Haven Retro Combined Chart : 23.01.1971

[smokeyb]

George Harrison is the first Beatle to get a solo number one on the retro chart, with a song that previously

peaked at 7, and was starting to drop, it now bounces back to the top spot from 12.



The Kinks drop to 2, Elton John like George had previously reached number 13, and had dropped off the chart

but now he's leapt up to number 3.



The Mixtures remain at 4 and the Supremes are still at 5.



There are 5 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is George Harrison at number 25.



The biggest climber is Ashton, Gardner & Dyke who jump up19 places to number 17.



The biggest faller is Frankie Valli who drops 21 places.


23.01.1971 (Week # 04)

1 (12) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 107 points (38-14-7-8-7-8-10-12-1) 9 wks

2 (01) Kinks – Apeman - 92 points (10-4-3-1-1-1-2) 7 wks

3 (21) Elton John - Your Song - 86 points (39-15-14-14-13-17-17-17-22-x-30-26-25-24-21-3) 15 wks

4 (04) Mixtures - Pushbike Song - 82 points (8-4) 2 wks

5 (05) Supremes - Stoned Love - 81 points (35-13-9-13-9-7-9-10-9-11-12-5-5) 13 wks

6 (10) Tom Jones - She's A Lady - 79 points (10-6) 2 wks

7 (03) Badfinger - No Matter What - 69 points (37-31-37-36-38-17-7-6-8-9-8-14-5-3-7) 15 wks

8 (02) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 68 points (38-19-13-9-3-2-8) 7 wks

9 (07) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 54 points (18-20-23-17-6-6-6-5-6-11-x-14-7-9) 13 wks

10 (14) Tony Christie – Las Vegas - 53 points (32-14-10) 3 wks

11 (15) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 49 points (28-15-11) 3 wks

12 (04) Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys - 48 points (14-7-4-4-12) 5 wks

13 (09) Jackie Lee - Rupert (The Bear) - 46 points (13-9-13) 3 wks

14 (06) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 44 points (5-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-6-14) 10 wks

15 (11) Bee Gees - Lonely Days - 42 points (40-25-27-18-20-18-20-16-11-15) 10 wks

16 (13) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 37 points (2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-7-13-16) 14 wks

17 (36) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle - 35 points (36-17) 2 wks

18 (28) John Lennon - Mother - 31 points (28-18) 2 wks

19 (20) Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - 31 points (20-19) 2 wks

20 (17) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 29 points (24-5-3-2-2-2-3-6-17-20) 10 wks

21 (26) Osmonds - One Bad Apple - 29 points (39-29-20-19-19-26-21) 7 wks

22 (19) Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby - 28 points (15-17-19-22) 4 wks

23 (23) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy - 27 points (23-23-23) 3 wks

24 (16) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 27 points (13-5-5-5-4-8-16-24) 8 wks

25 (NE) George Harrison - What Is Life - 26 points 1 wk

26 (29) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 25 points (31-29-30-29-26) 5 wks

27 (22) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - 22 points (36-33-40-39-x-40-x-19-11-10-12-18-22-27) 11 wks

28 (30) Don McLean - Castles In The Air - 20 points (24-27-30-28) 4 wks

29 (34) Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight - 19 points (34-29) 2 wks

30 (NE) Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers - 18 points 1 wk

31 (NE) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - 18 points 1 wk

32 (31) Shirley Bassey - The Fool On The Hill - 18 points (31-31-32) 3 wks

33 (NE) Carpenters - For All We Know - 17 points 1 wk

34 (33) Gladys Knight & The Pips- If I Where Your Woman - 17 points (33-34) 2 wks

35 (RE) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 17 points (33-27-28-36-40-x-35) 6 wks

36 (24) Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express - 17 points (16-6-7-11-13-15-24-36) 8 wks

37 (32) Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With - 17 points (34-36-32-37) 4 wks

38 (NE) Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution - 15 points 1 wk

