Haven Retro Combined Chart : 31.10.1970

[smokeyb]

A change of name and a change of style does the trick for Marc Bolan, as he gets his first retro number 1.

Mathews Southern Comfort slip to 2, the Four Tops stay at 3, Edwin Starr is up to 4 and the Carpenters are up to 5.



There are 8 new entries this week, the highest is Neil Young at number 23.



The biggest climber is Edwin Starr who jumps up 15 places to number 4.



The biggest faller is Diana Ross who drops 54 places.



31.10.1970 (Week # 44)


1 (02) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 137 points (2-1) 2 wks

2 (01) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock - 90 points (38-39-x-24-6-1-1-1-2) 8 wks

3 (03) Four Tops – Still Water - 64 points (18-19-21-23-26-20-8-3-3-3) 10 wks

4 (19) Edwin Starr – War - 57 points (23-24-24-19-19-20-19-17-21-35-40-x-19-4) 13 wks

5 (06) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 53 points (18-20-23-17-6-6-6-5) 8 wks

6 (04) Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred - 51 points (35-12-4-4-6) 5 wks

7 (10) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday - 47 points (40-16-11-11-10-7) 6 wks

8 (07) James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - 46 points (30-23-16-17-25-x-22-15-7-8) 9 wks

9 (08) Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 45 points (19-7-1-1-2-1-2-2-8-9) 10 wks

10 (21) Jimmy Ruffin – It’s Wonderful To Be Loved By You - 41 points (21-10) 2 wks

11 (09) Clarence Carter – Patches - 38 points (26-23-11-12-12-13-19-29-x-31-13-9-11) 12 wks

12 (18) Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & ft David Cassidy - I Think I Love You - 38 points (30-26-22-15-18-19-17-18-12) 9 wks

13 (05) Tremeloes - Me And My Life - 35 points (22-9-5-4-4-5-5-13) 8 wks

14 (15) Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House - 34 points (33-19-15-14) 4 wks

15 (20) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning - 32 points (36-20-15) 3 wks

16 (16) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want - 32 points (23-8-6-3-3-6-8-16-18-16-16) 11 wks

17 (12) Glen Campbell – Everything A Man Could Ever Need - 32 points (19-14-12-12-17) 5 wks

18 (14) Temptations - Ball Of Confusion - 31 points (16-16-14-38-25-x-12-7-7-7-14-18) 11 wks

19 (11) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There - 30 points (29-21-17-15-13-10-11-19) 8 wks

20 (23) Christie - San Bernadino - 29 points (23-20) 2 wks

21 (13) Deep Purple - Black Night - 27 points (32-6-2-2-5-6-8-5-9-9-13-21) 12 wks

22 (26) Etta James - Losers Weepers - 26 points (24-26-22) 3 wks

23 (NE) Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart - 25 points 1 wk

24 (38) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End - 24 points (27-38-24) 3 wks

25 (24) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation - 23 points (39-24-25) 3 wks

26 (NE) New Seekers – Look what they’ve done to my song ma - 21 points 1 wk

27 (NE) Al Green – I Can’t Get Next To You - 20 points 1 wk

28 (27) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 20 points (32-40-x-32-23-23-38-27-28) 8 wks

29 (39) James Taylor - Fire & Rain - 20 points (40-29) 2 wks

30 (17) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be Sure - 20 points (40-24-14-9-10-16-17-30) 8 wks

31 (28) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 19 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27-27-24-29-29-31) 44 wks

32 (NE) White Plains – Julie Do Ya Love Me - 19 points 1 wk

33 (37) Bob Dylan - If Not For You - 19 points (37-33) 2 wks

34 (NE) Neil Young - After The Gold Rush - 19 points 1 wk

35 (NE) Supremes - Stoned Love - 19 points 1 wk

36 (32) Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It - 18 points (27-27-30-31-26-30-32-36) 8 wks

37 (31) Badfinger - No Matter What - 18 points (37-31-37) 3 wks

38 (29) Simon & Garfunkel – El Condor Pasa - 17 points (32-13-14-17-23-29-38) 7 wks

