Haven Retro Combined Chart : 06.02.1971

[smokeyb]

In a fairly static top 10, Elton John gets a second week at the top, George Harrison goes back to 2.

Tom Jones is up to 3, the Mixtures fall to 4 and the Supremes remain at 5 for a 4th week.



There are 7 new entries this week, the highest is Cliff Richard at number 13.



The biggest climber is Ike & Tina Turner who jump up 18 places to number 12.



The biggest fall is Candi Staton who falls 42 places.



06.02.1971 (Week # 06)


1 (01) Elton John - Your Song - 136 points (39-15-14-14-13-17-17-17-22-x-30-26-25-24-21-3-1-1) 17 wks

2 (03) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord - 103 points (38-14-7-8-7-8-10-12-1-3-2) 11 wks

3 (04) Tom Jones - She's A Lady - 102 points (10-6-4-3) 4 wks

4 (02) Mixtures - Pushbike Song - 100 points (8-4-2-4) 4 wks

5 (05) Supremes - Stoned Love - 68 points (35-13-9-13-9-7-9-10-9-11-12-5-5-5-5) 15 wks

6 (06) Kinks – Apeman - 56 points (10-4-3-1-1-1-2-6-6) 9 wks

7 (09) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle - 55 points (36-17-9-7) 4 wks

8 (08) Tony Christie – Las Vegas - 46 points (32-14-10-8-8) 5 wks

9 (10) Badfinger - No Matter What - 45 points (37-31-37-36-38-17-7-6-8-9-8-14-5-3-7-10-9) 17 wks

10 (07) Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun - 42 points (18-20-23-17-6-6-6-5-6-11-x-14-7-9-7-10) 15 wks

11 (27) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 40 points (27-11) 2 wks

12 (30) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary - 37 points (30-12) 2 wks

13 (NE) Cliff Richard – Sunny Honey Girl - 36 points 1 wk

14 (11) Judy Collins – Amazing Grace - 36 points (38-19-13-9-3-2-8-11-14) 9 wks

15 (14) John Lennon - Mother - 34 points (28-18-14-15) 4 wks

16 (15) Osmonds - One Bad Apple - 34 points (39-29-20-19-19-26-21-15-16) 9 wks

17 (34) Carpenters - For All We Know - 33 points (33-34-17) 3 wks

18 (20) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - 32 points (31-29-30-29-26-20-18) 7 wks

19 (12) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 31 points (28-15-11-12-19) 5 wks

20 (13) Bee Gees - Lonely Days - 30 points (40-25-27-18-20-18-20-16-11-15-13-20) 12 wks

21 (22) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind - 30 points (33-27-28-36-40-x-35-22-21) 8 wks

22 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain - 29 points 1 wk

23 (21) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking - 28 points (5-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-6-14-21-23) 12 wks

24 (33) George Harrison - What Is Life - 27 points (25-33-24) 3 wks

25 (16) Jackie Lee - Rupert (The Bear) - 27 points (13-9-13-16-25) 5 wks

26 (NE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need - 27 points 1 wk

27 (17) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida - 27 points (17-27) 2 wks

28 (18) Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys - 26 points (14-7-4-4-12-18-28) 7 wks

29 (19) Wilson Pickett - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - 25 points (20-19-19-29) 4 wks

30 (NE) Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee - 23 points 1 wk

31 (NE) Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy - 23 points 1 wk

32 (35) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End - 20 points (27-38-24-x-27-25-27-x-35-32) 8 wks

33 (24) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - 20 points (24-5-3-2-2-2-3-6-17-20-24-33) 12 wks

34 (31) Don McLean - Castles In The Air - 19 points (24-27-30-28-31-34) 6 wks

35 (NE) Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - 19 points 1 wk

36 (38) Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa - 18 points (38-36) 2 wks

37 (32) Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers - 17 points (30-32-37) 3 wks

38 (23) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy - 16 points (23-23-23-23-38) 5 wks

39 (26) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - 16 points (13-5-5-5-4-8-16-24-26-39) 10 wks

40 (28) Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight - 16 points (34-29-28-40) 4 wks

40 (NE) Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

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

44 (37) Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman - 15 points (37)

45 (39) Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution - 13 points (38-39)

