buylotrogold

From my Golden Days site at www.yearsofgold.org.uk 1973 Week 15 WEEK ENDING 14TH APRIL 1973 TOP 40 SINGLES TW   LW     1   1 Gilbert O'Sullivan Get Down 2   3 Dawn Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree 3   5 David Cassidy I'm A Clown / Some Kind Of Summer 4   2 Donny Osmond The Twelfth Of Never 5   17 Gary Glitter Hello Hello I'm Back Again 6   6 Little Jimmy Osmond Tweedle Dee 7   4 Cliff Richard Power To All Our Friends 8   8 Shirley Bassey Never Never Never 9   9 O'Jays Love Train 10   13 Roxy Music Pyjamarama 11   21 Geordie All Because Of You 12   12 Kenny Heart Of Stone 13   7 Slade Cum On Feel The Noize 14   18 Mud Crazy 15   14 Timmy Thomas Why Can't We Live Together 16   NEW David Bowie Drive In Saturday 17   15 T.Rex 20th Century Boy 18   11 Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me 19   10 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song 20   20 Stuart Gillies Amanda 21   22 'Deliverance' Soundtrack Duelling Banjos 22   16 Cockerel Chorus Nice One Cyril 23   19 Alice Cooper Hello Hurray 24   32 Chicory Tip Good Grief Christina 25   NEW Wings My Love 26   27 Blue Mink By The Devil (I Was Tempted) 27   23 Gladys Knight And The Pips The Look Of Love 28   24 Jimmy Helms Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse 29   28 Argent God Gave Rock And Roll To You 30   38 Carly Simon The Right Thing To Do 31   NEW Roger Daltrey Giving It All Away 32   NEW Handley Family Wam Bam 33   NEW Hot Chocolate Brother Louie 34   NEW New Seekers Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) 35   26 Little Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool 36   36 Stylistics Break Up To Make Up 37   39 Andy And David Williams I Don't Know Why 38   RE Sweet Blockbuster 39   25 Neil Sedaka That's When The Music Takes Me 40   40 Roy Buchanan Sweet Dreams                   THE NEW ENTRIES 16   David Bowie     Drive In Saturday David Bowie made number three with a song that seldom gets played on the radio. In fact, Drive In Saturday has oddly been missing from many of the numerous Bowie compilations to have been released through the years. Happily it finally appeared on two of his 90's released compilations. Quite right too, it's a great track. 25   Wings     My Love Paul McCartney's Wings took My Love as the only single release from the Red Rose Speedway album. It made number nine and also spent nine weeks in the chart. 31   Roger Daltrey     Giving It All Away Roger Daltrey reached number five with his first and biggest solo hit. Giving It All Away was written by the then unknown Leo Sayer. 32   Handley Family     Wam Bam Opportunity Knocks winners featuring a child vocalist. They reached number 30 and had no further hits. 33   Hot Chocolate     Brother Louie Hot Chocolate reached number seven with Brother Louie . This is one that I clearly remember from Top Of The Pops, and hated it at first. I thought Who are this horrible group with the menacing looking lead singer ? It wasn't long though, before I realised just how good this really was. 34   New Seekers     Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) This was actually credited to The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham. Eve was the dark haired one who'd voice was likened to Judith Durham from the original Seekers. I do remember this one, which is quite surprising considering it only spent this one week in the chart. 36   Stylistics     Break Up To Make Up This third top 40 hit for the Stylistics had a disappointing chart run compared to the number 13 peak of Betcha By Golly Wow , and the number nine peak of I'm Stone In Love With You . This one entered at it's peak of number 34, and was gone two weeks later. Surprising really as this kind of song usually did really well in those days. Nige Nigel's Golden Days http://www.yearsofgold.org.uk