39 (NE) Eric Clapton – After Midnight - 17 points 1 wk

40 (35) Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It - 17 points (30-34-34-30-33-35-40) 7 wks

40 (NE) Who - See Me, Feel Me - 17 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

43 (36) Rattles - The Witch - 15 points (40-36)

44 (34) Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - 15 points (33-34-14-5-1-2-4-4-11-21-26-34)

49 (30) Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 14 points (35-28-30)

50 (40) Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach - A House Is Not A Home - 14 points (35-28-32-27-32-40)

52 (39) Otis Leaville – Love Uprising - 13 points (37-40-39-36-40-39)

63 (25) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You - 10 points (27-14-9-9-9-5-8-9-11-16-19-x-21-13-10-9-12-15-21-25)

76 (22) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 8 points (31-16-8-9-9-8-4-2-1-2-3-8-22)

77 (33) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light - 8 points (27-11-7-7-10-20-22-33)

85 (40) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 5 points (38-29-31-27-19-21-22-27-38-37-22-20-28-22-22-23-28-29-30-37-35-x-28-15-6-5-3-3-5-14-40)


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 06.11.1970

1 (1) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Clarence Carter - Patches (5 wk) (# 2)
3 (5) Deep Purple - Black Night (12 wk) (#2)
4 (3) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (10 wk) (#1)
5 (15) Edwin Starr - War (3 wk) (# 5)
6 (4) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (8 wk) (# 4)
7 (7) The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (8 wk) (# 7)
8 (14) The Rattles - The Witch (6 wk) (# 8)
9 (13) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (7 wk) (# 9)
10 (6) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (11 wk) (#4)
11 (10) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (6 wk) (# 10)
12 (19) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (5 wk) (# 12)
13 (9) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (9 wk) (# 6)
14 (11) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (10 wk) (# 6)
15 (NE) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (1 wk) (# 15)
16 (18) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You (4 wk) (# 16)
17 (16) The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (6 wk) (# 14)
18 (24) Christie - San Bernadino (4 wk) (# 18)
19 (12) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want (12 wk) (#2)
20 (17) Des O'Connor - The Tip Of My Fingers (7 wk) (#15)
21 (20) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning (5 wk) (# 20)
22 (25) Julie Felix - Heaven Is Here (4 wk) (# 22)
23 (8) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (11 wk) (# 3)
24 (26) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me (3 wk) (# 24)
25 (41) Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children (2 wk) (# 25)
26 (33) Blue Mink - Our World (8 wk) (#17)
27 (27) Anne Murray - Snowbird (3 wk) (# 27)
28 (21) Horace Faith - Black Pearl (9 wk) (# 13)
29 (34) Gene Pitney - Shady Lady (6 wk) (# 29)
30 (22) Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy (13 wk) (#7)
31 (37) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (3 wk) (# 31)
32 (35) CCS - Whole Lotta Love (2 wk) (# 32)
33 (23) Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (18 wk) (# 1)
34 (28) Frank Sinatra - My Way (77 wk) (#5)
35 (NE) The Dave Clark Five - More Good Old Rock N Roll (1 wk) (# 35)
36 (29) Martha & Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (11 wk) (#21)
37 (32) James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) (5 wk) (# 32)
38 (31) Family - Strange Band (12 wk) (#11)
39 (NE) Status Quo - In My Chair (1 wk) (# 39)
40 (NE) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (1 wk) (# 40)
41 (RE) Richard Barnes - Go North (2 wk) (# 41)
42 (46) Bobby Sherman - Julie DoYou Love Me (2 wk) (# 42)
43 (30) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (12 wk) (#3)
44 (45) Juicy Lucy - Pretty Woman (4 wk) (# 44)
45 (NE) Peter E Bennett - Seagull's Name Was Nelson (1 wk) (#45)
46 (47) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come (14 wk) (# 3)
47 (43) Shirley Bassey - Something (21 wk) (#4)
48 (36) Dorothy Squires - My Way (8 wk) (#34)
49 (RE) Andy Williams - It's So Easy (14 wk) (#13)
50 (NE) Pickettywitch - Baby I Won't Let You Down (1 wk) (# 50)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 05-11-70:   Presenter:  Jimmy Saville
(1) MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT – Woodstock  (and charts)
(32) CCS – Whole Lotta Love
(18) CHRISTIE – San Bernadino  
(5) EDWIN STARR – War  
(50) PICKETTYWITCH – Baby I Won’t Let You Down
(16) JIMMY RUFFIN – It’s Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)  
(25) MARY HOPKIN – Think About Your Children  
(NEW) EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS – To My Father’s House
(NEW) THE TEARS – Love Why Do I Love You
(8) THE RATTLES – The Witch  
(24) WHITE PLAINS – Julie Do Ya Love Me?
(1) MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT – Woodstock  

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 07.11.1970
1 (NE) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 111 (1 wk) (#1)
2 (1) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 4 (3 wk) (# 1)
3 (3) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (7 wk) (# 1)
4 (4) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (38 wk) (#1)
5 (2) Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (3 wk) (#1)
6 (5) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (21 wk) (# 4)
7 (8) Everly Brothers - Original Greatest Hits (9 wk) (# 7)
8 (6) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (53 wk) (#1)
9 (7) Melanie - Candles In The Rain (8 wks) (# 7)
10 (9) Creedance Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (9 wk) (#1)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) T. Rex – Ride A White Swan
02(07) New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
03(14) Anne Murray – Snowbird
04(02) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You
05(05) Edwin Starr – War
06(22) Cat Stevens – Father And Son
07(04) Eric Clapton – After Midnight
08(10) Neil Young – Only Love Can Break Your Heart
09(13) Etta James – Losers Weepers
10(03) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation

11(12) Mama Cass – The Good Times Are Coming
12(19) White Plains – Julie Do Ya Love Me
13(06) Matthews’ Southern Comfort – Woodstock
14(30) Engelbert Humperdinck – Sweetheart
15(32) Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children
16(08) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need
17(09) The Four Tops – Still Water (Love)
18(--) Neil Diamond – Cracklin’ Rosie
19(35) C.C.S. – Whole Lotta Love
20(11) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning

21(36) Bobby Sherman - Julie DoYou Love Me
29(--) Status Quo - In My Chair

32(--) Pickettywitch - Baby I Won't Let You Down
33(--) Peter E. Bennett - Seagull's Name Was Nelson
39(--) Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child
40(--) The Dave Clark Five - More Good Old Rock ‘N Roll

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Ride A White Swan - T.Rex < 1st #1 >
2 ( 2 ) We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters (#1[3])
3 ( 6 ) San Bernadino - Christie
4 ( 3 ) Our House - Crosby Stills Nash & Young (#2[1])
5 ( 14 ) I Think I Love You - Partridge Family
6 ( 8 ) God Love And Rock & Roll - Teagarden & Van Winkle
7 ( 5 ) Gasoline Alley Bred - Hollies (#5)
8 ( 4 ) El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel (#2[1])
9 ( 7 ) Lucretia Mac Evil - Blood Sweat & Tears (#7)
10 ( -- ) Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix Experience

11 ( 13 ) It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You) - Jimmy Ruffin
12 ( 9 ) Woodstock - Matthew's Southern Comfort (#5)
13 ( 24 ) Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder
14 ( 12 ) Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof Aged In Soul (#12)
15 ( 11 ) Still Water - Four Tops (#10)
16 ( 18 ) Heaven Is Here - Julie Felix
17 ( 10 ) Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond (#1[5])
18 ( 15 ) New World In The Morning - Roger Whittaker (#15)
19 ( 20 ) See Me Feel Me - Who
20 ( 21 ) Unite The World - Temptations

21 ( 16 ) The Witch - Rattles (#15)
22 ( -- ) Baby I Won't Let You Down - Pickettywitch
23 ( 23 ) Pretty Woman - Juicy Lucy
24 ( 17 ) Me And My Life - Tremeloes (#2[2])
25 ( 22 ) Shady Lady - Gene Pitney (#21)
26 ( -- ) Share The Land - Guess Who
27 ( 19 ) I'll Be There - Jackson Five (#3)
28 ( 29 ) Deeper And Deeper - Freda Payne
29 ( 40 ) Think About Your Children - Mary Hopkin
30 ( 33 ) Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (#28)

31 ( -- ) As Years Go By - Mashmakhan
32 ( 25 ) Everything A Man Could Ever Need - Glen Campbell (#11)
33 ( 32 ) Do What You Wanna Do - Five Flights Up (#31)
34 ( 27 ) Our World - Blue Mink (#16)
35 ( 30 ) Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf (#24)
36 ( 35 ) You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker (#11)
37 ( 26 ) Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt (#5)
38 ( -- ) In My Chair - Status Quo
39 ( 28 ) Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor (#7)
40 ( 31 ) Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom (#5)

-- ( 34 ) Candida - Dawn (#6)
-- ( 36 ) Look What They've Done To My Song Ma - New Seekers (#23)
-- ( 37 ) Paranoid - Black Sabbath (#2[2])
-- ( 38 ) That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family (#25)
-- ( 39 ) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - Cliff Richard (#10)

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-- ( -- ) The Seagull's Name Was Nelson - Peter E Bennett
-- ( -- ) For The Good Times - Ray Price

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I can't remember what was so bad about that seagull song that it didn't chart in spite of singles near the bottom going back up again. In any case Jimi Hendrix gets his posthumous song in as the highest entry. The single version is actually called "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" with the actual Voodoo Chile being a much longer album version. The Bluetones probably got the title of their biggest hit from that phrase, and neither song has the phrase in its lyrics.

[darkstar79]

01 Al Green – I Can’t Get Next To You (2 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (45 wks)
03 Supremes – Stoned Love (1 wk)
04 The Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It (9 wks)
05 The Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It (8 wks)
06 The Four Tops – Still Water (11 wks)
07 The Sweet Inspirations – This World (2 wks)
08 Ernie – Rubber Duckie (13 wks)
09 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – I Gotta Let You Go (3 wks)
10 Otis Leaville – Love Uprising (8 wks)

11 Eddie Floyd – The Best Years Of My Life (4 wks)
12 Ronnie Dyson – I Don’t Wanna Cry (4 wks)
13 The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun (9 wks)
14 Barbara Acklin – I Did It (4 wks)
15 The Presidents – 5 10 15 20 (25 30 Years Of Love) (7 wks)
16 Etta James – Losers Weepers (4 wks)
17 Dionne Warwick – Make It Easy On Yourself (6 wks)
18 The Satisfactions – One Light, Two Lights (2 wks)
19 Glass House – Stealing Moments From Another Woman’s Life (1 wk)
20 The Isley Brothers – Get Into Something (4 wks)

21 Jimmy Ruffin – It’s Wonderful To Be Loved By You (4 wks)
22 Faith Hope & Charity – Baby Don’t Take Your Love (8 wks)
23 Tyrone Davis – Let Me Back In (7 wks)
24 Clarence Carter – It's All in Your Mind (1 wk)
25 B.B. King – Chains ‘N’ Things (4 wks)
26 The Temptations – Unite The World (6 wks)
27 The Intruders – This Is My Love Song (3 wks)
28 Johnny Taylor – I Am Somebody (4 wks)
29 The Main Ingredient – I’m Better Off Without You (5 wks)
30 Isaac Hayes – I Stand Accused (11 wks)

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 07.11.1970

1 (01) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
2 (05) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
3 (09) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me
4 (02) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
5 (03) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
6 (04) Clarence Carter - Patches
7 (06) Tremeloes - Me And My Life
8 (07) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9 (08) Deep Purple - Black Night
10 (10) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock
11 (34) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
12 (36) James Taylor - Fire And Rain
13 (31) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You
14 (17) Four Tops - Still Water
15 (14) Van Morrison - Moondance
16 (33) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
17 (11) Bread - Make It With You
18 (New) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child
19 (12) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
20 (13) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
21 (15) The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion
22 (16) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
23 (18) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
24 (19) Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
25 (20) Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand
26 (21) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
27 (22) Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Sweet Inspiration
28 (23) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
29 (25) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
30 (26) New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
31 (27) The Jacksons - The Love You Save
32 (30) Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
33 (New) Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
34 (32) The Kinks - Lola
35 (35) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
36 (New) Status Quo - In My Chair
37 (29) Shirley Bassey - Something
38 (37) Jackson 5 - ABC
39 (38) Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
40 (New) Pickettywitch - Baby I Won't Let You Down

[smokeyb]

1 (1) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (3 wks)
2 (8) Edwin Starr - War (3 wks)
3 (7) Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (5 wks)
4 (2) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (7 wks)
5 (3) Clarence Carter - Patches (5 wks)
6 (4) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (6 wks)
7 (9) The Who - See Me, Feel Me (7 wks)
8 (12) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You (4 wks)
9 (5) The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (6 wks)
10 (6) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House (8 wks)
11 (11) James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) (5 wks)
12 (15) Christie - San Bernadino (5 wks)
13 (16) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me (3 wks)
14 (NE) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (1 wk)
15 (21) CCS - Whole Lotta Love (2 wks)
16 (20) Anne Murray - Snowbird (3 wks)
17 (10) Glen Campbell - Everything A Man Could Ever Need (7 wks)
18 (13) The Rattles - The Witch (6 wks)
19 (NE) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (1 wk)
20 (22) New Seekers - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma (4 wks)
21 (14) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (10 wks)
22 (26) Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children (2 wks)
23 (NE) The Dave Clark Five - More Good Old Rock N Roll (1 wk)
24 (17) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (9 wks)
25 (NE) Status Quo - In My Chair (1 wk)
26 (18) Dusty Springfield - How Can I Be sure (8 wks)
27 (19) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (7 wks)
28 (23) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (5 wks)
29 (24) Gene Pitney - Shady Lady (6 wks)
30 (25) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (11 wks)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: T.Rex - RIDE A WHITE SWAN
2 [3] :: Edwin Starr - WAR
3 [2] :: Bob Dylan - IF NOT FOR YOU {New Morning LP track}
4 [4] :: James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE)
5 [new] :: Van Morrison - DOMINO
6 [7] :: Bob Dylan - NEW MORNING {New Morning LP track}
7 [8] :: George Baker Selection - MIDNIGHT
8 [new] :: Neil Diamond - CRACKLIN' ROSIE
9 [5] :: Melanie - RUBY TUESDAY
10 [12] :: Juicy Lucy - PRETTY WOMAN
11 [6] :: Aretha Franklin - DON'T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED)
12 [10] :: Neil Young - SOUTHERN MAN {After The Gold Rush album track}
13 [new] :: Ike & Tina Turner - WORKIN' TOGETHER
14 [16] :: Don Fardon - INDIAN RESERVATION
15 [17] :: Christie - SAN BERNADINO
16 [9] :: Etta James - LOSERS WEEPERS
17 [new] :: Status Quo - IN MY CHAIR
18 [14] :: CCS - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
19 [13] :: Glen Campbell - EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED
20 [new] :: Jimi Hendrix Experience - VOODOO CHILD

Astonishing, in hindsight, that Van Morrison took so long to score a solo hit in Britain.

[o]

1 T Rex – Ride a white swan
2 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday
3 Edwin Starr – War
4 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child
5 Temptations – Ball of confusion
6 James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine)
7 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
8 Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock
9 Deep Purple – Black night
10 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
11 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred
12 Gene Pitney - Shady Lady
13 CCS - Whole Lotta Love
14 Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie
15 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light

[raliverpool]

01 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (5wks 38-18-8-5-1)
02 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (5wks 33-16-10-6-2)
03 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (5wks 23-9-6-4-3)
04 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (5wks 40-21-12-8-4)
05 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (6wks 29-14-7-2-2-5)
06 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (7wks 36-21-12-6-4-3-6)
07 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (8wks 31-19-9-6-4-1-1-7)
08 Black Sabbath - Iron Man (4wks 25-16-10-8)
09 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (6wks 30-22-15-11-9-9)
10 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (5wks 35-26-19-12-10)

11 Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (3wks 27-16-11)
12 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (3wks 26-18-12)
13 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (5wks 34-28-21-15-13)
14 Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee (2wks 30-14)
15 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (4wks 35-20-14-15)
16 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (5wks 30-22-18-17-16)
17 Who - See Me Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) (2wks 32-17)
18 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (8wks 26-12-6-2-1-3-7-18)
19 Traffic - Freedom Rider (3wks 34-22-19)
20 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (5wks 37-29-22-20-20)

21 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (5wks 32-26-20-19-21)
22 Rattles - The Witch (3wks 28-23-22)
23 James Brown - Super Bad (2wks 31-23)
24 Band - Stage Fright (7wks 38-19-11-8-7-13-24)
25 Deep Purple - Black Night (9wks 30-22-17-12-8-5-5-11-25)
26 Pink Floyd - If (2wks 29-26)
27 Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Christie - San Bernadino (1wk 28 NEW)

29 George Jones - A Good Year for the Roses (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Blue Mink - Our World (4wks 37-30-25-30)

31 100 Proof Aged In Soul - Somebody's Been Sleeping (2wks 39-31)
32 Slickers - Johnny Too Bad (6wks 40-31-27-23-24-32)
33 Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper (2wks 40-33)
34 Bread - It Don't Matter to Me (3wks 39-35-34)
35 Fleetwood Mac - Jewel Eyed Judy (2wks 36-35)
36 Julie Felix - Heaven Is Here (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Temptations - Ungena Za Ulimengu (Unite The World) (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Spinners - It's A Shame (8wks 36-22-14-13-13-19-27-38)
39 Deep Purple - Child In Time (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie (9wks 24-12-6-4-3-3-9-21-40)

The country ballad written by Jerry Chestnut for the American country singer describing the thoughts of a man as his wife is preparing to leave him. It peaked at USA #112 (CW #2), but became a standard which is most known in the UK for Elvis Costello's 1981 cover version.

[popchartfreak]

31st October 1970

It's a first week on top for The Supremes minus Diana Ross, levelling up with solo Di on 3 chart-toppers, this time with the wonderful Stoned Love, a track I got to hear at the end of 1971 for the first time. Joining in on the "early-comers" as far as my chart experiences of the times go, it's new at 6 for flop Python Lee Jackson track In A Broken Dream with guest vocals from Rod The Mod. 2 years later, Rod Stewart was huge and this came out again as a UK top 3 single as I lived near Lincoln. It's a fab rock ballad, love the guitar, and even love Rod's way-off-key vocals, quite endearing. Rod's first top 10, of many. 

Not far behind, and an album track on Abraxus that didn't get a single outing until 1973, and a UK hit in late 1974 when I lived in Gloucester, the fab instrumental Sam Ba Ti, one of Santana's greatest moments enters at 11, way higher than the official single a Black Magic Woman cover, which sneaks in at 79. At 17, and one I associate with 1971 Singapore, Lynn Anderson's definitive cover of Joe South's Rose Garden. So good it got sampled by Kon Kan and hit all over again as I Beg Your Pardon in 1988/9. 

Just watched the TV show "Soul Club" clip of Bandala, The Partridge Family featured song up into the 40, the plot based around a booking in a Black area in Detroit - 4 reasons to watch this: the song's great; "cowbells" Shirley Jones anticipating SNL's Blue Oyster Cult sketch; Richard Prior; and the fab Louis Gossett Jr recently starring in the TV series of Watchmen and still brilliant. 



In at 58, Chairmen Of The Board funk it up with Pay To The Piper, one of theirs I don't actually know, and it's rather good! Donnie Elbert debuts at 73, Can't Get Over Losing You 2 years ahead of his fab Supremes cover which topped my charts in 1972, Where Did Our Love Go, and his fab cover of The Four Tops' Can't Help Myself hit 2, both better than the originals and both groups together on River Deep up to 50. Aretha helps The Dixie Flyers to a 3rd chart credit as they back her on her good cover of Elton's Border Song, Jimi Hendrix' posthumous Voodoo Chile sneaks in - I'm aware of it, have heard it over the years since 1975, but never been a fave, so maybe more plays will do the trick. And Pickettywitch just manage a mention. 


1 ( 2 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
2 ( 1 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1
3 ( 3 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
4 ( 6 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams # 4
5 ( 4 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
6 ( NEW ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 6
7 ( 7 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
8 ( 5 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
9 ( 8 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
10 ( 9 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1

11 ( NEW ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 11
12 ( 10 ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield # 9
13 ( 11 ) MAMA’S PEARL The Jackson 5 # 10
14 ( 13 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
15 ( 17 ) IT’S WONDERFUL (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) Jimmy Ruffin # 15
16 ( 19 ) I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 16
17 ( NEW ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson # 17
18 ( 12 ) RAINMAKER The Moods # 12
19 ( 14 ) IT DON’T MATTER TO ME Bread # 14
20 ( 15 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3

21 ( 18 ) ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER The 5th Dimension # 18
22 ( 16 ) UNGENA ZA UMWELINGU (UNITE THE WORLD) The Temptations # 16
23 ( 21 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
24 ( 20 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort # 4
25 ( 22 ) COME ON GET HAPPY The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 18
26 ( 23 ) GASOLINE ALLEY BRED The Hollies # 13
27 ( 24 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
28 ( 28 ) SAN BERNADINO Christie # 28
29 ( 35 ) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE C.C.S. # 29
30 ( 33 ) HELP ME FIND A WAY (TO SAY I LOVE YOU) Little Anthony & The Imperials # 30

31 ( 27 ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 3
32 ( 25 ) SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 5
33 ( 34 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Neil Young # 33
34 ( 26 ) NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING Roger Whittaker # 26
35 ( 31 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond # 3
36 ( 48 ) BANDALA The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 36
37 ( 32 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes # 9
38 ( 54 ) I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Gary Puckett # 38
39 ( 52 ) WHEN THE PARTY IS OVER Robert John # 39
40 ( 40 ) FRESH AIR Quicksilver Messenger Service # 40

41 ( 38 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
42 ( 39 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray # 1
43 ( 29 ) CRESCENT NOON Carpenters # 10
44 ( 30 ) I’M BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU The Main Ingredient # 30
45 ( 51 ) SOLDIER BLUE Buffy Saint-Marie # 45
46 ( 42 ) TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 4
47 ( 41 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie # 6
48 ( 45 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters # 1
49 ( 36 ) SPOOKY Dusty Springfield # 15
50 ( 57 ) RIVER DEEP - MOUNTAIN HIGH The Supremes & The Four Tops # 50

51 ( 62 ) SIMPLY CALL IT LOVE Gene Chandler # 51
52 ( 37 ) MACARTHUR PARK Glen Campbell # 29
53 ( 44 ) HUM ALONG AND DANCE The Temptations # 44
54 ( 64 ) THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN Mary Hopkin # 54
55 ( 49 ) STILL WATER (LOVE) The Four Tops # 11
56 ( 50 ) WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff # 10
57 ( 67 ) CAROLINA IN MY MIND James Taylor # 57
58 ( NEW ) PAY TO THE PIPER Chairmen Of The Board # 58
59 ( 65 ) HEAVEN HELP US ALL Stevie Wonder # 59
60 ( 60 ) DETROIT CITY Dean Martin # 60

61 ( 56 ) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD The Beatles # 1
62 ( 68 ) BE MY BABY Andy Kim # 62
63 ( 46 ) MELLOW DREAMIN’ Young-Holt Unlimited # 46
64 ( 47 ) MR BOJANGLES Nitty Gritty Dirt Band # 47
65 ( 72 ) MIDNIGHT George Baker Selection # 65
66 ( 74 ) ME ABOUT YOU The Turtles # 66
67 ( 59 ) MONTEGO BAY Freddie Notes & The Rudies # 59
68 ( 70 ) MORNING Jim Ed Brown # 68
69 ( 75 ) DO IT Neil Diamond # 69
70 ( 53 ) DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED) Aretha Franklin # 7

71 ( 43 ) MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF (LIVE) Dionne Warwick # 39
72 ( 73 ) I’VE CRIED (THE BLUE RIGHT OUT OF MY EYES) Crystal Gayle # 72
73 ( NEW ) CAN’T GET OVER LOSING YOU Donnie Elbert # 73
74 ( 58 ) WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG, MA Melanie # 5
75 ( NEW ) BORDER SONG (HOLY MOSES) Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers # 75
76 ( 55 ) SHADY LADY Gene Pitney # 55
77 ( 79 ) FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens # 77
78 ( NEW ) VOODOO CHILE The Jimi Hendrix Experience # 78
79 ( NEW ) BLACK MAGIC WOMAN Santana # 79
80 ( NEW ) BABY I WON’T LET YOU DOWN Pickettywitch # 80



Retro Then
1 ( 1 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray
2 ( 3 ) ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes
3 ( 2 ) SUNSHINE The Archies
4 ( 4 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters
5 ( 7 ) IT’S WONDERFUL (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) Jimmy Ruffin
6 ( NEW ) SAN BERNADINO Christie
7 ( 5 ) PATCHES Clarence Carter
8 ( 6 ) LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers
9 ( 9 ) EL CONDOR PASA Simon And Garfunkel
10 ( 10 ) YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker

11 ( 15 ) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
12 ( 8 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort
13 ( 12 ) NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING Roger Whittaker
14 ( 14 ) RUBY TUESDAY Melanie
15 ( 13 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
16 ( NEW ) JULIE DO YA LOVE ME White Plains
17 ( 16 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath
18 ( NEW ) FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor
19 ( NEW ) THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN Mary Hopkin
20 ( NEW ) VOODOO CHILE The Jimi Hendrix Experience

[raliverpool]

Ignore last week's chart above ^

07/11/1970

01 James Taylor - Fire & Rain (6wks 38-18-8-5-1-1)
02 Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (6wks 33-16-10-6-2-2)
03 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (6wks 40-21-12-8-4-3)
04 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (6wks 23-9-6-4-3-4)
05 Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (4wks 27-16-11-5)
06 Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee (3wks 30-14-6)
07 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me (6wks 35-26-19-12-10-7)
08 Black Sabbath - Iron Man (5wks 25-16-10-8-8)
09 Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (4wks 26-18-12-9)
10 Jackson Five - I'll Be There (7wks 29-14-7-2-2-5-10)

11 Who - See Me Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) (3wks 32-17-11)
12 Tremeloes - Me & My Life (7wks 30-22-15-11-9-9-12)
13 Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (2wks 27-13)
14 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (1wk 14 NEW)
15 Black Sabbath - Paranoid (8wks 36-21-12-6-4-3-6-15)
16 Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (5wks 35-20-14-15-16)
17 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred (6wks 34-28-21-15-13-17)
18 Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (6wks 30-22-18-17-16-18)
19 Christie - San Bernadino (2wks 28-19)
20 Traffic - Freedom Rider (4wks 34-22-19-20)

21 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (9wks 31-19-9-6-4-1-1-7-21)
22 James Brown - Super Bad (3wks 31-23-22)
23 George Jones - A Good Year for the Roses (2wks 29-23)
24 Pink Floyd - If (3wks 29-26-24)
25 Rattles - The Witch (4wks 28-23-22-25)
26 Deep Purple - Child In Time (2wks 39-26)
27 Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day (1wk 27 NEW)
28 100 Proof Aged In Soul - Somebody's Been Sleeping (3wks 39-31-28)
29 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Our House (6wks 37-29-22-20-20-29)
30 Simon & Garfunkel - El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (6wks 32-26-20-19-21-30)

31 Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Julie Felix - Heaven Is Here (2wks 36-32)
33 Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (9wks 26-12-6-2-1-3-7-18-33)
34 Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper (3wks 40-33-34)
35 Eric Clapton - After Midnight (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Blue Mink - Our World (5wks 37-30-25-30-36)
37 Hollies - Too Young To Be Married (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Band - Stage Fright (8wks 38-19-11-8-7-13-24-39)
40 Shocking Blue - Hello Darkness (1wk 40 NEW)