46 (36) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - 13 points (31-36)

58 (29) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan - 8 points (2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-4-5-7-13-16-29)

67 (25) Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby - 5 points (15-17-19-22-25)

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 13.02.1971

1 (1) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (4 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Mixtures - Pushbike Song (5 wk) (# 2)
3 (3) Supremes - Stoned Love (5 wk) (# 3)
4 (9) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (5 wk) (# 4)
5 (6) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (10 wk) (# 5)
6 (5) Badfinger - No Matter What (6 wk) (# 5)
7 (13) Elton John - Your Song (4 wk) (# 7)
8 (8) The Kinks - Apeman (9 wk) (# 5)
9 (4) Clive Dunn - Grandad (11 wk) (# 1)
10 (12) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (10) The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (12 wk) (# 4)
12 (11) Frankie Valli - You're Ready Now (9 wk) (# 11)
13 (31) Perry Como - It's Impossible (3 wk) (# 13)
14 (7) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan (16 wk) (# 2)
15 (17) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (5 wk) (# 15)
16 (30) Jackie Lee - Rupert (7 wk) (# 16)
17 (15) The Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys (8 wk) (# 9)
18 (14) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (6 wk) (# 7)
19 (21) Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song (5 wk) (# 19)
20 (18) Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie (14 wk) (# 3)
21 (26) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (6 wk) (# 21)
22 (23) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl (4 wk) (# 22)
23 (19) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (12 wk) (# 1)
24 (39) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (3 wk) (# 24)
25 (22) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (12 wk) (# 4)
26 (16) McGuinness Flint - When I`m Dead And Gone (12 wk) (# 2)
27 (20) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon - Blame it on the Pony Express (11 wk) (# 7)
28 (28) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (6 wk) (# 28)
29 (29) Frank Sinatra - My Way (89 wk) (# 5)
30 (NE) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (1 wk) (# 30)
31 (NE) Dana - Who Put the Lights Out (1 wk) (# 31)
32 (NE) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (1 wk) (# 32)
33 (RE) The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (2 wk) (# 33)
34 (NE) Partridge Family - I Think I love You (1 wk) (# 34)
35 (36) Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Dropout (2 wk) (# 35)
36 (RE) Petula Clark - Song Of My Life (2 wk) (# 36)
37 (34) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (2 wk) (# 34)
38 (RE) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted (9 wk) (# 15)
39 (38) Anne Murray - Snowbird (16 wk) (# 23)
40 (RE) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (2 wk) (# 40)

USA chart for this week

[smokeyb]

TOTP 11-02-71: Jimmy Saville

(15) TOM JONES – She’s A Lady  
(13) PERRY COMO – It’s Impossible  
(4) ASHTON, GARDNER & DYKE – Resurrection Shuffle
(NEW) EDWIN STARR – Stop The War
THE KINKS – Powerman
THE KINKS – Got To Be Free
(19) THE WEATHERMEN – It’s The Same Old Song  
(2) THE MIXTURES – The Pushbike Song  
(31) DANA – Who Put The Lights Out
(1) GEORGE HARRISON – My Sweet Lord  
(24) SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES – (Come ’Round Here) I’m The One You Need 

[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 Equals - Black Skinned Blue - Eyed Boys
8 Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy
9 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
10 Supremes - Stoned Love

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Elton John - Your Song (4 wks)
2 (1) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (4 wks)
3 (6) John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band - Mother (6 wks)
4 (4) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song (5 wks)
5 (5) Tom Jones - She's A Lady (5 wks)
6 (7) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun (6 wks)
7 (9) Supremes - Stoned Love (5 wks)
8 (10) George Harrison - What Is Life (2 wks)
9 (3) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (5 wks)
10 (NE) Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1 wk)
11 (21) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (2 wks)
12 (8) Badfinger - No Matter What (6 wks)
13 (16) Bread - Let Your Love Go (7 wks)
14 (18) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (3 wks)
15 (11) Tony Christie - Las Vegas (6 wks)
16 (20) The Show Stoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party (3 wks)
17 (19) Perry Como - It's Impossible (3 wks)
18 (22) Guess Who - Hang On To Your Life (3 wks)
19 (23) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (2 wks)
20 (30) Cat Stevens - Wild World (2 wks)
21 (NE) Partridge Family - I Think I love You (1 wk)
22 (12) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (6 wks)
23 (13) Kinks - Apeman (10 wks)
24 (NE) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (1 wk)
25 (NE) Dana - Who Put the Lights Out (1 wk)
26 (NE) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (1 wk)
27 (14) Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (12 wks)
28 (15) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (13 wks)
29 (17) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida (5 wks)
30 (NE) Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (1 wk)

