I didn't know this Lyn Paul's song. Just watched 45cat, she released 10 (!!!) solo singles. Need to fill this hole in my music knowledge.

Edited May 21, 20251 yr by Last Dreamer

On 21/05/2025 at 17:22, Last Dreamer said:

I didn't know this Lyn Paul's song. Just watched 45cat, she released 10 (!!!) solo singles. Need to fill this hole in my music knowledge.

It's one I'd forgotten about to be honest, and not heard since, it's mildly pleasant, but I expect I'll be discovering lots more as I research through old Record Mirror's in 1975 now and again - I didn't always get to hear new releases on the radio so it's nice when they turn up on youtube 50 years later and I can finally get round to hearing them. 😎

I use this site if you want to look through old issues to see what is released each week, they have a page of reviews:

https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/

7 minutes ago, Popchartfreak said:

It's one I'd forgotten about to be honest, and not heard since, it's mildly pleasant, but I expect I'll be discovering lots more as I research through old Record Mirror's in 1975 now and again - I didn't always get to hear new releases on the radio so it's nice when they turn up on youtube 50 years later and I can finally get round to hearing them. 😎

I use this site if you want to look through old issues to see what is released each week, they have a page of reviews:

https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/

Yes, that site is a treasure, but blocked in my country. Possibly it's a main reason, because I didn't start any "GD" charts for this beautiful decade. Based on my music preferences 70s is almost as good as 2000s, but many my favourites had flopped singles.

Based on a quality of music my rate is possibly : 2000s = 1970s > 1980s > 1990s.

But 90s charts are easiest for compiling and 1970s are the hardest one.

New Seekers is the next act in my Singles discography rankings (after Girls Aloud) so I will listen / re-listen them more attentive.

Edited May 23, 20251 yr by Last Dreamer

On 23/05/2025 at 12:06, Last Dreamer said:

Yes, that site is a treasure, but blocked in my country. Possibly it's a main reason, because I didn't start any "GD" charts for this beautiful decade. Based on my music preferences 70s is almost as good as 2000s, but many my favourites had flopped singles.

Based on a quality of music my rate is possibly : 2000s = 1970s > 1980s > 1990s.

But 90s charts are easiest for compiling and 1970s are the hardest one.

New Seekers is the next act in my Singles discography rankings (after Girls Aloud) so I will listen / re-listen them more attentive.

oh thats a shame it's blocked, it's quite useful, though a lot of the acts you like should mostly sneak into my charts - like Lynsey, New Seekers and so on. I was a huge New Seekers at the time but the singles are pretty much all you need, The late 70's line-up had some good tracks too, like Anthem and It's So Nice, but my fave era was 1970 to 1974. I havent completed my chart A to Z yet, but of the years I have finished, here's a bonus Discography of how the New Seekers did in my original charts:

6    8    LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA    The New Seekers    274000    1970

1    15    NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE    The New Seekers    2047350    1971

1    17    I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (IN PERFECT HARMONY)    The New Seekers    1462000    1971

8    5    GOOD OLD FASHIONED MUSIC    The New Seekers        1971

1    11    BEG, STEAL OR BORROW    The New Seekers    834400    1972

2    8    CIRCLES    The New Seekers    512200    1972

9    6    YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME    The New Seekers        1973

25    2    WE’VE GOT TO DO IT NOW    The New Seekers        1973

16    6    PINBALL WIZARD/SEE ME FEEL ME    The New Seekers        1973

5    8    I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL    The New Seekers    333600    1974

9    18    ANTHEM    The New Seekers        1978

70    2    LET THE BELLS RING OUT FOREVER    The New Seekers        1985

5    18    LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA    The New Seekers    280950    2009

23    5    COME SOFTLY TO ME    The New Seekers featuring Marty Kristian        1973

23    3    NEVERTHELESS (I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU)    The New Seekers/ Eve Graham        1973

🙂

26th April 1975

It's straight in at 1 for the single version of the greatest track on 10cc's The Original Soundtrack - the lush, multi-layered, haunting I'm Not In Love remains a work of genius, and moving in the sense that singing the title in this arrangement makes on not believe the actual statement as anything other than "he protests too much". 10cc were always willing to try something new, and challenge the norms of pop/rock/art music. Me, I have memories of revising for my GCE's at home alone as the rest of my family were on holiday, weather scorching and sweating, and 10cc being the UK's number one single. And lots of Instant Whips. And seeing what a frozen banana would taste like: hint, it turns to mush. Meanwhile, a single I bought and played a lot enters at 8, The Doobie Brothers cover of Take Me In Your Arms, one of their great (but forgotten) tracks. It's right up there with Long Train Running.

