- 5 years again.

My chart don't know anything about glam music, so...

Best song from the last part and my # 1 : Lynsey De Paul - All Night (You like her and I know it)

"Walking In The Rain" was a minor hit. The Partridge Family is really intresting project.

 

Near future : Peters And Lee # 1 hit "Welcome Home"

 

Dutch news :

Non-typical song from the future Eurovision stars Mouth & MacNeal with "Battering Ram" (Peak : # 19)

 

 

Some Eurovision songs were in this chart (include Cliff Richard's hit with 4 weeks at # 1).

 

My favourite Dutch pop singer Bonnie St. Claire and her top 5 work with group Unit Gloria.

 

 

Cindy & Bert (German duet, ESC participant in 1974) - Immer wieder sonntags (Peak : # 8)

 

 

R.I.P. Bert.

 

In the end ("Special present" from my favourite Youtube channel Avro TOPPOP)

 

Chi Coltrane - You Were My Friend (Peak position : # 12)

 

Edited March 1, 20169 yr by Electric Top 10

- 5 years again.

My chart don't know anything about glam music, so...

Best song from the last part and my # 1 : Lynsey De Paul - All Night (You like her and I know it)

"Walking In The Rain" was a minor hit. The Partridge Family is really intresting project.

 

Near future : Peters And Lee # 1 hit "Welcome Home"

 

[

Thanks Alex,

 

That Lynsey track is a goodie (I have the album, of course, along with a few Partridge Family albums:)

 

Peters & Lee was a bit mums & dads music for me at the time, but as I got older I got to like it more and more. I love singing along to it now:)

 

thanks for the links, Mouth & Macneal had a few singles that charted in mine, and they have one in a current advert from 1972...

 

Chi Coltrane I don't know but I like the look/sound of from your clip, will have to check her out!

 

cheers

john

JUNE 1973

 

Summer was here (yes in those days we had summers), and I was a teenager on an RAF camp. Glam and soul, pop and rock, in that order. Roy Wood was my hero (obviously) closely followed by Chinn-chap productions and Bowie productions. Astounding from this viewpoint is that I dint love Stealers Wheel, Edgar Winter and Wings for the classics that they so obviously are. All would now be instant number ones if re-issued hits.

 

1st JUNE charts

 

SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard 1 1 1 1 1

YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 2 4 4 8 13

CAN THE CAN Suzi Quatro 3 5 7 10 11

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Lou Reed 4 6 15 20 17

RUBBER BULLETS 10CC 5 7 12 15 15

HELLRAISER The Sweet 6 8 11 12 out

YOU WANT IT YOU GOT IT The Detroit Emeralds 7 11 out out out

ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS First Choice 8 9 5 9 18

ONE AND ONE IS ONE Medecine Head 9 13 14 19 out

GOOD GRIEF CHRISTINA Chicory Tip 10 out out out out

 

WALKING IN THE RAIN The Partridge Family/ David Cassidy 11 16 out out out

COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE The Detroit Spinners 12 12 out out out

BROKENDOWN ANGEL Nazereth 13 out out out out

MEAN GIRL Status Quo 14 15 out out out

BROTHER LOUIE Hot Chocolate 15 out out out out

DRIVE-IN SATURDAY David Bowie 16 20 out out out

ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac 17 14 17 7 8

NO MORE MR NICE GUY Alice Cooper 18 out out out out

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE Dawn 19 out 19 out out

HELLO HELLO I'M BACK AGAIN Gary Glitter 20 19 out out out

 

TALK OF THE USA Middle Of The Road BUB BUB BUB

 

8th JUNE new entries

 

SWEET ILLUSIONS Junior Campbell 2 3 2 2

SNOOPY VS THE RED BARON The Hotshots 3 10 16 20

STANDING ON THE INSIDE Neil Sedaka 10 8 6 9

GIVE ME LOVE GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH George Harrison 17 9 18 out

FRANKENSTEIN The Edgar Winter Group 18 16 17 out

 

YO YO The Pearls BUB BUB BUB

 

15th JUNE new entries

 

THE GROOVER T.Rex 2 11 12

BORN TO BE WITH YOU Dave Edmunds 6 3 6

ROCK A DOODLE DOO Linda Lewis 13 5 7

LIVE AND LET DIE Wings 18 14 14

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Stealers Wheel 20 out out

 

WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES Billy Preston BUB

 

22nd JUNE new entries

 

HONALOOCHI BOOGIE Mott The Hoople 4 4

I'M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White 13 10

 

29th JUNE new entries

 

LIFE ON MARS David Bowie 3

SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME Slade 5

STEP BY STEP Joe Simon 16

HALLELUJAH DAY The Jackson 5 19

 

I SAW THE LIGHT Todd Rundgren BUB

 

JULY 1973

 

It was hot weather, school was out, and I was stuck (albeit pleasantly) in the Lincolnshire countryside at RAF Swinderby. I was still latching my charts to the UK singles chart, but not for much longer as it was getting limiting as favourites were forced to drop out (see Wizzard's whole run at 1, virtually, then out) and favourites weren't getting in (Todd Rundgren). In fact the whole month should have had Mud at number one, as I'd already spent my pocket money on it before it made the Top 30. I loved the tango rock even more than Crazy, and Mud were going to be big - after this single!

