Haven Retro Combined Chart : 16.01.1971

[smokeyb]

The Kinks remain on top for a 3rd week, as Judy Collins moves up to 2, Badfinger are up to 3

the Equals stay at 4 and the Supremes are up to 5.



There are 8 new entries this week, the highest is the Mixtures at number 8.



The biggest climber is Tony Christie who jumps up 18 places to number 14.



The biggest faller is the Beatles who drop 42 places.



And after an incredible chart run of 54 weeks the Delfonics finally slip out of the chart.



16.01.1971 (Week # 03)


1 (01) Kinks – Apeman - 116 points (10-4-3-1-1-1) 6 wks

2 (03) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 85 points (38-19-13-9-3-2) 6 wks

3 (05) Badfinger - No Matter What - 81 points (37-31-37-36-38-17-7-6-8-9-8-14-5-3) 14 wks

4 (04) Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys - 70 points (14-7-4-4) 4 wks

5 (12) Supremes - Stoned Love - 63 points (35-13-9-13-9-7-9-10-9-11-12-5) 12 wks

6 (02) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 61 points (5-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-6) 9 wks

7 (14) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 58 points (18-20-23-17-6-6-6-5-6-11-x-14-7) 12 wks

8 (NE) Mixtures - Pushbike Song - 58 points 1 wk

9 (13) Jackie Lee - Rupert (The Bear) - 53 points (13-9) 2 wks

10 (NE) Tom Jones - She's A Lady - 48 points 1 wk

11 (16) Bee Gees - Lonely Days - 47 points (40-25-27-18-20-18-20-16-11) 9 wks

12 (10) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 46 points (38-14-7-8-7-8-10-12) 8 wks

13 (07) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 46 points (2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-7-13) 13 wks

14 (32) Tony Christie – Las Vegas - 44 points (32-14) 2 wks

15 (28) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 40 points (28-15) 2 wks

16 (08) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 37 points (13-5-5-5-4-8-16) 7 wks

17 (06) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 37 points (24-5-3-2-2-2-3-6-17) 9 wks

18 (11) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now - 36 points (15-12-10-11-18) 5 wks

19 (17) Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby - 34 points (15-17-19) 3 wks

20 (NE) Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - 34 points 1 wk

21 (24) Elton John - Your Song - 30 points (39-15-14-14-13-17-17-17-22-x-30-26-25-24-21) 14 wks

22 (18) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 29 points (36-33-40-39-x-40-x-19-11-10-12-18-22) 10 wks

23 (23) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy - 26 points (23-23) 2 wks

24 (15) Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express - 25 points (16-6-7-11-13-15-24) 7 wks

25 (09) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - 25 points (19-12-6-6-6-9-25) 7 wks

26 (19) Osmonds - One Bad Apple - 25 points (39-29-20-19-19-26) 6 wks

27 (25) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End - 22 points (27-38-24-x-27-25-27) 6 wks

28 (NE) John Lennon - Mother - 22 points 1 wk

29 (30) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 21 points (31-29-30-29) 4 wks

30 (27) Don McLean - Castles In The Air - 20 points (24-27-30) 3 wks

31 (31) Shirley Bassey - The Fool On The Hill - 20 points (31-31) 2 wks

32 (36) Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With - 20 points (34-36-32) 3 wks

33 (NE) Gladys Knight & The Pips- If I Where Your Woman - 19 points 1 wk

34 (NE) Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight - 19 points 1 wk

35 (21) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - 18 points (16-16-16-15-11-13-18-20-x-12-4-3-4-5-11-14-15-18-21-35) 19 wks

36 (NE) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle - 17 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain - 17 points 1 wk

38 (29) Mardi Gras - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby - 17 points (32-30-29-38) 4 wks

39 (38) Diana Ross – Remember Me - 16 points (36-38-38-39) 4 wks

40 (40) Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren - 16 points (40-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

41 (40) Aretha Franklin - Border Song (Holy Moses) - 15 points (33-37-23-35-22-21-24-22-40)

42 (26) Curtis Mayfield – (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go - 15 points (22-26-28-23-22-21-23-26)

43 (40) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 15 points (33-27-28-36-40)

