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 My Retro 1974 50-years-ago revamped charts, It's what I like now from 50 years ago... |
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 13th January 2024, 01:46 PM
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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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14th January 2024, 10:36 AM
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Hey John,
Great oldies Top 75 chart with a lot of SOUL  and Paul McCartney tracks  In the Top 30 i liked the Sweet, Mud, Golden Earring (no  in Holland), Bay City Rollers, Roxy Music, Barry Blue, Leo Sayer, David Bowie and the Christmas tracks.Slade made it to no I loved Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Stylistics and Stevie Wonder
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14th January 2024, 12:47 PM
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QUOTE(Sven10 @ Jan 14 2024, 10:36 AM)  Hey John, Great oldies Top 75 chart with a lot of SOUL and Paul McCartney tracks In the Top 30 i liked the Sweet, Mud, Golden Earring (no in Holland), Bay City Rollers, Roxy Music, Barry Blue, Leo Sayer, David Bowie and the Christmas tracks.Slade made it to no I loved Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Stylistics and Stevie Wonder Hey Sven, thanks for dropping in!  Yes I'm a bit of a soul boy still, and it tends to stay with you as you get older, more so than Glam which was great fun but doesnt have the emotional impact, but great at parties. In the current combined 1974 chart for this week on another website (people posting their own charts) Radar Love just took over from Wizzard as the top track - though I charted it earlier in 1973 when Holland did. It still sounds exciting. Glad you like so many!
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25th January 2024, 04:07 PM
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12th January 1974
It's straight in on top for a 4th number one in a row for The Sweet, as the Chinn-Chapman glamwagon keeps on rolling, Teenage Rampage ramping up the manic rock just as Mud hit their Chinn-Chapman peak with Tiger Feet entering at 5 for 4 top 5's in a row. My brother bought Teenage Rampage and I bought Tiger Feet, and so far this is mirroring how both records did in my original charts. The Chi-Lites meanwhile make it 6 top 10's as Homely Girl is up to 9. David Bowie, were this 2024, would be lead artist featuring Lulu on The Man Who Sold The World and the B side Watch That Man, at 11 and 74 respectively, so I've given him a featuring credit - he wrote, produced, arranged and sang on both tracks, but really it's Lulu who is featuring, and looking oh so cool on Top Of The Pops. That's 7 years of retro charting and she's still only 25 or so at the time with a decade of hit singles. Down the lower end, The Four Tops also keep the chart entries coming for a 7th year, with I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind new at 69, John Denver is into year 4 with Sunshine On My Shoulders, a UK flop, but one I knew. A lad in my class who was cool and self-confident and sporty, once absent-mindedly started singing "Sunshine" and stopped. So I finished the line and he was impressed I knew it, which made me feel cool by association as John Denver had yet to have a hit record in the UK. Bette Midler's back, covering Glen Miller's In The Mood in a 1940's style, as she becomes an overnight sensation in the UK any week on the Parkinson chat show - funny, self-confident, brassy and sexy, and so so sharp and quick-witted in conversation. Instant fan here. That leaves The Detroit Spinners into a 5th year of charting, with Mighty Love, another UK flop, but it's not up to recent standards and hints at more out and out discofunk rather than smooth Philly grooves. 1 ( NEW ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 2 ( 1 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 3 ( 2 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 4 ( 3 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 5 ( NEW ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 5 6 ( 5 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 7 ( 6 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 8 ( 4 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 9 ( 14 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 9 10 ( 7 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 11 ( NEW ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 11 12 ( 9 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 13 ( 10 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 14 ( 8 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 15 ( 15 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15 16 ( 17 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 16 17 ( 16 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 18 ( 12 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 19 ( 11 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 20 ( 20 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20 21 ( 22 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 22 ( 36 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 22 23 ( 24 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 24 ( 18 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14 25 ( 13 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12 26 ( 26 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10 27 ( 31 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 27 28 ( 29 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 28 29 ( 28 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9 30 ( 21 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 14 31 ( 27 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 27 32 ( 23 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 23 33 ( 25 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 34 ( 34 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 35 ( 41 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 35 36 ( 45 ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Holt # 36 37 ( 32 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5 38 ( 19 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16 39 ( 47 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 39 40 ( 51 ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 40 41 ( 33 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4 42 ( 30 ) IT’S ALL OVER - Jackie Wilson # 15 43 ( 40 ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 40 44 ( 37 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 37 45 ( 44 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 46 ( 35 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7 47 ( 43 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1 48 ( 39 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3 49 ( 53 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1 50 ( 52 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 51 ( 38 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1 52 ( 54 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 53 ( 42 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2 54 ( 57 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 54 55 ( 59 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA) - Bay City Rollers # 55 56 ( 50 ) DYNA-MITE - Mud # 5 57 ( 63 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12 58 ( 60 ) SPEED KILLS - 10cc # 1 59 ( 62 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5 60 ( 66 ) YESTERDAY MAN - The Hotshots # 60 61 ( 55 ) HELEN WHEELS - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14 62 ( 48 ) YOU’RE SIXTEEN - Ringo Starr # 19 63 ( 69 ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 63 64 ( 73 ) JESSICA - The Allman Brothers Band # 64 65 ( 74 ) DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER) - The Rolling Stones # 65 66 ( 46 ) A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP - The Pioneers # 35 67 ( 70 ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 67 68 ( 49 ) SATISFACTION - Bubblerock aka Jonathan King # 49 69 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - The Four Tops # 69 70 ( 61 ) MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS - Maria Muldaur # 5 71 ( NEW ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 71 72 ( 56 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John # 18 73 ( NEW ) IN THE MOOD - Bette Midler # 73 74 ( NEW ) WATCH THAT MAN - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 74 75 ( NEW ) MIGHTY LOVE (PART 1) - The Detroit Spinners # 75 |
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30th January 2024, 01:09 PM
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19th January 1974
That's right, that's right, that's right, it's Mud on top for a 3rd chart-topper out of 4, a party classic guaranteed to get grandad on the floor dancing and doing the Mud shoulder-dance. That also makes 2 Chinn-Chapman creations in a row at number one with another classic new at 6 for Suzi Quatro, now on her 5th chart entry and her greatest Glam track, Devil Gate Drive, well come on! Meanwhile Who Do You Think You Are still sounds great for the Jigsaw cover and future Saint Etienne goodie, up to 7. In at 17 with a third single outside The Strawbs, Hudson-Ford's Burn baby Burn revisits the sound of Part Of The Union for a great singalong that's been all but forgotten these days, and future UK chart-topper Billy Don't Be A Hero keeps up the dark story songs along with Seasons In The Sun and Dark Lady, the song from the Murray/Callander hit songwriting team who'd notched up UK chart-toppers in the 60's for Georgie Fame and others, and kick-starting Nottingham band Paper Lace's short chart career, after winning Opportunity Knocks on TV. They were robbed of a US number one by a quick inferior Bo Donaldson cover, but happily got it with their second single. Other new entries: Graham Nash has his new album out, and future mellow folk single On The Line enters early for the ex-Hollies member, just beating his old band to the new entries on time-out from Crosby and Stills. So 8 years of retro charting then for Graham. Songwriter Paul Williams also returns with his typically classy 1920's ragtime ballad style on new track Inspiration at 51 fresh off his starring as an orang utan in Battle For The Planet Of The Apes. Smokey Robinson drops his first official solo record, the very First Nation/Native American-sounding Just My Soul Responding, one I liked at the time, but a UK flop as per usually the case in 1974 for many US tracks (see above new entries). Slip & Slide gives Medicine Head a 4th, The Main Ingredient debut with a future UK soul hit, I Just Don't Want To Be Lonely, and future 80's Freddie McGregor hit cover, and The Sutherland Brothers make it 3 chart entries as they merge with Quiver on Dream Kid. Carly Simon is knocking up the entries with her cover of Mockingbird, as already seen by Charlie & Inez Fox, but she duets with hubbie James Taylor bringing him back after 2 years AWOL chart-wise. Rhapsody In White is the title of the new Barry White/Love Unlimited/Orchestra album, and this instrumental gives Bazza 3 on the chart as he gears up on his solo stuff shortly. Marvin Gaye's UK single is from Let's Get It On, Come Get To This pretty much unknown, and new to me as it got no airplay at the time. Cilla, OTOH, got a lot of plugs on her TV show for Baby We Can't Go Wrong, which was nice but nothing special as a way to end to her singles chart career, bar one duet with Dusty in the 80's. 1 ( 5 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 2 ( 1 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 3 ( 2 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 4 ( 3 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 5 ( 4 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 6 ( NEW ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 6 7 ( 22 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 8 ( 9 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 9 ( 6 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 10 ( 7 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 11 ( 11 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 11 12 ( 8 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 13 ( 14 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 14 ( 12 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 15 ( 13 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 16 ( 10 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 17 ( NEW ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 17 18 ( 15 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15 19 ( 28 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 19 20 ( 19 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 21 ( NEW ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 21 22 ( 16 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 16 23 ( 17 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 24 ( 21 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 25 ( 23 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 26 ( 18 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 27 ( 24 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14 28 ( 25 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12 29 ( 26 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10 30 ( 31 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 27 31 ( 20 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20 32 ( 36 ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Holt # 32 33 ( 39 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 33 34 ( 33 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 35 ( 34 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 36 ( 35 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 35 37 ( 29 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9 38 ( 71 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 38 39 ( 38 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16 40 ( 44 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 37 41 ( 45 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 42 ( 27 ) RAISED ON ROBBERY - Joni Mitchell # 27 43 ( 32 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN - Geordie # 23 44 ( 40 ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 40 45 ( 30 ) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW - Melanie # 14 46 ( 37 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5 47 ( 41 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4 48 ( 64 ) JESSICA - The Allman Brothers Band # 48 49 ( NEW ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 49 50 ( 50 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 51 ( NEW ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 51 52 ( 51 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1 53 ( 49 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1 54 ( 52 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 55 ( 47 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1 56 ( 46 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7 57 ( 60 ) YESTERDAY MAN - The Hotshots # 57 58 ( NEW ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 58 59 ( 69 ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - The Four Tops # 59 60 ( 63 ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 60 61 ( 57 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12 62 ( 53 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2 63 ( 58 ) SPEED KILLS - 10cc # 1 64 ( 59 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5 65 ( NEW ) SLIP AND SLIDE - Medicine Head # 65 66 ( 43 ) I WILL - Ruby Winters # 40 67 ( 65 ) DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER) - The Rolling Stones # 65 68 ( 67 ) STOP TO START - Blue Magic # 67 69 ( NEW ) I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - The Main Ingredient # 69 70 ( 48 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Wizzard # 3 71 ( 55 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA) - Bay City Rollers # 55 72 ( 54 ) JULIE ANN - White Plains # 54 73 ( NEW ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 73 74 ( NEW ) MOCKINGBIRD - Carly Simon & James Taylor # 74 75 ( NEW ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 75 76 ( NEW ) COME GET TO THIS - Marvin Gaye # 76 77 ( 75 ) MIGHTY LOVE (PART 1) - Detroit Spinners # 75 78 ( 73 ) IN THE MOOD - Bette Midler # 73 79 ( 74 ) WATCH THAT MAN - Lulu ft David Bowie # 74 80 ( NEW ) BABY WE CAN’T GO WRONG - Cilla Black # 80 |
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5th February 2024, 02:33 PM
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26th January 1974
It's straight in on top for The Hollies' version of the Albert Hammond song, The Air That I Breathe, which brings Allan Clarke and the gang back on form with an amazing ballad and second Retro chart-topper after 1969's He Ain't Heavy. That soaring guitar and Allan's vocals and harmonies are at the heart of it, while former bandmate Graham Nash is up to 36 with his gentle country song On The Line. That blocks a third Chinnchap number as Devil Gate Drive is at 2 for Suzi Quatro, her second top 3 after Can The Can hit the top spot. New in at 11, taken from his new album, Ian "Woodstock" Matthews is back with his cover of Jackson Browne's mature teenage-written-debut-song These Days, previously charted by Nico in 1968. This version looks to be the inspiration for the heartbreaking Glen Campbell version in the 00's, which was brilliant, the lyrics suiting an older person with alzheimers more than say, a wistful teenager (who actually wrote it). I'd never heard this version before yesterday. Glen Campbell, meanwhile, returns with the very Jimmy-Webb sounding Houston (I'm Coming To See You) at 51 taken from his latest album which I happen to have on vinyl. New at 20, Alvin gets his follow-up, the very Elvis Glam-styled Jealous Mind, who together with Mud, was showing the sort of things Elvis could have been doing rather than his largely tedious actual stuff (which fails to make my chart this week). New at 30, the late Canadian folkie Gordon Lightfoot debuts his fab Sundown, a US chart-topper and UK flop, while Marc Bolan abruptly changes style for the sprawling ballad Teenage Dream. The glory days were very much over for T. Rex, but the B side sneaks in at 80. Neil Sedaka keeps his UK run going with his rock'n'roll throwback A Little Lovin' as he gears up to be signed to Elton John's Rocket label to win back his homeland on an album showcasing the best of his first 2 UK-only albums - which will pay dividends for the unassuming, talented family man who in no way looked like a pop star in the 70's. The music was everything. Gilbert's also back with one I didn't like at the time, but Happiness Is Me & You sounds OK 50 years later, and the very annoying Ma He's Making Eyes At Me isn't actually that bad, and the TV talent show child star Lena Zavaroni didn't deserve to die young from anorexia, so the track is kinda sad these days. She was about 10 and far too young for the music biz and the accompanying media attacks. 1 ( NEW ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 2 ( 6 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 3 ( 2 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 4 ( 1 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 5 ( 3 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 6 ( 9 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 7 ( 5 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 8 ( 4 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 9 ( 11 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 10 ( 10 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 11 ( NEW ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 11 12 ( 7 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 13 ( 17 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 14 ( 8 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 15 ( 14 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 16 ( 21 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16 17 ( 12 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 18 ( 13 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 19 ( 19 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 19 20 ( NEW ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 20 21 ( 16 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 22 ( 15 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 23 ( 20 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 24 ( 23 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 25 ( 22 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 16 26 ( 24 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 27 ( 28 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12 28 ( 31 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20 29 ( 33 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 29 30 ( NEW ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 30 31 ( 38 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 31 32 ( 18 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15 33 ( 25 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 34 ( 26 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 35 ( 29 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10 36 ( 49 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 36 37 ( 27 ) MRS. 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Rex # 40 41 ( 51 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 41 42 ( 48 ) JESSICA - The Allman Brothers Band # 42 43 ( 59 ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - The Four Tops # 43 44 ( 39 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16 45 ( 32 ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Holt # 32 46 ( 36 ) MAMUNIA - Paul McCartney & Wings # 35 47 ( 41 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 48 ( 30 ) STAR - Stealers Wheel # 27 49 ( 37 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9 50 ( 50 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 51 ( NEW ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 51 52 ( 54 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 53 ( 57 ) YESTERDAY MAN - The Hotshots # 53 54 ( 73 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 54 55 ( 52 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1 56 ( 58 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 56 57 ( 53 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1 58 ( 44 ) I SHALL SING - Garfunkel # 40 59 ( 46 ) JOLENE - Dolly Parton # 5 60 ( 61 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12 61 ( 62 ) MY COO CA CHOO - Alvin Stardust # 2 62 ( 40 ) BLUEBIRD - Paul McCartney & Wings # 37 63 ( 63 ) SPEED KILLS - 10cc # 1 64 ( 55 ) GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - Elton John # 1 65 ( 65 ) SLIP AND SLIDE - Medicine Head # 65 66 ( 75 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 66 67 ( 56 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE - Mott The Hoople featuring Thunderthighs # 7 68 ( 69 ) I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - The Main Ingredient # 68 69 ( 47 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - Cozy Powell # 4 70 ( 64 ) SHOW AND TELL - Al Wilson # 5 71 ( 76 ) COME GET TO THIS - Marvin Gaye # 71 72 ( 74 ) MOCKINGBIRD - Carly Simon & James Taylor # 72 73 ( 77 ) MIGHTY LOVE (PART 1) - The Detroit Spinners # 73 74 ( 80 ) BABY WE CAN’T GO WRONG - Cilla Black # 74 75 ( NEW ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 75 76 ( 60 ) ALL OF MY LIFE - Diana Ross # 60 77 ( NEW ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 77 78 ( 78 ) IN THE MOOD - Bette Midler # 73 79 ( NEW ) MA HE’S MAKING EYES AT ME - Lena Zavaroni # 79 80 ( NEW ) SATISFACTION PONY - T. 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13th February 2024, 04:54 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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2nd February 1974
It's an album track I'd never heard until a week ago on top, Ian Matthews going three places higher than he did with Woodstock in 1970's Retro charts - and like that one, it's a terrific version of a great song. Heresy to say it, but it's way better than the Jackson Browne version released a few months earlier where he did a cover of a blues cover version as opposed to Nico's cover of his original unreleased song. This is more Nico, and sets up the definitive version from Glen Campbell in the mid 2000's. Talking of Glen, he's up into the 30 along with a bunch of other folk-ey/country-styled climbers, and T.Rex. Alvin gets a second top 3 with Jealous Mind, I must say I'd never noticed the 10CC Rubber Bullets beat nicked before, hidden as it is amongst a lot of 50's throwback touches. Still sounds fresh. Disco has now formally arrived (though it'll take another 6 months to burst into the charts) with Howard K.C. Casey and his Sunshine Band new in at 10 with their 2nd UK hit single Sound Your Funky Horn out in the USA - his Rock Your Baby song-production gifted to George McRae really is Disco Ground Zero in chart-terms in the UK. Talking of disco, The First Queen Of Disco (until Donna Summer stole the title) was Gloria gaynor, and she debuts with Honey Bee at 73. New at 33, The Trem's are back for an 8th Retro year in a row - Do I Love You wasn't a hit of course but it was on Lift Off With Ayshea I expect as I charted it at the time, and turns out 50 years on it sounds better than it did at the time. Joni Mitchell is also back to extend her retro run as lovely ballad Help Me, off newly-released Court And Spark (a fab album), is in at 38, and she's only just gone and finally appeared at the Grammy's 50 Years later. Hooray! Roy Wood was Popstar Number One in Feb 1974, and Radio 1 had just done an interview/career span for the Move/ELO/Wizzard/solo/hit songwriter - I know this cos Roy gave a very early play of his latest future single Going Down The Road. He'd bought some bagpipes, and learned to play enough for a Scottish Reggae single (all instruments and voices Roy as per usual) and it had debuted instantly in my top 10 of the time 50 years ago this week. So, it might not be officially released, but it was played, I heard it, I loved it, I charted it, so it's here early too just as I would now for any track I heard ahead of release. Pink Floyd make it a 4th retro chart entry with Dark Side track Us And Them, out in the USA, and composer Marvin Hamlisch charts Scott Joplin's 1920's ragtime piano tune, The Entertainer, courtesy of his soundtrack to hit movie The Sting - Robert Redford & Paul Newman back together again. 50 years ago this week, though, I was more interested in Mel Brook's US release of his Western parody Blazing Saddles, a 4th-wall-breaking, hip, madcap, social-commentating, naughty, rule-breaking, brilliant comedy masterpiece. Written by Richard Prior, he had an accident and couldn't star in the movie, which was great news for Cleavon Little who got the lead role as the black sheriff, bringing a lowkey charming cool to the part along with Gene Wilder's lowkey restrained gunfighter. Everything else was manic, it didn't need two manic leads! The theme tune will chart soon! That leaves Gladys Knight dropping Best Thing That Ever Happened 18 months ahead of it's UK hit release, hitting in the USA now, and Lieutenant Pigeon popping back again for a Stavely Makepeace spin-off cover of the ancient Irish standard I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen. Also on Lift Off With Ayshea, I think, as I charted it briefly at the time and I don't recall Radio 1 playing it! 1 ( 11 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 2 ( 1 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 3 ( 20 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 4 ( 2 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 5 ( 3 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 6 ( 4 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 7 ( 6 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 8 ( 7 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 9 ( 5 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 10 ( NEW ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 10 11 ( 10 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 12 ( 8 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 13 ( 9 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 14 ( 12 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 15 ( 13 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 16 ( 16 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16 17 ( 15 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 18 ( 19 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18 19 ( 17 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 20 ( 14 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 21 ( 21 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 22 ( 22 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 23 ( 31 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 23 24 ( 36 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 25 ( 40 ) TEENAGE DREAM - T. Rex # 25 26 ( 30 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26 27 ( 51 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 27 28 ( 41 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 28 29 ( 23 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 30 ( 18 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 31 ( 24 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 32 ( 26 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 33 ( NEW ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 33 34 ( 28 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20 35 ( 27 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12 36 ( 56 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 36 37 ( 34 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 38 ( NEW ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 38 39 ( 25 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 16 40 ( NEW ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 40 41 ( 33 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 42 ( 32 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15 43 ( 54 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 43 44 ( 43 ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - The Four Tops # 43 45 ( 42 ) JESSICA - The Allman Brothers Band # 42 46 ( 39 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 47 ( 38 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 48 ( 47 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 49 ( 44 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16 50 ( 35 ) I THINK I’M OVER (GETTING OVER YOU) - Peter Noone # 10 51 ( 52 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 52 ( 29 ) TEENAGE LAMENT ’74 - Alice Cooper # 29 53 ( 49 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9 54 ( 37 ) MRS. VANDEBILT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 14 55 ( 45 ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - John Holt # 32 56 ( 50 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 57 ( NEW ) US AND THEM - Pink Floyd # 57 58 ( 65 ) SLIP AND SLIDE - Medicine Head # 58 59 ( 68 ) I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - The Main Ingredient # 59 60 ( 66 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 60 61 ( 71 ) COME GET TO THIS - Marvin Gaye # 61 62 ( 60 ) COME LIVE WITH ME - Ray Charles # 12 63 ( 63 ) SPEED KILLS - 10cc # 1 64 ( NEW ) THE ENTERTAINER - Marvin Hamlisch # 64 65 ( 55 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE - Barry Blue # 1 66 ( 57 ) THE BALLROOM BLITZ - The Sweet # 1 67 ( 72 ) MOCKINGBIRD - Carly Simon & James Taylor # 67 68 ( 75 ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 68 69 ( 77 ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 69 70 ( 74 ) BABY WE CAN’T GO WRONG - Cilla Black # 70 71 ( NEW ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 71 72 ( 73 ) MIGHTY LOVE (PART 1) - The Detroit Spinners # 72 73 ( NEW ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 73 74 ( 79 ) MA HE’S MAKING EYES AT ME - Lena Zavaroni # 74 75 ( NEW ) I’LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN - Lieutenant Pigeon # 75 |
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18th February 2024, 05:21 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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9th February 1974
It's back up one place for a second week on top for The Hollies and the fab Air That I Breathe, with abrand new Philly disco breakthrough for The Three Degrees, on their 3rd retro chart entry, the fab Gamble & Huff Year Of Decision new in at 3. The new Supremes for the 70's basically. K.C. is up to 5, the first of many to do that no doubt, and bang in at 6 the movie of 1974, give or take the odd James Bond or Disaster movie, Blazing Saddles also being the movie theme of the year, forget The Sting, The Way We Were and even The Man With The Golden Gun - it's veteran Frankie Laine poker-faced belting out a 50's styled Western theme unaware it was a pisstake, and a very naughty one at that. Brilliant. Bowie drops his next musical morph at 17, and it's a Mick Ronson wicked riff, Rebel Rebel not a fave of mine at the time - the sudden style change was grating, much more Rolling Stones than Glam, but oddly I had no problem with Plastic Soul a year later, where most Bowie fans went apoplectic. It's a great single though. Barry White keeps pumping 'em out, his 4th on the rundown, with solo Honey Please Can't Ya See, a UK flop but I always liked it, new in at 46, while Sunny (of The Pearls, original Brotherhood Of Man, and backing singer for (deep breath) Dusty, Elton, Love Affair, Lulu, Mott The Hoople, Bowie, T.Rex, Tom Jones, Joe Cocker - see With A Little Help From My Friends - and 60's teen singer, Eurovision stage support to Lulu, and several other acts over the years into the 80's) finally egst a solo hit single with Doctor's Orders at 51. The Staple Singers are back for a 5th or 6th time with a good track I didn't know before today, Touch A Hand at 60, Carpenters dip into Hank Williams' Jambalaya territory as they go off the boil a bit for me, at 70, Opportunity Knocks comedian Freddie Starr has a UK hit with It's You, a bit maudlin, but my Aunty Norma loves it, so I bunged it on a CD for her last year - not available anywhere to buy! She went to see him back in the day, and he was lead singer of 60's band The Midniters before he started making headlines "eating hamsters" and that sort of tat. Great at imitations of Elvis and the like in those days though. Junior Walker returns for probably the last time with another sax-driven soul track new to me, and Ricky Wilde returns with another dad-created pre-teen track kiddie-pop oriented, Mrs. Malinski, which I liked at the time on one hearing, charted, and then never heard again for 50 years until today. It's OK, but a way better track is on the way! 1 ( 2 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 2 ( 1 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 3 ( NEW ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 3 4 ( 3 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 5 ( 10 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 5 6 ( NEW ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 7 ( 7 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 8 ( 4 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 9 ( 5 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 10 ( 6 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 11 ( 9 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 12 ( 8 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 13 ( 12 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 14 ( 14 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 15 ( 15 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 16 ( 11 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 17 ( NEW ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 17 18 ( 13 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 19 ( 17 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 20 ( 20 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 21 ( 23 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 22 ( 22 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 23 ( 19 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 24 ( 24 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 25 ( 33 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 25 26 ( 26 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26 27 ( 27 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 27 28 ( 28 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 28 29 ( 16 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16 30 ( 18 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18 31 ( 21 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 32 ( 38 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 32 33 ( 30 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 34 ( 32 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 35 ( 36 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35 36 ( 40 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 36 37 ( 43 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 37 38 ( 25 ) TEENAGE DREAM - T. Rex # 25 39 ( 29 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 40 ( 35 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12 41 ( 31 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 42 ( 57 ) US AND THEM - Pink Floyd # 42 43 ( 34 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20 44 ( 47 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 45 ( 37 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 46 ( NEW ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 46 47 ( 49 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16 48 ( 59 ) I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - The Main Ingredient # 48 49 ( 58 ) SLIP AND SLIDE - Medicine Head # 49 50 ( 46 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 51 ( NEW ) DOCTOR’S ORDERS - Sunny # 51 52 ( 45 ) JESSICA - The Allman Brothers Band # 42 53 ( 51 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 54 ( 42 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15 55 ( 41 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 56 ( 48 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 57 ( 60 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 57 58 ( 39 ) HIGHWAYS OF MY LIFE - The Isley Brothers # 16 59 ( 56 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 60 ( NEW ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 60 61 ( 61 ) COME GET TO THIS - Marvin Gaye # 61 62 ( 71 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 62 63 ( 44 ) I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - The Four Tops # 43 64 ( 64 ) THE ENTERTAINER - Marvin Hamlisch # 64 65 ( 69 ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 65 66 ( 73 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 66 67 ( 70 ) BABY WE CAN’T GO WRONG - Cilla Black # 67 68 ( 68 ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 68 69 ( 67 ) MOCKINGBIRD - Carly Simon & James Taylor # 67 70 ( NEW ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 70 71 ( 53 ) SEASONS IN THE SUN - Terry Jacks # 9 72 ( NEW ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 72 73 ( 75 ) I’LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN - Lieutenant Pigeon # 73 74 ( NEW ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74 75 ( NEW ) MRS MALINSKI - Ricky Wilde # 75 |
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28th February 2024, 12:04 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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16th February 1974
It's a new entry at 1 for Queen's second chart entry, and the first of 3 acts who would turn up in 1974 and become long-term greats 50 years later and confounding the music critics of the time. ABBA and Sparks being the other two. Seven Seas Of Rhye got a slot on Top Of The Pops and it was a "wow" moment for me, instant number one. The THree Degrees are held off at 2, with another newie, their 4th, new in at 28 as lead act on the MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother) Sound Of Philadelphia orchestra. Barry Blue makes it a 4th chart entry with his 3rd top 20, the 50's teen pastiche ballad School Love which has a great melody and throwback appeal, Barry setting up his stall as intending to make each single very different from his previous singles - and anticipating the sort of ballads from Grease (charts-wise) musical which was already out and not making headlines. At 44 the third track off On The Third Day debuts for ELO at 44, new single Ma-Ma-Ma Belle, as they rock out, and so too, does Let Me Roll It for Wings on the 8th track from Band On The Run to chart here, new at 45. Albert Hammond keeps the chart entries going with his US hit, I'm A Train at 71, and Elton John debuts the biggest-selling record of all-time. Sort of. It's Candle In The Wind, the original and better version, but B Side Bennie & The Jets has already hit number one here and will do so in the USA shortly, with Candle relegated to the B side. It's marginally maudlin, but not as much as the 1997 version for Princess Diana. I will stick with the Marilyn Monroe version, but I never rated it at the time and still don't. 50 years on I'm still pissed off Bennie wasn't the A side, until they re-issued it in 1976 as an oldie and got a minor hit out of it when it should have been a top 10 smash in 1974. Candle would also come back to haunt the charts in a live version. 1 ( NEW ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 2 ( 3 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 3 ( 1 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 4 ( 5 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 4 5 ( 2 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 6 ( 6 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 7 ( 7 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 8 ( 4 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 9 ( 10 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 10 ( 9 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 11 ( 11 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 12 ( 8 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 13 ( 13 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 14 ( 17 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14 15 ( 14 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 16 ( 25 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16 17 ( NEW ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 17 18 ( 18 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 19 ( 19 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 20 ( 12 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 21 ( 21 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 22 ( 27 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22 23 ( 22 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 24 ( 20 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 25 ( 28 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25 26 ( 46 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 26 27 ( 23 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 28 ( NEW ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 28 29 ( 15 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 30 ( 32 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 30 31 ( 24 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 32 ( 31 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 33 ( 33 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 34 ( 30 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18 35 ( 16 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 36 ( 36 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 36 37 ( 37 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 37 38 ( 34 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 39 ( 39 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 40 ( 29 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16 41 ( 51 ) DOCTOR’S ORDERS - Sunny # 41 42 ( 38 ) TEENAGE DREAM - T. Rex # 25 43 ( 26 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26 44 ( NEW ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 44 45 ( NEW ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 45 46 ( 35 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35 47 ( 44 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 48 ( 72 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 48 49 ( 47 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16 50 ( 41 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 51 ( 50 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 52 ( 45 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 53 ( 53 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 54 ( 57 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 54 55 ( 54 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15 56 ( 65 ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 56 57 ( 60 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 57 58 ( 40 ) HALF A MILLION MILES FROM HOME - Albert Hammond # 12 59 ( 56 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 60 ( 62 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60 61 ( 68 ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 61 62 ( 43 ) LOVING YOU - Johnny Nash # 20 63 ( 55 ) STREET LIFE - Roxy Music # 3 64 ( 42 ) US AND THEM - Pink Floyd # 42 65 ( 66 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 65 66 ( 49 ) SLIP AND SLIDE - Medicine Head # 49 67 ( 48 ) I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY - The Main Ingredient # 48 68 ( 61 ) COME GET TO THIS - Marvin Gaye # 61 69 ( 70 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 69 70 ( 59 ) KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR - Bob Dylan # 1 71 ( NEW ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 71 72 ( 64 ) THE ENTERTAINER - Marvin Hamlisch # 64 73 ( 67 ) BABY WE CAN’T GO WRONG - Cilla Black # 67 74 ( 74 ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74 75 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John # 75 |
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4th March 2024, 05:22 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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23rd February 1974
It's a brand new entry on top of the pile as Hot Chocolate notch up a 5th number one in 4 of the last 5 calendar years -only missing out on 1972, though You'll Always Be A Friend came within a whisker of a 6th. As per the norm, with Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, they like to change direction musically, this time it's a stark dark ballad with haunting descending guitar segments. It's pretty hard to get darker than this, but it's fab anyway. Meanwhile Barry Blue makes it 2 top 10's in a row with his charming 50's teen pastiche, and The New Seekers grab a first top 20 track in just over a year with the great little song I Get A Little Sentimental - it's old-time singalong style, and as usual not the greatest of productions from their team, but the tune is fab for their final hit song in this line-up. New at 47, one I liked at the time from Radio Luxembourg plays, but I never got to tape it or buy a copy - 50 years on it turns out to be a great little Phil Spector pastiche courtesy of Vi from TV regulars The Flirtations. So good to hear it again, it's fresh! At 52, The Bee Gees got solidly ignored again in 1974 as the music scene was in the dying throes of Glam and the break-through of Disco, and the Gibbs were still 60's balladeers, by and large. That'll change, but in the meantime Mr. Natural was a good single that deserved more than the couple of radio plays it got. I also never managed to tape that, so had to resort to buying the album of the same name in the 90's as it never appeared on any compilations. Big in the USA but bizarrely not the UK, Dancing Machine is in at 60, another one I liked and didn't get to tape but got it on a vinyl album a few years later. Still sounds funky. I blame Radio One for not picking up on it enough. At 62, another one that got a few plays on Radio One as a huge US hit, but still flopped in the UK, Grand Funk's stomping upbeat rock version of Carole King's Loco-motion hit for Little Eva, a UK hit in 1962 and 1972 - possibly why this one didn't register, it had only just charted again. The song will back again in the 80's. New at 65 and 70 it's a double for The Stylistics - the US has opted for the slow ballad You Make Me Feel Brand New, the UK decided on the more upbeat Only For The Children as the A side - cue a huge US hit and a flop UK hit for the B side track. I know it was the lead track in the UK cos I charted it in my charts of the time after it got airplay, so the Wikipedia discography is wrong in omitting it and I can't be arsed to correct it. They reissued it as the B side to the US A side a few months later, but I always preferred the UK track to the monster ballad. At 69, fresh from huge US success, the BBC had chosen Olivia Newton-John to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest, and we were duly offered 6 new tracks on her TV show to vote for. As usual the British voting public went for the jolly oompah oompah pop track, Long Live Love, and felt so comfortable in that decision she was on Top Of The Pops the next week, plugging like mad, and our voting jury highly suspiciously not giving any points to the Ultimate Eurovision Song. Which is why the public is always right, even when they opt for tat. Juries can be rigged! Anyway, it was the 4th best song in the contest and came 4th, so justice was served and Olivia moved to America to record some decent ballads and become a film star for a while. There's an episode of Top Of The Pops from 1974 that still exists because Bill Haley was on it singing Rock Around The Clock, a hit all over again in 1974. Even the old git who decided on saving any episodes at the BBC due to musical history recognised that one as a keeper. Not me, I had known it all my life and was never really a fan. A singalong once in a while was enough, I didn't need it on the radio a lot. That leaves some flop singles in the UK from Helen Reddy (her US hit Keep On Singing), Jimmy Ruffin (going Al Green-style with Tell Me What You Want - but he'll be back before year-end with huge oldies), Earth Wind & Fire (too funky for the UK just yet on Mighty Mighty), Ringo Starr (his 3rd single off the album, and Oh My My it was a bit too dreary to sell) and Jimmy helms on his 3rd single, the rather good There'll be Another Night. I'm basing this on a 50-year-old memory, as I charted it, I heard it, I know I Liked it, and the Record Mirror singles review was pretty positive. Sadly, it's not on any streaming site whatsoever so there's no way of ever hearing it again unless I buy a copy off Ebay if I can find one. Doh! Please post a youtube video someone. Jimmy? You must have one! 1 ( NEW ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 2 ( 1 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 3 ( 3 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 4 ( 4 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 4 5 ( 2 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 6 ( 5 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 7 ( 17 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 8 ( 7 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 9 ( 6 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 10 ( 11 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 11 ( 8 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 12 ( 9 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 13 ( 13 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 14 ( 14 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14 15 ( 12 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 16 ( 28 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 16 17 ( 10 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 18 ( 20 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 19 ( 15 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 20 ( NEW ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 20 21 ( 18 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 22 ( 26 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 22 23 ( 16 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16 24 ( 24 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 25 ( 25 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25 26 ( 23 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 27 ( 30 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 27 28 ( 27 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 29 ( 19 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 30 ( 31 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 31 ( 21 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 32 ( 33 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 33 ( 36 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33 34 ( 35 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 35 ( 29 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 36 ( 37 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 36 37 ( 44 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37 38 ( 32 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 39 ( 45 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 39 40 ( 38 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 41 ( 57 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41 42 ( 48 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42 43 ( 22 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22 44 ( 34 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18 45 ( 40 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16 46 ( 43 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26 47 ( NEW ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 47 48 ( 54 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 48 49 ( 39 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 50 ( 47 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 51 ( 50 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 52 ( NEW ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 52 53 ( 46 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35 54 ( 71 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 54 55 ( 53 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 56 ( 52 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 57 ( 51 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 58 ( 65 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 58 59 ( 59 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 60 ( NEW ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 60 61 ( 60 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60 62 ( NEW ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 62 63 ( 69 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 63 64 ( 49 ) A LOVE SONG - Anne Murray # 16 65 ( NEW ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65 66 ( 42 ) TEENAGE DREAM - T. Rex # 25 67 ( 61 ) A LITTLE LOVIN’ - Neil Sedaka # 61 68 ( 41 ) DOCTOR’S ORDERS - Sunny # 41 69 ( NEW ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 69 70 ( NEW ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 70 71 ( 55 ) THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD - 10cc # 15 72 ( NEW ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 72 73 ( 56 ) HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU - Gilbert O’Sullivan # 56 74 ( 74 ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74 75 ( 75 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John # 75 76 ( NEW ) KEEP ON SINGING - Helen Reddy # 76 77 ( NEW ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 77 78 ( NEW ) THERE’LL BE ANOTHER NIGHT - Jimmy Helms # 78 79 ( NEW ) MIGHTY MIGHTY - Earth Wind & Fire # 79 80 ( NEW ) OH MY MY - Ringo Starr # 80 |
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11th March 2024, 05:28 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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2nd March 1974
It's a very quiet debut in the world of 1974 for future disco anthem Rock The Boat, sometimes taken as the birth of the disco genre as such, and it certainly was released ahead of the one that topped the UK chart and started the ball rolling. The Hues Corporation party dance track, though, took almost 6 months to break through! Number One here, in the meantime. The New Seekers get a first top 10 since Circles 2 years earlier, giving them a 6th top 10. New in at 13 is Robert Knight's revived Everlasting Love, which charted in my 1968 retro charts 6 years ago and peaked at 11, meanwhile the strings hook for the Love Affair cover of the song was nicked by Jeff Lynne for Daybreaker (see 48). Anne Murray drops her Love Song from the chart, but adds at 40 her Beatles cover, hot off her new album and a US single shortly - You Won't See Me got a fair amount of airplay in the UK in the summer but didn't chart. She had more US luck, and with me (top 5 in my charts of the time). The Temptations have a sudden change of style, pure 50's-ish lush ballad Heavenly, never heard it before but I rather like it, new at 47. T. Rex drop new album Zinc Alloy (etc.) which my mate Ian bought and played to me a lot, so I got to know it pretty well in 1974, and two of the tracks drop in, Liquid Gang at 70, and the one that should have been a single at 52, Venus Loon. It's more commercial than any of the 3 actual singles Marc released that year, as he was very much on a diminishing set of returns with each single until New York City in 1975. Cat Stevens is back with US hit Oh Very Young, a decent later Cat effort, and The Ragtimers do a more upbeat cover of Marvin Hamlisch's version of Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, for a cash-in hit and a new film-related title with added banjo. 1 ( NEW ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 2 ( 1 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 3 ( 4 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 4 ( 20 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 5 ( 2 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 6 ( 5 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 7 ( 7 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 8 ( 3 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 9 ( 8 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 10 ( 6 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 11 ( 16 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 11 12 ( 9 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 13 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 13 14 ( 13 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 15 ( 15 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 16 ( 14 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14 17 ( 18 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 18 ( 12 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 19 ( 22 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19 20 ( 10 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 21 ( 11 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 22 ( 19 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 23 ( 21 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 24 ( 52 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 24 25 ( 27 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 25 26 ( 26 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 27 ( 29 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 28 ( 17 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 29 ( 39 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 29 30 ( 25 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25 31 ( 24 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 32 ( 31 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 33 ( 32 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 34 ( 34 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 35 ( 48 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 35 36 ( 28 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 37 ( 37 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37 38 ( 47 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 38 39 ( 35 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 40 ( NEW ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 40 41 ( 23 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16 42 ( 42 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42 43 ( 30 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 44 ( 36 ) DREAM KID - The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver # 36 45 ( 41 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41 46 ( 40 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 47 ( NEW ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 47 48 ( 38 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 49 ( 44 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18 50 ( 45 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16 51 ( 60 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 51 52 ( NEW ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 52 53 ( 69 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53 54 ( 54 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 54 55 ( 50 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 56 ( 33 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33 57 ( 58 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 57 58 ( 62 ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 58 59 ( 55 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 60 ( 59 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 61 ( 57 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 62 ( 43 ) HOUSTON (I’M COMIN’ TO SEE YOU) - Glen Campbell # 22 63 ( 46 ) SUNDOWN - Gordon Lightfoot # 26 64 ( 49 ) SHE’S GONE - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 3 65 ( 51 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder # 4 66 ( 70 ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 66 67 ( 53 ) JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING - Smokey Robinson # 35 68 ( 77 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 68 69 ( 63 ) JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU) - Carpenters # 63 70 ( NEW ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 70 71 ( 65 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65 72 ( 72 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 72 73 ( 56 ) FOREVER - Roy Wood # 7 74 ( 74 ) DON’T BLAME THE CHILDREN - Junior Walker & The All Stars # 74 75 ( NEW ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 75 76 ( 76 ) KEEP ON SINGING - Helen Reddy # 76 77 ( 75 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND - Elton John # 75 78 ( 61 ) BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips # 60 79 ( 79 ) MIGHTY MIGHTY - Earth Wind & Fire # 79 80 ( NEW ) THE STING - The Ragtimers # 80 |
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19th March 2024, 07:00 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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9th March 1974
It's straight in on top for new release Sugar Baby Love, a future UK number one in a few months and one I charted soon as I heard it in 1974, so it had 2 runs in my charts but never quite topped in either run, and The Rubettes' never had a personal chart-topper despite some great records in a variety of styles, not just this 50's vs Four Seasons retro-sounding Glam monster. New in at 3, The Isley Brothers gorgeous cover of Seals & Croft's Summer Breeze, the guitar work alone makes it the definitive version even without Ronald Isley on vocal. So that's 8 years of retro charting for the Brothers. There's a lot of new entries pushing some tracks unfairly down or even out, but Robert Knight gets the second version of Everlasting Love to go top 5 after this record fell short of the top 10 in the 1968 retro rundown, and Three Degrees replace themselves in the top 10 with TSOP. The Glitter Band have basically been having hits since Rock & Roll Part 2, and they step out on their own with the fab Angel Face new at 17. Who needs Gary Glitter, and it's way better than his rubbish croon Remember Me This Way out to promote his ego-fest movie at the cinema. Neil Sedaka has his 2nd UK-based UK-only album out, Laughter In The Rain, and the lead track charts at 21, with the song about John Lennon at 33, The Immigrant. Both would be huge US hits in 1975 as Neil finally hits in his home again, and both are great ballads I rated in 74 and 75 respectively. There's loads of reactivated 50's and 60's tracks about in 1974, on a weekly basis pretty much, and a few I charted in my own charts, this week Buddy Holly's classic posthumous UK number one It Doesn't Matter Anymore entered my actual charts, one I loved, and as I havent ever done Retro 50's charts, it can qualify for my 1974 charts again, new at 27. At 28 Dolly Parton follows Jolene with her signature tune, I Will Always Love You though was not a hit, it wasn't even played on UK radio at the time, it took a movie slot in 1983 or so (Best Little Whorehouse In Texas I think) to get noticed, and a cover version from Whitney to send it into orbit. The original is the best, by far, though. Tender and touching. Don Downing returns with one it took me 40 years to buy, Dream World, a decent slice of Northern Soul, while Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye drop the 3rd charting version of You Are Everything, after The Stylistics and The Pearls. It's slowed-down quite a bit, but good. Steely Dan are back with cool, jazzy Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Nazareth grab a 4th with Shanghai'd In Shanghai, one I've no heard in 50 years, and it's pretty good actually. Jimmy Osmond gets his 3rd and last charting hit, another cover, the kiddie-aimed I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door, Carly Simon follows-up Mockingbird with her 7th track I think, but I haven't Got Time For The Pain of checking. Ike & Tina also return with at least a 5th, Sweet Rhode Island Red I also bought about 10 years ago. 1 ( NEW ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1 2 ( 2 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 3 ( NEW ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 3 4 ( 1 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 5 ( 13 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 5 6 ( 11 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6 7 ( 3 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 8 ( 4 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 9 ( 7 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 10 ( 8 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 11 ( 9 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 12 ( 5 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 13 ( 10 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 14 ( 6 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 15 ( 12 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 16 ( 40 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 16 17 ( NEW ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 17 18 ( 17 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 19 ( 24 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 19 20 ( 25 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20 21 ( NEW ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 21 22 ( 14 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 23 ( 15 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 24 ( 18 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 25 ( 20 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 26 ( 21 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 27 ( NEW ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 27 28 ( NEW ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 28 29 ( 29 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 29 30 ( 27 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 31 ( 26 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 32 ( 23 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 33 ( NEW ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 33 34 ( 47 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 34 35 ( 38 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 35 36 ( 22 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 37 ( 31 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 38 ( 28 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 39 ( 19 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19 40 ( 33 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 41 ( 36 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 42 ( 45 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41 43 ( 37 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37 44 ( 16 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14 45 ( 32 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 46 ( 42 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42 47 ( 52 ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 47 48 ( 34 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 49 ( 30 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25 50 ( 51 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 50 51 ( 70 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 51 52 ( 54 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 52 53 ( 46 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 54 ( 41 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16 55 ( 43 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 56 ( 39 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 57 ( 53 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53 58 ( 57 ) HONEY BEE - Gloria Gaynor # 57 59 ( NEW ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 59 60 ( 50 ) BILLY DON’T BE A HERO - Paper Lace # 16 61 ( 75 ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 61 62 ( NEW ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 62 63 ( 68 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 63 64 ( 58 ) THE LOCO-MOTION - Grand Funk # 58 65 ( 55 ) SHOWDOWN - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 66 ( 59 ) BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John # 1 67 ( 48 ) DAYBREAKER - Electric Light Orchestra # 7 68 ( 60 ) THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - Charlie Rich # 6 69 ( 61 ) PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr # 1 70 ( 72 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 70 71 ( 71 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65 72 ( 66 ) ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN - The Stylistics # 66 73 ( 49 ) BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks # 18 74 ( 56 ) GOING DOWN THE ROAD (A SCOTTISH REGGAE SONG) - Roy Wood # 33 75 ( NEW ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 75 76 ( NEW ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 76 77 ( 35 ) RHAPSODY IN WHITE - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 35 78 ( NEW ) I’M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - Little Jimmy Osmond # 78 79 ( NEW ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 79 80 ( NEW ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 80 |
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27th March 2024, 04:27 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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16th March 1974
It's up to the top for a 3rd Isley Brothers number one, following on from This Old Heart Of Mine and Behind A Painted Smile in my 60's retro charts, just holding off Dolly Parton from her first chart-topper and second top 5 in a row, with I Will Always LOve You. Neil Sedaka's ode to John Lennon and the US immigrant tradition (of invading the land and taking it from the original residents, if one is cynical) bringing irony to the current anti-immigrant feeling of immigrants and ancestors of immigrants. Neil's other fab ballad goes top 20. 50 years ago, ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest, ABBA dropped their second album named after their entry Waterloo. I was babysitting for cash when they won, won my heart, and became an instant fan, buying the record and entering my chart at 1 in April of 1974. 50 years on it's been a constant presence to the extent that it doesn't sound fresh to me anymore, but it enters at 9 anyway with another 7 tracks listed lower down. I bought all of their singles, and in later years the albums, so expect ABBA invasions from Benny Bjorn Agnetha and Anni-Frid from now until 2032. That's marginally longer than The Beatles chart career. Apart from ABBA, Mott The Hoople are back for their last hit, The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll - their will be loads more tracks in 1974 with rock/rock 'n' roll in the title as 50's nostalgia goes into overdrive, and Mott get their 6th chart entry in my charts with one more to come. ZZ Top debut at 63 a full 10 years early for their classic hitmaking era, but La Grange is great swamp rock boogie. Stevie Wonder gives Rufus and Chaka Khan a helping hand to US hitdom, Tell Me Something Good, one of his many giveaway songs. That leaves minor entries for the original version of the 1975 Glen Campbell monster Rhinestone Cowboy, Etta James dropping her version of future Tom Jones movie cover from The Full Monty in the 90's, Leave Your hat On, Lois Fletcher's cover of Greyhound's UK reggae hit I Am What I Am, and Al Green's Let's Get Married, none of them having been heard by me before this week. That leaves Mungo Jerry's latest hit, Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black, sneaking in, but probably my least-fave Ray Dorset record to date at the time and still. 1 ( 3 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1 2 ( 28 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2 3 ( 2 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 4 ( 5 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4 5 ( 1 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1 6 ( 4 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 7 ( 6 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6 8 ( 33 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 8 9 ( NEW ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 9 10 ( 11 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 11 ( 10 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 12 ( 13 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 13 ( 17 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13 14 ( 27 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14 15 ( 12 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 16 ( 16 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 16 17 ( 7 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 18 ( 19 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 18 19 ( 18 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 20 ( 21 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 20 21 ( 9 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 22 ( 14 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 23 ( 15 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 24 ( 8 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 25 ( 22 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 26 ( 24 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 27 ( 29 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27 28 ( 34 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 28 29 ( NEW ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 29 30 ( 35 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 30 31 ( 30 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 32 ( 26 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 33 ( 31 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 34 ( 25 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 35 ( 32 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 36 ( 36 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 37 ( NEW ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 37 38 ( 23 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 39 ( 47 ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 39 40 ( 20 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20 41 ( 38 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 42 ( 37 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 43 ( 51 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 43 44 ( 40 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 45 ( 59 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 45 46 ( 41 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 47 ( 45 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 48 ( NEW ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 48 49 ( NEW ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 49 50 ( 42 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41 51 ( 52 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 51 52 ( 48 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 53 ( 53 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 54 ( 44 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14 55 ( 54 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16 56 ( 39 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19 57 ( NEW ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 57 58 ( 55 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 59 ( 49 ) INSPIRATION - Paul Williams # 25 60 ( 43 ) MA-MA-MA BELLE - Electric Light Orchestra # 37 61 ( NEW ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 61 62 ( 62 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 62 63 ( NEW ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 63 64 ( 56 ) BURN BABY BURN - Hudson-Ford # 13 65 ( 50 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 50 66 ( 46 ) IT’S YOU - Freddie Starr # 42 67 ( 76 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 67 68 ( 57 ) LONG LIVE LOVE - Olivia Newton-John # 53 69 ( 63 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 63 70 ( NEW ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 70 71 ( 61 ) OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens # 61 72 ( 71 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The Stylistics # 65 73 ( 79 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 73 74 ( 75 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 74 75 ( NEW ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 75 76 ( 78 ) I’M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - Little Jimmy Osmond # 76 77 ( NEW ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 77 78 ( 80 ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 78 79 ( 70 ) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley & His Comets # 70 80 ( NEW ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 80 81 ( NEW ) LONG LEGGED WOMAN DRESSED IN BLACK - Mungo Jerry # 81 82 ( NEW ) LEAVE YOUR HAT ON - Etta James # 82 83 ( NEW ) I AM WHAT I AM - Lois Fletcher # 83 84 ( NEW ) REMEMBER ME THIS WAY - Gary Glitter # 84 85 ( NEW ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 85 |
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3rd April 2024, 03:59 PM
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23rd March 1974
It's new on top and a debut for Billy Ocean on a romping rockpop stomper that flopped twice in 1974, under the name Scorched Earth. On The Run eventually got covered by Billy in the 80's to minor chart success, but this is the only version that matters - it got a lot of play on Radio Luxembourg in 1974, and I eventually bought it after it had flopped and ended up in the bargain bins. Billy gives an amazing vocal performance to boot, and he's still got it. The other new top 10 track is The Bee Gees Mr. Natural, also a flop, but I bought the album in Cairns, Australia in 1995, along with a compilation Livin' In The 70's, with a mix of UK/US hits and Australia-only hits - including Skydiver, new at 85 for Daniel Boone, big in Aus 2 years after his UK/US hits had died out. There's loads of ABBA climbing, causing a lot of chart drops, with 6 tracks inside the top 40, headed by Waterloo at 9 - and shockingly not at 1 yet. The late Steve Harley gets a second chart entry with Cockney Rebel's engagingly quirky Judy Teen at 23, and Limmie & The Family Cooking grab a 3rd chart hit here with A Walkin' Miracle, very 60's and cookie and crazy, to quote the lyrics new at 36. MIke Batt wombles in for a follow-up hit, Remember You're A Womble, songwriting from Mike and Chris Spedding (future hitmaker and session guitar virtuso) and with Clem Cattini on drums, 60's drummer of many a hit song. The Wombles, against all expectations, would get a long run of diverse and beautifully-Batt-produced hits. Slade's first big ballad is in at a lowly 70, Everyday was never a favourite at the time, and signalled the end of their chart-topping run, but it's very Beatles-ey and pretty decent 50 years on. The O'Jays For The Love Of Money wasnt a hit in the UK. got zero airplay, but got sampled on Grandmaster Melle Mel's Step Off in the 80's and many others since. Also the first of 2 more Gamble & Huff tracks on the list, as the sound of Philadelphia continues to rule, with Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes at 79 with Satisfaction Guaranteed. Stevie Wonder has another album track debut (edited down a bit for the single release) on the jazzy Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing, a hit in the 90's for Incognito, I think, and Aretha gets a second on the list with I'm In Love at 81. 1 ( NEW ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1 2 ( 1 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1 3 ( 6 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 4 ( 5 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1 5 ( 3 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 6 ( 2 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2 7 ( 4 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4 8 ( 8 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 8 9 ( 9 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 9 10 ( 18 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10 11 ( 12 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 12 ( 7 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6 13 ( 13 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13 14 ( 14 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14 15 ( 16 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15 16 ( 22 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 17 ( 11 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 18 ( 10 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 19 ( 20 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 19 20 ( 48 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 20 21 ( 37 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 21 22 ( 28 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 22 23 ( NEW ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 23 24 ( 19 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 25 ( 15 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 26 ( 49 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 26 27 ( 29 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 27 28 ( 17 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 29 ( 26 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 30 ( 21 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 31 ( 45 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 31 32 ( 24 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 33 ( 23 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 34 ( 30 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 30 35 ( 25 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 36 ( NEW ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 36 37 ( 33 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 38 ( 38 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 39 ( 36 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 40 ( 57 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 40 41 ( 31 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 42 ( 32 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 43 ( 35 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 44 ( 34 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 45 ( 62 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45 46 ( 42 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 47 ( 61 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 47 48 ( 27 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27 49 ( 40 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20 50 ( 43 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 43 51 ( 44 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 52 ( 63 ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 52 53 ( 67 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 53 54 ( 50 ) TOUCH A HAND (MAKE A FRIEND) - The Staple Singers # 41 55 ( 41 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 56 ( 39 ) VENUS LOON - T. Rex # 39 57 ( 47 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 58 ( 80 ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 58 59 ( 46 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) - Love Unlimited # 1 60 ( 52 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 61 ( 53 ) MIND GAMES - John Lennon # 2 62 ( 58 ) ON THE LINE - Graham Nash # 24 63 ( 75 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 63 64 ( 54 ) REBEL REBEL - David Bowie # 14 65 ( 56 ) HONEY PLEASE CAN’T YA SEE - Barry White # 19 66 ( 70 ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 66 67 ( NEW ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 67 68 ( 55 ) DO I LOVE YOU - The Tremeloes # 16 69 ( 69 ) TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT - Jimmy Ruffin # 63 70 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 70 71 ( 74 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 71 72 ( 73 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 72 73 ( NEW ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 73 74 ( 77 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 74 75 ( 51 ) I’M A TRAIN - Albert Hammond # 51 76 ( 78 ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 76 77 ( 85 ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 77 78 ( 76 ) I’M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - Little Jimmy Osmond # 76 79 ( NEW ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 79 80 ( NEW ) DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING - Stevie Wonder # 80 81 ( NEW ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 81 82 ( 82 ) LEAVE YOUR HAT ON - Etta James # 82 83 ( 83 ) I AM WHAT I AM - Lois Fletcher # 83 84 ( 81 ) LONG LEGGED WOMAN DRESSED IN BLACK - Mungo Jerry # 81 85 ( NEW ) SKYDIVER - Daniel Boone # 85 |
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30th March 1974
It's new in top for Art Garfunkel as previews of next week's Eurovision Song Contest start on TV 50 years ago this week. Travelin' Boy is a gorgeous Paul Williams song, impeccably done by Art, giving him a first solo retro Number 1 and his 3rd in total. It's far and away the best thing he ever did in his solo career but was inexplicably not a UK hit. That leaves Mud entering at 3 with the Glam forgotten party anthem The Cat Crept In, which is in a Tiger Feet vein, but it's still fab and keeps the top 5 run going for a 5th record. New at 11, William De Vaughan carries on from where Timmy Thomas left off on his Why can't We Live Together, another laid-back jazz-vibes moody gospel-soul slice of fabulousness, on the great Be Thankful For What You've Got. The Jackson 5 re-enter with Dancing Machine at a new peak as it starts to really sound cool funky on replay, at 46, while Don Covay debuts with his deliciously fun and upbeat It's Better To Have at 50. Alan Price has been away from the retro chart for 5 years, but grabs his 4th with Jarrow Song and a home-area Geordie-based song new at 52. Carpenters return with a 1972-charted retro song, as it gets a belated UK release, a Hot Chocolate B side pushes up the funk and signals a sign of the future disco-era smashes, Makin' Music at 71. Chairmen Of The Board return for a 5th year in a row with a new track (to me) the edited version of the very long Life And Death In G & A, Bill Withers makes it 4 years of retro charting, Olivia Newton-John ditto, and Ray Stevens is on 6 years with his future UK chart-topper as streaking becomes global news, the new rage was to strip naked at public events, run like crazy, and get famous for 2 minutes. So Ray popped on his comedy-persona, grabbed the moment and annoyed everybody for a few weeks as the novelty song eventually out-stayed it's welcome. New band Merlin popped up on Lift Off With Ayshea (or some other kids-programmed music-based show) with Let Me Put My Spell On You, which I took a shine to - but it got little radio play. I bought their album in the bargain bins a few years later, by which time I was largely over the record. That leaves Nilsson on a 7th year of charting, this time a vampire movie song, Daybreak, which was quite engagingly quirky but another UK flop. 1 ( NEW ) TRAVELIN’ BOY - Garfunkel # 1 2 ( 1 ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1 3 ( NEW ) THE CAT CREPT IN - Mud # 3 4 ( 4 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1 5 ( 2 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1 6 ( 8 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 6 7 ( 9 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 7 8 ( 3 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 9 ( 5 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 10 ( 6 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2 11 ( NEW ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT - William De Vaughan # 11 12 ( 19 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 12 13 ( 20 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 13 14 ( 14 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14 15 ( 13 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13 16 ( 7 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4 17 ( 22 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 17 18 ( 18 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 19 ( 11 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 20 ( 21 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 20 21 ( 17 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 22 ( 31 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 22 23 ( 23 ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 23 24 ( 10 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10 25 ( 27 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 25 26 ( 26 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 26 27 ( 12 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6 28 ( 16 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 29 ( 24 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 30 ( 36 ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 30 31 ( 15 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15 32 ( 34 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 30 33 ( 40 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 33 34 ( 39 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 35 ( 25 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 36 ( 28 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 37 ( 35 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 38 ( 32 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 39 ( 29 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 40 ( 37 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 41 ( 38 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 42 ( 30 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 43 ( 47 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 43 44 ( 52 ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 44 45 ( 33 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 46 ( RE ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 46 47 ( 45 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45 48 ( 53 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 48 49 ( 41 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 50 ( NEW ) IT’S BETTER TO HAVE (AND DON’T NEED) - Don Covay # 50 51 ( 42 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 52 ( NEW ) JARROW SONG - Alan Price # 52 53 ( 51 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 54 ( 46 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 55 ( 63 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 55 56 ( 66 ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 56 57 ( 48 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27 58 ( 58 ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 58 59 ( 81 ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 59 60 ( 55 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 61 ( 71 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 61 62 ( 44 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 63 ( 67 ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 63 64 ( 43 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 65 ( 70 ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 65 66 ( 72 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 66 67 ( 73 ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 67 68 ( 49 ) HELP ME - Joni Mitchell # 20 69 ( 77 ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 69 70 ( NEW ) I WON’T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU - Carpenters # 70 71 ( NEW ) MAKIN’ MUSIC - Hot Chocolate # 71 72 ( 80 ) DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING - Stevie Wonder # 72 73 ( 74 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 73 74 ( 57 ) SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS - John Denver # 21 75 ( 76 ) SWEET RHODE ISLAND RED - Ike & Tina Turner # 75 76 ( NEW ) LIFE AND DEATH IN G & A PARTS 1 & 2 - Chairmen Of The Board # 76 77 ( 79 ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 77 78 ( 60 ) SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel # 1 79 ( 50 ) LIQUID GANG - T. Rex # 43 80 ( 85 ) SKYDIVER - Daniel Boone # 80 81 ( NEW ) THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH - Bill Withers # 81 82 ( NEW ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU - Merlin # 82 83 ( NEW ) THE STREAK - Ray Stevens # 83 84 ( NEW ) DAYBREAK - Nilsson # 84 85 ( NEW ) IF YOU LOVE ME - Olivia Newton-John # 85 |
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16th April 2024, 03:18 PM
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6th April 1974
It's springtime, it's ABBA about to win Eurovision, and I'm about to buy Waterloo 50 years ago (and the ABBA follow-up's)...and 50 years later there's an ABBA invasion going on, but it's Paul Williams' gorgeous Travelin' Boy still on top for Art Garfunkel in my retro chart. Neil Sedaka has 2 future US monsters in the top 10, and the highest new entry is the 5th Wizzard single, the under-rated Rock 'n' Roll Winter at 9. That's 4 top 10's in a row for Wizzard, plus one for solo Roy Wood. Ricky Wilde drops his 3rd retro chart entry at 58, the Glam-sounding Teen Wave, far and away his best record and clearly an influence on sister Kim's 80's Pop New Wave sound, as mastered by Ricky and dad Marty. Bet Kim was bopping along to this in her bedroom. Jim Stafford follow-up his Spiders & Snakes in the US with My Girl Bill, a whimsical country-ish ballad with lyrics that sounded ahead of their time till the end of the song. I recall Elton John doing guest new single reviews in Record Mirror (I think it was) and this one cropped-up with Elton saying he got all excited at the thought of two men about to ravish each other, and then the final comma, My Girl, Bill, went and ruined it. Giving us clues even in 1974, eh Elton? Blue Mink are about to disband this time 50 years ago due to a problem manager, so Roger Cook said this Saturday, which explains why their final album got no PR, and the single Get Up flopped with no promo. Shame as it's catchy, and was part borrowed by The Rimshots' in 1975 for a minor hit. New at 78 following on from Madeline Bell's concert at London's Cadogan Hall on Saturday - I was there, Madeline's vocals are as wonderful as ever at the age of 81, and we were treated to a walk through the UK recording industry of the 60's and 70's - with Roger Cook also onstage for some hit songs, Paul Gambaccini on interview duties, Sheila Ferguson listed as part of the choir, an orchestra, songwriter Roger Greenaway in the audience, (aka David & Jonathan with Cook) and a Blue Mink stage get together with Herbie Flowers and Alan Parker. That means several UK number one songs collectively, and significant contributions to, ooh Dusty Springfield's back catalogue, Lou Reed's Walk On The Wild Side bassline, Bowie's Rebel Rebel riff, and a Country Music Songwriter Hall Of Fame among many other kudos and plaudits. A wonderful evening. 1 ( 1 ) TRAVELIN’ BOY - Garfunkel # 1 2 ( 2 ) ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth featuring Billy Ocean # 1 3 ( 3 ) THE CAT CREPT IN - Mud # 3 4 ( 7 ) WATERLOO - ABBA # 4 5 ( 5 ) SUMMER BREEZE - The Isley Brothers # 1 6 ( 6 ) THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka # 6 7 ( 10 ) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton # 2 8 ( 9 ) EMMA - Hot Chocolate # 1 9 ( NEW ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WINTER - Wizzard # 9 10 ( 12 ) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka # 10 11 ( 11 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT - William De Vaughan # 11 12 ( 13 ) DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON) - ABBA # 12 13 ( 8 ) ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues Corporation # 1 14 ( 18 ) TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce # 1 15 ( 4 ) SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes # 1 16 ( 20 ) HONEY HONEY - ABBA # 16 17 ( 26 ) HASTA MANANA - ABBA # 17 18 ( 23 ) JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel # 18 19 ( 22 ) DREAM WORLD - Don Downing # 19 20 ( 16 ) EVERLASTING LOVE - Robert Knight # 4 21 ( 32 ) JOHNNY AND THE JUKEBOX - Pearly Gates # 21 22 ( 30 ) A WALKIN’ MIRACLE - Limmie & The Family Cooking # 22 23 ( 15 ) ANGEL FACE - The Glitter Band # 13 24 ( 24 ) MR. NATURAL - The Bee Gees # 10 25 ( 19 ) THESE DAYS - Ian Matthews # 1 26 ( 25 ) MY MAMA SAID - ABBA # 25 27 ( 52 ) JARROW SONG - Alan Price # 27 28 ( 17 ) HEAVENLY - The Temptations # 17 29 ( 21 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - The Hollies # 1 30 ( 31 ) YOU WON’T SEE ME - Anne Murray # 15 31 ( 35 ) SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - Queen # 1 32 ( 14 ) IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE - Buddy Holly # 14 33 ( 38 ) I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - The New Seekers featuring Lyn Paul # 4 34 ( 34 ) WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Candlewick Green # 7 35 ( 27 ) T.S.O.P. (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA) - M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees # 6 36 ( 28 ) YEAR OF DECISION - The Three Degrees # 2 37 ( 36 ) SOUND YOUR FUNKY HORN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band # 3 38 ( 29 ) JET - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 39 ( 59 ) I’M IN LOVE - Aretha Franklin # 39 40 ( 43 ) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Mott The Hoople # 40 41 ( 37 ) BAND ON THE RUN - Paul McCartney & Wings # 1 42 ( 41 ) DEVIL GATE DRIVE - Suzi Quatro # 2 43 ( 76 ) LIFE AND DEATH IN G & A PARTS 1 & 2 - Chairmen Of The Board # 43 44 ( 46 ) DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson 5 # 44 45 ( 71 ) MAKIN’ MUSIC - Hot Chocolate # 45 46 ( 50 ) IT’S BETTER TO HAVE (AND DON’T NEED) - Don Covay # 46 47 ( 39 ) TIGER FEET - Mud # 1 48 ( 45 ) BLAZING SADDLES - Frankie Laine # 6 49 ( 56 ) WATCH OUT - ABBA # 49 50 ( 40 ) WHEN THE MORNING COMES - Daryl Hall & John Oates # 7 51 ( 49 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin # 2 52 ( 53 ) LOVE’S THEME - Love Unlimited Orchestra # 1 53 ( 54 ) HOMELY GIRL - The Chi-Lites # 8 54 ( 55 ) RHINESTONE COWBOY - Larry Weiss # 54 55 ( 33 ) GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG - ABBA # 33 56 ( 47 ) YOU ARE EVERYTHING - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye # 45 57 ( 42 ) SCHOOL LOVE - Barry Blue # 7 58 ( NEW ) TEEN WAVE - Ricky Wilde # 58 59 ( 51 ) JEALOUS MIND - Alvin Stardust # 3 60 ( 65 ) EVERYDAY - Slade # 60 61 ( 63 ) REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE - The Wombles # 61 62 ( 57 ) LET ME ROLL IT - Paul McCartney & Wings # 27 63 ( 44 ) LA GRANGE - ZZ Top # 44 64 ( 48 ) SHANGHAI’D IN SHANGHAI - Nazareth # 48 65 ( 67 ) FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY - The O’Jays # 65 66 ( 58 ) SUZY-HANG-AROUND - ABBA # 58 67 ( 61 ) RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan # 61 68 ( 66 ) HAVEN’T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN - Carly Simon # 66 69 ( 60 ) TEENAGE RAMPAGE - The Sweet # 1 70 ( 64 ) THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - Lulu featuring David Bowie # 9 71 ( 72 ) DON’T YOU WORRY ‘BOUT A THING - Stevie Wonder # 71 72 ( NEW ) MY GIRL BILL - Jim Stafford # 72 73 ( 73 ) TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 73 74 ( 81 ) THE SAME LOVE THAT MADE ME LAUGH - Bill Withers # 74 75 ( 69 ) LET’S GET MARRIED - Al Green # 69 76 ( 84 ) DAYBREAK - Nilsson # 76 77 ( 77 ) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes # 77 78 ( NEW ) GET UP - Blue Mink # 78 79 ( 85 ) IF YOU LOVE ME - Olivia Newton-John # 79 80 ( 82 ) LET ME PUT MY SPELL ON YOU - Merlin # 80 81 ( 80 ) SKYDIVER - Daniel Boone # 80 82 ( NEW ) DON’T STAY AWAY TOO LONG - Peters & Lee # 82 83 ( 83 ) THE STREAK - Ray Stevens # 83 84 ( 62 ) DARK LADY - Cher # 1 85 ( NEW ) SEVEN DEADLY FINS - Eno # 85 |
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With Kristina in heart
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All three singles from Waterloo era were # 1s in my chart.
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QUOTE(Last Dreamer @ 22nd April 2024, 11:11 AM) All three singles from Waterloo era were # 1s in my chart. Honey Honey is SOTY. I like them all, adored Waterloo at the time and a number one, but didnt hear the other two until 1976 on their Greatest Hits album, but Sweet Dreams' cover of Honey Honey did well for me in 1974. Ring Ring (re-vamped version) was our next single which went top 20 for me, I think, and So Long top 5. I heard Waterloo 3 times over the weekend on TV, there's just no getting away from it, ever!  These days I'd rather hear the other tracks in my retro chart from the Waterloo album. Watch Out would have charted as the B side if my chart had been a top 75 at the time, though 
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With Kristina in heart
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John, do you chart any tracks from Mamma Mia movie in 2008 year (or maybe later) ?
Amanda Seyfried cover of "Honey Honey"spent 5 weeks on the top of my chart. |
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QUOTE(Last Dreamer @ 22nd April 2024, 08:41 PM) John, do you chart any tracks from Mamma Mia movie in 2008 year (or maybe later) ? Amanda Seyfried cover of "Honey Honey"spent 5 weeks on the top of my chart. Hi Alex, yes I charted meryl streep's Slipping Through My Fingers (top 10), as she did a lovely job on it. I also charted I've Been waiting For You from mamma Mia 2 (peak 26) and Cher's Fernando (49). I tend to go for lesser known songs. Honey Honey was a nice version though, among the best cover versions in the first film I thought 
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