In July 2020 I started to compile my retrospective weekly chart for 1970 year. But only seven charts were finished, because my PC don't work anymore and I lost all database of singles, which I prepared for 70s charts.

 

"Gražios Dainos" ("Beautiful songs" on Lithuanian) is retrospective music chart with my favourite songs on each week.

 

Special thanks to :

- 45cat (for big database of retro songs)

- popchartfreak and his retro weekly charts (for the inspiration)

- all acts, which will have any songs in this chart (for their music)

Edited December 13, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer

I started with the first week of 1970, but already can name # 1 songs for four last months of 1969 year.

 

1969 (# 1 songs) :

07.09 : Petula Clark - Look At Mine (2 weeks)

21.09 : Sandie Shaw - Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now (4 weeks)

19.10 : Mary Hopkin - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (1 week)

26.10 : Tina Tott - Take Away The Emptiness Too (1 week)

02.11 : Jackie Lee - Love Is A Gamble (2 weeks)

16.11 : Linda Kendrick - Hold On (1 week)

23.11 : Karen Young - Allentown Jail (3 weeks)

14.12 : Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream (1 week)

21.12 : Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (2 weeks)

 

Youtube links :

Petula Clark :

Sandie Shaw :

Mary Hopkin :

Tina Tott :

Karen Young :

Jackie Lee :

Linda Kendrick :

Bobbie and Glen :

Cilla Black : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MotLZZDH-4k

Edited December 13, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer

04.01.1970 (Week # 1)

01. (-) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (4 weeks) (3 weeks at # 1)

02. (-) Peggy March - Vor Dem Buckingham Palast (3 weeks)

03. (-) Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream (5 weeks)

04. (-) France Gall - Links Vom Rhein Und Rechts Vom Rhein (3 weeks)

05. (-) Karen Young - Allentown Jail (7 weeks)

06. (-) Heidi Bruhl - Ich Schliesse Meine Augen (6 weeks)

07. (-) France Gall - Ich Liebe Dich, So Wie Вu Bist (6 weeks)

08. (-) Lill Lindfors - En Man I Byran (2 weeks)

09. (-) Clodagh Rodgers - Biljo (9 weeks)

10. (-) Peggy March - In Der Carnaby Street (9 weeks)

11. (-) New Seekers - Meet My Lord (8 weeks)

12. (-) Linda Kendrick - Hold On (10 weeks)

13. (-) Jackie Lee - Love Is A Gamble (12 weeks)

14. (-) Sandie Shaw - Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now (16 weeks)

15. (-) Mary Hopkin - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (15 weeks)

16. (-) Tina Tott - Take Away The Emptiness Too (15 weeks)

17. (-) Petula Clark - No One Better Than You (11 weeks)

18. (-) Karen Young - Nobody's Child (18 weeks)

19. (-) Connie Smith - You And Your Sweet Love (10 weeks)

20. (-) Petula Clark - Look At Mine (18 weeks)

 

Ich Schliesse Meine Augen - German language cover of Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

 

En Man I Byran - # 1 in Sweden

 

Meet My Lord - debut New Seekers' single

 

Take Away The Emptiness Too - rare single, which had the same catalogue number with cancelled Sandie Shaw - Reviewing The Situation

 

Seven acts from this list were Eurovision participants in different years (France Gall, Heidi Bruhl, New Seekers, Mary Hopkin, Sandie Shaw, Lill Lindfors, Clodagh Rodgers).

 

Will I have even one chart in this decade without any connection to the most popular song contest ? :lol:

 

Youtube links :

Lill Lindfors :

Peggy March (Buckingham Palast) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKGL_CO_ZY

Peggy March (Carnaby Street) :

Heidi Bruhl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PorReyNAd9w

France Gall (Rhein) :

France Gall (Ich Liebe Dich) :

New Seekers :

Clodagh Rodgers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXd9_Wmj9p4

Connie Smith : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3waYl5eM88

Petula Clark :

Karen Young :

Edited December 13, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer

Hi Alex,

 

quite a few obscure gems in here :) Shame about the pc dying, I know the feeling, mine died 8 years ago and I had to struggle to convert Microsft Works (a dead format) charts to an Apple Mac my dad gave me. Now this laptop is full, pretty much, and I need another new one!

 

I see the Morrissey-inspiring Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now in there, along with future gorgeous Agnetha track If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind. Cilla's version is lovely. Also the great Bobbie Gentry's cover with Glen Campbell is fab. She was critically-lauded as a song-writer and hot new Country act...and then retired within 5 years never to return to music. Nobody knows where she even is today! Biljo is sweet, and Mary Hopkin was always good.

