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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 30, 2024 12:48:05 GMT 1
It's a hat-trick of Trevor Horn-produced chart-toppers for Marc Almond and his latest single from Tenement Symphony, his cover of The Days Of Pearly Spencer, a highly-regarded 60's flop. That keeps off a massive leap from Sisters Of Mercy, with a little help from Ofra Haza as she gets a second number two 4 years on from I'm Nin Alu, and the Temple Of Love is probably the best Sisters Of Mercy goth anthem. Julian Lennon gets a 3rd top 10, Get A Life, and XTC about the same as The Disappointed makes it 13 years since the fab making Plans For Nigel did it first. Kim Wilde is at 5 with Love Is Holy, and I saw her in concert last week doing the track. Still fab in every way, both.
Rozalla's back with Are You Ready To Fly at a new peak of 12 - quite a few about-face reversals back up the chart, I suspect I bought the latest Now album this week. Soul II Soul keep the top 20's coming with Joy, and the highest new record is En Vogue and the great My Lovin' at 22, and Gary Moore replaces himself in the top 75 with Story Of The Blues at 27, doing what it says on the tin. Natalie Cole morphs into dad Nat 'King' Cole's back catalogue as she prepares a whole album of his standards and a tour with a full orchestra - which I went to see. New at 37.
SL2 are On A Ragga Tip at 47, Shakespear's Sister follow-up a monster with a great track, I Don't Care at 51, Joe Cocker extends his chart career to 24 years with another Blues ballad, Carter amuse at 66, and the best new entry is from Richard Marx slipping in at 71 with his still career-best Hazard. Lionel Richie extends his career to 18 years, 1974 being the year he debuted as part of The Commodores on the funktastic instrumental Machine Gun, before he became terminally solo dull in the 80's, but still managing to Do It To Me in 1992. Ooeeer missus Hello!
1 ( 2 ) THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER Marc Almond # 1
2 ( 63 ) TEMPLE OF LOVE Sisters Of Mercy featuring Ofra Haza # 2
3 ( 3 ) HANG ON IN THERE BABY Curiosity (Killed The Cat) # 3
4 ( 7 ) BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival # 4
5 ( 8 ) LOVE IS HOLY Kim Wilde # 5
6 ( 1 ) MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel # 1
7 ( 4 ) FINER FEELINGS Kylie Minogue # 4
8 ( 24 ) GET A LIFE Julian Lennon # 8
9 ( 23 ) THE DISAPPOINTED XTC # 9
10 ( 12 ) TIRED OF BEING ALONE Texas # 10
11 ( 5 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Swing Out Sister # 1
12 ( RE ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla # 12
13 ( 11 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 4
14 ( 6 ) LET’S GET ROCKED Def Leppard # 1
15 ( 9 ) WHY Annie Lennox # 3
16 ( 10 ) THE YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart # 1
17 ( 46 ) JOY Soul II Soul # 17
18 ( 26 ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Frankie Valli # 18
19 ( 14 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 1
20 ( 13 ) HOUSE OF FUN Madness # 13
21 ( 20 ) VIVA LAS VEGAS Z.Z. Top # 5
22 ( NEW ) MY LOVIN’ En Vogue # 22
23 ( 16 ) YOU Ten Sharp # 16
24 ( 19 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 5
25 ( 25 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 1
26 ( 22 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 8
27 ( NEW ) STORY OF THE BLUES Gary Moore # 27
28 ( 21 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust # 5
29 ( 17 ) WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU Foreigner # 6
30 ( 15 ) MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE Prince & The New Power Generation # 15
31 ( 33 ) PRETEND WE’RE DEAD L7 # 31
32 ( 18 ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze # 18
33 ( NEW ) NO NOSE JOB Digital Underground # 33
34 ( 32 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 1
35 ( 35 ) NEVER AGAIN The Mission # 35
36 ( 30 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
37 ( NEW ) THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU Natalie Cole # 37
38 ( NEW ) GETTING THROUGH EMF # 38
39 ( 39 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
40 ( 40 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
41 ( 36 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
42 ( 37 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
43 ( 27 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston # 7
44 ( 68 ) PLEASE DON’T GO KWS # 44
45 ( 28 ) DIVINE THING Soup Dragons # 15
46 ( 34 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 3
47 ( NEW ) ON A RAGGA TIP SL2 # 47
48 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 41
49 ( 53 ) IN THE CLOSET Michael Jackson # 49
50 ( 47 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 1
51 ( NEW ) I DON’T CARE Shakespear’s Sister # 51
52 ( 29 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams # 29
53 ( 56 ) YOU’RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME Curtis Stigers # 47
54 ( 42 ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 10
55 ( NEW ) SONG FOR LOVE Extreme # 55
56 ( 31 ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure # 10
57 ( 41 ) THE PRESSURE Sounds Of Blackness # 41
58 ( NEW ) NOW THAT THE MAGIC HAS GONE Joe Cocker # 58
59 ( 59 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 44
60 ( NEW ) SO RIGHT K-Klass # 60
61 ( 61 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
62 ( 60 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
63 ( 55 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
64 ( 52 ) ONE U2 # 10
65 ( 51 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 8
66 ( NEW ) THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW CROSS Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine # 66
67 ( 67 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
68 ( 45 ) DEEPLY DIPPY Right Said Fred # 45
69 ( 44 ) YOUR SONG/ BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart # 31
70 ( 50 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
71 ( NEW ) HAZARD Richard Marx # 71
72 ( 38 ) NEVER STOP Brand New Heavies # 38
73 ( 72 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 63
74 ( 49 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 19
75 ( NEW ) DO IT TO ME Lionel Richie # 75
Playlisted oldies
1 TALK OF THE USA Middle Of The Road
2 GET IT ON T.Rex
3 AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 30, 2024 12:39:45 GMT 1
20th April 1974
It's a quiet week for new tracks so Art Garfunkel pops back to the top spot for a 3rd week, such a great song, and Neil Sedaka almost gets 2 top 5's from his latest (UK-only) album ahead of breaking the US big-time, while another track drops in at 85. Don Downing gets a second top 10 with the forgotten fab Northern Soul-ish Dream World, and Aretha makes it two top 10's in a row with I'm In Love, and her vocal range at the climax of the song is jaw-dropping. 7 years of retro chart biggies and counting.
Straight in at 12, Gigliola Cinquetti won the 1964 Eurovision with the timelessly wonderful Non Ho L'Eta Per Amarti, and had the misfortune to come up against ABBA with her 2nd fab ballad Si, and had to settle for runner-up. It took the English-language version to convince me it was fab, but I was convinced and that makes 5 1974 Eurovision charting tracks (both in my charts of the time, and Retro) while her Italian & Brazilian chart-topper is also up to 63.
Ricky Wilde goes top 20, and Kim really should do a cover of it (with amended lyrics) for her next project. Chairmen Of The Board almost go top 20 with a 9-minute funk-workout that doesn't let up, and The Four Tops are top 40 with another UK flop - the hits had dried up, but the quality hadn't. Blue Magic's sweet soul Sideshow is new at 46 (not the same song as Allan Clarke's, but like him it would be a hit for a later cover act - Barry Biggs in this case), and Paper Lace get a second US-history-based hit, The Night Chicago Died at 58.
Alvin Stardust gets his hat-trick as Red Dress pops in at 61 for some Glam fun, The Eagles return for a 3rd year of charting, Already Gone at 80, Kiki Dee drops her new album Loving And Free, the title track wouldn't become a chart hit until she'd topped the charts with Elton in 1976, but it's really 1974 so here it is at 81. Quo are back for 6 years of chart action with Break The Rules, more of a throwback to 1970-era Quo, at 82.
1 ( 2 ) TRAVELIN’ BOY - Garfunkel # 1
2 ( 1 ) THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US - Sparks # 1
3 ( 4 ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WINTER - Wizzard # 3
4 ( 3 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 3
5 ( 5 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1
6 ( 10 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 6
7 ( 6 ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1
8 ( 14 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 8
9 ( 8 ) THE CAT CREPT IN - Mud # 3
10 ( 13 ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 10
11 ( 11 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
12 ( NEW ) GO (BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART) - Gigliola Cinquetti # 12
13 ( 9 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT - William De Vaughan # 9
14 ( 19 ) JARROW SONG - Alan Price # 14
15 ( 39 ) TEEN WAVE - Ricky Wilde # 15
16 ( 21 ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 16
17 ( 22 ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 17
18 ( 7 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2
19 ( 15 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1
20 ( 18 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1
21 ( 17 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1
22 ( 41 ) LIFE AND DEATH IN G & A PARTS 1 & 2 - Chairmen Of The Board # 22
23 ( 33 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 23
24 ( 23 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 16
25 ( 28 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 25
26 ( 16 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 16
27 ( 26 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1
28 ( 25 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1
29 ( 24 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4
30 ( 12 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 4
31 ( 20 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 12
32 ( 38 ) IT’S BETTER TO HAVE (AND DON’T NEED) - Don Covay # 32
33 ( 36 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2
34 ( 29 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13
35 ( 42 ) MAKIN’ MUSIC - Hot Chocolate # 35
36 ( 43 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
37 ( 30 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14
38 ( 75 ) ONE CHAIN DON’T MAKE NO PRISON - The Four Tops # 38
39 ( 27 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 17
40 ( 34 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 17
41 ( 32 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4
42 ( 37 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6
43 ( 65 ) SIDESHOW - Allan Clarke # 43
44 ( 45 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3
45 ( 40 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1
46 ( NEW ) SIDESHOW - Blue Magic # 46
47 ( 47 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
48 ( 35 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
49 ( 51 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
50 ( 48 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6
51 ( 50 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
52 ( 60 ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 52
53 ( 67 ) I SEE A STAR - Mouth & MacNeal # 53
54 ( 72 ) SHANG-A-LANG - Bay City Rollers # 54
55 ( 53 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2
56 ( 71 ) THE MAN WHO TURNED ON THE WORLD - The Friends Of St. Francis # 56
57 ( 46 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 25
58 ( NEW ) THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED - Paper Lace # 58
59 ( 59 ) MY GIRL BILL - Jim Stafford # 59
60 ( 52 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7
61 ( NEW ) RED DRESS - Alvin Stardust # 61
62 ( 31 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15
63 ( 84 ) ALLE PORTE DEL SOLE - Gigliola Cinquetti # 63
64 ( 54 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7
65 ( 77 ) GETTING OVER YOU - Andy Williams # 65
66 ( 73 ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 66
67 ( 56 ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 56
68 ( 62 ) GET UP - Blue Mink # 62
69 ( 83 ) SOLID STATE RAINBOW - Christopher Rainbow # 69
70 ( 57 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8
71 ( 61 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1
72 ( 66 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3
73 ( 44 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10
74 ( 74 ) THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH - Bill Withers # 74
75 ( 55 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 33
76 ( 49 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 49
77 ( 64 ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 64
78 ( 78 ) DON’T STAY AWAY TOO LONG - Peters & Lee # 78
79 ( 58 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45
80 ( NEW ) ALREADY GONE - The Eagles # 80
81 ( NEW ) LOVING AND FREE - Kiki Dee # 81
82 ( NEW ) BREAK THE RULES - Status Quo # 82
83 ( 68 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 68
84 ( 85 ) BYE BYE I LOVE YOU - Irene Sheer # 84
85 ( NEW ) GOING NOWHERE - Neil Sedaka # 85
16th April 1974
Still 1-2-3 for Abba, Sparks, Mud and Benny & The Jet shoots up to 4, Elton’s fab B side, all 4 could easily be number one really it was that tight at the time at the top. My charts starting to have less and less in common with the BBC charts, stuffed as they were with TV reality stars and MOR. My tastes were maturing more into albums acts and tracks, not unusual for 16-year-olds.
Highest new entry was fab Native Canadian Buffy at 13, always had a soft spot for her ballads. Graham Nash at 21 joined at 24 by Allan Clarke the other main Hollies vocalist, fresh off Air That I Breathe. Sideshow would be covered 2 years later by the Surprise Sisters, an even better version, and still frustratingly not a big hit. The Stylistics having a rare flop in the UK with Only For The Children, not that they cared they just flipped it over and the B Side became a huge UK and US hit (You Make Me Feel Brand New). Finally, new for Bowie, another old album track. Bowie new stuff was always punctuated with old stuff, not exactly being short of fab back catalogue for RCA and others to bung out in between albums. Then there's Roxy's Eno and his odd debut single. I liked it, ahead of it's time it was, and future legendary record producer or what!
1 ( 1 ) WATERLOO Abba
2 ( 2 ) THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US Sparks
3 ( 3 ) THE CAT CREPT IN Mud
4 ( 34 ) BENNY AND THE JETS Elton John
5 ( 4 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen
6 ( 5 ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees
7 ( 7 ) DOCTOR'S ORDERS Sunny
8 ( 8 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
9 ( 9 ) HOOKED ON A FEELING Blue Swede
10 ( 19 ) TEEN WAVE Ricky Wilde
11 ( 16 ) THE MAN WHO TURNED ON THE WORLD Friends Of St Francis
12 ( 13 ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU Merlin
13 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THE FEELING Buffy Sainte-Marie
14 ( 10 ) ON THE RUN Scorched Earth
15 ( 15 ) REMEMBER (YOU'RE A WOMBLE) The Wombles
16 ( 17 ) MR NATURAL The Bee Gees
17 ( 22 ) HOMELY GIRL The Chi-Lites
18 ( 27 ) MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL Stevie Wonder
19 ( 11 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) Genesis
20 ( 18 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers
21 ( 28 ) ON THE LINE Graham Nash
22 ( NEW ) SEVEN DEADLY FINS Eno
23 ( 21 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Mott The Hoople
24 ( NEW ) SIDESHOW Allan Clarke
25 ( 24 ) I SEE A STAR Mouth and MacNeal
26 ( NEW ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN The Stylistics
27 ( NEW ) ROCK 'N' ROLL SUICIDE David Bowie
28 ( 39 ) W.O.L.D. Harry Chapin
29 ( 12 ) HELP ME Joni Mitchell
30 ( 23 ) ANGEL FACE The Glitter Band
31 ( 6 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes
32 ( 14 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
33 ( 20 ) A WALKIN' MIRACLE Limmie & The Family Cooking
34 ( 25 ) BYE BYE I LOVE YOU Irene Shears
35 ( 26 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
36 ( 29 ) SHE WAS JUST A YOUNG GIRL Simon Jones
37 ( 30 ) I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA The Intruders
38 ( 31 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers
39 ( 32 ) THE STING The Ragtimers
40 ( 33 ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 26, 2024 18:09:10 GMT 1
Almost every single Abba did topped my chart from day one bar the next 3 singles and at the time i was ecstatic Waterloo won. 50 years later and its Gigliola for me. Two brilliant eurovision ballads and a then-current Italian number one which is also good.
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 24, 2024 13:30:19 GMT 1
It's a first-ever week on top for Steve Harley's classic 1975 UK chart-topper, Make Me Smile, as oldies continue to dominate my chart, Curiosity's cover up fast to 3, for their 2nd top 10, Kim Wilde leaping 21 to 8 as Love Is Holy adds to the 11 years of top 10's. Highest new (old) entry is CCR and 1969's Bad Moon Rising, a fave from Singapore days and not far off my driving the Florida Keys one moonlit night with the track on the radio.