[darkstar79]

01 Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (2 wks)
02 The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (2 wks)
03 Isaac Hayes – The Look Of Love (1 wk)
04 The Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers (4 wks)
05 Tom Jones – She's A Lady (5 wks)
06 The Carpenters – For All We Know (2 wks)
07 Kool & The Gang – Who's Gonna Take The Weight (5 wks)
08 Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Solution For Pollution (4 wks)
09 Wilson Pickett – Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (5 wks)
10 The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy (2 wks)

11 The Presidents – Triangle Of Love (3 wks)
12 The Detroit Emeralds – Do Me Right (2 wks)
13 Major Lance – Must Be Love Coming Down (4 wks)
14 The Impressions – Ain’t Got Time (1 wk)
15 Brenda & The Tabulations – A Child No One Wanted (4 wks)
16 The Dells – The Glory Of Love (5 wks)
17 Jimmy Ruffin – Maria (You Were The Only One) (2 wks)
18 Tony Christie – Las Vegas (6 wks)
19 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (3 wks)
20 Bill Coday – Get Your Lie Straight (1 wk)

21 Junior Parker – Drowning On Dry Land (2 wks)
22 The Show Stoppers – Ain't Nothing But A House Party (3 wks)
23 Flaming Ember – Stop The World (And Let Me Off) (1 wk)
24 Freda Payne – Cherish What Is Dear To You (1 wk)
25 Chairman Of The Board – Chairman Of The Board (1 wk)
26 The Five Stairsteps – Didn't It Look So Easy (2 wks)
27 Jackson 5 – Mama’s Pearl (3 wks)
28 The Spinners – We'll Have It Made (4 wks)
29 The Chambers Brothers – Funky (5 wks)
30 Supremes – Stoned Love (15 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Elton John - Your Song (7wks 25-19-14-8-3-1-1)
02 Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll (4wks 29-11-5-2)
03 Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa (6wks 34-21-13-5-3-3)
04 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (6wks 27-18-15-10-7-4)
05 Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (4wks 33-19-11-5)
06 John Lennon - Mother (6wks 35-15-5-2-2-6)
07 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You (2wks 23-7)
08 Elton John - Border Song (5wks 33-22-13-9-8)
09 Tom Jones - She's A Lady (4wks 25-14-10-9)
10 Todd Rundgren & Runt - We Gotta Get You A Woman (6wks 29-20-14-7-6-10)

11 Bee Gees - Lonely Days (7wks 26-11-7-1-1-4-11)
12 Ashton Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (3wks 34-17-12)
13 Band - The Shape I'm In (3wks 36-21-13)
14 Neil Young - Southern Man (2wks 31-14)
15 Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (2wks 26-15)
16 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (7wks 22-13-8-3-4-8-16)
17 Elton John - My Father's Gun (2wks 33-17)

18 John Lennon - Working Class Hero (1wk 18 NEW)

19 George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman (7wks 20-16-12-11-12-14-20)

21 Kinks - Apeman (7wks 17-9-6-7-8-13-21)
22 Pink Floyd - Fat Old Sun (6wks 37-25-19-17-16-22)
23 Mixtures - Pushbike Song (3wks 30-22-23)
24 Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia (4wks 40-31-25-24)
25 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (4wks 23-20-18-25)
26 Badfinger - We're For The Dark (4wks 39-29-24-26)
27 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr Bojangles (5wks 28-24-22-20-27)
28 Barbra Streisand - Stoney End (8wks 24-15-12-10-9-9-12-28)
29 Dolly Parton - Joshua (6wks 31-22-18-18-19-29)
30 Osmonds - One Bad Apple (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Black Sabbath - Hand of Doom (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Supremes - Stoned Love (11wks 24-19-19-10-7-5-5-2-1-2-6-15-34)
35 T Rex - Seagull Woman (4wks 38-32-29-35)
36 Diana Ross - Remember Me (5wks 34-27-27-28-36)
37 Little Sister - Somebody's Watching You (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy (6wks 30-24-20-23-27-39)

40 Bobby Goldsboro - Watching Scotty Grow (1wk 40 NEW)

The caustic folk song (in the words of John Lennon) "about working class individuals being processed into the middle classes, into the machine". This much covered John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album cut also appeared as the B-side of the title track single from his next commercial album "Imagine".