 

 

11.01.1970 (Week # 2)

01. ( 02 ) Peggy March - Vor Dem Buckingham Palast (4 weeks) (1 week at # 1)

02. ( 01 ) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (5 weeks)

03. ( 04 ) France Gall - Links Vom Rhein Und Rechts Vom Rhein (4 weeks)

04. ( 05 ) Karen Young - Allentown Jail (8 weeks)

05. ( 08 ) Lill Lindfors - En Man I Byran (3 weeks)

06. ( 03 ) Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream (6 weeks)

07. ( 07 ) France Gall - Ich Liebe Dich, So Wie Вu Bist (7 weeks)

08. ( 06 ) Heidi Bruhl - Ich Schliesse Meine Augen (7 weeks)

09. ( 12 ) Linda Kendrick - Hold On (11 weeks)

10. ( 11 ) New Seekers - Meet My Lord (9 weeks)

11. ( 13 ) Jackie Lee - Love Is A Gamble (13 weeks)

12. ( NE ) Dorthe - Ein Rosaroter Apfelbaum (1 week)

13. ( 10 ) Peggy March - In Der Carnaby Street (10 weeks)

14. ( 09 ) Clodagh Rodgers - Biljo (10 weeks)

15. ( 16 ) Tina Tott - Take Away The Emptiness Too (16 weeks)

16. ( 14 ) Sandie Shaw - Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now (17 weeks)

17. ( 17 ) Petula Clark - No One Better Than You (12 weeks)

18. ( 15 ) Mary Hopkin - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (16 weeks)

19. ( 20 ) Petula Clark - Look At Mine (19 weeks)

20. ( NE ) Arrival - Friends (1 week)

 

First # 1 single for Peggy March, in United States she is primarily known for her 1963 number one "I Will Follow Him". In the second half of 60s Peggy moved to Germany and had some hits, also she finished two times on the second place in German Eurovision pre-selection (1969 and 1975 with Ralph Siegel composition "Alles Geht Voruber").

 

Dorthe Kollo already had a big hit "Jeder Schotte" in 1969, which became first Danish # 1 in my chart many years before "Kloden Drejer" (1983) and Aqua singles.

 

Friends - # 8 in UK, performed by close-harmony English pop rock group Arrival, all 3 singers were from Liverpool.

 

YouTube links :

Peggy March (# 1, video clip) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKGL_CO_ZY

Dorthe : www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZF6J3-Ud6k

Arrival :

Edited December 18, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer

18.01.1970 (Week # 3)

01. ( 01 ) Peggy March - Vor Dem Buckingham Palast (5 weeks) (2 weeks at # 1)

02. ( 02 ) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (6 weeks)

03. ( 05 ) Lill Lindfors - En Man I Byran (4 weeks)

04. ( 04 ) Karen Young - Allentown Jail (9 weeks)

05. ( 03 ) France Gall - Links Vom Rhein Und Rechts Vom Rhein (5 weeks)

06. ( NE ) Jackie Trent - Looking At The Rain (1 week)

07. ( NE ) Jackie De Shannon - Love Will Find A Way (1 week)

08. ( 12 ) Dorthe - Ein Rosaroter Apfelbaum (2 weeks)

09. ( 07 ) France Gall - Ich Liebe Dich, So Wie Вu Bist (8 weeks)

10. ( 06 ) Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream (7 weeks)

11. ( 08 ) Heidi Bruhl - Ich Schliesse Meine Augen (8 weeks)

12. ( 09 ) Linda Kendrick - Hold On (12 weeks)

13. ( 10 ) New Seekers - Meet My Lord (10 weeks)

14. ( 11 ) Jackie Lee - Love Is A Gamble (14 weeks)

15. ( 13 ) Peggy March - In Der Carnaby Street (11 weeks)

16. ( 15 ) Tina Tott - Take Away The Emptiness Too (17 weeks)

17. ( 16 ) Sandie Shaw - Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now (18 weeks)

18. ( 14 ) Clodagh Rodgers - Biljo (11 weeks)

19. ( 17 ) Petula Clark - No One Better Than You (13 weeks)

20. ( 19 ) Petula Clark - Look At Mine (20 weeks)

 

Peggy March hold the crown for the second week, Lill Lindfors became the first Swedish singer with top 3 hit in my chart.

 

With 2 new entries there are three singers with the same name, all from different countries (Jackie Lee - Ireland, Jackie De Shannon - United States, Jackie Trent - United Kingdom).

 

Judy Collins - Both Sides Now was recorded and became my # 1 in 1968 year.

