4 hours ago, Popchartfreak said:

I have to admit I was also surprised to see Evelyn Thomas in the chart, I'd totally forgotten she came back bigger in the 80's after a brief chart hit in 76 - I tend to remember her 80's stuff and havent heard Weak Spot since the 70's!

Weak Spot was great but didn't make T20 iirc.

2nd March 1976

It's another new chart-topper as Tina Charles outdoes her stint with 5,000 Volts and Biddu outdoes Summer Of Love as disco hits the top spot, I Love To Love grabbing the top spot from the Four Seasons. Status Quo meanwhile make it a 5th top 10 as Rain is up to 7. Harpo, Swedish pop star, is back again with Movie Star his non-hit of 1975 which went top 5 for me with ABBA's Frida on backing vocals giving her two for one this week. Manhattan Transfer give the first half of the 20th century a song slot as Tuxedo Junction goes top 10. A good song is a good song, no matter how old it is...

As was the habit in those days, record labels shove out EP's of recent hits as reissued singles - and as Harvest, the label, had departed I guess someone was making hay while the sunshine had fallen into their lap and Roy Wood and Wizzard were not getting hits anymore, so out come their 3 1973 hits on one disc, and in at 11, 12, and 13. See My Baby Jive and Angel Fingers had already topped my charts. Cliff gets his first top 20 in 3 years with the fabulous Miss You Nights, and Guys & Dolls make it a trio of charting with a cover of Dusty Springfield's 1966 ballad classic, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me. It's better than Elvis' cover but, they ain't no Dusty! In at 20.

Billy Ocean gets his first chart entry under his own name, with the Motown-referencing and still-popular Love Really Hurts Without You new at 25 - but he had already gone top 5 as Scorched Earth in 1974 on two chart runs for the fab On The Run. Another 1973 re-issue is back at 26 for Deodata and that jazzy version of the 2001: A Space Odyssey borrow. The Fatback Band jump in at 27 with Do The Spanish Hustle, as Van McCoy's shadow hangs over dance and funk tracks, with two versions of Let's Do The Latin Hustle at 49 and 50. I think Eddie Drennan is the original and the M & O Band a competing cover that stole some sales from Eddie. The cover is at 49, Eddie 50.

John Denver's back for a 4th chart appearance at 29, Fly Away, which is 3 more than he got in the UK charts, I was always partial to his more melodic wistful wide-screen spectacles. Randy Edelman debuts with a decent cover of Unit 4 Plus 2's Concrete and Clay, another 60's revamp in at 39, and The Stylistics keep their run going with Funky Weekend, their best single since their UK chart-topper last summer, at 40. Talking of 60's covers, Linda Ronstadt has Tracks Of My Tears at 43, but Smokey Robinson's original had already charted for me, and her version just ain't in the same league! Sadly her best material was in the 60's and early 70's with the Stone Poneys-era, at least 2 genuine classics still obscure in the UK.

Harold Melvin & Teddy Pendergrass are back again for a 4th year of sweet soul, this time on the socially aware Wake Up Everybody at 44. Kevin Ayres gets a second chart entry with Falling In Love Again, one I don't remember where I do recall the good After The Show from 1974. This is at 46, one ahead of Lynsey De Paul's Love Bomb on her 5th year of hitting my rundown. Not heard that in decades either, but I know I liked it. That's 17 new entries, phew, over one-third of last week's chart has been kicked out including all the christmas songs.

1 ( 2 ) I LOVE TO LOVE Tina Charles

2 ( 1 ) DECEMBER ’63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

3 ( 5 ) IT SHOULD’VE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair

4 ( 4 ) CONVOY C.W. McCall

5 ( 3 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues

6 ( 6 ) MAMMA MIA ABBA

7 ( 11 ) RAIN Status Quo

8 ( NEW ) MOVIE STAR Harpo featuring Frida

9 ( 7 ) LOVE MACHINE The Miracles

10 ( 14 ) TUXEDO JUNCTION Manhattan Transfer

11 ( NEW ) SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard

12 ( NEW ) ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard

13 ( NEW ) BALL PARK INCIDENT Wizzard

14 ( 9 ) (IF PARADISE WAS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner

15 ( 10 ) DAT Pluto Shervington

16 ( 28 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS Cliff Richard

17 ( 17 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

18 ( 8 ) ROCK A DOODLE DO Linda Lewis

19 ( 13 ) I LOVE MUSIC The O’Jays

20 ( NEW ) YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Guys & Dolls

21 ( 20 ) WEAK SPOT Evelyn Thomas

22 ( 40 ) YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME L.J. Johnson

23 ( 12 ) ANSWER ME Barbara Dickson

24 ( 41 ) FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS Marmalade

25 ( NEW ) LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU Billy Ocean

26 ( NEW ) ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) Deodata

27 ( NEW ) DO THE SPANISH HUSTLE The Fatback Band

28 ( 15 ) SOMETHING’S BEEN MAKING ME BLUE Smokie

29 ( NEW ) FLY AWAY John Denver

30 ( 45 ) BEST OF MY LOVE/ TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT Eagles

31 ( 25 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

32 ( 19 ) EVIL WOMAN Electric Light Orchestra

33 ( 48 ) THE OTHER SIDE OF ME Andy Williams

34 ( 16 ) LET’S CALL IT QUITS Slade

35 ( 18 ) BABY FACE Wing & A Prayer, Fife & Drum Corps

36 ( 24 ) ON HORSEBACK Mike Oldfield

37 ( 37 ) LA BOOGA ROOGA The Surprise Sisters

38 ( 21 ) WALK AWAY FROM LOVE David Ruffin

39 ( NEW ) CONCRETE AND CLAY Randy Edelman

40 ( NEW ) FUNKY WEEKEND The Stylistics

41 ( 26 ) HELLO MUDDAH HELLO FADDAH Allan Sherman

42 ( 27 ) MIDNIGHT RIDER Paul Davidson

43 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Linda Ronstadt

44 ( NEW ) WAKE UP EVERYBODY Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

