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1970s Top 40 Rate

Number 12s & 14s

Below is a chronological list of all the singles which peaked at No.12 and No.14 in the UK during the 1970s. Rate your faves, and the winner will go through to the final Ultimate Top 40 (where it will join the best No.1, No.2 etc).

Number 12s

Roger Whittaker - Durham Town (The Leavin')
Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe
Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday
Sakkarin - Sugar Sugar
Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing
St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Vince Hill - Look Around (And You'll Find Me There)
Scott English - Brandy
Val Doonican - Morning
Greyhound - Moon River
Diana Ross - Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo
Cliff Harmony - Living In Harmony
David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing
Strawbs - Lay Down
Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
Mud - Crazy
Detroit Emeralds - You Want It, You Got It
Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie
Dawn Feat. Tony Orlando - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose
Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt
Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown
Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels
T-Rex - Truck On (Tyke)
Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74
Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)/Mr Guder
Osmonds - I Can't Stop
Rubettes - Tonight
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love
Roxy Music - All I Want Is You
Faces & Rod Stewart - You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board Or Any Other Domestic Shortcoming)
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Christmas Song
Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman
Stylistics - Star On A TV Show
Syreeta - Your Kiss Is Sweet
Shadows - Let Me Be The One
Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom
Wigan's Ovation - Skiing In The Snow
Kenny - Baby I Love You, OK!
Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E
Bimbo Jet - El Bimbo
George McCrae - I Ain't Lyin'
Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps - Baby Face
War - Low Rider
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Drifters - Hello Happiness
Beatles - Hey Jude
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet
Mud - Shake It Down
Billy Ocean - Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)
Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word
Smokie - Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone
Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis - You're Gonna Get Next To Me
Steve Gibbons Band - Tulane
Julie Covington - Only Women Bleed
Heatwave - The Groove Line
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner
Manhattan Transfer - Walk In Love
Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern
David Soul - It Sure Brings Out The Love In Your Eyes
O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl
Jackson Browne - Stay
Blondie - Picture This
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
Three Degrees - Giving Up Giving In
Patrick Juvet - I Love America
Elkie Brooks - Don't Cry Out Loud
Barry White - Just The Way You Are
Billy Joel - My Life
Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs
Police - Roxanne
Boney M - Gotta Go Home/El Lute
Bill Lovelady - Reggae For It Now
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind

Number 14s

Judy Collins - Both Sides Now
Boris Gardiner - Elizabethan Reggae
Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love
Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred
Jackie Lee - Rupert
Dana - Who Put The Lights Out
Perry Como - I Think Of You
Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love
Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You
Engelbert Humperdinck - Too Beautiful To Last
Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love
Mary Wells - My Guy
Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne, Beware Of The Devil
O'Jays - Back Stabbers
Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
Judge Dread - Big Eight
Joe Simon - Step By Step
Sylvia - Pillow Talk
Isley Brothers - That Lady
Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me
Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon
Steeleye Span - Guadete
Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
Jim Stafford - Spiders And Snakes
Suzi Quatro - Too Big
Intruders - (Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner
Bobby Goldsboro - Hello, Summertime
Slim Whitman - Happy Anniversary
Showaddywaddy - Sweet Music
Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There
Peter Skellern - Hold On To Love
Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy
Gilbert O'Sullivan - I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You
Nazareth - My White Bicycle
Biddu Orchestra - Summer Of '42
Chris Spedding - Motor Biking
Judge Dread - Big Ten
Elton John - Island Girl
John Asher - Let's Twist Again
Judge Dread - Christmas In Dreadland/Come Outside
Hot Chocolate - Man To Man
Lalo Schifrin - Jaws
Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know
Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They?
Brendon - Gimme Some
Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You
Genesis - Spot The Pigeon (EP)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
Thin Lizzy - Dancin' In The Moonlight
Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday
War - Galaxy
Tonight - Drummer Man
Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy
Dr Hook - More Like The Movies
San Jose Feat Rodriguez Argentina - Argentine Melody (Cancion De Argentina)
Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
Dollar - Shooting Star
Judas Priest - Take On The World
Toto - Hold The Line
Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket
Kate Bush - Wow
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
Skids - Masquerade
Dollar - Who Were You With In The Moonlight
Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To
Thom Pace - Maybe
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Stranglers - Duchess
Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)

you can use the standard +30 rate:

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or you can do a +20 rate:

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or:

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Good luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: Sep 10 2015, 11:59 AM