 

YouTube links :

Jackie Trent : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmOYw95f4iI

Jackie De Shannon :

 

 

Jackie De Shannon is always good, Jackie Trent (aka Mrs Tony Hatch, the man who writes the fab 60's songs for Petula Clark and his missus and others) decent, and Arrival was a nice one :)

25.01.1970 (Week # 4)

01. ( NE ) Teeny - Mini, Midi Oder Maxi (1 week) (1 week at # 1)

02. ( 01 ) Peggy March - Vor Dem Buckingham Palast (6 weeks)

03. ( 03 ) Lill Lindfors - En Man I Byran (5 weeks)

04. ( 07 ) Jackie De Shannon - Love Will Find A Way (2 weeks)

05. ( NE ) Daisy Door - Im Mondschein Ist Alles Anders (1 week)

06. ( 02 ) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (7 weeks)

07. ( 04 ) Karen Young - Allentown Jail (10 weeks)

08. ( 05 ) France Gall - Links Vom Rhein Und Rechts Vom Rhein (6 weeks)

09. ( 08 ) Dorthe - Ein Rosaroter Apfelbaum (3 weeks)

10. ( 06 ) Jackie Trent - Looking At The Rain (2 weeks)

11. ( 09 ) France Gall - Ich Liebe Dich, So Wie Вu Bist (9 weeks)

12. ( 11 ) Heidi Bruhl - Ich Schliesse Meine Augen (9 weeks)

13. ( 13 ) New Seekers - Meet My Lord (11 weeks)

14. ( 12 ) Linda Kendrick - Hold On (13 weeks)

15. ( 10 ) Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream (8 weeks)

16. ( 14 ) Jackie Lee - Love Is A Gamble (15 weeks)

17. ( 16 ) Tina Tott - Take Away The Emptiness Too (18 weeks)

18. ( 15 ) Peggy March - In Der Carnaby Street (12 weeks)

19. ( 17 ) Sandie Shaw - Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now (19 weeks)

20. ( 19 ) Petula Clark - No One Better Than You (14 weeks)

 

Both new entries came from YouTube recommendations, when I listened Heidi Bruhl and Peggy March.

 

# 1 song about skirts sizes is my biggest retro discovery in 2020 and already a contender for all-time top 100.

 

German schlager singer Evelyn Van Ophuisen chose her pseudonym Daisy Door with reference to Doris Day.

 

YouTube links :

Teeny (# 1) :

Daisy Door : www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsE8Qf5WMqE

 

 

01.02.1970 (Week # 5)

01. ( 01 ) Teeny - Mini, Midi Oder Maxi (2 weeks) (2 weeks at # 1)

02. ( NE ) Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour (1 week)

03. ( 02 ) Peggy March - Vor Dem Buckingham Palast (7 weeks)

04. ( 05 ) Daisy Door - Im Mondschein Ist Alles Anders (2 weeks)

05. ( 04 ) Jackie De Shannon - Love Will Find A Way (3 weeks)

06. ( 09 ) Dorthe - Ein Rosaroter Apfelbaum (4 weeks)

07. ( 03 ) Lill Lindfors - En Man I Byran (6 weeks)

08. ( NE ) Heidi Bruhl - Regen Fallt Heute Auf Die Welt (1 week)

09. ( 06 ) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (8 weeks)

10. ( 07 ) Karen Young - Allentown Jail (11 weeks)

11. ( 10 ) Jackie Trent - Looking At The Rain (3 weeks)

12. ( 08 ) France Gall - Links Vom Rhein Und Rechts Vom Rhein (7 weeks)

13. ( 13 ) New Seekers - Meet My Lord (12 weeks)

14. ( 11 ) France Gall - Ich Liebe Dich, So Wie Вu Bist (10 weeks)

15. ( 12 ) Heidi Bruhl - Ich Schliesse Meine Augen (10 weeks)

16. ( 14 ) Linda Kendrick - Hold On (14 weeks)

17. ( NE ) Sandie Shaw - By Tomorrow (1 week)

18. ( 16 ) Jackie Lee - Love Is A Gamble (16 weeks)

19. ( 17 ) Tina Tott - Take Away The Emptiness Too (19 weeks)

20. ( 15 ) Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream (9 weeks)

 

No changes at # 1, but our leader can feel a strong breath of Welsh beauty.

 

Mary Hopkin already outperformed her # 6 in UK with brand new single "Temma Harbour".

 

Heidi Bruhl got top 10 result with German language cover of popular hit again. Now it's "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head".

 

Weak start for new Sandie Shaw song, her previous single spent a month on the top of my chart.