The other big release of the week is the new ABBA album, one I would borrow in early 1976 as I was at peak ABBA, and record it until I could afford to buy it. So, the next 2 UK singles are being held back for later release, but the rest of the album (excepting those charts which have already charted) enters with my then-fave non-single (in the UK) the highest at 5: Bang-A-Boomerang. I still think that should have been a single instead of I Do I Do etc. Though maybe a bit too close to So Long to risk it. Others: Hey Hey Helen (17), pseudo-classical-instrumental Intermezzo Number 1 (45), Tropical Loveland (74) and the weakest track Man In The Middle (75). At this stage ABBA had no formula, they were happy to try different genres, lead vocals, and lyrics were improving, a work in progress. The next two singles, though, are in a completely new league, and set them up for greatness.

New at 34. Lelly Boone got a Top Of The Pops slot with a song her husband Daniel was involved in, he of Beautiful Sunday, and some plays on Diddy David Hamilton's radio show, I seem to recall, but was a flop anyway, though it topped my charts of the time, a catchy little pop ditty. Send Some Love still sounds pleasant, though I clearly over-rated it a bit at the time as it had a great tune. Mac & Katie Kissoon get a follow-up hit in Don't Do It Baby, slightly more soul-leaning than Sugar Candy Kisses, Mike Batt drops his first Wombles single of 1975, and sadly it's not the fabulous cowboy Orinoco Kid album track, but as ever it's another completely new genre as we go back to the 1940's on Wombling White Tie And Tails. That leaves Gary Glitter to sabotage his own career nicely with the very substandard Love Like You & Me. It's almost as if The Glitter Band were getting all the good songs (self-written), and he was getting stuck with substandard material (self-written). No hints but his next single will be a cover of one of the songs in the chart.

1 ( NEW ) I’M NOT IN LOVE - 10cc # 1

2 ( 1 ) MISTY - Ray Stevens # 1

3 ( 2 ) THE HUSTLE - Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony # 1

4 ( 3 ) BAD TIME - Grand Funk Railroad # 3

5 ( NEW ) BANG-A-BOOMERANG - ABBA # 5

6 ( 4 ) GET DOWN TONIGHT - KC & The Sunshine Band # 1

7 ( 7 ) LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Captain and Tennille # 7

8 ( NEW ) TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE) - The Doobie Brothers # 8

9 ( 6 ) SKIING IN THE SNOW - Wigans Ovation # 1

10 ( 30 ) BOY BLUE - Electric Light Orchestra # 10

11 ( 11 ) SISTER GOLDEN HAIR - America # 11

12 ( 12 ) GRINGO IN MEXICO - Maria Muldaur # 12

13 ( 5 ) JIGSAW GIRL - Clifford T.Ward # 5

14 ( 9 ) I WANNA DANCE WIT’ CHOO (DO DAT DANCE) - Disco Tex & The Sex-o-lettes featuring Sir Monti Rock III # 3

15 ( 8 ) A LITTLE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING - Gilbert Becaud # 8

16 ( 10 ) THAT’S THE WAY OF THE WORLD - Earth, Wind & Fire # 10

17 ( NEW ) HEY HEY HELEN - ABBA # 17

18 ( 17 ) FOX ON THE RUN - The Sweet # 3

19 ( 15 ) EL BIMBO - Bimbo Jets # 2

20 ( 20 ) I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO - ABBA # 20

21 ( 16 ) REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE - Gloria Gaynor # 1

22 ( 14 ) THE TIME WARP - Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell, Charles Gray & Cast # 4

23 ( 21 ) SUPERGIRL - Graham Bonney # 8

24 ( 19 ) TAKE YOUR MAMA FOR A RIDE - Lulu # 19

25 ( 34 ) LET ME TRY AGAIN - Tammy Jones # 25

26 ( 29 ) IT’S ONLY ME YOU’VE LEFT BEHIND - Cliff Richard # 26

27 ( 23 ) JACKIE BLUE - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils # 4

