Posted September 15, 20159 yr http://images.clipartpanda.com/lava-clipart-7039s-seventies-clip-art.jpg 1970s Top 40 Rate Number 7s Below is a chronological list of all the singles which peaked at No.7 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). Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'N' Roll Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top Move - Brontosaurus Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love Jackson 5 - The Love You Save Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) Christie - San Bernadino Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express Elton John - Your Song John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People CCS - Walkin' Olivia Newton John - If Not For You Diana Ross - Remember Me East Of Eden - Jig-A-Jig Dave & Ansil Collins - Monkey Spanner Buffy Sainte Marie - Soldier Blue Al Green - Let's Stay Together Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup Les Crane - Desiderata Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora/One Inch Rock Move - California Man Derek & The Dominos - Layla Elvis Presley - Burning Love Michael Jackson - Ben Free - Wishing Well Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Drifters - Like Sister And Brother Perry Como - For The Good Times Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance David Essex - Lamplight Golden Earring - Radar Love Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet Sunny - Doctor's Orders Alvin Stardust - Red Dress Scaffold - Liverpool Lou Sparks - Amateur Hour KC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs Rod Stewart - Farewell/Bring It On Home To Me-You Send Me (Medley) Gary Shearston - I Get A Kick Out Of You Drifters - Down On The Beach Tonight Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly Suzi Quatro - The Wild One The Goodies - The Inbetweenies/Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me David Essex - Stardust Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band - Black Superman (Muhammed Ali) Rubettes - I Can Do It 10cc - Life Is A Minestrone Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night Carpenters - Only Yesterday Slade - Thanks For The Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me Hot Chocolate - A Child's Prayer Showaddywaddy - Heartbeat Walker Brothers - No Regrets Status Quo - Rain Elton John - Pinball Wizard Sailor - Girls Girls Girls Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow Dolly Parton - Jolene Queen - You're My Best Friend Bryan Ferry - Extended Play (EP) Stylistics - Sixteen Bars Simon May Orchestra - The Summer Of My Life Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music The Who - Substitute Mud - Lean On Me Moments - Jack In The Box Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part 1) Muppets - Halfway Down The Stairs Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better Yes - Wonderous Stories Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (Medley) Ram Jam - Black Betty Barron Knights - Live In Trouble Bill Withers - Lovely Day Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass Genesis - Follow You Follow Me Tavares - More Than A Woman Goldie - Making Up Again Sex Pistols - No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer By Ronald Biggs)/My Way Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden Chic - Le Freak Driver 67 - Car 67 Supertramp - The Logical Song Dickies - Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging Ruts - Babylon's Burning Dooleys - The Chosen Few Madness - One Step Beyond Michael Jackson - Off The Wall you can use the standard +30 rate: +30 +29 +28 +27 +26 +25 +24 +23 +22 +21 +20 +19 +18 +17 +16 +15 +14 +13 +12 +11 +10 +9 +8 +7 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 or you can do a +20 rate: +20 +19 +18 +17 +16 +15 +14 +13 +12 +11 +10 +9 +8 +7 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 or: +20 +18 +16 +14 +12 +10 +8 +6 +4 +2 Good luck! Edited September 22, 20159 yr by AH Gold
September 15, 20159 yr Author +30 David Essex - Stardust +29 Ram Jam - Black Betty +28 KC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs +27 Dooleys - The Chosen Few +26 David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging +25 Golden Earring - Radar Love +24 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden +23 Dolly Parton - Jolene +22 Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie +21 Elton John - Your Song +20 Chic - Le Freak +19 Carpenters - Only Yesterday +18 Tavares - More Than A Woman +17 10cc - Life Is A Minestrone +16 Elvis Presley - Burning Love +15 Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow +14 Madness - One Step Beyond +13 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better +12 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music +11 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah +10 Moments - Jack In The Box +9 Rubettes - I Can Do It +8 Dickies - Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) +7 Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) +6 David Essex - Lamplight +5 John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People +4 Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass +3 Al Green - Let's Stay Together +2 Queen - You're My Best Friend +1 Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup
September 15, 20159 yr +30 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden +29 Madness - One Step Beyond +28 Ruts - Babylon's Burning +27 Chic - Le Freak +26 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora/One Inch Rock +25 Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top +24 Muppets - Halfway Down The Stairs +23 Sparks - Amateur Hour +22 Sex Pistols - No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer By Ronald Biggs)/My Way +21 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music +20 Dave & Ansil Collins - Monkey Spanner +19 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah +18 Al Green - Let's Stay Together +17 Michael Jackson - Ben +16 Elton John - Your Song +15 Dickies - Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) +14 The Goodies - The Inbetweenies/Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me +13 David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging +12 Derek & The Dominos - Layla +11 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life +10 Bill Withers - Lovely Day +09 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting +08 David Essex - Stardust +07 Scaffold - Liverpool Lou +06 John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People +05 Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) +04 Golden Earring - Radar Love +03 Dolly Parton - Jolene +02 Queen - You're My Best Friend +01 The Who - Substitute
September 15, 20159 yr +30 Al Green - Let's Stay Together +29 Muppets - Halfway Down The Stairs +28 Stylistics - Sixteen Bars +27 Drifters - Down On The Beach Tonight +26 Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part 1) +25 Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child +24 Michael Jackson - Ben +23 Jackson 5 - The Love You Save +22 Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? +21 Madness - One Step Beyond +20 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) +19 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss +18 Drifters - Like Sister And Brother +17 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) +16 Moments - Jack In The Box +15 Diana Ross - Remember Me +14 Chic - Le Freak +13 Carpenters - Only Yesterday +12 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me +11 Tavares - More Than A Woman +10 Dave & Ansil Collins - Monkey Spanner +9 Bill Withers - Lovely Day +8 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love +7 Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go +6 Walker Brothers - No Regrets +5 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah +4 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express +3 Perry Como - For The Good Times +2 Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man +1 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night
September 15, 20159 yr +30 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden +29 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting +28 David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging +27 Ruts - Babylon's Burning +26 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music +25 Golden Earring - Radar Love +24 Walker Brothers - No Regrets +23 Free - Wishing Well +22 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) +21 Sex Pistols - No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer By Ronald Biggs)/My Way +20 Madness - One Step Beyond +19 Dickies - Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) +18 Driver 67 - Car 67 +17 Ram Jam - Black Betty +16 Bryan Ferry - Extended Play (EP) +15 Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass +14 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah +13 Sparks - Amateur Hour +12 Sailor - Girls Girls Girls +11 Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow +10 The Who - Substitute +9 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora/One Inch Rock +8 Derek & The Dominos - Layla +7 Dave & Ansil Collins - Monkey Spanner +6 Supertramp - The Logical Song +5 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better +4 Dolly Parton - Jolene +3 Queen - You're My Best Friend +2 10cc - Life Is A Minestrone +1 Buffy Sainte Marie - Soldier Blue
September 16, 20159 yr Got it down to 53. Time as usual to hammer the late 70’s..? All of ‘em actually, right down to greats like No Regrets and The Logical Song missing out. +30 Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup +29 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet +28 Gary Shearston - I Get A Kick Out Of You +27 KC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs +26 Free - Wishing Well +25 Derek & The Dominos - Layla +24 Tavares - More Than A Woman +23 Al Green - Let's Stay Together +22 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie +21 Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow +20 Elton John - Pinball Wizard +19 Ram Jam - Black Betty +18 Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance +17 Bill Withers - Lovely Day +16 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) +15 Dolly Parton - Jolene +14 Chic - Le Freak +13 Elton John - Your Song +12 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music +11 Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man +10 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah +9 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better +8 Dave & Ansil Collins - Monkey Spanner +7 David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging +6 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night +5 Madness - One Step Beyond +4 Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (Medley) +3 Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child +2 Golden Earring - Radar Love +1 Genesis - Follow You Follow Me votes seem all over the place for this one, looks like neck and neck for quite a few records
September 17, 20159 yr Not enough votes for Nobody Does It Better! Just missed out on mine by a place!
September 20, 20159 yr +30 Dolly Parton - Jolene +29 Al Green - Let's Stay Together +28 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better +27 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music +26 Ram Jam - Black Betty +25 Supertramp - The Logical Song +24 Michael Jackson - Ben +23 Elton John - Your Song +22 Queen - You're My Best Friend +21 Bill Withers - Lovely Day +20 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love +19 Chic - Le Freak +18 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express +17 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life +16 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me +15 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall +14 Tavares - More Than A Woman +13 Derek & The Dominos - Layla +12 Elton John - Pinball Wizard +11 Olivia Newton John - If Not For You +10 Diana Ross - Remember Me +9 Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part 1) +8 Slade - Thanks For The Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) +7 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One +6 Jackson 5 - The Love You Save +5 Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras +4 The Who - Substitute +3 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting +2 CCS - Walkin' +1 Rubettes - I Can Do It
September 20, 20159 yr 30 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better 29 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me 28 Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras 27 David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging 26 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 25 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora/One Inch Rock 24 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 23 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall 22 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 21 Sparks - Amateur Hour 20 Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) 19 Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow 18 Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part 1) 17 Supertramp - The Logical Song 16 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 15 Madness - One Step Beyond 14 Ram Jam - Black Betty 13 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 12 Chic - Le Freak 11 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 10 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet 09 Elton John - Your Song 08 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 07 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 06 Dolly Parton - Jolene 05 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 04 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 03 Carpenters - Only Yesterday 02 Gary Shearston - I Get A Kick Out Of You 01 Diana Ross - Remember Me
September 22, 20159 yr Author Number 7s - The Results! Here we go. So, who's topped this rate then? Well, I was surprised by the result! But before the reveal, as ever let's start with the nil pointers: Dave Clark Five - Good Old Rock 'N' Roll Move - Brontosaurus Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 Christie - San Bernadino East Of Eden - Jig-A-Jig Les Crane - Desiderata Move - California Man Sunny - Doctor's Orders Alvin Stardust - Red Dress Rod Stewart - Farewell/Bring It On Home To Me-You Send Me (Medley) Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band - Black Superman (Muhammed Ali) Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet Hot Chocolate - A Child's Prayer Showaddywaddy - Heartbeat Status Quo - Rain Simon May Orchestra - The Summer Of My Life Mud - Lean On Me Yes - Wonderous Stories Barron Knights - Live In Trouble Goldie - Making Up Again Quite a lot of nil pointers for a Top 10 rate! But then again, there's quite a few hundred plus pointers here too: 2. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 120 3. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 110 4. Chic - Le Freak 106 5. Ram Jam - Black Betty 105 6. Madness - One Step Beyond 104 7. David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging 101 8. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better 85 9. Elton John - Your Song 82 10. Dolly Parton - Jolene 81 11. Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) 75 12. Derek & The Dominos - Layla 74 13. Bill Withers - Lovely Day 68 14. Tavares - More Than A Woman 67 15. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow 66 16. Michael Jackson - Ben 65 17. Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora/One Inch Rock 60 18. Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 59 19. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me 57 Sparks - Amateur Hour 57 21. Golden Earring - Radar Love 56 22. KC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs 55 Ruts - Babylon's Burning 55 24. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Part 1) 53 Muppets - Halfway Down The Stairs 53 26. Free - Wishing Well 49 27. Supertramp - The Logical Song 48 28. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 47 29. Dave & Ansil Collins - Monkey Spanner 45 30. Sex Pistols - No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer By Ronald Biggs)/My Way 43 31. Dickies - Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song) 42 32. Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet 39 33. David Essex - Stardust 38 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall 38 35. Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 36 Elton John - Pinball Wizard 36 37. Carpenters - Only Yesterday 35 38. Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras 33 39. Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 32 40. Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup 31 41. Walker Brothers - No Regrets 30 Gary Shearston - I Get A Kick Out Of You 30 43. Jackson 5 - The Love You Save 29 Queen - You're My Best Friend 29 45. Stylistics - Sixteen Bars 28 Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love 28 Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child 28 48. Dooleys - The Chosen Few 27 Drifters - Down On The Beach Tonight 27 50. Diana Ross - Remember Me 26 Moments - Jack In The Box 26 52. Hollies - I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top 25 53. Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie 22 Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? 22 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express 22 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie 22 57. Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) 20 58. 10cc - Life Is A Minestrone 19 Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass 19 60. Drifters - Like Sister And Brother 18 Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance 18 Driver 67 - Car 67 18 63. Elvis Presley - Burning Love 16 Bryan Ferry - Extended Play (EP) 16 65. The Who - Substitute 15 66. The Goodies - The Inbetweenies/Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me 14 67. Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man 13 68. Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) 12 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 12 Sailor - Girls Girls Girls 12 71. John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People 11 Olivia Newton John - If Not For You 11 73. Rubettes - I Can Do It 10 74. Slade - Thanks For The Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam) 8 75. Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go 7 Scaffold - Liverpool Lou 7 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 7 78. David Essex - Lamplight 6 79. Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (Medley) 4 80. Perry Como - For The Good Times 3 81. CCS - Walkin' 2 82. Buffy Sainte Marie - Soldier Blue 1 Genesis - Follow You Follow Me 1 which leaves a winner which I didn't expect at all: 1. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 127 COiIC3A0ROM The Ultimate 1970s Top 40: 1. 2. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 3. T-Rex - 20th Century Boy 4. 5. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone 6. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You 7. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 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. Blondie - Union City Blue 14. Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone 15. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair 16. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper 17. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music 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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