January 2, 201312 yr Author 23.09.1972 : Pearls - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (4 weeks # 1) http://blondesearch.ru/img/29/291/Pearls_The_You_Came_You_Saw_You_Conquered.jpg PtSKKbywMWo Edited March 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 4, 201312 yr John, I have the similar opinion with you. Next 2-3 follow-ups from them have a huge chances for next # 1s. No any doubts here, Middle Of The Road is my favourite group in 1971. I even have their "Very Best" on CD in my music collection. And they started out on Opportunity Knocks under the name of Los Caracas
January 4, 201312 yr 23.09.1972 : Pearls - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered http://blondesearch.ru/img/29/291/Pearls_The_You_Came_You_Saw_You_Conquered.jpg Original was by the Ronettes in 1969 and a Phil Spector sound and far superior. pFMj1yrY3To
January 9, 201312 yr 18.11.1972 : Carpenters - Goodbye To Love http://www.virginmedia.com/images/dysfunctional-carpenters-43.jpg nooeMrCws-A "Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by The Carpenters in 1972. On the Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters documentary, Tony Peluso stated that this was one of the first, if not the first, love ballads to have a fuzz guitar solo. While visiting London, he saw a 1940 Bing Crosby film called Rhythm on the River. Carpenter noticed that the characters kept referring to the struggling songwriter's greatest composition, "Goodbye to Love". He says, 'You never hear it in the movie, they just keep referring to it,' and he immediately envisioned the tune and lyrics starting with: I'll say goodbye to love No one ever cared if I should live or die. Time and time again the chance for Love has passed me by... He said that while the melody in his head kept going, the lyrics stopped "because I'm not a lyricist". He completed the rest of his arrangement upon his return to the USA. While the Carpenters were working on the song, Carpenter decided that a fuzz guitar solo should be included. Karen Carpenter called renowned electric guitarist Tony Peluso and asked him to play on the record. Tony remembers: "At first I didn't believe that it was actually Karen Carpenter on the phone but she repeated her name again. ... It was at this point that I realized it was really her and that I was speaking to one of my idols." She told him that she and Richard were working on a song called "Goodbye to Love" and that she and Richard were familiar with Tony's work with a band called Instant Joy, and that he'd be perfect for the sound they were looking for. Peluso first played something soft and sweet, but then Richard Carpenter said "No, no, no! Play the melody for five bars and then burn it up! Soar off into the stratosphere! Go ahead! It'll be great!" The finished product was released on June 19, 1972, and reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first song written by the songwriting team of Carpenter/Bettis to reach the US Top Ten. However, the Carpenters did receive hate mail (claiming that the Carpenters had sold out and gone hard rock) because of Richard's idea for a fuzz guitar solo in a love ballad, and some Adult Contemporary (AC)-oriented radio stations refused to play the song because of this solo (which may have kept it from reaching #1 on the AC chart, becoming the first Carpenters A-side since "Ticket to Ride" not to be a #1 AC hit). However, many Carpenters fans today still admire the song for its uniqueness. A number one of mine from 1972 and one of the great guitar solos. Perfect!
January 9, 201312 yr Author 25.11.1972 : Petula Clark - The Wedding Song (1 week) NQRsHhJU8Lk Edited October 9, 20159 yr by 21.63
January 9, 201312 yr Author 02.12.1972 : Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag (5 weeks # 1) http://chartarchive.org/artwork/3806-300.jpg e6kKZ83juVM Edited March 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 10, 201312 yr All my personal # 1 singles (1972): 01. Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling (2 weeks # 1) 02. Sonny And Cher - All I Ever Need Is You (2 weeks # 1) 03. New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow (5 weeks # 1) 04. Middle Of The Road - Sacramento (4 weeks # 1) 05. Vicky Leandros - Come What May (3 weeks # 1) 06. Pearls - Third Finger Left Hand (9 weeks # 1) 07. Partridge Family - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (3 weeks # 1) 08. Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me (9 weeks # 1) 09. Pearls - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (4 weeks # 1) 10. Carpenters - Goodbye To Love (3 weeks # 1) 11. Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag (5 weeks # 1) My # 1 singles in official UK chart: # 2 : New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow # 2 : Vicky Leandros - Come What May # 3 : Partridge Family - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do # 5 : Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me # 8 : Sonny And Cher - All I Ever Need Is You # 9 : Carpenters - Goodbye To Love # 18 : Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag # 23 : Middle Of The Road - Sacramento # 31 : Pearls - Third Finger Left Hand # 32 : Pearls - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered # 45 : Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling Personal Awards: Best single, which was not my personal # 1 : New Seekers / Marty Kristian - Come Softly To Me Most # 1 singles : Carpenters, Pearls, Lynsey De Paul (2) Most # 1 weeks : Lynsey De Paul (14), Pearls (13) Singer of the Year : Lynsey De Paul Group of the Year : Pearls Favourite Eurovision song : Sandie Jones - Ceol An Ghra (Ireland) Favourite official UK # 1 single : New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Song of the Year : Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me ah 5 of my 1972 number ones in there, so I'm bound to love your list Alex:) I liked all of the rest too!:) cheers john
January 11, 201312 yr Author 30.12.1972 : Mary Hopkin - Mary Had A Baby (5 weeks # 1) http://www.retrosellers.com/images/mh3.jpg L7-f8ufmeDw Christmas single about blessed virgin Mary and Jesus born. Fifth # 1 for Mary Hopkin. Edited March 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 11, 201312 yr Author All my personal # 1 singles (1972): 01. (2 weeks) 02. (2 weeks) 03. New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow (5 weeks) 04. Middle Of The Road - Sacramento (2 weeks) 05. Cilla Black - The World I Wish For You (5 weeks) 06. Pearls - Third Finger Left Hand (9 weeks) 07. Olivia Newton-John - Just A Little To Much (2 weeks) 08. Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me (9 weeks) 09. Pearls - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (4 weeks) 10. (1 week) 11. Petula Clark - The Wedding Song (1 week) 12. Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag (5 weeks) 13. Mary Hopkin - Mary Had A Baby (5 weeks) My # 1 singles in official UK chart: # 2 : New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow # 5 : Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me # 18 : Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag # 23 : Middle Of The Road - Sacramento # 31 : Pearls - Third Finger Left Hand # 32 : Pearls - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered DNC : Cilla Black - The World I Wish For You DNC : Mary Hopkin - Mary Had A Baby DNC : Petula Clark - The Wedding Song DNC : Olivia Newton-John - Just A Little To Much Personal Awards: Best single, which was not my personal # 1 : New Seekers / Marty Kristian - Come Softly To Me Most # 1 singles : Carpenters, Pearls, Lynsey De Paul (2) Most # 1 weeks : Lynsey De Paul (14) Singer of the Year : Lynsey De Paul Group of the Year : Pearls Favourite Eurovision song : Sandie Jones - Ceol An Ghra (Ireland) Favourite official UK # 1 single : New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Song of the Year : Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me Edited January 21, 20169 yr by Yours # 1Enemy
January 13, 201312 yr Author 13.01.1973 : Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads (6 weeks # 1) http://www.themusicconnection.info/images/b_mb_1974_onjGreen.jpg jZxNkS0w5g8 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (or simply "Country Roads") is a song written by John Denver, Taffy Nivert, and Bill Danoff and initially recorded by John Denver. It was included on his 1971 breakout album Poems, Prayers and Promises; the single went to #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It became one of John Denver's most popular and world-wide beloved songs, and is still very popular around the world, considered to be John Denver's own signature song. Olivia Newton-John recorded a cover version in 1973 that reached the top 10 in Japan and the #15 in the UK, but only bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 119 in the United States. It is this recording which is eventually used as the opening song for Whisper of the Heart (1995) a Studio Ghibli anime that uses "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as a plot device featuring several renditions in Japanese including an end-title version performed by Yoko Honna. Edited March 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 14, 201312 yr Author 24.03.1973 : Pearls - You Are Everything (2 weeks # 1) FeKSOyDXVts # 41 in UK singles chart. Edited January 14, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 14, 201312 yr Author 07.04.1973 : New Seekers & Eve Graham - Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) (4 weeks # 1) http://www.lynpaulwebsite.org/Resources/NS-Nevertheless.jpg EBY-tpd59VA "Nevertheless I'm in Love with You" (sometimes referred to simply as "Nevertheless") is a popular song written by Harry Ruby with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, first published in 1931. The song was recorded by Bing Crosby and by Rudy Vallée in 1931, and was revisited in 1950 by The Mills Brothers, Paul Weston, Ray Anthony, and Ralph Flanagan. Member Peter Doyle left the group this year and was replaced by Peter Oliver. New Seekers had enjoyed a number of hits in the US by this time and toured there with Liza Minnelli in 1973. While there, they recorded the title track to the American Marlo Thomas television special, Free to Be... You and Me, a landmark programme designed to teach children how to express themselves and be independent through a series of vignettes. Since the special was first broadcast in 1974 the song has become a cult classic. Up to now, the group's biggest success had been as a five-piece harmony, but it was around this time that they began to favour lead singers for their songs with title credits given to Marty Kristian for "Come Softly to Me" and Eve Graham for "Nevertheless" (UK # 34), but it was in late 1973 that this formula found its biggest success when Lyn Paul took the lead on the new single, "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me". The song became a big hit over Christmas and eventually peaked at No.1 in January 1974, becoming their second biggest hit. This formula continued with the next single, "I Get a Little Sentimental Over You", which also became a big hit, peaking at No.5. However, despite this revival, the group announced their split amid much publicity. With allegations that the members were receiving little financial reward for their success, The New Seekers officially disbanded in May 1974. Edited January 14, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 14, 201312 yr Author 05.05.1973 : Lynsey De Paul - All Night (4 weeks # 1) http://www.stihi.ru/pics/2009/01/10/255.jpg UD6V1uSK9R8 After the relatively poor chart performance of her third single "All Night" which was written with Ron Roker and peaked in the UK at #56, de Paul returned to the U.K. Top 20 with "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" which she always felt should have been her third single. She was the first woman to be awarded an Ivor Novello Award for this ballad, which was also a hit in Ireland and the Netherlands. After appointing Don Arden, her new manager at the end of 1973, de Paul released "Ooh I Do", which hit the charts in the UK, Netherlands and Japan. The song's co-writer, Barry Blue, also recorded a version of the song as an album track. A second Ivor Novello award followed a year later for "No Honestly", which was also the theme tune to a hit ITV comedy of the same name, and provided her with another UK Top 10 hit, peaking at #7. The TV series No Honestly was followed by Yes Honestly, and although Georgie Fame wrote and performed the theme tune to the first series of Yes Honestly, an instrumental version of de Paul's "No Honestly" was chosen as the theme for the second series. De Paul continued to release a number of singles through the 1970s and early 1980s, including the UK hit "My Man and Me", which she performed an acoustic version of on The Old Grey Whistle Test. A prolific songwriter, de Paul also continued to write songs for a wide range of recording artists as well as composing the theme music to the 1970s documentary television programme Pilger (John Pilger) for ATV. In a five-year period (1972–1977), she wrote a total of fourteen UK Singles Chart hits, most notably "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" which was a hit for co-writer Barry Blue, as well as Flash Cadillac and bond. De Paul's songs have reached the charts in many territories, including the US, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Canada and Australia. She has also performed producing and arranging duties on many of these recordings. In 1976, she was the recipient of the 'Woman Of The Year Award For Music' from the Variety Club of Great Britain. Management problems with Don Arden however, made this a difficult time for de Paul and her third album for Jet Records Before You Go Tonight was shelved as the two parted ways. Edited January 15, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 15, 201312 yr Author 02.06.1973 : Peters And Lee - Welcome Home (2 weeks # 1) http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/014/501/0001450105_350.jpg Ww4v2cP-MDo "Welcome Home" was a song made popular by Peters and Lee. Originally written by Jean Alphonse Dupre and Stanislas Beldone in French and translated into English by Bryan Blackburn the record was produced by Johnny Franz. Coming after their success in the talent show Opportunity Knocks, Peters and Lee recorded Welcome Home becoming the duo's one and only number one single in the UK spending a single week at the top in July 1973. The song received minor US crossover, appearing on Billboard's Bubbling Under The Hot 100, Country charts, and most notably on the Easy Listening chart, where it peaked at number twenty-six. The song was used in an advertising campaign by Walkers Crisps when Gary Lineker returned to the UK after playing overseas. Peters and Lee were a successful British folk/pop duo of the 1970s, comprising Lennie Peters and Dianne Lee. An uncle of Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts, Lennie Peters was blinded in one eye during a car accident when he was five years old. A thrown brick blinded his other eye when he was sixteen. Before Peters and Lee he was a pianist playing the London pub scene. He recorded two singles on the Oriole label, "Let the Tears Begin" and "And My Heart Cried" in 1963 and 1964 respectively. In 1966 he recorded "Stranger in Paradise" for Pye Records and then "Here We Go Again" on the Gemini label in 1970. The latter he would revisit as Peters and Lee in 1976. He teamed up with actress and dancer Dianne Lee in 1970. Lee would provide backing vocals for Peters' solo act. She was also at the time part of a dance act with her cousin Liz. Their original act was called Lennie Peters and Melody until their manager suggested the name Peters and Lee. Their first performance was with Rolf Harris on 30 April 1970 at a concert in Bournemouth. They entered the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, which they won for a then record of seven times with such songs as "All Change Places", "I'm Confessin'", "Let It Be Me" and "All I Ever Need is You". Following their TV success, a record contract was soon signed with Philips Records. This quickly led to a number one hit, "Welcome Home" - which sold over 800,000 copies in Britain. A successful first album, "We Can Make It", followed. This also reached the number one position, selling over 250,000 copies. Peters and Lee had a popular TV series of their own Meet Peters and Lee, including several Christmas specials made by ATV. "The Peters and Lee Story" was one Christmas special made for 27 December 1975 which starred Mike and Bernie Winters, Cleo Lane and Aiden J Harvey who won New Faces in 1974. Their success made them household names and frequent appearances on Top of the Pops also kept their record sales steady. Their last TV appearance before their split was London Night Out in November 1980, in which they performed four songs from their farewell album. Edited January 15, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 15, 201312 yr Author 16.06.1973 : New Seekers - Goodbye Is Just Another Word (6 weeks # 1) http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/28080fb445d2c2f924d60ee9275a0fd1/155186.jpg DoZBDMgOTeI # 36 in UK singles chart. Wonderful year for New Seekers. Another # 1 hit, now they have 5 # 1 singles in 70s. Mary Hopkin was a previous leader with 4 # 1 songs. Edited January 15, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 16, 201312 yr Author 01.09.1973 : Middle Of The Road - The Talk Of All The U.S.A. (3 weeks # 1) http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/dennert/motr.jpg oU-nPcTMhi0 Late unsuccessful UK realise. Second song from 1973, which wasn't in UK Singles Chart. Fourth # 1 single for Middle Of The Road. Edited January 16, 201312 yr by AlexRange
January 16, 201312 yr Author 22.09.1973 : New Seekers - We've Got To Do It Now (2 weeks # 1) http://batzbatz.com/uploads/posts/2011-03/thumbs/1300723236_the-new-seekers-songbook-1970-1974-2006.jpg 3kc_wIztWMQ Only # 53 in UK singles chart.
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