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1970s Top 40 Rate

Number 13s & 17s

Below is a chronological list of all the singles which peaked at No.13 and No.17 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 13s

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You
Andy Williams - It's So Easy
Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song
Horace Faith - Black Pearl
CCS - Whole Lotta Love
Peter Noone & Herman's Hermits - Lady Barbara
Tom Jones - She's A Lady
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
Sweet - Funny Funny
Gerry Monroe - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
White Plains - When You Are A King
Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War
Engelbert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place
Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom
John Barry & His Orchestra - Theme From 'The Persuaders'
Johnny Nash - Stir It Up
Temptations - Take A Look Round
Moody Blues - Isn't Life Strange
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Chicory Tip - What's Your Name
Free - Little Bit Of Love
Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow
Family - Burlesque
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Little Drummer Boy
Cat Stevens - Can't Keep It In
Stuart Gillies - Amanda
Anne-Marie David - Wonderful Dream
Geordie - Can You Do It
Roger Daltrey, LSO & English Chamber Orchestra & Choir - I'm Free
Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards
Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Teenage Dream
Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black
Three Degrees - Year Of Decision
Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd
Cliff Richard - (You Keep Me) Hanging On
Roy Wood - Going Down The Road (A Scottish Reggae Song)
First Class - Beach Baby
Sparks - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
Showaddywaddy - Hey Mister Christmas
Supertramp - Dreamer
Teach-In - Ding-A-Dong
Roy Wood - Oh What A Shame
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Mr Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)
David Essex - If I Could
Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade/Little Brown Jug/In The Mood
O'Jays - I Love Music
Archie Bell & The Drells - The Soul City Walk
T-Rex - I Love To Boogie
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - The Boston Tea Party
Don Williams - I Recall A Gypsy Woman
Kiki Dee - Loving And Free
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
Dana - Fairy Tale
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle
The Jam - All Around The World
Dooleys - Think I'm Gonna Fall In Love With You
Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch
Co-Co - Bad Old Days
Hi-Tension - Hi-Tension
Voyage - From East To West/Scots Machine
Bob Dylan - Baby Stop Crying
Motors - Forgot About You
Status Quo - Again And Again
Father Abraham & The Smurfs - Dippety Day
Hot Chocolate - I'll Put You Together Again
Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out
John Williams - Cavatina
Korgis - If I Had You
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Secret Affair - Time For Action
Herb Alpert - Rise
Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles
Blondie - Union City Blue

Number 17s

Joe Dolan - You're Such A Good Looking Woman
White Plains - I've Got You On My Mind
Butterscotch - Don't You Know (She Said Hello)
Blue Mink - Our World
Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning
Daniel Boone - Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
New World - Kara, Kara
Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away
Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
Lieutenant Pigeon - Desperate Dan
'Deliverance' Soundtrack - Duelling Banjos
Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do
Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina
Drupi - Vado Via
Peters & Lee - Rainbow
Bryan Ferry - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Splinter - Costafine Town
KC & The Sunshine Band - Sound Your Funky Horn
Wayne Gibson - Under Your Thumb
Sparks - Something For The Girl With Everything
Labelle - Lady Marmalade
Stephanie De Sykes - We'll Find Our Day
David Bowie - Fame
John Miles - Highfly
Osibisa - Sunshine Day
Smokie - Something's Been Making Me Blue
Paul Nicholas - Reggae Like It Used To Be
Jesse Green - Nice And Slow
Cliff Richard - I Can't Ask For Anything More Than You Babe
Twiggy - Here I Go Again
Barry White - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
Steely Dan - Haitian Divorce
Liverpool Express - Every Man Must Have A Dream
Earth Wind & Fire - Saturday Nite
Queen - Queen's First EP
Yvonne Elliman - I Can't Get You Outa My Mind
Imperials - Who's Gonna Love Me
Smokie - For A Few Dollars More
Richard Myhill - It Takes Two To Tango
Rezillos - Top Of The Pops
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays - Rama Lama Ding Dong
Third World - Cold Meditation
Dan Hartman - This Is It
Violinski - Clog Dance
Cars - Just What I Needed
Showaddywaddy - Remember Then
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
The Jam - When You're Young
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
Jags - Back Of My Hand
XTC - Making Plans For Nigel

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Good luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 16th September 2015, 11:40 AM