 

Sultry classic soul from sexy Sylvia and Barry White made groaning a trend, rock old and new, glam rock, and oldies from the 50's (Goons), 60's (Al Martino) and 70's (perennial re-entry Free) dotted around too...

 

6th JULY chart

 

SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard 1 OUT OUT OUT

LIFE ON MARS David Bowie 2 3 4 7

HONALOOCHI BOOGIE Mott The Hoople 3 2 2 10

SWEET ILLUSIONS Junior Campbell 4 OUT OUT OUT

SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME Slade 5 7 7 12

FINDER'S KEEPERS Chairmen Of The Board 6 6 17 OUT

PILLOW TALK Sylvia 7 5 3 8

BORN TO BE WITH YOU Dave Edmunds 8 8 12 15

ROCK A DOODLE DOO Linda Lewis 9 9 8 OUT

ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac 10 10 10 17

 

THE GROOVER T.Rex 11 15 18 OUT

CAN THE CAN Suzi Quatro 12 12 OUT OUT

I'M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White 13 OUT OUT OUT

STANDING ON THE INSIDE Neil Sedaka 14 14 OUT OUT

LIVE AND LET DIE Wings 15 13 14 OUT

YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 16 OUT OUT OUT

STEP BY STEP Joe Simon 17 11 11 20

RUBBER BULLETS 10CC 18 18 20 OUT

HALLELUJAH DAY The Jackson 5 19 20 OUT OUT

CAN YOU DO IT Geordie 20 OUT OUT OUT

SNOOPY VS THE RED BARON The Hotshots 21 19 OUT OUT

I SAW THE LIGHT Todd Rundgren BUB BUB BUB BUB

 

13th JULY new entries

 

HYPNOSIS Mud 1 1 1

GOING HOME The Osmonds 4 5 4

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT Mungo Jerry 16 16 19

SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING Elton John 17 15 16

 

20th JULY New Entries

 

I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) Gary Glitter 6 6

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE The Carpenters 9 5

TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING Diana Ross 13 14

FREE ELECTRIC BAND Albert Hammond 19 OUT

27th JULY New Entries

 

48 CRASH Suzi Quatro 2

BAD BAD BOY Nazereth 3

YING TONG SONG The Goons 9

ALL RIGHT NOW Free 11

SPANISH EYES Al Martino 13

GAYE Clifford T. Ward 18

 

Good evening, John

Didn't heard that The Pearls single, but previous three were my # 1s : "Third Finger Left Hand", "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered", "You Are Everything".

Carpenters single was on the top in this time period for me.

Will I see "Ring Ring" in this thread ?

 

Song title of the next song :)

Peter & Zijn Rockets - Angeline (Blonde Sexmachine) (# 7 in Netherlands)

 

Good evening, John

Didn't heard that The Pearls single, but previous three were my # 1s : "Third Finger Left Hand", "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered", "You Are Everything".

Carpenters single was on the top in this time period for me.

Will I see "Ring Ring" in this thread ?

 

Thanks Alex,

 

Yes the first two Pearls singles would have gone Top 10 in my chart easily if non-UK-top 30 tracks had been allowed in, You Are Everything would also have charted lower along with Yo Yo. There are more tracks that actually DID chart in mine from them in 1974 to come (The Wizard Of Love, a song supposed to be about Roy Wood) and Guilty, among others. The Carpenters nearly got to my number one in August....

 

Ring Ring I didnt get to hear until July 1974 so it charts then.... B-)

 

cheers!

john

AUGUST 1973

 

School summer holidays, it was hot, the charts were getting a bit MOR for me, and full of the wrong kind of oldies - as can be seen from the BUB (Bubbling unders) tracks that failed to make the UK Top 30 were often much better than those that did (No Donny Osmond at Number One in my chart! No Donny Osmond at all, in fact!) My favourite record of the time had it's entire run at Number One because it wasn't eligible before it made the Top 30, and it dropped out before it deserved to (Mud, with Chinn-Chapman's other biggie at 2 for Suzi Quatro). Ditto Angel Fingers, Wizzard were my heroes of the year, and would have entered much earlier as it was getting Radio One airplay weeks ahead of release (unusual in those days). Anyway, it's the last month my chart would be limited to a Top 20 based on the UK Top 30 - and about time too!

