70's US & UK Charts.

Nice to have you back, with some more salient information. I have a SACD and also a CD compilation of their greatest hits, and I enjoyed them. "When Will I See You Again" is the only one I consider a classic, but I also enjoyed many of their other songs, "Dirty Old Man" in particular. I don´t think they would get those lyrics past the censors these days.

 

From this set of charts, I have amongst the singles #6 UK, #8 UK, #12 UK, #18 UK (from original 1969 US pressing), #20 UK / 25 US, 22 UK / 19 US, #29 UK, #31 UK, #33 UK / 37 US, #35 UK, #36 UK / 2 US, #38 UK / 1 US, #41 UK / 12 US, #44 UK / 30 US, #46 UK / 5 US, #47 UK / 32 US, #48 UK (as from original 1964 release), and the rest all US: #3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13 - 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 29, 36, 39, 41, 44, 46, 47 and 50. Albums, I have #15 UK, #22 UK, #26 UK / 24 US, #35 UK, #37 UK, #39 UK, the Glen Campbell #41 UK, #50 UK, #1 US, #6 US, and #38 US. It's interesting to see how, at this point, some tracks high up in the US were low in the UK. How did the US chart-topper "Then Came You," for example, end up peaking in the UK?

 

Post #548, my favourite songs in order on the U. K. chart:

Killer Queen
Samba Pa Ti
Can't Get Enough of Your Love
Black Eyed Boys
Hey There Lonely Girl
Kung Fu Fighting

... and inevitably the '60s oldies, of which one or two always seem to show in the U. K. charts, and which are probably my favourite two here:

Da Doo Ron Ron
Baby Love

(I listened to Minuetto Allegretto to see what it was like. Not terrible, but not exactly Ride to Agadir)

Best of the U. S. chart, in order of appearance this time:

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Overnight Sensation
Everlasting Love
Second Avenue
So You are a Star

I have ten or eleven of the U. K. LPs and exactly two of the U. S.: Caribou and Remember the Future.

 

Thanks. Hopefully I'm 'back with a heart' now.

 

It peaked at No. 29. Dionne has spotty form on the UK charts. She had just four Top 10 hits: two in the 1960s ("Walk On By" [No. 9 in 1964] and "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" [No. 8 in 1968]) and then two in 1982 ("Heartbreaker" [No. 2] and "All The Love In The World" [No. 10]). "That's What Friends Are For" (a US No. 1) peaked at No. 16 in December 1985; that was her next best showing. Perhaps one of our UK members can tell us why Dionne had so few hits in the UK?!

Edit: Her best showing on the UK album chart, not unexpectedly, was Heartbreaker (No. 3 in November 1982). Doesn't look like the British really fell for her (frequently brilliant) 1960s Bacharach/David material. It took Barry Gibb to sell her to UK pop fans.

 

More preferable than a "heart attck", at least.

 

Spring 1975?

 

At my time of life, anything can happen.

 

I've no idea why Dionne didn't do much here. I remember she had a few hits at the end of the 70s in America that totally died on our side of the pond. Very weird. Don't know if she didn't promote her records or tour in the UK... That wouldn't have helped.

'Heartbreaker' did well here, though. I think it might have given her 3 hit singles...

 

Post #557: Good grief, of the singles I'm familiar with on that chart, either I am lukewarm or I dislike them. The only thing I like much is the '60s hit My Heart's Symphony.

At least some of the LPs have some good songs: Hide in Your Shell by Supertramp and Killer Queen by Queen, to name two.

 

Reviving the discussion for us chart fans...