[raliverpool]

Whilst there was no official album chart due to the Postal Strike; the NME were still compiling their weekly album Top 30 charts based on a sizeable sample of Record Shops ranking sales positions:

13.02.1971

01 (01) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
02 (02) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
03 (06) Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
04 (03) Andy Williams - Greatest Hits

05 (04) Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Vol 4

06 (07) James Taylor - Sweet Baby James

07 (05) Led Zeppelin - III
08 (17) Curved Air - Air Conditioning
09 (08) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake & Palmer

10 (10) Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock

Selected Others:

(13) (13) John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

(15) (18) Elvis Presley - Elvis: That's The Way It Is

(16) (20) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum

(17) (19) T. Rex - T. Rex

(18) (27) McGuinness Flint - McGuinness Flint

(19) (NE) Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Deja Vu

(29) (NE) Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash

[Deleted]

Mark's Top 40 - 13.02.1971

1 (02) Elton John - Your Song
2 (01) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
3 (03) Jackie Lee - Rupert
4 (04) The Supremes - Stoned Love
5 (25) Cliff Richard - Sunny Honey Girl
6 (05) The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song
7 (06) The Kinks - Apeman
8 (21) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
9 (07) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
10 (08) Equals - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
11 (09) Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
12 (10) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle
13 (22) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You
14 (New) Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
15 (20) Badfinger - No Matter What
16 (New) Ken Dodd - Broken Hearted
17 (11) Tony Christie - Las Vegas
18 (12) Tony Orlando & Dawn - Candida
19 (13) T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
20 (14) Bee Gees - Lonely Days
21 (15) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
22 (16) McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
23 (17) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
24 (18) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man
25 (19) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
26 (24) Perry Como - It's Impossible
27 (23) Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
28 (26) The Weathermen - It's The Same Old Song
29 (27) Clive Dunn - Grandad
30 (28) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
31 (29) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
32 (30) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
33 (31) Status Quo - In My Chair
34 (32) Bobby Bloom - Heavy Makes You Happy
35 (34) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
36 (New) Petula Clark - Song Of My Life
37 (37) Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
38 (New) Dana - Who Put The Lights Out
39 (New) The Byrds - Chestnut Mare
40 (33) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 5 ) Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival < 3rd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Your Song - Elton John (#1[5])
3 ( 2 ) Pushbike Song - Mixtures (#2[2])
4 ( 3 ) Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson (#2[1])
5 ( 4 ) One Bad Apple - Osmonds (#4)
6 ( 14 ) Baby Jump - Mungo Jerry
7 ( -- ) Chestnut Mare - Byrds
8 ( 6 ) She's A Lady - Tom Jones (#6)
9 ( 11 ) It's Up To You Petula - Edison Lighthouse
10 ( 8 ) If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (#8)

11 ( 10 ) Sunny Honey Girl - Cliff Richard (#10)
12 ( 9 ) Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton Gardner & Dyke (#9)
13 ( 7 ) Las Vegas - Tony Christie (#5)
14 ( 17 ) 1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon
15 ( 19 ) Let Your Love Go - Bread
16 ( 13 ) What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie (#12)
17 ( 16 ) Get Up Get Into It Get Involved - James Brown (#16)
18 ( 23 ) The Song Of My Life - Petula Clark
19 ( 12 ) Rupert (The Bear) - Jackie Lee (#4)
20 ( 30 ) Mama's Pearl - Jackson Five

21 ( 15 ) Apeman - Kinks (#1[4])
22 ( 20 ) Born To Wander - Rare Earth (#12)
23 ( 18 ) Border Song - Aretha Franklin (#6)
24 ( 22 ) We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt (#16)
25 ( 38 ) Tomorrow Night - Atomic Rooster
26 ( 25 ) Remember Me - Diana Ross (#23)
27 ( -- ) Forget Me Not - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
28 ( 26 ) Heavy Makes You Happy - Bobby Bloom (#24)
29 ( 21 ) Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills (#4)
30 ( 29 ) Amos Moses - Jerry Reed (#28)

31 ( 24 ) You're Ready Now - Frankie Valli (#8)
32 ( 34 ) (Do The) Push And Pull - Rufus Thomas
33 ( -- ) For All We Know - Carpenters
34 ( 28 ) Pay To The Piper - Chairmen Of The Board (#12)
35 ( 27 ) If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#11)
36 ( 37 ) Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is - Chicago (#24)
37 ( -- ) Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion
38 ( 32 ) Games - Redeye (#19)
39 ( 35 ) Mr Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#25)
40 ( 33 ) Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals (#11)

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-- ( 31 ) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (#2[1])
-- ( 36 ) Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (#9)
-- ( 39 ) It's Impossible - Perry Como (#28)
-- ( 40 ) Stop The War Now - Edwin Starr (#28)

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-- ( -- ) Temptation Eyes - Grass Roots
-- ( -- ) Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone - Johnnie Taylor
-- ( -- ) Who Put The Lights Out - Dana

[Earl Purple]

Strange but Mungo Jerry entered the UK chart at #32 last week then dropped out of the top 40, then re-enters next week at #14 and eventually makes number one. What caused that to happen?

Note, the UK chart is just a top 40 at present, not a top 50.

[popchartfreak]

Feb 6, 2021 20:57:05 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

Strange but Mungo Jerry entered the UK chart at #32 last week then dropped out of the top 40, then re-enters next week at #14 and eventually makes number one. What caused that to happen?

Note, the UK chart is just a top 40 at present, not a top 50.

Judging by the number of re-entries this week I'm guessing the limited shop sales panels they were using were not representative enough and data was a bit iffy to say the least (that they didn't have enough to nominate 50 songs suggests that loads of them were around the same numbers of purchases) - and as we know hyping went on in those days down the lower-ends of the charts, it may be that became more effective to get a new entry or re-entry, so things would be more volatile?

[Earl Purple]

I think there was a strike in 1971 which led to the reduced panel sales over these weeks.

[Whitneyfan]

01(13) Cat Stevens – Wild World
02(03) Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary
03(01) Elton John – Your Song
04(21) Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
05(02) George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
06(10) Petula Clark – The Song Of My Life
07(05) Tom Jones – She’s A Lady
08(08) Cliff Richard – Sunny Honey Girl
09(17) Perry Como – It’s Impossible
10(04) The Mixtures – Pushbike Song

11(07) Tony Orlando & Dawn – Candida
12(14) Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
13(06) Badfinger – No Matter What
14(20) Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You, Petula
15(09) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need
16(12) Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee
17(32) Atomic Rooster – Tomorrow Night
18(37) Grand Funk Railroad - Inside Looking Out
19(11) The Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun
20(33) Mungo Jerry – Baby Jump

24(--) The Partridge Family - I Think I love You

31(--) Dana – Who Put The Lights Out
32(--) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not
34(--) The Byrds – Chestnut Mare

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: George Harrison - MY SWEET LORD
2 [2] :: Ike & Tina Turner - PROUD MARY
3 [4] :: Supremes - STONED LOVE
4 [3] :: Elton John - YOUR SONG
5 [5] :: George Harrison - WHAT IS LIFE {My Sweet Lord B-side}
6 [new] :: Marvin Gaye - WHAT'S GOING ON
7 [9] :: Staple Singers - HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY
8 [6] :: Ike & Tina Turner - FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITO'S TWEETER {Proud Mary B-side}
9 [7] :: Janis Joplin - ME AND BOBBY McGEE
10 [11] :: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE
11 [8] :: Mixtures - PUSHBIKE SONG
12 [13] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (COME 'ROUND HERE) I'M THE ONE YOU NEED
13 [14] :: Van Morrison - BLUE MONEY
14 [12] :: Tom Jones - SHE'S A LADY
15 [10] :: Wilson Pickett - DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU
16 [16] :: Candi Staton - HE CALLED ME BABY
17 [15] :: Carpenters - WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
18 [18] :: Judy Collins - AMAZING GRACE
19 [new] :: Byrds - CHESTNUT MARE
20 [new] :: Barbra Streisand - STONEY END

[Shireblogger]

Jan 29, 2021 20:42:51 GMT 1 smokeyb said:

Chart restricted to a top 40 due to a postal strike. No album chart until April.

Feb 7, 2021 10:41:02 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

I think there was a strike in 1971 which led to the reduced panel sales over these weeks.

What would we do without Earl Purple to keep us informed ?

[popchartfreak]

6th February 1971

It's 3 weeks on top for Marvin Gaye's timelessly relevant and moving What's Going On, and with big new releases still a couple of weeks away, it's mainly a shuffling exercise, plus a few newies lower down. Biggest climber is Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Come 'Round Here which is pretty much newly-appreciated me, a great Northern Soul track to add to their growing list of top 20's in these retro charts. Mungo Jerry Baby Jump up to 36, and highest new entry comes from Barbra Streisand's fab new album Stoney End, which features a great crop of contemporary songwriters, but most of all Laura Nyro (3 tracks) and this fab Mann & Weil song at 60: Just A Little Lovin' - Babs was never better than in the period 1971/72: sounding current, and doing great film comedies like What's Up Doc?

Aretha is back with another great cover, of Marvin & Tammi's You're All I Need, while the also now late Helen Reddy debuts with her cover of Yvonne Elliman's I Don't Know How To Love Him - no offence, it's perfectly fine (as will be Petula Clark's version in the UK) but the US hit version is not in the same league as the original, or the even better movie version in 1973. Dana gets a follow-up with a record I've known of for 40-odd years, but never really heard - Who Put The Lights Out is OK for a quiet week. Isaac Hayes covers Bacharach slow n sexy on The Look Of Love - Dusty did it better, but it's pretty good.

I never thought I'd be charting a Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn traditional-sounding country duet, but this one is pretty decent, as bottom rung is another Santana track, Oye Como Va, and finally a novelty record covered by Jonathan King for a 1975 UK hit under his millionth pseudonym (see The Weathermen this week for the start of the habit), Daddy Dewdrops Chick-A-Boom is one I picked up in the 90's on a US CD compilation of 1970/71 hits in a Florida Record Store in the International Drive area of Orlando. It's fun, just don't listen to it too much.



1 ( 1 ) WHAT’S GOING ON? Marvin Gaye # 1
2 ( 2 ) CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean # 1
3 ( 3 ) FOR ALL WE KNOW Carpenters # 3
4 ( 8 ) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? Creedence Clearwater Revival # 4
5 ( 4 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds # 2
6 ( 5 ) AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins # 2
7 ( 7 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison # 1
8 ( 9 ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard # 8
9 ( 6 ) TOO BUSY THINKING ‘BOUT MY BABY Mardi Gras # 2
10 ( 10 ) REMEMBER ME Diana Ross # 10

11 ( 17 ) ME AND MY ARROW Nilsson # 11
12 ( 11 ) LADY BARBARA Peter Noone & Herman’s Hermits # 8
13 ( 20 ) A GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES George Jones # 13
14 ( 14 ) IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot # 2
15 ( 15 ) LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees # 1
16 ( 16 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes # 1
17 ( 39 ) (COME ‘ROUND HERE) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Smokey Robinson & The Miracles # 17
18 ( 28 ) WILD WORLD Cat Stevens # 18
19 ( 31 ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND Sonny Curtis # 19
20 ( 22 ) RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke # 20

21 ( 13 ) WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon # 13
22 ( 21 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman # 2
23 ( 36 ) (WHERE DO I BEGIN?) LOVE STORY Andy Williams # 23
24 ( 23 ) SAMBA PA TI Santana # 1
25 ( 12 ) NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O’Sullivan # 9
26 ( 35 ) DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 26
27 ( 19 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD David Bowie # 7
28 ( 18 ) HOLLY HOLY Junior Walker & The All Stars # 18
29 ( 29 ) AND I LOVE YOU SO Don McLean # 29
30 ( 25 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex # 1

31 ( 26 ) BRIDGET THE MIDGET (THE QUEEN OF THE BLUES) Ray Stevens # 10
32 ( 24 ) YOU’RE READY NOW Frankie Valli # 15
33 ( 37 ) TOGETHER WE TWO The Archies # 33
34 ( 30 ) LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes # 4
35 ( 27 ) WHAT IS LIFE George Harrison # 10
36 ( 56 ) BABY JUMP Mungo Jerry # 36
37 ( 40 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones # 37
38 ( 33 ) IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart # 3
39 ( 34 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger # 1
40 ( 43 ) MUST BE LOVE COMING DOWN Major Lance # 40

41 ( 38 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones & featuring David Cassidy # 1
42 ( 32 ) EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT Yvonne Elliman, Ian Gillan & Murray Head # 9
43 ( 47 ) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG The Weathermen aka Jonathan King # 43
44 ( 50 ) JUST 7 NUMBERS The Four Tops # 44
45 ( 41 ) STONEY END Barbra Streisand # 1
46 ( 58 ) AIN’T IT A SAD THING R. Dean Taylor # 46
47 ( 42 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds # 7
48 ( 59 ) ANGEL BABY Dusk # 48
49 ( 66 ) LET YOUR LOVE GO Bread # 49
50 ( 46 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 # 1

51 ( 48 ) A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach # 1
52 ( 49 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE Dusty Springfield # 1
53 ( 53 ) HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY Bobby Bloom # 53
54 ( 45 ) SOUL REBEL Bob Marley & The Wailers # 20
55 ( 70 ) SINCE I’VE BEEN LOVIN’ YOU Led Zeppelin # 55
56 ( 52 ) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson # 10
57 ( 51 ) HOME LOVIN’ MAN Andy Williams # 4
58 ( 71 ) TOMORROW NIGHT Atomic Rooster # 58
59 ( 65 ) TRIANGLE OF LOVE The Presidents # 59
60 ( NEW ) JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ (EARLY IN THE MORNING) Barbra Streisand # 60

61 ( 72 ) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Chairmen Of The Board # 61
62 ( NEW ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Aretha Franklin # 62
63 ( 61 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross # 1
64 ( 62 ) LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate # 1
65 ( 68 ) WE’LL HAVE IT MADE The Detroit Spinners # 65
66 ( 73 ) AIN’T GOT TIME Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions # 66
67 ( 74 ) CHERISH WHAT IS DEAR TO YOU Freda Payne # 67
68 ( 63 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell # 3
69 ( 64 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters # 4
70 ( NEW ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy # 70

71 ( NEW ) AFTER THE FIRE HAS GONE Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn # 71
72 ( NEW ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Isaac Hayes # 72
73 ( NEW ) WHO PUT THE LIGHTS OUT Dana # 73
74 ( NEW ) CHICK-A-BOOM (DON’T YA JES’ LOVE IT) Daddy Dewdrop # 74
75 ( NEW ) OYE COMO VA Santana # 75



9th Feb
Wot I Liked Then

50 years ago Badfinger weren't shifting, but Elton John gets a first of many many many Top 5's with Your Song, and Cliff gets the highest new entry with the charming Sunny Honey Girl - it sounds dated now, but I loved the tune at the time. Tony Christie debuts with Las Vegas, ditto The Byrds with Chestnut Mare, and Perry Comotose with It's Impossible.



1 ( 1 ) NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger
2 ( 2 ) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison
3 ( 3 ) CANDIDA Dawn
4 ( 4 ) I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5
5 ( 9 ) YOUR SONG Elton John
6 ( NEW ) SUNNY HONEY GIRL Cliff Richard
7 ( 5 ) GRANDAD Clive Dunn
8 ( 8 ) IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell
9 ( 13 ) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG The Weathermen (Jonathan King)
10 ( 7 ) WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters

11 ( 6 ) STONED LOVE The Supremes
12 ( 11 ) RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex
13 ( 12 ) CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond
14 ( NEW ) LAS VEGAS Tony Christie
15 ( 10 ) THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
16 ( 14 ) THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures
17 ( NEW ) CHESTNUT MARE The Byrds
18 ( 16 ) I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds
19 ( NEW ) IT’S IMPOSSIBLE Perry Como
20 ( 15 ) SHE’S A LADY Tom Jones