45 ( 22 ) LOW RIDER War

46 ( NEW ) FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Kevin Ayres

47 ( NEW ) LOVE BOMB Lynsey De Paul

48 ( 49 ) PEOPLE LIKE YOU PEOPLE LIKE ME The Glitter Band

49 ( NEW ) LET’S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE The M & O Band

50 ( NEW ) LET’S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE Eddie Drennan & B.B.S. Unlimited

9th March 1976

3 and half years after peaking top 3, the second re-issue of Nights In White Satin grabs a week on top for The Moody Blues, still a prog classic and not the last time it would top my charts, while another 1968 fave that would have been top 3 had I started my personal charts a bit earlier enters at 27 as The Small Faces' Lazy Sunday debuts as a follow-up to Itchycoo Park. 10 weeks topping my chart in 1973 not enough for Wizzard as the lead track of the triple-track re-issue is up to 2 for the mighty See My Baby Jive, Angel Fingers goes top 10 for the second time, and Ball Park Incident holds fast.

The highest new entry is a debut for Be Bop Deluxe, a band that never quite made it, but Ships In The Night was as big a hit as they would get, new at 15, and quite quirkily lo-fi, before Punk makes that an aspiration. Gallagher & Lyle made my charts in early 1974 with Shine A Light, and they finally get a UK hit as the pleasant I Wanna Stay With You is in at 19. The Tommy movie, based on The Who's Rock Opera, drops a single in the blizzard that is Elton John's cover of Pinball Wizard, and his best single since Bennie & The Jets wasn't an A side in 1974, and his most in-ya-face rocker since Staurday Night's Alright For Fighting, but much better. The movie clip is platform-shoe-tastic. Number 23.

That leaves a couple of minor entries, The Chequers B side as I buy their single in the bargain bins - Hey Miss Payne at 49, and Chris White's still-pleasantly melodic Spanish Wine. Things all very pleasant in the new singles, with only Elton having any oomph to it.

1 ( 5 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues

2 ( 11 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard

3 ( 1 ) I LOVE TO LOVE Tina Charles

4 ( 2 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

5 ( 3 ) IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair

6 ( 4 ) CONVOY C.W. McCall

7 ( 7 ) RAIN Status Quo

8 ( 8 ) MOVIE STAR Harpo

9 ( 6 ) MAMMA MIA ABBA

10 ( 12 ) ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard

11 ( 27 ) DO THE SPANISH HUSTLE The Fatback Band

12 ( 20 ) YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Guys & Dolls

13 ( 13 ) BALL PARK INCIDENT Wizzard

14 ( 24 ) FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS Marmalade

15 ( NEW ) SHIPS IN THE NIGHT Be Bop Deluxe

16 ( 16 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS Cliff Richard

17 ( 9 ) LOVE MACHINE The Miracles

18 ( 22 ) YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME L.J. Johnson

19 ( NEW ) I WANNA STAY WITH YOU Gallagher & Lyle

20 ( 25 ) LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU Billy Ocean

21 ( 10 ) TUXEDO JUNCTION Manhattan Transfer

22 ( 26 ) ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) Deodato

23 ( NEW ) PINBALL WIZARD Elton John

24 ( 29 ) FLY AWAY John Denver

25 ( 14 ) (IF PARADISE WAS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner

26 ( 40 ) FUNKY WEEKEND The Stylistics

27 ( NEW ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces

28 ( 50 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE Eddie Drennan

29 ( 49 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE The M & O Band

30 ( 30 ) BEST OF MY LOVE/ TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT Eagles

31 ( 15 ) DAT Pluto Shervington

32 ( 33 ) THE OTHER SIDE OF ME Andy Williams

33 ( 19 ) I LOVE MUSIC The O'Jays

34 ( 39 ) CONCRETE AND CLAY Randy Edelman

35 ( 23 ) ANSWER ME Barbara Dickson

36 ( 31 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

37 ( 32 ) EVIL WOMAN Electric Light Orchestra

38 ( 44 ) WAKE UP EVERYBODY Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

39 ( 28 ) SOMETHING'S BEEN MAKING ME BLUE Smokie

40 ( 17 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

41 ( 48 ) PEOPLE LIKE YOU PEOPLE LIKE ME The Glitter Band

42 ( 18 ) ROCK A DOODLE DO Linda Lewis

43 ( 43 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Linda Ronstadt

44 ( 21 ) WEAK SPOT Evelyn Thomas

45 ( 47 ) LOVE BOMB Lynsey De Paul

46 ( NEW ) SPANISH WINE Chris White

47 ( 36 ) ON HORSEBACK Mike Oldfield

48 ( 46 ) FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Kevin Ayres

49 ( NEW ) HEY MISS PAYNE The Chequers

50 ( 42 ) MIDNIGHT RIDER Paul Davidson

Hi John. Love 1976 for music. Falling Apart At The Seams was cut from the recent Friday night TOTP repeat as, according to a poster on DS, one of the drum kits has Golliwogs on it for Golden Shred marmalade. Racist now apparently. Could have just pixelated it out...

I preferred Concrete & Clay to the 60's original by Unit 4+2

Both Wizzard songs were great. I liked Roy Wood solo too. Forever, Going Down The Road and Oh What a Shame.

I remember after Xmas Tom Browne played On Horseback.

Edited March 12Mar 12 by CRAZY CHRIS

On 12/03/2026 at 20:16, CRAZY CHRIS said:

Hi John. Love 1976 for music. Falling Apart At The Seams was cut from the recent Friday night TOTP repeat as, according to a poster on DS, one of the drum kits has Golliwogs on it for Golden Shred marmalade. Racist now apparently. Could have just pixelated it out...