45 (20) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There - 14 points (29-21-17-15-13-10-11-19-28-x-21-12-8-13-12-16-16-20)

48 (34) Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - 13 points (18-18-16-16-15-25-25-28-33-28-28-25-25-26-24-28-27-28-27-25-28-25-27-24-21-23-24-26-30-28-29-28-29-26-27-29-25-26-27-27-24-29-29-31-31-24-28-29-30-25-25-25-28-34)

51 (40) Anne Murray - Snowbird - 12 points (26-25-27-29-30-35-39-37-22-23-22-24-33-x-24-19-19-x-23-40-40)

55 (40) Mama Cass Elliot – Don’t Let The Good Life Pass You By - 12 points (40)

56 (37) Al Green – I Can’t Get Next To You - 10 points (27-30-20-31-31-33-28-28-27-32-37)

58 (35) Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Jerusalem - 10 points (33-35)

59 (22) Clive Dunn – Grandad - 9 points (17-15-17-17-17-22)

75 (33) Beatles - Fool On The Hill - 3 points (31-33)


Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak @aon darkstar79 & Mark.

I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 23.01.1971

1 (1) Clive Dunn - Grandad (8 wk) (# 1)
2 (4) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (13 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (9 wk) (# 2)
4 (5) The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (9 wk) (# 4)
5 (11) The Kinks - Apeman (6 wk) (# 5)
6 (2) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (9 wk) (# 1)
7 (NE) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (1 wk) (# 7)
8 (19) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (7 wk) (# 8)
9 (17) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (3 wk) (# 7)
10 (15) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (8) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express (8 wk) (# 7)
12 (6) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (9 wk) (# 4)
13 (24) Mixtures - Pushbike Song (2 wk) (# 13)
14 (7) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (11 wk) (# 3)
15 (9) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (9 wk) (# 7)
16 (34) Badfinger - No Matter What (3 wk) (# 16)
17 (10) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (8 wk) (# 8)
18 (13) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (6 wk) (# 13)
19 (12) Chairmen of the Board - You Got Me Dangling On a String (10 wk) (# 5)
20 (16) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted (7 wk) (# 15)
21 (42) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (2 wk) (# 21)
22 (40) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (2 wk) (# 22)
23 (21) Frank Sinatra - My Way (86 wk) (# 5)
24 (48) Supremes - Stoned Love (2 wk) (# 24)
25 (30) John Paul Jones - The Man From Nazareth (4 wk) (# 25)
26 (45) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (2 wk) (# 26)
27 (43) Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song (2 wk) (# 27)
28 (23) Anne Murray - Snowbird (13 wk) (# 23)
29 (27) Status Quo - In My Chair (11 wk) (# 21)
30 (NE) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl (1 wk) (# 30)
31 (29) Jackie Lee - Rupert (4 wk) (# 29)
32 (14) Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara (10 wk) (# 13)
33 (38) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (3 wk) (# 33)
34 (18) Gerry Monroe - My Prayer (10 wk) (# 9)
35 (33) Bee Gees - Lonely Days (7 wk) (# 33)
36 (37) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (3 wk) (# 36)
37 (NE) Elton John - Your Song (1 wk) (# 37)
38 (22) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (11 wk) (# 1)
39 (31) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy (3 wk) (# 31)
40 (26) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (15 wk) (# 3)
41 (28) CCS - Whole Lotta Love (12 wk) (# 13)
42 (25) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame (10 wk) (# 20)
43 (41) Dorothy Squires - My Way (21 wk) (# 25)
44 (32) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me (13 wk) (# 8)
45 (36) Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (17 wk) (# 1)
46 (20) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You (10 wk) (# 9)
47 (NE) Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (35) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All (9 wk) (# 29)
49 (NE) Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (RE) Shirley Bassey - Something (22 wk) (#4)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 21-01-71:  Tony Blackburn
(26) ASHTON, GARDNER & DYKE – Resurrection Shuffle
(NEW) PETULA CLARK – The Song Of My Life  
(39) BOBBY BLOOM – Heavy Makes You Happy  
(7) GEORGE HARRISON – My Sweet Lord  
(5) THE KINKS – Apeman  
(14) NEIL DIAMOND – Cracklin’ Rosie  
NEIL DIAMOND – Brother Loves Travelling Salvation Show
NEIL DIAMOND – Sweet Caroline
(22) DAWN – Candida  
(NEW) RUFUS THOMAS – Do The Push And Pull
(1) CLIVE DUNN – Grandad  
(24) THE SUPREMES – Stoned Love

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 23.01.1971

1 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (49 wks) (#1)
2 (3) Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (42 wks) (# 1)
3 (2) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 4 (14 wks) (# 1)
4 (4) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 111 (12 wks) (#1)
5 (10) Ten Years After - Watt (3 wks) (# 5)
6 (6) Emerson Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer (8 wks) (# 4)
7 (12) James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (10 wks) (# 7)
8 (16) Melanie - Candles In The Rain (3 wks) (# 8)
9 (41) Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (2 wks) (# 9)
10 (20) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (10 wks) (# 7)

[darkstar79]

01 Tom Jones – She's A Lady (2 wks)
02 Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight (2 wks)
03 The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (1 wk)
04 Tony Christie – Las Vegas (3 wks)
05 Wilson Pickett – Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (2 wks)
06 Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution (1 wk)
07 Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby (4 wks)
08 Supremes – Stoned Love (12 wks)
09 The Dells – The Glory Of Love (2 wks)
10 Curtis Mayfield – (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go (10 wks)

11 Major Lance – Must Be Love Coming Down (1 wk)
12 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Child No One Wanted (1 wk)
13 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (56 wks)
14 Shirley Bassey – The Fool On The Hill (4 wks)
15 Diana Ross – Remember Me (5 wks)
16 The Chambers Brothers – Funky (2 wks)
17 Al Green – I Can’t Get Next To You (13 wks)
18 The Stylistics – You're A Big Girl Now (4 wks)
19 The Spinners – We'll Have It Made (1 wk)
20 The Isley Brothers – Freedom (6 wks)

21 Nancy Wilson – Now I'm A Woman (4 wks)
22 The Three Degrees – You're The One (4 wks)
23 Rozetta Johnson – A Woman’s Way (7 wks)
24 The Statler Brothers – Bed Of Roses (4 wks)
25 Gene & Jerry – You Just Can't Win (4 wks)
26 Johnnie Taylor – Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone (4 wks)
27 Edwin Starr – Stop The War (6 wks)
28 James Brown – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (4 wks)
29 The Chi-Lites – Are You My Woman (Tell Me So) (9 wks)
30 The Kinks – Apeman (7 wks)

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Mark's Top 40 - 23.01.1971

1 (New) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
2 (01) The Kinks - Apeman
3 (04) Jackie Lee - Rupert
4 (02) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
5 (05) Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
6 (03) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
7 (06) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
8 (07) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
9 (09) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
10 (10) Bee Gees - Lonely Days
11 (08) Badfinger - No Matter What
12 (11) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
13 (30) The Supremes - Stoned Love
14 (12) Clive Dunn - Grandad
15 (13) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
16 (14) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
17 (15) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
18 (New) Elton John - Your Song
19 (17) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
20 (32) The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song
21 (16) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
22 (38) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
23 (34) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida
24 (18) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy
25 (19) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All
26 (20) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man
27 (21) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
28 (24) Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay
29 (25) Tony Christie - Las Vegas
30 (28) Tom Jones - She's A Lady
31 (22) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You
32 (26) Four Tops - Still Water
33 (29) White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me
34 (33) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express
35 (31) Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
36 (23) Shirley Bassey - The Fool On The Hill
37 (New) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl
38 (36) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child
39 (39) Edward Woodward - The Way You Look Tonight
40 (40) The Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Badfinger – No Matter What
02(01) The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun
03(07) Elvis Presley – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
04(18) Elton John – Your Song
05(13) Bobby Bloom – Heavy Makes You Happy
06(05) John Lennon – Mother
07(10) Tony Christie – Las Vegas
08(03) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace
09(23) Tom Jones – She’s A Lady
10(04) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express

11(25) The Mixtures – Pushbike Song
12(19) Dolly Parton – Joshua
13(--) George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
14(06) The Equals – Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
15(27) The Supremes – Stoned Love
16(32) Tony Orlando & Dawn – Candida
17(12) Jackie Lee – Rupert
18(33) Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby
19(08) The Kinks – Apeman
20(09) Mama Cass Elliot – Don’t Let The Good Life Pass You By

23(38) The Weathermen – It’s The Same Old Song
25(44) Edward Woodward – The Way You Look Tonight
26(36) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
33(--) Cliff Richard – Sunny Honey Girl
41(--) Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Your Song - Elton John < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
3 ( 7 ) Pushbike Song - Mixtures
4 ( 2 ) Apeman - Kinks (#1[4])
5 ( 4 ) Rupert (The Bear) - Jackie Lee (#4)
6 ( 10 ) Las Vegas - Tony Christie
7 ( 6 ) Border Song - Aretha Franklin (#6)
8 ( 5 ) Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills (#4)
9 ( 18 ) She's A Lady - Tom Jones
10 ( -- ) One Bad Apple - Osmonds

11 ( 8 ) You're Ready Now - Frankie Valli (#8)
12 ( 12 ) Born To Wander - Rare Earth
13 ( 21 ) Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Gardner & Dyke
14 ( 11 ) If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#11)
15 ( 22 ) What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie
16 ( 9 ) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (#2[1])
17 ( -- ) If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
18 ( 13 ) Pay To The Piper - Chairmen Of The Board (#12)
19 ( 16 ) We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt (#16)
20 ( 14 ) Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals (#11)

21 ( 30 ) Get Up Get Into It Get Involved - James Brown
22 ( 19 ) Games - Redeye (#19)
23 ( 15 ) Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (#9)
24 ( -- ) Sunny Honey Girl - Cliff Richard
25 ( 26 ) Remember Me - Diana Ross
26 ( 20 ) Groove Me - King Floyd (#18)
27 ( 29 ) Heavy Makes You Happy - Bobby Bloom
28 ( 25 ) Mr Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#25)
29 ( 17 ) Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (#5)
30 ( 32 ) Amos Moses - Jerry Reed

31 ( 28 ) Stop The War Now - Edwin Starr (#28)
32 ( 23 ) Knock Three Times - Dawn (#7)
33 ( 27 ) Jerusalem - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (#20)
34 ( 24 ) Nothing Rhymed - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2[2])
35 ( 33 ) It's Impossible - Perry Como (#28)
36 ( -- ) (Do The) Push And Pull - Rufus Thomas
37 ( 34 ) One Man Band - Three Dog Night (#26)
38 ( 31 ) Do It - Neil Diamond (#13)
39 ( 40 ) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago (#24)
40 ( 35 ) Domino - Van Morrison (#18)

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-- ( 36 ) No Matter What - Badfinger (#1[2])
-- ( 37 ) (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go - Curtis Mayfield (#34)
-- ( 38 ) I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds (#6)
-- ( 39 ) I'm Not My Brother's Keeper - Flaming Ember (#16)

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Whilst Donny Osmond failed dismally in his solo career in my chart, the Osmonds as a group didn't do too badly, and here's their debut, where they sound a bit like a white Jackson Five although in fact they've been around a few years (without Donny, prior to this)

[o]

1 Kinks – Apeman
2 Mixtures - Pushbike Song
3 Tom Jones - She's A Lady
4 Badfinger - No Matter What
5 McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
6 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
7 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
8 Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys
9 Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
10 Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy
11 Elton John - Your Song
12 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
13 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
14 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
15 Supremes - Stoned Love
16 Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song
17 Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
18 T. Rex - Ride A White Swan

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Badfinger - No Matter What (3 wks)
2 (NE) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (1 wk)
3 (15) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song (2 wks)
4 (5) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (3 wks)
5 (2) Kinks - Apeman (7 wks)
6 (3) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (9 wks)
7 (13) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (2 wks)
8 (6) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (10 wks)
9 (12) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (3 wks)
10 (10) Shirley Bassey - The Fool On The Hill (4 wks)
11 (4) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (10 wks)
12 (18) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (2 wks)
13 (11) Jackie Lee - Rupert (4 wks)
14 (17) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (3 wks)
15 (19) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (2 wks)
16 (21) Supremes - Stoned Love (2 wks)
17 (NE) Elton John - Your Song (1 wk)
18 (7) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (6 wks)
19 (8) Bee Gees – Lonely Days (8 wks)
20 (20) Bread - Let Your Love Go (4 wks)
21 (25) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Mother (3 wks)
22 (9) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (7 wks)
23 (14) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (8 wks)
24 (16) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (10 wks)
25 (22) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (10 wks)
26 (23) James Taylor - Fire and Rain (10 wks)
27 (24) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (14 wks)
28 (26) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express (9 wks)
29 (27) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All (10 wks)
30 (28) Santana - Black Magic Woman (12 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Bee Gees - Lonely Days (4wks 26-11-7-1)

02 Supremes - Stoned Love (8wks 24-19-19-10-7-5-5-2-1-2)
03 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (4wks 22-13-8-3)
04 T Rex - Ride A White Swan (10wks 19-11-6-6-6-6-6-3-2-4)
05 John Lennon - Mother (3wks 35-15-5)
06 Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain (7wks 40-25-15-11-7-4-6)
07 Kinks - Apeman (4wks 17-9-6-7)
08 Elton John - Your Song (4wks 25-19-14-8)
09 Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (5wks 24-15-12-10-9)
10 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (8wks 25-3-1-1-1-1-3-10)

11 Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman (4wks 20-16-12-11)
12 Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren (6wks 30-20-12-6-5-12)
13 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (3wks 34-21-13)
14 Todd Rundgren & Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman (3wks 29-20-14)
15 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (3wks 27-18-15)
16 King Floyd - Groove Me (5wks 29-18-14-13-16)
17 Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With (4wks 39-23-17-17)
18 Dolly Parton - Joshua (3wks 31-22-18)
19 Pink Floyd - Fat Old Sun (3wks 37-25-19)
20 Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy (3wks 30-24-20)

21 George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity (6wks 23-11-8-8-9-21)
22 Elton John - Border Song (2wks 33-22)
23 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr Bojangles (2wks 28-24)
25 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (1wk 25 NEW)
26 James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (2wks 32-26)
27 Diana Ross - Remember Me (2wks 34-27)
28 Badfinger - No Matter What (8wks 24-8-2-2-2-4-11-28)
29 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (1wk 29 NEW)
30 John Lennon - God (4wks 21-17-19-30)

31 Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (4wks 34-26-26-31)
32 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (8wks 38-17-10-4-3-5-16-32)
33 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Curtis Mayfield - If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go (2wks 39-34)
35 Jackie Moore - Precious Precious (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Emitt Rhodes - Fresh As A Daisy (3wks 40-36-36)
37 T Rex - Seagull Woman (1wk 38 NEW)
38 Badfinger - We're For The Dark (1wk 39 NEW)
39 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (7wks 37-14-8-7-10-23-39)

40 Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (1wk 40 NEW)

The Brothers Gibb top my chart with this haunting USA #3, Canada #1, Australia #8, UK #33 changing tempo track (which Noel Gallagher claims as his favourite Bee Gees song, which he accurately IMHO described as "the missing link between The Beatles & Take That!").

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: George Harrison - MY SWEET LORD
2 [new] :: Elton John - YOUR SONG
3 [new] :: George Harrison - WHAT IS LIFE {My Sweet Lord B-side}
4 [1] :: Judy Collins - AMAZING GRACE
5 [2] :: Mixtures - PUSHBIKE SONG
6 [4] :: Wilson Pickett - DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU
7 [10] :: Supremes - STONED LOVE
8 [12] :: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE
9 [5] :: Carpenters - WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
10 [3] :: Candi Staton - HE CALLED ME BABY
11 [6] :: New Seekers - BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
12 [8] :: T Rex - BELTANE WALK {T Rex LP track}
13 [14] :: Tom Jones - SHE'S A LADY
14 [15] :: Equals - BLACK-SKINNED BLUE-EYED BOYS
15 [13] :: Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - BLAME IT ON THE PONY EXPRESS
16 [7] :: Dave Edmunds - I HEAR YOU KNOCKING
17 [11] :: Kinks - APEMAN
18 [new] :: Elvis Presley - YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
19 [20] :: Badfinger - NO MATTER WHAT
20 [9] :: Anne Murray - SNOWBIRD

[popchartfreak]

19th January 1971

It's 3 weeks on top for Don McLean as another Easy Listening/Soft Rock great enters at 4 for the Carpenters, US hit For All We Know, a hit later in the year for Shirley Bassey in the UK. That's a 3rd top 5 in a row for Karen & Richard. John Lennon makes it 2 solo Beatles in the top 20, and there's still an opportunity this year for all 4 to register but if it doesn't coincide I think the next potential would be late 1974!

In at 30, it's the final biggie from Creedence Clearwater Revival, the tuneful Have You Ever Seen The Rain?, the first track I'd got to hear since Bad Moon Rising at the time, and one I loved. George Jones get a big leap with Good Year For The Roses, great lyrics, up to 33 just ahead of another Singapore fave, Cliff's Sunny Honey Girl was my fave Cliff single of the year and the biggest fave since Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha - though like all Cliff tracks of this period, they haven't aged well, but retain a charm.

Nilsson gets a 4th year of top 40 entries, as his movie track jumps up, as Andy Williams gets a 2nd ballad on the chart as he plugs his lyric version of the hit instrumental Love Story, from the film of the same name (Boy Meets Girl, Boy & Girl fall in love, Girl dies), also one I knew and liked at the time, plugged as it was on his TV show and Two-Way Family Favourites. Talking of CCR, Ike & Tina cover Proud Mary, and genuinely this is not a track I was aware of until the 80's. Finally, the late Janis Joplin gets a debut with her cover of Me And Bobby McGee.


1 ( 1 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean # 1
2 ( 2 ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins # 2
3 ( 3 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds # 2
4 ( NEW ) FOR ALL WE KNOW Carpenters # 4
5 ( 5 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison # 1
6 ( 4 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ‘BOUT MY BABY Mardi Gras # 2
7 ( 8 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD David Bowie # 7
8 ( 6 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot # 2
9 ( 9 ) LADY BARBARA Herman’s Hermits # 9
10 ( 7 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman # 2

11 ( 10 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
12 ( 12 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees # 1
13 ( 11 ) WHAT IS LIFE George Harrison # 10
14 ( 16 ) REMEMBER ME Diana Ross # 14
15 ( 15 ) NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O’Sullivan # 15
16 ( 18 ) YOU’RE READY NOW Frankie Valli # 16
17 ( 14 ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 1
18 ( 13 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT Yvonne Elliman, Ian Gillan & Murray Head # 9
19 ( 17 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1
20 ( 28 ) WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon # 20

21 ( 21 ) BRIDGET THE MIDGET (THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES) Ray Stevens # 10
22 ( 19 ) LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes # 4
23 ( 29 ) HOLLY HOLY Junior Walker & The All Stars # 23
24 ( 25 ) TEMPTATION EYES The Grass Roots # 24
25 ( 20 ) SOUL REBEL Bob Marley & The Wailers # 20
26 ( 23 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
27 ( 22 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds # 7
28 ( 32 ) BLACK SKIN BLUE EYED BOYS The Equals # 28
29 ( 24 ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 3
30 ( NEW ) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? Creedence Clearwater Revival # 30

31 ( 26 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
32 ( 27 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
33 ( 54 ) A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES George Jones # 33
34 ( NEW ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard # 34
35 ( 57 ) ME AND MY ARROW Nilsson # 35
36 ( 33 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
37 ( 31 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams # 4
38 ( 42 ) RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke # 38
39 ( 35 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
40 ( 36 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1

41 ( 46 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Sonny Curtis # 41
42 ( 47 ) THEME FROM U.F.O. Barry Gray Orchestra # 42
43 ( 37 ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson # 10
44 ( 48 ) TOGETHER WE TWO The Archies # 44
45 ( 53 ) AND I LOVE YOU SO Don McLean # 45
46 ( 34 ) WAY BACK HOME The (Jazz) Crusaders # 34
47 ( 30 ) BLAME IT ON THE PONY EXPRESS Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon # 30
48 ( 39 ) IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin # 10
49 ( 41 ) I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 9
50 ( 58 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones # 50

51 ( 38 ) CHURCH STREET SOUL REVIVAL Tommy James # 38
52 ( 43 ) ME ABOUT YOU The Turtles # 18
53 ( 40 ) WAH-WAH George Harrison # 40
54 ( 60 ) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG The Weathermen aka Jonathan King # 54
55 ( 51 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
56 ( 52 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3
57 ( 55 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
58 ( 56 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
59 ( 59 ) LOVE VIBRATIONS The Archies # 59
60 ( 70 ) MUST BE LOVE COMING DOWN Major Lance # 60

61 ( 61 ) HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY Bobby Bloom # 61
62 ( 62 ) SING HIGH - SING LOW Anne Murray # 62
63 ( 49 ) IF NOT FOR YOU George Harrison # 49
64 ( 64 ) PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Anne Murray # 64
65 ( 68 ) JUST 7 NUMBERS The Four Tops # 65
66 ( 66 ) CAROLINA DAY Livingstone Taylor # 66
67 ( NEW ) (WHERE DO I BEGIN?) LOVE STORY Andy Williams # 67
68 ( 50 ) CHESTNUT MARE The Byrds # 50
69 ( 69 ) LAS VEGAS Tony Christie # 69
70 ( 44 ) TULANE Chuck Berry # 44

71 ( 73 ) BELTANE WALK T.Rex # 71
72 ( NEW ) TRIANGLE OF LOVE The Presidents # 72
73 ( NEW ) PROUD MARY Ike & Tina Turner # 73
74 ( 75 ) WE’LL HAVE IT MADE The Detroit Spinners # 74
75 ( NEW ) ME AND BOBBY MCGEE Janis Joplin # 75





19th Jan 1971 wot I liked that week then

It's a new entry at 1 for a record I loved in Singapore - I even liked the cover version Andy Williams did of Candida, and Dawn were quite the rage for 12 months, giving former 60's popstar Tony Orlando a second bite of fame. Candida is still quite catchy, but not as well remembered as the follow-up chart-topper. Badfinger return with their best record (though not best song, that's still 12 months away), No Matter What being a great poprock romp I adored. In at 8, as George Harrison's My Sweet Lord, enters at 12, giving the ex-Beatle a first solo hit, and an anthemic record in Singapore, heard it a lot, loved it.

New at 16, The Supremes Stoned Love debuts, their best post-Diana-Ross record (but only just better than the next biggie), a brilliant record that I liked (but didn't go huge on at first) when I got to tape it off the Alan Freeman Hits of 1971 show over Christmas/New Year which gave me a great opportunity to catch up with biggest hits that I'd missed out on. By 1976 I was loving Stoned Love and bought it, and rate it as a classic these days. Finally, She's A Lady is another big ol' Tom Jones song, in at 18, and one I liked at the time, as we have a clear-out of tracks that were just filler, really.

At school, a couple more boys moved over from the RAF Seletar Secondary Modern to the RAF Changi Grammar, as they did well in exams - I already knew them a bit, and this was a good way of putting kids doing well in a more prestigious place for a more intense, but more academic, opportunity. They definitely worked us a lot harder! Loads of homework. It also helped even out pupil numbers, as the Grammar wasn't exactly full, being as families were starting to leave as the troops prepared to leave the island, which meant falling numbers of kids with no new ones turning up. In RAF bases and schools, comings and goings is the norm: the concept of spending your entire childhood in 2 schools with the same friends and teachers and family all about you is not one I experienced, except now and then when we returned to places we'd been before.


1 ( NEW ) CANDIDA Dawn
2 ( 1 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5
3 ( 2 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters
4 ( 3 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn
5 ( 4 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams
6 ( 5 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell
7 ( 6 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray
8 ( NEW ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger
9 ( 7 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex
10 ( 8 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond

11 ( 13 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees
12 ( NEW ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison
13 ( 9 ) THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures
14 ( 12 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds
15 ( 11 ) APEMAN The Kinks
16 ( NEW ) STONED LOVE The Supremes
17 ( 10 ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Elvis Presley
18 ( 16 ) NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O’Sullivan
19 ( NEW ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones
20 ( 14 ) BLACK SKIN BLUE-EYED BOYS The Equals