Sunday, August 30, 2015

April 24, 1970


1
1
Beatles--Let it Be
3
2
Marmalade--Reflections of My Life
7
3
Ray Stevens--Everything is Beautiful
5
4
Guess Who--American Woman/No Sugar Tonight
10
5
Edison Lighthouse--Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
6
6
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Something's Burning
2
7
Neil Diamond--Shilo
4
8
Ides of March--Vehicle
9
9
Jackson Five--ABC
16
10
White Plains--My Baby Loves Lovin'
30
11
Johnny Cash--What is Truth
8
12
Frijid Pink--House of the Rising Sun
13
13
5th Dimension--The Girls' Song
17
14
Youngbloods--Darkness, Darkness
12
15
John Lennon--Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
11
16
Bobby Sherman--Easy Come, Easy Go
14
17
Sandpipers--Come Saturday Morning
28
18
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Run Through the Jungle/Up Around the Bend
20
19
Bobbi Martin--For the Love of Him
19
20
Norman Greenbaum--Spirit in the Sky
24
21
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young--Woodstock
15
22
Simon & Garfunkel--Bridge Over Troubled Water
27
23
Carpenters--Ticket to Ride
18
24
B.J. Thomas--Everybody's Out of Town
29
25
Joe Cocker--The Letter
22
26
Friends of Distinction--Love or Let Me Be Lonely
44
27
Vanity Fare--Hitchin' a Ride
23
28
Vincent Bell--Airport Love Theme (Gwen and Vern)
41
29
Moody Blues--Question
39
30
Brotherhood of Man--United We Stand
25
31
Country Coalition--Time to Get it Together
36
32
Mac Davis--Whoever Finds This, I Love You
38
33
George Baker Selection--Little Green Bag
21
34
Supremes--Up the Ladder to the Roof
34
35
Van Morrison--Come Running
37
36
Mark Lindsay--Miss America
40
37
Bill Cosby--Grover Henson Feels Forgotten
49
38
Blues Image--Ride Captain Ride
42
39
Rare Earth--Get Ready
43
40
Glen Campbell--Oh Happy Day
47
41
Neil Diamond--Soolaimon (African Trilogy II)
45
42
Buddy Miles--Them Changes
32
43
Elvis Presley--Kentucky Rain
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44
Tom Jones--Daughter of Darkness
46
45
Lulu With the Dixie Flyers--Hum a Song (From Your Heart)
48
46
Tyrone Davis--Turn Back the Hands of Time
50
47
El Chicano--Viva Tirado - Part 1
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48
Johnny Rivers--Into the Mystic
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49
Crabby Appleton--Go Back
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50
Diana Ross--Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)


Only four debuts this week, so I’ll mention them all.  “Daughter of Darkness” by Tom Jones (13BB/5KJR); Johnny Rivers’ version of Van Morrison’s “Into the Mystic” (51/21); “Go Back” by Southern California pop-rock band Crabby Appleton (36/18); and the first solo hit by Diana Ross, “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” (20/31).

Monday, August 24, 2015

April 17, 1970


1
1
Beatles--Let it Be
2
2
Neil Diamond--Shilo
5
3
Marmalade--Reflections of My Life
6
4
Ides of March--Vehicle
10
5
Guess Who--American Woman/No Sugar Tonight
3
6
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Something's Burning
13
7
Ray Stevens--Everything is Beautiful
4
8
Frijid Pink--House of the Rising Sun
7
9
Jackson Five--ABC
8
10
Edison Lighthouse--Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
9
11
Bobby Sherman--Easy Come, Easy Go
11
12
John Lennon--Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
18
13
5th Dimension--The Girls' Song
20
14
Sandpipers--Come Saturday Morning
12
15
Simon & Garfunkel--Bridge Over Troubled Water
27
16
White Plains--My Baby Loves Lovin'
30
17
Youngbloods--Darkness, Darkness
19
18
B.J. Thomas--Everybody's Out of Town
14
19
Norman Greenbaum--Spirit in the Sky
29
20
Bobbi Martin--For the Love of Him
16
21
Supremes--Up the Ladder to the Roof
17
22
Friends of Distinction--Love or Let Me Be Lonely
31
23
Vincent Bell--Airport Love Theme (Gwen and Vern)
32
24
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young--Woodstock
26
25
Country Coalition--Time to Get it Together
15
26
Street People--Jennifer Tomkins
33
27
Carpenters--Ticket to Ride
40
28
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Run Through the Jungle/Up Around the Bend
41
29
Joe Cocker--The Letter
42
30
Johnny Cash--What is Truth
21
31
Badfinger--Come and Get It
23
32
Elvis Presley--Kentucky Rain
24
33
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain
34
34
Van Morrison--Come Running
28
35
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan--Tennessee Bird Walk
37
36
Mac Davis--Whoever Finds This, I Love You
38
37
Mark Lindsay--Miss America
39
38
George Baker Selection--Little Green Bag
48
39
Brotherhood of Man--United We Stand
49
40
Bill Cosby--Grover Henson Feels Forgotten
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41
Moody Blues--Question
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42
Rare Earth--Get Ready
43
43
Glen Campbell--Oh Happy Day
44
44
Vanity Fare--Hitchin' a Ride
46
45
Buddy Miles--Them Changes
---
46
Lulu With the Dixie Flyers--Hum a Song (From Your Heart)
---
47
Neil Diamond--Soolaimon (African Trilogy II)
50
48
Tyrone Davis--Turn Back the Hands of Time
---
49
Blues Image--Ride Captain Ride
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50
El Chicano--Viva Tirado - Part 1


All of the six debuts hit the top 60 at Billboard.  One will do significantly better here than there: “Question” by the Moody Blues (21BB/7KJR).  Two will do a bit worse: “Get Ready” by Rare Earth (4/11) and “Viva Tirado” by El Chicano (28/46).  The others are all pretty close matches.