I preferred Concrete & Clay to the 60's original by Unit 4+2

Both Wizzard songs were great. I liked Roy Wood solo too. Forever, Going Down The Road and Oh What a Shame.

I remember after Xmas Tom Browne played On Horseback.

It's a bit of a voyage of rediscovery for me as I get reminded of stuff I forgot I charted! 1976 that is. Annoying about Marmalade - their name was Marmalade for heavens sake, and as you say, wouldnt cost much to pixelate - I never made the connection between a doll, and racism, though the Black & White Minstrels were embarrassing even in the 60's as they were a terrible parody of a black tradition. Wizzard even had a new track out shortly in 1976 (it flopped, Glam was dead and gone as disco ruled), and yes Tom Browne switched to On Horseback - odd as that's the actual christmassy track (and better side) and ancient carol In Dulce Jubilo isnt that christmassy as an instrumental.

9th March 1976 is the week that the entire back catalogue of Beatles singles was reissued, along with Yesterday - the most popular song of the century as judged by cover versions - was finally released as a UK single, which went top 10 while other Beatles singles charted lower down, and just outside the charts. The singles came in a rather stupid sleeve of green with black fake single label, making them all look the same rather than using photos/sleeves of each era, which no doubt hit sales as they just looked rubbish. Available as a box set or individually they immediately gave me a chart compiling headache. Most Beatles singles predated my 1968 charts and the sudden invasion of 20-odd tracks (including B sides) would kick out 20 new tracks from my charts. So the only solution was to compile a new chart just for Beatles singles as they would have justifyingly peaked inside my top 20 at around those spots anyway had they come out one at a time (as they did in the 80's, on each 20th anniversary).

So this is the first one:

1 ( NEW ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

2 ( NEW ) PENNY LANE The Beatles

3 ( NEW ) SOMETHING The Beatles

4 ( NEW ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

5 ( NEW ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

6 ( NEW ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

7 ( NEW ) LET IT BE The Beatles

8 ( NEW ) YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

9 ( NEW ) HELP! The Beatles

10 ( NEW ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

11 ( NEW ) GET BACK The Beatles featuring Billy Preston

12 ( NEW ) LOVE ME DO The Beatles

13 ( NEW ) STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

14 ( NEW ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT The Beatles

15 ( NEW ) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles

16 ( NEW ) TICKET TO RIDE The Beatles

17 ( NEW ) CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles

18 ( NEW ) THIS BOY The Beatles

19 ( NEW ) YOU CAN'T DO THAT The Beatles

20 ( NEW ) ELEANOR RIGBY The Beatles

16th March 1976

It's a sudden jump for Angel Fingers, leap frogging Wizzard's own See My Baby Jive to grab a 3rd week at number one 3 years on as Indiana Rainbow, their new single not-coincidentally out I suspect, to enter at 30 for 4 on the list. Had I allowed Beatles singles in this week, that track and probably every track lower down would not have charted unless I had thought to expand my chart to 75 - which was not an actual thing in those days! So, Be Bop Deluxe go top 5, and The Fatback Band get a top 10 with 10cc getting the highest new entry with haunting and fab I'm Mandy Fly Me at 12. That's their 11th chart-entry, including 3 number ones, so this might well be a 4th.

Barry White is back on form, still, as You See The Trouble With Me debuts at 23 ahead of the UK's new Eurovision entry, Save Your Kisses For Me, a debut for them as I missed their original run of hits. It's cute, but it's no ABBA was my view then and now. T.Rex return with London Boys at 40, not quite hitting the low of Zip Gun Boogie but it's not that much better actually, as another Glam struggler returns as Paul Gadd charts You Belong To Me at 43 - the title alone would make it unplayable these days I reckon.

Everything Beatles gets a boost from Emmylou Harris and her lovely cover of Here, There and Everywhere at 44, while Karen & Richard cover Herman's Hermits goodie There's A Kind Of Hush for a right old 60's vibe-back and Rod The Mod does The Rolling Stones' It's All Over Now. John MIles gets a 3rd entry with his epic Music at 48 - I didnt know what to make of the sprawling ballad/rock mix at first, and still prefer High Fly, but the lyrics do speak to me.

1 ( 10 ) ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard

2 ( 2 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard

3 ( 3 ) I LOVE TO LOVE Tina Charles

4 ( 4 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

5 ( 15 ) SHIPS IN THE NIGHT Be Bop Deluxe

6 ( 8 ) MOVIE STAR Harpo featuring Frida

7 ( 5 ) IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair

8 ( 6 ) CONVOY C.W. McCall

9 ( 11 ) DO THE SPANISH HUSTLE The Fatback Band

10 ( 1 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues

11 ( 14 ) FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS Marmalade

12 ( NEW ) I'M MANDY FLY ME 10cc

13 ( 28 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE Eddie Drennan

14 ( 7 ) RAIN Status Quo

15 ( 9 ) MAMMA MIA ABBA

16 ( 19 ) I WANNA STAY WITH YOU Gallagher & Lyle

17 ( 12 ) YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Guys & Dolls

18 ( 23 ) PINBALL WIZARD Elton John

19 ( 20 ) LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU Billy Ocean

20 ( 26 ) FUNKY WEEKEND The Stylistics

21 ( 34 ) CONCRETE AND CLAY Randy Edelman

22 ( 27 ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces

23 ( NEW ) YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME Barry White

24 ( NEW ) SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME Brotherhood Of Man

25 ( 29 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE The M & O Band

26 ( 40 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

27 ( 18 ) YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME L.J. Johnson

28 ( 21 ) TUXEDO JUNCTION Manhattan Transfer

29 ( 13 ) BALL PARK INCIDENT Wizzard

30 ( NEW ) INDIANA RAINBOW Wizzard

31 ( 17 ) LOVE MACHINE The Miracles

32 ( 22 ) ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) Deodato

33 ( 32 ) THE OTHER SIDE OF ME Andy Williams

34 ( 16 ) MISS YOU NIGHTS Cliff Richard

35 ( 24 ) FLY AWAY John Denver

36 ( 35 ) ANSWER ME Barbara Dickson

37 ( 36 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

38 ( 37 ) EVIL WOMAN Electric Light Orchestra

39 ( 25 ) (IF PARADISE WAS) HALF AS NICE Amen Corner

40 ( NEW ) LONDON BOYS T.Rex

41 ( 38 ) WAKE UP EVERYBODY Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

42 ( 30 ) BEST OF MY LOVE/ TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT Eagles

43 ( NEW ) YOU BELONG TO ME Gary Glitter

44 ( NEW ) HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE Emmylou Harris

45 ( NEW ) THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH Carpenters

46 ( NEW ) IT'S ALL OVER NOW Rod Stewart

47 ( 45 ) LOVE BOMB Lynsey De Paul

48 ( NEW ) MUSIC John Miles

49 ( 33 ) I LOVE MUSIC The O'Jays

50 ( 46 ) SPANISH WINE Chris White

16th March 1976 THE BEATLES REISSUES CHART

Meanwhile in Beatles re-issue chart-land Penny Lane knocks off Lady Madonna from the top spot (and yes I do consider these chart positions bonafide for my chart purposes, so that makes a 5th Beatles chart-topper in total (Hey Jude, Let It Be, Long & Winding Road) as Yesterday enters at 9 as it makes the UK charts, shortly to be joined by Hey Jude, Paperback Writer, Get Back, Strawberry Fields (no mention of Penny Lane very annoyingly in the chart listings of the time, but it's still there!) and Help!

1 ( 2 ) PENNY LANE The Beatles

2 ( 1 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

3 ( 4 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

4 ( 5 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

5 ( 6 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

6 ( 3 ) SOMETHING The Beatles

7 ( 7 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

8 ( 10 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

9 ( NEW ) YESTERDAY The Beatles

10 ( 13 ) STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

11 ( 11 ) GET BACK The Beatles featuring Billy Preston

12 ( 8 ) YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

13 ( 9 ) HELP! The Beatles

14 ( 15 ) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles

15 ( 12 ) LOVE ME DO The Beatles

16 ( 17 ) CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles

17 ( 20 ) ELEANOR RIGBY The Beatles

18 ( 16 ) TICKET TO RIDE The Beatles

19 ( 14 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT The Beatles

20 ( 18 ) THIS BOY The Beatles

23rd March 1976

It's See My Baby Jive back for an 11th week on top of the charts 3 years on for Wizzard - and replacing themselves at one with 10cc nipping at their heels with the fab I'm Mandy Fly Me at 2. Harpo hits the top 3 and a new peak after his top 5 1975 run with ABBA's Frida, and Frida finds herself new at 21 with the rest of the gang on new ballad Fernando. I hadn't yet bought that new single - but watch this space. Elton John grabs his 10th top 10, and ELO return with a new single - the rather good Night Rider was a UK flop, very annoyingly, but in here at 13. At this point ELO hits tended to be more based on Radio 1 playlisting than quality, cos they were all great, and did well in the USA. Marmalade meanwhile, no longer with the The, have their first top 10 in 4 years, their 8th since 1968.

The police detective show S.W.A.T. was doing well on TV (Special Weapons & Tactics) and the funky theme tune drops by at 18, from the Rhythm Heritage Orchestra, as Captain & Tennille try another Neil Sedaka song on the under-rated Lonely Night (Angel Face), yet another US hit and UK flop. Talking of US big hits, Diana Ross returns with her theme to movie Mahogany, a slow ballad that took time to grow on me in at 33. Mike Batt keeps on Wombling at 40, though the hits were drying up now, but Womble Shuffle was fun enough.

Eddie Howell had slots on kids Pop TV shows, I think, and Man From Manhattan enters at 42. I havent heard it in 50 years, and it's not bad at all. David Essex goes all dark and ominous on the very fab, epic City Lights, one of his best records, I do love a dramatic record and this very much under-performed after the previous wet ballad. In at 43. Lulu's 1969 US hit, all soulful, is back out and in at 44, Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You) was only a minor UK hit first time round, but didnt do better this time. Arrows return with a 4th charter, sprawling ballad Once Upon A Time at 48 very different from their Glam Rock Lite early singles, the TV show helping keep their profile up until visiting Joan Jett caught one of their songs on the telly, wait 6 years, and huge hit ensues.

Hot Chocolate are back in funk mode, Don't Stop It Now not straying too far from You Sexy Thing sounds, but not as good, and tbh not as good as any of their previous hit singles, but it's jolly enough at 49. Which leaves a major fave from 1968-70 returning to my chart after 6 years away, for her 6th chart entry, her last UK chart hit being with a Hot Chocolate song co-incidentally. Her first three singles topped my charts, I loved them as a kid, and Mary Hopkin seemed like she was going to be huge, but the Apple Records legal wrangles effectively killed her career dead, and any other signed-up act that wasn't a Beatle. Now on a different label and the rather nice 1950 Edith Piaf song If You Love Me in at 50.

1 ( 2 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard

2 ( 12 ) I'M MANDY FLY ME 10cc

3 ( 6 ) MOVIE STAR Harpo featuring Frida

4 ( 3 ) I LOVE TO LOVE Tina Charles

5 ( 5 ) SHIPS IN THE NIGHT Be Bop Deluxe

6 ( 4 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

7 ( 18 ) PINBALL WIZARD Elton John

8 ( 1 ) ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard

9 ( 11 ) FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS Marmalade

10 ( 7 ) IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair

11 ( 8 ) CONVOY C.W. McCall

12 ( 21 ) CONCRETE AND CLAY Randy Edelman

13 ( NEW ) NIGHT RIDER Electric Light Orchestra

14 ( 16 ) I WANNA STAY WITH YOU Gallagher & Lyle

15 ( 23 ) YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME Barry White

16 ( 9 ) DO THE SPANISH HUSTLE The Fatback Band

17 ( 22 ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces

18 ( NEW ) THEME FROM S.W.A.T Rhythm Heritage Orchestra

19 ( 10 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues

20 ( 15 ) MAMMA MIA ABBA

21 ( NEW ) FERNANDO ABBA

22 ( 14 ) RAIN Status Quo

23 ( 13 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE Eddie Drennan

24 ( 26 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

25 ( 45 ) THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH Carpenters

26 ( NEW ) LONELY NIGHTS (ANGEL FACE) Captain & Tennille

27 ( 17 ) YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Guys & Dolls

28 ( 44 ) HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE Emmylou Harris

29 ( 30 ) INDIANA RAINBOW Wizzard

30 ( 40 ) LONDON BOYS T.Rex

31 ( 43 ) YOU BELONG TO ME Gary Glitter

32 ( 24 ) SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME Brotherhood Of Man

33 ( NEW ) THEME FROM MAHOGANY (DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO) Diana Ross

34 ( 35 ) FLY AWAY John Denver

35 ( 27 ) YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME L.J. Johnson

36 ( 28 ) TUXEDO JUNCTION Manhattan Transfer

37 ( 48 ) MUSIC John Miles

38 ( 20 ) FUNKY WEEKEND The Stylistics

39 ( 19 ) LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU Billy Ocean

40 ( NEW ) WOMBLE SHUFFLE The Wombles

41 ( 25 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE The M & O Band

42 ( NEW ) MAN FROM MANHATTAN Eddie Howell

43 ( NEW ) CITY LIGHTS David Essex

44 ( NEW ) OH ME OH MY (I'M A FOOL FOR YOU BABY) Lulu

45 ( 31 ) LOVE MACHINE The Miracles

46 ( 36 ) ANSWER ME Barbara Dickson

47 ( 37 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

48 ( NEW ) ONCE UPON A TIME Arrows

49 ( NEW ) DON'T STOP IT NOW Hot Chocolate

50 ( NEW ) IF YOU LOVE ME Mary Hopkin

23rd March 1976

In Beatles chart land Yesterday finally breaks into the UK top 20 and therefore tops my chart, and Hey Jude and Paperback Writer also make the top 50, the former rising to 6 and Paperback Writer entering at 16 as a result. I Am The Walrus, as B side to Hello Goodbye, debuts at 18 and I manage to buy a copy of I Feel Fine at 20 in a few weeks as I rediscover that intro and jangling excitement of a lesser-known big Beatles hit (to me). Loved it.

THE BEATLES REISSUES CHART

1 ( 9 ) YESTERDAY The Beatles

2 ( 1 ) PENNY LANE The Beatles

3 ( 3 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

4 ( 4 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

5 ( 5 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

6 ( 8 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

7 ( 7 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

8 ( 11 ) GET BACK The Beatles featuring Billy Preston

9 ( 10 ) STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

10 ( 2 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

11 ( 6 ) SOMETHING The Beatles

12 ( 14 ) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles

13 ( 16 ) CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles

14 ( 17 ) ELEANOR RIGBY The Beatles

15 ( 12 ) YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

16 ( NEW ) PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles

17 ( 13 ) HELP! The Beatles

18 ( NEW ) I AM THE WALRUS The Beatles

19 ( 15 ) LOVE ME DO The Beatles

20 ( NEW ) I FEEL FINE The Beatles

30th March 1976

It's a 4th chart-topper for 10cc as they make it 3 years in a row to grab one and 4 years since Donna started the ball rolling. I'm Mandy Fly Me is and was haunting and evocative, and kicks off with that snippet of Clockwork Creep, the 1973 album track about an airline bomb told from the point of view of the bomb - which leads directly into the theme of the single and very much not whimsical this time. Elton John outdoes The Who's peak with Pinball Wizard, meanwhile, at 2 and threatens his 4th chart-topper as well.

ELO make it 6 top 10's as Night Rider climbs to 6, but they were always playing second-fiddle to ABBA from 1976 onwards, starting here as Fernando climbs to 5 giving them a 4th top 10, though at this point ELO lead ABBA by 3 number ones to 2. Captain & Tennille get a second Neil Sedaka top 10 with Lonely Nights, a forgotten and under-rated gem. The biggest climber though is David Essex's City Lights epic, at 9 from 43 and his 7th top 10.

New entries begin with David Cassidy, getting his first solo flop single in the UK, but it's actually a pretty decent cover of Paul McCartney's Tomorrow, new at 27, while from the same era, Creedence Clearwater Revival's record label stick out the long version cover of I Heard It Through The Grapevine from 1971 as a sort of very late final ever single, not counting the ongoing popularity of tracks that were B sides in the UK like Fortunate Son, and new in at 37. Sparks also get on the covers wagon with an unusual version of I Want To Hold Your Hand at 44 - while the original Beatles single is at 12 on my special Beatles chart. Finally Les Humphries Singers are big in Germany, and fresh from the Eurovision Song Contest they pop in at 47 with Sing Sang Song. Not a UK hit though.

1 ( 2 ) I'M MANDY FLY ME 10cc

2 ( 7 ) PINBALL WIZARD Elton John

3 ( 1 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard

4 ( 4 ) I LOVE TO LOVE Tina Charles

5 ( 21 ) FERNANDO ABBA

6 ( 13 ) NIGHT RIDER Electric Light Orchestra

7 ( 26 ) LONELY NIGHTS (ANGEL FACE) Captain & Tennille

8 ( 5 ) SHIPS IN THE NIGHT Be Bop Deluxe

9 ( 43 ) CITY LIGHTS David Essex

10 ( 8 ) ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard

11 ( 6 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

12 ( 17 ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces

13 ( 24 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

14 ( 15 ) YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME Barry White

15 ( 37 ) MUSIC John Miles

16 ( 10 ) IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair

17 ( 11 ) CONVOY C.W. McCall

18 ( 9 ) FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS Marmalade

19 ( 12 ) CONCRETE AND CLAY Randy Edelman

20 ( 25 ) THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH Carpenters

21 ( 3 ) MOVIE STAR Harpo featuring Frida

22 ( 23 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE Eddie Drennan

23 ( 14 ) I WANNA STAY WITH YOU Gallagher & Lyle

24 ( 33 ) THEME FROM MAHOGANY (DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO) Diana Ross

25 ( 20 ) MAMMA MIA ABBA

26 ( 16 ) DO THE SPANISH HUSTLE The Fatback Band

27 ( NEW ) TOMORROW David Cassidy

28 ( 49 ) DON'T STOP IT NOW Hot Chocolate

29 ( 19 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues

30 ( 31 ) YOU BELONG TO ME Gary Glitter

31 ( 40 ) WOMBLE SHUFFLE The Wombles

32 ( 27 ) YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Guys & Dolls

33 ( 18 ) THEME FROM S.W.A.T Rhythm Heritage Orchestra

34 ( 22 ) RAIN Status Quo

35 ( 42 ) MAN FROM MANHATTAN Eddie Howell

36 ( 50 ) IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW) Mary Hopkin

37 ( NEW ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Creedence Clearwater Revival

38 ( 28 ) HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE Emmylou Harris

39 ( 39 ) LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU Billy Ocean

40 ( 44 ) OH ME OH MY (I'M A FOOL FOR YOU BABY) Lulu

41 ( 38 ) FUNKY WEEKEND The Stylistics

42 ( 35 ) YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME L.J. Johnson

43 ( 36 ) TUXEDO JUNCTION Manhattan Transfer

44 ( NEW ) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND Sparks

45 ( 48 ) ONCE UPON A TIME Arrows

46 ( 32 ) SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME Brotherhood Of Man

47 ( NEW ) SING SANG SONG Les Humphreys Singers

48 ( 45 ) LOVE MACHINE The Miracles

49 ( 46 ) ANSWER ME Barbara Dickson

50 ( 47 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen

30th March 1976 THE BEATLES REISSUES CHART

Hello Goodbye, a classic Beatles fave from the Christmas of 1967, just pre-dated my charts starting by the following christmas, so it's a welcome number one slot for a record that very much would have topped any theoretical charts of the time. Meanwhile the 1966 equivalent late-year fave Eleanor Rigby goes top 10 and the 1963 famous huge seller - then the biggest selling single of all-time in the UK - She Loves You pops in at 18.

1 ( 3 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

2 ( 2 ) PENNY LANE The Beatles

3 ( 4 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

4 ( 5 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

5 ( 6 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

6 ( 7 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

7 ( 9 ) STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

8 ( 8 ) GET BACK The Beatles featuring Billy Preston

9 ( 1 ) YESTERDAY The Beatles

10 ( 14 ) ELEANOR RIGBY The Beatles

11 ( 16 ) PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles

12 ( 12 ) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles

13 ( 13 ) CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles

14 ( 10 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

15 ( 11 ) SOMETHING The Beatles

16 ( 18 ) I AM THE WALRUS The Beatles

17 ( 17 ) HELP! The Beatles

18 ( NEW ) SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles

19 ( 19 ) LOVE ME DO The Beatles

20 ( 20 ) I FEEL FINE The Beatles

6th April 1976

It's Elton John on top with his cover of The Who's Pinball Wizard outdoing the original in my charts as Reg grabs his 4th number one in 4 years with 2 number 2's to boot on top. ABBA take Fernando into a 3rd top 3, and ELO a 4th top 5 and John Miles makes it 2 top 10's with the epic Music. Meanwhile record labels keep on pumping out the re-issues, Fly Records do a T.Rex double A, with Hot Love and Get It On getting a top 10 return 5 years on, Barry Ryan's Eloise is back at 8 as he topped the first personal chart I ever compiled in 1968, and he takes the word Epic and makes it seem like an understatement as a descriptor of this brilliance. That leaves Knock Three Times out again for new Dawn ragtime-revival era fans (albeit it 2 years late) and a second top 10 run in 5 years.

New at 15 it's a chart debut in the UK and in my charts for 1950's rock 'n' roll act Hank Mizell, as his Jungle Rock non-hit becomes a cult 50's revival smash in the UK. Fun! Of course these 2026 days 20 year-old chart hits are ten a penny, but obscure oldies still aren't that common. Talking of the 50's, Frankie Avalon's wonderful Venus is in at 24, back out in record shops and as lush as ever, but it got zero plays in 1976, or esle it would have done much better than this. He's joined by early 60's star Del Shannon on his almost as great Runaway, manic and urgent still 60 odd years on. New at 33.

The oldies keep on coming with another 1968 track, used in bread adverts, is back - Honeybus' I Can't Let Maggie Go just predated my charts by a few months but would have charted as I was very fond of it, new at 34. Another 60's classic pops in at 37 for Roy Orbison, Only The Lonely was in the family record collection but it would take me another 10 years to get back heavily into Roy's back catalogue as i came to realise he was the GOAT in pop vocalists. Meanwhile Lemmy is back with Hawkwind on Silver Machine getting a second chart run at 38. It will be out again in 1978, I will buy it and it will finally hit the top spot 3rd time round.

Sailor follow up Glass Of Champagne with the catchy and unsusual Girls Girls Girls, but it wasnt as good to my ears, in at 43, There's another Venus oldie back for Shocking Blue, one I'd pretty much missed at the time, so this was really a belated debut 6 years on, 48. The Stampeders cover Ray Charles' Hit The Road Jack and grab a chart debut for me and no other sales chart (I think) after I'd missed an earlier goodie that was a minor US chart hit but one I wouldnt hear until 2021/2022. This one is a Wolfman Jack guesting track, the legendary US DJ and it's not bad, not too far from the classic original which I loved in the 60's. That leaves a final new one fresh from a Top Of The Pops appearance, Tarney & Spencer's I'm Your Man Rock n' Roll. Alan Tarney would go on to become a great hit songwriter and producer for Cliff Richard and oodles of other big names through to the 80's, not least producing a-ha's Take On Me. You'd never guess that from this more traditional upbeat rockpop track. Not bad though.