 

YouTube links :

Mary Hopkin :

Heidi Bruhl :

Sandie Shaw :

08.02.1970 (Week # 6)

01. ( 02 ) Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour (2 weeks) (1 week at # 1)

02. ( 01 ) Teeny - Mini, Midi Oder Maxi (3 weeks)

03. ( 05 ) Jackie De Shannon - Love Will Find A Way (4 weeks)

04. ( 04 ) Daisy Door - Im Mondschein Ist Alles Anders (3 weeks)

05. ( 03 ) Peggy March - Vor Dem Buckingham Palast (8 weeks)

06. ( 06 ) Dorthe - Ein Rosaroter Apfelbaum (5 weeks)

07. ( 08 ) Heidi Bruhl - Regen Fallt Heute Auf Die Welt (2 weeks)

08. ( 11 ) Jackie Trent - Looking At The Rain (4 weeks)

09. ( NE ) Bonnie St. Claire - In Der Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (1 week)

10. ( 07 ) Lill Lindfors - En Man I Byran (7 weeks)

11. ( 10 ) Karen Young - Allentown Jail (12 weeks)

12. ( 09 ) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (9 weeks)

13. ( 12 ) France Gall - Links Vom Rhein Und Rechts Vom Rhein (8 weeks)

14. ( 13 ) New Seekers - Meet My Lord (13 weeks)

15. ( 17 ) Sandie Shaw - By Tomorrow (2 weeks)

16. ( 15 ) Heidi Bruhl - Ich Schliesse Meine Augen (11 weeks)

17. ( 14 ) France Gall - Ich Liebe Dich, So Wie Вu Bist (11 weeks)

18. ( 16 ) Linda Kendrick - Hold On (15 weeks)

19. ( 18 ) Jackie Lee - Love Is A Gamble (17 weeks)

20. ( NE ) John and Anne Ryder - Sign For Love (1 week)

 

"Temma Harbour" became 4th consecutive number one hit for Mary Hopkin, after "Those Were The Days", "Goodbye" and "Que Sera, Sera".

 

Dutch singer Bonnie St. Claire started at # 9 with a song on German. This language rules in the first months of 1970 with six singles in a current top 10.

 

"Sign For Love" was the third single for Australian wife-husband duo John and Anne Ryder.

 

YouTube :

Bonnie St. Claire :

John and Anne Ryder :

Yay for Temma Harbour at 1, a fab record :heart: Also Sandie Shaw's For Tomorrow is a good track :)

Yay for Temma Harbour at 1, a fab record :heart: Also Sandie Shaw's For Tomorrow is a good track :)

 

Mary Hopkin is the one from the most successful singers in my retro 70s charts, together with Twiggy, Lynsey De Paul and Dana. :)

15.02.1970 (Week # 7)

01. ( 01 ) Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour (3 weeks) (2 weeks at # 1)

02. ( 02 ) Teeny - Mini, Midi Oder Maxi (4 weeks)

03. ( 04 ) Daisy Door - Im Mondschein Ist Alles Anders (4 weeks)

04. ( 03 ) Jackie De Shannon - Love Will Find A Way (5 weeks)

05. ( 06 ) Dorthe - Ein Rosaroter Apfelbaum (6 weeks)

06. ( 09 ) Bonnie St. Claire - In Der Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (2 weeks)

07. ( 05 ) Peggy March - Vor Dem Buckingham Palast (9 weeks)

08. ( NE ) Ingjerd Helen ‎- Gull Og Gronne Skoger (1 week)

09. ( 08 ) Jackie Trent - Looking At The Rain (5 weeks)

10. ( 07 ) Heidi Bruhl - Regen Fallt Heute Auf Die Welt (3 weeks)

11. ( NE ) Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand (1 week)

12. ( 11 ) Karen Young - Allentown Jail (13 weeks)

13. ( 13 ) France Gall - Links Vom Rhein Und Rechts Vom Rhein (9 weeks)

14. ( 10 ) Lill Lindfors - En Man I Byran (8 weeks)

15. ( 12 ) Cilla Black - If I Thought You'd Change Your Mind (10 weeks)

16. ( 14 ) New Seekers - Meet My Lord (14 weeks)

17. ( 16 ) Heidi Bruhl - Ich Schliesse Meine Augen (12 weeks)

18. ( NE ) Manuela - Wenn Du Liebst (1 week)

19. ( 18 ) Linda Kendrick - Hold On (16 weeks)

20. ( 15 ) Sandie Shaw - By Tomorrow (3 weeks)

 

Gull Og Gronne Skoger - unpredictable new entry from Norwegian singer, peaked at # 4 in her country.

 

United We Stand - # 10 in UK, it's the second single from the original Brotherhood Of Man line-up, debut "Love One Another" didn't reach the official chart.

 

Wenn Du Liebst - # 29 in Germany, regular schlager from Manuela (real name - Doris Inge Wegener).

 

YouTube :

Ingjerd Helen :

Brotherhood Of Man : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bliz3jikrg

Manuela : www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PRT9xxVoJ8

Edited December 28, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer