70's US & UK Charts.

If we believe Wikipedia, "Hasta Manana" was also a No. 1 hit in Sweden and No. 2 in South Africa. "Honey Honey" was on the B side.
"Shannon" peaked at No. 32 in the UK. You (cold/stoic) Brits don't fall for sugary songs about the death of a beloved Irish Setter.
Shannon is gone
I hope she's drifting out to sea
She always loved to swim away
Maybe she'll find an island
With a shaded tree
Just like the one in our backyard

 

I get Shannon on SongPop a lot. If that helps.

 

Yes, along with things like Smash Hits - Country Style! We had a couple or so at home - plus MFP/EMI's Hot Hits and Chartbusters Boomin' on Marble Arch (some of those have Elton John in his role as a session man, doing contempory cover. But that's fairly well known these days.) And I've kept one too because when I was little, I found Sylvia's Mother on here to be mesmerising and used to play that over and over. I recall liking Starman a lot too. The song versions themselves could range from fairly faithful copies to unintentionally hilarious.

 

They were so cheap. In every way.

These LPs were less than a quid as I recall. Singles were about 50-60p in the early to mid-70s. My mum could never understand why I'd prefer to buy one single over an album 'with all those hits on'.

 

Thought I'd try a charts comparison. Apologies for the quality. I had to take the shots with my iPad camera.

This is the UK chart for the week ending 31/7/76.

 

U.S. charts for week ending 31/7/76 (even though you can see half of this on the above scan!)

I suspect this chart may be WE 24/7/76 as Record Mirror were usually a week behind on the American charts.

I can do lots of these 'scans' if people don't mind the dodgy quality.

 

UK top 75(!) singles 6/10/79.

This might be more up @OneStepBeyond's street!

 

UK top 75 albums. 6/10/79

 

Not that clear, but the U.S. top 75 singles and albums for 6/10/79.

 

By the way, if anyone wants to see a UK singles chart for any specific week in the 70's, I can do one.

 

Keep the scans coming. Loving them all. Picking out the songs & albums I still have in my collection.
Esp. loving the British charts where I can pick out the T R-Rex records (would love to see them on a US chart).

Darryl

 

No problem.

Sadly, even I can't make T. Rex a happening act in the States. Wish I could.

 

UK top 40 for WE 10/1/70.

This is a little early for me.

 

I seem to remember the same from my grandma too. Give me a Bryan Ferry single any day, over one of those - was how I thought back then...

From Wikipedia, relating to the UK album charts "...they were disqualified in early 1972 since their budget selling price was perceived as giving them an unfair advantage in the market." I suppose they had to have some advantage, then.

 

The price and the cover pictures were their selling points.

 

Ha. As soon as I glanced at the Top Ten, I thought "This is more like it!!" Maybe a couple I could live without (and I bet you can guess which...) although I only remember or know just over 40 of them.

I still listen to quite a few of these acts often and at #16 it has Madness's debut single (their only for 2-Tone records) which was re-recorded for their debut album - my avatar/username.

 

It brings all the old memories flooding back.

 

Which is almost ironic as you'd think most of these would have been purchased as gifts by aunties and grannies.

 

Ruddy Nora - this is the chart from the week I was born! If someone asks me these days, what was #1 the week I was born... I say The Beatles' Abbey Road album and the one before that was Led Zeppelin II. And how cool too.

New entry at #33 for my favourite Badfinger track.

 

Found one...



Darryl

 

Nice. I'm going to look at setting an 80's chart thread up soon.

 

Really? That was lucky. I chose it at random as I haven't done many early charts yet.

 

Where to begin? Hmm . . .

What's seen here - again, I've U.S. copies only, except where noted - I have #1, 2, 4, 6, 27 (in the UK JayBoy issue), 29, 33 (original 1966 release), 36, 40 (original 1957 ABC-Paramount release) and 47.

From here, I have #1, 2, 4 - 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 24, 28, 32 - 34, 37 (see my analysis on U.K. chart), 39, 45 and 46.

From this list, I only have #54.

My collection features from this chart, #1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 32, 38, 47, 52 (in the form of an Allied Record Co. test pressing), 53, and 64.

From this batch of records, I have #2, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 18 (both U.S. and U.K. copies!), 23, 24, 31 (as B side to 1971 issue of "Questions 67 And 68," 4-45467), 33, 35, 37 and 39.

 

From here, I have #1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 17 (as B side to first-pressings of "Ladies' Night"), 25, 26, 40, 41, 55, 59, and 92.

 

UK chart from 5th February 1972.

One for @greelywinger.

Telegram Sam at #1. Jeepster at #34. Heady days!

Olivia on her way out at #38. Banks Of The Ohio had peaked at #6 in late 1971.