28 ( 24 ) ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE - Michael Jackson # 1

29 ( 22 ) SWEET TRANSVESTITE - Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon & Barry Bostwick # 20

30 ( 13 ) WONDERFUL BABY - Don McLean # 13

31 ( 26 ) I CAN DO IT - The Rubettes # 9

32 ( 32 ) #9 DREAM - John Lennon # 1

33 ( 28 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO? - Diana Ross & The Supremes # 3

34 ( NEW ) SEND SOME LOVE - Lelly Boone # 34

35 ( 33 ) LOVIN' YOU - Minnie Ripperton # 1

36 ( 18 ) PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM - Elton John Band # 1

37 ( 64 ) CRY SOFTLY - Andy Williams # 37

38 ( 35 ) TUXEDO JUNCTION - Manhattan Transfer # 35

39 ( 25 ) LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG - Peter Shelley # 19

40 ( 36 ) WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS - War # 36

41 ( 38 ) LET ME BE THE ONE - The Shadows # 18

42 ( 39 ) DING-A-DONG - Teach-In # 17

43 ( 49 ) THE LAST FAREWELL - Roger Whittaker # 43

44 ( 42 ) MY HEART’S SYMPHONY - Gary Lewis & The Playboys # 12

45 ( NEW ) INTERMEZZO NUMBER 1 - ABBA # 45

46 ( 63 ) LOOK AT YOU - George McRae # 46

47 ( 66 ) LOST AND FOUND - Whiskey Mac # 47

48 ( 61 ) LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES - Mr Bloe # 48

49 ( 65 ) YOU BABY - John Holt # 49

50 ( 41 ) ONLY WOMEN BLEED - Alice Cooper # 41

51 ( 59 ) I’LL BE HOLDING ON - Al Downing # 51

52 ( 60 ) ROCK ME - ABBA # 52

53 ( 44 ) YOUR KISS IS SWEET - Syreeta # 5

54 ( 53 ) OH BOY - Mud # 45

55 ( 43 ) SWING YOUR DADDY - Jim Gilstrap # 4

56 ( 48 ) BE MY BABY - The Ronettes # 1

57 ( 57 ) JANUARY - Pilot # 1

58 ( 56 ) CHILD OF LOVE - Caston & Majors # 1

59 ( 50 ) PAPA OOM MOW MOW - The Sharonettes # 50

60 ( 70 ) MIDNIGHT SKY PART 1 - The Isley Brothers # 60

61 ( 46 ) YOU SEXY THING - Hot Chocolate # 7

62 ( 40 ) 99 MILES FROM L.A. - Albert Hammond # 40

63 ( 45 ) HITCHING A RIDE IN THE MOONLIGHT - Middle Of The Road # 45

64 ( 71 ) WE’LL FIND OUR DAY - Stephanie De Sykes # 64

65 ( 27 ) BYE BYE BABY - Bay City Rollers # 9

66 ( 54 ) STAND BY ME - John Lennon # 4

67 ( 51 ) WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH YOU - Barry White # 25

68 ( NEW ) DON’T DO IT BABY - Mac & Katie Kissoon # 68

69 ( 69 ) BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? - Ronnie Lane # 69

70 ( 47 ) LIFE IS A MINESTRONE - 10cc # 19

71 ( NEW ) WOMBLING WHITE TIE AND TAILS - The Wombles # 71

72 ( 37 ) DON’T BE CRUEL - Mike Berry # 37

73 ( 76 ) DON’T BE CRUEL - Billy Swan # 73

74 ( NEW ) TROPICAL LOVELAND - ABBA # 74

75 ( 31 ) HONEY - Bobby Goldsboro # 3

76 ( 75 ) PALOMA BLANCA - George Baker Selection # 75

77 ( 77 ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT - Eric Clapton featuring Yvonne Elliman # 77

78 ( 79 ) SANDY - The Hollies # 78

79 ( NEW ) LOVE LIKE YOU AND ME - Gary Glitter # 79

80 ( NEW ) MAN IN THE MIDDLE - ABBA # 80

It's my least favourite ABBA album. In their songs ranking the highest track was "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" only on 27th place.

My favourite tracks from each album :

"Ring Ring" - I Am Just A Girl

"Waterloo" - Honey, Honey

"ABBA" - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

"Arrival" - That's Me

"Album" - Thank You For The Music

"Voulez-Vous" - Angeleyes

"Super Trouper" - The Winner Takes It All

"Visitors" - When All Is Said And Done

"Voyage" - Little Things

3rd May 1975

It's 2 weeks on top for 10cc's classic lush ballad, holding off the best non-single (in the UK) on the ABBA album at 2, with The Doobie Brothers fab cover at 3, as good as Long Train Coming and Listen To The Music I reckon. As per usual in the reissue mad record releases of 1972, some more oldies pop back - Jackie Wilson's Higher And Higher this time at 4, but not the radio side of the double A I Get The Sweetest Feeling as that already charted again in 1972, while Israelites is back at 15 for Desmond Dekker, though according to my single copy it's dated 1975 and doesn't feature The Aces, as it's a re-recording.

Frankie Valli is back in the big league with his solo minor hit, Swearin' To God, I much prefer it to My Eyes Adored You, love the buzzing guitar bits and groove, in at 14 ahead of the reissued The Night in the UK, a big hit which I transferred back to the year of issue 1972 in these retro look-back-charts. Fox grab a follow-up to Only You Can, the equally catchy and quirky Imagine Me Imagine You for 2 top 20's in a row, as The Love Unlimited Orchestra keep a Barry White presence in the chart as his single drops out, the 4th charting track with gentle lush disco instrumental vibe still melodic at 46.

The Stylistics are back with a jolly disco ditty in Sing Baby Sing, arranged by Van McCoy for his second on the list, while in at 2 it's the former lead singer of Thunderclap Newman and the voice of the epic Something In The Air, Speedy Keen. 6 years after I bought that single in Singapore he drops a rather nice track that I bought at the time, Someone To Love, which sadly flopped. A massive chart-topper on the other hand, was the novelty spin-off from It Ain't Half Mum sitcom set in wartime Burma - a performing troupe for the troops put on shows and sing songs of the period, largely the short portly Don Estelle as Lofty who had a great singing voice that belied his looks. Whispering Grass was an old Inkspots song appealing to mums and dads, but didn't really need the comedy bits.

Slade are back - with a departure from their sound, on the funky sounds of Thanks For The Mem'ry ironically not as memorable as previous hits, but it makes 5 consecutive years of charting. Rhetta Young has a disco hit I never managed to record at the time, The Commodores add to their list with one I didn't know - Slippery When Wet. Young John Bon Jovi obviously took notes. It's good. Cher covers Fontella Bass's Rescue Me and doesn't ruin it, Todd Rundgren keeps his Retro chart entries coming with Real Man, for a 6th year, Barry Blue opts for a ballad that killed his hit-making run, and European Joey & Didi hit on the Continent with a cover of Do You Wanna Dance - but not the Barry Blue song, the older Cliff Richard hit song (in the UK), done best by The Mamas & The Papas I reckon.

1    (    1    )    I’M NOT IN LOVE    -    10cc    #    1

2    (    5    )    BANG-A-BOOMERANG    -    ABBA    #    2

3    (    8    )    TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE)    -    The Doobie Brothers    #    3

4    (    NEW    )    HIGHER AND HIGHER    -    Jackie Wilson    #    4

5    (    2    )    MISTY    -    Ray Stevens    #    1

6    (    4    )    BAD TIME    -    Grand Funk Railroad    #    3

7    (    10    )    BOY BLUE    -    Electric Light Orchestra    #    7

8    (    6    )    GET DOWN TONIGHT    -    KC & The Sunshine Band    #    1

9    (    3    )    THE HUSTLE    -    Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony    #    1

10    (    7    )    LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER    -    Captain and Tennille    #    7

11    (    12    )    GRINGO IN MEXICO    -    Maria Muldaur    #    11

12    (    14    )    I WANNA DANCE WIT’ CHOO (DO DAT DANCE)    -    Disco Tex & The Sex-o-lettes featuring Sir Monti Rock III    #    3

13    (    9    )    SKIING IN THE SNOW    -    Wigans Ovation    #    1

14    (    NEW    )    SWEARIN’ TO GOD    -    Frankie Valli    #    14

15    (    NEW    )    ISRAELITES    -    Desmond Dekker    #    15

16    (    20    )    I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO    -    ABBA    #    16

17    (    17    )    HEY HEY HELEN    -    ABBA    #    17

18    (    NEW    )    IMAGINE ME IMAGINE YOU    -    Fox    #    18

19    (    11    )    SISTER GOLDEN HAIR    -    America    #    11

20    (    37    )    CRY SOFTLY    -    Andy Williams    #    20

21    (    15    )    A LITTLE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING    -    Gilbert Becaud    #    8

22    (    21    )    REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE    -    Gloria Gaynor    #    1

23    (    23    )    SUPERGIRL    -    Graham Bonney    #    8

24    (    26    )    IT’S ONLY ME YOU’VE LEFT BEHIND    -    Cliff Richard    #    24

25    (    46    )    LOOK AT YOU    -    George McRae    #    25

26    (    16    )    THAT’S THE WAY OF THE WORLD    -    Earth, Wind & Fire    #    10

27    (    27    )    JACKIE BLUE    -    The Ozark Mountain Daredevils    #    4

28    (    28    )    ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE    -    Michael Jackson    #    1

29    (    13    )    JIGSAW GIRL    -    Clifford T.Ward    #    5

30    (    18    )    FOX ON THE RUN    -    The Sweet    #    3

31    (    33    )    WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO?    -    Diana Ross & The Supremes    #    3

32    (    30    )    WONDERFUL BABY    -    Don McLean    #    13

33    (    43    )    THE LAST FAREWELL    -    Roger Whittaker    #    33

34    (    19    )    EL BIMBO    -    Bimbo Jets    #    2

35    (    47    )    LOST AND FOUND    -    Whiskey Mac    #    35

36    (    24    )    TAKE YOUR MAMA FOR A RIDE    -    Lulu    #    19

37    (    22    )    THE TIME WARP    -    Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell, Charles Gray & Cast    #    4

38    (    31    )    I CAN DO IT    -    The Rubettes    #    9

39    (    38    )    TUXEDO JUNCTION    -    Manhattan Transfer    #    35

40    (    34    )    SEND SOME LOVE    -    Lelly Boone    #    34

41    (    25    )    LET ME TRY AGAIN    -    Tammy Jones    #    25

42    (    45    )    INTERMEZZO NUMBER 1    -    ABBA    #    42

43    (    35    )    LOVIN' YOU    -    Minnie Ripperton    #    1

44    (    32    )    #9 DREAM    -    John Lennon    #    1

45    (    44    )    MY HEART’S SYMPHONY    -    Gary Lewis & The Playboys    #    12

46    (    NEW    )    FOREVER IN LOVE    -    Love Unlimited Orchestra    #    46

47    (    73    )    DON’T BE CRUEL    -    Billy Swan    #    47

48    (    49    )    YOU BABY    -    John Holt    #    48

49    (    36    )    PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM    -    Elton John Band    #    1

50    (    56    )    BE MY BABY    -    The Ronettes    #    1

51    (    39    )    LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG    -    Peter Shelley    #    19

52    (    68    )    DON’T DO IT BABY    -    Mac & Katie Kissoon    #    52

53    (    51    )    I’LL BE HOLDING ON    -    Al Downing    #    51

54    (    29    )    SWEET TRANSVESTITE    -    Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon & Barry Bostwick    #    20

55    (    60    )    MIDNIGHT SKY PART 1    -    The Isley Brothers    #    55

56    (    53    )    YOUR KISS IS SWEET    -    Syreeta    #    5

57    (    42    )    DING-A-DONG    -    Teach-In    #    17

58    (    54    )    OH BOY    -    Mud    #    45

59    (    NEW    )    SING BABY SING    -    The Stylistics    #    59

60    (    58    )    CHILD OF LOVE    -    Caston & Majors    #    1

61    (    71    )    WOMBLING WHITE TIE AND TAILS    -    The Wombles    #    61

62    (    NEW    )    SOMEONE TO LOVE    -    Speedy Keen    #    62

63    (    69    )    BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?    -    Ronnie Lane    #    63

64    (    40    )    WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS    -    War    #    36

65    (    48    )    LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES    -    Mr Bloe    #    48

66    (    52    )    ROCK ME    -    ABBA    #    52

67    (    41    )    LET ME BE THE ONE    -    The Shadows    #    18

68    (    NEW    )    WHISPERING GRASS    -    Windsor Davies & Don Estelle    #    68

69    (    64    )    WE’LL FIND OUR DAY    -    Stephanie De Sykes    #    64

70    (    74    )    TROPICAL LOVELAND    -    ABBA    #    70

71    (    76    )    PALOMA BLANCA    -    George Baker Selection    #    71

72    (    NEW    )    THANKS FOR THE MEM’RY (WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA’AM)    -    Slade    #    72

73    (    79    )    LOVE LIKE YOU AND ME    -    Gary Glitter    #    73

74    (    59    )    PAPA OOM MOW MOW    -    The Sharonettes    #    50

75    (    NEW    )    SENDING OUT AN S.O.S.    -    Rhetta Young    #    75

76    (    NEW    )    SLIPPERY WHEN WET    -    The Commodores    #    76

77    (    NEW    )    RESCUE ME    -    Cher    #    77

78    (    NEW    )    REAL MAN    -    Todd Rundgren    #    78

79    (    NEW    )    YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WHEN I’M BLUE    -    Barry Blue    #    79

80    (    NEW    )    DO YOU WANNA DANCE    -    Joey And Didi    #    80

I started to prepare Top 100 songs from UK Top 40 in 70s decade.

Which song will win ?

Is it something by ABBA or Blondie, maybe anything related to Eurovision or less known song ?

16 hours ago, Last Dreamer said:

I started to prepare Top 100 songs from UK Top 40 in 70s decade.

Which song will win ?

Is it something by ABBA or Blondie, maybe anything related to Eurovision or less known song ?

OOh could be so many! Look forward to seeing it. Maybe Sugar Me, Here I Go Again, Angel Eyes, Sunday Girl, All Kinds Of Everything as a guess 🙂

10th May 1975

It's straight in at 1 for a second Osmonds number one, following on from Crazy Horses in the Retro chart of late 1972. The Proud One is a Four Seasons cover that improves on the original, but is a track and song that has dropped from memory 50 years on, sadly. I love it, but it doesn't even feature in Four Seasons tribute concerts these days, nor Jersey Boys. Talking of Frankie Valli, Swearin' To God is up to 4, which rates amongst his top solo tracks in these Retro charts, yet has also largely been forgotten too. Jive Talkin' on the other hand, remains a classic radio staple and would feature in Saturday Night Fever in 1977, quite apart from being the comeback track that re-birthed The Bee Gees as a funk/disco major act and cultural touch-stone. New at 7 and their highest charter in 4 years. That chuggin' rhythm was nicked from driving over a road bridge in Miami. True story.

Send In The Clowns topped my retro charts in 1973 for Glynis Johns, who lived to be 100 and who the song was written for - Judy Collins' version is vocally pure, but doesn't have the same pathos as Glynis' but it's still lovely and in 14 to give her a 4th top 20. Mike Post debuts on my chart with his wonderful theme to the fab Rockford Files PI show starring James Garner. Mike often came up with great TV themes, but this one was an actual US hit, and his first since 1968's production of Mason Williams' Classical Gas.

Hot Chocolate do yet another genre change following a flop (Blue Night), and score with the funk-driven Disco Queen for a 5th year of hits and retro chart entries - but this time it kick-starts a run of hits that lasts through to 1979. Quo drop a live single, Roll Over Lay Down is pure rock boogie and new at 46, as US hit Fallin In Love debuts for Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds at 49. Showaddywaddy drop the 50's-styled glam rock hits and go full-on covers band - this template will last until the early 80's in a long run of chart hits, Three Steps To Heaven kicking it all off, as the Eddie Cochran cover is catchy and singalong and still quite well known in 1975.

Joan Baez covers Dylan ahead of Judas Priest's later rock-out, but both versions of Diamonds And Rust are pretty decent. Roy C follows his 1972 1960's Shotgun Wedding revival with a new track that bombed and isn't on download, sadly, as it's pretty good - Love Me Till Tomorrow Comes. The First Class cover themselves (as The Ivy League), Funny How Love Can Be, BTO try for a Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet clone, but it's not as good, Hey You! The Manhattans return with a soul slowie, one year ahead of a UK hit with Hurt, Barry Manilow keeps the US hits coming on It's A Miracle, Gwen McRae follows hubbie George onto my chart, The Four Tops sneak in with a forgotten single, and Andy Williams drops a UK single that's not anywhere near as good as his US single inside the top 20.

1    (    NEW    )    THE PROUD ONE    -    The Osmonds    #    1

2    (    1    )    I’M NOT IN LOVE    -    10cc    #    1

3    (    2    )    BANG-A-BOOMERANG    -    ABBA    #    2

4    (    14    )    SWEARIN’ TO GOD    -    Frankie Valli featuring Patti Austin    #    4

5    (    3    )    TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE)    -    The Doobie Brothers    #    3

6    (    6    )    BAD TIME    -    Grand Funk Railroad    #    3

7    (    NEW    )    JIVE TALKIN’    -    The Bee Gees    #    7

8    (    8    )    GET DOWN TONIGHT    -    KC & The Sunshine Band    #    1

9    (    5    )    MISTY    -    Ray Stevens    #    1

10    (    9    )    THE HUSTLE    -    Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony    #    1

11    (    13    )    SKIING IN THE SNOW    -    Wigans Ovation    #    1

12    (    4    )    HIGHER AND HIGHER    -    Jackie Wilson    #    4

13    (    7    )    BOY BLUE    -    Electric Light Orchestra    #    7

14    (    NEW    )    SEND IN THE CLOWNS    -    Judy Collins    #    14

15    (    20    )    CRY SOFTLY    -    Andy Williams    #    15

16    (    10    )    LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER    -    Captain and Tennille    #    7

17    (    18    )    IMAGINE ME IMAGINE YOU    -    Fox    #    17

18    (    16    )    I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO    -    ABBA    #    16

19    (    NEW    )    THE ROCKFORD FILES    -    Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton    #    19

20    (    19    )    SISTER GOLDEN HAIR    -    America    #    11

21    (    11    )    GRINGO IN MEXICO    -    Maria Muldaur    #    11

22    (    17    )    HEY HEY HELEN    -    ABBA    #    17

23    (    25    )    LOOK AT YOU    -    George McRae    #    23

24    (    58    )    OH BOY    -    Mud    #    24

25    (    12    )    I WANNA DANCE WIT’ CHOO (DO DAT DANCE)    -    Disco Tex & The Sex-o-lettes featuring Sir Monti Rock III    #    3

26    (    23    )    SUPERGIRL    -    Graham Bonney    #    8

27    (    22    )    REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE    -    Gloria Gaynor    #    1

28    (    26    )    THAT’S THE WAY OF THE WORLD    -    Earth, Wind & Fire    #    10

29    (    46    )    FOREVER IN LOVE    -    Love Unlimited Orchestra    #    29

30    (    34    )    EL BIMBO    -    Bimbo Jets    #    2

31    (    24    )    IT’S ONLY ME YOU’VE LEFT BEHIND    -    Cliff Richard    #    24

32    (    21    )    A LITTLE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING    -    Gilbert Becaud    #    8

33    (    35    )    LOST AND FOUND    -    Whiskey Mac    #    33

34    (    31    )    WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO?    -    Diana Ross & The Supremes    #    3

35    (    52    )    DON’T DO IT BABY    -    Mac & Katie Kissoon    #    35

36    (    28    )    ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE    -    Michael Jackson    #    1

37    (    27    )    JACKIE BLUE    -    The Ozark Mountain Daredevils    #    4

38    (    48    )    YOU BABY    -    John Holt    #    38

39    (    29    )    JIGSAW GIRL    -    Clifford T.Ward    #    5

40    (    38    )    I CAN DO IT    -    The Rubettes    #    9

41    (    32    )    WONDERFUL BABY    -    Don McLean    #    13

42    (    37    )    THE TIME WARP    -    Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell, Charles Gray & Cast    #    4

43    (    15    )    ISRAELITES    -    Desmond Dekker    #    15

44    (    NEW    )    DISCO QUEEN    -    Hot Chocolate    #    44

45    (    43    )    LOVIN' YOU    -    Minnie Ripperton    #    1

46    (    NEW    )    ROLL OVER LAY DOWN    -    Status Quo    #    46

47    (    42    )    INTERMEZZO NUMBER 1    -    ABBA    #    42

48    (    44    )    #9 DREAM    -    John Lennon    #    1

49    (    NEW    )    FALLIN’ IN LOVE    -    Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds    #    49