The other theme of the week is grungeish new entries, L7 at 33 with Pretend We're Dead, Nirvana Come As You Are at 57, and Pearl Jam's Even Flow at 73. Sounds Of Balckness bring a bit of gospel soul dance at 41, KWS ruin a KC & The Sunshine chart-topper for me, Please Don't Go still charting at 68 though, and Sisters Of Mercy's Temple Of Love is gothtastic at 63. On TV it was the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and the tracks I picked weren't the tracks that got onto the UK chart-topping EP.
1 ( 2 ) MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel # 1
2 ( 3 ) THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER Marc Almond # 2
3 ( 30 ) HANG ON IN THERE BABY Curiosity (Killed The Cat) # 3
4 ( 7 ) FINER FEELINGS Kylie Minogue # 4
5 ( 5 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Swing Out Sister # 1
6 ( 1 ) LET’S GET ROCKED Def Leppard # 1
7 ( NEW ) BAD MOON RISING Creedence Clearwater Revival # 7
8 ( 29 ) LOVE IS HOLY Kim Wilde # 8
9 ( 9 ) WHY Annie Lennox # 3
10 ( 4 ) THE YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart # 1
11 ( 8 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 4
12 ( 34 ) TIRED OF BEING ALONE Texas # 12
13 ( 19 ) HOUSE OF FUN Madness # 13
14 ( 11 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 1
15 ( 27 ) MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE Prince & The New Power Generation # 15
16 ( 22 ) YOU Ten Sharp # 16
17 ( 6 ) WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU Foreigner # 6
18 ( 18 ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze # 18
19 ( 14 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 5
20 ( 12 ) VIVA LAS VEGAS Z.Z. Top # 5
21 ( 10 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust # 5
22 ( 17 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 8
23 ( 15 ) THE DISAPPOINTED XTC # 15
24 ( 13 ) GET A LIFE Julian Lennon # 13
25 ( 23 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 1
26 ( 36 ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Frankie Valli # 26
27 ( 16 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston # 7
28 ( 21 ) DIVINE THING Soup Dragons # 15
29 ( 61 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams # 29
30 ( 26 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
31 ( 20 ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure # 10
32 ( 28 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 1
33 ( NEW ) PRETEND WE’RE DEAD L7 # 33
34 ( 25 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 3
35 ( 66 ) NEVER AGAIN The Mission # 35
36 ( 32 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
37 ( 35 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
38 ( 50 ) NEVER STOP Brand New Heavies # 38
39 ( 39 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
40 ( 38 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
41 ( NEW ) THE PRESSURE Sounds Of Blackness # 41
42 ( 33 ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 10
43 ( 53 ) LIFT ME UP Howard Jones # 43
44 ( 31 ) YOUR SONG/ BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart # 31
45 ( 52 ) DEEPLY DIPPY Right Said Fred # 45
46 ( 24 ) JOY Soul II Soul # 24
47 ( 44 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 1
48 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 41
49 ( 49 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 19
50 ( 42 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
51 ( 51 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 8
52 ( 41 ) ONE U2 # 10
53 ( 60 ) IN THE CLOSET Michael Jackson # 53
54 ( NEW ) PALE RED Jerry Burns # 54
55 ( 47 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
56 ( 47 ) YOU’RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME Curtis Stigers # 47
57 ( NEW ) COME AS YOU ARE Nirvana # 57
58 ( 69 ) SOMEDAY M People # 58
59 ( 58 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 44
60 ( 56 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
61 ( 59 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
62 ( 65 ) WHO’S CRYING NOW Randy Crawford # 62
63 ( NEW ) TEMPLE OF LOVE Sisters Of Mercy # 63
64 ( NEW ) STARTOUCHERS Digital Orgasm # 64
65 ( 40 ) COULD’VE BEEN YOU Cher # 40
66 ( 46 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 3
67 ( 67 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
68 ( NEW ) PLEASE DON’T GO KWS # 68
69 ( 37 ) HALLELUJAH ’92 Inner City # 37
70 ( 43 ) EXPRESSION Salt ‘n’ Pepa # 17
71 ( 72 ) MAKE IT HAPPEN Mariah Carey # 71
72 ( 71 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 63
73 ( NEW ) EVEN FLOW Pearl Jam # 73
74 ( 62 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
75 ( 70 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert on TV
1 INNUENDO Robert Plant & Queen
2 WE WILL ROCK YOU Axl Rose & Queen
3 QUEEN MEDLEY Extreme
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 24, 2024 13:20:42 GMT 1
13th April 1974
It's straight in at 1 for Sparks' 2nd retro-chart entry as they grab the second USA Glam-Act slot with the fabulous This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us. I went big on the record after one hearing in 1974, it was like "OMG what on Earth is that!" and I bought it as soon as it was in the shops. 50 years on and Sparks are even more revered and current as ever, influencing many, copying few. Like ABBA and Queen, my love was immediate and long-lasting from 1974 onwards. They still sound like no-one else. It's post-Eurovision and there are 3 acts debuting, Mouth & MacNeal's I See A Star was my 2nd-fave track on the night, it came 3rd and became a UK top 10 hit for Holland. It's also the duo's 3rd retro chart entry at 67. At 84, and second in the contest, it's the wonderful Gigliola Cinquetti with her Italian number one, Alle Porte Del Sole - her English-language version of Si will be out in a few weeks and that's the version I got to know and love, so Si is absent at the mo, but it's very nearly as good as her classic 1964 winner Non Ho L'Eta Per Amarti, a childhood fave, and still the best Eurovision winner. Probably. yet I didnt rate it that much on the night, and was glad ABBA just pipped her to the victory. That leaves Radio Luxembourg playlisted Bye Bye I Love You at 85 for Irene Sheer, which almost made the UK charts, for a 5th hit from one contest, a record until the 21st century. Allan Clarke joins his Hollies smash with a second solo entry, Sideshow, a great song and future hit covered by the Chanter Sisters, new at 65, and at 71 a song that hasn't been heard since Radio Luxembourg stopped playing it, The Man Who Turned On The World, a sort of Christian Congregation-styled hit from Friends Of St. Francis. You wont find it on any streaming platform or download site, but it still sounds pretty good on Youtube and I havent heard it in 50 years! The Rollers are back for a 3rd year of retro chart entries, with their forthcoming TV show anthem as young girls went hysterical over them. The more hysterical they got the more I went off them, but Shang-A-Lang is singalong fluff, s'OK. The Four Tops' hits have dried up now, but the music is still good, One Chain Don't make No Prison the latest at 75, and at 77 Andy Williams follows-up his smash Solitaire with Getting Over You, a decent version of Peter Noone's much-better 1973 original single version that went top 10 here. Finally, that leaves Christopher Rainbow at 83 who got some plays on the Johnnie Walker Radio 1 show with Solid State Brain - he had a few goes at breaking through into the charts, but never quite made it. 1 ( NEW ) THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US - Sparks # 1
2 ( 1 ) TRAVELIN’ BOY - Garfunkel # 1
3 ( 6 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 3
4 ( 9 ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WINTER - Wizzard # 4
5 ( 5 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1
6 ( 2 ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1
7 ( 7 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2
8 ( 3 ) THE CAT CREPT IN - Mud # 3
9 ( 11 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT - William De Vaughan # 9
10 ( 10 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 10
11 ( 14 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 12 ( 4 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 4 13 ( 39 ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 13 14 ( 19 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 14 15 ( 8 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 16 ( 21 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 16 17 ( 13 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 18 ( 15 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1 19 ( 27 ) JARROW SONG - Alan Price # 19 20 ( 12 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 12 21 ( 18 ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 18 22 ( 22 ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 22 23 ( 16 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 16 24 ( 20 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4 25 ( 29 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 26 ( 25 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 27 ( 17 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 17 28 ( 40 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 28 29 ( 23 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13 30 ( 32 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14 31 ( 30 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15 32 ( 33 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 33 ( 44 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 33 34 ( 28 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 17 35 ( 41 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 36 ( 36 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 37 ( 35 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6 38 ( 46 ) IT’S BETTER TO HAVE (AND DON’T NEED) - Don Covay # 38 39 ( 58 ) TEEN WAVE - Ricky Wilde # 39 40 ( 31 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 41 ( 43 ) LIFE AND DEATH IN G & A PARTS 1 & 2 - Chairmen Of The Board # 41 42 ( 45 ) MAKIN’ MUSIC - Hot Chocolate # 42 43 ( 38 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 44 ( 24 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10 45 ( 37 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 46 ( 26 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 25 47 ( 50 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 48 ( 48 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 49 ( 54 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 49 50 ( 51 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 51 ( 52 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 52 ( 57 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 53 ( 42 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 54 ( 34 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 55 ( 55 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 33 56 ( 60 ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 56 57 ( 53 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 58 ( 56 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45 59 ( 72 ) MY GIRL BILL - Jim Stafford # 59 60 ( 61 ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 60 61 ( 47 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 62 ( 78 ) GET UP - Blue Mink # 62 63 ( 49 ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 49 64 ( 65 ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 64 65 ( NEW ) SIDESHOW - Allan Clarke # 65
66 ( 59 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 67 ( NEW ) I SEE A STAR - Mouth & MacNeal # 67
68 ( 73 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 68 69 ( 69 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 70 ( 62 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27 71 ( NEW ) THE MAN WHO TURNED ON THE WORLD - The Friends Of St. Francis # 71
72 ( NEW ) SHANG-A-LANG - Bay City Rollers # 72
73 ( 77 ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 73 74 ( 74 ) THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH - Bill Withers # 74 75 ( NEW ) ONE CHAIN DON’T MAKE NO PRISON - The Four Tops # 75
76 ( 71 ) DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING - Stevie Wonder # 71 77 ( NEW ) GETTING OVER YOU - Andy Williams # 77
78 ( 82 ) DON’T STAY AWAY TOO LONG - Peters & Lee # 78 79 ( 76 ) DAYBREAK - Nilsson # 76 80 ( 70 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 81 ( 79 ) IF YOU LOVE ME - Olivia Newton-John # 79 82 ( 80 ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU - Merlin # 80 83 ( NEW ) SOLID STATE RAINBOW - Christopher Rainbow # 8384 ( NEW ) ALLE PORTE DEL SOLE - Gigliola Cinquetti # 8485 ( NEW ) BYE BYE I LOVE YOU - Irene Sheer # 859th April 1974
The manic, exciting pace of the music scene stepped up a pace this week with two memorable debuts, and a rare 1-2 new entry from nowhere. It was Eurovision, saturday night and as usual I was babysitting for cash at my regular’s near where I lived at RAF Innsworth. Got the kids to bed early so no interruptions (I hoped!) for a glorious evening entertainment. Olivia Newton-John and Irene Shears I already knew and had charted, but two lept right out at me, the fab Mouth & MacNeal (who had charted 2 years earlier for me on the back of a US hit) and a new act with garish clothes and a striking blonde, and a glampop stomper with a brilliant tune and lyric. It was called Waterloo and it was love at first sight. From this moment on Abba charted everything they released in my charts, and I was soooo happy they won. So good it became an American hit.. Mouth & MacNeal also charted at 24, the 4th from the contest in 1974. In a normal week, the headline would have been all about Sparks, a quirky American duo of brothers from out of this universe. Tagged along with glam rock, but actually they were (and remain) unique in sound and unclassifiable. This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us came on the radio and blew my mind instantly with it’s insistent keyboard synth sound, the relentless quirky lyrics and flowing melody, and the crescendo of guitars interrupting that manic Russell Mael falsetto vocal. Not to mention brother Ron’s alien staring face when they finally got on telly. OMG! Brilliant. This was all bad news for my 2nd fave pop group (after Wizzard) Mud, who had to settle for 3 with all my other faves pushed down 3 places. In at 9, though, a Swedish rock version of Jonathan KIng’s 1971 number one Hooked On A Feeling. It went to the top in the States, where they knew it as a bizarre cover of B.J.Thomas’ country pop original. JK added the ooga cha ga’s and it now seems immortality of sorts beckons as it’s selling well ahead of the release of big movie Guardians Of The Galaxy, in which it features prominently. It recharted in my chart a few weeks back. Just remember, ya heard it here first! In at 16, a track no-one recalls, a Radio Luxembourg fave, The Friends Of St Francis with the joyous The Man Who Turned On The World. I’ve been trying to get hold of a copy of this for 40 years, with no luck. Come on itunes! Sweeping strings and choruses of voices over a mediaeval-style soloist. Fab. Elsewhere, another great Stevie Wonder (UK only) single, a solo hit from former Hollies, and Crosby Stills & Nash man, Graham Nash, On The Line, a minor entry for wannabee pop star Simon Jones, and a great Philly soul record from The Intruders. I really really needed to have done a Top 50 minimum by now, but that was still months away! 1 ( NEW ) WATERLOO Abba 2 ( NEW ) THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US Sparks 3 ( 6 ) THE CAT CREPT IN Mud 4 ( 1 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen 5 ( 2 ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees 6 ( 3 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes 7 ( 4 ) DOCTOR'S ORDERS Sunny 8 ( 5 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks 9 ( NEW ) HOOKED ON A FEELING Blue Swede 10 ( 21 ) ON THE RUN Scorched Earth
11 ( 8 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) Genesis 12 ( 7 ) HELP ME Joni Mitchell 13 ( 14 ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU Merlin 14 ( 10 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings 15 ( 24 ) REMEMBER (YOU'RE A WOMBLE) The Wombles 16 ( NEW ) THE MAN WHO TURNED ON THE WORLD Friends Of St Francis
17 ( 17 ) MR NATURAL The Bee Gees 18 ( 9 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers 19 ( 26 ) TEEN WAVE Ricky Wilde 20 ( 20 ) A WALKIN' MIRACLE Limmie & The Family Cooking 21 ( 18 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Mott The Hoople 22 ( 28 ) HOMELY GIRL The Chi-Lites 23 ( 12 ) ANGEL FACE The Glitter Band 24 ( NEW ) I SEE A STAR Mouth and MacNeal
25 ( 25 ) BYE BYE I LOVE YOU Irene Shears 26 ( 19 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight 27 ( NEW ) MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL Stevie Wonder 28 ( NEW ) ON THE LINE Graham Nash 29 ( NEW ) SHE WAS JUST A YOUNG GIRL Simon Jones 30 ( NEW ) I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA The Intruders
31 ( 11 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers 32 ( 13 ) THE STING The Ragtimers 33 ( 15 ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel 34 ( 16 ) BENNY AND THE JETS Elton John 35 ( 22 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich 36 ( 23 ) DREAM WORLD Don Downing 37 ( 27 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies 38 ( 29 ) I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN Lieutenant Pigeon 39 ( 30 ) W.O.L.D. Harry Chapin 40 ( 31 ) EMMA Hot Chocolate
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 16, 2024 16:48:03 GMT 1
It's a first (and last) chart-topper for Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked might not be as good as Animal, but it's outpeaked it when the main competition is oldies, not least Steve Harley coming back to a new peak of 2 17 years on from Make Me Smile going top 10. Kylie meanwhile continues to add her growing number of top 10's with Finer Feelings. My feeling is she's not going to stop doing that for another 30 years at least.
Two more oldies are back, with Squeeze's 1979 Cool For Cats is at 18, and Madness get another revived oldie with House Of Fun at 19 10 years on from peaking at 2. New at 29, Kim Wilde's forgotten fab Love Is Holy, 11-year-career and counting, and I'm hoping she does it when I see her for the 5th time next week. Brand New Heavies Never Stop at 51, Michael Jackson's firmly In The Closet at 60, and Woman In Chains is back again for Tears For Fears & Oleta Adams 3 years on from going top 10. Mariah Carey gets a another entry, The Mission are still goth-rocking, M People are starting to build up to big sales Someday soon, and John Cougar sneaks in for a decade of mostly-Mellencamp tracks.
1 ( 9 ) LET’S GET ROCKED Def Leppard # 1
2 ( NEW ) MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel # 2
3 ( 4 ) THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER Marc Almond # 3
4 ( 1 ) THE YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart # 4
5 ( 2 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Swing Out Sister # 5
6 ( 8 ) WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU Foreigner # 6
7 ( 11 ) FINER FEELINGS Kylie Minogue # 7
8 ( 6 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 8
9 ( 3 ) WHY Annie Lennex # 9
10 ( 5 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust # 10
11 ( 7 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 11
12 ( 10 ) VIVA LAS VEGAS Z.Z. Top # 12
13 ( 13 ) GET A LIFE Julian Lennon # 13
14 ( 12 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 14
15 ( 23 ) THE DISAPPOINTED XTC # 15
16 ( 14 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston # 16
17 ( 17 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 17
18 ( NEW ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze # 18
19 ( NEW ) HOUSE OF FUN Madness # 19
20 ( 15 ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure # 20
21 ( 18 ) DIVINE THING Soup Dragons # 21
22 ( 27 ) YOU Ten Sharp # 22
23 ( 21 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 23
24 ( 36 ) JOY Soul II Soul # 24
25 ( 16 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 25
26 ( 19 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 26
27 ( 20 ) MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE Prince & The New Power Generation # 27
28 ( 22 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 28
29 ( NEW ) LOVE IS HOLY Kim Wilde # 29
30 ( 45 ) HANG ON IN THERE BABY Curiosity (Killed The Cat) # 30
31 ( 35 ) YOUR SONG/ BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart # 31
32 ( 26 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 32
33 ( 24 ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 33
34 ( 55 ) TIRED OF BEING ALONE Texas # 34
35 ( 32 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 35
36 ( 41 ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Frankie Valli # 36
37 ( 50 ) HALLELUJAH ’92 Inner City # 37
38 ( 37 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 38
39 ( 38 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 39
40 ( 40 ) COULD’VE BEEN YOU Cher # 40
41 ( 25 ) ONE U2 # 41
42 ( 31 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 42
43 ( 28 ) EXPRESSION Salt ‘n’ Pepa # 43
44 ( 43 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 44
45 ( 30 ) TAKE MY ADVICE Kym Sims # 45
46 ( 34 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 46
47 ( 39 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 47
48 ( 63 ) YOU’RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME Curtis Stigers # 47
49 ( 47 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 48
50 ( 29 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 49
51 ( NEW ) NEVER STOP Brand New Heavies # 50
52 ( 49 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 51
53 ( 67 ) DEEPLY DIPPY Right Said Fred # 52
54 ( 60 ) LIFT ME UP Howard Jones # 53
55 ( 62 ) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Jody Watley # 54
56 ( 33 ) I AM THE RESURRECTION The Stone Roses # 55
57 ( 52 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 56
58 ( 57 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 58
59 ( 58 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 59
60 ( NEW ) IN THE CLOSET Michael Jackson # 60
61 ( NEW ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams # 61
62 ( 46 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 62
63 ( 73 ) SEPARATE TABLES Chris De Burgh # 63
64 ( 42 ) CALEDONIA Frankie Miller # 64
65 ( 65 ) WHO’S CRYING NOW Randy Crawford # 65
66 ( NEW ) NEVER AGAIN The Mission # 66
67 ( 66 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 67
68 ( 54 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 68
69 ( NEW ) SOMEDAY M People # 69
70 ( 51 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 70
71 ( 70 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 71
72 ( NEW ) MAKE IT HAPPEN Mariah Carey # 72
73 ( 74 ) HOLD ON MY HEART Genesis # 73
74 ( NEW ) RAINBOW’S END Eleven # 74
75 ( NEW ) NOW MORE THAN EVER John Mellencamp # 75
Errol Brown Live at Poole Arts Centre
Errol had broken up Hot Chocolate (sadly) as one of my fave singles acts for 15 years in a row was the band, but in 1992 he was still touring their back catalogue. Oddly, most of my fave records either he didn't do or lacked a bit of oomph, and it was the funk ones that stood out, bar Emma, which is stark to start with, and remaining stark isn't too difficult.
1 Emma
2 Every 1’s A Winner
3 Disco Queen
4 You Sexy Thing
5 Heaven Is In The Back Seat Of My Cadillac
6 So You Win Again
7 No Doubt About It
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 16, 2024 16:38:06 GMT 1
6th April 1974
It's springtime, it's ABBA about to win Eurovision, and I'm about to buy Waterloo 50 years ago (and the ABBA follow-up's)...and 50 years later there's an ABBA invasion going on, but it's Paul Williams' gorgeous Travelin' Boy still on top for Art Garfunkel in my retro chart. Neil Sedaka has 2 future US monsters in the top 10, and the highest new entry is the 5th Wizzard single, the under-rated Rock 'n' Roll Winter at 9. That's 4 top 10's in a row for Wizzard, plus one for solo Roy Wood.
Ricky Wilde drops his 3rd retro chart entry at 58, the Glam-sounding Teen Wave, far and away his best record and clearly an influence on sister Kim's 80's Pop New Wave sound, as mastered by Ricky and dad Marty. Bet Kim was bopping along to this in her bedroom. Jim Stafford follow-up his Spiders & Snakes in the US with My Girl Bill, a whimsical country-ish ballad with lyrics that sounded ahead of their time till the end of the song. I recall Elton John doing guest new single reviews in Record Mirror (I think it was) and this one cropped-up with Elton saying he got all excited at the thought of two men about to ravish each other, and then the final comma, My Girl, Bill, went and ruined it. Giving us clues even in 1974, eh Elton?
Blue Mink are about to disband this time 50 years ago due to a problem manager, so Roger Cook said this Saturday, which explains why their final album got no PR, and the single Get Up flopped with no promo. Shame as it's catchy, and was part borrowed by The Rimshots' in 1975 for a minor hit. New at 78 following on from Madeline Bell's concert at London's Cadogan Hall on Saturday - I was there, Madeline's vocals are as wonderful as ever at the age of 81, and we were treated to a walk through the UK recording industry of the 60's and 70's - with Roger Cook also onstage for some hit songs, Paul Gambaccini on interview duties, Sheila Ferguson listed as part of the choir, an orchestra, songwriter Roger Greenaway in the audience, (aka David & Jonathan with Cook) and a Blue Mink stage get together with Herbie Flowers and Alan Parker. That means several UK number one songs collectively, and significant contributions to, ooh Dusty Springfield's back catalogue, Lou Reed's Walk On The Wild Side bassline, Bowie's Rebel Rebel riff, and a Country Music Songwriter Hall Of Fame among many other kudos and plaudits. A wonderful evening.
1 ( 1 ) TRAVELIN’ BOY - Garfunkel # 1 2 ( 2 ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1 3 ( 3 ) THE CAT CREPT IN - Mud # 3 4 ( 7 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 4 5 ( 5 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1 6 ( 6 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 6 7 ( 10 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2 8 ( 9 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 9 ( NEW ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WINTER - Wizzard # 9 10 ( 12 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 10
11 ( 11 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT - William De Vaughan # 11 12 ( 13 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 12 13 ( 8 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 14 ( 18 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 15 ( 4 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1 16 ( 20 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 16 17 ( 26 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 17 18 ( 23 ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 18 19 ( 22 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 19 20 ( 16 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4
21 ( 32 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 21 22 ( 30 ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 22 23 ( 15 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13 24 ( 24 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10 25 ( 19 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 26 ( 25 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 25 27 ( 52 ) JARROW SONG - Alan Price # 27 28 ( 17 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 17 29 ( 21 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 30 ( 31 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15
31 ( 35 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 32 ( 14 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14 33 ( 38 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 34 ( 34 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 35 ( 27 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6 36 ( 28 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 37 ( 36 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 38 ( 29 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 39 ( 59 ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 39 40 ( 43 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 40
41 ( 37 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 42 ( 41 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 43 ( 76 ) LIFE AND DEATH IN G & A PARTS 1 & 2 - Chairmen Of The Board # 43 44 ( 46 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 44 45 ( 71 ) MAKIN’ MUSIC - Hot Chocolate # 45 46 ( 50 ) IT’S BETTER TO HAVE (AND DON’T NEED) - Don Covay # 46 47 ( 39 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 48 ( 45 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 49 ( 56 ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 49 50 ( 40 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
51 ( 49 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 52 ( 53 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 53 ( 54 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 54 ( 55 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 54 55 ( 33 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 33 56 ( 47 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross &Marvin Gaye # 45 57 ( 42 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 58 ( NEW ) TEEN WAVE - Ricky Wilde # 58 59 ( 51 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 60 ( 65 ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 60
61 ( 63 ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 61 62 ( 57 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27 63 ( 44 ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 44 64 ( 48 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 48 65 ( 67 ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 65 66 ( 58 ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 58 67 ( 61 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 61 68 ( 66 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 66 69 ( 60 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 70 ( 64 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9
71 ( 72 ) DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING - Stevie Wonder # 71 72 ( NEW ) MY GIRL BILL - Jim Stafford # 72 73 ( 73 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 73 74 ( 81 ) THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH - Bill Withers # 74 75 ( 69 ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 69 76 ( 84 ) DAYBREAK - Nilsson # 76 77 ( 77 ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 77 78 ( NEW ) GET UP - Blue Mink # 78 79 ( 85 ) IF YOU LOVE ME - Olivia Newton-John # 79 80 ( 82 ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU - Merlin # 80
81 ( 80 ) SKYDIVER - Daniel Boone # 80 82 ( NEW ) DON’T STAY AWAY TOO LONG - Peters & Lee # 82 83 ( 83 ) THE STREAK - Ray Stevens # 83 84 ( 62 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 85 ( NEW ) SEVEN DEADLY FINS - Eno # 85
2nd April 1974 My Charts of That Week Actually Then
second week on top for Queen, and my chart starts to get more volatile as I get exposed to more and more non-chart music. I was still only compiling a 30, but my chart rules meant many a great record was evicted to make way, and far too early, so Ive expanded to 40 to include those that I still really loved from the week before but hadn’t room for.
New peaks for Three Degrees at 2, Rubettes at 3 (yet to chart anywhere else), and highest new entry from Mud at 6. The Cat Crept In is very much Tiger Feet part 2, but great nonetheless, and Mud at the time were on a roll after 3 in a row at the top of my chart. Genesis get a Top 10 hit 4 years before they did it in the real charts, and the Doobie’s almost make it at 11. New at 16 is Elton John. Not Candle, which peaked at 30, but the far superior B Side which hit the top in the USA. Benny & The Jets was a live slow stomping soul record, and should have been an A Side.
The Bee Gees by now were out of fashion completely, their new single Mr Natural stiffing everywhere except in my charts. I’m nothing if not loyal to great pop stars, and this was a perfectly good record, also skirting with smooth soul. R’n’b the way to go boys! Back with a 60’s girl group pastiche, Limmie & The Family Cooking were fun at 20, and rocking it big-time with menacing guitars and a big vocal is the stupendous On The Run, big on radio Luxembourg and nowhere else. Never became a hit sadly, but the lead singer of Scorched Earth became somewhat better known two years later, solo: Billy Ocean. To this day, still his best record.
The Wombles were back, and Mike Batt starting to get into his Womble stride, starting a string of inventive, musically diverse novelty records. Proving that novelty records can be fun and clever. I defy anyone not sing along to this one! At 25, the Luxembourg Eurovision entry, getting hammered on the station, at 26 Ricky Wilde’s glamtastic teenpop final try at a career. Kim’s pop career added synths but essentially used the same formula, so hooray for brother Ricky!
The Chi-Lites were back, 2 years on from some real gems and a number one Oh Girl, with a charming ditty later covered by UB40. Lieutenant Pigeon had had their day, and a number one in my chart with Desperate Dan (Mould Old Dough hit 2) but I had enough affection for the jaunty piano romping to chart this cover of an Irish ballad standard beloved of many a drunk. Finally, at 30, a song about sad DJ’s from storytale songwriter Harry Chapin, who wrote many fab songs only to die young on his way to a charity gig when a huge log came lose from the megatruck in front of his car.
1 ( 1 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen
2 ( 4 ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees
3 ( 5 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes
4 ( 6 ) DOCTOR'S ORDERS Sunny
5 ( 2 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
6 ( NEW ) THE CAT CREPT IN Mud
7 ( 8 ) HELP ME Joni Mitchell
8 ( 11 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) Genesis
9 ( 7 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers
10 ( 3 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
11 ( 20 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers
12 ( 23 ) ANGEL FACE The Glitter Band
13 ( 25 ) THE STING The Ragtimers
14 ( 29 ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU Merlin
15 ( 9 ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel
16 ( NEW ) BENNY AND THE JETS Elton John
17 ( NEW ) MR NATURAL The Bee Gees
18 ( 30 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Mott The Hoople
19 ( 12 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
20 ( NEW ) A WALKIN' MIRACLE Limmie & The Family Cooking
21 ( NEW ) ON THE RUN Scorched Earth
22 ( 13 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich
23 ( 24 ) DREAM WORLD Don Downing
24 ( NEW ) REMEMBER (YOU'RE A WOMBLE) The Wombles
25 ( NEW ) BYE BYE I LOVE YOU Irene Shears
26 ( NEW ) TEEN WAVE Ricky Wilde
27 ( 14 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
28 ( NEW ) HOMELY GIRL The Chi-Lites
29 ( NEW ) I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN Lieutenant Pigeon
30 ( NEW ) W.O.L.D. Harry Chapin
31 ( 15 ) EMMA Hot Chocolate
32 ( 10 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
33 ( 16 ) GET OFF MY CLOUD Bubble Rock
34 ( 17 ) THERE'LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT Jimmy Helms
35 ( 19 ) DIRTY OL' MAN The Three Degrees
36 ( 18 ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon
37 ( 21 ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
38 ( 31 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
39 ( 22 ) I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight & The Pips
40 ( 27 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 9, 2024 12:23:37 GMT 1
12th April 1992
It's 2 weeks on top for Al Stewart's classic 1977 minor hit, Year Of The Cat as Marc Almond gets a hat-trick of top 10's with The Days Of Pearly Spencer at 4, and Foreigner's 1981 rock ballad biggy Waiting For A Girl Like You shoots up to 8, and highest new entry at 5 is a reactivated Glam classic from Alvin Stardust, My Coo Ca Choo topping my late 1973 charts. Chuck in the retro-sounding Def Leppard Let's Get Rocked up to 9 and the MOR ballad Why up to 3, and it's pretty much an oldies entire top 10.
Kylie climbs to 11, XTC to 23, and a host of new entries invade the chart to at least give some fresher blood lower down the chart: The Stone Roses I Am The Resurrection new at 33, Cher sings Could've Been You at 40, Frankie Miller lauds Caledonia at 42 for 15 years of chart entries, Chaka Khan's on 18 years as she enters at 59, Jody Watley on 13 years at 62, Liquid debut at 64, Chris De Burgh 15 years at 73 and Genesis also on 18 years at 74.
Curiosity decide it's the the year of the cat and drop it from their name, as their fab cover of Johnny Bristol's 1974 smash Hang On In There Baby is new at 45, and Rod Stewart covers great mate Elton John's Your Song. That's before Phyllis and Sharon fell out of course. Texas also return with a fab soul classic cover, Al Green's Tired Of Being Alone at 55.
1 ( 1 ) THE YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart # 1
2 ( 2 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Swing Out Sister # 1
3 ( 6 ) WHY Annie Lennex # 3
4 ( 14 ) THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER Marc Almond # 4
5 ( NEW ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust # 5
6 ( 4 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 4
7 ( 3 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 1
8 ( 44 ) WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU Foreigner # 8
9 ( 29 ) LET’S GET ROCKED Def Leppard # 9
10 ( 5 ) VIVA LAS VEGAS Z.Z. Top # 5
11 ( 34 ) FINER FEELINGS Kylie Minogue # 11
12 ( 11 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 5
13 ( 19 ) GET A LIFE Julian Lennon # 13
14 ( 9 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston # 7
15 ( 10 ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure # 10
16 ( 7 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 3
17 ( 8 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 8
18 ( 15 ) DIVINE THING Soup Dragons # 15
19 ( 12 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
20 ( 23 ) MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE Prince & The New Power Generation # 20
21 ( 13 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 1
22 ( 16 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 1
23 ( 62 ) THE DISAPPOINTED XTC # 23
24 ( 18 ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 10
25 ( 20 ) ONE U2 # 10
26 ( 21 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
27 ( 37 ) YOU Ten Sharp # 27
28 ( 17 ) EXPRESSION Salt ‘n’ Pepa # 17
29 ( 25 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 19
30 ( 31 ) TAKE MY ADVICE Kym Sims # 30
31 ( 26 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
32 ( 30 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
33 ( NEW ) I AM THE RESURRECTION The Stone Roses # 33
34 ( 22 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 3
35 ( NEW ) YOUR SONG Rod Stewart # 35
36 ( 55 ) JOY Soul II Soul # 36
37 ( 40 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
38 ( 38 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
39 ( 24 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
40 ( NEW ) COULD’VE BEEN YOU Cher # 40
41 ( NEW ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Frankie Valli # 41
42 ( NEW ) CALEDONIA Frankie Miller # 42
43 ( 41 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 1
44 ( 27 ) RING THE BELLS James # 27
45 ( NEW ) HANG ON IN THERE BABY Curiosity (Killed The Cat) # 45
46 ( 33 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
47 ( 47 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 35
48 ( 60 ) RIDE THE BULLET Army Of Lovers # 48
49 ( 32 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 8
50 ( 50 ) HALLELUJAH ’92 Inner City # 50
51 ( 39 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
52 ( 51 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
53 ( 36 ) HIGH The Cure # 36
54 ( 42 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 5
55 ( NEW ) TIRED OF BEING ALONE Texas # 55
56 ( 28 ) WINTER Tori Amos # 20
57 ( 57 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 43
58 ( 58 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
59 ( NEW ) LOVE YOU ALL MY LIFETIME Chaka Khan # 59
60 ( 64 ) LIFT ME UP Howard Jones # 60
61 ( 35 ) A DEEPER LOVE Clivilles & Cole # 24
62 ( NEW ) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Jody Watley # 62
63 ( 71 ) YOU’RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME Curtis Stigers # 63
64 ( NEW ) SWEET HARMONY Liquid # 64
65 ( 72 ) WHO’S CRYING NOW Randy Crawford # 65
66 ( 66 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
67 ( 46 ) DEEPLY DIPPY Right Said Fred # 46
68 ( NEW ) IT’S NOT A LOVE THING Geoffrey Williams # 68
69 ( 43 ) TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers # 43
70 ( 69 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 62
71 ( 48 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James # 9
72 ( 65 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson # 10
73 ( NEW ) SEPARATE TABLES Chris De Burgh # 73
74 ( NEW ) HOLD ON MY HEART Genesis # 74
75 ( NEW ) THAT LOVING FEELING Cicero # 75
playlisted tracks
1 HEART OF GOLD Neil Young
2 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Argent
3 SWEET TALKING GUY The Chiffons
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 9, 2024 12:12:49 GMT 1
30th March 1974
It's new in top for Art Garfunkel as previews of next week's Eurovision Song Contest start on TV 50 years ago this week. Travelin' Boy is a gorgeous Paul Williams song, impeccably done by Art, giving him a first solo retro Number 1 and his 3rd in total. It's far and away the best thing he ever did in his solo career but was inexplicably not a UK hit. That leaves Mud entering at 3 with the Glam forgotten party anthem The Cat Crept In, which is in a Tiger Feet vein, but it's still fab and keeps the top 5 run going for a 5th record.
New at 11, William De Vaughan carries on from where Timmy Thomas left off on his Why can't We Live Together, another laid-back jazz-vibes moody gospel-soul slice of fabulousness, on the great Be Thankful For What You've Got. The Jackson 5 re-enter with Dancing Machine at a new peak as it starts to really sound cool funky on replay, at 46, while Don Covay debuts with his deliciously fun and upbeat It's Better To Have at 50. Alan Price has been away from the retro chart for 5 years, but grabs his 4th with Jarrow Song and a home-area Geordie-based song new at 52.
Carpenters return with a 1972-charted retro song, as it gets a belated UK release, a Hot Chocolate B side pushes up the funk and signals a sign of the future disco-era smashes, Makin' Music at 71. Chairmen Of The Board return for a 5th year in a row with a new track (to me) the edited version of the very long Life And Death In G & A, Bill Withers makes it 4 years of retro charting, Olivia Newton-John ditto, and Ray Stevens is on 6 years with his future UK chart-topper as streaking becomes global news, the new rage was to strip naked at public events, run like crazy, and get famous for 2 minutes. So Ray popped on his comedy-persona, grabbed the moment and annoyed everybody for a few weeks as the novelty song eventually out-stayed it's welcome.
New band Merlin popped up on Lift Off With Ayshea (or some other kids-programmed music-based show) with Let Me Put My Spell On You, which I took a shine to - but it got little radio play. I bought their album in the bargain bins a few years later, by which time I was largely over the record. That leaves Nilsson on a 7th year of charting, this time a vampire movie song, Daybreak, which was quite engagingly quirky but another UK flop.
1 ( NEW ) TRAVELIN’ BOY - Garfunkel # 1
2 ( 1 ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1
3 ( NEW ) THE CAT CREPT IN - Mud # 3
4 ( 4 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1
5 ( 2 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1
6 ( 8 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 6
7 ( 9 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 7
8 ( 3 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1
9 ( 5 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1
10 ( 6 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2
11 ( NEW ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT - William De Vaughan # 11
12 ( 19 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 12
13 ( 20 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 13
14 ( 14 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14
15 ( 13 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13
16 ( 7 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4
17 ( 22 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 17
18 ( 18 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
19 ( 11 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1
20 ( 21 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 20
21 ( 17 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1
22 ( 31 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 22
23 ( 23 ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 23
24 ( 10 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10
25 ( 27 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 25
26 ( 26 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 26
27 ( 12 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6
28 ( 16 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2
29 ( 24 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
30 ( 36 ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 30
31 ( 15 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15
32 ( 34 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 30
33 ( 40 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 33
34 ( 39 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7
35 ( 25 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1
36 ( 28 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3
37 ( 35 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
38 ( 32 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4
39 ( 29 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1
40 ( 37 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
41 ( 38 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2
42 ( 30 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7
43 ( 47 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 43
44 ( 52 ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 44
45 ( 33 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6
46 ( RE ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 46
47 ( 45 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45
48 ( 53 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 48
49 ( 41 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
50 ( NEW ) IT’S BETTER TO HAVE (AND DON’T NEED) - Don Covay # 50
51 ( 42 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3
52 ( NEW ) JARROW SONG - Alan Price # 52
53 ( 51 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
54 ( 46 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8
55 ( 63 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 55
56 ( 66 ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 56
57 ( 48 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27
58 ( 58 ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 58
59 ( 81 ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 59
60 ( 55 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1
61 ( 71 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 61
62 ( 44 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1
63 ( 67 ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 63
64 ( 43 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9
65 ( 70 ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 65
66 ( 72 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 66
67 ( 73 ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 67
68 ( 49 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20
69 ( 77 ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 69
70 ( NEW ) I WON’T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU - Carpenters # 70
71 ( NEW ) MAKIN’ MUSIC - Hot Chocolate # 71
72 ( 80 ) DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING - Stevie Wonder # 72
73 ( 74 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 73
74 ( 57 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21
75 ( 76 ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 75
76 ( NEW ) LIFE AND DEATH IN G & A PARTS 1 & 2 - Chairmen Of The Board # 76
77 ( 79 ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 77
78 ( 60 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
79 ( 50 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 43
80 ( 85 ) SKYDIVER - Daniel Boone # 80
81 ( NEW ) THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH - Bill Withers # 81
82 ( NEW ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU - Merlin # 82
83 ( NEW ) THE STREAK - Ray Stevens # 83
84 ( NEW ) DAYBREAK - Nilsson # 84
85 ( NEW ) IF YOU LOVE ME - Olivia Newton-John # 85
26th March 1974
At last a new number one - Queen. I was an instant fan, they were fab, and this corker should have been bigger than it was. Bad news for Terry Jacks, who’s Seasons had to settle for runner-up in my charts (Number One everywhere else though!). Late summer chart-topper Sugar Baby Love hits 5 in my charts in Spring, Art Garfunkel gets his first solo Top 10 (after 6 with Paul Simon), and Joni Mitchell gets her 2nd in a row, straight in at 8 with the gorgeous Help Me, a fave on Old Grey Whistle Test, the album-oriented late evening “Later With Jools Holland” of its day, and which I was becoming more interested in.
Talking of Album-oriented - Prog rock pops in at 11, Genesis debut with the wonderfully quirky Wardrobe song, more Peter Gabriel than Phil Collins, but all members were to have chart entries galore for, ooh, the next 30 years. The Three Degrees had yet to chart, but I already was getting into their previous flop single, Dirty Ol’ Man. The lyrics, “You’re a dirty ol’ man, you can’t keep your hands to yourself”, obviously should have been aimed at a certain white-haired DJ in retrospect.
Just below them, the poor ol’ Glitter Band. Gary’s backing band, they had their own career take off as Gary’s was about to decline - maybe they saw the writing on the wall - but seem to have unfairly also been wiped from history for daring to have named themselves Glitter. Angel Face is a great glam-rock pop-song, they wrote their own stuff, and deserve at least the odd radio play! Merlin were one of those pop bands that never made it (not that surprisingly to be honest), but I liked them, and bought the album. So it sold at least one copy. Hooray!
1 ( 2 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen
2 ( 3 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
3 ( 1 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
4 ( 4 ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees
5 ( 8 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes
6 ( 13 ) DOCTOR'S ORDERS Sunny
7 ( 5 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers
8 ( NEW ) HELP ME Joni Mitchell
9 ( 17 ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel
10 ( 7 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
11 ( NEW ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) Genesis
12 ( 14 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
13 ( 24 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich
14 ( 11 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
15 ( 9 ) EMMA Hot Chocolate
16 ( 21 ) GET OFF MY CLOUD Bubble Rock
17 ( 18 ) THERE'LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT Jimmy Helms
18 ( 10 ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon
19 ( NEW ) DIRTY OL' MAN The Three Degrees
20 ( 29 ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers
21 ( 19 ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
22 ( 20 ) I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight & The Pips
23 ( NEW ) ANGEL FACE The Glitter Band
24 ( NEW ) DREAM WORLD Don Downing
25 ( 30 ) THE STING The Ragtimers
26 ( 23 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford
27 ( 25 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro
28 ( 26 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
29 ( NEW ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU Merlin
30 ( NEW ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Mott The Hoople
31 ( 6 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
32 ( 12 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX Pearly Gates
33 ( 15 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce
34 ( 16 ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks
35 ( 31 ) TIGER FEET Mud
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 3, 2024 17:14:24 GMT 1
It's new in 1 for the 1977 classic Year Of The Cat, Al Stewart didn't set my charts alight with it first time round but by 1992 I was in full-on love mode, and bought the newly released-on-CD-single version, giving an entire top 5 of old songs as ZZ Top shoot up to 5 with Elvis Presley's 1966 film soundtrack title song, Viva Las Vegas, giving ZZ and new chart peak after almost a decade. Ce Ce Peniston Finally makes the top 10, and Erasure keep their long list of top 10's up-to-date with Breath Of Life at 10.
A new entry at 14 for another Trevor Horn-produced Marc Almond epic - this time 1967's Days Of Pearly Spencer, the flop original by David McWilliams might not have produced a career, but he at least got to see David Bowie cover it and Marc Almond have a big hit with the dramatic story-song before dying in 2002. Julian Lennon makes it 8 years of top 20 hits as Get a Life debuts at 19. Shockingly that's a longer span than The Beatles chart career, and only 3 years short of dad John's solo career.
At 34, Kylie has some Finer Feelings with one of her finest 90's tracks, Tom Petty has left the Wilburys to reunite with his Heartbreakers, and Too Good To Be True, but it is - 15 years since they debuted. Foreigner bring a revived 1981 track back, still waiting for a girl like you at 44, Inner City revamp Hallelujah, Howard Jones is lifted up with his 9th charting year at 64, Curtis Stigers follows-up a big hit with another big hit (albeit a less-decent one), Randy Crawford is 13 years into her career with a cover of Journey's Who's Crying Now, and The Pasadenas are back with a dance-version Bread cover. Let's just say Let Loose showed how to cover the classic Make It With You later in the decade and leave it at that.
1 ( NEW ) YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart # 1
2 ( 1 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Swing Out Sister # 1
3 ( 2 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 1
4 ( 6 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 4
5 ( 49 ) VIVA LAS VEGAS Z.Z. Top # 5
6 ( 4 ) WHY Annie Lennex # 4
7 ( 3 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 3
8 ( 8 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 8
9 ( 11 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston # 7
10 ( 12 ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure # 10
11 ( 5 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 5
12 ( 9 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
13 ( 7 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 1
14 ( NEW ) THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER Marc Almond # 14
15 ( 44 ) DIVINE THING Soup Dragons # 15
16 ( 10 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 1
17 ( 23 ) EXPRESSION Salt ‘n’ Pepa # 17
18 ( 16 ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 10
19 ( NEW ) GET A LIFE Julian Lennon # 19
20 ( 14 ) ONE U2 # 10
21 ( 15 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
22 ( 13 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 3
23 ( 35 ) MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE Prince & The New Power Generation # 23
24 ( 17 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
25 ( 19 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 19
26 ( 18 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
27 ( 30 ) RING THE BELLS James # 27
28 ( 20 ) WINTER Tori Amos # 20
29 ( 37 ) LET’S GET ROCKED Def Leppard # 29
30 ( 28 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
31 ( 55 ) TAKE MY ADVICE Kym Sims # 31
32 ( 22 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 8
33 ( 21 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
34 ( NEW ) FINER FEELINGS Kylie Minogue # 34
35 ( 24 ) A DEEPER LOVE Clivilles & Cole # 24
36 ( 50 ) HIGH The Cure # 36
37 ( 63 ) YOU Ten Sharp # 37
38 ( 36 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
39 ( 25 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
40 ( 39 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
41 ( 38 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 1
42 ( 29 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 5
43 ( NEW ) TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers # 43
44 ( NEW ) WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU Foreigner # 44
45 ( 56 ) CHURCH OF YOUR HEART Roxette # 45
46 ( 52 ) DEEPLY DIPPY Right Said Fred # 46
47 ( 47 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 35
48 ( 34 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James # 9
49 ( 31 ) HUMAN TOUCH Bruce Springsteen # 31
50 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH ’92 Inner City # 50
51 ( 46 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
52 ( 32 ) TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton # 32
53 ( 40 ) LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN) Tears For Fears # 10
54 ( 26 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT Massive Attack # 12
55 ( 64 ) JOY Soul II Soul # 55
56 ( 33 ) DON’T LOSE THE MAGIC Shawn Christopher # 33
57 ( 57 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 43
58 ( 58 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
59 ( 27 ) WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER RAF # 21
60 ( 61 ) RIDE THE BULLET Army Of Lovers # 60
61 ( 43 ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla # 18
62 ( 66 ) THE DISAPPOINTED XTC # 62
63 ( 48 ) LOVER LOVER LOVER Ian McCulloch # 10
64 ( NEW ) LIFT ME UP Howard Jones # 64
65 ( 45 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson # 10
66 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
67 ( 42 ) ONE TRUE WOMAN (STUFF LIKE THAT) Yazz # 42
68 ( 54 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet # 4
69 ( 69 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 62
70 ( 60 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers # 7
71 ( NEW ) YOU’RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME Curtis Stigers # 71
72 ( NEW ) WHO’S CRYING NOW Randy Crawford # 72
73 ( 41 ) I KNOW New Atlantic # 29
74 ( 71 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford # 5
75 ( NEW ) MAKE IT WITH YOU The Pasadenas # 75
Playlisted oldies
1 “Sugar Tax” album Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2 HELLRAISER The Sweet
3 RUNAWAY BOYS The Stray Cats
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Post by popchartfreak on Apr 3, 2024 17:04:33 GMT 1
23rd March 1974
It's new on top and a debut for Billy Ocean on a romping rockpop stomper that flopped twice in 1974, under the name Scorched Earth. On The Run eventually got covered by Billy in the 80's to minor chart success, but this is the only version that matters - it got a lot of play on Radio Luxembourg in 1974, and I eventually bought it after it had flopped and ended up in the bargain bins. Billy gives an amazing vocal performance to boot, and he's still got it. The other new top 10 track is The Bee Gees Mr. Natural, also a flop, but I bought the album in Cairns, Australia in 1995, along with a compilation Livin' In The 70's, with a mix of UK/US hits and Australia-only hits - including Skydiver, new at 85 for Daniel Boone, big in Aus 2 years after his UK/US hits had died out.
There's loads of ABBA climbing, causing a lot of chart drops, with 6 tracks inside the top 40, headed by Waterloo at 9 - and shockingly not at 1 yet. The late Steve Harley gets a second chart entry with Cockney Rebel's engagingly quirky Judy Teen at 23, and Limmie & The Family Cooking grab a 3rd chart hit here with A Walkin' Miracle, very 60's and cookie and crazy, to quote the lyrics new at 36. MIke Batt wombles in for a follow-up hit, Remember You're A Womble, songwriting from Mike and Chris Spedding (future hitmaker and session guitar virtuso) and with Clem Cattini on drums, 60's drummer of many a hit song. The Wombles, against all expectations, would get a long run of diverse and beautifully-Batt-produced hits.
Slade's first big ballad is in at a lowly 70, Everyday was never a favourite at the time, and signalled the end of their chart-topping run, but it's very Beatles-ey and pretty decent 50 years on. The O'Jays For The Love Of Money wasnt a hit in the UK. got zero airplay, but got sampled on Grandmaster Melle Mel's Step Off in the 80's and many others since. Also the first of 2 more Gamble & Huff tracks on the list, as the sound of Philadelphia continues to rule, with Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes at 79 with Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Stevie Wonder has another album track debut (edited down a bit for the single release) on the jazzy Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing, a hit in the 90's for Incognito, I think, and Aretha gets a second on the list with I'm In Love at 81.
1 ( NEW ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1
2 ( 1 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1
3 ( 6 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1
4 ( 5 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1
5 ( 3 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1
6 ( 2 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2
7 ( 4 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4
8 ( 8 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 8
9 ( 9 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 9
10 ( 18 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10
11 ( 12 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1
12 ( 7 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6
13 ( 13 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13
14 ( 14 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14
15 ( 16 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15
16 ( 22 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2
17 ( 11 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1
18 ( 10 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
19 ( 20 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 19
20 ( 48 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 20
21 ( 37 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 21
22 ( 28 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 22
23 ( NEW ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 23
24 ( 19 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
25 ( 15 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1
26 ( 49 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 26
27 ( 29 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 27
28 ( 17 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3
29 ( 26 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1
30 ( 21 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7
31 ( 45 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 31
32 ( 24 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4
33 ( 23 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6
34 ( 30 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 30
35 ( 25 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
36 ( NEW ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 36
37 ( 33 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
38 ( 38 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2
39 ( 36 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7
40 ( 57 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 40
41 ( 31 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
42 ( 32 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3
43 ( 35 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9
44 ( 34 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1
45 ( 62 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45
46 ( 42 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8
47 ( 61 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 47
48 ( 27 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27
49 ( 40 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20
50 ( 43 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 43
51 ( 44 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
52 ( 63 ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 52
53 ( 67 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 53
54 ( 50 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41
55 ( 41 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1
56 ( 39 ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 39
57 ( 47 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21
58 ( 80 ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 58
59 ( 46 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
60 ( 52 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
61 ( 53 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
62 ( 58 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24
63 ( 75 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 63
64 ( 54 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14
65 ( 56 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19
66 ( 70 ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 66
67 ( NEW ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 67
68 ( 55 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16
69 ( 69 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 63
70 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 70
71 ( 74 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 71
72 ( 73 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 72
73 ( NEW ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 73
74 ( 77 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 74
75 ( 51 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 51
76 ( 78 ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 76
77 ( 85 ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 77
78 ( 76 ) I’M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - Little Jimmy Osmond # 76
79 ( NEW ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 79
80 ( NEW ) DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING - Stevie Wonder # 80
81 ( NEW ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 81
82 ( 82 ) LEAVE YOUR HAT ON - Etta James # 82
83 ( 83 ) I AM WHAT I AM - Lois Fletcher # 83
84 ( 81 ) LONG LEGGED WOMAN DRESSED IN BLACK - Mungo Jerry # 81
85 ( NEW ) SKYDIVER - Daniel Boone # 85
19th March 1974
7 weeks at the top for Wings, making it one of my all-time longest runs at that time, making for a very rock-tastic Top 2 with newcomers Queen at 2. Hot Chocolate get their 7th Top 10, Rubettes their first, and the lead singer shown in the video and on TV, well he wasn't the one with the excruciatingly-pitched voice. It was a session-singer tiff and he emerged in his own right...later in 1974!
Not much new entry-wise, just Sunny rattling on about her medical complaint. I liked this record straight away, for a while, and long-term, errr not so much. A bit of ragtime from big movie The Sting at 30, just behind some 1972 US rock, the fab Listen To The Music, which still needs to be a proper-sized hit in the UK. By now about one-third of my charts were not yet UK Top 40 hits, though some would be later in the month or year.
1 ( 1 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
2 ( 12 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen
3 ( 4 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
4 ( 6 ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees
5 ( 5 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers
6 ( 2 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
7 ( 3 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
8 ( 14 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes
9 ( 19 ) EMMA Hot Chocolate
10 ( 8 ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon
11 ( 10 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
12 ( 13 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX Pearly Gates
13 ( NEW ) DOCTOR'S ORDERS Sunny
14 ( 11 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
15 ( 15 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce
16 ( 9 ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks
17 ( 28 ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel
18 ( 18 ) THERE'LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT Jimmy Helms
19 ( 17 ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
20 ( 20 ) I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight & The Pips
21 ( 22 ) GET OFF MY CLOUD Bubble Rock
22 ( 21 ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND The Four Tops
23 ( 16 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford
24 ( 27 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich
25 ( 24 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro
26 ( 26 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
27 ( 25 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra
28 ( 23 ) SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station
29 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers
30 ( NEW ) THE STING The Ragtimers
31 ( 7 ) TIGER FEET Mud
32 ( 29 ) LONG LIVE LOVE Olivia Newton-John
33 ( 31 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell
34 ( 32 ) (SITTING ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
35 ( 34 ) DARK LADY Cher
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 27, 2024 18:49:33 GMT 1
It's a first week on top for Swing Out Sister's cover of the 1969 Dusty Springfield hit cover of the Barbara Acklin original recording of the song she co-wrote with Eugene Record of The Chi-Lites, who also produced it, and the record was also an instrumental hit in the USA for Young-Holt Unlimited as a smooth Soulful Strut. Every version is great, because Eugene Record knew how to write masterpiece soul songs, from Have You Seen Her, Oh Girl, Homely Girl, Too Good To Be Forgotten through to the funky disco fabness of You Don't Have To Go. Swing Out Sister's cover was as good as previous recordings.
The Lightning Seeds go top 3, and out-peak Pure with The Life Of Riley, as Annie Lennox gets her first solo top 5 at 4. Why? Cos it's nice. Dinah Washington's classic jazz-blues Mad About The Boy is up 6, and Hammer gets a top 10 before the law of diminishing returns sets in. Highest new entry is from Tori Amos, still in Winter, at 20, as James keep dropping new singles before the previous has left the chart, Ring The Bells new at 30. The Soup Dragons make it 2 years of chart action with Divine Thing at 44, and Z.Z. Top return for a 9th year of hits with a cover of Elvis Presley's Viva Las Vegas, promoting their Greatest Hits CD nicely.
Right said Fred appeared to be a novelty act with I'm Too Sexy, and decide to keep that image going with the catchy, if basic, Deeply Dippy new at 52, Kym Sims takes my advice at 55, while Roxette worship at the Church Of Your Heart at 56 as their 3-year-run of singles carries on without dropping one yet. Army Of Lovers are besides themselves, both Crucified and new Ride The Bullet at 60 and 61. Ten Sharp say it's You at 63, Soul II Soul are also on 3 years of chart success with a spot of Joy at 64, and Nirvana get a second chart entry (just) with Come As You Are scraping in at 74, and going no higher! The grunge hype left me cold by and large.
1 ( 12 ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Swing Out Sister
2 ( 1 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer
3 ( 5 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds
4 ( 24 ) WHY Annie Lennex
5 ( 6 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield
6 ( 16 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington
7 ( 2 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF
8 ( 11 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer
9 ( 8 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream
10 ( 4 ) MY GIRL The Temptations
11 ( 7 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston
12 ( 22 ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure
13 ( 3 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House
14 ( 10 ) ONE U2
15 ( 9 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel
16 ( 17 ) WEIRDO The Charlatans
17 ( 13 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness
18 ( 18 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister
19 ( 26 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big
20 ( NEW ) WINTER Tori Amos
21 ( 14 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore
22 ( 15 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams
23 ( 54 ) EXPRESSION Salt ‘n’ Pepa
24 ( 37 ) A DEEPER LOVE Clivilles & Cole
25 ( 20 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie
26 ( 19 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT Massive Attack
27 ( 21 ) WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER RAF
28 ( 28 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers
29 ( 36 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice
30 ( NEW ) RING THE BELLS James
31 ( 46 ) HUMAN TOUCH Bruce Springsteen
32 ( 42 ) TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton
33 ( 52 ) DON’T LOSE THE MAGIC Shawn Christopher
34 ( 23 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James
35 ( 75 ) MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE Prince & The New Power Generation
36 ( 35 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
37 ( 70 ) LET’S GET ROCKED Def Leppard
38 ( 32 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond
39 ( 38 ) METAL GURU T.Rex
40 ( 25 ) LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN) Tears For Fears
41 ( 29 ) I KNOW New Atlantic
42 ( 50 ) ONE TRUE WOMAN (STUFF LIKE THAT) Yazz
43 ( 27 ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla
44 ( NEW ) DIVINE THING Soup Dragons
45 ( 40 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson
46 ( 43 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force
47 ( 47 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
48 ( 33 ) LOVER LOVER LOVER Ian McCulloch
49 ( NEW ) VIVA LAS VEGAS Z.Z. Top
50 ( 58 ) HIGH The Cure
51 ( 30 ) NOVEMBER RAIN Guns ‘n’ Roses
52 ( NEW ) DEEPLY DIPPY Right Said Fred
53 ( 34 ) DRAGGING ME DOWN Inspiral Carpets
54 ( 41 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet
55 ( NEW ) TAKE MY ADVICE Kym Sims
56 ( NEW ) CHURCH OF YOUR HEART Roxette
57 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
58 ( 55 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
59 ( 31 ) THE FLY The Joshua Trio
60 ( 45 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers
61 ( NEW ) RIDE THE BULLET Army Of Lovers
62 ( 44 ) STEAL YOUR FIRE Gun
63 ( NEW ) YOU Ten Sharp
64 ( NEW ) JOY Soul II Soul
65 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
66 ( 72 ) THE DISAPPOINTED XTC
67 ( 51 ) COLOURED KISSES Martika
68 ( 48 ) MORE THAN LOVE Wet Wet Wet
69 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
70 ( 57 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South
71 ( 59 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford
72 ( 39 ) (ALL I KNOW) FEELS LIKE FOREVER Joe Cocker
73 ( 62 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen
74 ( NEW ) COME AS YOU ARE Nirvana
75 ( 49 ) HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Garland Jeffreys
playlist oldies
1 SAVE THE COUNTRY Laura Nyro
2 WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 OXYGENE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 27, 2024 18:39:45 GMT 1
16th March 1974
It's up to the top for a 3rd Isley Brothers number one, following on from This Old Heart Of Mine and Behind A Painted Smile in my 60's retro charts, just holding off Dolly Parton from her first chart-topper and second top 5 in a row, with I Will Always LOve You. Neil Sedaka's ode to John Lennon and the US immigrant tradition (of invading the land and taking it from the original residents, if one is cynical) bringing irony to the current anti-immigrant feeling of immigrants and ancestors of immigrants. Neil's other fab ballad goes top 20.
50 years ago, ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest, ABBA dropped their second album named after their entry Waterloo. I was babysitting for cash when they won, won my heart, and became an instant fan, buying the record and entering my chart at 1 in April of 1974. 50 years on it's been a constant presence to the extent that it doesn't sound fresh to me anymore, but it enters at 9 anyway with another 7 tracks listed lower down. I bought all of their singles, and in later years the albums, so expect ABBA invasions from Benny Bjorn Agnetha and Anni-Frid from now until 2032. That's marginally longer than The Beatles chart career.
Apart from ABBA, Mott The Hoople are back for their last hit, The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll - their will be loads more tracks in 1974 with rock/rock 'n' roll in the title as 50's nostalgia goes into overdrive, and Mott get their 6th chart entry in my charts with one more to come. ZZ Top debut at 63 a full 10 years early for their classic hitmaking era, but La Grange is great swamp rock boogie. Stevie Wonder gives Rufus and Chaka Khan a helping hand to US hitdom, Tell Me Something Good, one of his many giveaway songs.
That leaves minor entries for the original version of the 1975 Glen Campbell monster Rhinestone Cowboy, Etta James dropping her version of future Tom Jones movie cover from The Full Monty in the 90's, Leave Your hat On, Lois Fletcher's cover of Greyhound's UK reggae hit I Am What I Am, and Al Green's Let's Get Married, none of them having been heard by me before this week. That leaves Mungo Jerry's latest hit, Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black, sneaking in, but probably my least-fave Ray Dorset record to date at the time and still.
1 ( 3 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1
2 ( 28 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2
3 ( 2 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1
4 ( 5 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4
5 ( 1 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1
6 ( 4 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1
7 ( 6 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6
8 ( 33 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 8
9 ( NEW ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 9
10 ( 11 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
11 ( 10 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1
12 ( 13 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1
13 ( 17 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13
14 ( 27 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14
15 ( 12 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1
16 ( 16 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 16
17 ( 7 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3
18 ( 19 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 18
19 ( 18 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
20 ( 21 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 20
21 ( 9 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7
22 ( 14 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2
23 ( 15 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6
24 ( 8 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4
25 ( 22 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
26 ( 24 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1
27 ( 29 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27
28 ( 34 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 28
29 ( NEW ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 29
30 ( 35 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 30
31 ( 30 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
32 ( 26 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3
33 ( 31 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
34 ( 25 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1
35 ( 32 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9
36 ( 36 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7
37 ( NEW ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 37
38 ( 23 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2
39 ( 47 ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 39
40 ( 20 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20
41 ( 38 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1
42 ( 37 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8
43 ( 51 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 43
44 ( 40 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
45 ( 59 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 45
46 ( 41 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
47 ( 45 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21
48 ( NEW ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 48
49 ( NEW ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 49
50 ( 42 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41
51 ( 52 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 51
52 ( 48 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
53 ( 53 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
54 ( 44 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14
55 ( 54 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16
56 ( 39 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19
57 ( NEW ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 57
58 ( 55 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24
59 ( 49 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25
60 ( 43 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37
61 ( NEW ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 61
62 ( 62 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 62
63 ( NEW ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 63
64 ( 56 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13
65 ( 50 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 50
66 ( 46 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42
67 ( 76 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 67
68 ( 57 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53
69 ( 63 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 63
70 ( NEW ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 70
71 ( 61 ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 61
72 ( 71 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65
73 ( 79 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 73
74 ( 75 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 74
75 ( NEW ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 75
76 ( 78 ) I’M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - Little Jimmy Osmond # 76
77 ( NEW ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 77
78 ( 80 ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 78
79 ( 70 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 70
80 ( NEW ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 80
81 ( NEW ) LONG LEGGED WOMAN DRESSED IN BLACK - Mungo Jerry # 81
82 ( NEW ) LEAVE YOUR HAT ON - Etta James # 82
83 ( NEW ) I AM WHAT I AM - Lois Fletcher # 83
84 ( NEW ) REMEMBER ME THIS WAY - Gary Glitter # 84
85 ( NEW ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 85
....and my personal charts of the time, 16-year-old me:
6 weeks for Jet, big jump for the sentimental New Seekers, and loads of new entries shoving out loads of other tracks that would easily have been charting on long runs had I done a 75 in those days, notably UK number one Billy Don’t Be A Hero, peaking at 18! In at 4 highest new entry, former Poppy Family Canadian singer Terry Jacks with his hushed version of a Jaques Brel song. The sombre tone was excelled by Hot Chocolate having another musical change of direction, opting for moody death ballad Emma, a wannabe star who never made it. Oudoing both, though, Jim Croce in at 15 with Time In A Bottle, poignant is an understatement as he’d died in a plane crash a year or so before and this was his posthumous US chart-topper. Gorgeous song, and that’s a new entry for 3 consecutive weeks for 3 plane crash pop stars posthumously charting. Obviously all the rage…
In at 6, debuting, cool sound of Philadelphia, the cool Three Degrees. They weren’t cool for long, but in early ‘74 they were, as the Philly Sound ruled. It’s their best record, still. In at 14, a debut hit for 50’s doo-wop sounds, glam-stylee, studio session musicians using the name Rubettes. Plugged heavily on Radio Luxembourg it was months before the Beeb and chart entry status beckoned. Jonathan King’s back, never one to turn down a chance for cash, it’s a carbon copy treatment of another Rolling Stones classic to his previous hit, only this misfired. Jimmy Helms gets a third hit in my charts. You might know him better as a member of 90's hit band Londonbeat. I know him better as Jimmy Helms, great UK soul singer who's had his 70's TV performances wiped. They exist only in my memory...
Having another solo hit, the pure-voiced Art Garfunkel Shall Sing, just above Livvie. Yes, Eurovision, a bit military march-y, and I’m not even sure it was the best of her 6 songs that got voted for. Its low chart position (for me) shows I wasn’t that impressed compared to every UK entry from Puppet onwards. I saw Livvie in Bournemouth 2012 and she sang it live for the first time in decades, and it rather surprisingly brought a tear and smile to my face. Aaaahhhh!
1 ( 1 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
2 ( 2 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
3 ( 3 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
4 ( NEW ) SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
5 ( 21 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers
6 ( NEW ) THE YEAR OF DECISION The Three Degrees
7 ( 7 ) TIGER FEET Mud
8 ( 9 ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon
9 ( 6 ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks
10 ( 5 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
11 ( 11 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
12 ( 20 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen
13 ( 17 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX Pearly Gates
14 ( NEW ) SUGAR BABY LOVE The Rubettes
15 ( NEW ) TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce
16 ( 8 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford
17 ( 19 ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
18 ( NEW ) THERE'LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT Jimmy Helms
19 ( NEW ) EMMA Hot Chocolate
20 ( 22 ) I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight & The Pips
21 ( RE ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND The Four Tops
22 ( NEW ) GET OFF MY CLOUD Bubble Rock
23 ( 25 ) SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station
24 ( 14 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro
25 ( 10 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra
26 ( 13 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
27 ( 16 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich
28 ( NEW ) I SHALL SING Art Garfunkel
29 ( NEW ) LONG LIVE LOVE Olivia Newton-John
30 ( RE ) CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
31 ( 4 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell
32 ( 12 ) (SITTING ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
33 ( 15 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson
34 ( 31 ) DARK LADY Cher
35 ( 32 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 20, 2024 12:48:22 GMT 1
22nd March 1992
it's a first week on top 14 years late for Robert Palmer as Every Kinda People gives him a second number one, with Crowded House closing in on their second chart-topper with Weather With You. The Lightning Seeds get a second top 10 as The Life Of Riley leaps to 5, and Ce Ce Peniston Finally gets a top 10 at 7 6 months on from first charting. U2 sneak One into the top 10, their epic ballad that took me a few years to rate as highly as I should have at the time.
Highest new entry is Swing Out Sister's fab cover of Dusty Springfield's Am I The Same Girl, keeping the same 60's vibe at 12, while Yazz enters at 50 with a rewrite of Quincy Jones' 1981 hit Stuff Like That, and Shawn Christopher debuts a dance track at 52. Salt 'n' Pepa Express how much they like knocking out the hits at 54 and Def Leppard knock out Let's Get Rocked, one of their best singles new in at 70 almost 10 years on from their debut. XTC are 13 years into a chart career, and probably their best album, which they promo with new single The Disappointed at 72.
Finally, Prince says Money Don't Matter 2Nite at 75, which might have been more convincing if he'd not been obsessively getting staff to stop people taking crappy photos on crappy little cameras with no zoom and tinny useless souvenir cassette recordings at his concerts by searching you and and taking them off you, meaning you had to wait for ages to get them back afterwards and as there was no actual internet then nowhere to share them anyway so it all seemed a bit futile and petty except forcing you to buy the programme booklet and the album (which I had done anyway). I may be biased due to experience and of course everyone helps themselves to way better quality actual videos on their phones these days, so I feel I have the moral high ground now oops...
1 ( 3 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 1
2 ( 1 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 1
3 ( 5 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 3
4 ( 2 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 1
5 ( 29 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 5
6 ( 8 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 6
7 ( 22 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston # 7
8 ( 4 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
9 ( 6 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
10 ( 18 ) ONE U2 # 10
11 ( 30 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 11
12 ( NEW ) AM I THE SAME GIRL Swing Out Sister # 12
13 ( 9 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
14 ( 7 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
15 ( 15 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 8
16 ( 16 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 16
17 ( 10 ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 10
18 ( 13 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
19 ( 12 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT Massive Attack # 12
20 ( 11 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
21 ( 26 ) WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER RAF # 21
22 ( 70 ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure # 22
23 ( 17 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James # 9
24 ( 44 ) WHY Annie Lennex # 24
25 ( 14 ) LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN) Tears For Fears # 10
26 ( 48 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 26
27 ( 20 ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla # 18
28 ( 25 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
29 ( 52 ) I KNOW New Atlantic # 29
30 ( 34 ) NOVEMBER RAIN Guns ‘n’ Roses # 30
31 ( 36 ) THE FLY The Joshua Trio # 31
32 ( 24 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 1
33 ( 21 ) LOVER LOVER LOVER Ian McCulloch # 10
34 ( 19 ) DRAGGING ME DOWN Inspiral Carpets # 19
35 ( 32 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
36 ( 23 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 5
37 ( 69 ) A DEEPER LOVE Clivilles & Cole # 37
38 ( 35 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
39 ( 59 ) (ALL I KNOW) FEELS LIKE FOREVER Joe Cocker # 39
40 ( 28 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson # 10
41 ( 33 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet # 4
42 ( 50 ) TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton # 42
43 ( 39 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
44 ( 73 ) STEAL YOUR FIRE Gun # 44
45 ( 40 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers # 7
46 ( 63 ) HUMAN TOUCH Bruce Springsteen # 46
47 ( 47 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 35
48 ( 57 ) MORE THAN LOVE Wet Wet Wet # 48
49 ( 27 ) HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Garland Jeffreys # 7
50 ( NEW ) ONE TRUE WOMAN (STUFF LIKE THAT) Yazz # 50
51 ( 45 ) COLOURED KISSES Martika # 23
52 ( NEW ) DON’T LOSE THE MAGIC Shawn Christopher # 52
53 ( 31 ) IT’S A FINE DAY Opus III # 31
54 ( NEW ) EXPRESSION Salt ‘n’ Pepa # 54
55 ( 53 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 43
57 ( 55 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South # 4
58 ( 74 ) HIGH The Cure # 58
59 ( 46 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford # 5
60 ( 41 ) LOST IN YOUR LOVE Tony Hadley # 22
61 ( 64 ) MAKE IT ON MY OWN Alison Limerick # 55
62 ( 54 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen # 1
63 ( 38 ) COLOUR MY LIFE M People # 38
64 ( 43 ) LOVE IS STRANGE Everything But The Girl # 18
65 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
66 ( 58 ) STEEL BARS Michael Bolton # 24
67 ( 68 ) PLACES THAT BELONG TO YOU Barbra Streisand # 67
68 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 62
69 ( 62 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson # 2
70 ( NEW ) LET’S GET ROCKED Def Leppard # 70
71 ( 37 ) TWILIGHT ZONE 2 Unlimited # 20
72 ( NEW ) THE DISAPPOINTED XTC # 72
73 ( 49 ) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Cicero # 3
74 ( NEW ) LIFT EVERY VOICE (TAKE ME AWAY) Mass Order # 74
75 ( NEW ) MONEY DON’T MATTER 2NITE Prince & The New Power Generation # 75
60’s Golden Greats Live at Bournemouth International Centre
This week I took my mum to see some 60's pop stars, one of the few concerts she'd been to, Elton John and Glen Campbell I think are the only ones she'd seen up to that point and I thought she'd enjoy it. Plus, I loved Gerry & The Pacemakers as a kiddie and my first-ever record was Tommy Roe's Dizzy, and I had his Greatest Hits to boot. They were all great fun, spontaneous, chatty, and in Bobby Vee's case he was happy to take requests from the audience for songs obscure or famous from his back catalogue or early rock 'n' roll. I knew I loved a couple of his tracks, but his back catalogue was the big take-out of the night for me - I didn't realise how many great songs he had, so I went and bought the Greatest Hits CD soon as I could, see future playlist oldies of the week no doubt!
1 DIZZY Tommy Roe
2 THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES Bobby Vee
3 SHEILA Tommy Roe
4 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY Bobby Vee
5 THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA Bobby Vee
6 EVERYBODY Tommy Roe
7 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Gerry & The Pacemakers
8 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING Gerry & The Pacemakers
9 MORE THAN I CAN SAY Bobby Vee
10 RUN TO HIM Bobby Vee
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 20, 2024 12:37:06 GMT 1
9th March 1974
It's straight in on top for new release Sugar Baby Love, a future UK number one in a few months and one I charted soon as I heard it in 1974, so it had 2 runs in my charts but never quite topped in either run, and The Rubettes' never had a personal chart-topper despite some great records in a variety of styles, not just this 50's vs Four Seasons retro-sounding Glam monster. New in at 3, The Isley Brothers gorgeous cover of Seals & Croft's Summer Breeze, the guitar work alone makes it the definitive version even without Ronald Isley on vocal. So that's 8 years of retro charting for the Brothers.
There's a lot of new entries pushing some tracks unfairly down or even out, but Robert Knight gets the second version of Everlasting Love to go top 5 after this record fell short of the top 10 in the 1968 retro rundown, and Three Degrees replace themselves in the top 10 with TSOP. The Glitter Band have basically been having hits since Rock & Roll Part 2, and they step out on their own with the fab Angel Face new at 17. Who needs Gary Glitter, and it's way better than his rubbish croon Remember Me This Way out to promote his ego-fest movie at the cinema.
Neil Sedaka has his 2nd UK-based UK-only album out, Laughter In The Rain, and the lead track charts at 21, with the song about John Lennon at 33, The Immigrant. Both would be huge US hits in 1975 as Neil finally hits in his home again, and both are great ballads I rated in 74 and 75 respectively. There's loads of reactivated 50's and 60's tracks about in 1974, on a weekly basis pretty much, and a few I charted in my own charts, this week Buddy Holly's classic posthumous UK number one It Doesn't Matter Anymore entered my actual charts, one I loved, and as I havent ever done Retro 50's charts, it can qualify for my 1974 charts again, new at 27.
At 28 Dolly Parton follows Jolene with her signature tune, I Will Always Love You though was not a hit, it wasn't even played on UK radio at the time, it took a movie slot in 1983 or so (Best Little Whorehouse In Texas I think) to get noticed, and a cover version from Whitney to send it into orbit. The original is the best, by far, though. Tender and touching. Don Downing returns with one it took me 40 years to buy, Dream World, a decent slice of Northern Soul, while Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye drop the 3rd charting version of You Are Everything, after The Stylistics and The Pearls. It's slowed-down quite a bit, but good.
Steely Dan are back with cool, jazzy Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Nazareth grab a 4th with Shanghai'd In Shanghai, one I've no heard in 50 years, and it's pretty good actually. Jimmy Osmond gets his 3rd and last charting hit, another cover, the kiddie-aimed I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door, Carly Simon follows-up Mockingbird with her 7th track I think, but I haven't Got Time For The Pain of checking. Ike & Tina also return with at least a 5th, Sweet Rhode Island Red I also bought about 10 years ago.
1 ( NEW ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1
2 ( 2 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1
3 ( NEW ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 3
4 ( 1 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1
5 ( 13 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 5
6 ( 11 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6
7 ( 3 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3
8 ( 4 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4
9 ( 7 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7
10 ( 8 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1
11 ( 9 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
12 ( 5 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1
13 ( 10 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1
14 ( 6 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2
15 ( 12 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6
16 ( 40 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 16
17 ( NEW ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 17
18 ( 17 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
19 ( 24 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 19
20 ( 25 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20
21 ( NEW ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 21
22 ( 14 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
23 ( 15 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2
24 ( 18 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1
25 ( 20 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1
26 ( 21 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3
27 ( NEW ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 27
28 ( NEW ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 28
29 ( 29 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 29
30 ( 27 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
31 ( 26 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
32 ( 23 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9
33 ( NEW ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 33
34 ( 47 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 34
35 ( 38 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 35
36 ( 22 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7
37 ( 31 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8
38 ( 28 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1
39 ( 19 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19
40 ( 33 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
41 ( 36 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
42 ( 45 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41
43 ( 37 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37
44 ( 16 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14
45 ( 32 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21
46 ( 42 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42
47 ( 52 ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 47
48 ( 34 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
49 ( 30 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25
50 ( 51 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 50
51 ( 70 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 51
52 ( 54 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 52
53 ( 46 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
54 ( 41 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16
55 ( 43 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24
56 ( 39 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13
57 ( 53 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53
58 ( 57 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 57
59 ( NEW ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 59
60 ( 50 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16
61 ( 75 ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 61
62 ( NEW ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 62
63 ( 68 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 63
64 ( 58 ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 58
65 ( 55 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
66 ( 59 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
67 ( 48 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7
68 ( 60 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
69 ( 61 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
70 ( 72 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 70
71 ( 71 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65
72 ( 66 ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 66
73 ( 49 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18
74 ( 56 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33
75 ( NEW ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 75
76 ( NEW ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 76
77 ( 35 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 35
78 ( NEW ) I’M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - Little Jimmy Osmond # 78
79 ( NEW ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 79
80 ( NEW ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 80
My original charts of the time:
Spring has sprung, and family outings to Bristol Zoo one overcast Sunday while listening to the chart show. We have the photos, so I know we went, and I probably sulked at not being back in time for the chart show, but to be honest the only real memory I have is sitting in the car (yes we actually had one now, affluent!) overlooking the River Severn while the music played.
A 5th week at 1 for Jet, lots of rebounds for Love Unlimited Orchestra, Hollies, Steve Miller & Brownsville Station as my chart rules meant exits from the UK Top 50 and over 5 weeks uncharted meant records got the boot early, victims this week being Cher, Melanie & others, who are listed outside the 30.
New stuff? Queen. They got a spare slot on Top Of The Pops, and the record was SO exciting and unusual I charted it on one listen. That lead singer certainly grabbed attention, and the seaside singalong at the end was genius. The New Seekers were back with their final hit single (sort of) an old-fashioned jaunty singalong with a great melody. Ricky Wilde, Kim’s Bro, charted for the third time - poor Rick, always the bridesmaid, he never did get a hit! Gladys Knight at this stage was having sporadic hits, this was one of the flops, upbeat funk. Even funkier, minor classic Funky Nassau, it does what it says on the label.
At 29, another late legend to join Otis in my charts, Buddy Holly, dead for 15 years by then, and his greatest hit. It was amazing that Holly, having diesd when I was 1 year old, was pretty much a chart regular over the subsequent 15 years in the UK. Eddie Kendricks climbs to 6, a recent voice from the past on Chris Malinchak’s single, and Pearly Gates non-hit I note as I heard from a friend that she’d been on All-Star Family Fortunes 2 weeks ago (I don’t watch) along with 80’s disco diva Miquel Brown (her sis) and niece Sinitta. Funny ol’ world, don’t think about someone for 40 years, then boom! Back again!
1 ( 1 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
2 ( 4 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
3 ( 2 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
4 ( 8 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell
5 ( 7 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
6 ( 14 ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks
7 ( 6 ) TIGER FEET Mud
8 ( 5 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford
9 ( 15 ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon
10 ( 11 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra
11 ( 16 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
12 ( 19 ) (SITTING ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
13 ( 10 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
14 ( 13 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro
15 ( 21 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson
16 ( 9 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich
17 ( 20 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX Pearly Gates
18 ( 24 ) BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace
19 ( 28 ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
20 ( NEW ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen
21 ( NEW ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL The New Seekers
22 ( NEW ) I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight & The Pips
23 ( NEW ) MRS MELINSKI Ricky Wilde
24 ( RE ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band
25 ( RE ) SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station
26 ( NEW ) FUNKY NASSAU The Beginning Of The End
27 ( 22 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell
28 ( 23 ) TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T.Rex
29 ( NEW ) IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE Buddy Holly
30 ( 26 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin
31 ( 3 ) DARK LADY Cher
32 ( 12 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie
33 ( 17 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder
34 ( 18 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD Roy Wood
35 ( NEW ) THE WOMBLING SONG The Wombles
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 11, 2024 19:03:13 GMT 1
15th March 1992
It's finally on top after quite a few weeks potterin' around, but America: What Time Is Love does what the original versions couldn't manage, and gives The KLF 4 number ones in a row. The Viking OTT appeal is still fab. Lisa Stansfield adds to her decent list of top 10's with the Prince-inspired single, and The Charlatans get another top 10 too, Wierdo!
Highest new entry at 22 is Ce Ce Peniston returning 4 or 5 months on from peaking at 30 in 1991 with Finally, cue another push and hey presto a big hit this time 2 years ahead of that key slot in the film Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. At 26, it's RAF (so I'm bound to support an act with that name) and the fab dance tune We've Got To Live Together, annoyingly not a hit. At 44 and Annie Lennox gets her solo career going with a quiet bang, on the lovely Why, 13 years after debuting with The Tourists on the Loneliest Boy In The World. Wet Wet Wet follow-up the biggie with the lesser-known More Than Love, and Bruce Springsteen makes it 17 years of chart hits with Human Touch.
C&C Music Factory return as Clivilles & Cole, on the banging A Deeper Love, their last big hoorah as an act, though they were hot producers of the late 80's and early 90's until David Cole's early death in 1995. Erasure are at 70 with Breath Of Life, another slow-burner for them, Gun enter with Steal Your Fire, one I've completely forgotten. The Cure, ironically, are not High, they are at 74 and in their 12th year of charting. Finally, The Beautiful South scrape in at 75 with We Are Each Other, one which didn't leave a huge impression on me, unlike previous single Ol' Red Eyes Is Back, still in my chart.
1 ( 2 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 1
2 ( 1 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 1
3 ( 5 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 3
4 ( 3 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
5 ( 9 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 5
6 ( 4 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
7 ( 6 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
8 ( 21 ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 8
9 ( 12 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
10 ( 27 ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 10
11 ( 7 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
12 ( 14 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT Massive Attack # 12
13 ( 11 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
14 ( 10 ) LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN) Tears For Fears # 10
15 ( 8 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 8
16 ( 30 ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 16
17 ( 13 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James # 9
18 ( 24 ) ONE U2 # 18
19 ( 19 ) DRAGGING ME DOWN Inspiral Carpets # 19
20 ( 18 ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla # 18
21 ( 15 ) LOVER LOVER LOVER Ian McCulloch # 10
22 ( NEW ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston # 22
23 ( 23 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 5
24 ( 22 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 1
25 ( 25 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
26 ( NEW ) WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER RAF # 26
27 ( 16 ) HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Garland Jeffreys # 7
28 ( 17 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson # 10
29 ( 61 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 29
30 ( 62 ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 30
31 ( 35 ) IT’S A FINE DAY Opus III # 31
32 ( 32 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
33 ( 26 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet # 4
34 ( 37 ) NOVEMBER RAIN Guns ‘n’ Roses # 34
35 ( 34 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
36 ( 57 ) THE FLY The Joshua Trio # 36
37 ( 20 ) TWILIGHT ZONE 2 Unlimited # 20
38 ( 45 ) COLOUR MY LIFE M People # 38
39 ( 36 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
40 ( 29 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers # 7
41 ( 38 ) LOST IN YOUR LOVE Tony Hadley # 22
42 ( 42 ) SECOND GENERATION The Osmond Boys # 42
43 ( 28 ) LOVE IS STRANGE Everything But The Girl # 18
44 ( NEW ) WHY Annie Lennex # 44
45 ( 31 ) COLOURED KISSES Martika # 23
46 ( 40 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford # 5
47 ( 46 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 35
48 ( 74 ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 48
49 ( 39 ) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Cicero # 3
50 ( 75 ) TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton # 50
51 ( 33 ) REALITY USED TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE PM Dawn # 33
52 ( NEW ) I KNOW New Atlantic # 52
53 ( 51 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
54 ( 48 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen # 1
55 ( 43 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South # 4
56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 43
57 ( NEW ) MORE THAN LOVE Wet Wet Wet # 57
58 ( 41 ) STEEL BARS Michael Bolton # 24
59 ( 71 ) (ALL I KNOW) FEELS LIKE FOREVER Joe Cocker # 59
60 ( 47 ) WELCOME TO THE CHEAPSEATS The Wonder Stuff featuring Kirsty MacColl # 11
61 ( 52 ) FAIT ACCOMPLI Curve # 52
62 ( 59 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson # 2
63 ( NEW ) HUMAN TOUCH Bruce Springsteen # 63
64 ( 55 ) MAKE IT ON MY OWN Alison Limerick # 55
65 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
66 ( 50 ) WHAT YOU DO TO ME Teenage Fanclub # 20
67 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 62
68 ( 68 ) PLACES THAT BELONG TO YOU Barbra Streisand # 68
69 ( NEW ) A DEEPER LOVE Clivilles & Cole # 69
70 ( NEW ) BREATH OF LIFE Erasure # 70
71 ( 44 ) DON’T YOU KNOW The Troggs # 44
72 ( 64 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl # 1
73 ( NEW ) STEAL YOUR FIRE Gun # 73
74 ( NEW ) HIGH The Cure # 74
75 ( NEW ) WE ARE EACH OTHER The Beautiful South # 75
Playlist oldies
1 SAND Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
2 ELUSIVE DREAMS Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
3 MISS ME BLIND Culture Club
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 11, 2024 18:58:24 GMT 1
2nd March 1974
It's a very quiet debut in the world of 1974 for future disco anthem Rock The Boat, sometimes taken as the birth of the disco genre as such, and it certainly was released ahead of the one that topped the UK chart and started the ball rolling. The Hues Corporation party dance track, though, took almost 6 months to break through! Number One here, in the meantime. The New Seekers get a first top 10 since Circles 2 years earlier, giving them a 6th top 10. New in at 13 is Robert Knight's revived Everlasting Love, which charted in my 1968 retro charts 6 years ago and peaked at 11, meanwhile the strings hook for the Love Affair cover of the song was nicked by Jeff Lynne for Daybreaker (see 48).
Anne Murray drops her Love Song from the chart, but adds at 40 her Beatles cover, hot off her new album and a US single shortly - You Won't See Me got a fair amount of airplay in the UK in the summer but didn't chart. She had more US luck, and with me (top 5 in my charts of the time). The Temptations have a sudden change of style, pure 50's-ish lush ballad Heavenly, never heard it before but I rather like it, new at 47.
T. Rex drop new album Zinc Alloy (etc.) which my mate Ian bought and played to me a lot, so I got to know it pretty well in 1974, and two of the tracks drop in, Liquid Gang at 70, and the one that should have been a single at 52, Venus Loon. It's more commercial than any of the 3 actual singles Marc released that year, as he was very much on a diminishing set of returns with each single until New York City in 1975. Cat Stevens is back with US hit Oh Very Young, a decent later Cat effort, and The Ragtimers do a more upbeat cover of Marvin Hamlisch's version of Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, for a cash-in hit and a new film-related title with added banjo.
1 ( NEW ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1
2 ( 1 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1
3 ( 4 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3
4 ( 20 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4
5 ( 2 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1
6 ( 5 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2
7 ( 7 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7
8 ( 3 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1
9 ( 8 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
10 ( 6 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1
11 ( 16 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 11
12 ( 9 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6
13 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 13
14 ( 13 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
15 ( 15 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2
16 ( 14 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14
17 ( 18 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
18 ( 12 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1
19 ( 22 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19
20 ( 10 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1
21 ( 11 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3
22 ( 19 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7
23 ( 21 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9
24 ( 52 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 24
25 ( 27 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 25
26 ( 26 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
27 ( 29 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
28 ( 17 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1
29 ( 39 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 29
30 ( 25 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25
31 ( 24 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8
32 ( 31 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21
33 ( 32 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
34 ( 34 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
35 ( 48 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 35
36 ( 28 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
37 ( 37 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37
38 ( 47 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 38
39 ( 35 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13
40 ( NEW ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 40
41 ( 23 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16
42 ( 42 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42
43 ( 30 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24
44 ( 36 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 36
45 ( 41 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41
46 ( 40 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
47 ( NEW ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 47
48 ( 38 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7
49 ( 44 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18
50 ( 45 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16
51 ( 60 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 51
52 ( NEW ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 52
53 ( 69 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53
54 ( 54 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 54
55 ( 50 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
56 ( 33 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33
57 ( 58 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 57
58 ( 62 ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 58
59 ( 55 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
60 ( 59 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
61 ( 57 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
62 ( 43 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22
63 ( 46 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26
64 ( 49 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3
65 ( 51 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
66 ( 70 ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 66
67 ( 53 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35
68 ( 77 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 68
69 ( 63 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 63
70 ( NEW ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 70
71 ( 65 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65
72 ( 72 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 72
73 ( 56 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7
74 ( 74 ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74
75 ( NEW ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 75
76 ( 76 ) KEEP ON SINGING - Helen Reddy # 76
77 ( 75 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John # 75
78 ( 61 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60
79 ( 79 ) MIGHTY MIGHTY - Earth Wind & Fire # 79
80 ( NEW ) THE STING - The Ragtimers # 80
My charts of the time, aged 16 for that week...
Jet’s back at the top, having been released at last, for a fourth week at number one, bad news for Alvin as his bid for a second one falters at 2. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell hits 8 (lead single off the great album Court and Spark), while fellow singer-songwriter husband-wife James & Carly copy Melanie by covering an oldie, but as a duet. Real-oldie follows his son Dexter into the charts with a reissue of the late legend’s classic 1968 hit, Otis Redding and Dock Of The Bay, which would have been a big hit in 1969 for me had I allowed oldies in (it was a track on 16 Big Hits, a hits album I badgered my dad to buy ). Not the last time it would chart, though…
Ex-Flirtations and UK TV regular singer Pearly Gates had a girlie 60’s-stylee non-hit, Barry Blue appeals to kids with his School Love 50’s pastiche, having abandoned his Gary Glitter-sound alike phase. I doubt he knew what was coming, but the good news is the BBC can still play a record that sounds like Gary Glitter without fear of letters from Mr & Mrs Angry of Mayfair. Sneaking in for one solitary week a record you may have heard of, from Elton John. I was a huge fan of Elton, but I have never got this dirge. Honestly, the biggest-selling record in history, over-rated much! A week at 30 is about right, the far superior B side Bennie & The Jet was a massive US hit and should have been an A side in the UK in 1974 (not 1976 after the oomph had died out). Jambalaya I mention for it’s delightful mis-heard lyric (to me): the angelic, marvellous, sweet Karen singing jauntily “son of a gun we’ll have a big fart on the bayou” is a moment to treasure. Go on, listen to it, I’m right!
1 ( 32 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
2 ( 2 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
3 ( 4 ) DARK LADY Cher
4 ( 1 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
5 ( 3 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford
6 ( 5 ) TIGER FEET Mud
7 ( 7 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
8 ( 10 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell
9 ( 8 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich
10 ( 6 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
11 ( 9 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra
12 ( 34 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie
13 ( 11 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro
14 ( 23 ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks
15 ( NEW ) MOCKINGBIRD James Taylor and Carly Simon
16 ( 19 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
17 ( 12 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder
18 ( 14 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD Roy Wood
19 ( NEW ) (SITTING ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
20 ( NEW ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX Pearly Gates
21 ( 22 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson
22 ( 20 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell
23 ( 13 ) TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T.Rex
24 ( 28 ) BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace
25 ( 16 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE The Sweet
26 ( 21 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin
27 ( 24 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White
28 ( NEW ) SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
29 ( 26 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust
30 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
31 ( 25 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Lulu
32 ( NEW ) JAMBALAYA The Carpenters
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 4, 2024 18:49:18 GMT 1
8th March 1992
It's up to the top spot for the Motown 60's classic from the film called My Girl, and by The Temptations, who get a very first chart-topper 23 years after they peaked at 2 with Diana Ross & The Supremes on I'm Gonna Make You Love Me. KLF move on up past Primal Scream with America: What Time Is Love at 2 and yet another oldie entering at 5 - Robert Palmer's fab and under-rated minor 1978 hit, Every Kinda People. Bryan Adams gets another top 10, Crowded House get a 2nd (or 4th including Split Enz) and Tears For Fears get an umpteenth.
New entries galore this week, Lisa Stansfield inspired by Prince on the fab Time To Make You Mine at 21, The Charlatans very good Wierdo at 27, Dinah Washington's 60's classic Mad About The Boy thanks to a jeans advert with full fold-out poster-sleeve of said wet boy climbing out of a swimming pool (I know cos I own it) and Guns 'n' Roses at 37 with the sprawling ballad November Rain. Outside the 40 there's also Osmond Boys 2nd entry with Second Generation, M People announcing themselves with Colour My Life, Curve committing a Fait Accompli, U2's The Fly being covered whimsically by The Joshua Trio (pun intended) and Hammer dropping his MC on Do Not Pass Me By. But that ruins my A-Z of acts so he stays an MC here.
That leaves Barbra Streisand on her 21st year of chart entries, Places That Belong To You being no Stoney End that's for sure, Joe Cocker spanning an even longer 24 years with his latest blues track, Feels Like Forever, Mr. Big debuting with To Be With You, a huge US hit, but not the 70's band of the same name. That band's 1977 hit Romeo was way better than this one. Finally, Eric Clapton gets the bottom rung with a tribute to his late young son, who tragically died after falling out of a high rise window. I never found it an easy listen and I still don't, though I understand it probably helped deal with the loss.
1 ( 5 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 1
2 ( 3 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 2
3 ( 2 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
4 ( 1 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
5 ( NEW ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Robert Palmer # 5
6 ( 6 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
7 ( 4 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
8 ( 16 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 8
9 ( 28 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 9
10 ( 12 ) LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN) Tears For Fears # 10
11 ( 8 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
12 ( 9 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
13 ( 14 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James # 9
14 ( 19 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT Massive Attack # 14
15 ( 10 ) LOVER LOVER LOVER Ian McCulloch # 10
16 ( 7 ) HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Garland Jeffreys # 7
17 ( 11 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson # 10
18 ( 25 ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla # 18
19 ( 24 ) DRAGGING ME DOWN Inspiral Carpets # 19
20 ( 27 ) TWILIGHT ZONE 2 Unlimited # 20
21 ( NEW ) TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE Lisa Stansfield # 21
22 ( 15 ) MY HAND OVER MY HEART Marc Almond # 1
23 ( 13 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 5
24 ( 35 ) ONE U2 # 24
25 ( 21 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
26 ( 20 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet # 4
27 ( NEW ) WIERDO The Charlatans # 27
28 ( 18 ) LOVE IS STRANGE Everything But The Girl # 18
29 ( 17 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers # 7
30 ( NEW ) MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington # 30
31 ( 34 ) COLOURED KISSES Martika # 23
32 ( 32 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
33 ( 38 ) REALITY USED TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE PM Dawn # 33
34 ( 31 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
35 ( 40 ) IT’S A FINE DAY Opus III # 35
36 ( 30 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
37 ( NEW ) NOVEMBER RAIN Guns ‘n’ Roses # 37
38 ( 22 ) LOST IN YOUR LOVE Tony Hadley # 22
39 ( 23 ) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Cicero # 3
40 ( 26 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford # 5
41 ( 29 ) STEEL BARS Michael Bolton # 24
42 ( NEW ) SECOND GENERATION The Osmond Boys # 42
43 ( 36 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South # 4
44 ( 70 ) DON’T YOU KNOW The Troggs # 44
45 ( NEW ) COLOUR MY LIFE M People # 45
46 ( 46 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 35
47 ( 39 ) WELCOME TO THE CHEAPSEATS The Wonder Stuff featuring Kirsty MacColl # 11
48 ( 47 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen # 1
49 ( 73 ) HOLY DAYS Zoe # 49
50 ( 37 ) WHAT YOU DO TO ME Teenage Fanclub # 20
51 ( 48 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
52 ( NEW ) FAIT ACCOMPLI Curve # 52
53 ( 33 ) I WONDER WHY Curtis Stigers # 19
54 ( 58 ) DREAM COME TRUE Brand New Heavies # 54
55 ( 55 ) MAKE IT ON MY OWN Alison Limerick # 55
56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 43
57 ( NEW ) THE FLY The Joshua Trio # 57
58 ( 71 ) PEOPLE GET READY Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart # 58
59 ( 54 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson # 2
60 ( 75 ) VIOLET Seal # 60
61 ( 51 ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 51
62 ( NEW ) DO NOT PASS ME BY MC Hammer # 62
63 ( 50 ) I’M DOING FINE NOW The Pasadenas # 12
64 ( 59 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl # 1
65 ( 64 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
66 ( 42 ) FOR YOUR BABIES Simply Red # 24
67 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 62
68 ( NEW ) PLACES THAT BELONG TO YOU Barbra Streisand # 68
69 ( 44 ) VISION OF YOU Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart featuring Sinead O’Connor # 21
70 ( 41 ) OPTIMISTIC Sounds Of Blackness # 22
71 ( NEW ) (ALL I KNOW) FEELS LIKE FOREVER Joe Cocker # 71
72 ( 43 ) CHIC MYSTIQUE Chic # 36
73 ( 72 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass # 1
74 ( NEW ) TO BE WITH YOU Mr. Big # 74
75 ( NEW ) TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton # 75
playlisted tracks
1 JACKY Scott Walker
2 CECILIA Simon & Garfunkel
3 THEME FROM ‘THE PERSUADERS’ John Barry
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 4, 2024 18:39:48 GMT 1
23rd February 1974
It's a brand new entry on top of the pile as Hot Chocolate notch up a 5th number one in 4 of the last 5 calendar years -only missing out on 1972, though You'll Always Be A Friend came within a whisker of a 6th. As per the norm, with Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, they like to change direction musically, this time it's a stark dark ballad with haunting descending guitar segments. It's pretty hard to get darker than this, but it's fab anyway. Meanwhile Barry Blue makes it 2 top 10's in a row with his charming 50's teen pastiche, and The New Seekers grab a first top 20 track in just over a year with the great little song I Get A Little Sentimental - it's old-time singalong style, and as usual not the greatest of productions from their team, but the tune is fab for their final hit song in this line-up.
New at 47, one I liked at the time from Radio Luxembourg plays, but I never got to tape it or buy a copy - 50 years on it turns out to be a great little Phil Spector pastiche courtesy of Vi from TV regulars The Flirtations. So good to hear it again, it's fresh! At 52, The Bee Gees got solidly ignored again in 1974 as the music scene was in the dying throes of Glam and the break-through of Disco, and the Gibbs were still 60's balladeers, by and large. That'll change, but in the meantime Mr. Natural was a good single that deserved more than the couple of radio plays it got. I also never managed to tape that, so had to resort to buying the album of the same name in the 90's as it never appeared on any compilations.
Big in the USA but bizarrely not the UK, Dancing Machine is in at 60, another one I liked and didn't get to tape but got it on a vinyl album a few years later. Still sounds funky. I blame Radio One for not picking up on it enough. At 62, another one that got a few plays on Radio One as a huge US hit, but still flopped in the UK, Grand Funk's stomping upbeat rock version of Carole King's Loco-motion hit for Little Eva, a UK hit in 1962 and 1972 - possibly why this one didn't register, it had only just charted again. The song will back again in the 80's.
New at 65 and 70 it's a double for The Stylistics - the US has opted for the slow ballad You Make Me Feel Brand New, the UK decided on the more upbeat Only For The Children as the A side - cue a huge US hit and a flop UK hit for the B side track. I know it was the lead track in the UK cos I charted it in my charts of the time after it got airplay, so the Wikipedia discography is wrong in omitting it and I can't be arsed to correct it. They reissued it as the B side to the US A side a few months later, but I always preferred the UK track to the monster ballad.
At 69, fresh from huge US success, the BBC had chosen Olivia Newton-John to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest, and we were duly offered 6 new tracks on her TV show to vote for. As usual the British voting public went for the jolly oompah oompah pop track, Long Live Love, and felt so comfortable in that decision she was on Top Of The Pops the next week, plugging like mad, and our voting jury highly suspiciously not giving any points to the Ultimate Eurovision Song. Which is why the public is always right, even when they opt for tat. Juries can be rigged! Anyway, it was the 4th best song in the contest and came 4th, so justice was served and Olivia moved to America to record some decent ballads and become a film star for a while.
There's an episode of Top Of The Pops from 1974 that still exists because Bill Haley was on it singing Rock Around The Clock, a hit all over again in 1974. Even the old git who decided on saving any episodes at the BBC due to musical history recognised that one as a keeper. Not me, I had known it all my life and was never really a fan. A singalong once in a while was enough, I didn't need it on the radio a lot. That leaves some flop singles in the UK from Helen Reddy (her US hit Keep On Singing), Jimmy Ruffin (going Al Green-style with Tell Me What You Want - but he'll be back before year-end with huge oldies), Earth Wind & Fire (too funky for the UK just yet on Mighty Mighty), Ringo Starr (his 3rd single off the album, and Oh My My it was a bit too dreary to sell) and Jimmy helms on his 3rd single, the rather good There'll be Another Night. I'm basing this on a 50-year-old memory, as I charted it, I heard it, I know I Liked it, and the Record Mirror singles review was pretty positive. Sadly, it's not on any streaming site whatsoever so there's no way of ever hearing it again unless I buy a copy off Ebay if I can find one. Doh! Please post a youtube video someone. Jimmy? You must have one!
1 ( NEW ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1
2 ( 1 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1
3 ( 3 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1
4 ( 4 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 4
5 ( 2 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2
6 ( 5 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1
7 ( 17 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7
8 ( 7 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
9 ( 6 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6
10 ( 11 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1
11 ( 8 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3
12 ( 9 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1
13 ( 13 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
14 ( 14 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14
15 ( 12 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2
16 ( 28 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 16
17 ( 10 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1
18 ( 20 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
19 ( 15 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7
20 ( NEW ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 20
21 ( 18 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9
22 ( 26 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 22
23 ( 16 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16
24 ( 24 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8
25 ( 25 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25
26 ( 23 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
27 ( 30 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 27
28 ( 27 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
29 ( 19 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
30 ( 31 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24
31 ( 21 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21
32 ( 33 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
33 ( 36 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33
34 ( 35 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
35 ( 29 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13
36 ( 37 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 36
37 ( 44 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37
38 ( 32 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7
39 ( 45 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 39
40 ( 38 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
41 ( 57 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41
42 ( 48 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42
43 ( 22 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22
44 ( 34 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18
45 ( 40 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16
46 ( 43 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26
47 ( NEW ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 47
48 ( 54 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 48
49 ( 39 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3
50 ( 47 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
51 ( 50 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
52 ( NEW ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 52
53 ( 46 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35
54 ( 71 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 54
55 ( 53 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
56 ( 52 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7
57 ( 51 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
58 ( 65 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 58
59 ( 59 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
60 ( NEW ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 60
61 ( 60 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60
62 ( NEW ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 62
63 ( 69 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 63
64 ( 49 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16
65 ( NEW ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65
66 ( 42 ) TEENAGE DREAM - T. Rex # 25
67 ( 61 ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 61
68 ( 41 ) DOCTOR’S ORDERS - Sunny # 41
69 ( NEW ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 69
70 ( NEW ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 70
71 ( 55 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15
72 ( NEW ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 72
73 ( 56 ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 56
74 ( 74 ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74
75 ( 75 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John # 75
76 ( NEW ) KEEP ON SINGING - Helen Reddy # 76
77 ( NEW ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 77
78 ( NEW ) THERE’LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT - Jimmy Helms # 78
79 ( NEW ) MIGHTY MIGHTY - Earth Wind & Fire # 79
80 ( NEW ) OH MY MY - Ringo Starr # 80
and my actual charts of that week then
3rd week of all-change at the top, this time for Love Unlimited Orchestra. I still love it, reminds me of enforced Sunday family drives to Bristol Zoo and The American Museum near Bath, and listening to the chart rundown on the radio in the car on the way back. My beloved reel-to-reel tape recorder was in for repairs for most of Feb through April so I had to subsequently fill in gaps by buying as many singles as I could scrape pocket-money permitting (I babysat for other forces families for cash in those days when they fancied an evening out, and was popular as I was dependable, sensible and easily fobbed off with 50p rather than the more appropriate pound or two. That was the price of a new single, as it happens…)
Todd and Clifford make an early departure (enforced) while lots of chart activity a-goin’-on: Hudson Ford to 3, Ringo to 6, Charlie Rich at 8 and ELO 9 to make for a fresh Top 10. Roy Wood’s yonks-from-release Going Down The Road re-enters, while Brownsville Station re-enters due to UK chart success. New stuff, 60’s soul legends basically, Smokey Robinson's native american lament, The Temptations Eddie Kendricks (back in Chris Malinchak-sampled UK Top 40 this week), and The Four Tops, all flops in the UK where the much-slower singles chart was still stuffed with some of my earlier hits, or new entries like Alvin Stardust which had been in my charts for weeks, now at 2. Highest new entry, though, Robert Knight and his original of the British number from 1968 for Love Affair, following up B side chart hit Love On A Mountain Top. Nottingham TV-pushed band Paper Lace enter with future UK number one (and covered in the US too) bizarrely about dying in the American Civil War. We just don’t get songs about people and history anymore! That’s not a good thing, honest!
1 ( 6 ) LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
2 ( 3 ) JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
3 ( 12 ) BURN BABY BURN Hudson-Ford
4 ( 1 ) DARK LADY Cher
5 ( 2 ) TIGER FEET Mud
6 ( 18 ) YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
7 ( 5 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
8 ( 23 ) MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD Charlie Rich
9 ( 22 ) MA MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra
10 ( 16 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY Joni Mitchell
11 ( 8 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro
12 ( 9 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder
13 ( 7 ) TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T.Rex
14 ( RE ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD Roy Wood
15 ( 20 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD 10CC
16 ( 11 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE The Sweet
17 ( 19 ) SLIP AND SLIDE Medicine Head
18 ( 17 ) DO I LOVE YOU The Tremeloes
19 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
20 ( 21 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell
21 ( 14 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin
22 ( NEW ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson
23 ( NEW ) BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks
24 ( 25 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White
25 ( 27 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Lulu
26 ( 24 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust
27 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN'T GET THE FEELING The Four Tops
28 ( NEW ) BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace
29 ( 28 ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band
30 ( RE ) SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station
31 ( 4 ) HELLO IT'S ME Todd Rundgren
32 ( 31 ) JET Paul McCartney & Wings
33 ( 10 ) SCULLERY Clifford T. Ward
34 ( 15 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie
35 ( NEW ) REBEL REBEL David Bowie
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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 3, 2024 12:11:47 GMT 1
This has just been posted on YouTube, some classic late 73 performances from Earthband, David Essex, Bee Gees, Gilbert, ELO and hosted by Peter No-one who performs his current under rated single and classic 60s hits. Note his backing band is half The Rubettes, due soon in 1974, and LEO do Ma Ma Belle new entry this week... Midnight Special never aired in the UK so this is all never seen before footage... youtu.be/BkLT3Wx-sBo?si=10jl-70c0kyI_UvZ
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