Haven Retro Combined Chart : 03.10.1970

[smokeyb]

Black Sabbath become the first retro act to go back to number one after falling from the top spot.

Diana Ross slips to number 2, Freda Payne stays at 3, the Tremeloes are up at 4 and Deep Purple go back up to number 5.



There are 4 new entries this week, the highest is Glen Campbell at number 19.



The biggest climber is Melanie who jumps up 24 places to number 16.



The biggest faller is Bread who falls 31 places.


03.10.1970 (Week # 40)


1 (02) Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 104 points (19-7-1-1-2-1) 6 wks

2 (01) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 98 points (31-16-8-9-9-8-4-2-1-2) 10 wks

3 (03) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 85 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29-30-37-35-x-28-15-6-5-3-3) 27 wks

4 (05) Tremeloes - Me And My Life - 80 points (22-9-5-4) 4 wks

5 (08) Deep Purple - Black Night - 61 points (32-6-2-2-5-6-8-5) 8 wks

6 (24) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock - 61 points (38-39-x-24-6) 4 wks

7 (12) Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 58 points (16-16-14-38-25-x-12-7) 7 wks

8 (06) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 54 points (23-8-6-3-3-6-8) 7 wks

9 (14) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure - 54 points (40-24-14-9) 4 wks

10 (07) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light - 51 points (27-11-7-7-10) 5 wks

11 (04) Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - 50 points (33-34-14-5-1-2-4-4-11) 9 wks

12 (09) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 47 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8-9-11-16-19-x-21-13-10-9-12) 16 wks

13 (11) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 46 points (16-16-16-15-11-13) 6 wks

14 (13) Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa - 45 points (32-13-14) 3 wks

15 (17) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There - 43 points (29-21-17-15) 4 wks

16 (40) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday - 41 points (40-16) 2 wks

17 (23) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 40 points (18-20-23-17) 4 wks

18 (15) Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & ft David Cassidy - I Think I Love You - 37 points (30-26-22-15-18) 5 wks

19 (NE) Glen Campbell – Everything A Man Could Ever Need - 32 points 1 wk

20 (26) Four Tops – Still Water - 31 points (18-19-21-23-26-20) 6 wks

21 (10) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay - 29 points (17-12-11-10-21) 5 wks

22 (21) Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack - 26 points (26-20-18-21-22) 5 wks

23 (32) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 24 points (32-40-x-32-23) 4 wks

24 (16) Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown - 22 points (10-1-1-1-1-3-8-12-16-24) 10 wks

25 (22) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not Come - 21 points (40-19-17-17-18-26-25-17-35-13-7-7-10-14-17-22-25) 17 wks

26 (19) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time - 20 points (37-25-14-17-23-31-20-26-26-x-13-9-10-13-19-26) 15 wks

27 (27) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 20 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27-27) 40 wks

28 (18) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life - 20 points (31-10-4-4-5-7-8-18-28) 9 wks

29 (37) Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - Joanne - 20 points (36-37-29) 3 wks

30 (29) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door - 19 points (36-20-12-15-16-29-30) 7 wks

31 (30) Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It - 19 points (27-27-30-31) 4 wks

32 (28) Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach - A House Is Not A Home - 19 points (35-28-32) 3 wks

33 (NE) Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World - 19 points 1 wk

34 (34) Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It - 18 points (30-34-34) 3 wks

35 (NE) Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred - 18 points 1 wk

36 (36) Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down - 17 points (37-28-37-31-36-36) 6 wks

37 (31) Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times - 16 points (35-28-31-37) 4 wks

38 (40) Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time - 16 points (40-38) 2 wks

39 (40) Otis Leaville – Love Uprising - 16 points (37-40-39) 3 wks

40 (NE) Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & ft David Cassidy - Somebody Wants To Love You - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

42 (25) Cliff Richard - I Ain't Got Time Anymore - 15 points (25-25)

46 (39) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 14 points (36-33-40-39)

47 (35) Horace Faith – Black Pearl - 14 points (35)

48 (20) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World - 14 points (38-9-2-3-4-9-14-20)

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

64 (33) Bread - Make It With You - 7 points (26-25-24-28-30-31-17-16-13-6-3-3-6-11-17-19-33)