39 (18) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now - 15 points (15-12-10-11-18-39) 6 wks

40 (37) Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain - 15 points (37-40) 2 wks

40 (25) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - 15 points (19-12-6-6-6-9-25-40) 8 wks

40 (38) Mardi Gras - Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby - 15 points (32-30-29-38-40) 5 wks



Dropped Out

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

46 (39) Diana Ross – Remember Me - 13 points (36-38-38-39)

47 (27) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End - 12 points (27-38-24-x-27-25-27)

61 (40) Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren - 9 points (40-40)


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



I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 30.01.1971

1 (7) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (2 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Clive Dunn - Grandad (9 wk) (# 1)
3 (13) Mixtures - Pushbike Song (3 wk) (# 3)
4 (2) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (14 wk) (# 2)
5 (5) The Kinks - Apeman (7 wk) (# 5)
6 (4) The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (10 wk) (# 4)
7 (6) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (10 wk) (# 1)
8 (8) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (8 wk) (# 8)
9 (10) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (6 wk) (# 9)
10 (14) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (12 wk) (# 3)
11 (11) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express (9 wk) (# 7)
12 (18) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (7 wk) (# 12)
13 (16) Badfinger - No Matter What (4 wk) (# 13)
14 (9) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (4 wk) (# 7)
15 (26) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (3 wk) (# 15)
16 (21) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (3 wk) (# 16)
17 (3) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (10 wk) (# 2)
18 (12) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (10 wk) (# 4)
19 (24) Supremes - Stoned Love (3 wk) (# 19)
20 (22) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (3 wk) (# 20)
21 (17) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (9 wk) (# 8)
22 (31) Jackie Lee - Rupert (5 wk) (# 22)
23 (33) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (4 wk) (# 23)
24 (23) Frank Sinatra - My Way (87 wk) (# 5)
25 (19) Chairmen of the Board - You Got Me Dangling On a String (11 wk) (# 5)
26 (27) Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song (3 wk) (# 26)
27 (15) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (10 wk) (# 7)
28 (25) John Paul Jones - The Man From Nazareth (5 wk) (# 25)
29 (36) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (4 wk) (# 29)
30 (37) Elton John - Your Song (2 wk) (# 30)
31 (30) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl (2 wk) (# 30)
32 (28) Anne Murray - Snowbird (14 wk) (# 23)
33 (39) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy (4 wk) (# 31)
34 (NE)Perry Como - It's Impossible (1 wk) (# 34)
35 (20) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted (8 wk) (# 15)
36 (34) Gerry Monroe - My Prayer (11 wk) (# 9)
37 (32) Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara (11 wk) (# 13)
38 (NE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (1 wk) (# 38)
39 (40) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation (16 wk) (# 3)
40 (35) Bee Gees - Lonely Days (8 wk) (# 33)
41 (NE) Petula Clark - Song Of My Life (1 wk) (# 41)
42 (RE) Edward Woodward - The Way You Look Tonight (2 wk) (# 42)
43 (NE) The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (1 wk) (# 43)
44 (43) Dorothy Squires - My Way (22 wk) (# 25)
45 (48) Stevie Wonder - Heaven, Help Us All (10 wk) (# 29)
46 (NE) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (1 wk) (# 46)
47 (38) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (12 wk) (# 1)
48 (29) Status Quo - In My Chair (12 wk) (# 21)
49 (NE) Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You Petula (1 wk) (# 49)
50 (46) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You (11 wk) (# 9)

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[smokeyb]

TOTP 28-01-71:  Jimmy Saville
(13) BADFINGER – No Matter What  
(14) ELVIS PRESLEY – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me  
(12) FRANKIE VALLI – You’re Ready Now
(11) JOHNNY JOHNSON & THE BANDWAGON – Blame It On The Pony Express  
(19) THE SUPREMES – Stoned Love
(NEW) MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS – Forget Me Not
STEVIE WONDER – We Can Work It Out
STEVIE WONDER – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
(45) STEVIE WONDER – Heaven Help Us All
(9) THE EQUALS – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys  
(3) THE MIXTURES – The Pushbike Song
(1) GEORGE HARRISON – My Sweet Lord  
(26) THE WEATHERMEN – It’s The Same Old Song 

