Posted August 15, 201212 yr Well, it's all over now, and the UK singles chart is about to get flooded with Olympic songs. So, an excuse to show here's the first chart I did with Olympic connections, 1972 Munich Olympic week start: 27th Aug 1. (--) SUGAR ME - Lynsey De Paul 2. (--) LEAN ON ME - Bill Withers 3. (6) ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Mott The Hoople 4. (4) POPCORN - Hot Butter 5. (2) THE LOCOMOTION - Little Eva 6. (3) 10538 OVERTURE - Electric Light Orchestra 7. (--) THE JOURNEY - Duncan Browne 8. (1) TOO BUSY THINKING BOUT MY BABY - Mardi Gras 9. (5) STANDING IN THE ROAD - Blackfoot Sue 10. (10) BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO - The Partridge Family 11. (9) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING - Jackie Wilson 12. (--) VIRGINIA PLAIN - Roxy Music 13. (7) LAYLA - Derek & The Dominoes 14. (13) SEASIDE SHUFFLE - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs 15. (11) AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE - The Supremes 16. (--) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE - Michael Jackson 17. (15) YOU WEAR IT WELL - Rod Stewart 18. (14) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2 - Gary Glitter 19. (16) BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW - The Stylistics 20. (17) CONQUISTADOR - Procol Harum 2 Bill Withers songs, Jacko's greatest vocal performance on its way to No. 1, along with No's 1's ELO, Partridges, Derek & Dominoes, Roxy, Jackie, Rod, Bill, Hot Butter. I was 14 you see, and MAD about pop music, my charts changed daily in 1972 as I played the Top 20 songs off my reel-to-reel tape recorder and listened into Luxembourg and Radio 1, Fluff Freeman especially. My chart riule was "they had to be inside the Top 30 UK Chart" until 1974 when I realised so many great songs were missing the chart and opened it up to allcomers. For instance, this week not in my chart but great records I loved included Sutherland Brothers "Sailing". You may know it better in a version massacred by Rod Stewart. The rule of thumb for Rod is - if he wrote it' it's brilliant, if he covered it, he killed it. True.
August 16, 201212 yr Awesome winner. "Sugar Me" also would be my # 1, If my retro charts would be complete. Maybe my favourite song in 1972.
August 16, 201212 yr Those were the great times... Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, Derek & The Dominoes, Rod Stewart, Gary Glitter and Procol Harum... All artists are at their best! Sure you were wrong when you stinted yourself within the bounds of UK Top 30. Did you include the album tracks in your chart when you opened it up to allcomers in 1974?
August 16, 201212 yr Author Awesome winner. "Sugar Me" also would be my # 1, If my retro charts would be complete. Maybe my favourite song in 1972. Thanks Alex, yes Lynsey de Paul (along with Barry Blue) is an under-rated songwriter - Storm In A Teacup and Central Park arrest (hits for The Fortunes and Thunderthighs) were utterly brilliant. And anyone who can be naughty enough to get away with "Getting A Drag" as a song lyric deserves applause:) thanks! john
August 16, 201212 yr Author Those were the great times... Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, Derek & The Dominoes, Rod Stewart, Gary Glitter and Procol Harum... All artists are at their best! Sure you were wrong when you stinted yourself within the bounds of UK Top 30. Did you include the album tracks in your chart when you opened it up to allcomers in 1974? Thanks Andrey, I did initially allow album tracks in 1974 and expanded my chart to 30, then it got too competitively full and frantically paced so I dropped the album tracks (after Mike Oldfield had the number 1 & 2 with what were basically whole albums!) and expanded the chart to 50 in 1975. cheers! john
August 16, 201212 yr Thanks Andrey, I did initially allow album tracks in 1974 and expanded my chart to 30, then it got too competitively full and frantically paced so I dropped the album tracks (after Mike Oldfield had the number 1 & 2 with what were basically whole albums!) and expanded the chart to 50 in 1975. cheers! john Oh, those Oldfield tracks hardly can be called songs in general meaning. You're referring to Hergest Ridge, Part 1 and Part 2, right? I love 70's progressive rock too. :D
August 16, 201212 yr Author Oh, those Oldfield tracks hardly can be called songs in general meaning. You're referring to Hergest Ridge, Part 1 and Part 2, right? I love 70's progressive rock too. :D Almost - Tubular Bells at One, Hergest Ridge at 2:) I was going through my mid-teens move into albums as well as singles, and 1974 is the year when the singles chart and my singles chart were furthest apart...(though in retrospect I still love the UK singles chart of 74)
October 29, 201212 yr Thanks Alex, yes Lynsey de Paul (along with Barry Blue) is an under-rated songwriter - Storm In A Teacup and Central Park arrest (hits for The Fortunes and Thunderthighs) were utterly brilliant. And anyone who can be naughty enough to get away with "Getting A Drag" as a song lyric deserves applause:) Just heard some her songs on Youtube. I don't know about her final result, but she has 3 number 1 singles in my retro chart on this minute and "Sugar Me" is 90-95 % for my favourite song in 1972. They are: - Sugar Me (1972) - Won't Somebody Dance With Me (1973) - Rock Bottom (1977)
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