 

3rd August chart

 

HYPNOSIS Mud 1 1 1 1 OUT

48 CRASH Suzi Quatro 2 2 7 10 13

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE The Carpenters 3 3 11 15 17

TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING Diana Ross 4 6 18 20 OUT

BAD BAD BOY Nazereth 5 4 5 8 11

PILLOW TALK Sylvia 6 5 10 OUT OUT

GOING HOME The Osmonds 7 7 14 11 15

LIFE ON MARS David Bowie 8 16 13 9 12

SPANISH EYES Al Martino 9 12 12 16 18

YING TONG SONG The Goons 10 14 20 OUT OUT

 

ALL RIGHT NOW Free 11 17 17 18 20

I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) Gary Glitter 12 OUT OUT OUT OUT

SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING Elton John 13 OUT OUT OUT OUT

SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME Slade 14 OUT OUT OUT OUT

ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac 15 OUT OUT OUT OUT

YOU CAN DO MAGIC Limmie & The Family Cooking 16 18 19 12 16

BORN TO BE WITH YOU Dave Edmunds 17 OUT OUT OUT OUT

STEP BY STEP Joe Simon 18 OUT OUT OUT OUT

FREE ELECTRIC BAND Albert Hammond 19 19 OUT OUT OUT

LIVE AND LET DIE Wings 20 OUT OUT OUT OUT

 

THE MORNING AFTER Maureen McGovern BUB BUB BUB

THE BAND PLAYED THE BOOGIE C.C.S. BUB

10th August New Entries

 

LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER The Drifters 8 6 5 10

SMARTY PANTS First Choice 9 8 17 OUT

RISING SUN Medecine Head 10 2 3 5

DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT Barry Blue 11 9 7 2

I'M DOING FINE NOW New York City 13 16 19 19

SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE Dawn/ Tony Orlando 15 15 13 7

SUMMER, THE FIRST TIME Bobby Goldsboro 20 3 2 3

 

RUSTY HANDS OF TIME Peter Doyle BUB BUB BUB

SATURDAY NIGHT Bay City Rollers BUB BUB BUB BUB

RUMOURS Hot Chocolate BUB BUB BUB

17th August new entries

 

I'M FREE Roger Daltrey 4 6 6

 

NATURAL HIGH Bloodstone BUB

 

24th August New Entries

 

PICK UP THE PIECES Hudson-Ford 4 4

DEAR ELAINE Roy Wood 14 9

 

31st August new entries

 

ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard 1

THE DEAN AND I 10CC 8

I THINK OF YOU The Detroit Emeralds 14

 

ELECTRIC LADY Geordie BUB

OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER Neil Sedaka BUB

 

SEPTEMBER 1973

 

It was all-change in september 1973, I was 15 and the charts were too limiting for what I liked. The last UK charts-based Top 20 was the 1st, then I stopped, feeling I ought to grow up as we moved from RAF Swinderby in Lincolnshire to RAF Innsworth in Gloucester, a new school yet again, the new boy yet again, and my new school was quite strict on uniform and sports. No football, just Rugby, and most definitely no long hair - as I got told as soon as I started by the teachers. Mine was shoulder-length.

 

In tandem the music scene exploded with excitement, loads of hot new records from hot acts, and many of my faves were now not charting in the singles rush. Glam, rock and soul were the new pop. I couldn't last - by the 23rd I'd done another chart - my first Top 30 of the new era, the others filled in the gaps after the event. There is an inrush of new stuff, and many of them remain obscure. The Sweet, ELO, Ike & Tina, Elton, Jackson 5, Manfred Mann & Wizzard were my faves this month. Manfred, Ike & Tina & Jackson 5 had synths, and I was loving those futuristic sounds!

1st Sept chart

 

ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard 1 3 4 9 12

MONSTER MASH Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers 2 6 14 15 18

PICK UP THE PIECES Hudson-Ford 3 2 9 17

DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT Barry Blue 4 9 16 21

THE DEAN AND I 10CC 5 4 10 27 25

SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE Dawn/ Tony Orlando 6 16 23 26

DEAR ELAINE Roy Wood 7 18 28

SUMMER, THE FIRST TIME Bobby Goldsboro 8 11 13 22

I'M FREE Roger Daltrey 9 15 21

LIFE ON MARS David Bowie 10

 

RISING SUN Medecine Head 11 17

48 CRASH Suzi Quatro 12

LIKE SISTER AND BROTHER The Drifters 13 20

I THINK OF YOU The Detroit Emeralds 14 30

YOU CAN DO MAGIC Limmie & The Family Cooking 15 19 26

ROCK ON David Essex 16 8 11 20 20

I'VE BEEN HURT Guy Darrell 17 21

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE The Carpenters 18 23

SPANISH EYES Al Martino 19 27

I'M DOING FINE NOW New York City 20 26

8th Sept new entries

 

BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 1 1 10 10

SKYWRITER The Jackson 5 5 5 5 2

ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS Mott The Hoople 7 7 18 17

ELECTRIC LADY Geordie 10 15 out 28

CAROLINE Status Quo 12 8 4 9

NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Ike & Tina Turner 13 3 2 4

OH NO NOT MY BABY Rod Stewart 14 6 14 15

OUR LAST SONG TOGETHER Neil Sedaka 22 30

JOYBRINGER Manfred Mann's Earthband 24 12 13 8

WE'VE GOT TO DO IT NOW The New Seekers 25 25

THAT LADY The Isley Brothers 28 24 25 14

EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT FINE Stealer's Wheel 29

 

15th Sept new entries

 

SHOWDOWN Electric Light Orchestra 2 1 1

GHETTO CHILD The Detroit Spinners 17 11 11

THE LAUGHING GNOME David Bowie 18 16 23

LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK Paul Simon 19 6 7

THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE The Hollies 20 19 16

HOLLY HOLY Junior Walker & The All Stars 22 12 19

OOH BABY Gilbert O'Sullivan 27

ROCK AND ROLL PEOPLE Bobby McGee 29 23 21

22nd Sept new entries

 

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 3 3

A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL Bryan Ferry 7 6

MY FREIND STAN Slade 8 5

LAW OF THE LAND The Temptations 24 30

SHINE ON SILVER SUN The Strawbs 28

JAM JAM The American Jam Band 29

LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye 30

29th Sept new entries

 

HIGHER GROUND Stevie Wonder 22

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE Dawn 24

KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Bob Dylan 26

EYE LEVEL The Simon Park Orchestra 27

ANGIE The Rolling Stones 29

 

 

 

OCTOBER 1973

 

Firmly in my new school, Chosenhill Comprehensive, I was surprised to find there was a bit of a northern soul and glam and rock scene going on there. Suited me perfectly really, though in evidence here is a bit of 60's nostalgia of sorts (I'd been a music fan for 10 years already and it was like dipping way back in time from the rather advanced age of 15): Dylan times 2, Ike & Tina, Manfred Mann, Hollies, Paul Simon, Isleys, Four Tops, Tempts & various ex-Beatles. The forgotten Beatle had the last laugh this month though, with a bit of help from George the fabulous Photograph put Ringo on top and interrupted all those rock/soul tracks with synthesisers that really were exciting me, the new sound of electronic music really did appeal to me. I fondly recall John Peel reviewing Ike & Tina commenting in Sounds (pop paper) it was a great rock track (as indeed it was a classic!) despite being interrupted by some farty synthesisers. What!?! I loved those farty synths. Not to worry he changed his tune in the 80's, by which time Punk had made him see the error of his smart-arse hippie ways and appreciate (good) pop.

 

6th September chart

 

NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Ike & Tina Turner 1 1 3 9

SHOWDOWN Electric Light Orchestra 2 3 8 3

JOYBRINGER Manfred Mann's Earthband 3 2 4 out

A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL Bryan Ferry 4 4 2 5

SKYWRITER The Jackson 5 5 out out out

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 6 5 6 6

MY FREIND STAN Slade 7 9 15 17

BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 8 8 10 13

GHETTO CHILD The Detroit Spinners 9 7 14 21

LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK Paul Simon 10 20 out out

 

THAT LADY The Isley Brothers 11 17 24 28

ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS Mott The Hoople 12 16 out out

ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard 13 15 out out

THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE The Hollies 14 14 13 7

CAROLINE Status Quo 15 18 19 26

HIGHER GROUND Stevie Wonder 16 13 9 out

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT Nazereth 17 10 5 11

OH NO NOT MY BABY Rod Stewart 18 23 out out

KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Bob Dylan 19 12 12 8

ROCK ON David Essex 20 24 out out

 

OOH BABY Gilbert O'Sullivan 21 out out out

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE Dawn 22 19 25 out

EYE LEVEL The Simon Park Orchestra 23 28 21 15

PLAY AROUND Linda Lewis 24 22 27 out

HOLLY HOLY Junior Walker & The All Stars 25 out out out

WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME Lynsey De Paul 26 21 20 18

THE LAUGHING GNOME David Bowie 27 27 30 out

LAW OF THE LAND The Temptations 28 out out out

DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG David Cassidy 29 25 23 20

ROCK AND ROLL PEOPLE Bobby McGee 30 out out out

 

13th Sept new entries

 

PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr 6 1 1

SORROW David Bowie 11 7 4

TOP OF THE WORLD The Carpenters 26 22 19

MONSTER MASH Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers 29 out out

SHINE ON SILVER SUN The Strawbs 30 out out

 

20th September new entries

 

DYNAMITE Mud 11 2

DO YOU WANNA DANCE Barry Blue 16 14

DAYTONA DEMON Suzi Quatro 17 12

LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS Don Downing 18 10

TAKE IT BACK Hudson-Ford 26 23

MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust 28 16

DREAMBOAT Limmie & The Family Cooking 29 out

27th September new entries

 

HELEN WHEELS Wings 22

KEEP ON TRUCKING Eddie Kendricks 24

LET ME IN The Osmonds 25

DAN THE BANJO MAN Dan The Banjo Man 27

SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE The Four Tops 29

WONDERFUL Colin Blunstone 30

 

NOVEMBER 1973

 

OK, I was adjusting to my new school in Churchdown, trying to make friends and be less of a loner - a bit daunting as everyone had over 4 years together in most cases and the syllabus was all new to me. There were a few kids I liked like Stephen 'Barney' Robson (we swapped 45's) who got me first ever nickname (and last, thank god: "Fiddle". Don't ask why...!)

 

The country, however, was about to get very dark. Quite literally, as power cuts, days off school, and no television after 10pm bit hard. The TV was the hard one. 9 months later there was a baby boom, for some reason I couldnt quite explain...

 

The more grim it got (and life otherwise was perfectly fine for me) the more Glam Rock seemed tailor-made for cheering everyone up. It did, big time, and it pretty much peaked for the next 3 months before suddenly dying out overnight, virtually. For me, it was all about Mud (and other Chinn-Chapman acts) and Roy Wood/Wizzard, but I also preferred now-forgotten acts like Barry Blue to the one he ripped off royally, Gary Glitter, with Do You Wanna Dance. Other than that, there were 3 ex-Beatles, a sprinkling of soul minor classics (like the gorgeous Don Downing track) and some non-hits like String Driven Thing, a song later murdered by the Bay City Rollers (but at least it became a hit at last). Dan The Banjo man had already charted with previous instrumentals I Will Return (as Springwater, one of the best obscure guitar instrumentals) and Groovin' With Mr Bloe, so he didnt mind (I hope) missing out this time. Little-known act Michael Jackson charted with me (but not the UK) with his brothers, while the first of a new breed suddenly appeared at 5, just ahead of his own Beach Boys tribute record at 6. Band: Wizzard. Song: a modern-sounding christmas pop song, cheering up Xmas no end. You've probably never heard of it, though. I popped out to HMV Gloucester to buy the fold-out gatefold sleeve edition with Roy as Santa on a sleigh. Fab! I wonder if there's any chance I might finally get to hear it on the radio this christmas for it's 40th birthday?

 

3rd November Chart

 

DYNAMITE Mud 1 1 3 8

PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr 2 5 5 7

DO YOU WANNA DANCE Barry Blue 3 2 1 3

SHOWDOWN Electric Light Orchestra 4 9 13 out

I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE Gary Glitter 5 3 4 12

SORROW David Bowie 6 11 17 20

LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS Don Downing 7 7 11 19

HELEN WHEELS Wings 8 4 9 16

DAYTONA DEMON Suzi Quatro 9 8 15 22

A HARD RAIN'S A GONNA FALL Bryan Ferry 10 out out out

 

MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust 11 6 2 1

THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM MCGEE The Hollies 12 out out out

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 13 16 19 23

LET ME IN The Osmonds 14 13 25 29

KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Bob Dylan 15 24 out out

IT'S A GAME String Driven Thing 16 10 6 out

DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG David Cassidy 17 14 21 26

NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Ike & Tina Turner 18 out out out

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT Nazereth 19 20 28 28

KEEP ON TRUCKING Eddie Kendricks 20 15 10 9

 

LAMPLIGHT David Essex 21 12 8 11

DAN THE BANJO MAN Dan The Banjo Man 22 21 out out

MY FREIND STAN Slade 23 26 out out

WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME Lynsey De Paul 24 out out out

GHETTO CHILD The Detroit Spinners 25 29 29 out

WONDERFUL Colin Blunstone 26 22 out out

AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee 27 23 16 14

WILD LOVE Mungo Jerry 28 18 23 out

CAROLINE Status Quo 29 out out out

SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE The Four Tops 30 25 22 18

 

10th Nov new entries

 

ROLL AWAY THE STONE Mott The Hoople 17 7 2

PAPER ROSES Marie Osmond 19 24 out

STREETLIFE Roxy Music 27 12 4

GET IT TOGETHER The Jackson 5 28 20 24

WHY OH WHY OH WHY Gilbert O'Sullivan 30 30 out

 

17th Nov new entries

 

TRUCK ON (TYKE) T.Rex 14 10

LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight 18 13

YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers 26 15

MIND GAMES John Lennon 27 17

 

24th Nov new entries

 

I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard 5

FOREVER Roy Wood 6

DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell 21

TAKE ME HIGH Cliff Richard 25

VADO VIA Drupi 27

RADAR LOVE Golden Earring 30

 

John, many wonderful songs were charted in some last monthes (include my favourite New Seekers song "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me") and another their # 1 (We've Got To Do It Now) "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" (and the most Lynsey De Paul singles) was my personal weekly #1 and spent 5 weeks on the top position.

