Haven Retro Combined Chart : 19.12.1970

[smokeyb]

It's a 3rd week on top for Dave Edmunds as McGuiness Flint are stuck at 2 and T Rex remain at 3.

The Kinks move up to 4 and Gilbert O'Sullivan stays at 5.



There are 3 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Frankie Valli at number 15.



The biggest climber is Judy Collins who jumps up 19 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is Edwin Starr who drops off the chart from number 26.


19.12.1970 (Week # 51)


1 (01) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 140 points (5-2-1-1-1) 5 wks

2 (02) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 112 points (24-5-3-2-2) 5 wks

3 (03) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 96 points (2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3) 9 wks

4 (10) Kinks – Apeman - 75 points (10-4) 2 wks

5 (05) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 75 points (13-5-5) 3 wks

6 (12) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - 64 points (19-12-6) 3 wks

7 (06) Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express - 61 points (16-6-7) 3 wks

8 (07) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 59 points (38-14-7-8) 4 wks

9 (08) Badfinger - No Matter What - 54 points (37-31-37-36-38-17-7-6-8-9) 10 wks

10 (09) Supremes - Stoned Love - 51 points (35-13-9-13-9-7-9-10) 8 wks

11 (19) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 45 points (36-33-40-39-x-40-x-19-11) 7 wks

12 (13) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There - 38 points (29-21-17-15-13-10-11-19-28-x-21-12-8-13-12) 14 wks

13 (04) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child - 33 points (8-2-2-3-4-4-13) 7 wks

14 (11) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 32 points (16-16-16-15-11-13-18-20-x-12-4-3-4-5-11-14) 15 wks

15 (NE) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now - 31 points 1 wk

16 (16) Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart - 25 points (23-17-16-11-20-18-16-16) 8 wks

17 (15) Clive Dunn – Grandad - 24 points (17-15-17) 3 wks

18 (14) James Taylor - Fire & Rain - 24 points (40-29-19-13-16-14-12-14-18) 9 wks

19 (38) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 24 points (38-19) 2 wks

20 (18) Bee Gees - Lonely Days - 24 points (40-25-27-18-20) 5 wks

21 (22) Aretha Franklin - Border Song (Holy Moses) - 22 points (33-37-23-35-22-21) 6 wks

22 (23) Curtis Mayfield – (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go - 20 points (22-26-28-23-22) 5 wks

23 (17) Stevie Wonder - Heaven Help Us All - 20 points (30-10-9-17-23) 5 wks

24 (21) Status Quo - In My Chair - 20 points (18-24-26-21-24) 5 wks

25 (25) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 19 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27-27-24-29-29-31-31-24-28-29-30-25-25) 51 wks

26 (29) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man - 19 points (39-x-34-29-26) 4 wks

27 (33) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 19 points (33-27) 2 wks

28 (28) Al Green – I Can’t Get Next To You - 18 points (27-30-20-31-31-33-28-28) 8 wks

29 (39) Osmonds - One Bad Apple - 18 points (39-29) 2 wks

30 (RE) Elton John - Your Song - 17 points (39-15-14-14-13-17-17-17-22-x-30) 10 wks

31 (32) Elvis Presley – I’ve Lost You - 17 points (21-25-32-31) 4 wks

32 (31) Bob Marley & the Wailers - Soul Rebel - 17 points (31-32) 2 wks

33 (24) Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York - 17 points (30-29-24-33) 4 wks

34 (27) Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him - 17 points (38-27-34) 3 wks

35 (34) Rozetta Johnson – A Woman’s Way - 16 points (34-35) 2 wks

36 (NE) Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane - 16 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Isley Brothers – Freedom - 15 points 1 wk

38 (20) Cat Stevens – Father And Son - 15 points (23-27-34-20-20-38) 6 wks

39 (30) Santana - Black Magic Woman - 15 points (29-22-31-30-39) 5 wks

40 (40) Python Lee Jackson ft Rod Stewart - In A Broken Dream - 15 points (29-36-x-40-40) 4 wks



Dropped Out

42 (37) Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It - 14 points (27-27-30-31-26-30-32-36-37-34-40-37-39-37)

51 (36) Chuck Berry - Tulane - 11 points (36-36)

- (26) Edwin Starr – War - 0 points (23-24-24-19-19-20-19-17-21-35-40-x-19-4-3-3-4-5-10-26)

- (35) CCS - Whole Lotta Love - 0 points (32-12-14-11-22-35)



Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool @winteryfan smokeyb @yulelogger popchartfreak @stollen darkstar79 and Mark .


