 ( 2 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
2 ( 1 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
3 ( 3 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
4 ( 4 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
5 ( 6 ) SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 5
6 ( 8 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 5
7 ( 5 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3
8 ( 7 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
9 ( 9 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes # 9
10 ( 10 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1

11 ( 14 ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 3
12 ( 11 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort # 4
13 ( 12 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond # 3
14 ( 15 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie # 6
15 ( 17 ) SPOOKY Dusty Springfield # 15
16 ( 21 ) MAMA’S PEARL The Jackson 5 # 16
17 ( 20 ) CRESCENT NOON Carpenters # 17
18 ( 16 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff # 10
19 ( 18 ) STILL WATER (LOVE) The Four Tops # 11
20 ( 30 ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield # 20

21 ( 28 ) GASOLINE ALLEY BRED The Hollies # 21
22 ( 22 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
23 ( 23 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
24 ( 24 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 4
25 ( 19 ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED) Aretha Franklin # 7
26 ( 26 ) ON THE BEACH (IN THE SUMMERTIME) The 5th Dimension # 26
27 ( 27 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath # 27
28 ( 13 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love # 13
29 ( 25 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie # 5
30 ( 39 ) RAINMAKER The Moods # 30

31 ( 31 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
32 ( 40 ) WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT The Delfonics # 32
33 ( 29 ) OUR WORLD Blue MInk # 29
34 ( NEW ) COME ON GET HAPPY The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 34
35 ( 35 ) WE GOTTA GET YOU A WOMAN Todd Rundgren (aka The Runt) # 35
36 ( 37 ) IT DON’T MATTER TO ME Bread # 36
37 ( 33 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker # 14
38 ( 34 ) SUGAR MAN Rodriguez # 3
39 ( 50 ) GYPSY WOMAN Brian Hyland # 39
40 ( 59 ) UNGENA ZA UMWELINGU (UNITE THE WORLD) The Temptations # 40

41 ( 38 ) JOANNE Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 10
42 ( 42 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 5
43 ( 49 ) ALL THESE THINGS The Uniques # 43
44 ( 41 ) CANDIDA Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 8
45 ( 45 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
46 ( 46 ) LOLA The Kinks # 2
47 ( 44 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Jimmy Cliff # 26
48 ( 51 ) DEEPER AND DEEPER Freda Payne # 48
49 ( 54 ) MACARTHUR PARK Glen Campbell # 49
50 ( 36 ) SPANISH EYES Al Martino # 36

51 ( 55 ) BLACK PEARL Horace Faith # 51
52 ( NEW ) I’M BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU The Main Ingredient # 52
53 ( 53 ) LOVE UPRISING The Chi-Lites # 53
54 ( 48 ) IT’S A SHAME The (Detroit) Spinners # 4
55 ( 58 ) MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF (LIVE) Dionne Warwick # 55
56 ( 57 ) LOSERS WEEPERS Etta James featuring Minnie Ripperton # 56
57 ( 67 ) HUM ALONG AND DANCE The Temptations # 57
58 ( 64 ) HELP ME FIND A WAY (TO SAY I LOVE YOU) Little Anthony & The Imperials # 58
59 ( 73 ) FRESH AIR Quicksilver Messenger Service # 59
60 ( 66 ) MELLOW DREAMIN’ Young-Holt Unlimited # 60

61 ( 68 ) MR BOJANGLES Nitty Gritty Dirt Band # 61
62 ( 62 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Creedence Clearwater Revival # 62
63 ( 65 ) WIGHT IS WIGHT Sandie Shaw # 63
64 ( 72 ) GIRL I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU The Mardi Gras # 64
65 ( 63 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1
66 ( NEW ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Neil Young # 66
67 ( 60 ) LADY D’ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens # 3
68 ( 71 ) YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG Suzanne # 68
69 ( 69 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH Neil Young # 69
70 ( NEW ) SHADY LADY Gene Pitney # 70

71 ( NEW ) WE ALL SUNG TOGETHER Grin featuring Nils Lofgren # 71
72 ( NEW ) HEED THE CALL Kenny Rogers & The First Edition # 72
73 ( 74 ) DREAMS Buddy Miles # 73
74 ( 75 ) SUPERBAD PART 1 James Brown # 74
75 ( NEW ) HEAVEN IS HERE Julie Felix # 75





Wot I liked then
1 ( 1 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes
2 ( 3 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters
3 ( 5 ) EL CONDOR PASA Simon And Garfunkel
4 ( 2 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker
5 ( 4 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
6 ( NEW ) SUNSHINE The Archies
7 ( 11 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath
8 ( 10 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne
9 ( 6 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley
10 ( 7 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate

11 ( 8 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff
12 ( 13 ) WHICH WAY YOU GOING BILLY? The Poppy Family
13 ( 12 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread
14 ( 16 ) BLACK NIGHT Deep Purple
15 ( 15 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
16 ( 19 ) MONTEGO BAY Bobby Bloom
17 ( NEW ) BALL OF CONFUSION The Temptations
18 ( 18 ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Chairmen Of The Board
19 ( RE ) 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago
20 ( NEW ) OUR WORLD Blue Mink