[smokeyb]

TOP 10 ALBUM CHART w/e 30.01.1971

1 (1) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (50 wks) (#1)
2 (2) Andy Williams - Greatest Hits (43 wks) (# 1)
3 (3) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 4 (15 wks) (# 1)
4 (13) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (6 wks) (# 4)
5 (4) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 111 (13 wks) (#1)
6 (9) Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (3 wks) (# 6)
7 (14) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock (33 wks) (# 4)
8 (36) Curved Air - Air Conditioning (9 wks) (# 8)
9 (31) McGuiness Flint - McGuiness Flint (2 wks) (#9)
10 (10) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love (11 wks) (# 7)

[smokeyb]

1 (2) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (2 wks)
2 (3) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song (3 wks)
3 (7) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (3 wks)
4 (17) Elton John - Your Song (2 wks)
5 (4) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (4 wks)
6 (1) Badfinger - No Matter What (4 wks)
7 (12) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (3 wks)
8 (9) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (4 wks)
9 (5) Kinks - Apeman (8 wks)
10 (15) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (3 wks)
11 (16) Supremes - Stoned Love (3 wks)
12 (14) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (4 wks)
13 (6) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (10 wks)
14 (8) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (11 wks)
15 (10) Shirley Bassey - The Fool On The Hill (5 wks)
16 (21) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Mother (4 wks)
17 (11) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (11 wks)
18 (20) Bread - Let Your Love Go (5 wks)
19 (18) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (7 wks)
20 (NE) Perry Como - It's Impossible (1 wk)
21 (13) Jackie Lee - Rupert (5 wks)
22 (NE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (1 wk)
23 (NE) The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (1 wk)
24 (19) Bee Gees – Lonely Days (9 wks)
25 (22) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (8 wks)
26 (23) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (9 wks)
27 (24) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (11 wks)
28 (25) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (11 wks)
29 (27) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (15 wks)
30 (NE) Guess Who - Hang On To Your Life (1 wk)

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Mark's Top 40 - 30.01.1971

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

[Whitneyfan]

01(04) Elton John – Your Song
02(01) Badfinger – No Matter What
03(11) The Mixtures – Pushbike Song
04(13) George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
05(09) Tom Jones – She’s A Lady
06(02) The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun
07(03) Elvis Presley – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
08(05) Bobby Bloom – Heavy Makes You Happy
09(07) Tony Christie – Las Vegas
10(16) Tony Orlando & Dawn – Candida

11(06) John Lennon – Mother
12(15) The Supremes – Stoned Love
13(08) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace
14(33) Cliff Richard – Sunny Honey Girl
15(23) The Weathermen – It’s The Same Old Song
16(12) Dolly Parton – Joshua
17(25) Edward Woodward – The Way You Look Tonight
18(10) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express
19(14) The Equals – Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
20(--) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary

23(--) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need
24(--) Petula Clark – The Song Of My Life
26(--) Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee
28(--) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End

32(--) Perry Como – It’s Impossible
33(--) Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You, Petula

[darkstar79]

01 Tom Jones – She's A Lady (3 wks)
02 Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight (3 wks)
03 The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (2 wks)
04 Tony Christie – Las Vegas (4 wks)
05 Wilson Pickett – Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (3 wks)
06 Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution (2 wks)
07 The Presidents – Triangle Of Love (1 wk)
08 Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby (5 wks)
09 Supremes – Stoned Love (13 wks)
10 The Dells – The Glory Of Love (3 wks)

11 Major Lance – Must Be Love Coming Down (2 wks)
12 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Child No One Wanted (2 wks)
13 Curtis Mayfield – (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go (11 wks)
14 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (1 wk)
15 The Show Stoppers – Ain't Nothing But A House Party (1 wk)
16 Jackson 5 – Mama’s Pearl (1 wk)
17 Shirley Bassey – The Fool On The Hill (5 wks)
18 The Delfonics – Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (57 wks)
19 The Spinners – We'll Have It Made (2 wks)
20 The Chambers Brothers – Funky (3 wks)

21 Diana Ross – Remember Me (6 wks)
22 The Stylistics – You're A Big Girl Now (5 wks)
23 Al Green – I Can’t Get Next To You (14 wks)
24 The Isley Brothers – Freedom (7 wks)
25 Nancy Wilson – Now I'm A Woman (5 wks)
26 The Three Degrees – You're The One (5 wks)
27 The Statler Brothers – Bed Of Roses (5 wks)
28 Gene & Jerry – You Just Can't Win (5 wks)
29 Johnnie Taylor – Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone (5 wks)
30 Rozetta Johnson – A Woman’s Way (8 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Your Song - Elton John < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Pushbike Song - Mixtures
3 ( 2 ) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson (#2[1])
4 ( 10 ) One Bad Apple - Osmonds
5 ( 6 ) Las Vegas - Tony Christie
6 ( 9 ) She's A Lady - Tom Jones
7 ( 5 ) Rupert (The Bear) - Jackie Lee (#4)
8 ( 4 ) Apeman - Kinks (#1[4])
9 ( 17 ) If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
10 ( 13 ) Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Gardner & Dyke

11 ( 7 ) Border Song - Aretha Franklin (#6)
12 ( 15 ) What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie
13 ( 8 ) Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills (#4)
14 ( 24 ) Sunny Honey Girl - Cliff Richard
15 ( 12 ) Born To Wander - Rare Earth (#12)
16 ( 11 ) You're Ready Now - Frankie Valli (#8)
17 ( 21 ) Get Up Get Into It Get Involved - James Brown
18 ( 14 ) If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#11)
19 ( 19 ) We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt (#16)
20 ( -- ) It's Up To You Petula - Edison Lighthouse

21 ( 18 ) Pay To The Piper - Chairmen Of The Board (#12)
22 ( 16 ) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (#2[1])
23 ( 25 ) Remember Me - Diana Ross
24 ( 27 ) Heavy Makes You Happy - Bobby Bloom
25 ( 22 ) Games - Redeye (#19)
26 ( 20 ) Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals (#11)
27 ( -- ) 1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon
28 ( 30 ) Amos Moses - Jerry Reed
29 ( 23 ) Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (#9)
30 ( -- ) Let Your Love Go - Bread

31 ( 28 ) Mr Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#25)
32 ( 26 ) Groove Me - King Floyd (#18)
33 ( -- ) The Song Of My Life - Petula Clark
34 ( 31 ) Stop The War Now - Edwin Starr (#28)
35 ( 36 ) (Do The) Push And Pull - Rufus Thomas
36 ( 35 ) It's Impossible - Perry Como (#28)
37 ( 39 ) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago (#24)
38 ( 33 ) Jerusalem - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (#20)
39 ( 37 ) One Man Band - Three Dog Night (#26)
40 ( 32 ) Knock Three Times - Dawn (#7)

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-- ( 29 ) Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (#5)
-- ( 34 ) Nothing Rhymed - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2[2])
-- ( 38 ) Do It - Neil Diamond (#13)
-- ( 40 ) Domino - Van Morrison (#18)

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-- ( -- ) Somebody's Watching You - Little Sister
-- ( -- ) Precious Precious - Jackie Moore

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[o]

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

[raliverpool]

01 Bee Gees - Lonely Days (5wks 26-11-7-1-1)
02 John Lennon - Mother (4wks 35-15-5-2)
03 Elton John - Your Song (5wks 25-19-14-8-3)
04 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (5wks 22-13-8-3-4)
05 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (4wks 34-21-13-5)
06 Supremes - Stoned Love (9wks 24-19-19-10-7-5-5-2-1-2-6)
07 Todd Rundgren & Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman (4wks 29-20-14-7)
08 Kinks - Apeman (5wks 17-9-6-7-8)
09 Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (6wks 24-15-12-10-9-9)
10 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (4wks 27-18-15-10)

11 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (2wks 29-11)
12 Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman (5wks 20-16-12-11-12)
13 Elton John - Border Song (3wks 33-22-13)
14 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (2wks 25-14)
15 Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain (8wks 40-25-15-11-7-4-6-15)
16 T Rex - Ride A White Swan (11wks 19-11-6-6-6-6-6-3-2-4-16)
17 Pink Floyd - Fat Old Sun (4wks 37-25-19-17)
18 Dolly Parton - Joshua (4wks 31-22-18-18)
19 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (2wks 33-19)
20 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (2wks 23-20)

21 King Floyd - Groove Me (6wks 29-18-14-13-16-21)
22 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr Bojangles (3wks 28-24-22)
23 Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy (4wks 30-24-20-23)
24 Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With (5wks 39-23-17-17-24)
25 Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren (7wks 30-20-12-6-5-12-25)
26 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (9wks 25-3-1-1-1-1-3-10-26)
27 Diana Ross - Remember Me (3wks 34-27-27)
28 James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (3wks 32-26-28)
29 Badfinger - We're For The Dark (2wks 39-29)
30 Mixtures - Pushbike Song (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (2wks 40-31)
32 T Rex - Seagull Woman (2wks 38-32)
33 Jackie Moore - Precious Precious (2wks 35-33)
34 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Isaac Hayes - Ike's Rap I (1wk 35 NEW)

36 Band - The Shape I'm In (1wk 36 NEW)

37 Rare Earth - Born To Wander (1wk 37 NEW)
38 George Harrison - Isn't It A Pity (7wks 23-11-8-8-9-21-38)
39 Tony Christie - Las Vegas (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Laura Nyro - When I Was a Freeport and You Were the Main Drag (1wk 40 NEW)

Written by the Canadian group's guitarist Robbie Robertson. This roots rock Cajun track was written about being on death row for murdering an annoying colleague. Robbie Robertson later admitted the USA #62 hit was written about Richard Manuel, the song's principal singer. Ouch!

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: George Harrison - MY SWEET LORD
2 [2] :: Elton John - YOUR SONG
3 [new] :: Ike & Tina Turner - PROUD MARY
4 [3] :: George Harrison - WHAT IS LIFE {My Sweet Lord B-side}
5 [7] :: Supremes - STONED LOVE
6 [6] :: Wilson Pickett - DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU
7 [5] :: Mixtures - PUSHBIKE SONG
8 [new] :: Janis Joplin - ME AND BOBBY McGEE
9 [8] :: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE
10 [9] :: Carpenters - WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
11 [4] :: Judy Collins - AMAZING GRACE
12 [new] :: Ike & Tina Turner - FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITO'S TWEETER {Proud Mary B-side}
13 [13] :: Tom Jones - SHE'S A LADY
14 [10] :: Candi Staton - HE CALLED ME BABY
15 [new] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (COME 'ROUND HERE) I'M THE ONE YOU NEED
16 [18] :: Elvis Presley - YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
17 [12] :: T Rex - BELTANE WALK {T Rex LP track}
18 [11] :: New Seekers - BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
19 [14] :: Equals - BLACK-SKINNED BLUE-EYED BOYS
20 [16] :: Dave Edmunds - I HEAR YOU KNOCKING

[popchartfreak]

23rd January 1971

It's straight in at 1 for Marvin Gaye's second number one, the brilliant and timeless What's Going On, a song as relevant now as it was then, and a sudden about-turn for Marvin, then getting over the death of Tammi Terrell and adjusting to a socially-conscious music industry. The resultant album and single are the greatest in his career - and it was years before I got to hear them, flopping in the UK, and unheard in Singapore. It wasn't until Cyndi Lauper's cover that I realised how great they were.

Diana Ross gets a second top 10, Gilbert O'Sullivan a first, as records start to achieve chart positions more reflecting what they deserve due to another week of modest numbers of new entries: In at 50, Cat Stevens' own version of the fab Wild World, following on from Jimmy Cliff in 1970, and at 52 the follow-up official single Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted from The Partridge Family - I still preferred Somebody Wants To Love You, but liked this one at the time too.

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles are in at 63 with a track I missed until I got the greatest hits many many many years later, R.Dean Taylor with one I really don't know well, but is sounding good and socially-conscious, Edison Lighthouse with one I've never heard before (it's no Love Grows!) and also Dusk, a then-newly-formed band by Dawn's creative team, using another early 60's pop vocalist - this time the lead singer of The Angels, of My Boyfriend's Back fame, on a pseudo-Candida-sounding pop ditty.


1 ( NEW ) WHAT’S GOING ON? Marvin Gaye # 1
2 ( 1 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean # 1
3 ( 4 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW Carpenters # 3
4 ( 3 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds # 2
5 ( 2 ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins # 2
6 ( 6 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ‘BOUT MY BABY Mardi Gras # 2
7 ( 5 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison # 1
8 ( 9 ) LADY BARBARA Peter Noone & Herman’s Hermits # 8
9 ( 15 ) NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O’Sullivan # 9
10 ( 14 ) REMEMBER ME Diana Ross # 10

11 ( 8 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot # 2
12 ( 7 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD David Bowie # 7
13 ( 11 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
14 ( 12 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees # 1
15 ( 16 ) YOU’RE READY NOW Frankie Valli # 15
16 ( 10 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman # 2
17 ( 20 ) WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon # 17
18 ( 30 ) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? Creedence Clearwater Revival # 18
19 ( 23 ) HOLLY HOLY Junior Walker & The All Stars # 19
20 ( 13 ) WHAT IS LIFE George Harrison # 10

21 ( 17 ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 1
22 ( 19 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1
23 ( 21 ) BRIDGET THE MIDGET (THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES) Ray Stevens # 10
24 ( 34 ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard # 24
25 ( 33 ) A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES George Jones # 25
26 ( 22 ) LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes # 4
27 ( 18 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT Yvonne Elliman, Ian Gillan & Murray Head # 9
28 ( 35 ) ME AND MY ARROW Nilsson # 28
29 ( 38 ) RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke # 29
30 ( 26 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1

31 ( 24 ) TEMPTATION EYES The Grass Roots # 24
32 ( 29 ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 3
33 ( 25 ) SOUL REBEL Bob Marley & The Wailers # 20
34 ( 45 ) AND I LOVE YOU SO Don McLean # 34
35 ( 32 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
36 ( 31 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
37 ( 27 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds # 7
38 ( 41 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Sonny Curtis # 38
39 ( 44 ) TOGETHER WE TWO The Archies # 39
40 ( 42 ) THEME FROM U.F.O. Barry Gray Orchestra # 40

41 ( 36 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1
42 ( 37 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams # 4
43 ( 39 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
44 ( 40 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
45 ( 67 ) (WHERE DO I BEGIN?) LOVE STORY Andy Williams # 45
46 ( 28 ) BLACK SKIN BLUE EYED BOYS The Equals # 28
47 ( 43 ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson # 10
48 ( 50 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones # 48
49 ( 54 ) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG The Weathermen aka Jonathan King # 49
50 ( NEW ) WILD WORLD Cat Stevens # 50

51 ( 60 ) MUST BE LOVE COMING DOWN Major Lance # 51
52 ( NEW ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 52
53 ( 65 ) JUST 7 NUMBERS The Four Tops # 53
54 ( 48 ) IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin # 10
55 ( 62 ) SING HIGH - SING LOW Anne Murray # 55
56 ( 61 ) HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY Bobby Bloom # 56
57 ( 49 ) I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 9
58 ( 57 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
59 ( 58 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
60 ( 56 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3

61 ( 55 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
62 ( 66 ) CAROLINA DAY Livingstone Taylor # 62
63 ( NEW ) (COME ‘ROUND HERE) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 63
64 ( 64 ) PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Anne Murray # 64
65 ( 46 ) WAY BACK HOME The (Jazz) Crusaders # 34
66 ( 71 ) BELTANE WALK T.Rex # 66
67 ( 69 ) LAS VEGAS Tony Christie # 67
68 ( 72 ) TRIANGLE OF LOVE The Presidents # 68
69 ( 74 ) WE’LL HAVE IT MADE The Detroit Spinners # 69
70 ( 47 ) BLAME IT ON THE PONY EXPRESS Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon # 30

71 ( NEW ) AIN’T IT A SAD THING R. Dean Taylor # 71
72 ( 52 ) ME ABOUT YOU The Turtles # 18
73 ( 73 ) PROUD MARY Ike & Tina Turner # 73
74 ( NEW ) ANGEL BABY Dusk # 74
75 ( NEW ) IT’S UP TO YOU PETULA Edison Lighthouse # 75




26th Jan
Wot I liked then

50 years ago my fave record was Badfinger's No Matter What - and just to rub it in, they didn't even bother releasing a little song called Without You off the No Dice album, which left it open for Nilsson to cover. George Harrison was climbing fast with My Sweet Lord, and back in the UK later in the year I liked the 3 new entries as they got played as oldies: Ashton; Gardener & Dyke's rocking Resurrection Shuffle, Jonathan King's Four Tops cover, and a new singer called Elton John with the lovely Your Song. I wonder if he'll have another hit...

In Singapore, by now I was getting heavily into science-fiction books, from the Changi Second-hand book shops mostly (they had another 2 years before the entire village was levelled and rebuilt, following the RAF withdrawal in 1972). My fave writers were Hugo Walters (who was a school-library-only writer, pretty much), those books have never been reprinted and go for a fortune now, titles like Mission To Mars and other school-boy space adventures to the planets - I wish I'd nicked them and paid the fines!; Alan E. Nourse, especially Rocket To Limbo and The Universe Between; Arthur C. Clarke, on his way to becoming a major lifetime influence on me with books like Childhood's End & his science writings; Ray Bradbury, a total poet with his retro-nostalgic future-stories like The Silver Locusts aka The Martian Chronicles' short stories; Frederic Brown, and his Space On My Hands, a 40's & 50's pulp fiction writer of noir detectives and inventive science-fiction shorts - I somehow got hold of a 1952 US paperback edition which is still my most-precious book, being as it was a previous era, meant to be disposable (the pages were already falling out of the binding) and a very 1940's cover. I love his very-40's style of writing and ideas. Under-rated, and I'm reading his collected sci-fi works right now. Basically, I went from Enid Blyton to adult science-fiction in the space of 12 months. Good move!

1 ( 8 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger
2 ( 1 ) CANDIDA Dawn
3 ( 2 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5
4 ( 4 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn
5 ( 5 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams
6 ( 3 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters
7 ( 12 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison
8 ( 6 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell
9 ( 7 ) SNOWBIRD Anne Murray
10 ( 9 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex

11 ( 10 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond
12 ( 16 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes
13 ( 13 ) THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures
14 ( NEW ) THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
15 ( 14 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds
16 ( NEW ) YOUR SONG Elton John
17 ( 17 ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Elvis Presley
18 ( 19 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones
19 ( 15 ) APEMAN The Kinks
20 ( NEW ) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG The Weathermen (Jonathan King)