I will leave this open until end of next week. 


It's the final chart of the year next week, so I will be giving the annual run down of all the stats for 1970 before we move into 1971.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 25.12.1970

1 (1) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (5 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (5 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (7 wk) (# 3)
4 (4) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (5) The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (5 wk) (# 5)
6 (6) Clive Dunn - Grandad (4 wk) (# 6)
7 (7) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (5 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (4 wk) (# 8)
9 (9) Gerry Monroe - My Prayer (6 wk) (# 9)
10 (10) Chairmen of the Board - You Got Me Dangling On a String (6 wk) (# 5)
11 (11) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (7 wk) (# 1)
12 (12) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (9 wk) (# 6)
13 (13) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (11 wk) (# 3)
14 (14) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You (6 wk) (# 9)
15 (15) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express (4 wk) (# 15)
16 (16) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me (9 wk) (# 8)
17 (17) Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara (6 wk) (# 16)
18 (18) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (19) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You (10 wk) (# 6)
20 (20) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame (6 wk) (# 20)
21 (21) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (13 wk) (# 1)
22 (22) CCS - Whole Lotta Love (8 wk) (# 13)
23 (23) Christie - San Bernadino (10 wk) (# 7)
24 (24) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning (11 wk) (# 17)
25 (25) Dorothy Squires - My Way (17 wk) (# 25)
26 (26) Frank Sinatra - My Way (82 wk) (# 5)
27 (27) Edwin Starr - War (9 wk) (# 3)
28 (28) Clarence Carter - Patches (11 wk) (# 2)
29 (29) Anne Murray - Snowbird (9 wk) (# 27)
30 (30) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All (5 wk) (# 30)
31 (31) Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (16 wk) (# 1)
32 (32) The Kinks - Apeman (2 wk) (# 32)
33 (33) Freda Payne - Deeper & Deeper (5 wk) (# 33)
34 (34) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (3 wk) (# 34)
35 (35) Tremeloes - Me And My Life (14 wk) (# 4)
36 (36) Bee Gees - Lonely Days (3 wk) (# 36)
37 (37) Des O'Connor - The Tip Of My Fingers (13 wk) (# 15)
38 (38) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (17 wk) (# 4)
39 (39) Pickettywitch - Baby I Won't Let You Down (7 wk) (# 27)
40 (40) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday (13 wk) (# 9)
41 (41) The Rattles - The Witch (12 wk) (# 8)
42 (42) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay (16 wk) (# 3)
43 (43) Status Quo - In My Chair (7 wk) (# 21)
44 (44) The Four Tops - Still Water (Love) (11 wk) (# 10)
45 (45) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (1 wk) (# 45)
46 (46) John Paul Jones - The Man From Nazareth (1 wk) (# 46)
47 (47) Deep Purple - Black Night (18 wk) (# 2)
48 (48) The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (13 wk) (# 7)
49 (49) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You (16 wk) (# 6)
50 (50) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (2 wk) (# 29)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 25-12-70:   Jimmy Saville & Tony Blackburn

EDISON LIGHTHOUSE – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)  
MR. BLOE – Groovin’ With Mr. Bloe
LEE MARVIN – Wand’rin Star  
MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT – Woodstock  
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES – The Tears Of A Clown  
PICKETTYWITCH – That Same Old Feeling
KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION – Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town  
ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD – Back Home  
MARMALADE – Reflections Of My Life
SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Bridge Over Troubled Water  
DESMOND DEKKER – You Can Get It If You Really Want  
ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You  
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Up Around The Bend  