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 09.10.1970

1 (1) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (6 wk) (#1)
2 (2) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (8 wk) (#2)
3 (5) Deep Purple - Black Night (9 wk) (#3)
4 (8) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (7 wk) (#4)
5 (3) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (7 wk) (# 3)
6 (14) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (6 wk) (# 6)
7 (13) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (5 wk) (# 7)
8 (15) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (5 wk) (# 8)
9 (6) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (8 wk) (#3)
10 (7) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (9 wk) (#7)
11 (9) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (14 wk) (# 1)
12 (4) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (11 wk) (#1)
13 (18) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (8 wk) (#13)
14 (20) Horace Faith - Black Pearl (5 wk) (# 14)
15 (11) Family - Strange Band (8 wk) (#11)
16 (26) The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (4 wk) (# 16)
17 (10) Hot Chocolate - Love Is Life (9 wk) (#6)
18 (12) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (10 wk) (# 3)
19 (24) Blue Mink - Our World (4 wk) (#19)
20 (16) Bread - Make It with You (11 wk) (# 5)
21 (23) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (6 wk) (# 20)
22 (21) Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (7 wk) (#21)
23 (29) The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (2 wk) (# 23)
24 (39) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (3 wk) (# 24)
25 (17) Jimmy Cliff - Wild World (10 wk) (# 8)
26 (22) Engelbert Humperdinck - Sweetheart (5 wk) (#22)
27 (50) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (2 wk) (# 27)
28 (25) Shirley Bassey - Something (17 wk) (#4)
29 (37) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (3 wk) (# 29)
30 (19) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (11 wk) (#13)
31 (33) Cliff Richard - I Ain't Got Time Any More (6 wk) (#21)
32 (36) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need (3 wk) (# 32)
33 (35) Des O'Connor - The Tip Of My Fingers (3 wk) (#33)
34 (27) Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (13 wk) (#7)
35 (28) Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration (12 wk) (#10)
36 (45) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (4 wk) (#36)
37 (34) Dorothy Squires - My Way (4 wk) (#34)
38 (48) Gene Pitney - Shady Lady (2 wk) (# 38)
39 (NE) Clarence Carter - Patches (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (30) Frank Sinatra - My Way (73 wk) (#5)
41 (49) The Rattles - The Witch (2 wk) (# 41)
42 (40) Marmalade - Rainbow (13 wk) (#3)
43 (NE) James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (NE) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning (1 wk) (# 44)
45 (NE) Freddie Notes & the Rudies (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (46) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (19 wk) (# 1)
47 (NE) Juicy Lucy (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (43) Gerry Monroe - Cry (4 wk) (#38)
49 (NE) Christie - San Bernadino (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (NE) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 8-10-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville
(1) FREDA PAYNE – Band Of Gold  (and charts)
(3) DEEP PURPLE – Black Night
(NEW) BOBBIE GENTRY – Fancy
(16) THE TEMPTATIONS – Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today)  
(19) BLUE MINK – Our World  
(NEW) HARMONY GRASS – Stand On Your Own Two Feet
(47) JUICY LUCY – Pretty Woman
(24) MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT – Woodstock  
(NEW) CCS – Whole Lotta Love  
(44) ROGER WHITTAKER – New World In The Morning
(8) THE TREMELOES – Me And My Life
(1) FREDA PAYNE – Band Of Gold  

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 10.10.1970
1 (3) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (3 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Rolling Stones In Concert - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (4 wk) (#1)
3 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (34 wk) (#1)
4 (5) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (5 wk) (#1)
5 (8) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (49 wk) (#1)
6 (4) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (17 wk) (#4)
7 (10) Beach Boys - Greatest Hits (4 wk) (#5)
8 (6) Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance (9 wk) (#1)
9 (9) Paint Your Wagon OST - Various Artists (36 wk) (#2)
10 (13) Melanie - Candles In The Rain (4 wks) (# 10)

[o]