50    (    55    )    MIDNIGHT SKY PART 1    -    The Isley Brothers    #    50

51    (    36    )    TAKE YOUR MAMA FOR A RIDE    -    Lulu    #    19

52    (    68    )    WHISPERING GRASS    -    Windsor Davies & Don Estelle    #    52

53    (    NEW    )    THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN    -    Showaddywaddy    #    53

54    (    39    )    TUXEDO JUNCTION    -    Manhattan Transfer    #    35

55    (    50    )    BE MY BABY    -    The Ronettes    #    1

56    (    33    )    THE LAST FAREWELL    -    Roger Whittaker    #    33

57    (    49    )    PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM    -    Elton John Band    #    1

58    (    40    )    SEND SOME LOVE    -    Lelly Boone    #    34

59    (    NEW    )    DIAMONDS AND RUST    -    Joan Baez    #    59

60    (    51    )    LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG    -    Peter Shelley    #    19

61    (    56    )    YOUR KISS IS SWEET    -    Syreeta    #    5

62    (    30    )    FOX ON THE RUN    -    The Sweet    #    3

63    (    45    )    MY HEART’S SYMPHONY    -    Gary Lewis & The Playboys    #    12

64    (    62    )    SOMEONE TO LOVE    -    Speedy Keen    #    62

65    (    54    )    SWEET TRANSVESTITE    -    Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon & Barry Bostwick    #    20

66    (    59    )    SING BABY SING    -    The Stylistics    #    59

67    (    57    )    DING-A-DONG    -    Teach-In    #    17

68    (    61    )    WOMBLING WHITE TIE AND TAILS    -    The Wombles    #    61

69    (    60    )    CHILD OF LOVE    -    Caston & Majors    #    1

70    (    NEW    )    LOVE ME TILL TOMORROW COMES    -    Roy C    #    70

71    (    41    )    LET ME TRY AGAIN    -    Tammy Jones    #    25

72    (    63    )    BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?    -    Ronnie Lane    #    63

73    (    70    )    TROPICAL LOVELAND    -    ABBA    #    70

74    (    47    )    DON’T BE CRUEL    -    Billy Swan    #    47

75    (    66    )    ROCK ME    -    ABBA    #    52

76    (    72    )    THANKS FOR THE MEM’RY (WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA’AM)    -    Slade    #    72

77    (    NEW    )    FUNNY HOW LOVE CAN BE    -    The First Class    #    77

78    (    73    )    LOVE LIKE YOU AND ME    -    Gary Glitter    #    73

79    (    NEW    )    HEY YOU    -    Bachman-Turner Overdrive    #    79

80    (    75    )    SENDING OUT AN S.O.S.    -    Retta Young    #    75

81    (    78    )    REAL MAN    -    Todd Rundgren    #    78

82    (    79    )    YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WHEN I’M BLUE    -    Barry Blue    #    79

83    (    53    )    I’LL BE HOLDING ON    -    Al Downing    #    51

84    (    NEW    )    HURT    -    The Manhattans    #    84

85    (    71    )    PALOMA BLANCA    -    George Baker Selection    #    71

86    (    NEW    )    IT’S A MIRACLE    -    Barry Manilow    #    86

87    (    NEW    )    ROCKIN’ CHAIR    -    Gwen McCrae    #    87

88    (    NEW    )    YOU LAY SO EASY ON MY MIND    -    Andy Williams    #    88

89    (    NEW    )    SEVEN LONELY NIGHTS    -    The Four Tops    #    89

90    (    76    )    SLIPPERY WHEN WET    -    The Commodores    #    76

                Mud Live at Wimborne Tivoli 10th Oct 2025               

            1    Tiger Feet               

            2    Shake It Down               

            3    Crazy               

            4    Rocket               

            5    Dyna-Mite               

            6    Lonely This Christmas               

            7    The Cat Crept In               

            8    Hypnosis               

            9    Moonshine Sally               

            10    L’L’Lucy               

            11    The Secrets That You Keep               

            12    One Night               

            13    Cut Across Shorty