TOTP 26-12-70:   Jimmy Saville & Tony Blackburn

MUNGO JERRY – In The Summertime
THE KINKS – Lola
FREDA PAYNE – Band Of Gold  
NORMAN GREENBAUM – Spirit In The Sky
CHRISTIE – Yellow River
JIMMY RUFFIN – I’ll Say Forever My Love
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – Voodoo Chile  
DANA – All Kinds Of Everything
HOTLEGS – Neanderthal Man
FREE – All Right Now  
DAVE EDMUNDS – I Hear You Knockin’  
McGUINNESS FLINT – When I’m Dead And Gone 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 26.12.1970

1 (1) Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (38 wks) (# 1)
2 (3) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (45 wks) (#1)
3 (4) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 4 (10 wks) (# 1)
4 (2) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 111 (8 wks) (#1)
5 (6) Various Artists - The Sound Of Music OST (299 wks) (# 1)
6 (9) Frank Sinatra - Freatest Hits Vol 2 (3 wk) (# 6)
7 (13) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (27 wks) (#7)
8 (8) Emerson Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer (4 wk) (# 4)
9 (38) Frank Sinatra - My Way (41 wks) (#2)
10 (14) Beatles - Let It Be (31 wks) (#1)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express
02(02) McGuinness Flint – When I’m Dead And Gone
03(03) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace
04(07) Frankie Valli – You’re Ready Now
05(09) The Kinks – Apeman
06(21) The Equals – Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
07(14) Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Jerusalem
08(06) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
09(04) Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking
10(05) The Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There

11(08) Aretha Franklin – Border Song (Holy Moses)
12(16) Clive Dunn – Grandad
13(10) Andy Williams – Home Lovin’ Man
14(29) Mama Cass Elliot – Don’t Let The Good Life Pass You By
15(32) The Osmonds – One Bad Apple
16(11) Stevie Wonder – Heaven Help Us All
17(15) T. Rex – Ride A White Swan
18(12) Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
19(33) The 5th Dimension – One Less Bell To Answer
20(36) John Paul Jones - The Man From Nazareth

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 26.12.1970

1 (01) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
2 (02) Clive Dunn - Grandad
3 (03) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
4 (04) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
5 (05) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
6 (06) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
7 (08) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
8 (08) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
9 (09) Badfinger - No Matter What
10 (10) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
11 (11) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted
12 (12) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You
13 (13) Four Tops - Still Water
14 (14) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man
15 (15) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express
16 (16) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All
17 (17) Bee Gees - Lonely Days
18 (18) Des O'Connor - The Tip Of My Fingers
19 (19) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child
20 (20) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
21 (21) James Taylor - Fire And Rain
22 (22) The Kinks - Apeman
23 (23) Clarence Carter - Patches
24 (24) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me
25 (25) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
26 (26) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You
27 (27) Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
28 (28) Shirley Bassey - Something
29 (29) Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
30 (30) Pickettywitch - Baby I Won't Let You Down
31 (31) Deep Purple - Black Night
32 (32) Tremeloes - Me And My Life
33 (33) Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
34 (34) Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
35 (35) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock
36 (36) Gordon Lightfoot - If I Could Read Your Mind
37 (37) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
38 (38) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
39 (39) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
40 (40) Van Morrison - Moondance

[smokeyb]

1 (6) Kinks - Apeman (3 wks)
2 (1) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (6 wks)
3 (3) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (5 wks)
4 (2) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (6 wks)
5 (7) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (6 wks)
6 (5) James Taylor - Fire and Rain (6 wks)
7 (4) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (10 wks)
8 (9) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (6 wks)
9 (14) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (3 wks)
10 (10) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express (5 wks)
11 (8) Santana - Black Magic Woman (7 wks)
12 (15) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (4 wks)
13 (17) Bee Gees – Lonely Days (4 wks)
14 (16) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All (6 wks)
15 (11) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (8 wks)
16 (13) The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (6 wks)
17 (12) Chairmen of the Board - You Got Me Dangling On a String (7 wks)
18 (18) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (8 wks)
19 (22) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (2 wks)
20 (19) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame (7 wks)
21 (20) Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara (7 wks)
22 (21) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (6 wks)
23 (23) Edwin Starr - War (10 wks)
24 (24) CCS - Whole Lotta Love (9 wks)
25 (25) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (14 wks)
26 (26) Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (12 wks)
27 (27) Christie - San Bernadino (12 wks)
28 (28) Status Quo - In My Chair (8 wks)
29 (29) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me (10 wks)
30 (30) Anne Murray - Snowbird (10 wks)

[darkstar79]

01 Curtis Mayfield – (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go (6 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (52 wks)
03 Al Green – I Can’t Get Next To You (9 wks)
04 Supremes – Stoned Love (8 wks)
05 Diana Ross – Remember Me (1 wk)
06 Rozetta Johnson – A Woman’s Way (3 wks)
07 The Isley Brothers – Freedom (2 wks)
08 The Kinks – Apeman (3 wks)
09 The Chi-Lites – Are You My Woman (Tell Me So) (5 wks)
10 The Delfonics – When You Get Right Down To It (16 wks)

11 The Festivals – You’re Gonna Make It (15 wks)
12 The Sweet Inspirations – This World (9 wks)
13 Joe Simon – You’re Time To Cry (3 wks)
14 Edwin Starr – Stop The War (2 wks)
15 Phil Flowers – The Man, The Wife & The Little Baby Daughter (3 wks)
16 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – I Gotta Let You Go (10 wks)
17 Donnie Elbert – Can’t Get Over Losing You (7 wks)
18 James Brown – Hey America (3 wks)
19 The Supremes & The Four Tops – River Deep Mountain High (5 wks)
20 Barbara & The Uniques – There It Goes Again (2 wks)

21 Johnny Cash – Flesh And Blood (4 wks)
22 The Four Tops – Still Water (18 wks)
23 Rufus Thomas – (Do The) Push & Pull (2 wks)
24 Main Ingredient – I’m So Proud (3 wks)
25 Archie Bell & The Drells – Wrap It Up (3 wks)
26 Jackie Wilson – This Love Is Real (2 wks)
27 Elton John – Your Song (6 wks)
28 Little Sister – Somebody’s Watching You (3 wks)
29 Aretha Franklin – Border Song (Holy Moses) (7 wks)
30 Ernie – Rubber Duckie (20 wks)

[o]

Frozen as nothing new in the charts
1 Status Quo – In my chair
2 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
3 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child
4 McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone
5 T Rex – Ride a white swan
6 Kinks – Apeman
7 Led Zeppelin – Immigrant song
8 Neil Young – Only love can break your heart
9 Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie
10 Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys

[Earl Purple]

Not much movement but not a frozen chart

1 ( 1 ) Apeman - Kinks < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Your Song - Elton John
3 ( 2 ) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (#2[1])
4 ( 8 ) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
5 ( 6 ) Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
6 ( 3 ) Nothing Rhymed - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2[2])
7 ( 14 ) Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
8 ( 7 ) Knock Three Times - Dawn (#7)
9 ( 11 ) You're Ready Now - Frankie Valli
10 ( 5 ) No Matter What - Badfinger (#1[2])

11 ( 15 ) Stoney End - Barbra Streisand
12 ( 23 ) Border Song - Aretha Franklin
13 ( 9 ) I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds (#6)
14 ( 13 ) Do It - Neil Diamond (#13)
15 ( 10 ) Blame It On The Pony Express - Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon (#7)
16 ( 28 ) Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals
17 ( 21 ) Pay To The Piper - Chairmen Of The Board
18 ( 19 ) Domino - Van Morrison
19 ( 17 ) I'm Not My Brother's Keeper - Flaming Ember (#16)
20 ( 12 ) When I'm Dead And Gone - McGuinness Flint (#3)

21 ( 16 ) Stoned Love - Supremes (#12)
22 ( 26 ) Jerusalem - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
23 ( 34 ) If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
24 ( 18 ) Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix Experience (#1[1])
25 ( 33 ) Groove Me - King Floyd
26 ( 24 ) Home Lovin' Man - Andy Williams (#19)
27 ( 30 ) One Man Band - Three Dog Night
28 ( 20 ) San Bernadino - Christie (#3)
29 ( 31 ) It's Impossible - Perry Como
30 ( 22 ) Ride A White Swan - T.Rex (#1[3])

31 ( 29 ) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago (#24)
32 ( 25 ) Baby I Won't Let You Down - Pickettywitch (#7)
33 ( -- ) We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt
34 ( 27 ) After Midnight - Eric Clapton (#12)
35 ( -- ) Games - Redeye
36 ( 32 ) Memo From Turner - Mick Jagger (#17)
37 ( 36 ) My Prayer - Gerry Monroe (#23)
38 ( 39 ) The Man From Nazareth - John Paul Joans
39 ( 38 ) As Years Go By - Mashmakhan (#16)
40 ( 37 ) Share The Land - Guess Who (#9)

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-- ( 35 ) I Think I Love You - Partridge Family (#4)
-- ( 40 ) Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder (#6)

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Just 2 new entries this week. This year only one actual Christmas song in the top 40, right down at #38 this week. His real name is John Paul Jones but he changed the spelling to distinguish himself from the one in Led Zeppelin. (They are #5 this week)

[raliverpool]

01 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (4wks 25-3-1-1)
02 Badfinger - No Matter What (4wks 24-8-2-2)
03 Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (5wks 29-16-7-5-3)
04 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (4wks 38-17-10-4)
05 Supremes - Stoned Love (6wks 24-19-19-10-7-5)
06 T Rex - Ride A White Swan (6wks 19-11-6-6-6-6)
07 Dave Edmunds' Rockpile - I Hear You Knocking (6wks 18-8-3-2-3-7)
08 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (3wks 37-14-8)
09 Black Sabbath - War Pigs (3wks 22-13-9)
10 Van Morrison - Domino (3wks 31-15-10)

11 George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity (2wks 23-11)
12 Python Lee Jackson ft Rod Stewart - In A Broken Dream (6wks 37-26-18-13-12-12)
13 Santana - Black Magic Woman (4wks 40-30-19-13)
14 Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York (7wks 21-8-2-1-1-4-14)
15 Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain (3wks 40-25-15)
16 McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone (5wks 30-10-5-8-16)
17 5th Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer (5wks 36-21-9-11-17)
18 David Bowie - The Width Of A Circle (3wks 20-16-18)
19 Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (6wks 32-18-9-4-9-19)
20 Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren (2wks 30-20)

21 Aretha Franklin - Border Song (4wks 36-29-21-21)
22 Cat Stevens - Where Do the Children Play? (5wks 38-29-25-20-22)
23 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express (4wks 35-34-28-23)

24 Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (1wk 24 NEW)

25 Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper (2wks 35-25)
26 James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind (3wks 39-31-26)
27 Tom Jones - Can't Stop Loving You (2wks 36-27)
28 Eric Clapton - After Midnight (8wks 35-18-9-5-5-11-17-28)
29 King Floyd - Groove Me (1wk 29 NEW)
30 CCS - Whole Lotta Love (7wks 20-15-13-14-18-22-30)

31 Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (3wks 38-32-31)
32 Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (9wks 27-13-10-7-7-8-14-18-32)
33 Cats - Where Have I Been Wrong (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Curved Air - It Happened Today (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Supremes & Four Tops - River Deep Mountain High (2wks 40-36)
37 Jackie Lee - Rupert (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Fleetwood Mac - Station Man (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Redeye - Games (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (11wks 27-16-11-5-3-1-1-2-12-24-40)

This more potent USA #6 (AC #2), Canada #5 & UK #27 version of the folk singer's Laura Nyro original was resplendent with a brass and string section and backing vocalists to match the New York singing/actress legend powerful vocals. It was produced by Richard Perry and featured Carole King on piano and backing vocals (alongside members of the Fanny).

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Dave Edmunds - I HEAR YOU KNOCKING
2 [9] :: Anne Murray - SNOWBIRD
3 [3] :: Glen Campbell - IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE
4 [2] :: McGuinness Flint - WHEN I'M DEAD AND GONE
5 [4] :: Bob Marley & the Wailers - SOUL REBEL {Soul Rebels LP track}
6 [11] :: Archie Bell & the Drells - WRAP IT UP
7 [re] :: Simon & Garfunkel - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
8 [re] :: Simon & Garfunkel - EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD) {Bridge Over Troubled Water LP track}
9 [re] :: Simon & Garfunkel - CECILIA {Bridge Over Troubled Water LP track}
10 [re] :: Beatles - LET IT BE
11 [re] :: Simon & Garfunkel - THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK {Bridge Over Troubled Water LP track}
12 [re] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR {Long As I Can See The Light B-side}
13 [re] :: BJ Thomas - RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD
14 [re] :: Aretha Franklin - DON'T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED)
15 [re] :: Shocking Blue - VENUS
16 [5] :: T.Rex - RIDE A WHITE SWAN
17 [re] :: Brook Benton - RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA
18 [14] :: John Lennon - REMEMBER {John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band LP track}
19 [15] :: John Lennon - LOVE {John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band LP track}
20 [16] :: John Lennon - WORKING CLASS HERO {John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band LP track}

[popchartfreak]

19th December 1970

It's 2 weeks on top for My Sweet Lord as other George Harrison All Things Must Pass tracks climb, and George holds off The Osmonds from the top spot at 2. Mardi Gras go top 5 for the first and last time, outdoing the Marvin Gaye original and 2 years before the UK catches on, and Ray Stevens gets a 2nd top 10 with Bridget. Amazing Grace amazes me by climbing fast to 14, a track I couldn't bear by late 1972 after the bagpipes overexposure, but Judy Collins' version is really quite excellent, and Bowie gets a third top 20 as The Man Who Sold The World climbs.

Bob Marley gets his first top 40, Herman's Hermits their last, Jesus Christ Superstar a 4th, Diana Ross a 3rd solo. As it was Christmas-time new tracks were thin on the ground 50 years ago, so the slack is taken up by Candi Staton and Nancy Wilson entering with more classy tracks, Henry Mancini's movie theme tune ahead of a future Andy Williams lyric-ed version of Love Story, the movie that stars of Ryan O' Neal, ex-Peyton Place TV actor, and Ali McGraw. Not a barrel of laughs that one.

That leaves TV themes and spin-offs: The Archies last TV series (Archie's funhouse) featured many catchy pop tunes that have never seen the light of day in any format, including the two I've cherry-picked (I recorded them off the TV at the time), which is a shame. The theme from UFO is a bit late, but it was still being shown in the UK, US and abroad and it was fab (as was the Gerry Anderson show). The Mary Tyler Moore Show had debuted a few months earlier, a ground-breaking sitcom in so many ways, and 3 spin-offs in the mid-70's to boot, and a show I was watching in Singapore and loving. I adored the melodic theme tune too, Love Is All Around still sounds great. 

1 ( 1 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison # 1
2 ( 3 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds # 2
3 ( 2 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot # 2
4 ( 11 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ‘BOUT MY BABY Mardi Gras # 4
5 ( 4 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman # 2
6 ( 5 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees # 1
7 ( 6 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
8 ( 8 ) LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes # 4
9 ( 9 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT Yvonne Elliman, Ian Gillan & Murray Head # 9
10 ( 12 ) BRIDGET THE MIDGET (THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES) Ray Stevens # 10

11 ( 7 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds # 7
12 ( 10 ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 1
13 ( 13 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1
14 ( 29 ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins # 14
15 ( 15 ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 3
16 ( 14 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
17 ( 17 ) WHAT IS LIFE George Harrison # 17
18 ( 19 ) ME ABOUT YOU The Turtles # 18
19 ( 28 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD David Bowie # 19
20 ( 16 ) IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin # 10

21 ( 18 ) I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 9
22 ( 22 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
23 ( 20 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams # 4
24 ( 24 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
25 ( 38 ) NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O’Sullivan # 25
26 ( 21 ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson # 10
27 ( 25 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
28 ( 27 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
29 ( 33 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters # 29
30 ( 30 ) NEVER LOVE AGAIN Dusty Springfield # 30

31 ( 26 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
32 ( 36 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn # 32
33 ( 49 ) HOSANNA Ian Gillan & Chorus # 33
34 ( 23 ) IT’S WONDERFUL (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) Jimmy Ruffin # 7
35 ( 63 ) REMEMBER ME Diana Ross # 35
36 ( 39 ) WE’RE FOR THE DARK Badfinger # 36
37 ( 40 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Stephen Stills # 37
38 ( 52 ) YOU’RE READY NOW Frankie Valli # 38
39 ( 56 ) LADY BARBARA Herman’s Hermits # 39
40 ( 64 ) SOUL REBEL Bob Marley & The Wailers # 40

41 ( 34 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
42 ( 37 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3
43 ( 50 ) GODDESS OF LOVE The Gentrys # 43
44 ( 48 ) WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon # 44
45 ( 59 ) BLAME IT ON THE PONY EXPRESS Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon # 45
46 ( 31 ) PAY TO THE PIPER Chairmen Of The Board # 20
47 ( 35 ) FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens # 35
48 ( 66 ) WAY BACK HOME The (Jazz) Crusaders # 48
49 ( 32 ) SILVER MOON Michael Nesmith & The First National Band # 26
50 ( 46 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1

51 ( 47 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
52 ( 45 ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield # 9
53 ( 58 ) HOLLY HOLY Junior Walker & The All Stars # 53
54 ( 62 ) BLACK SKIN BLUE EYED BOYS The Equals # 54
55 ( 65 ) APEMAN The Kinks # 55
56 ( 68 ) CHURCH STREET SOUL REVIVAL Tommy James # 56
57 ( 72 ) WAH-WAH George Harrison # 57
58 ( 43 ) KNOCK THREE TIMES Dawn # 19
59 ( 67 ) IF NOT FOR YOU George Harrison # 59
60 ( 70 ) SWEET JANE The Velvet Underground featuring Lou Reed # 60

61 ( 41 ) LOVE SONG Elton John & Lesley Duncan # 30
62 ( 57 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond # 3
63 ( 74 ) TEMPTATION EYES The Grass Roots # 63
64 ( 60 ) MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread # 1
65 ( 54 ) INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor # 3
66 ( 73 ) TULANE Chuck Berry # 66
67 ( 53 ) WOODSTOCK Matthews Southern Comfort # 4
68 ( 76 ) CHESTNUT MARE The Byrds # 68
69 ( 75 ) STOP THE WAR NOW Edwin Starr # 69
70 ( NEW ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Sonny Curtis # 70

71 ( 77 ) FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano # 71
72 ( NEW ) LOVE VIBRATIONS The Archies # 72
73 ( 78 ) SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Jackson 5 # 73
74 ( 80 ) WHAT GOOD IS I LOVE YOU? Dusty Springfield # 74
75 ( 79 ) LOVE John Lennon # 75
76 ( NEW ) THEME FROM U.F.O. Barry Gray Orchestra # 76
77 ( NEW ) NOW I’M A WOMAN Nancy Wilson # 77
78 ( NEW ) LOVE STORY Henry Mancini & His Orchestra # 78
79 ( NEW ) HE CALLED ME BABY Candi Staton # 79
80 ( NEW ) (I’M JUST YOUR) PUPPET ON A STRING The Archies # 80



wot I liked that week then
1 ( 2 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell
2 ( 1 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams
3 ( 5 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5
4 ( 3 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray
5 ( 4 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex
6 ( 7 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn
7 ( 6 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond
8 ( 11 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees
9 ( 9 ) NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O’Sullivan
10 ( 15 ) BLAME IT ON THE PONY EXPRESS Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon

11 ( 10 ) IT’S WONDERFUL (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) Jimmy Ruffin
12 ( 13 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds
13 ( 16 ) YOU’RE READY NOW Frankie Valli
14 ( 14 ) WHEN I’M DEAD AND GONE McGuiness Flint
15 ( 12 ) MY WAY Frank Sinatra
16 ( NEW ) APEMAN The Kinks
17 ( NEW ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins
18 ( NEW ) YOU’VE GOT ME DANGLING ON A STRING Chairmen Of The Board
19 ( 19 ) IT’S A SHAME The Motown Spinners
20 ( 18 ) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon