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Post by popchartfreak on Jan 13, 2024 15:42:08 GMT 1
19th January 1992
It's a second number one in a row for Marc Almond, as Trevor Horn helps him to a gorgeous 4th chart-topper in total, including Soft Cell material. My Hand Over My Heart deserved to be bigger. Shakespear's Sister get a first number 2 as Stay outdoes the peak of 3 for You're History, and Cicero shoots into the top 10 and his love is everywhere, with a bit of Pet Shop Boys assist. @nd time round The Blessing get that top 10 slot for Highway 5, and Ce Ce Peniston rockets from 69 to 25 with her Love Thang.
Highest new entry is from The Wonder Stuff, this time with Kirsty MacColl on a 2nd chart feature, as they usher us in to the Cheap seats (my usual place) at 32, and The Stone Roses debut at 40 with Waterfalls, for a bit of an Indie new entry vibe. Talking of vibes, Paula Abdul's Vibeology is not as good as the non-single that went top 5 here, but it's in at 57 anyway. The Pasadenas cover 1973 Sound Of Philadelphia hit I'm Doin' Fine Now, as done originally by New York City, it's new at 43. There's a C+C Music Factory cover of U2, a dreary Curtis Stigers somehow making my charts, and a forgettable Karyn White. It's forgettable because I don't remember how it goes, as opposed to a quality comment.
1 ( 3 ) MY HAND OVER YOUR HEART Marc Almond
2 ( 7 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister
3 ( 1 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers
4 ( 5 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South
5 ( 6 ) (CAN YOU) FEEL THE PASSION Blue Pearl
6 ( 2 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force
7 ( 4 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen
8 ( 8 ) TOO BLIND TO SEE IT Kym Sims
9 ( 33 ) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Cicero
10 ( 22 ) HIGHWAY 5 ’92 The Blessing
11 ( 10 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis
12 ( 15 ) SAY IT ABC
13 ( 9 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
14 ( 11 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet
15 ( 14 ) STARS Simply Red
16 ( 25 ) GOD GAVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO YOU Kiss
17 ( 28 ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Kylie Minogue
18 ( 13 ) SOUND James
19 ( 36 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford
20 ( 12 ) WAS IT WORTH IT? Pet Shop Boys
21 ( 16 ) THE PRINCIPLES OF LUST Enigma
22 ( 38 ) CAN’T LET GO Mariah Carey
23 ( 20 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson
24 ( 19 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers
25 ( 69 ) WE GOT A LOVE THANG Ce Ce Peniston
26 ( 27 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
27 ( 21 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush
28 ( 49 ) FEEL SO HIGH Des’Ree
29 ( 32 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
30 ( 26 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant
31 ( 31 ) METAL GURU T.Rex
32 ( NEW ) WELCOME TO THE CHEAPSEATS The Wonder Stuff featuring Kirsty MacColl
33 ( 17 ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross
34 ( 18 ) IF YOU GO AWAY New Kids On The Block
35 ( 40 ) HALF THE WORLD Belinda Carlisle
36 ( 29 ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince
37 ( 24 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice
38 ( 35 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington
39 ( 60 ) PERFECT PLACE Voice Of The Beehive
40 ( NEW ) WATERFALLS The Stone Roses
41 ( 34 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen
42 ( 23 ) DRIVER’S SEAT Sniff ‘n’ The Tears
43 ( NEW ) I’M DOING FINE NOW The Pasadenas
44 ( 54 ) HIT The Sugercubes
45 ( 47 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
46 ( 42 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger
47 ( NEW ) THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT YOU Karyn White
48 ( 37 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle
49 ( 75 ) ROCK TILL YOU DROP Status Quo
50 ( NEW ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James
51 ( 30 ) ALL WOMAN Lisa Stansfield
52 ( 41 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2
53 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
54 ( 39 ) ADDAMS GROOVE MC Hammer
55 ( 44 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat
56 ( 45 ) 7 O’CLOCK NEWS/ HAZY SHADE OF WINTER Simon & Garfunkel
57 ( NEW ) VIBEOLOGY Paula Abdul
58 ( 63 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie
59 ( 59 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
60 ( 51 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown
61 ( 57 ) NO SON OF MINE Genesis
62 ( 43 ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa
63 ( NEW ) PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) Clivilles & Cole
64 ( 64 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
65 ( 65 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
66 ( 46 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Nat ‘King’ Cole
67 ( 58 ) GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited
68 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
69 ( 50 ) MAGIC’S BACK Malcolm McLaren & Alison Limerick
70 ( 56 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme
71 ( 55 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette
72 ( 48 ) INNOCENT EYES Roachford
73 ( 74 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
74 ( 52 ) WORK THAT MAGIC Donna Summer
75 ( NEW ) I WONDER WHY Curtis Stigers
Playlist oldies
1 DANCING QUEEN ABBA
2 LUCINDA Howard Werth
3 HOLE IN THE GROUND Bernard Cribbins
4 A HARD DAY’S NIGHT Peter Sellers
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Post by popchartfreak on Jan 13, 2024 15:35:08 GMT 1
5th January 1974
It's Cher grabbing her second solo Retro chart-topper as the dark Dark Lady enters at 1, the gypsy strains and the woman-scorned mystery murder ballad was never as big as Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves in the UK, but was a monster US hit, much to my pleasure. The post-christmas lull makes the charts a little light on new stuff, but The Chi-Lites' drop Homely Girl in the States, but it was to be a much bigger hit in the UK, as were the Chi-Lites from hereon. New in at 14 and still better than the UB40 reggae cover.
10cc make it 6 top 20's, Johnny Nash gets his first one in 18 months, and Candlewick Green cover the Jigsaw album track, and future fab Saint Etienne hit in the 90's, Who Do You Think You Are. It's still pretty good and new at 36. John Holt has his new reggae album of covers of recent songs (for the most part) out, 1000 Volts Of Holt, which would get more chart notice late in 1974 when Help Me Make It Through The Night becomes a hit - so I'm charting it early as I dont want to wait and there's not much new in the way of singles out this week.
That leaves The Allman Brothers Band replacing Gregg Allman in the chart, and Jessica debuts at 73. It's a well-known instrumental theme tune these days but passed everybody by in the UK at the time, despite being a US hit. Appropriately Cher would marry Gregg Allman in 1975, what with both of them entering together at either end of the rundown.
1 ( NEW ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1
2 ( 1 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
3 ( 4 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
4 ( 2 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
5 ( 5 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
6 ( 6 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
7 ( 8 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7
8 ( 7 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
9 ( 10 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
10 ( 9 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
11 ( 3 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3
12 ( 11 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7
13 ( 12 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12
14 ( NEW ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 14
15 ( 27 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15
16 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
17 ( 18 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 17
18 ( 14 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
19 ( 17 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16
20 ( 34 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20
21 ( 16 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 14
22 ( 19 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
23 ( 28 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 23
24 ( 21 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3
25 ( 24 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
26 ( 20 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10
27 ( 32 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 27
28 ( 25 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9
29 ( 30 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 29
30 ( 15 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 15
31 ( 36 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 31
32 ( 26 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
33 ( 22 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4
34 ( 33 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
35 ( 29 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7
36 ( NEW ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 36
37 ( 49 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 37
38 ( 31 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
39 ( 23 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3
40 ( 47 ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 40
41 ( 52 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 41
42 ( 37 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
43 ( 42 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
44 ( 43 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
45 ( NEW ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Holt # 45
46 ( 35 ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 35
47 ( 58 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 47
48 ( 39 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19
49 ( 62 ) SATISFACTION - Bubblerock aka Jonathan King # 49
50 ( 44 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
51 ( 48 ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 48
52 ( 50 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
53 ( 51 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
54 ( 55 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
55 ( 45 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
56 ( 38 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 18
57 ( 57 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 57
58 ( 46 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 37
59 ( 66 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA) - Bay City Rollers # 59
60 ( 60 ) SPEED KILLS - 10cc # 1
61 ( 59 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
62 ( 63 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
63 ( 61 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
64 ( 53 ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 18
65 ( 40 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 30
66 ( 67 ) YESTERDAY MAN - The Hotshots # 66
67 ( 65 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
68 ( 68 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19
69 ( 71 ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 69
70 ( 72 ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 70
71 ( 64 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 40
72 ( 54 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17
73 ( NEW ) JESSICA - The Allman Brothers Band # 73
74 ( 74 ) DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER) - The Rolling Stones # 74
75 ( 41 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 29
5th January 1974 Wot I Liked That Actual Week Then
It's a third week on top for Roy Wood as I turn sweet 16, and I definitely got record tokens for Xmas and birthday as I will be spending them next week. 50 years later I got itunes vouchers as a generous retirement gift from workmates, considerably more than the 50p or so I got then. Back to school, back to working towards GCE and CSE exams. And I was back onto full-time personal charting again for the next 50 years too, only expanded to allow non-charting tracks, albums and oldies that had been reissued.
Getting instant Radio 1 airplay were the new Chinn-Chapman Glam Rock stompers from The Sweet and Mud, both of them coming off number ones for me, and The Sweet seemed like the most immediate classic, Teenage Rampage new at 3, with Mud's Tiger Feet in at 9 and also boosting Dynamite ahead of it dropping out of my chart. Stevie Wonder gets his highest charting single at 2 in 5 years of big hits, Living For The City, and Jonathan King keeps the top 10's going as Bubblerock.
In the post-christmas static charts and lack of new releases, the rest of the chart jostles about a bit with the Xmas singles dropping hard.
1 ( 1 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood
2 ( 5 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder
3 ( NEW ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet
4 ( 22 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
5 ( 6 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople
6 ( 7 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music
7 ( 3 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell
8 ( 13 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
9 ( NEW ) TIGER FEET - Mud
10 ( 23 ) (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION - Bubble Rock
11 ( 16 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
12 ( 9 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA LA) - The Bay City Rollers
13 ( 17 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
14 ( 4 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer
15 ( 2 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard
16 ( 14 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie
17 ( 11 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight
18 ( 19 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex
19 ( 15 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces
20 ( 10 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - Slade
21 ( 26 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie
22 ( 24 ) THE LOVE I LOST - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
23 ( 8 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John
24 ( 12 ) LITTLE SAINT NICK - The Beach Boys
25 ( 29 ) ROCKIN' ROLL BABY - The Stylistics
26 ( 28 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring
27 ( RE ) SORROW - David Bowie
28 ( 25 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex
29 ( 21 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter
30 ( 18 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee
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Post by popchartfreak on Jan 9, 2024 15:11:10 GMT 1
12th January 1992
It's 2 weeks on top for the 1966 classic from the Walker Brothers as Marc Almond makes it two top 3's in a row with My hand Over Your Heart at 3, and the highest new entry at 7 from Shakespear's Sister, their 2nd top 10 since You're History went top 3 in 1989, though Siobhan has loads of others as a Nana. Stay is an epic ballad, and an instant "woah" moment on first hearing. Blue Pearl grab a second top 10, ABC rocket into the 20 for the first time in 5 years, Say It! Enigma make it 3 in 12 months, and New Kids On The Block get a 4th, and highest peaking after Hangin Tough, Right Stuff and Tonight all peaked at 20.
The Blessing remix their 1991 flop and return again with Highway 5 at 22, Kylie covers classic 1970 Chairmen Of The Board's Give Me Just A Little More Time at 28, and Kiss smack into the 30 with their Argent cover. New at 33, Cicero debuts with Love Is Everywhere, sounding a little like a cheesy Eurodisco version of Pet Shop Boys. Most likely due to Pet Shop Boys co-producing, Neil helping on backing vocals, and Cicero being signed to their Spaghetti record label.
At 54, Bjork debuts with Hit. OK, it's The Sugarcubes, but she's very much there. Voice Of The Beehive are new at 60, with the minor hits still coming, Perfect Place, and Buffy Sainte-Marie returns for the first time in 20 years to my charts, with the fabulous Big Ones Get Away, political and relevant as ever in 2022 as it was 1992. Still charting in my charts in the 21st century with a song she recorded aged 75, and still fab and still fighting for First Nation rights in Canada and elsewhere aged 80-odd.
Ce Ce Peniston is back with another jaunty House dance number, We Got A Love Thang, Crystal Waters is already in Megamix territory, not usually a good sign for a long-term career, and Quo enter with Rock Till You Drop. And that has proved to be an actual mission statement for the much-missed Rick Parfitt and still-touring/recording Francis Rossi. My playlist oldies that week featuring 50's ballad doo-wop stylee hits. It can't be nostalgia, as I wasn't born, so it's just cos I like them and was in a 50's groove.
1 ( 1 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers
2 ( 3 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force
3 ( 14 ) MY HAND OVER YOUR HEART Marc Almond
4 ( 2 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen
5 ( 10 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South
6 ( 11 ) (CAN YOU) FEEL THE PASSION Blue Pearl
7 ( NEW ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister
8 ( 6 ) TOO BLIND TO SEE IT Kym Sims
9 ( 4 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
10 ( 7 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis
11 ( 8 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet
12 ( 5 ) WAS IT WORTH IT? Pet Shop Boys
13 ( 16 ) SOUND James
14 ( 25 ) STARS Simply Red
15 ( 50 ) SAY IT ABC
16 ( 48 ) THE PRINCIPLES OF LUST Enigma
17 ( 19 ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross
18 ( 28 ) IF YOU GO AWAY New Kids On The Block
19 ( 12 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers
20 ( 18 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson
21 ( 15 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush
22 ( NEW ) HIGHWAY 5 ’92 The Blessing
23 ( 9 ) DRIVER’S SEAT Sniff ‘n’ The Tears
24 ( 13 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice
25 ( 63 ) GOD GAVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO YOU Kiss
26 ( 17 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant
27 ( 26 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
28 ( NEW ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Kylie Minogue
29 ( 23 ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince
30 ( 20 ) ALL WOMAN Lisa Stansfield
31 ( 38 ) METAL GURU T.Rex
32 ( 37 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
33 ( NEW ) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Cicero
34 ( 24 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen
35 ( 40 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington
36 ( 70 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford
37 ( 30 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle
38 ( 72 ) CAN’T LET GO Mariah Carey
39 ( 46 ) ADDAMS GROOVE MC Hammer
40 ( 45 ) HALF THE WORLD Belinda Carlisle
41 ( 35 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2
42 ( 41 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger
43 ( 22 ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa
44 ( 21 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat
45 ( 31 ) 7 O’CLOCK NEWS/ HAZY SHADE OF WINTER Simon & Garfunkel
46 ( 27 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Nat ‘King’ Cole
47 ( 47 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
48 ( 39 ) INNOCENT EYES Roachford
49 ( 60 ) FEEL SO HIGH Des’Ree
50 ( 29 ) MAGIC’S BACK Malcolm McLaren & Alison Limerick
51 ( 61 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown
52 ( 44 ) WORK THAT MAGIC Donna Summer
53 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
54 ( NEW ) HIT The Sugercubes
55 ( 43 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette
56 ( 51 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme
57 ( 49 ) NO SON OF MINE Genesis
58 ( 42 ) GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited
59 ( 56 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
60 ( NEW ) PERFECT PLACE Voice Of The Beehive
61 ( 32 ) OPEN YOUR EYES Black Box
62 ( 34 ) AM I RIGHT? Erasure
63 ( NEW ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie
64 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
65 ( 64 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
66 ( 33 ) WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER Cliff Richard
67 ( 36 ) LOVE SEE NO COLOUR The Farm
68 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
69 ( NEW ) WE GOT A LOVE THANG Ce Ce Peniston
70 ( 55 ) MARTIKA’S iamspamspamamiMartika
71 ( 57 ) COLOUR OF LOVE Snap!
72 ( NEW ) MEGAMIX Crystal Waters
73 ( 73 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield
74 ( 69 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
75 ( NEW ) ROCK TILL YOU DROP Status Quo
playlist oldies
1 GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART GOODNIGHT The Spaniels
2 SINCE I DON’T HAVE YOU The Skyliners
3 WALK AWAY RENEE The Four Tops
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Post by popchartfreak on Jan 9, 2024 15:04:31 GMT 1
29th December 1973
It's the final retro chart of 1973 and the remaining title track, and future single in the summer of '74, Band On The Run gives Macca a second chart-topper of the year, and 4th post-Beatles, entering on top ahead of the New Year rush of classics. The number of Macca tracks on the chart remains the same though, as one drops out. Albert Hammond gets his biggest track since It Never Rains In Southern California, and 10cc drop their first taster from the next album, the very quirky Worst Band In The World. It wasn't surprising it flopped in the charts (and they really should have gone with Speed Kills) but it's engagingly in at 27.
Jonathan King brings satisfaction back briefly after it charted as an album track in 1972, while the actual Stones chart with their album track Doo Doo Doo Doo, which probably should have been a single in the UK. The Bay City Rollers enter with Remember (Sha La la) as they are about to part ways with the current vocalist for the previous 5 chart entries and enlist a young Les McKewan, re-record the vocals and hit the stratosphere with less good records where there were 3 pretty fine singles, 2 of which flopped.
1 ( NEW ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
2 ( 1 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
3 ( 4 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3
4 ( 3 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
5 ( 6 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
6 ( 5 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
7 ( 2 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
8 ( 8 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 8
9 ( 7 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
10 ( 10 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
11 ( 9 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7
12 ( 23 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12
13 ( 12 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
14 ( 26 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
15 ( 15 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 15
16 ( 14 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 14
17 ( 16 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16
18 ( 19 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 18
19 ( 18 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
20 ( 13 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10
21 ( 20 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3
22 ( 11 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4
23 ( 17 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3
24 ( 24 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
25 ( 22 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9
26 ( 25 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
27 ( NEW ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 27
28 ( 36 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 28
29 ( 21 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7
30 ( 51 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 30
31 ( 31 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
32 ( 40 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 32
33 ( 33 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
34 ( 49 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 34
35 ( 38 ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 35
36 ( 46 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 36
37 ( 27 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
38 ( 35 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 18
39 ( 34 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19
40 ( 30 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 30
41 ( 29 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 29
42 ( 42 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
43 ( 43 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
44 ( 39 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
45 ( 32 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
46 ( 37 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 37
47 ( 47 ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 47
48 ( 48 ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 48
49 ( 52 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 49
50 ( 45 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
51 ( 53 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
52 ( 56 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 52
53 ( 41 ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 18
54 ( 28 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17
55 ( 44 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
56 ( 55 ) MIDNIGHT RIDER - Gregg Allman # 55
57 ( 58 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 57
58 ( 67 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 58
59 ( 54 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
60 ( 59 ) SPEED KILLS - 10cc # 1
61 ( 57 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
62 ( NEW ) SATISFACTION - Bubblerock aka Jonathan King # 62
63 ( 61 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
64 ( 60 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 40
65 ( 62 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
66 ( NEW ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA) - Bay City Rollers # 66
67 ( 74 ) YESTERDAY MAN - The Hotshots # 67
68 ( 63 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19
69 ( 50 ) W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin # 50
70 ( 64 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
71 ( 70 ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 70
72 ( 75 ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 72
73 ( 71 ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE - Billy Paul # 71
74 ( NEW ) DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER) - The Rolling Stones # 74
75 ( NEW ) GOD BLESS - Dexter Redding # 75
My charts of the time 29th December 1973
It's 2 weeks on top for Roy Wood in my last chart of 1973 as Cozy Powell climbs to 3, Leo Sayer to 4, and Stevie Wonder gets a 4th top 10 of the year as Living For The City makes it 5 years of top 10's for the great Stevie. Elton grabs a late top 10 for his 4th of the year with his classic Xmas song, and the Bay City Rollers get a first top 10 since Keep On Dancing 2 years earlier.
Four new entries on this post-christmas chart - on Christmas Day we watched Top Of The Pops at a friend's house who had us over for dinner, happily this edition still exists and is still fabulous! What else was on telly? Help It's The Hair Bear Bunch was on repeat, a Hannah Barbera fave of the time, which ties in with the Dexter Redding record, God Bless, a kiddie list of TV animated faves from young Dexter Redding, son of the late Otis. I liked all the memories mentioned.
Other new entries, Jonathan King is back with another pseudonym, Bubblerock, and his folk-pastiche version of the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction, as it gets a single release from his 1972 album. The Stylistics make it a 5th top 30 as Rockin' Roll Baby brings a change of pace, upbeat rather than sweet soul ballads, and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes are back with the great The Love I Lost, a future 90's remade dance monster for Sybil.
So, on BBC TV over the Xmas period, Laurel & Hardy were on morning TV, A Chump At Oxford from the days when ancient black & white comedy was still popular. I say ancient - 40 years seemed ancient to me then, but the equivalent would be a Young Ones repeat now. Champion The Wonder Horse was still getting shown, a 50's US TV romp, and fabulous Marx Brothers had A Night In Casablanca from 1946 on. Big shows were christmas specials from Morecambe & Wise and The Generation Game and The Beatles' were on Boxing Day with A Hard Day's Night. The Goodies & The Beanstalk was a fun romp, The Sonny & Cher Show was being shown from the USA not long ahead of their divorce, and the fab Alias Smith & Jones cowboy series was still on.
On ITV, the pretty naff Carry On Christmas TV special showed the movie series was about to reach the end of the road, Tommy Cooper, the odd film...and not much else worth watching!
1 ( 1 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood
2 ( 2 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard
3 ( 5 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell
4 ( 10 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer
5 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder
6 ( 7 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople
7 ( 6 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music
8 ( 11 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John
9 ( 29 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA LA) - The Bay City Rollers
10 ( 4 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - Slade
11 ( 3 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight
12 ( 14 ) LITTLE SAINT NICK - The Beach Boys
13 ( 8 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
14 ( 9 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie
15 ( 18 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces
16 ( 19 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
17 ( 16 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
18 ( 12 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee
19 ( 15 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex
20 ( 21 ) VADO VIA - Drupi
21 ( 23 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter
22 ( 22 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
23 ( NEW ) (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION - Bubble Rock
24 ( 26 ) THE LOVE I LOST - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
25 ( 25 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex
26 ( NEW ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie
27 ( 20 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers
28 ( 17 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring
29 ( NEW ) ROCKIN' ROLL BABY - The Stylistics
30 ( NEW ) GOD BLESS - Dexter Redding
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Post by popchartfreak on Jan 1, 2024 20:50:51 GMT 1
As usual my weekending chart is really the one after the w/b chart sunday rundown so apologies for the new year vibes to this - but you can see the re-entry of The Fly corresponds to the UK singles chart, even if my new entries are post-xmas not-yet-charted radio played tracks.
5th january 1992
It's a new year, and a review of the year I've never revisited in any shape or form, including never playing all those tapes and VHS videos I recorded, so there'll be a lot of "no don't remember that one" and many of them I wont have heard for 30 years. So we start of 1992 with a classic 60's song entering at 1 - no apologies, The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore is the greatest version of a Four Seasons song, bar none, and The Walker Brothers widescreen, emotional production has the epic Scott Walker's vocals at the centre. I have always loved this song, but from the 90's on it developed into adoration as I became convinced it was, and is, one of the greatest records of all-time, and a song I turn to when I need to get some stress emotion out of my system. I cry buckets if I singalong to it.
Back in the '92 scene Wet Wet Wet make my top 10 with a bound, Goodnight Girl becoming only the 3rd single to do that since their debut great Wishing I Was Lucky, though I would say it hasn't aged as well as I thought it might. New at 10, The Beautiful South get a 2nd top 10 with Ol' Red Eyes Is Back, not one of their biggest hits in the UK charts, but it follows A Little Time into my top 10. At 14, Marc Almond follows-up Scott Walker's Jacky with the wonderful My Hand Over My Heart, which was criminally just a minor hit, when the record is heartbreaking and touching in the tradition of Scott Walker. Bit of a theme going on! Marc's 11th year of charting, since Tainted Love topped my charts.
Donna Summer returns with another Magic song I don't recall, so that's malcolm McLaren and Work That Magic. I must play them! Enigma have a 3rd entry with Principles Of Lust, ABC Say It for a decade of charting, Snap! have Colour Of Love, Danii Minogue is back with a track I recall hazily, Mariah Carey Can't Let Go, and I haven't heard that in decades, Bonnie Tyler recharts her 1985 smash Holding Out For A Hero, Shaft revamps the kids TV show theme to Roobarb & Custard for a dance entry, and Michael Jackson gets an early debut for album track Heal The World, by virtue of being listed on my playlist for that week - album tracks were still banned by my chart rules, but it would have been top 10 easily if I was.
1 ( NEW ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers
2 ( 1 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen
3 ( 2 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force
4 ( 3 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
5 ( 5 ) WAS IT WORTH IT? Pet Shop Boys
6 ( 6 ) TOO BLIND TO SEE IT Kym Sims
7 ( 4 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis
8 ( 32 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet
9 ( 11 ) DRIVER’S SEAT Sniff ‘n’ The Tears
10 ( NEW ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South
11 ( 63 ) (CAN YOU) FEEL THE PASSION Blue Pearl
12 ( 17 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers
13 ( 7 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice
14 ( NEW ) MY HAND OVER YOUR HEART Marc Almond
15 ( 9 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush
16 ( 8 ) SOUND James
17 ( 16 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant
18 ( 14 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson
19 ( 26 ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross
20 ( 24 ) ALL WOMAN Lisa Stansfield
21 ( 10 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat
22 ( 12 ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa
23 ( 18 ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince
24 ( 13 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen
25 ( 25 ) STARS Simply Red
26 ( 22 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
27 ( 15 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Nat ‘King’ Cole
28 ( 40 ) IF YOU GO AWAY New Kids On The Block
29 ( 30 ) MAGIC’S BACK Malcolm McLaren & Alison Limerick
30 ( 21 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle
31 ( 20 ) 7 O’CLOCK NEWS/ HAZY SHADE OF WINTER Simon & Garfunkel
32 ( 48 ) OPEN YOUR EYES Black Box
33 ( 19 ) WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER Cliff Richard
34 ( 23 ) AM I RIGHT? Erasure
35 ( 35 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2
36 ( 55 ) LOVE SEE NO COLOUR The Farm
37 ( 37 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
38 ( 36 ) METAL GURU T.Rex
39 ( 52 ) INNOCENT EYES Roachford
40 ( 33 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington
41 ( 41 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger
42 ( 61 ) GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited
43 ( 28 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette
44 ( NEW ) WORK THAT MAGIC Donna Summer
45 ( 60 ) HALF THE WORLD Belinda Carlisle
46 ( 57 ) ADDAMS GROOVE MC Hammer
47 ( 45 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
48 ( NEW ) PRINCIPLES OF LUST Enigma
49 ( RE ) NO SON OF MINE Genesis
50 ( NEW ) SAY IT ABC
51 ( 38 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme
52 ( 34 ) THE BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX UK Mixmasters
53 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
54 ( 43 ) DRIVEN BY YOU Brian May
55 ( 31 ) MARTIKA’S iamspamspamamiMartika
56 ( 51 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
57 ( NEW ) COLOUR OF LOVE Snap!
58 ( 27 ) LIVE AND LET DIE Guns ‘n’ Roses
59 ( 29 ) HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING Enya
60 ( 75 ) FEEL SO HIGH Des’Ree
61 ( 44 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown
62 ( 62 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME George Michael & Elton John
63 ( RE ) GOD GAVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO YOU Kiss
64 ( 59 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
65 ( 64 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
66 ( NEW ) I DON’T WANNA TAKE THIS PAIN ANYMORE Danii Minogue
67 ( RE ) THE FLY U2
68 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
69 ( 58 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
70 ( 74 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford
71 ( 39 ) I’LL BE HOME THIS CHRISTMAS Shakin’ Stevens
72 ( NEW ) CAN’T LET GO Mariah Carey
73 ( 49 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield
74 ( NEW ) HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO Bonnie Tyler
75 ( NEW ) ROOBARB AND CUSTARD Shaft
76 ( NEW ) HEAL THE WORLD Michael Jackson
Non-chart Playlist of the week
1 “Essential” Jean-Michel Jarre
2 HEAL THE WORLD Michael Jackson
3 CITY LIGHTS David Essex
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Post by popchartfreak on Jan 1, 2024 20:39:26 GMT 1
22nd December 1973
So the Xmas revamped chart has the wintry Love Unlimited on top a year early for the UK charts, their second number one in 2 years, and Barry White's fourth in total as he knocks his own Love's Theme off the top spot. ELO leapfrog Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne would be happy about that at the time given Daybreaker stiffed when it came out as a single in 1974 - it is a cracker though. ELO's 3rd top 10.
With hardly any new records out, and a Post Office bit of bother the UK charts and music mags didn't have much new to report on, so that leaves Eddie Kendricks out in the US with Boogie Down new at 51, his 3rd solo entry and joining Kool & The Gang with Boogie-titles. Marc Bolan, who joined Eddie on Truckin' song titles, would also join in the boogie fever in 1976 as he bopped I Love To Boogie. The Hotshots do a reggaefied version of Chris Andrews' Yesterday's Man, his fab 60's biggie, and it's not bad, so gives them a second retro chart entry after the Snoopy 60's cover.
1 ( 2 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1
2 ( 1 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
3 ( 3 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
4 ( 4 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 4
5 ( 5 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
6 ( 6 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
7 ( 8 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7
8 ( 34 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 8
9 ( 7 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7
10 ( 9 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
11 ( 12 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4
12 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
13 ( 10 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10
14 ( 19 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 14
15 ( 16 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 15
16 ( 17 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16
17 ( 11 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3
18 ( 14 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
19 ( 20 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 19
20 ( 15 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3
21 ( 22 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7
22 ( 21 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9
23 ( 26 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 23
24 ( 24 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
25 ( 23 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
26 ( 33 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 26
27 ( 28 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
28 ( 27 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17
29 ( 44 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 29
30 ( 43 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 30
31 ( 30 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
32 ( 32 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
33 ( 36 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
34 ( 25 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19
35 ( 18 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 18
36 ( 38 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 36
37 ( 39 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 37
38 ( 55 ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 38
39 ( 31 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
40 ( 35 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 35
41 ( 29 ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 18
42 ( 42 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
43 ( 37 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
44 ( 41 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
45 ( 45 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
46 ( 48 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 46
47 ( 57 ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 47
48 ( 62 ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 48
49 ( 69 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 49
50 ( 50 ) W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin # 50
51 ( NEW ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 51
52 ( 65 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 52
53 ( 49 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
54 ( 54 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
55 ( 67 ) MIDNIGHT RIDER - Gregg Allman # 55
56 ( 66 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 56
57 ( 58 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
58 ( 59 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 58
59 ( 56 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
60 ( 40 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 40
61 ( 51 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
62 ( 52 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
63 ( 53 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19
64 ( 63 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
65 ( 46 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
66 ( 47 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 20
67 ( 71 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 67
68 ( 60 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 29
69 ( 70 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8
70 ( 73 ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 70
71 ( 74 ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE - Billy Paul # 71
72 ( 61 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 30
73 ( 72 ) NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 68
74 ( NEW ) YESTERDAY MAN - The Hotshots # 74
75 ( 75 ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 75
22nd December 1973 my chart of the time
It's my Christmas chart of 50 years ago, and with School out Roy Wood knocks his own Xmas classic off the top spot as Forever becomes his first solo number one, making a total of 6 in various guises in almost 5 years. Cozy Powell gets his banging instrumental rock tune top 5, Geordie get a second top 10 and Leo sayer his first. The Beach Boys go top 20 with the Xmas classic that has only just at long last made the UK top 50. About time!
Meanwhile, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes get a second chart hit with the fab The Love I Lost all Philly at 26. Bay City Rollers get a second chart hit of the year, as they release the catchy sha la la Remember song that would break them properly - once they dropped the lead vocalist who'd been there 2 years and opt for a teenybop-appealing Les McKewan. They re-did this version i order to get a hit, and soon as it became a hit I went off the Rollers. I had no idea at the time about the lead singer swap, but it explains why they never quite sounded right again for me.
That leaves Marmalade going off on an ill-advised rockier sound on Our House Is Rocking new at 30. Mostly here for old-times sakes, I think, as they never got over Junior Campbell leaving, really. Though they had a personnel revamp and hit again in 1976 it was never really the same. Next week's chart will feature some of the TV gems over Xmas and New Year, if I remember to google. Bearing in mind we only had 3 channels, and I only actually remember Christmas Top Of The Pops - which happily still exists, unlike most of the 1973 episodes.
1 ( 2 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood
2 ( 1 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard
3 ( 4 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight
4 ( 3 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - Slade
5 ( 11 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell
6 ( 6 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music
7 ( 7 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople
8 ( 5 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
9 ( 12 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie
10 ( 16 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer
11 ( 13 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John
12 ( 8 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee
13 ( 24 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder
14 ( 28 ) LITTLE SAINT NICK - The Beach Boys
15 ( 10 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex
16 ( 14 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
17 ( 23 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring
18 ( 22 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces
19 ( 20 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
20 ( 9 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers
21 ( 21 ) VADO VIA - Drupi
22 ( 17 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
23 ( 18 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter
24 ( 26 ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE - Billy Paul
25 ( 19 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex
26 ( NEW ) THE LOVE I LOST - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
27 ( 29 ) SOLITAIRE - Andy Williams
28 ( RE ) PAPER ROSES - Marie Osmond
29 ( NEW ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA LA) - The Bay City Rollers
30 ( NEW ) OUR HOUSE IS ROCKING - Marmalade
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 31, 2023 13:04:33 GMT 1
Fab rundown so far. Happy to see me going early on lots of big hits didnt make a difference for Bowie - Life On Mars still won and Love Train only dropped 2 spots I suspect instead of runner up.
Thanks for all the hard work this year! Excellent stuff 🤓👍
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 28, 2023 20:28:30 GMT 1
Bamboo - Bamboogie 8 Backstreet Boys - All I Have To Give 4 Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake 7 Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up / Fire It Up 3 Madonna - Ray Of Light 10 Mousse T vs Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny 6 Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine 9 Fat Les - Vindaloo 5 Pras Michel featuring ODB introducing Mya - Ghetto Superstar That Is What You Are 6 Will Smith - Just The Two Of Us 8 Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page - Come With Me 3 Sash featuring Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times 7 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 10 Steps - One For Sorrow 7 Five - Everybody Get Up 6 T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach 6 Beautiful South - Perfect 10 - 5 Brandy featuring Mase - Top Of The World 6 911 - More Than A Woman 5 George Michael - Outside 9 E-17 - Each Time 6 Five - Until The Time Is Through 4 Boyzone - I Love The Way You Love Me 4 Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) 5
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 28, 2023 20:21:39 GMT 1
Blondie - Rapture 10 Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck 8 Headgirl - Please Don't Touch 6 Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go 9 Champaign - How 'Bout Us 7 Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad - Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) 1 Duran Duran - Girls On Film 7 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc 10
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 27, 2023 15:25:05 GMT 1
sorry hope this is in, in time, will add my actual chart of this week 1973 later...
15th December 1973
It's a double Retro Barry White top 2 as the lush disco instrumental Love's Theme gives Barry a 3rd number one, following on from Love Unlimited's Walking In The Rain With The One I Love in 1972, his own I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby earlier in 1973, and now this one with his missus at 2 with Love Unlimited's winter delight. Peter Noone gets a first top 10 since Herman's Hermits had 2 in 1969.
Highest new entry is the future ELO single (flop) in summer 1974 taken from current album On The Third Day: Daybreaker is an instrumental, and new at 34 for a 4th chart entry in total. Ruby Winters drops the soul ballad I Will in the USA, 4 years ahead of a UK big hit with it - I didn't actually realise it was 4 years old at the time I first charted it - and new in here at 57. Art Garfunkel gets his 2nd solo entry with the delightful jolly I Shall Sing out in the USA, a few months earlier than it was getting UK airplay (but no hit), and in at 62.
Johnny Nash pops in yet again with another single I had forgotten about, but know, Loving You at 69 extending his run to well over 5 years. Alice Cooper has his last UK hit for around 15 years, and his 5th here with Teenage Lament '74 in at 71, while Diana Ross moves further into morose ballads with All Of My Life at 73. Billy Paul is on his 3rd of 1972/3 with Thanks For saving My Life at 74, and Blue Magic sneak in at 75 with one I didn't know before this week - Stop To Start. They will be back later on with more famous songs.
1 ( 4 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1
2 ( 8 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 2
3 ( 1 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
4 ( 5 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 4
5 ( 2 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
6 ( 3 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
7 ( 7 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7
8 ( 9 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 8
9 ( 10 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
10 ( 17 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10
11 ( 12 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3
12 ( 6 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4
13 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
14 ( 11 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
15 ( 15 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3
16 ( 28 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 16
17 ( 19 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 17
18 ( 20 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 18
19 ( 35 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 19
20 ( 29 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 20
21 ( 14 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9
22 ( 16 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7
23 ( 23 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
24 ( 30 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
25 ( 22 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19
26 ( 37 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 26
27 ( 21 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17
28 ( 27 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
29 ( 18 ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 18
30 ( 25 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
31 ( 24 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
32 ( 26 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
33 ( 43 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 33
34 ( NEW ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 34
35 ( 40 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 35
36 ( 31 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
37 ( 34 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
38 ( 50 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 38
39 ( 39 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 39
40 ( 52 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 40
41 ( 38 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
42 ( 42 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
43 ( 54 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 43
44 ( 53 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 44
45 ( 45 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
46 ( 32 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
47 ( 33 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 20
48 ( 61 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 48
49 ( 49 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
50 ( 66 ) W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin # 50
51 ( 41 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
52 ( 46 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
53 ( 47 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19
54 ( 58 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
55 ( 75 ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 55
56 ( 56 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
57 ( NEW ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 57
58 ( 51 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
59 ( 62 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 59
60 ( 44 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 29
61 ( 55 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 30
62 ( NEW ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 62
63 ( 63 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
64 ( 36 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 23
65 ( 67 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 65
66 ( 70 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 66
67 ( 73 ) MIDNIGHT RIDER - Gregg Allman # 67
68 ( 48 ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 48
69 ( NEW ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 69
70 ( 57 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8
71 ( NEW ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 71
72 ( 68 ) NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 68
73 ( NEW ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 73
74 ( NEW ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE - Billy Paul # 74
75 ( NEW ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 75
15th December 1973 My actual charts that week then
It's 2 weeks on top for Wizzard as Roy Wood holds Roy Wood off the top spot as Xmas trumps Forever. Or forever as the Xmas song goes on and on half a century later, ditto Slade at 3 and Elton at 13. Elton's mate Kiki is up to 8 with Amoureuse and The New Seekers get back in the top 10 for the first time since Circles, with You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me. Geordie are highest new entry at 12, with the very halloween Black Cat Woman, probably their best record and a shock flop which has plunged it into obscurity since. It needs to be revived as a Halloween regular.
Leo Sayer debuts with The Show Must Go On at 16, all dressed up as a Harlequin on Top Of The Pops, but already a good songwriter donating Giving It All Away to Roger Daltrey. Stevie Wonder's great social commentary song Living For The City is new at 24, Billy Paul is back for a follow-up at 26, Thanks For Saving My Life, and Andy Williams gets his first UK hit in 3 years as he covers Neil Sedaka's album track Solitaire at 29. That leaves The Beach Boys christmas classic Little Saint Nick to debut at 28 around 10 years late - it was getting a lot of plays on Radio 1 a christmas oldie that christmas. But it was new to me.
My first term at Chosen Hill Comprehensive was about to draw to a close, and we were getting ready for Christmas, buying stuff, wrapping, getting ready for the new big film debuts on TV, Morecambe & Wise's Xmas Special, and trying to make the best of power cuts, reduced TV hours, and I was buying DC Comics galore to help keep me happy as my reel to reel tape recorder was starting to develop a fault - the recordings were getting very muffled and low. I didn't realise it was due to the head getting clogged and could have sorted it myself, but it ended up getting sent away for repairs for 2 or 3 months in early 1974 which was a disaster for me - so many songs I didn't get to record!
1 ( 1 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard
2 ( 2 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood
3 ( 13 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - Slade
4 ( 8 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight
5 ( 4 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
6 ( 3 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music
7 ( 5 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople
8 ( 15 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee
9 ( 12 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers
10 ( 6 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex
11 ( 17 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell
12 ( NEW ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie
13 ( 18 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John
14 ( 9 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
15 ( 7 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks
16 ( NEW ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer
17 ( 14 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
18 ( 16 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter
19 ( 19 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex
20 ( 20 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
21 ( 24 ) VADO VIA - Drupi
22 ( 29 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces
23 ( 26 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring
24 ( NEW ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder
25 ( 10 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon
26 ( NEW ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE - Billy Paul
27 ( 11 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr
28 ( NEW ) LITTLE SAINT NICK - The Beach Boys
29 ( NEW ) SOLITAIRE - Andy Williams
30 ( 23 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 24, 2023 16:38:02 GMT 1
29th December 1991
It's the final chart of the year, and the double A side of the nations fave record and a touching farewell from Freddie Mercury on These Are The Days Of Our Lives get Queen on top for the first time since Radio Ga Ga in 1984, and their 6th number one to date on what looked to be the end of the band. Bo Rap topped my chart in December 1975, then got booted off for Xmas by Greg Lake's unstoppably classic I Believe In Father Christmas (better than Bo Rap, sorry, not sorry) then bounced back for a week before the unstoppably brilliant ABBA dominated my charts for the next 5 years.
Precious few new releases in the inbetween week, and precious few charting christmas oldies in those days (to qualify for my chart) means a stodgy chart of just 4 new entries, so desperate to get new blood even Des'Ree sneaks in, and I don't rate Des'Ree. So, highest newie is Belinda Carlisle with one single too many off the album, Half The World is OK at best, in at 60. Blue Pearl make it a hat-trick of charters, and even Jason Donovan's megamix of Joseph's Technicolour Rice & LLoyd-Webber pops in, and I'm not a fan of the musical.
1 ( 3 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen 2 ( 2 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force 3 ( 1 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 4 ( 7 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis 5 ( 9 ) WAS IT WORTH IT? Pet Shop Boys 6 ( 6 ) TOO BLIND TO SEE IT Kym Sims 7 ( 5 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice 8 ( 8 ) SOUND James 9 ( 4 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush 10 ( 14 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat
11 ( 21 ) DRIVER’S SEAT Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 12 ( 11 ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa 13 ( 10 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen 14 ( 12 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson 15 ( 17 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Nat ‘King’ Cole 16 ( 15 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant 17 ( 19 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers 18 ( 22 ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince 19 ( 28 ) WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER Cliff Richard 20 ( 25 ) 7 O’CLOCK NEWS/ HAZY SHADE OF WINTER Simon & Garfunkel
21 ( 13 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle 22 ( 18 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin 23 ( 35 ) AM I RIGHT? Erasure 24 ( 26 ) ALL WOMAN Lisa Stansfield 25 ( 27 ) STARS Simply Red 26 ( 34 ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross 27 ( 30 ) LIVE AND LET DIE Guns ‘n’ Roses 28 ( 16 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette 29 ( 20 ) HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING Enya 30 ( 40 ) MAGIC’S BACK Malcolm McLaren & Alison Limerick
31 ( 23 ) MARTIKA’S KITCHEN iMartika 32 ( 43 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet 33 ( 29 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington 34 ( 37 ) THE BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX UK Mixmasters 35 ( 24 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2 36 ( 33 ) METAL GURU T.Rex 37 ( 36 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 38 ( 31 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme 39 ( 52 ) I’LL BE HOME THIS CHRISTMAS Shakin’ Stevens 40 ( 48 ) IF YOU GO AWAY New Kids On The Block
41 ( 44 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger 42 ( 32 ) TENDER LOVE Kenny Thomas 43 ( 45 ) DRIVEN BY YOU Brian May 44 ( 42 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown 45 ( 46 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 46 ( 55 ) WAY OF THE WORLD Tina Turner 47 ( 38 ) CALL MY NAME Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 48 ( 57 ) OPEN YOUR EYES Black Box 49 ( 41 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield 50 ( 73 ) SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT Nirvana
51 ( 51 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston 52 ( 67 ) INNOCENT EYES Roachford 53 ( 54 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 54 ( 39 ) BLOWING KISSES IN THE WIND Paula Abdul 55 ( 66 ) LOVE SEE NO COLOUR The Farm 56 ( 47 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING Sonia 57 ( 63 ) ADDAMS GROOVE MC Hammer 58 ( 49 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams 59 ( 58 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass 60 ( NEW ) HALF THE WORLD Belinda Carlisle
61 ( RE ) GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited 62 ( 64 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME George Michael & Elton John 63 ( NEW ) (CAN YOU) FEEL THE PASSION Blue Pearl 64 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 65 ( 62 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean 66 ( 59 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn 67 ( 50 ) THE AIR YOU BREATHE Bomb The Bass 68 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 69 ( 53 ) STREET OF DREAMS Nia Peeples 70 ( 60 ) DO ANYTHING Natural Selection
71 ( 61 ) REAL REAL REAL Jesus Jones 72 ( NEW ) JOSEPH MEGAMIX Jason Donovan & Friends 73 ( 56 ) HELP YOURSELF Julian Lennon 74 ( 75 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford 75 ( NEW ) FEEL SO HIGH Des’Ree
Sorry about the double A on top thats how I listed it then, I guess half points for both tracks?
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 20, 2023 14:48:13 GMT 1
15th December 1991
It's 4 weeks on top for The KLF as Queen's classic former number one over late 1975 and early 1976 is back at 2 following the tragic loss of Freddie Mercury. Bohemian Rhapsody is pretty much the most-popular record of all-time over the last 40 years really, in polls in the UK, though the other new side These Are The Days Of Our Lives, hasn't yet been listed in my charts. Kate Bush is up to 3 with Rocket Man, her last big record with new material I think, given she disappeared for 15 years more or less. Meanwhile the 1987 Xmas classic from The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl is a hit again, and returns at 4, going top 5 for the second time.
Amy Grant has a sudden burst into the top 10, her 2nd, and James scrape in for a 2nd too, but they'll be back, Sound. Kym Sims almost makes the top 10 in a week of big climbers and big droppers, Xmas is coming! Pet Shop Boys climb 51 places to keep the 100% top 20 record intact with Was It Worth It? U2, meanwhile, move in Mysterious Ways and add to their growing list of top 20's. REM return with an 80's flop classic, It's The End Of The World, and we all know it these days, if we let the multi-millionaires get their way.
Malcolm McLaren is back with Alison Limerick, and I have no memory at all of Magic's Back! It's like, just like that, it vanished! Lisa Stansfield is All Woman, and I do recall and like that smooth soul track, but not Black Box's Open Your Eyes, though do fondly recall anything Addams Family related, even MC Hammer's adaptation of the TV theme song.
1 ( 1 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force
2 ( NEW ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen
3 ( 5 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush
4 ( NEW ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
5 ( 6 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice
6 ( 3 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson
7 ( 4 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle
8 ( 51 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant
9 ( 2 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers
10 ( 11 ) SOUND James
11 ( 61 ) TOO BLIND TO SEE IT Kym Sims
12 ( 8 ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince
13 ( 16 ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa
14 ( 7 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
15 ( 33 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen
16 ( 30 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis
17 ( 19 ) MARTIKA’S iamspamspamamiMartika
18 ( 20 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette
19 ( 70 ) WAS IT WORTH IT? Pet Shop Boys
20 ( 38 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2
21 ( 13 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington
22 ( 28 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Nat ‘King’ Cole
23 ( 12 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat
24 ( 63 ) HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING Enya
25 ( 10 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme
26 ( 18 ) STARS Simply Red
27 ( 14 ) TENDER LOVE Kenny Thomas
28 ( 9 ) BLOWING KISSES IN THE WIND Paula Abdul
29 ( 29 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown
30 ( 15 ) STREET OF DREAMS Nia Peeples
31 ( 27 ) METAL GURU T.Rex
32 ( 34 ) HELP YOURSELF Julian Lennon
33 ( 17 ) CALL MY NAME Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
34 ( 40 ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross
35 ( 24 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield
36 ( 35 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
37 ( 46 ) LIVE AND LET DIE Guns ‘n’ Roses
38 ( 23 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING Sonia
39 ( 21 ) THE AIR YOU BREATHE Bomb The Bass
40 ( 52 ) AM I RIGHT? Erasure
41 ( 22 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger
42 ( 56 ) THE BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX UK Mixmasters
43 ( 25 ) REAL REAL REAL Jesus Jones
44 ( 39 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston
45 ( 37 ) DO ANYTHING Natural Selection
46 ( 41 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
47 ( 54 ) ABIDE WITH ME Vic Reeves
48 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
49 ( 67 ) 7 O’CLOCK NEWS/ HAZY SHADE OF WINTER Simon & Garfunkel
50 ( 58 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME George Michael & Elton John
51 ( 26 ) JUDGE FUDGE The Happy Mondays
52 ( NEW ) IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT REM
53 ( 42 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn
54 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
55 ( 31 ) KILLER (EP) Seal
56 ( 72 ) WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER Cliff Richard
57 ( 55 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
58 ( 50 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean
59 ( 75 ) DRIVEN BY YOU Brian May
60 ( 36 ) MOVE TO MEMPHIS a-ha
61 ( 49 ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya
62 ( 71 ) WAY OF THE WORLD Tina Turner
63 ( 32 ) TASTY FISH The Other Two
64 ( 64 ) THE YODELLING SONG (SHE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL) Frank Ifield
65 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
66 ( NEW ) MAGIC’S BACK Malcolm McLaren & Alison Limerick
67 ( NEW ) ALL WOMAN Lisa Stansfield
68 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
69 ( 43 ) IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY BoyzIIMen
70 ( 62 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Natalie Cole
71 ( 66 ) I SEE HOPE IN THE MORNING LIGHT Midge Ure
72 ( NEW ) OPEN YOUR EYES Black Box
73 ( 45 ) NO SON OF MINE Genesis
74 ( 60 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan
75 ( NEW ) ADDAMS GROOVE MC Hammer
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 20, 2023 14:37:14 GMT 1
8th December 1973
It's 2 weeks on top for Jet as Macca's Band On The Run album debuts another 4 tracks to join the 2 singles already listed. The highest-placed newie is Mrs Vandebilt at 43, on I got into (and charted) summer of '74 when it got played on Johnny Walker's album chart rundown when the album was still dominating much of 1974. Roy Wood is back up to a new peak of 7 with Forever, Peter Noone gets his biggest track since 1969 when Herman's Hermits was a thing. Slade make it another top 20 with the Xmas classic - but overplays of all 3 1973 classics for the last 50 years have dented their current appeal to me.
The Isleys make it 2 in a row with Highways Of My Life entering at 29, Gregg Allman debuts his Midnight Rider, 2 years ahead of the brilliant Paul Davidson reggae cover, and The Pioneers beat Showaddywaddy by a few years in covering reggae-stylee the old Jarmels 50's song.
1 ( 1 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1
2 ( 2 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1
3 ( 3 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1
4 ( 5 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 4
5 ( 6 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 5
6 ( 4 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4
7 ( 14 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7
8 ( 10 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 8
9 ( 11 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 9
10 ( 7 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2
11 ( 8 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2
12 ( 12 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3
13 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4
14 ( 9 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9
15 ( 16 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3
16 ( 15 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7
17 ( 40 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 17
18 ( 44 ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 18
19 ( 31 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 19
20 ( 26 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 20
21 ( 17 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17
22 ( 19 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19
23 ( 21 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5
24 ( 24 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5
25 ( 18 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
26 ( 25 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14
27 ( 22 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2
28 ( 36 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 28
29 ( NEW ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 29
30 ( 27 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1
31 ( 28 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1
32 ( 32 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9
33 ( 20 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 20
34 ( 33 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6
35 ( 41 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 35
36 ( 23 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 23
37 ( 65 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 37
38 ( 38 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
39 ( 47 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 39
40 ( 58 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 40
41 ( 37 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5
42 ( 39 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1
43 ( NEW ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 43
44 ( 29 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 29
45 ( 45 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1
46 ( 42 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3
47 ( 30 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19
48 ( 48 ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 48
49 ( 46 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1
50 ( 59 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 50
51 ( 51 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12
52 ( 52 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 52
53 ( 56 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 53
54 ( 54 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 54
55 ( 35 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 30
56 ( 55 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1
57 ( 53 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8
58 ( 49 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5
59 ( 43 ) BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE) - John Lennon # 38
60 ( 34 ) MAMA NEVER TOLD ME - Sister Sledge # 31
61 ( 72 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 61
62 ( 70 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 62
63 ( 57 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1
64 ( 50 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 14
65 ( 64 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10
66 ( 75 ) W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin # 66
67 ( NEW ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 67
68 ( NEW ) NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE - Paul McCartney & Wings # 68
69 ( 63 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex # 60
70 ( NEW ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 70
71 ( 74 ) HOW COME? - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance # 71
72 ( 68 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
73 ( NEW ) MIDNIGHT RIDER - Gregg Allman # 73
74 ( 69 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1
75 ( NEW ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 75
8th December 1973 My actual chart of that week way back then
It's a hat-trick of number ones for Wizzard in 1973, Roy Wood's 5th in total, and he's hovering poised at 2 to boot with Forever. That's not the record that has been remembered forever though - that's the Xmas classic in the charts every xmas without fail since downloads became a thing and then streaming took over. He's joined by 2 other Xmas classics that always chart and dominate the festive season - Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody at 13, as bought by my younger brother, and Elton John's Step Into Christmas new at 18, as not bought by either of us at the time. It was very much runner-up to the 2 chart monsters.
T.Rex fail to go top 5 for the first time since debuting in 1970, but 6 is pretty Trucking good, leap-frogging Eddie Trucking Kendricks at 7. John Lennon climbs to 10, making it a Beatles top 10 clean sweep for 1973 as all four manage it in my charts of the time. Final new entry is from The Faces' 3rd chart hit, Pool Hall Richard at 29. 50 years ago the Xmas TV shows (restricted hours) were building up and at the cinema Clint Eastwood's Magnum Force was doing the business. UK blockbuster The Three Musketeers was getting promo, but a great Woody Allen movie, Sleeper, was getting readied in the USA. It was one of the last "funny" Woody Allen films - that is to say, slapstick and one-liners, set in a sci-fi future with robots and sex machines. I rather liked it! The relationship witticism he spent his career on after Annie Hall never grabbed me the same way.
1 ( 5 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard
2 ( 6 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood
3 ( 4 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music
4 ( 1 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust
5 ( 2 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople
6 ( 10 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex
7 ( 9 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks
8 ( 13 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight
9 ( 3 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue
10 ( 17 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon
11 ( 7 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr
12 ( 15 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers
13 ( NEW ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - Slade
14 ( 8 ) DYNAMITE - Mud
15 ( 14 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee
16 ( 12 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter
17 ( 21 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell
18 ( NEW ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John
19 ( 11 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex
20 ( 16 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings
21 ( 18 ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing
22 ( 26 ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops
23 ( 25 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard
24 ( 27 ) VADO VIA - Drupi
25 ( 22 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro
26 ( 30 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring
27 ( 19 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing
28 ( 20 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra
29 ( NEW ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces
30 ( 28 ) SORROW - David Bowie
Sorry for the spacing issues, whenever I cut n paste it insists on double spacing and it takes too long to delete all the xtra lines!
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 12, 2023 18:43:09 GMT 1
1st December 1973
It's a brand new entry at 1 as Paul McCartney & Wings drop their no-contest-greatest-album, Band On The Run, with no singles (though the USA got Helen Wheels as an extra), and the highly-featured track on Radio 1 during the album chart shows of Johnnie Walker at lunchtimes was Jet, a masterpiece. I changed my chart rules in January 1974 to allow album tracks as I was severely p*ssed off that my favourite record of the time wasn't a single. It topped my charts of the time for 4 weeks, and again in April when it finally got a UK single release. So, as I didn't wait in 1974 to chart it, I'm not waiting now either. Paul's 3rd post-Beatles chart-topper in my Retro charts. Other tracks will feature next week.
Terry Jacks gets his Canadian biggie into the top 10, also months ahead of UK release, and Love Unlimited debut at 10, keeping their Orchestra (and Barry White) company at the top end of the charts with It May Be Winter Outside, which didn't hit until January 1975 in the UK, and it's a second top 10 for Mrs. White & friends. Anne Murray is back with another goodie, A Love Song at 31, keeping her run of chart years going for a 4th year. She never had big UK hits (just 2 minor hits) but she was consistently on UK TV variety shows, and generally classy.
Peter Noone gets his first top 40 single in a while (and probably his last) and the UK's instant chart-topper has a modest entry at 44 for Merry Christmas Everybody, the anthem of December 1973, a time of strikes, power cuts, 3-day weeks, and TV off at 10pm every night. Glam Rock was colourful and invigorating on Top Of The Pops, but 50 years of non-stop plays for Slade, Wizzard and Elton John has left me not wanting to hear any of them for a decade or so. The first 30 years were fine, but there's never been a break from them, so they are all under-performing here. My brother bought Slade the same day I bought Wizzard, shopping with mum in Gloucester.
Albert Hammond keeps the quality songs coming, such a shame that the one that hit for him wasnt that great, but his flops and gifted songs to other acts were. Half A Million Miles From Home is a great title, new at 65. Joni Mitchell has a new US single out, and as usual it'll take 3 or 4 months to drop in the UK, Raised On Robbery was one I took a shine to, along with her Old Grey Whistle Test plays for the Court & Spark album, which is a good'un. In at 72, and in the bottom slot it's Harry Chapin's melancholy W.O.L.D., another 1974 UK minor hit. Poor Harry died young in an accident in 1981 driving to a free charity concert, hit from behind by a lorry.
1 ( NEW ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 2 ( 4 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 3 ( 1 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 4 ( 8 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4 5 ( 6 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 5 6 ( 7 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 6 7 ( 2 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 8 ( 5 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 9 ( 12 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9 10 ( NEW ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 10
11 ( 26 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 11 12 ( 3 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3 13 ( 9 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 14 ( 10 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 10 15 ( 14 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7 16 ( 11 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 17 ( 20 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 17 18 ( 13 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1 19 ( 19 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19 20 ( 22 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 20
21 ( 15 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5 22 ( 16 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2 23 ( 25 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 23 24 ( 17 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5 25 ( 21 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14 26 ( 36 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 26 27 ( 24 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 28 ( 27 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 29 ( 49 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 29 30 ( 23 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19
31 ( NEW ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 31 32 ( 18 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9 33 ( 28 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 34 ( 31 ) MAMA NEVER TOLD ME - Sister Sledge # 31 35 ( 30 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 30 36 ( 43 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 36 37 ( 32 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5 38 ( 29 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 39 ( 33 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1 40 ( 51 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 40
41 ( 52 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 41 42 ( 41 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3 43 ( 38 ) BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE) - John Lennon # 38 44 ( NEW ) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - Slade # 44 45 ( 39 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 46 ( 44 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1 47 ( 80 ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 47 48 ( 53 ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 48 49 ( 47 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5 50 ( 34 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 14
51 ( 48 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12 52 ( 57 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 52 53 ( 46 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8 54 ( 68 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 54 55 ( 55 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1 56 ( 54 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 54 57 ( 56 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1 58 ( 74 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 58 59 ( 72 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 59 60 ( 40 ) WON’T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul featuring Ed Stewart # 21
61 ( 35 ) HYPNOTISED - Fleetwood Mac # 35 62 ( 37 ) ROCK’N’ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) - Kevin Johnson # 16 63 ( 60 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex # 60 64 ( 59 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10 65 ( NEW ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 65 66 ( 42 ) WHEREFORE AND WHY - Glen Campbell # 21 67 ( 65 ) THE OLD FASHIONED WAY - Charles Aznavour # 65 68 ( 64 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1 69 ( 63 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1 70 ( 78 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 70
71 ( 45 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro # 22 72 ( NEW ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 72 73 ( 67 ) WHO’S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 67 74 ( 76 ) HOW COME? - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance # 74 75 ( NEW ) W.O.L.D. - Harry Chapin # 75
1st December 1973
It's a first week on top for Alvin Stardust as his Coo Ca Choo holds off Mott The Hoople, who get a second number 2 with Roll Away The Stone. Roxy Music meanwhile hit a new peak of 4 with Street Life, holding off a double Roy Wood threat, with I Wish It Could Be Christmas announcing it's arrival for non-stop christmas plays for the next half-century at 5, and as I buy it complete with picture gatefold sleeve, along with Roy's solo single Forever, in a week or two as Glam helps us get through the 3-day week - that's days off school, food shortages, power cuts, and no TV after 10pm to force everyone to go to bed - cue a baby boom in August 1974. Want to know why record sales boomed in December 1973? There's was eff all else to do! Glam Rock kept us going!
Roy's record had a long credit to Brian Wilson and Neil Sedaka, as the style of it shows, with as usual every layered harmong vocal, lead vocal and instrument, and production, a one-man show. I was seriously impressed. It's not lasted in the same league that Wizzard has, but hey ho. T.Rex get a last top 10 for 18 months, for a double Truckin' top 10, and drum hero Cozy Powell debuted the monster instrumental Dance With The Devil, one I played on my school desk. I could have been a drummer, no prob, if it weren't for lack of cash and a serious record buying and DC comics habit. New at 21.
Cliff's got a new film coming out with Debbie Watling, Take Me High was a flop, not really jolly like his old movies, and not a jolly time generally, so that was a drawback. The record's got a great intro though, and is pretty good, new at 25. Drupi from Italy is ironically named, as, much like the cartoon character, Vado Via is a bit morose. New at 27. That leaves Dutch band Golden earring getting a UK hit with the fabulous rock track Radar Love, in at 30.
1 ( 2 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust 2 ( 7 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople 3 ( 1 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue 4 ( 12 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music 5 ( NEW ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard 6 ( NEW ) FOREVER - Roy Wood 7 ( 5 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr 8 ( 3 ) DYNAMITE - Mud 9 ( 10 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks 10 ( 14 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex
11 ( 8 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex 12 ( 4 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter 13 ( 18 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight 14 ( 16 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee 15 ( 26 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers 16 ( 9 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings 17 ( 27 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon 18 ( 6 ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing 19 ( 11 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing 20 ( 13 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra
21 ( NEW ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell 22 ( 15 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro 23 ( 19 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John 24 ( 20 ) GET IT TOGETHER - The Jackson 5 25 ( NEW ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard 26 ( 22 ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - The Four Tops 27 ( NEW ) VADO VIA - Drupi 28 ( 17 ) SORROW - David Bowie 29 ( 25 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds 30 ( NEW ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 11, 2023 17:38:50 GMT 1
15th December 1991
It's 4 weeks on top for The KLF as Queen's classic former number one over late 1975 and early 1976 is back at 2 following the tragic loss of Freddie Mercury. Bohemian Rhapsody is pretty much the most-popular record of all-time over the last 40 years really, in polls in the UK, though the other new side These Are The Days Of Our Lives, hasn't yet been listed in my charts. Kate Bush is up to 3 with Rocket Man, her last big record with new material I think, given she disappeared for 15 years more or less. Meanwhile the 1987 Xmas classic from The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl is a hit again, and returns at 4, going top 5 for the second time.
Amy Grant has a sudden burst into the top 10, her 2nd, and James scrape in for a 2nd too, but they'll be back, Sound. Kym Sims almost makes the top 10 in a week of big climbers and big droppers, Xmas is coming! Pet Shop Boys climb 51 places to keep the 100% top 20 record intact with Was It Worth It? U2, meanwhile, move in Mysterious Ways and add to their growing list of top 20's. REM return with an 80's flop classic, It's The End Of The World, and we all know it these days, if we let the multi-millionaires get their way.
Malcolm McLaren is back with Alison Limerick, and I have no memory at all of Magic's Back! It's like, just like that, it vanished! Lisa Stansfield is All Woman, and I do recall and like that smooth soul track, but not Black Box's Open Your Eyes, though do fondly recall anything Addams Family related, even MC Hammer's adaptation of the TV theme song.
1 ( 1 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force 2 ( NEW ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 3 ( 5 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush 4 ( NEW ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 5 ( 6 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice 6 ( 3 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson 7 ( 4 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle 8 ( 51 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant 9 ( 2 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers 10 ( 11 ) SOUND James
11 ( 61 ) TOO BLIND TO SEE IT Kym Sims 12 ( 8 ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince 13 ( 16 ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa 14 ( 7 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin 15 ( 33 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen 16 ( 30 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis 17 ( 19 ) MARTIKA’S KITCHEN iMartika 18 ( 20 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette 19 ( 70 ) WAS IT WORTH IT? Pet Shop Boys 20 ( 38 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2
21 ( 13 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington 22 ( 28 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Nat ‘King’ Cole 23 ( 12 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat 24 ( 63 ) HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING Enya 25 ( 10 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme 26 ( 18 ) STARS Simply Red 27 ( 14 ) TENDER LOVE Kenny Thomas 28 ( 9 ) BLOWING KISSES IN THE WIND Paula Abdul 29 ( 29 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown 30 ( 15 ) STREET OF DREAMS Nia Peeples
31 ( 27 ) METAL GURU T.Rex 32 ( 34 ) HELP YOURSELF Julian Lennon 33 ( 17 ) CALL MY NAME Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 34 ( 40 ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross 35 ( 24 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield 36 ( 35 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 37 ( 46 ) LIVE AND LET DIE Guns ‘n’ Roses 38 ( 23 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING Sonia 39 ( 21 ) THE AIR YOU BREATHE Bomb The Bass 40 ( 52 ) AM I RIGHT? Erasure
41 ( 22 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger 42 ( 56 ) THE BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX UK Mixmasters 43 ( 25 ) REAL REAL REAL Jesus Jones 44 ( 39 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston 45 ( 37 ) DO ANYTHING Natural Selection 46 ( 41 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams 47 ( 54 ) ABIDE WITH ME Vic Reeves 48 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 49 ( 67 ) 7 O’CLOCK NEWS/ HAZY SHADE OF WINTER Simon & Garfunkel 50 ( 58 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME George Michael & Elton John
51 ( 26 ) JUDGE FUDGE The Happy Mondays 52 ( NEW ) IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT REM 53 ( 42 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn 54 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 55 ( 31 ) KILLER (EP) Seal 56 ( 72 ) WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER Cliff Richard 57 ( 55 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass 58 ( 50 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean 59 ( 75 ) DRIVEN BY YOU Brian May 60 ( 36 ) MOVE TO MEMPHIS a-ha
61 ( 49 ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya 62 ( 71 ) WAY OF THE WORLD Tina Turner 63 ( 32 ) TASTY FISH The Other Two 64 ( 64 ) THE YODELLING SONG (SHE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL) Frank Ifield 65 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 66 ( NEW ) MAGIC’S BACK Malcolm McLaren & Alison Limerick 67 ( NEW ) ALL WOMAN Lisa Stansfield 68 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 69 ( 43 ) IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY BoyzIIMen 70 ( 62 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Natalie Cole
71 ( 66 ) I SEE HOPE IN THE MORNING LIGHT Midge Ure 72 ( NEW ) OPEN YOUR EYES Black Box 73 ( 45 ) NO SON OF MINE Genesis 74 ( 60 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan 75 ( NEW ) ADDAMS GROOVE MC Hammer
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 5, 2023 13:26:48 GMT 1
24th November 1973
It's Jim Croce on top, with the sublimely poignant Time In A Bottle holding off Aretha Franklin's Stevie Wonder song at 2, with highest new entry at 3 coming from Roy Wood's Wizzard christmas classic. I went out to buy the gatefold cover christmas single, along with his new solo single Forever, up to 10. My brother opted for the next Slade single. We were both right, as 50 years later they have never stopped being played. To the point where my deep love has suffered from over-saturation. Still joyous though. Forever, meanwhile, has been forgotten.
Barry White is back again, in his Love Unlimited Orchestra guise and a US chart-topper in Love's Theme, just a fab lush disco tune new at 6, one place ahead of a debut from Hall & Oates. They are currently at legal logger-heads, but back then She's Gone was harmonious delight, and the Abandoned Luncheonette album had the fab When The Morning Comes to boot, new in at 26. New at 36, another UK Xmas classic, as Elton John's Step Into Christmas debuts as 36, making 4 Elton top 40's all at once. I never rated it that much, but it eventually surpassed it's modest chart performance and went top 10 in the 21st century when you didn't need to buy records to get a hit, you just needed a streaming platform to playlist it upfront.
Melanie covers Carole King's 60's classic song, and is rewarded with her biggest hit in 2 years, at 52, while Geordie drop their last substantial single in Black Cat Woman, a total Halloween song released too late, and calling out to be rediscovered as it sounds more AC/DC than other Geordie hits. Stealers Wheel make it a 4th chart entry with Star, White Plains return with Julie Ann as they push 4 years of chart entries - this one flopped, but turns out to be one I recognise but never charted or taped. So 50 years later it scrapes in at 78. Finally Rod and mates are back with Pool Hall Richard, the least of their singles, and still only their 4th charting retro track. Rod's had loads and will have loads for decades to come of course.
1 ( 2 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 2 ( 4 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 3 ( NEW ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3 4 ( 1 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 5 ( 5 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 6 ( NEW ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 6 7 ( NEW ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 8 ( 11 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 8 9 ( 6 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 10 ( 15 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 10
11 ( 3 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 12 ( 13 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 12 13 ( 10 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1 14 ( 7 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7 15 ( 8 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5 16 ( 12 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2 17 ( 14 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5 18 ( 9 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9 19 ( 27 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19 20 ( 20 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 20
21 ( 18 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14 22 ( 34 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 22 23 ( 19 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19 24 ( 23 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 25 ( 40 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 25 26 ( NEW ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 26 27 ( 17 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 28 ( 26 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 29 ( 30 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 30 ( 32 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 30
31 ( 33 ) MAMA NEVER TOLD ME - Sister Sledge # 31 32 ( 31 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5 33 ( 25 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1 34 ( 29 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 14 35 ( 53 ) HYPNOTISED - Fleetwood Mac # 35 36 ( NEW ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 36 37 ( 16 ) ROCK’N’ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) - Kevin Johnson # 16 38 ( 50 ) BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE) - John Lennon # 38 39 ( 36 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 40 ( 24 ) WON’T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul featuring Ed Stewart # 21
41 ( 28 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3 42 ( 21 ) WHEREFORE AND WHY - Glen Campbell # 21 43 ( 52 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 43 44 ( 41 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1 45 ( 22 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro # 22 46 ( 42 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8 47 ( 44 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5 48 ( 35 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12 49 ( 51 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 49 50 ( 39 ) THE WOMBLING SONG - The Wombles # 39
51 ( 55 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 51 52 ( NEW ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 52 53 ( 66 ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 53 54 ( 54 ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 54 55 ( 45 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1 56 ( 47 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1 57 ( 57 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 57 58 ( 38 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) - Genesis # 12 59 ( 59 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10 60 ( 63 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex # 60
61 ( 46 ) DREAM ON - Aerosmith # 7 62 ( 48 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring # 12 63 ( 61 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1 64 ( 60 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1 65 ( 65 ) THE OLD FASHIONED WAY - Charles Aznavour # 65 66 ( 43 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - Barry White # 13 67 ( 68 ) WHO’S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 67 68 ( 74 ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 68 69 ( 69 ) WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 69 70 ( 37 ) PIANO MAN - Billy Joel # 37
71 ( 71 ) RING RING - The Vernons # 71 72 ( NEW ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 72 73 ( 72 ) I’VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 72 74 ( NEW ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 74 75 ( 70 ) LET ME BE THERE - Olivia Newton-John # 70 76 ( 79 ) HOW COME? - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance # 76 77 ( 62 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4 78 ( NEW ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 78 79 ( 67 ) YOU’VE GOT MY SOUL ON FIRE - Edwin Starr # 67 80 ( NEW ) POOL HALL RICHARD - The Faces # 80
24th November 1973 my chart of the time Gloucester
It's Barry Blue Glam-Rocking Mud off the top spot 50 years ago, with Alvin threatening at 2 for a full-on Glam top 4. Mott The Hoople make it 4 top 10's in a row, and David Essex 2 in a row, while Eddie Kendricks gets his first post-Temptations top 10 - and his last! T.Rex are back and can only manage 14 with Truck On (Tyke), the lowest debut for Marc Bolan to date. The tide of school public opinion had definitely changed with this single.
Robert Knight's Northern Soul oldie was bringing some 60's cheer to the charts, new at 18, and it was fab to see him getting a hit after Everlasting Love got covered by The Love Affair. I recall one of the cooler classroom lads, who went to the local disco (I didn't) bought Love On A Mountain Top - and then fell out of love with it very quickly, regretting his purchase. The New Seekers are back again after a series of minor hits, switched lead vocalist to Lyn Paul, gone old-time sing-song, and grab a huge UK hit that I wasn't too fussed about, new in at 26. But ahead of John Lennon's first new single in 2 years (Happy Xmas was held back in the UK), the fab Mind Games under-performed, sadly.
1 ( 2 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue 2 ( 6 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust 3 ( 1 ) DYNAMITE - Mud 4 ( 3 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter 5 ( 5 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr 6 ( 10 ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing 7 ( 17 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople 8 ( 12 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex 9 ( 4 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings 10 ( 15 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks
11 ( 7 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing 12 ( 27 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music 13 ( 9 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra 14 ( NEW ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex 15 ( 8 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro 16 ( 23 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee 17 ( 11 ) SORROW - David Bowie 18 ( NEW ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight 19 ( 16 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John 20 ( 28 ) GET IT TOGETHER - The Jackson 5
21 ( 14 ) DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy 22 ( 25 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband 23 ( 18 ) WILD LOVE - Mungo Jerry 24 ( 19 ) PAPER ROSES - Marie Osmond 25 ( 13 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds 26 ( NEW ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers 27 ( NEW ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon 28 ( 20 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth 29 ( 21 ) DAN THE BANJO MAN - Dan The Banjo Man 30 ( 30 ) WHY OH WHY OH WHY - Gilbert O'Sullivan
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Post by popchartfreak on Dec 4, 2023 11:28:03 GMT 1
8th December 1991
It's 3 weeks on top for The KLF, with runners-up Army Of Lovers obssessed at not quite making it. Belinda carlisle keeps the top 5's coming, and Kate Bush makes sure that 13 years on she can still go top 5 too. Shanice leaps into the top 10 with her fab I Love Your Smile, Prince is all Diamonds And Pearls outdoing the first 2 singles from the album of the same name, at 8, and Extreme make it 2 top 10's in a row.
James almost make the 10, Sound! Nia Peeples, Salt 'n' Pepa climb fast into the 20, and the highest new entry is Nat 'King' Cole's classic The Christmas Song - the one about chestnuts roasting - at 28, 30 years on from this 1961 re-recording and 46 years on from his original version of the Mel Torme song. Not co-incidentally Natalie Cole also enters with her version of her dad's classic at 62, the first time ever (and last time) that a father and daughter charted with the same song but separately - Frank & nancy Sinatra, and Nat & Natalie having already done that on the same record.
Following the tragic death of Freddie Mercury Queen's The Show Must Go On is back at a new peak of 33, and Brian May also debuts with Driven By You, proving once and for all that he vocally is no Freddie. Guns 'n' Roses cover a Bond theme, and Live And Let Die (Paul & Linda McCartney's song) is new at 46, Vic Reeves cover of the traditional Abide With Me pops in after I see his Big Night Out and fun it was too, and the oldies keep on coming as the best songs from The Jungle Book get the remix mash-up treatment to chart 25 years or so late, when they should have charted first-time round for the Disney classic. Not least because singer Phil Harris deserved a hit, and Louis Prima should have gotten a chart hit - the 30's/40's jazz bandleader was the voice of King Louie, and his career pre-dated the chart. So, 50 or 60 years late he finally features on a UK chart hit.
A bunch of 60's veterans return with their latest singles, Cliff Richard, Tina Turner & Cher with her version of Love Hurts, a hit already for Nazereth and Jim Capaldi, Enya returns, Kym Sims debuts with Too Blind To See It, a goodie, and Frank Ifield bizarrely yodels onto the remix bandwagon and my childhood fave unexpectedly gets a chart debut almost 30 years after I was big on The Wayward Wind and I Remember You and his yodelling songs as a little kiddie. Simon & Garfunkel bung out an album track from 1968, Shaky bungs out an inferior attempt at another Xmas hit, and Pet Shop Boys debut at a mere 70 hot on the heels of their first-ever non-top-10 single, DJ Culture, with Was It Worth It? Neither of them show Chris & Neil at their best.
1 ( 1 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force 2 ( 3 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers 3 ( 2 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson 4 ( 6 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle 5 ( 9 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush 6 ( 24 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice 7 ( 4 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin 8 ( 18 ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince 9 ( 7 ) BLOWING KISSES IN THE WIND Paula Abdul 10 ( 15 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme
11 ( 28 ) SOUND James 12 ( 16 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat 13 ( 5 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington 14 ( 19 ) TENDER LOVE Kenny Thomas 15 ( 38 ) STREET OF DREAMS Nia Peeples 16 ( 37 ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa 17 ( 27 ) CALL MY NAME Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 18 ( 11 ) STARS Simply Red 19 ( 25 ) MARTIKA’S iamspamspamamiMartika 20 ( 30 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette
21 ( 14 ) THE AIR YOU BREATHE Bomb The Bass 22 ( 8 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger 23 ( 12 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING Sonia 24 ( 13 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield 25 ( 10 ) REAL REAL REAL Jesus Jones 26 ( 17 ) JUDGE FUDGE The Happy Mondays 27 ( 22 ) METAL GURU T.Rex 28 ( NEW ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Nat ‘King’ Cole 29 ( 35 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown 30 ( 40 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis
31 ( 20 ) KILLER (EP) Seal 32 ( RE ) TASTY FISH The Other Two 33 ( RE ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen 34 ( 34 ) HELP YOURSELF Julian Lennon 35 ( 33 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 36 ( RE ) MOVE TO MEMPHIS a-ha 37 ( 23 ) DO ANYTHING Natural Selection 38 ( 63 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2 39 ( 21 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston 40 ( 59 ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross
41 ( 32 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams 42 ( 31 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn 43 ( 29 ) IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY BoyzIIMen 44 ( 46 ) HOW CAN I LOVE YOU MORE M People 45 ( 26 ) NO SON OF MINE Genesis 46 ( NEW ) LIVE AND LET DIE Guns ‘n’ Roses 47 ( 55 ) SILENT ALL THESE YEARS Tori Amos 48 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 49 ( 41 ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya 50 ( 43 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean
51 ( 36 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant 52 ( 72 ) AM I RIGHT? Erasure 53 ( 54 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 54 ( NEW ) ABIDE WITH ME Vic Reeves 55 ( 53 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass 56 ( NEW ) THE BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX UK Mixmasters 57 ( 75 ) READY TO ROCK Gary Glitter 58 ( 64 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME George Michael & Elton John 59 ( 49 ) WORD TO THE BADD Jermaine Jackson 60 ( 39 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan
61 ( NEW ) TOO BLIND TO SEE IT Kym Sims 62 ( NEW ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Natalie Cole 63 ( NEW ) HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING Enya 64 ( NEW ) THE YODELLING SONG (SHE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL) Frank Ifield 65 ( 65 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 66 ( 44 ) I SEE HOPE IN THE MORNING LIGHT Midge Ure 67 ( NEW ) 7 O’CLOCK NEWS Simon & Garfunkel 68 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 69 ( 50 ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions 70 ( NEW ) WAS IT WORTH IT? Pet Shop Boys
71 ( NEW ) WAY OF THE WORLD Tina Turner 72 ( NEW ) WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER Cliff Richard 73 ( NEW ) LOVE HURTS Cher 74 ( NEW ) I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Shakin’ Stevens 75 ( NEW ) DRIVEN BY YOU Brian May
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Post by popchartfreak on Nov 27, 2023 20:53:40 GMT 1
Oops think my KLF points were given to the JAMMS (which I didn't like much at the time). KLF were on heavy Radio 1 play for weeks upfront, hence it had already topped my chart and I was playing it on cassette tape to boot. Ta!
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Post by popchartfreak on Nov 27, 2023 20:44:49 GMT 1
1st December 1991
It’s 2 weeks on top for the KLF & Tammy, 3 weeks at 2 for Jacko and Army Of Lovers at a new peak of 3 with Obsession. Belinda Carlisle keeps the 10’s a-coming with Do You Feel, Badfinger go top again with Paul McCartney’s Come And Get It 21 years on and Kate Bush takes Elton John’s Rocket man top 10-bound 19 years on from Elton getting a number 2. Simply Red almost make the top 10 with Stars, and highest new entry is a dance cover of Christopher Cross’ 1980 rockpop gem Ride Like The Wind, in at 16. Prince’s title track off his album is new at 18, Diamonds and Pearls being a lot more play-listable than the previous 2 singles.
Shanice debuts at 24 with the fab I Love Your Smile, James are always Sound, new at 28, and Salt ‘n’ Pepa do a great cover of The Turtles wonderful You Showed Me, their 1969 US hit and UK flop, new at 37. Jermaine Jackson is back, with a title that sounds like a dig at his eccentric little brother, Word To The Badd, Slade end their chart run with Universe 20 years after Coz I Luv You, let’s face it you can’t get bigger than the Universe. Diana Ross is back in the slow ballad zone (yawn) but still charting 23 years on from her Supremes days in my personal charts, and Bryan Adams is on single 3 with the Robin Hood monster still refusing to exit the chart.
James Brown is back with his 1970 classic Sex Machine, Erasure ask Am I Right?, The Scorpions follow-up Wind Of Change, and Gary Glitter has another Xmas track out for his regular Xmas concerts. Ready To Rock? Always, but then we didn’t know about the hard drive habits back then.
1 ( 1 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force 2 ( 2 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson 3 ( 5 ) OBSESSION Army Of Lovers 4 ( 3 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin 5 ( 8 ) IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington 6 ( 13 ) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL Belinda Carlisle 7 ( 4 ) BLOWING KISSES IN THE WIND Paula Abdul 8 ( 17 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger 9 ( 29 ) ROCKET MAN Kate Bush 10 ( 6 ) REAL REAL REAL Jesus Jones
11 ( 32 ) STARS Simply Red 12 ( 10 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING Sonia 13 ( 12 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield 14 ( 14 ) THE AIR YOU BREATHE Bomb The Bass 15 ( 20 ) HOLE HEARTED Extreme 16 ( NEW ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND East Side Beat 17 ( 25 ) JUDGE FUDGE The Happy Mondays 18 ( NEW ) DIAMONDS AND PEARLS Prince 19 ( 37 ) TENDER LOVE Kenny Thomas 20 ( 7 ) KILLER (EP) Seal
21 ( 9 ) THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston 22 ( 11 ) METAL GURU T.Rex 23 ( 15 ) DO ANYTHING Natural Selection 24 ( NEW ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice 25 ( 68 ) MARTIKA’S iamspamspamamiMartika 26 ( 18 ) NO SON OF MINE Genesis 27 ( 34 ) CALL MY NAME Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 28 ( NEW ) SOUND James 29 ( 16 ) IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY BoyzIIMen 30 ( 50 ) SPENDING MY TIME Roxette
31 ( 21 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn 32 ( 22 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams 33 ( 28 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex 34 ( 49 ) HELP YOURSELF Julian Lennon 35 ( 42 ) DON’T TALK JUST KISS Right Said Fred featuring Jocelyn Brown 36 ( 27 ) THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS FOR Amy Grant 37 ( NEW ) YOU SHOWED ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa 38 ( 38 ) STREET OF DREAMS Nia Peeples 39 ( 19 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan 40 ( 71 ) EVERYBODY MOVE Cathy Dennis
41 ( 26 ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya 42 ( 24 ) FAITH (IN THE POWER OF LOVE) Rozalla 43 ( 36 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean 44 ( 23 ) I SEE HOPE IN THE MORNING LIGHT Midge Ure 45 ( 30 ) SET THE NIGHT TO MUSIC Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest 46 ( 67 ) HOW CAN I LOVE YOU MORE M People 47 ( 40 ) FALL AT YOUR FEET Crowded House 48 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 49 ( NEW ) WORD TO THE BADD Jermaine Jackson 50 ( 41 ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions
51 ( 44 ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis 52 ( 55 ) IT’S GRIM UP NORTH Justified Ancients Of MuMu 53 ( 51 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass 54 ( 54 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 55 ( 66 ) SILENT ALL THESE YEARS Tori Amos 56 ( 31 ) DIZZY Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff 57 ( NEW ) UNIVERSE Slade 58 ( 35 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 59 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross 60 ( 33 ) THE ONE AND ONLY Chesney Hawkes
61 ( 43 ) GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited 62 ( 47 ) THE FLY U2 63 ( 74 ) MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2 64 ( 72 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME George Michael & Elton John 65 ( 64 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 66 ( RE ) IN THE GHETTO Beats International 67 ( NEW ) THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER TONIGHT Bryan Adams 68 ( 70 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 69 ( NEW ) SEX MACHINE James Brown 70 ( 65 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
71 ( 62 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors 72 ( NEW ) AM I RIGHT? Erasure 73 ( NEW ) SEND ME AN ANGEL The Scorpions 74 ( 39 ) KISS THEM FOR ME Siouxsie & The Banshees 75 ( NEW ) READY TO ROCK Gary Glitter
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Post by popchartfreak on Nov 27, 2023 20:28:37 GMT 1
17th November 1973 Retro Revamp Charts
It's 4 weeks on top for the majestic Sebastian, no shifting Steve Harley & co, despite the brilliance of Time In A Bottle hanging in at 2, and Roxy Music climbing to 3 with the fabulous Street Life, still exciting. It's a quiet top 10 for a change, with only 5 new entries and a chance to chop the chart down to 80, which means Cozy Powell debuts his instrumental stomper Dance With The Devil at 11 - this was one I was to rhythmically drum out on my desk at school, just lacked the guitars a bit.
New at 15, Roy Wood's back with his 7th solo chart entry Forever, as usual all instruments and voices from Roy, and this is one I bought just before Xmas, the first new single since Mud's Hypnosis in the summer. As it says on the label, a bit of a tribute to Brian Wilson & Neil Sedaka in retro style. Most of my pocket money at this time went on blank reel-to-reel tapes, DC Comics, K-Tel albums, more DC Comics, cinema tickets, and even more DC Comics. DC was undergoing a revival, especially Legion Of Super-Heroes comics. Roy thus makes it the original line-up of The Move all featuring on the chart, with Bev Bevan in ELO and Carl Wayne lower down.
Talking of line-up's Buckingham Nicks debut at 54 with the very very future-Fleetwood Mac-sounding Don't Let Me Down Again, Lindsay & Stevie then boyfriend-girlfriend as well as a new act. Current Fleetwood Mac are just ahead at 53, but that line-up will change shortly leaving a gap and Rock immortality for Buckingham Nicks signing up. Kool & The gang get a 2nd entry with their first proper US hit, Jungle Boogie, future inclusion on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album that sold in zillions, I think. That leaves Ronnie Lane debuting with How Come at 79, as The Faces prepare to drop a new Lane-free single any day now in 1973.
1 ( 1 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 2 ( 2 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 2 3 ( 7 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 4 ( 4 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 4 5 ( 3 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 6 ( 6 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 7 ( 8 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7 8 ( 5 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5 9 ( 9 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter & The Glitter Band # 9 10 ( 10 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1
11 ( NEW ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 11 12 ( 11 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2 13 ( 26 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 13 14 ( 12 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5 15 ( NEW ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 15 16 ( 17 ) ROCK’N’ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) - Kevin Johnson # 16 17 ( 13 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 18 ( 14 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14 19 ( 19 ) AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - Prelude # 19 20 ( 34 ) BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - Lou Christie # 20
21 ( 29 ) WHEREFORE AND WHY - Glen Campbell # 21 22 ( 30 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro # 22 23 ( 16 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 24 ( 21 ) WON’T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - Lynsey De Paul featuring Ed Stewart # 21 25 ( 22 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1 26 ( 25 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 27 ( 41 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 27 28 ( 23 ) COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone # 3 29 ( 15 ) HARMONY - Elton John # 14 30 ( 20 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1
31 ( 18 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5 32 ( 39 ) SPIDERS AND SNAKES - Jim Stafford # 32 33 ( 38 ) MAMA NEVER TOLD ME - Sister Sledge # 33 34 ( 46 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex # 34 35 ( 37 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12 36 ( 36 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 37 ( 50 ) PIANO MAN - Billy Joel # 37 38 ( 27 ) I KNOW WHAT I LIKE (IN YOUR WARDROBE) - Genesis # 12 39 ( 49 ) THE WOMBLING SONG - The Wombles # 39 40 ( 28 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers # 28
41 ( 33 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1 42 ( 40 ) PEPPERBOX - The Peppers # 8 43 ( 31 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - Barry White # 13 44 ( 44 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5 45 ( 43 ) SPEED KILLS - 10CC # 1 46 ( 35 ) DREAM ON - Aerosmith # 7 47 ( 42 ) I’M FREE - Roger Daltry & The London Symphony Orchestra # 1 48 ( 47 ) RADAR LOVE - Golden Earring # 12 49 ( 32 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON - Leo Sayer # 32 50 ( 61 ) BRING ON THE LUCIE (FREDA PEEPLE) - John Lennon # 50
51 ( 63 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - Robert Knight # 51 52 ( 81 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 52 53 ( 56 ) HYPNOTISED - Fleetwood Mac # 53 54 ( NEW ) DON’T LET ME DOWN AGAIN - Buckingham Nicks # 54 55 ( 59 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 55 56 ( 24 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee # 24 57 ( 60 ) YOU WON’T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 57 58 ( 45 ) TAKE ME HIGH - Cliff Richard # 28 59 ( 55 ) THE LOVE I LOST (PART 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes # 10 60 ( 54 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband # 1
61 ( 52 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner # 1 62 ( 53 ) KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (PART 1) - Eddie Kendricks # 4 63 ( 72 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.Rex # 63 64 ( 58 ) I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM - Yvonne Elliman # 1 65 ( 68 ) THE OLD FASHIONED WAY - Charles Aznavour # 65 66 ( 82 ) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - Holland-Dozier # 66 67 ( 78 ) YOU’VE GOT MY SOUL ON FIRE - Edwin Starr # 67 68 ( 67 ) WHO’S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando # 67 69 ( 74 ) WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 69 70 ( 73 ) LET ME BE THERE - Olivia Newton-John # 70
71 ( 75 ) RING RING - The Vernons # 71 72 ( 79 ) I’VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 72 73 ( 65 ) YOU’RE A STAR - Carl Wayne # 65 74 ( NEW ) JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang # 74 75 ( 70 ) WILD LOVE - Mungo Jerry # 70 76 ( 77 ) INTUITION - John Lennon # 76 77 ( 83 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER - The O’Jays # 77 78 ( 76 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - Donny Osmond # 74 79 ( NEW ) HOW COME? - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance # 79 80 ( 84 ) RAISED ON ROCK - Elvis Presley # 80
17th November 1973 My chart that week then
It's 2 weeks on top for Mud in my chart of 50 years ago, but 2 Glitter Rock tracks are challenging at 2 and 3 from Barry Blue & Gary Glitter, with an ex-Beatle at 4, and a new Glam Rock star at 6, Coo Ca Choo going up. Not in the UK charts, but up to 10 for me, It's A Game from String Driven Thing. Highest new entry comes from Mott The Hoople on single 4, Roll Away The Stone with added Thunderthighs on Top Of The Pops, and a hand push-push routine that the girls at school loved miming, new in at 17.
Marie makes a 4th Osmonds act to chart, as the country-styled Paper Roses is new at 19, and Roxy Music drive right on in with Street Life at 27, a sort of Virginia Plain + exciting Glam track with unusual song construction and sounds. The Jackson 5 got a flop in the UK with Get It Together, but it pops in here at 28, and Gilbert sneaks in with his dull-sounding then Why Oh Why Oh Why, but which sounds more sweet than dull these days.
1 ( 1 ) DYNAMITE - Mud 2 ( 3 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue 3 ( 5 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - Gary Glitter 4 ( 8 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings 5 ( 2 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr 6 ( 11 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust 7 ( 7 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS - Don Downing 8 ( 9 ) DAYTONA DEMON - Suzi Quatro 9 ( 4 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra 10 ( 16 ) IT’S A GAME - String Driven Thing
11 ( 6 ) SORROW - David Bowie 12 ( 21 ) LAMPLIGHT - David Essex 13 ( 14 ) LET ME IN - The Osmonds 14 ( 17 ) DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG - David Cassidy 15 ( 20 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING - Eddie Kendricks 16 ( 13 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John 17 ( NEW ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople 18 ( 28 ) WILD LOVE - Mungo Jerry 19 ( NEW ) PAPER ROSES - Marie Osmond 20 ( 19 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazareth
21 ( 22 ) DAN THE BANJO MAN - Dan The Banjo Man 22 ( 26 ) WONDERFUL - Colin Blunstone 23 ( 27 ) AMOUREUSE - Kiki Dee 24 ( 15 ) KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan 25 ( 30 ) JOYBRINGER - Manfred Mann’s Earthband 26 ( 23 ) MY FRIEND STAN - Slade 27 ( NEW ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music 28 ( NEW ) GET IT TOGETHER - The Jackson 5 29 ( 10 ) A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL - Bryan Ferry 30 ( NEW ) WHY OH WHY OH WHY - Gilbert O'Sullivan
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