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

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (41 wks)
02 The Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It (5 wks)
03 The Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It (4 wks)
04 The Four Tops – Still Water (7 wks)
05 Otis Leaville – Love Uprising (4 wks)
06 Ernie – Rubber Duckie (9 wks)
07 The Presidents – 5 10 15 20 (25 30 Years Of Love) (3 wks)
08 The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun (5 wks)
09 Faith Hope & Charity – Baby Don’t Take Your Love (4 wks)
10 Dionne Warwick – Make It Easy On Yourself (2 wks)

11 The Delfonics – Trying To Make A Fool Of Me (21 wks)
12 Tyrone Davis – Let Me Back In (3 wks)
13 Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused (7 wks)
14 Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) (10 wks)
15 Carolyn Franklin – All I Want To Be Is Your Woman (5 wks)
16 Glen Campbell – Everything A Man Could Ever Need (3 wks)
17 The Temptations – Unite The World (2 wks)
18 Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (10 wks)
19 The Main Ingredient – I’m Better Off Without You (1 wk)
20 Dusty Springfield – How Can I Be Sure (4 wks)

21 Wilson Pickett – Engine Number 9 (3 wks)
22 The Spinners – It’s A Shame (12 wks)
23 Candi Staton – Stand By Your Man (7 wks)
24 Mavis Staples – I Have Learned To Do Without You (8 wks)
25 Brenda & The Trabulations – Don’t Make Me Over (9 wks)
26 Freda Payne – Band Of Gold (6 wks)
27 Love – Alone Again Or (5 wks)
28 The Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There (4 wks)
29 The Three Degrees – I Do Take You (5 wks)
30 The Supremes – Everybody’s Got The Right To Love (13 wks)

[smokeyb]

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

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Mark's Top 40 - 10.10.1970

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

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
02(06) Matthews’ Southern Comfort – Woodstock
03(03) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light
04(05) The Tremeloes – Me And My Life
05(01) Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa
06(04) Freda Payne – Band Of Gold
07(16) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need
08(13) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday
09(09) Dusty Springfield – How Can I Be Sure
10(07) The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

11(08) Black Sabbath – Paranoid
12(30) The Four Tops – Still Water (Love)
13(10) Blue Mink – Our World
14(31) The Hollies – Gasoline Alley Bred
15(32) Gene Pitney – Shady Lady
16(11) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears Of A Clown
17(12) Cliff Richard – I Ain’t Got Time Anymore
18(14) Bobby Bloom – Montego Bay
19(--) Clarence Carter – Patches
20(--) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning

25(36) The Rattles – The Witch
27(--) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation

31(--) James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)
32(--) Christie - San Bernadino
35(--) Freddie Notes & the Rudies – Montego Bay
39(--) Juicy Lucy – Pretty Woman

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 9 ) We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond (#1[5])
3 ( 4 ) El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel
4 ( 2 ) Me And My Life - Tremeloes (#2[2])
5 ( 3 ) I'll Be There - Jackson Five (#3)
6 ( 8 ) Woodstock - Matthew's Southern Comfort
7 ( 5 ) Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt (#5)
8 ( 7 ) Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor (#7)
9 ( 16 ) Gasoline Alley Bred - Hollies
10 ( 12 ) Still Water - Four Tops

11 ( 13 ) Everything A Man Could Ever Need - Glen Campbell
12 ( 6 ) Paranoid - Black Sabbath (#2[2])
13 ( 10 ) Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom (#5)
14 ( -- ) Our House - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
15 ( 11 ) Candida - Dawn (#6)
16 ( 17 ) Our World - Blue Mink
17 ( 15 ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Cliff Richard (#10)
18 ( 32 ) Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof Aged In Soul
19 ( -- ) Lucretia Mac Evil - Blood Sweat & Tears
20 ( 14 ) Snowbird - Anne Murray (#3)

21 ( 18 ) Everything's Tuesday - Chairmen Of The Board (#16)
22 ( 33 ) The Witch - Rattles
23 ( 23 ) Look What They've Done To My Song Ma - New Seekers
24 ( 27 ) Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
25 ( 26 ) That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family
26 ( -- ) San Bernadino - Christie
27 ( 38 ) Shady Lady - Gene Pitney
28 ( 20 ) You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker (#11)
29 ( 19 ) Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin (#7)
30 ( -- ) New World In The Morning - Roger Whittaker

31 ( 22 ) It's A Shame - Spinners (#14)
32 ( 40 ) Do What You Wanna Do - Five Flights Up
33 ( 21 ) Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross (#1[2])
34 ( -- ) Pretty Woman - Juicy Lucy
35 ( 25 ) Peace Will Come - Melanie (#20)
36 ( 24 ) I've Lost You - Elvis Presley (#16)
37 ( 29 ) Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (#28)
38 ( 28 ) Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#21)
39 ( 30 ) Express Yourself - Charless Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#26)
40 ( -- ) Deeper And Deeper - Freda Payne

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-- ( 31 ) Looking Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#6)
-- ( 34 ) Solitary Man - Neil Diamond (#22)
-- ( 35 ) Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman (#9)
-- ( 36 ) Joanne - Mike Nesmith (#31)
-- ( 37 ) Hi-De-Ho - Blood Sweat & Tears (#20)
-- ( 39 ) Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler (#24)

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-- ( -- ) It Don't Matter To Me - Bread

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[popchartfreak]

3rd October 1970

It's 2 weeks on top for Dusty's How Can I Be Sure as Carpenters reach a new peak as 50 years later they are selling pretty well on UK itunes due to a cover version in an ad, I think. Their classy album track Crescent Noon continues to please, sparse arrangement (just piano and vocal) building to a more lush arrangement. Dusty & Karen, 2 of the finest vocalists of all time, they knew how to present songs. Talking of fine vocalists, one of the greats takes a break from showtune faves like Don't Rain On My Parade and tries her hand at a more contemporary, soul-tinged, pop sound with Laura Nyro's Stoney End, and flies in at 8, the 3rd charting version in the retro countdown's. This version is the one I knew at the time though, and still have the album it came from.

New at 39, surprisingly high, it's a sweet old-fashioned whistlealong from Roger Whittaker, New World In The Morning, keeping his run of good singles going, while The 5th Dimension continue to rattle out singles at a furious pace before the previous ones have left the chart, this time Bacharach/David's One Less Bell To Answer at 47, classy Easy Listening as ever. Christie follow-up Yellow River, where I haven't been, with San Bernadino, where I have, though I'd guess none of us had been there in 1970. 

C.C.S. cover Led Zep quite cleverly as Top Of The Pops is about to have a theme tune and a makeover, not that I was aware of either at the time, and I didn't get to hear the track until a year later. Don Fardon's 1968 classic finally charts in the UK and pops back into my retro charts with Indian Reservation, Gary Puckett covers Dusty's cover of Dionne Warwick's version of I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, a huge huge fave of mine when I was 6 (the Dusty version would have topped my hypothetical charts for sure). So, Bacharach's got 4 songs on the list, he's at 2 himself with Dusty, Dionne's still in with her live cover of her first Bacaharch recording, and the track they all did is at 73 by another great vocalist, he of Young Girl & Lady Willpower among others.

Finally, Stevie Wonder drops his latest track as he starts his move into social commentary songs with not one of my faves of his, oddly, Heaven Help Us All! That leaves a reggae cover of Montego Bay to slide in at 50 - I must have heard the Rudies & Freddie Notes version as it's on one of my reggae compilation albums, but I'd never noticed it before. Quite like it. 


1 ( 1 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
2 ( 2 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
3 ( 3 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
4 ( 6 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
5 ( 4 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
6 ( 7 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3
7 ( 5 ) SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 5
8 ( NEW ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 8
9 ( 8 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
10 ( 17 ) CRESCENT NOON Carpenters # 10

11 ( 10 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
12 ( 12 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort # 4
13 ( 16 ) MAMA’S PEARL The Jackson 5 # 13
14 ( 20 ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield # 14
15 ( 9 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes # 9
16 ( 11 ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 3
17 ( 13 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond # 3
18 ( 15 ) SPOOKY Dusty Springfield # 15
19 ( 21 ) GASOLINE ALLEY BRED The Hollies # 19
20 ( 30 ) RAINMAKER The Moods # 20

21 ( 14 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie # 6
22 ( 34 ) COME ON GET HAPPY The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 22
23 ( 18 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff # 10
24 ( 19 ) STILL WATER (LOVE) The Four Tops # 11
25 ( 22 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
26 ( 23 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
27 ( 24 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 4
28 ( 40 ) UNGENA ZA UMWELINGU (UNITE THE WORLD) The Temptations # 28
29 ( 32 ) WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT The Delfonics # 29
30 ( 39 ) GYPSY WOMAN Brian Hyland # 30

31 ( 27 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath # 27
32 ( 26 ) ON THE BEACH (IN THE SUMMERTIME) The 5th Dimension # 26
33 ( 36 ) IT DON’T MATTER TO ME Bread # 33
34 ( 31 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
35 ( 29 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie # 5
36 ( 33 ) OUR WORLD Blue MInk # 29
37 ( 25 ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED) Aretha Franklin # 7
38 ( 43 ) ALL THESE THINGS The Uniques # 38
39 ( NEW ) NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING Roger Whittaker # 39
40 ( 37 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker # 14

41 ( 35 ) WE GOTTA GET YOU A WOMAN Todd Rundgren (aka The Runt) # 35
42 ( 49 ) MACARTHUR PARK Glen Campbell # 42
43 ( 38 ) SUGAR MAN Rodriguez # 3
44 ( 52 ) I’M BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU The Main Ingredient # 44
45 ( 66 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Neil Young # 45
46 ( 58 ) HELP ME FIND A WAY (TO SAY I LOVE YOU) Little Anthony & The Imperials # 46
47 ( NEW ) ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER The 5th Dimension # 47
48 ( 45 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
49 ( 44 ) CANDIDA Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 8
50 ( 42 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham # 5

51 ( 41 ) JOANNE Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 10
52 ( NEW ) SAN BERNADINO Christie # 52
53 ( 46 ) LOLA The Kinks # 2
54 ( NEW ) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE C.C.S. # 54
55 ( 55 ) MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF (LIVE) Dionne Warwick # 55
56 ( 56 ) LOSERS WEEPERS Etta James featuring Minnie Ripperton # 56
57 ( 57 ) HUM ALONG AND DANCE The Temptations # 57
58 ( 59 ) FRESH AIR Quicksilver Messenger Service # 58
59 ( 60 ) MELLOW DREAMIN’ Young-Holt Unlimited # 59
60 ( 61 ) MR BOJANGLES Nitty Gritty Dirt Band # 60

61 ( 28 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love # 13
62 ( 51 ) BLACK PEARL Horace Faith # 51
63 ( 64 ) GIRL I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU The Mardi Gras # 63
64 ( 53 ) LOVE UPRISING The Chi-Lites # 53
65 ( 54 ) IT’S A SHAME The (Detroit) Spinners # 4
66 ( 62 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Creedence Clearwater Revival # 62
67 ( 63 ) WIGHT IS WIGHT Sandie Shaw # 63
68 ( 65 ) EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens # 1
69 ( NEW ) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon # 69
70 ( 70 ) SHADY LADY Gene Pitney # 70

71 ( 71 ) WE ALL SUNG TOGETHER Grin featuring Nils Lofgren # 71
72 ( 72 ) HEED THE CALL Kenny Rogers & The First Edition # 72
73 ( NEW ) I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Gary Puckett # 73
74 ( NEW ) HEAVEN HELP US ALL Stevie Wonder # 74
75 ( NEW ) MONTEGO BAY Freddie Notes & The Rudies # 75


Back in Singapore, in actual 1970 The Tremeloes had a 4th week on top with The Archies fave Sunshine, as heard in their TV show was top 5 as I became more of Chess-Club & Library kinda student than a Run-Around school boy as my new friends weren't that into manically chasing round a school that frankly didn't have the same number of hiding places RAF Seletar had. Unlike that one, which didn't bother with boundary fences as it was located within the RAF base, RAF Changi Grammar wasn't secured within a base, it was just a building off Changi Road, so fences were there, and we weren't allowed out of the grounds. In the US PBS began broadcasting BBC shows on it's debut, while on Singapore TV we already had that network owner's Sesame Street. I might have been a bit outside the target audience, but I liked American shows, and the puppets were mildly amusing to me. 


6th Oct
Wot I Liked Then
1 ( 1 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes
2 ( 2 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters
3 ( 3 ) EL CONDOR PASA Simon And Garfunkel
4 ( 6 ) SUNSHINE The Archies
5 ( 4 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker
6 ( 5 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
7 ( 7 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath
8 ( NEW ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort
9 ( 9 ) THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley
10 ( NEW ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie

11 ( 10 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate
12 ( 8 ) BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne
13 ( 11 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff
14 ( 14 ) BLACK NIGHT Deep Purple
15 ( 13 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread
16 ( 12 ) WHICH WAY YOU GOING BILLY? The Poppy Family
17 ( 17 ) BALL OF CONFUSION The Temptations
18 ( NEW ) STILL WATERS (LOVE) The Four Tops
19 ( 15 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
20 ( NEW ) GASOLINE ALLEY BRED The Hollies

[raliverpool]

01 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (5wks 26-12-6-2-1)

02 Michael Nesmith - Joanne (6wks 25-11-5-3-1-2)
03 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (6wks 24-12-6-4-3-3)
04 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (5wks 31-19-9-6-4)
05 Deep Purple - Black Night (6wks 30-22-17-12-8-5)
06 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (4wks 36-21-12-6)
07 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (3wks 29-14-7)
08 Band - Stage Fright (4wks 38-19-11-8)
09 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (2wks 23-9)
10 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (4wks 24-16-9-10)

11 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (6wks 23-15-9-7-7-11)
12 Kris Kristofferson - For the Good Times (7wks 26-10-4-2-2-5-12)
13 Spinners - It's A Shame (5wks 36-22-14-13-13)
14 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (8wks 29-15-2-1-1-1-4-14)
15 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (3wks 30-22-15)
16 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (2wks 33-16)
17 Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me (5wks 32-23-17-15-17)
18 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (2wks 38-18)
19 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (3wks 35-26-19)
20 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (2wks 35-20)

21 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (2wks 40-21)
22 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (2wks 30-22)
23 Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure (4wks 37-23-19-23)
24 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (8wks 26-14-6-3-3-5-10-24)
25 Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (2wks 32-26)
27 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (3wks 40-31-27)
28 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (2wks 34-28)
29 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (2wks 37-29)
30 Anne Murray - Snowbird (5wks 33-26-20-21-30)

31 Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (4wks 39-32-28-31)
32 Golden Earring - Back Home (4wks 31-22-20-32)
33 Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time (5wks 39-30-24-24-33)
34 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (1wk 34 NEW)
35 New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song Ma (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Grateful Dead - Casey Jones (2wks 39-36)
37 Blue Mink - Our World (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Horace Faith - Black Pearl (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me (8wks 31-23-18-13-10-11-16-39)
40 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (8wks 24-12-7-5-7-10-18-40)

The British answer to Frank Sinatra grabs my Retro Rewind chart top spot with this Woman's Lib protest anthem, which I will always associate with old school Radio 2. Interestingly the guitarist on the session is future Womble Martin Kershaw, who then went on to have a string of novelty hits a decade later as the man behind The Snowmen.

[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 [3] :: Freda Payne - BAND OF GOLD
4 [new] :: James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE)
5 [6] :: Neil Young - SOUTHERN MAN {After The Gold Rush album track}
6 [7] :: Diana Ross - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
7 [17] :: Melanie - RUBY TUESDAY
8 [18] :: Matthews Southern Comfort - WOODSTOCK
9 [new] :: Freddie Notes & the Rudies - MONTEGO BAY
10 [9] :: Glen Campbell - EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED
11 [12] :: The Temptations - BALL OF CONFUSION
12 [5] :: Black Sabbath - PARANOID
13 [10] :: Buffy Sainte-Marie - CIRCLE GAME
14 [8] :: Ann Peebles - PART TIME LOVE
15 [16] :: Neil Young - ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART {After The Gold Rush album track}
16 [4] :: Johnny Cash - SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN
17 [11] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT
18 [13] :: Horace Faith - BLACK PEARL
19 [new] :: Juicy Lucy - PRETTY WOMAN
20 [new] :: Jonathan King - CHERRY CHERRY

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