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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)

 

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Good luck!

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Number 12s

 

+30 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

+29 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner

+28 James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet

+27 Eric Carmen - All By Myself

+26 Julie Covington - Only Women Bleed

+25 Blondie - Picture This

+24 War - Low Rider

+23 Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern

+22 Three Degrees - Giving Up Giving In

+21 Patrick Juvet - I Love America

+20 Jackson Browne - Stay

+19 Scott English - Brandy

+18 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

+17 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown

+16 Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones

+15 David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing

+14 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love

+13 Mud - Shake It Down

+12 Barry White - Just The Way You Are

+11 Boney M - Gotta Go Home/El Lute

+10 Roxy Music - All I Want Is You

+9 O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl

+8 David Soul - It Sure Brings Out The Love In Your Eyes

+7 Syreeta - Your Kiss Is Sweet

+6 Sakkarin - Sugar Sugar

+5 Police - Roxanne

+4 Osmonds - I Can't Stop

+3 Billy Joel - My Life

+2 Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word

+1 Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing

 

Number 14s

 

+30 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven

+29 Dollar - Who Were You With In The Moonlight

+28 Skids - Masquerade

+27 Donna Summer - Bad Girls

+26 Kate Bush - Wow

+25 Sylvia - Pillow Talk

+24 Chris Spedding - Motor Biking

+23 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

+22 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

+21 Brendon - Gimme Some

+20 Lalo Schifrin - Jaws

+19 Stranglers - Duchess

+18 Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy

+17 Steeleye Span - Guadete

+16 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon

+15 Mary Wells - My Guy

+14 Toto - Hold The Line

+13 Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket

+12 Dollar - Shooting Star

+11 Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy

+10 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus

+9 Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There

+8 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

+7 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

+6 Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love

+5 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

+4 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now

+3 Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday

+2 Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia

+1 Jim Stafford - Spiders And Snakes

 

Number 12s

+30 Beatles - Hey Jude

+29 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown

+28 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together

+27 David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing

+26 Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom

+25 Roxy Music - All I Want Is You

+24 Scott English - Brandy

+23 Mud - Shake It Down

+22 Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind

+21 Mud - Crazy

+20 Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word

+19 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner

+18 Greyhound - Moon River

+17 Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie

+16 Heatwave - The Groove Line

+15 Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing

+14 Diana Ross - Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo

+13 Wigan's Ovation - Skiing In The Snow

+12 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

+11 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love

+10 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)

+9 Julie Covington - Only Women Bleed

+8 Billy Joel - My Life

+7 Boney M - Gotta Go Home/El Lute

+6 Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels

+5 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

+4 Osmonds - I Can't Stop

+3 Blondie - Picture This

+2 T-Rex - Truck On (Tyke)

+1 Bimbo Jet - El Bimbo

Number 14s

+30 O'Jays - Back Stabbers

+29 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now

+28 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

+27 Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You

+26 Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love

+25 Sylvia - Pillow Talk

+24 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

+23 Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know

+22 Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy

+21 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem

+20 Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There

+19 Toto - Hold The Line

+18 Dollar - Shooting Star

+17 Isley Brothers - That Lady

+16 Mary Wells - My Guy

+15 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good

+14 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

+13 Nazareth - My White Bicycle

+12 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred

+11 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

+10 Kate Bush - Wow

+9 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

+8 Dollar - Who Were You With In The Moonlight

+7 Elton John - Island Girl

+6 Biddu Orchestra - Summer Of '42

+5 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven

+4 Intruders - (Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner

+3 Skids - Masquerade

+2 Chris Spedding - Motor Biking

+1 Donna Summer - Bad Girls

Number 12s

 

+30 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

+29 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love

+28 Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones

+27 James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet

+26 O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl

+25 Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday

+24 Three Degrees - Giving Up Giving In

+23 Stylistics - Star On A TV Show

+22 Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern

+21 Drifters - Hello Happiness

 

+20 Diana Ross - Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo

+19 Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis - You're Gonna Get Next To Me

+18 Greyhound - Moon River

+17 Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps - Baby Face

+16 Wigan's Ovation - Skiing In The Snow

+15 Bimbo Jet - El Bimbo

+14 Billy Ocean - Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)

+13 Detroit Emeralds - You Want It, You Got It

+12 Syreeta - Your Kiss Is Sweet

+11 Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs

 

+10 Boney M - Gotta Go Home/El Lute

+9 Heatwave - The Groove Line

+8 War - Low Rider

+7 Manhattan Transfer - Walk In Love

+6 Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)/Mr Guder

+5 George McCrae - I Ain't Lyin'

+4 Barry White - Just The Way You Are

+3 Dawn Feat. Tony Orlando - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose

+2 Vince Hill - Look Around (And You'll Find Me There)

+1 Blondie - Picture This

 

Number 14s

 

+30 O'Jays - Back Stabbers

+29 Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue

+28 Dana - Who Put The Lights Out

+27 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

+26 Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love

+25 Mary Wells - My Guy

+24 Joe Simon - Step By Step

+23 Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy

+22 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now

+21 Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday

 

+20 Intruders - (Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner

+19 Isley Brothers - That Lady

+18 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

+17 War - Galaxy

+16 Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)

+15 Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There

+14 Jackie Lee - Rupert

+13 Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You

+12 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem

+11 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

 

+10 Sylvia - Pillow Talk

+9 Perry Como - I Think Of You

+8 Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me

+7 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

+6 Judge Dread - Big Eight

+5 Donna Summer - Bad Girls

+4 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred

+3 Lalo Schifrin - Jaws

+2 Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne, Beware Of The Devil

+1 Judge Dread - Big Ten

 

Number 12s

 

+30 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

+29 Blondie - Picture This

+28 David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing

+27 Police - Roxanne

+26 Roxy Music - All I Want Is You

+25 Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern

+24 Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word

+23 Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs

+22 Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind

+21 Billy Joel - My Life

+20 War - Low Rider

+19 Eagles - Take It To The Limit

+18 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)

+17 T-Rex - Truck On (Tyke)

+16 Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74

+15 Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie

+14 Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe

+13 Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing

+12 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together

+11 Mud - Crazy

+10 Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels

+9 Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E

+8 Mud - Shake It Down

+7 Jackson Browne - Stay

+6 Barry White - Just The Way You Are

+5 Eric Carmen - All By Myself

+4 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown

+3 Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis - You're Gonna Get Next To Me

+2 Steve Gibbons Band - Tulane

+1 Julie Covington - Only Women Bleed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 14s

 

 

 

 

+30 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven

+29 Skids - Masquerade

+ 28 Stranglers - Duchess

+27 Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To

+26 Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia

+25 Kate Bush - Wow

+24 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus

+23 Thin Lizzy - Dancin' In The Moonlight

+22 Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know

+21 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

+20 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

+19 Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love

+18 Lalo Schifrin - Jaws

+17 Chris Spedding - Motor Biking

+16 Nazareth - My White Bicycle

+15 Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy

+14 Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred

+13 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

+12 Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril

+11 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon

+10 Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They?

+9 Judas Priest - Take On The World

+8 Toto - Hold The Line

+7 Donna Summer - Bad Girls

+6 War - Galaxy

+5 Genesis - Spot The Pigeon (EP)

+4 Suzi Quatro - Too Big

+3 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

+2 Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue

+1 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 12

 

+30 Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones

+29 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

+28 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love

+27 Elkie Brooks - Don't Cry Out Loud

+26 Police - Roxanne

+25 Eric Carmen - All By Myself

+24 Barry White - Just The Way You Are

+23 Blondie - Picture This

+22 Billy Joel - My Life

+21 Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E

+20 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner

+19 Julie Covington - Only Women Bleed

+18 Eagles - Take It To The Limit

+17 Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman

+16 Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom

+15 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)

+14 Diana Ross - Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo

+13 O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl

+12 Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday

+11 Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)/Mr Guder

+10 Smokie - Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone

+9 Shadows - Let Me Be The One

+8 Manhattan Transfer - Walk In Love

+7 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown

+6 Stylistics - Star On A TV Show

+5 Val Doonican - Morning

+4 Three Degrees - Giving Up Giving In

+3 Mud - Crazy

+2 Heatwave - The Groove Line

+1 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

 

14

 

+30 Donna Summer - Bad Girls

+29 Toto - Hold The Line

+28 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

+27 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

+26 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now

+25 Mary Wells - My Guy

+24 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus

+23 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

+22 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem

+21 Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

+20 Boris Gardiner - Elizabethan Reggae

+19 Hot Chocolate - Man To Man

+18 Judas Priest - Take On The World

+17 Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy

+16 Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia

+15 Biddu Orchestra - Summer Of '42

+14 Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue

+13 Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love

+12 Lalo Schifrin - Jaws

+11 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven

+10 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

+9 Sylvia - Pillow Talk

+8 Perry Como - I Think Of You

+7 Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There

+6 Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday

+5 Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You

+4 Dollar - Shooting Star

+3 Dr Hook - More Like The Movies

+2 Elton John - Island Girl

+1 Engelbert Humperdinck - Too Beautiful To Last

 

Number 12s

+20 War - Low Rider

+19 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

+18 Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs

+17 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

+16 David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing

+15 Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman

+14 Blondie - Picture This

+13 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner

+12 St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air)

+11 T-Rex - Truck On (Tyke)

+10 Greyhound - Moon River

+09 Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E

+08 Barry White - Just The Way You Are

+07 The Police - Roxanne

+06 Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind

+05 Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74

+04 Kenny - Baby I Love You, OK!

+03 O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl

+02 Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern

+01 Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)/Mr Guder

 

Number 14s (just 10 from me here)

+20 Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy

+18 The Skids - Masquerade

+16 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven

+14 The Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone

+12 The Stranglers - Duchess

+10 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

+08 Chris Spedding - Motor Biking

+06 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

+04 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus

+02 Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril

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Number 12s - The Results

 

Right, so who else gets to join our privileged Ultimate Top 40? Not any of these:

 

Roger Whittaker - Durham Town (The Leavin')

Cliff Harmony - Living In Harmony

Strawbs - Lay Down

Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt

Rubettes - Tonight

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Christmas Song

Bill Lovelady - Reggae For It Now

 

or these:

 

2. Blondie - Picture This 95

3. David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing 86

4. Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love 82

5. Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner 81

6. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up 78

7. Billy Paul - Me And Mrs Jones 74

8. Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern 72

War - Low Rider 72

10. Police - Roxanne 65

 

11. Roxy Music - All I Want Is You 61

12. Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown 57

Eric Carmen - All By Myself 57

14. Julie Covington - Only Women Bleed 55

James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet 55

16. Billy Joel - My Life 54

Barry White - Just The Way You Are 54

18. Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs 52

19. O'Jays - Used Ta Be My Girl 51

20. Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind 50

Three Degrees - Giving Up Giving In 50

22. Diana Ross - Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo 48

23. Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word 46

Greyhound - Moon River 46

25. Mud - Shake It Down 44

26. Scott English - Brandy 43

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) 43

28. Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom 42

29. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 40

30. Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E 39

31. Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday 37

Eagles - Take It To The Limit 37

33. Mud - Crazy 35

34. Mott The Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie 32

Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman 32

36. Beatles - Hey Jude 30

T-Rex - Truck On (Tyke) 30

38. Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing 29

Wigan's Ovation - Skiing In The Snow 29

Stylistics - Star On A TV Show 29

41. Boney M - Gotta Go Home/El Lute 28

42. Heatwave - The Groove Line 27

Jackson Browne - Stay 27

Elkie Brooks - Don't Cry Out Loud 27

45. Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis - You're Gonna Get Next To Me 22

46. Patrick Juvet - I Love America 21

Drifters - Hello Happiness 21

Alice Cooper - Teenage Lament '74 21

49. Syreeta - Your Kiss Is Sweet 19

50. Carpenters - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)/Mr Guder 18

51. Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps - Baby Face 17

52. Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels 16

Bimbo Jet - El Bimbo 16

54. Manhattan Transfer - Walk In Love 15

55. Billy Ocean - Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before) 14

Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe 14

57. Detroit Emeralds - You Want It, You Got It 13

58. St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air) 12

59. Smokie - Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone 10

60. Shadows - Let Me Be The One 9

61. David Soul - It Sure Brings Out The Love In Your Eyes 8

Osmonds - I Can't Stop 8

63. Sakkarin - Sugar Sugar 6

64. George McCrae - I Ain't Lyin' 5

Val Doonican - Morning 5

66. Kenny - Baby I Love You, OK! 4

67. Dawn Feat. Tony Orlando - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose 3

68. Vince Hill - Look Around (And You'll Find Me There) 2

Steve Gibbons Band - Tulane 2

 

which leaves:

 

1. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 113

 

 

The Ultimate 1970s Top 40:

 

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3. T-Rex - 20th Century Boy

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5. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

6. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

7.

8. Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

9. Wings - Live And Let Die

10. David Bowie - Starman

11. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

12. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

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14.

15. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair

16. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

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18. Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know

19. Lene Lovich - Say When

20. Commodores - Machine Gun

21. Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

22. Boston - More Than A Feeling

23. X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo

24. David Bowie - Heroes

25. Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

26. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

27. Barbra Streisand - Stoney End

28. Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun

29. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground

30. Staple Singers - I'll Take You There

31. Undertones - Teenage Kicks

32. Natalie Cole - This Will Be

33. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye

34. Undertones - Here Comes The Summer

35. The Clash - Clash City Rockers

36. Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War

37. B-52s - Rock Lobster

38. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

39. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame

40. The Jam - In The City

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Number 14s - The Results

 

No love for these:

 

Bobby Goldsboro - Hello, Summertime

Slim Whitman - Happy Anniversary

Showaddywaddy - Sweet Music

Peter Skellern - Hold On To Love

Gilbert O'Sullivan - I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You

John Asher - Let's Twist Again

Judge Dread - Christmas In Dreadland/Come Outside

Tonight - Drummer Man

San Jose Feat Rodriguez Argentina - Argentine Melody (Cancion De Argentina)

Thom Pace - Maybe

 

Those which did get some love:

 

2. Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy 93

3. Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven 92

4. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 91

5. Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love 89

6. Judy Collins - Both Sides Now 81

Mary Wells - My Guy 81

8. Skids - Masquerade 78

9. Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love 71

10. Toto - Hold The Line 70

Donna Summer - Bad Girls 70

12. Sylvia - Pillow Talk 69

13. Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 64

14. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus 62

15. Kate Bush - Wow 61

16. O'Jays - Back Stabbers 60

17. Stranglers - Duchess 59

18. Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem 56

19. Lalo Schifrin - Jaws 53

20. Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There 51

Chris Spedding - Motor Biking 51

22. Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up 48

23. Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know 45

Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue 45

25. Charlie Daniels - The Devil Went Down To Georgia 44

26. Dollar - Who Were You With In The Moonlight 37

27. Isley Brothers - That Lady 36

28. Dollar - Shooting Star 34

29. Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy 33

30. Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You 32

31. Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred 30

Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday 30

33. Nazareth - My White Bicycle 29

34. Dana - Who Put The Lights Out 28

35. Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To 27

Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon 27

Judas Priest - Take On The World 27

38. Intruders - (Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner 24

Joe Simon - Step By Step 24

40. War - Galaxy 23

Thin Lizzy - Dancin' In The Moonlight 23

42. Brendon - Gimme Some 21

Biddu Orchestra - Summer Of '42 21

44. Boris Gardiner - Elizabethan Reggae 20

45. Juicy Lucy - Who Do You Love 19

Hot Chocolate - Man To Man 19

47. Steeleye Span - Guadete 17

Perry Como - I Think Of You 17

49. Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) 16

50. Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good 15

51. Jackie Lee - Rupert 14

Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril 14

53. Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket 13

Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You 13

55. Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They? 10

56. Elton John - Island Girl 9

57. Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me 8

58. Judge Dread - Big Eight 6

59. Genesis - Spot The Pigeon (EP) 5

60. Suzi Quatro - Too Big 4

61. Dr Hook - More Like The Movies 3

62. Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne, Beware Of The Devil 2

63. Jim Stafford - Spiders And Snakes 1

Judge Dread - Big Ten 1

Engelbert Humperdinck - Too Beautiful To Last 1

 

which leaves:

 

1. Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone 118

 

 

The Ultimate 1970s Top 40:

 

1.

2.

3. T-Rex - 20th Century Boy

4.

5. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

6. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

7.

8. Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

9. Wings - Live And Let Die

10. David Bowie - Starman

11. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

12. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

13.

14. Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

15. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair

16. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

17.

18. Carpenters - Superstar/For All We Know

19. Lene Lovich - Say When

20. Commodores - Machine Gun

21. Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

22. Boston - More Than A Feeling

23. X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo

24. David Bowie - Heroes

25. Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

26. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

27. Barbra Streisand - Stoney End

28. Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun

29. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground

30. Staple Singers - I'll Take You There

31. Undertones - Teenage Kicks

32. Natalie Cole - This Will Be

33. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye

34. Undertones - Here Comes The Summer

35. The Clash - Clash City Rockers

36. Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - Eve Of The War

37. B-52s - Rock Lobster

38. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

39. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame

40. The Jam - In The City

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