"Amoureuse" was first Kiki Dee # 1 hit in my chart, 3 years before her great duet with Elton John.

"Paper Roses" is only one solo Mary Osmond's # 1, but she had 4 additional with her brother Donny some years after it.

Edited November 7, 201311 yr by AlexRange

John, my wonderful songs were charted in some last monthes (include my favourite New Seekers song "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me") and another their # 1 (We've Got To Do It Now) "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" (and the most Lynsey De Paul singles) was my personal weekly #1 and spent 5 weeks on the top position.

"Amoureuse" was first Kiki Dee # 1 hit in my chart, 3 years before her great duet with Elton John.

"Paper Roses" is only one solo Mary Osmond's # 1, but she had 4 additional with her brother Donny some years after it.

Thanks Alex I like all of those especially amoureuse which is gorgeous! Cheers john

Well it could be better to understand if these figures are shown in the form of charts and graphs.

Well it could be better to understand if these figures are shown in the form of charts and graphs.

 

Hi Kundra, yes you're prob right - thinking about it, buzzjack paste pdf's of spreadsheets so that must be possible! I'll see if I can make it clearer if I can work out how to do it. It's basically chart positions for the whole month so it would just need dates above columns I expect B-)

 

cheers!

john

John, I used this format for all my charts :

 

John's Favourite Top 30 Songs Chart

Date : 24th November 1973

 

01. (02) Alvin Stardust - MY COO CA CHOO

02. (07) Mott The Hoople - ROLL AWAY THE STONE

03. (01) Barry Blue - DO YOU WANNA DANCE

04. (12) Roxy Music - STREETLIFE

05. (NE) Wizzard - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY

06. (NE) Roy Wood - FOREVER

07. (05) Ringo Starr - PHOTOGRAPH

08. (03) Mud - DYNAMITE

09. (10) Eddie Kendricks - KEEP ON TRUCKING

10. (14) T.Rex - TRUCK ON (TYKE)

11. (08) David Essex - LAMPLIGHT

12. (04) Gary Glitter - I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE

13. (18) Robert Knight - LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP

14. (16) Kiki Dee - AMOUREUSE

15. (26) New Seekers - YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME

 

e.t.c.

 

NE - for new entries

RE - for comebacks

First number - current position

In brackets - position on the previous week

John, I used this format for all my charts :

 

John's Favourite Top 30 Songs Chart

Date : 24th November 1973

 

01. (02) Alvin Stardust - MY COO CA CHOO

02. (07) Mott The Hoople - ROLL AWAY THE STONE

03. (01) Barry Blue - DO YOU WANNA DANCE

04. (12) Roxy Music - STREETLIFE

05. (NE) Wizzard - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY

06. (NE) Roy Wood - FOREVER

07. (05) Ringo Starr - PHOTOGRAPH

08. (03) Mud - DYNAMITE

09. (10) Eddie Kendricks - KEEP ON TRUCKING

10. (14) T.Rex - TRUCK ON (TYKE)

11. (08) David Essex - LAMPLIGHT

12. (04) Gary Glitter - I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE

13. (18) Robert Knight - LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP

14. (16) Kiki Dee - AMOUREUSE

15. (26) New Seekers - YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME

 

e.t.c.

 

NE - for new entries

RE - for comebacks

First number - current position

In brackets - position on the previous week

 

Thanks Alex, thats actually a better format to look at and I could probably sort spreadsheets to just do that, thanks for taking the time to do that it looks better! B-)

 

cheers!

john

1st DEC 1973

 

Yes, I was 15 and my hero had the top 2, solo at 2 and Wizzard's 3rd number one of the year, I bought both singles the day my brother bought the Slade single. The xmas one's seem to have passed the test of time (and Forever should have, shame it's been forgotten)...

 

I was doing my best still to avoid rugby at school, going on the bus to Gloucester leisure centre to go swimming instead, me and a couple of (other) geeks - I really don't know how I blagged it to this day, they must have looked at me and thought, he won't be much good in a scrum. Oddly enough, a bunch of fit lads bent over in front of me was something I tried to avoid.

 

Roxy Music were cool, Bryan Ferry was cool, Streetlife was fab, and it was rising in tandem with cool bowie-promoted Mott The Hoople, I still associate them together, I still think they are exciting rockpop records. Catch the Thunderthighs girls on the video for Roll Away The Stone!

 

T.Rex were about to burn out, this was the last of the pop metal T.Rex singles, another late great John Lennon up to 10 with the very under-rated Mind Games, Elton does a xmas single that still gets airplay (despite being his minor hit of the year), and of course they collaborated on singles in 1974 before Lennon had his final ever live appearance at an Elton John concert.

 

 

1 ( 5 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard

2 ( 6 ) FOREVER Roy Wood

3 ( 4 ) STREETLIFE Roxy Music

4 ( 1 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust

5 ( 2 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE Mott The Hoople

6 ( 10 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) T.Rex

7 ( 9 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING Eddie Kendricks

8 ( 13 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight

9 ( 3 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE Barry Blue

10 ( 17 ) MIND GAMES John Lennon

 

 

 

11 ( 7 ) PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr

12 ( 15 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers

13 ( NEW ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade

14 ( 8 ) DYNAMITE Mud

15 ( 14 ) AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee

16 ( 12 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE Gary Glitter

17 ( 21 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell

18 ( NEW ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John

19 ( 11 ) LAMPLIGHT David Essex

20 ( 16 ) HELEN WHEELS Wings

 

 

21 ( 20 ) SORROW David Bowie

22 ( 18 ) SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE The Four Tops

23 ( 25 ) TAKE ME HIGH Cliff Richard

24 ( 27 ) VADO VIA Drupi

25 ( 22 ) DAYTONA DEMON Suzi Quatro

26 ( 30 ) RADAR LOVE Golden Earring

27 ( 19 ) LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS Don Downing

28 ( 28 ) THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT Nazereth

29 ( NEW ) POOL HALL RICHARD The Faces

30 ( 26 ) DAYDREAMER/ THE PUPPY SONG David Cassidy

 

 

Edited December 5, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

8th DEC 1973

 

I rediscovered a passion for comics about this time - DC Comics was having a new look to it's Superman/Batman family titles, I was most excited by Legion Of Super Heroes on the covers (about time) of Superboy's comic. Epic.

 

I digress, a second week for Wizzard, Slade at 3 and The Beach Boys 60's classic making it a very happy jolly-sounding musical xmas, despite the power-cuts, early nights and reduced TV. At least Top Of The Pops and Morecambe & Wise kept us going! And the Star Trek repeats. Ones I hadnt seen for 4 years were back on TV, also epic.

 

In at 12, glamrock faves Geordie (a flop single everywhere). Check out AC/DC's Brian Johnson on this. I'm going to cause gasps now (and disbelief) by saying I'll take this over anything he did in AC/DC anyday. Great fun. New at 16 a debut hit for Leo Sayer, dressed as a clown, and much media attention as cool songwriter (for Roger Daltrey and others). Hard to believe he did what they used to call "a Gilbert" and opted for MOR pop instead of singer-songwriter 3 years later. At 24, a major soulfunk classic, probably my fave Stevie Wonder record, the conscience-touching ghetto tale. Fab.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard

2 ( 2 ) FOREVER Roy Wood

3 ( 13 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade

4 ( 8 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight

5 ( 4 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust

6 ( 3 ) STREETLIFE Roxy Music

7 ( 5 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE Mott The Hoople

8 ( 15 ) AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee

9 ( 12 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers

10 ( 6 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) T.Rex

 

 

 

11 ( 17 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell

12 ( NEW ) BLACK CAT WOMAN Geordie

13 ( 18 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John

14 ( 9 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE Barry Blue

15 ( 7 ) KEEP ON TRUCKING Eddie Kendricks

16 ( NEW ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Leo Sayer

17 ( 14 ) DYNAMITE Mud

18 ( 16 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE Gary Glitter

19 ( 19 ) LAMPLIGHT David Essex

20 ( 20 ) HELEN WHEELS Wings

 

 

 

21 ( 24 ) VADO VIA Drupi

22 ( 29 ) POOL HALL RICHARD The Faces

23 ( 26 ) RADAR LOVE Golden Earring

24 ( NEW ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder

25 ( 21 ) SORROW David Bowie

26 ( NEW ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE Billy Paul

27 ( 23 ) TAKE ME HIGH Cliff Richard

28 ( NEW ) LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys

29 ( NEW ) SOLITAIRE Andy Williams

30 ( RE ) LET ME IN The Osmonds

 

 

Edited December 5, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

15th DEC 1973

 

In which Roy Wood knocks himself off the top. That was a chartfirst! The backing musicians in the TOTP clip are Wizzard, though the single is 100% Roy on all instruments and voices, which impressed me hugely in those days. The record is a 1960's Neil Sedaka pastiche, affectionate and catchy, and appropriate as Neil was in the UK making great adult music at 10CC's studio, one song of which is lower down and covered by the great Andy Williams.

 

New entries from Harold Melvin (or rather the late Teddy Pendergrass) with a great Philly soul song that was clubbed-up in the 90's to lesser effect. Marmalade sneak in with a forgotten flop, keeping my 60's nostalgia bubbling as it started to seem a long time ago as I neared sweet 16. In at 29, a band formerly faves of mine under a different guise (Jonathan King protegees basically), who, now having had an overhaul came back with a catchy pop ditto I liked. I say liked. By the time it became a hit, months later, the Rollers were on the road to becoming huge pop machine monsters of inane drivel (once they ditched their professional songwriters and tried to write their own). Finally, up to 3, Northern Soul classic B side hits it big: Wigan was the place to be for hipster raving back in 1974 (true!) and loads of old 60's soul records became hits on the back of it, such as Love On A Mountain Top. Originally hidden-away on the b side of Everlasting Love (the original, but not the best, version of a classic song), the soaring melody and rhythm was great for back-flips. So I hear.

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) FOREVER Roy Wood

2 ( 1 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard

3 ( 4 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight

4 ( 3 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade

5 ( 11 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell

6 ( 6 ) STREETLIFE Roxy Music

7 ( 7 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE Mott The Hoople

8 ( 5 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust

9 ( 12 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN Geordie

10 ( 16 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Leo Sayer

 

 

 

11 ( 13 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John

12 ( 8 ) AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee

13 ( 24 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder

14 ( 28 ) LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys

15 ( 10 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) T.Rex

16 ( 14 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE Barry Blue

17 ( 23 ) RADAR LOVE Golden Earring

18 ( 22 ) POOL HALL RICHARD The Faces

19 ( 20 ) HELEN WHEELS Wings

20 ( 9 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers

 

 

 

21 ( 21 ) VADO VIA Drupi

22 ( 17 ) DYNAMITE Mud

23 ( 18 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE Gary Glitter

24 ( 26 ) THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE Billy Paul

25 ( 19 ) LAMPLIGHT David Essex

26 ( NEW ) THE LOVE I LOST Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

27 ( 29 ) SOLITAIRE Andy Williams

28 ( NEW ) PAPER ROSES Marie Osmond

29 ( NEW ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA LA) The Bay City Rollers

30 ( NEW ) OUR HOUSE IS ROCKING Marmalade

 

 

Edited December 7, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

22nd DEC 1973

 

It's Chriiiistmas! We went round to neighbour friends of my parents for xmas day dinner (Jimmy and Vera) and watched Xmas Top Of The Pops. Fab. Don't recall what I got for xmas, but it was likely to have been vinyl albums, Arcade and KTel hits compilations.

 

2nd week at the top for Roy Wood, and drum rocker Cozy Powell goes up to 3 with the instrumental stomper we used to play on the school desks. Works pretty well, I suggest you try it! Stevie Wonder gets his 4th Top 10 hit of the year, and the Bay City Rollers make the Top 10 for the first time in 2 years. Jonathan King gets yet another hit under a fake name, covering the Stones to amusing effect. Melanie, meanwhile returns with a Shirelles cover. Both King and Melanie had hit number one in 1972. Sneaking in at the bottom, Dexter Redding - who?! - he was the teen son of the late great Otis having a go at the teen pop market, and failing, but I rather liked this sweet track.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) FOREVER Roy Wood

2 ( 2 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard

3 ( 5 ) DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell

4 ( 10 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Leo Sayer

5 ( 13 ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder

6 ( 7 ) ROLL AWAY THE STONE Mott The Hoople

7 ( 6 ) STREETLIFE Roxy Music

8 ( 11 ) STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John

9 ( 29 ) REMEMBER (SHA LA LA LA) The Bay City Rollers

10 ( 4 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade

 

11 ( 3 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight

12 ( 14 ) LITTLE SAINT NICK The Beach Boys

13 ( 8 ) MY COO CA CHOO Alvin Stardust

14 ( 9 ) BLACK CAT WOMAN Geordie

15 ( 18 ) POOL HALL RICHARD The Faces

16 ( 19 ) HELEN WHEELS Wings

17 ( 16 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE Barry Blue

18 ( 12 ) AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee

19 ( 15 ) TRUCK ON (TYKE) T.Rex

20 ( 21 ) VADO VIA Drupi

 

21 ( 23 ) I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE Gary Glitter

22 ( 22 ) DYNAMITE Mud

23 (NEW) (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION Bubble Rock

24 ( 26 ) THE LOVE I LOST Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

25 ( 25 ) LAMPLIGHT David Essex

26 (NEW) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW Melanie

27 ( 20 ) YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers

28 ( 17 ) RADAR LOVE Golden Earring

29 ( NEW ) ROCKIN’ ROLL BABY The Stylistics

30 ( NEW ) GOD BLESS Dexter Redding