The Top 40 on the Hot 100 for April 7 1979:

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position)

1 2 I WILL SURVIVE –•– Gloria Gaynor (Polydor)-17 (3 weeks at #1) (1)
2 3 WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-12 (2)
3 1 TRAGEDY –•– Bee Gees (RSO)-9 (1)
4 6 SULTANS OF SWING –•– Dire Straits (Warner Brothers)-9 (4)
5 5 SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING –•– Peaches and Herb (Polydor)-16 (5)
6 18 MUSIC BOX DANCER –•– Frank Mills (Polydor)-11 (6)
7 8 KNOCK ON WOOD –•– Amii Stewart (Ariola America)-11 (7)
8 7 DA YA THINK I’M SEXY –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-16 (1)
9 15 HEART OF GLASS –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-8 (9)
10 11 LADY –•– The Little River Band (Harvest)-14 (10)

11 12 STUMBLIN’ IN –•– Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman (RSO)-11 (11)
12 13 I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-11 (12)
13 16 I WANT YOUR LOVE –•– Chic (Atlantic)-9 (13)
14 4 HEAVEN KNOWS –•– Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams (Casablanca)-13 (4)
15 26 REUNITED –•– Peaches and Herb (Polydor)-4 (15)
16 38 GOODNIGHT TONIGHT –•– Wings (Columbia)-2 (16)
17 21 LIVIN’ IT UP (Friday Night) –•– Bell and James (A&M)-11 (17)
18 9 WHAT YOU WON’T DO FOR LOVE –•– Bobby Caldwell (Clouds)-16 (9)
19 22 HE’S THE GREATEST DANCER –•– Sister Sledge (Cotillion)-9 (19)
20 25 TAKE ME HOME –•– Cher (Casablanca)-9 (20)

21 28 IN THE NAVY –•– The Village People (Casablanca)-4 (21)
22 23 MAYBE I’M A FOOL –•– Eddie Money (Columbia)-11 (22)
23 24 I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S RIGHT –•– Evelyn “Champagne” King (RCA)-14 (23)
24 29 LOVE BALLAD –•– George Benson (Warner Brothers)-7 (24)
25 27 PRECIOUS LOVE –•– Bob Welch (Capitol)-9 (25)
26 32 BLOW AWAY –•– George Harrison (Dark Horse)-6 (26)
27 30 I GOT MY MIND MADE UP (You Can Get It Girl) –•– Instant Funk (Salsoul)-8 (27)
28 31 SUPERMAN –•– Herbie Mann (Atlantic)-13 (28)
29 10 DON’T CRY OUT LOUD –•– Melissa Manchester (Arista)-21 (10)
30 35 SHAKE YOUR BODY (Down To the Ground) –•– The Jacksons (Epic)-8 (30)

31 14 BIG SHOT –•– Billy Joel (Columbia)-9 (14)
32 52 LOVE IS THE ANSWER –•– England Dan and John Ford Coley (Big Tree)-5 (32)
33 17 CRAZY LOVE –•– Poco (ABC)-12 (17)
34 36 BUSTIN’ LOOSE (Part 1) –•– Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers (Source)-10 (34)
35 69 LOVE TAKES TIME –•– Orleans (Infinity)-3 (35)
36 37 EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU –•– The Babys (Chrysalis)-14 (13)
37 39 RUBBER BISCUIT –•– The Blues Brothers (Atlantic)-6 (37)
38 54 RENEGADE –•– Styx (A&M)-12 (38)
39 63 CRAZY LOVE –•– The Allman Brothers Band (Capricorn)-3 (39)
40 46 ROXANNE –•– The Police (A&M)-7 (40)

And the debuts were:

72 — OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL –•– Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol)-1 (72)
75 — DIAMONDS –•– Chris Rea (United Artists)-1 (75)
77 — IT MUST BE LOVE –•– Alton McClain and Destiny (Polydor)-1 (77)
81 — JUST THE SAME WAY –•– Journey (Columbia)-1 (81)
85 — GIVE ME AN INCH –•– Ian Matthews (Mushroom)-1 (85)
86 — BODY HEAT –•– Alicia Bridges (Polydor)-1 (86)
87 — I (Who Have Nothing) –•– Sylvester (Fantasy)-1 (87)
88 — DANCER –•– Gino Soccio (Warner Brothers / RFC)-1 (88)
89 — LOVE IS GONNA COME AT LAST –•– Badfinger (Elektra)-1 (89)
90 — (Sittin’ On) THE DOCK OF THE BAY –•– Sammy Hagar (Capitol)-1 (90)
91 — HIGH ON YOUR LOVE SUITE –•– Rick James (Gordy)-1 (91)

 

Spring 1974.

 

No, it's 1975 as that's when Bye Bye Baby was number one.

 

I loved 1978 as it was a very ONJ heavy year. 1979 wasn't. She took much of the year off before returning to work in September when she began filming Xanadu. Perhaps for that reason, I don't remember the '79 charts so fondly. A good half of the top 20 here made no impact on the UK whatsoever, but if there's one thing we've learned from these threads, that's not uncommon.

Still, plenty to like here. My little cassette recorder worked overtime back then. Bee Gees, Doobie Brothers, Rod, Blondie, Suzi and Chris Norman, Wings and Billy Joel were all favourites. I liked the Anne Murray single, but the Carpenters (and Dusty Springfield) did the song better.

 

Yep Lennon's Rock n Roll is sitting high at #6.

 

Wow. This chart is so special to me. This must have been almost the very same week I found Casey Kasem's American Top 40 on Sunday night radio in Melbourne Australia when I was 12 years old. I can remember it like yesterday. I was a little Beatlemaniac, and hearing American Top 40 on my little radio was exotic and wonderful. I started keeping a record of the charts in a little exercise book almost immediately. I know this is almost the exact week because Blow Away was on the way out, I think it bowed out next week at 39 or something, and Goodnight Tonight was on the way up towards number 1 I think. Breakfast In America must have been released very soon after this. And to this day, whenever I hear the big songs from this era, Donna Summer, The Doobies, all the Disco stuff, Spirits Having Flown etc etc...I feel a warm and fuzzy feeling of childhood. Awesome!!!
This post is a long distance dedication to Casey

 

What a great chart. Of the 50 listed, I believe I own 42 of them. For me, this is one my very favorite eras for AM radio.

 

You did put "?" ?
But, Google search confirms your right.

 

Somehow managed to miss this thread, and now a large number of photos are not available. This is probably just as well, as I would have needed a couple of weeks to catch up! Shame, as it is definitely my era.

What sticks out for me, is seeing records that I own as UK releases, on a different label from the States, such as The Knack, My Sharona. That song has never been the same for me after watching a certain Cheech and Chong movie.

Will try and find a listing that is still available and join in the fun - that is what "baby" sitting is all about!

 

Yeah, something happened to my Photobucket account late last year and I lost everything. Rest assured, all those pics and charts were great.

 

Thanks!

 

There's also an 80s version of this thread if you're interested.

 

OK, I'll start on this one, with the Bobby City Rollers in poll position in the first of their six(?) weeks at number 1, which kept Fox On The Run back at number 2 in a few weeks time.

Think I've got 23 of those albums, a number bought later, Englebert being my ommision from the top ten. Also bought a few of the singles, including the above mentioned Sweet and the mighty Showaddywaddy. I guess with modern 100, 101 hits of the 70s CDs, I have a lot of the songs, but I won't count those.

Recognise / remember the vast majority of these, but have no recollection of Hamilton Bohannon and Tam White, are they American?

The album chart has a few of my all time favourites in there. Guess you noticed the Showaddywaddy debut, and Wombles second album, Bobby?

 

I don't recall those singles either. Maybe if I heard them again..

I had 15 of the albums. Possibly not the same ones as you, though.

Can't remember how many singles I bought or just taped of the radio. Either way I had 21 of them. No Wombles or Showaddywaddy, but I did have ones by the Osmonds and Peter Shelley, so I can't throw stones.

 

It's that dog song again, at least you haven't posted the video this time!

Yes, that's two of my 23 albums, and I'm sure there are a few differences, but I should imagine that the core albums overlap - there really are some gems in here.