1 ( 2 ) PINBALL WIZARD Elton John

2 ( 1 ) I'M MANDY FLY ME 10cc

3 ( 5 ) FERNANDO ABBA

4 ( 6 ) NIGHT RIDER Electric Light Orchestra

5 ( 7 ) LONELY NIGHTS (ANGEL FACE) Captain & Tennille

6 ( 15 ) MUSIC John Miles

7 ( NEW ) HOT LOVE T.Rex

8 ( NEW ) ELOISE Barry Ryan

9 ( NEW ) KNOCK THREE TIMES Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

10 ( NEW ) GET IT ON T.Rex

11 ( 3 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard

12 ( 4 ) I LOVE TO LOVE Tina Charles

13 ( 13 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

14 ( 12 ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces

15 ( NEW ) JUNGLE ROCK Hank Mizell

16 ( 20 ) THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH Carpenters

17 ( 24 ) THEME FROM MAHOGANY (DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO) Diana Ross

18 ( 11 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

19 ( 8 ) SHIPS IN THE NIGHT Be Bop Deluxe

20 ( 27 ) TOMORROW David Cassidy

21 ( 14 ) YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME Barry White

22 ( 10 ) ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard

23 ( 28 ) DON'T STOP IT NOW Hot Chocolate

24 ( NEW ) VENUS Frankie Avalon

25 ( 9 ) CITY LIGHTS David Essex

26 ( 36 ) IF YOU LOVE ME Mary Hopkin

27 ( 37 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Creedence Clearwater Revival

28 ( 16 ) IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair

29 ( 17 ) CONVOY C.W. McCall

30 ( 31 ) WOMBLE SHUFFLE The Wombles

31 ( 18 ) FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS Marmalade

32 ( 19 ) CONCRETE AND CLAY Randy Edelman

33 ( NEW ) RUNAWAY Del Shannon

34 ( NEW ) I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus

35 ( 35 ) MAN FROM MANHATTAN Eddie Howell

36 ( 25 ) MAMMA MIA ABBA

37 ( NEW ) ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison

38 ( NEW ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind

39 ( 23 ) I WANNA STAY WITH YOU Gallagher & Lyle

40 ( 46 ) SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME Brotherhood Of Man

41 ( 32 ) YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Guys & Dolls

42 ( 29 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues

43 ( NEW ) GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS Sailor

44 ( 26 ) DO THE SPANISH HUSTLE The Fatback Band

45 ( 22 ) LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE Eddie Drennan

46 ( 47 ) SING SANG SONG Les Humphreys Singers

47 ( 30 ) YOU BELONG TO ME Gary Glitter

48 ( NEW ) VENUS Shocking Blue

49 ( NEW ) HIT THE ROAD JACK The Stampeders

50 ( NEW ) I'M YOUR MAN ROCK N' ROLL Tarney & Spencer

6th April 1976

THE BEATLES REISSUES CHART

THis week it's a turn on top for All You Need Is Love as my bias is still heavily towards late 60's Beatles (I wouldnt get the 1962-66 Red Album til Xmas 1976) but Paperback Writer and I Want To Hold Your Hand both go top 10, and A Hard Day's Night debuts at 20.

1 ( 3 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

2 ( 4 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

3 ( 5 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

4 ( 1 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

5 ( 2 ) PENNY LANE The Beatles

6 ( 6 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

7 ( 7 ) STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

8 ( 8 ) GET BACK The Beatles featuring Billy Preston

9 ( 11 ) PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles

10 ( 12 ) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles

11 ( 9 ) YESTERDAY The Beatles

12 ( 13 ) CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles

13 ( 10 ) ELEANOR RIGBY The Beatles

14 ( 14 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

15 ( 16 ) I AM THE WALRUS The Beatles

16 ( 18 ) SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles

17 ( 17 ) HELP! The Beatles

18 ( 20 ) I FEEL FINE The Beatles

19 ( 19 ) LOVE ME DO The Beatles

20 ( NEW ) A HARD DAY'S NIGHT The Beatles

The electronic intro of Silver Machine definitely the best part!

'Runaway' possibly the most epic 50s track.

Why does Sailors' Girls Girls Girls remind me of Eurovision's Electro Velvet lol!

On 02/04/2026 at 16:11, TheSnake said:

The electronic intro of Silver Machine definitely the best part!

'Runaway' possibly the most epic 50s track.

Why does Sailors' Girls Girls Girls remind me of Eurovision's Electro Velvet lol!

Oh yes I love that squelchy electronic intro, otherworldly! 🙂Runaway that fairground organ sound is epic, and I hadnt noticed Electro Velvet's similarity to Girls Girls Girls! 😄

13th April 1976

It's ABBA's 3rd number one as Fernando goes where Waterloo and Mamma Mia have already been, and a rather good top 5 before the oldies start shuffling into the upper reaches, led at the moment by the climb into the top 10 by 50's obscurity Jungle Rock. It's sobering to note onl ABBA, 10cc and ELO don't have covers or are oldies. One can see why Punk was waiting to happen, as those 3 acts were ahead of most others at the time in terms of quality. Take them out, ignore covers, and we would be looking at John Miles on top, with Diana Ross, Barry White and Paul Nicholas as top 5 tracks, 2 of them very much not deserving of that honour.

Talking of which Paul Nicholas, musical star and actor, debuts with his catchy Reggae Like It Used To Be, kicking off a short run of fluff hits that have mostly been forgotten these days, in at 17 just ahead of Fox's 3rd chart hit, the quirky Noosha still in her own vocal world on S'S'Single Bed. Bit of a disco classic debuting at 21 for Andrea True Connection, star of the odd adult movie, but the smooth More More More is fab and has been covered over the years since. The Four Seasons make it a hat-trick of new hits with Silver Star new at 25, though it's not in the same league as Who Loves You and December '63.

Silver Convention are also on a hat-trick with Get Up And Boogie - That's Right! In at 27 one up on War's returning Why Can't We Be Friends. Amen Corner's High In The Sky just qualifies as a 2nd chart run, having done it in my early official personal charts (ie retroactively when I filled in gaps from Hey Jude onwards) at 29, their second of 1976. Isaac Hayes is 5 years late, but finally follows-up Shaft with the less good Disco Connection at 39, and the timeless country-rock-ish Let Your Love Flow is new at 41 for The Bellamy Brothers. So good it charted again in the 21st Century.

Barbara Dickson makes a second chart appearance with a Curtis Mayfield song, People Get Ready at 44, Harpo is back for a 3rd Movie Star chart run after dropping out a couple of weeks earlier. Huge in Europe and my charts, minor in the UK. Future Celine Dion huge hit, Eric Carmen pops in with All By Myself, bit of an OTT ballad anthem, but it has legs due to the sincerity. Eric previously sneaked in with The Raspberries. The Trammps follow-up Zing and Hold Back The Night with That's Where The Happy People Go at 48, The Drifters keep the run going at 49 and Hello Happiness, and Brass Construction are Movin' funkily at 50.

1 ( 3 ) FERNANDO ABBA

2 ( 2 ) I'M MANDY FLY ME 10cc

3 ( 1 ) PINBALL WIZARD Elton John

4 ( 5 ) LONELY NIGHTS (ANGEL FACE) Captain & Tennille

5 ( 4 ) NIGHT RIDER Electric Light Orchestra

6 ( 7 ) HOT LOVE T.Rex

7 ( 8 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan

8 ( 15 ) JUNGLE ROCK Hank Mizell

9 ( 9 ) KNOCK THREE TIMES Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

10 ( 10 ) GET IT ON T.Rex

11 ( 6 ) MUSIC John Miles

12 ( 17 ) THEME FROM MAHOGANY (DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO) Diana Ross

13 ( 16 ) THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH Carpenters

14 ( 21 ) YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME Barry White

15 ( 11 ) SEE MY BABY JIVE Wizzard

16 ( 12 ) I LOVE TO LOVE Tina Charles

17 ( NEW ) REGGAE LIKE IT USED TO BE Paul Nicholas

18 ( NEW ) S'S'SINGLE BED Fox

19 ( 23 ) DON'T STOP IT NOW Hot Chocolate

20 ( 27 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Creedence Clearwater Revival

21 ( NEW ) MORE MORE MORE Andrea True Connection

22 ( 24 ) VENUS Frankie Avalon

23 ( 34 ) I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus

24 ( 18 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

25 ( NEW ) SILVER STAR The Four Seasons featuring Frankie Valli

26 ( 13 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

27 ( NEW ) GET UP AND BOOGIE Silver Convention

28 ( RE ) WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS War

29 ( NEW ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner

30 ( 33 ) RUNAWAY Del Shannon

31 ( 38 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind

32 ( 20 ) TOMORROW David Cassidy

33 ( 25 ) CITY LIGHTS David Essex

34 ( 29 ) CONVOY C.W. McCall

35 ( 28 ) IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair

36 ( 37 ) ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison

37 ( 14 ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces

38 ( 22 ) ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard

39 ( NEW ) DISCO CONNECTION Isaac Hayes Movement

40 ( 26 ) IF YOU LOVE ME Mary Hopkin

41 ( NEW ) LET YOUR LOVE FLOW The Bellamy Brothers

42 ( 19 ) SHIPS IN THE NIGHT Be Bop Deluxe

43 ( 43 ) GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS Sailor

44 ( NEW ) PEOPLE GET READY Barbara Dickson

45 ( 36 ) MAMMA MIA ABBA

46 ( RE ) MOVIE STAR Harpo featuring Frida

47 ( NEW ) ALL BY MYSELF Eric Carmen

48 ( NEW ) THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO The Trammps

49 ( NEW ) HELLO HAPPINESS The Drifters

50 ( NEW ) MOVIN' Brass Construction

13th Apr 1976 THE BEATLES REISSUES CHART

In Beatles-chart news there are still Beatles tracks issued as UK singles - and that is way less than in the rest of the Western world - able to enter the chart, with Please Please Me in at 20, as Get Back goes top 5 for the second time since it first did it in 1969 (1974 was the last time), and The Ballad Of John & Yoko finally gets to the top spot after peaking at 2 in 1969, bringing their tally of number ones to 8 as a group, one behind Roy Wood's solo/Wizzard/ELO/Move's total of 9 - but using the same fluidity George & Ringo are on 9 including solo chart-toppers, John is on 10, and Paul's on 12.

1 ( 2 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

2 ( 3 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

3 ( 6 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

4 ( 7 ) STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

5 ( 8 ) GET BACK The Beatles featuring Billy Preston

6 ( 1 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

7 ( 5 ) PENNY LANE The Beatles

8 ( 4 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

9 ( 9 ) PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles

10 ( 10 ) I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles

11 ( 12 ) CAN'T BUY ME LOVE The Beatles

12 ( 17 ) HELP! The Beatles

13 ( 19 ) LOVE ME DO The Beatles

14 ( 11 ) YESTERDAY The Beatles

15 ( 16 ) SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles

16 ( 18 ) I FEEL FINE The Beatles

17 ( 20 ) A HARD DAY'S NIGHT The Beatles

18 ( 14 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

19 ( 13 ) ELEANOR RIGBY The Beatles

20 ( NEW ) PLEASE PLEASE ME The Beatles