Populist

I’m marking each of the singles out of 10. Marks will vary according to my mood and circumstances as well as by the quality of the record. No consistency is intended and none should be assumed - take them as seriously as you like.

• 1952
  • AL MARTINO – “Here In My Heart”   14th November 1952    4
• 1953
  • JO STAFFORD - “You Belong To Me”   16th January 1953    6
  • KAY STARR – ‘Comes A-Long A-Love’   23rd January 1953    7
  • EDDIE FISHER – ‘Outside Of Heaven’   30th January 1953    5
  • PERRY COMO - “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes”   6th February 1953    3
  • GUY MITCHELL – ‘She Wears Red Feathers’   13th March 1953    2
  • THE STARGAZERS - “Broken Wings”   10th April 1953    4
  • LITA ROZA - “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?”   17th April 1953    4
  • FRANKIE LAINE - “I Believe”   24th April 1953    3
  • EDDIE FISHER – ‘I’m Walking Behind You’   26th June 1953    5
  • MANTOVANI - “Moulin Rouge Theme”   15th August 1953    5
  • GUY MITCHELL - “Look At That Girl”   11th September 1953    3
  • FRANKIE LAINE - “Hey Joe”   23rd October 1953    5
  • DAVID WHITFIELD ‘ ‘Answer Me’   6th November 1953    2
  • FRANKIE LAINE - “Answer Me”   13th November 1953    4
• 1954
  • EDDIE CALVERT- “Oh Mein Papa”   8th January 1954    4
  • THE STARGAZERS - “I See The Moon”   12th March 1954    1
  • DORIS DAY - “Secret Love”   16th April 1954    8
  • JOHNNIE RAY - “Such A Night”   30th April 1954    7
  • DAVID WHITFIELD - “Cara Mia”   2nd July 1954    2
  • KITTY KALLEN - “Little Things Mean A Lot”   10th September 1954    5
  • FRANK SINATRA - “Three Coins In A Fountain”   17th September 1954    5
  • DON CORNELL - “Hold My Hand”   10th October 1954    3
  • VERA LYNN - “My Son My Son”   5th November 1954    2
  • ROSEMARY CLOONEY - “This Ole House”   26th November 1954    4
  • WINIFRED ATWELL - “Let’s Have Another Party”   3rd December 1954    6
• 1955
  • DICKIE VALENTINE - “Finger Of Suspicion”   7th January 1955    5
  • ROSEMARY CLOONEY - “Mambo Italiano”   14th January 1955    5
  • RUBY MURRAY - “Softly, Softly”   18th February 1955    4
  • TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - “Give Me Your Word”   11th March 1955    3
  • PEREZ ‘PREZ’ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA - “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”   29th April 1955    6
  • TONY BENNETT - “Stranger In Paradise”   13th May 1955    4
  • EDDIE CALVERT - “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”   27th May 1955    5
  • JIMMY YOUNG - “Unchained Melody”   24th June 1955    2
  • ALMA COGAN - “Dreamboat”   15th July 1955    5
  • SLIM WHITMAN - “Rose Marie”   29th July 1955    8
  • JIMMY YOUNG - “The Man From Laramie”   14th October 1955    4
  • THE JOHNSTON BROTHERS - “Hernando’s Hideaway”   11th November 1955    5
  • BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS - “Rock Around The Clock”   25th November 1955    7
  • DICKIE VALENTINE - “Christmas Alphabet”   16th December 1955    4
• 1956
  • TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - “Sixteen Tons”   20th January 1956    9
  • DEAN MARTIN - “Memories Are Made Of This”   17th February 1956    4
  • DREAMWEAVERS - “It’s Almost Tomorrow”   16th March 1956    7
  • KAY STARR - ‘Rock And Roll Waltz’   30th March 1956    5
  • WINIFRED ATTWELL - “The Poor People Of Paris”   13th April 1956    5
  • RONNIE HILTON - “No Other Love”   4th May 1956    3
  • PAT BOONE - “I’ll Be Home”   15th June 1956    2
  • FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS - “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”   20th July 1956    6
  • DORIS DAY - “Que Sera, Sera”   10th August 1956    7
  • ANNE SHELTON - “Lay Down Your Arms”   21st September 1956    3
  • FRANKIE LAINE - “A Woman In Love”   19th October 1956    2
  • JOHNNIE RAY - “Just Walking In The Rain”   16th November 1956    6
• 1957
  • GUY MITCHELL - “Singing The Blues” TOMMY STEELE - “Singing The Blues”   4th January 1957    5 / 5
  • FRANKIE VAUGHAN - “The Garden Of Eden”   25th January 1957    4
  • TAB HUNTER - “Young Love”   22nd February 1957    5
  • LONNIE DONEGAN - “Cumberland Gap”   12th April 1957    8
  • GUY MITCHELL - “Rock-A-Billy”   12th May 1957    5
  • ANDY WILLIAMS - “Butterfly”   25th May 1957    3
  • JOHNNIE RAY - “Yes Tonight Josephine”   7th June 1957    6
  • LONNIE DONEGAN - “Putting On The Style”/”Gamblin Man”   28th June 1957    8
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “All Shook Up”   12th July 1957    7
  • PAUL ANKA - “Diana”   30th August 1957    4
  • BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS - “That’ll Be The Day”   1st November 1957    5
  • HARRY BELAFONTE - “Mary’s Boy Child”   22nd November 1957    3
• 1958
  • JERRY LEE LEWIS - “Great Balls Of Fire”   10th January 1958    8
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Jailhouse Rock”   24th January 1958    7
  • MICHAEL HOLLIDAY - “The Story Of My Life”   14th February 1958    5
  • PERRY COMO - “Magic Moments”   28th February 1958    6
  • MARVIN RAINWATER - “Whole Lotta Woman”   25th April 1958    4
  • CONNIE FRANCIS - “Who’s Sorry Now?”   16th May 1958    7
  • VIC DAMONE – “On The Street Where You Live”   27th June 1958    5
  • THE EVERLY BROTHERS - “All I Have To Do Is Dream”/”Claudette”   4th July 1958    8
  • THE KALIN TWINS - “When”   22nd August 1958    5
  • CONNIE FRANCIS - “Carolina Moon”/”Stupid Cupid”   26th September 1958    7
  • TOMMY EDWARDS ‘ ‘All In The Game’   7th November 1958    6
  • LORD ROCKINGHAM’S XI ‘ ‘Hoots Mon’   28th November 1958    9
  • CONWAY TWITTY ‘ ‘It’s Only Make Believe’   19th December 1958    7
• 1959
  • JANE MORGAN ‘ ‘The Day The Rains Came’   23rd January 1959    3
  • ELVIS PRESLEY ‘ ‘I Got Stung’ / ‘One Night’   30th January 1959    6
  • SHIRLEY BASSEY ‘ ‘As I Love You’   20th February 1959    2
  • THE PLATTERS - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes   20th March 1959    7
  • RUSS CONWAY ‘ ‘Side Saddle’   27th March 1959    4
  • BUDDY HOLLY ‘ ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’   24th April 1959    7
  • ELVIS PRESLEY ‘ ‘A Fool Such As I’   15th May 1959    6
  • RUSS CONWAY ‘ ‘Roulette’   19th June 1959    4
  • BOBBY DARIN ‘ ‘Dream Lover’   3rd July 1959    4
  • CLIFF RICHARD ‘ ‘Living Doll’   31st July 1959    3
  • CRAIG DOUGLAS ‘ ‘Only Sixteen’   11th September 1959    2
  • JERRY KELLER - “Here Comes Summer”   9th October 1959    6
  • BOBBY DARIN - “Mack The Knife”   16th October 1959    7
  • CLIFF RICHARD - “Travellin’ Light”   30th October 1959    6
  • ADAM FAITH - “What Do You Want”   4th December 1959    5
  • EMILE FORD AND THE CHECKMATES - “What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?”   18th December 1959    7
• 1960
  • MICHAEL HOLLIDAY - “Starry Eyed”   29th January 1960    5
  • ANTHONY NEWLEY - “Why?”   5th February 1960    2
  • ADAM FAITH - “Poor Me”   10th March 1960    6
  • JOHNNY PRESTON - “Running Bear”   17th March 1960    5
  • LONNIE DONEGAN - “My Old Man’s A Dustman”   2nd April 1960    1
  • ANTHONY NEWLEY - “Do You Mind?”   30th April 1960    4
  • THE EVERLY BROTHERS - “Cathy’s Clown”   7th May 1960    7
  • EDDIE COCHRAN - “Three Steps To Heaven”   25 June 1960    5
  • JIMMY JONES - “Good Timin’”   9th July 1960    6
  • CLIFF RICHARD - “Please Don’t Tease”   30th July 1960    3
  • JOHNNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES - “Shaking All Over”   6th August 1960    8
  • THE SHADOWS - “Apache”   27th August 1960    7
  • RICKY VALANCE - “Tell Laura I Love Her”   1st October 1960    4
  • ROY ORBISON - “Only The Lonely”   22nd October 1960    6
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “It’s Now Or Never”   5th November 1960    4
  • CLIFF RICHARD - “I Love You”   31st December 1960    2
• 1961
  • JOHNNY TILLOTSON - “Poetry In Motion”   14th January 1961    6
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”   28 January 1961    8
  • PETULA CLARK - “Sailor”   25th February 1961    4
  • EVERLY BROTHERS - “Walk Right Back”   4th March 1961    5
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Wooden Heart”   25 March 1961    2
  • THE MARCELS - “Blue Moon”   6th May 1961    9
  • FLOYD CRAMER - “On The Rebound”   20th May 1961    5
  • THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN - “You’re Driving Me Crazy”   27th May 1961    5
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Surrender”   3rd June 1961    4
  • DEL SHANNON - “Runaway”   1st July 1961    7
  • THE EVERLY BROTHERS - “Temptation”   22nd July 1961    7
  • EDEN KANE - “Well I Ask You”   5th August 1961    5
  • HELEN SHAPIRO - “You Don’t Know”   12th August 1961    4
  • JOHN LEYTON - “Johnny Remember Me”   2nd September 1961    9
  • SHIRLEY BASSEY - “I Reach For The Stars”   23rd September 1961    2
  • THE SHADOWS - “Kon-Tiki”   7th October 1961    6
  • THE HIGHWAYMEN - “Michael”   14th October 1961    6
  • HELEN SHAPIRO - “Walking Back To Happiness”   21st October 1961    3
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “His Latest Flame”   11th November 1961    7
  • FRANKIE VAUGHAN - “Tower Of Strength”   9th December 1961    8
  • DANNY WILLIAMS - “Moon River”   30th December 1961    9
• 1962
  • CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS - “The Young Ones”   13th January 1962    3
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Can’t Help Falling In Love”   24th February 1962    5
  • THE SHADOWS - “Wonderful Land”   24th March 1962    8
  • B.BUMBLE AND THE STINGERS - “Nut Rocker”   19th May 1962    6
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Good Luck Charm”   26th May 1962    5
  • MIKE SARNE WITH WENDY RICHARD - “Come Outside”   30th June 1962    2
  • RAY CHARLES - “I Can’t Stop Loving You”   14th July 1962    7
  • FRANK IFIELD - “I Remember You”   28th July 1962    7
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “She’s Not You”   15th September 1962    4
  • THE TORNADOS - “Telstar”   6th October 1962    9
  • FRANK IFIELD - “Lovesick Blues”   10th November 1962    4
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Return To Sender”   15th December 1962    6
• 1963
  • CLIFF RICHARD - “The Next Time”   15th January 1963    5
  • THE SHADOWS - “Dance On!”   26th January 1963    5
  • JET HARRIS AND TONY MEEHAN - “Diamonds”   2nd February 1963    6
  • FRANK IFIELD - “The Wayward Wind”   23rd February 1963    6
  • CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS - “Summer Holiday”   16th March 1963    6
  • THE SHADOWS - “Foot Tapper”   30th March 1963    4
  • GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS - “How Do You Do It?”   13th April 1963    4
  • THE BEATLES - “From Me To You”   4th May 1963    7
  • GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS - “I Like It”   22nd June 1963    3
  • FRANK IFIELD - “I’m Confessin’”   20th July 1963    5
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “(You’re The) Devil In Disguise”   3rd August 1963    6
  • THE SEARCHERS - “Sweets For My Sweet”   10th August 1963    4
  • BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS - “Bad To Me”   24th August 1963    7
  • THE BEATLES - “She Loves You”   14th September 1963    8
  • BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES - “Do You Love Me?”   12th October 1963    6
  • GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS - “You’ll Never Walk Alone”   2nd November 1963    3
  • THE BEATLES - “I Want To Hold Your Hand”   14th December 1963    7
• 1964
  • THE DAVE CLARK FIVE - “Glad All Over”   18th January 1964    7
  • THE SEARCHERS - “Needles And Pins”   1st February 1964    6
  • THE BACHELORS - “Diane”   22nd February 1964    4
  • CILLA BLACK - “Anyone Who Had A Heart”   29th February 1964    4
  • BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS - “Little Children”   21st March 1964    2
  • THE BEATLES - “Can’t Buy Me Love”   4th April 1964    6
  • PETER AND GORDON - “A World Without Love”   25th April 1964    5
  • THE SEARCHERS - “Don’t Throw Your Love Away”   9th May 1964    5
  • THE FOUR PENNIES - “Juliet”   23rd May 1964    6
  • CILLA BLACK - “You’re My World”   30th May 1964    3
  • ROY ORBISON - “It’s Over”   27th June 1964    9
  • THE ANIMALS - “House Of The Rising Sun”   11th July 1964    6
  • THE ROLLING STONES - “It’s All Over Now”   18th July 1964    7
  • THE BEATLES - “A Hard Day’s Night”   25th July 1964    8
  • MANFRED MANN - “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”   15th August 1964    2
  • THE HONEYCOMBS - “Have I The Right?”   29th August 1964    8
  • THE KINKS - “You Really Got Me”   12th September 1964    7
  • HERMAN’S HERMITS - “I’m Into Something Good”   26th September 1964    6
  • ROY ORBISON - “Oh, Pretty Woman”   10th October 1964    8
  • SANDIE SHAW - “Always Something There To Remind Me”   24th October 1964    6
  • THE SUPREMES - “Baby Love”   21st November 1964    8
  • THE ROLLING STONES - “Little Red Rooster”   5th December 1964    6
  • THE BEATLES - “I Feel Fine”   12th December 1964    6
• 1965
  • GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES - “Yeh Yeh”   16th January 1965    5
  • THE MOODY BLUES - “Go Now”   30th January 1965    7
  • THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”   6th February 1965    8
  • THE KINKS - “Tired Of Waiting For You”   20th February 1965    6
  • THE SEEKERS - “I’ll Never Find Another You”   25th February 1965    4
  • TOM JONES - “It’s Not Unusual”   13th March 1965    4
  • THE ROLLING STONES - “The Last Time”   20th March 1965    6
  • UNIT FOUR PLUS TWO - “Concrete And Clay”   10th April 1965    6
  • CLIFF RICHARD - “The Minute You’re Gone”   17th April 1965    4
  • THE BEATLES - “Ticket To Ride”   24th April 1965    8
  • ROGER MILLER - “King Of The Road”   15th May 1965    7
  • JACKIE TRENT - “Where Are You Now (My Love)?”   22nd May 1965    3
  • SANDIE SHAW - “Long Live Love”   29th May 1965    4
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “Crying In The Chapel”   19th June 1965    2
  • THE HOLLIES - “I’m Alive”   26th June 1965    5
  • THE BYRDS - “Mr. Tambourine Man”   24th July 1965    8
  • THE BEATLES - “Help!”   7th August 1965    7
  • SONNY AND CHER - “I Got You Babe”   28th August 1965    7
  • THE ROLLING STONES - “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”   11th September 1965    9
  • THE WALKER BROTHERS - “Make It Easy On Yourself”   25th September 1965    6
  • KEN DODD - “Tears” / THE ROLLING STONES - “Get Off Of My Cloud”   2nd October 1965    2 / 9
  • THE SEEKERS - “The Carnival Is Over”   27th November 1965    4
  • THE BEATLES - “Day Tripper”/”We Can Work It Out”   18th December 1965    7
• 1966
  • SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - “Keep On Running”   22nd Jan 1966    8
  • THE OVERLANDERS - “Michelle”   29th January 1966    3
  • NANCY SINATRA - “These Boots Were Made For Walking”   19th February 1966    10
  • THE WALKER BROTHERS - “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”   19th March 1966    8
  • SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - “Somebody Help Me”   16th April 1966    5
  • DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me”   30th April 1966    6
  • MANFRED MANN - “Pretty Flamingo”   7th May 1966    5
  • THE ROLLING STONES - “Paint It, Black”   28 May 1966    9
  • FRANK SINATRA - “Strangers In The Night”   4th June 1966    5
  • THE BEATLES - “Paperback Writer”   25th June 1966    9
  • THE KINKS - “Sunny Afternoon”   9th July 1966    8
  • GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES - “Get Away”   23rd July 1966    3
  • CHRIS FARLOWE - “Out Of Time”   30th July 1966    9
  • THE TROGGS - “With A Girl Like You”   6th August 1966    4
  • THE BEATLES - “Eleanor Rigby”/”Yellow Submarine”   20th August 1966    10
  • THE SMALL FACES - “All Or Nothing”   17th September 1966    4
  • JIM REEVES - “Distant Drums”   24th September 1966    2
  • THE FOUR TOPS - “Reach Out I’ll Be There”   29th October 1966    9
  • THE BEACH BOYS - “Good Vibrations”   19th November 1966    9
  • TOM JONES - “Green Green Grass Of Home”   3rd December 1966    3
• 1967
  • THE MONKEES - “I’m A Believer”   21st January 1967    7
  • PETULA CLARK - “This Is My Song”   18th February 1967    1
  • ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - “Release Me”   4th March 1967    4
  • FRANK AND NANCY SINATRA - “Something Stupid”   15th April 1967    5
  • SANDIE SHAW - “Puppet On A String”   29th April 1967    5
  • THE TREMELOES - “Silence Is Golden”   20th May 1967    4
  • PROCUL HARUM - “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”   10th June 1967    5
  • THE BEATLES - “All You Need Is Love”   22nd July 1967    5
  • SCOTT MCKENZIE - “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)”   12th August 1967    6
  • ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - “The Last Waltz”   9th September 1967    1
  • THE BEE GEES - “Massachusetts”   14th October 1967    6
  • THE FOUNDATIONS - “Baby Now That I’ve Found You”   11th November 1967    7
  • LONG JOHN BALDRY - “Let The Heartaches Begin”   25th November 1967    5
  • THE BEATLES - “Hello Goodbye”   9th December 1967    6
• 1968
  • GEORGIE FAME - “The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde”   27th January 1968    3
  • THE LOVE AFFAIR - “Everlasting Love”   3rd February 1968    8
  • MANFRED MANN - “Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)”   17th February 1968    7
  • ESTHER AND ABI OFARIM - “Cinderella Rockefeller”   2nd March 1968    2
  • DAVE DEE, DOZY BEAKY MICK AND TICH - “The Legend Of Xanadu”   23rd March 1968    8
  • THE BEATLES - “Lady Madonna”   30th March 1968    8
  • CLIFF RICHARD - “Congratulations”   13th April 1968    3
  • LOUIS ARMSTRONG - “What A Wonderful World”   27th April 1968    4
  • GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP - “Young Girl”   ¬†25th May 1968    5
  • THE ROLLING STONES - “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”   22nd June 1968    9
  • THE EQUALS - “Baby Come Back”   6th July 1968    7
  • DES O’CONNOR - “I Pretend”   27th July 1968    3
  • TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS - “Mony Mony”   3rd August 1968    6
  • THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN - “Fire”   17th August¬†1968    6
  • THE BEACH BOYS - “Do It Again”   31st August 1968    6
  • THE BEE GEES - “I Gotta Get A Message To You”   7th September 1968    4
  • THE BEATLES - “Hey Jude”   14th September 1968    4
  • MARY HOPKIN - “Those Were The Days”   28th September 1968    6
  • JOE COCKER - “With A Little Help From My Friends”   9th November 1968    3
  • HUGO MONTENEGRO AND HIS ORCHESTRA - “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly”   16th November 1968    6
  • SCAFFOLD - “Lily The Pink”   14th December 1968    3
• 1969
  • MARMALADE - “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”   4th January 1969    3
  • FLEETWOOD MAC - “Albatross”   1st February 1969    8
  • THE MOVE - “Blackberry Way”   8th February 1969    6
  • AMEN CORNER - “(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice”   15th Feburary 1969    4
  • PETER SARSTEDT - “Where Do You Go To My Lovely?”   1st March 1969    3
  • MARVIN GAYE - “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”   29th March 1969    9
  • DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES - “Israelites”   19th April 1969    10
  • THE BEATLES WITH BILLY PRESTON - “Get Back”   26th April 1969    5
  • TOMMY ROE - “Dizzy”   7th June 1969    4
  • THE BEATLES - “The Ballad Of John And Yoko”   14th June¬†1969    4
  • THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN - “Something In The Air”   5th July 1969    5
  • THE ROLLING STONES - “Honky Tonk Women”   26th July 1969    6
  • ZAGER AND EVANS - “In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)”   30th August 1969    5
  • CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - “Bad Moon Rising”   20th September 1969    7
  • SERGE GAINSBOURG AND JANE BIRKIN - “Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus”   11th October 1969    5
  • BOBBIE GENTRY - “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”   18th October 1969    6
  • THE ARCHIES - “Sugar, Sugar”   25th October 1969    8
  • ROLF HARRIS - “Two Little Boys”   20th December 1969    3
• 1970
  • EDISON LIGHTHOUSE - “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes”   31st January 1970    6
  • LEE MARVIN - “Wand’rin Star”   7th March 1970    5
  • SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - “Bridge Over Troubled Water”   28th March 1970    5
  • DANA - “All Kinds Of Everything”   18th April 1970    2
  • NORMAN GREENBAUM - “Spirit In The Sky”   2nd May 1970    7
  • ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD 1970 - “Back Home”   16th May 1970    4
  • CHRISTIE - “Yellow River”   6th June 1970    6
  • MUNGO JERRY - “In The Summertime”   13th June 1970    7
  • ELVIS PRESLEY - “The Wonder Of You”   1st August 1970    3
  • SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES - “Tears Of A Clown”   12th September 1970    8
  • FREDA PAYNE - “Band Of Gold”   19th September 1970    8
  • MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT - “Woodstock”   31st October 1970    7
  • THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - “Voodoo Chile”   21 November 1970    6
  • DAVE EDMUNDS - “I Hear You Knocking”   28th November 1970    5
• 1971
  • CLIVE DUNN - “Grandad”   9th January 1971    2
  • GEORGE HARRISON - “My Sweet Lord”   30th January 1971    7
  • MUNGO JERRY - “Baby Jump”   6th March 1971    4
  • T REX - “Hot Love”   20th March 1971    10
  • DAVE AND ANSEL COLLINS - “Double Barrel”   1st May 1971    8
  • TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN - “Knock Three Times”   15th May 1971    4
  • MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”   19th June 1971    4
  • T REX - “Get It On”   24th July 1971    8
  • DIANA ROSS - “I’m Still Waiting”   21st August 1971    6
  • THE TAMS - “Hey Girl, Don’t Bother Me”   18th September 1971    5
  • ROD STEWART - “Maggie May”   9th October 1971    8
  • SLADE - “Coz I Luv You”   13th November 1971    5
  • BENNY HILL - “Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West”   11th December 1971    6
• 1972
  • THE NEW SEEKERS - “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing”   8th January 1972    2
  • T REX - “Telegram Sam”   5th February 1972    6
  • CHICORY TIP - “Son Of My Father”   19th February 1972    8
  • NILSSON - “Without You”   11th March 1972    6
  • THE PIPES AND DRUMS AND MILITARY BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS - “Amazing Grace”   15th April 1972    5
  • T REX - “Metal Guru”   20th May 1972    8
  • DON McLEAN - “Vincent”   17th June 1972    1
  • SLADE - “Take Me Bak ‘Ome”   1st July 1972    5
  • DONNY OSMOND - “Puppy Love”   8th July 1972    3
  • ALICE COOPER - “School’s Out”   12th August 1972    8
  • ROD STEWART - “You Wear It Well”   2nd September 1972    7
  • SLADE - “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”   9th September 1972    6
  • DAVID CASSIDY - “How Can I Be Sure?”   30th September 1972    6
  • LIEUTENANT PIGEON - “Mouldy Old Dough”   14th October 1972    9
  • GILBERT O’SULLIVAN - “Clair”   11th November 1972    3
  • CHUCK BERRY - “My Ding-A-Ling”   4th November 1972    2
  • LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND - “Long Haired Lover From Liverpool”   23rd December 1972    1
• 1973
  • THE SWEET - “Block Buster”   27th January 1973    9
  • SLADE - “Cvm On Feel The Noize”   4th March 1973    8
  • DONNY OSMOND - “The Twelfth Of Never”   31st March 1973    4
  • GILBERT O’SULLIVAN - “Get Down”   7th April 1973    5
  • TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN - “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”   21 April 1973    3
  • WIZZARD - “See My Baby Jive”   19th May 1973    6
  • SUZI QUATRO - “Can The Can”   16th June 1973    7
  • 10CC - “Rubber Bullets”   23rd June 1973    5
  • SLADE - “Skweeze Me Pleeze Me”   30th June 1973    6
  • PETERS AND LEE - “Welcome Home”   21st July 1973    4
  • GARY GLITTER - “I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)”   28 July 1973    4
  • DONNY OSMOND - Young Love   25th August 1973    4
  • WIZZARD - “Angel Fingers”   22nd September 1973    7
  • THE SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA - “Eye Level”   29th September 1973    4
  • DAVID CASSIDY - “Daydreamer”/”The Puppy Song”   27th October 1973    6
  • GARY GLITTER - “I Love You Love Me Love”   17th November 1973    4
  • SLADE - “Merry Xmas Everybody”   15th December 1973    9
• 1974
  • THE NEW SEEKERS - “You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me”   19th January 1974    5
  • MUD - “Tiger Feet”   26th January 1974    6
  • SUZI QUATRO - “Devil Gate Drive”   23rd February 1974    7
  • ALVIN STARDUST - “Jealous Mind”   9th March 1974    4
  • PAPER LACE - “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero”   16th March 1974    4
  • TERRY JACKS - “Seasons In The Sun”   6th April 1974    6
  • ABBA - “Waterloo”   4th May 1974    9
  • THE RUBETTES - “Sugar Baby Love”   18th May 1974    8
  • RAY STEVENS - “The Streak”   15th June 1974    3
  • GARY GLITTER - “Always Yours”   22nd June 1974    5
  • CHARLES AZNAVOUR - “She”   29th June 1974    3
  • GEORGE McCRAE - “Rock Your Baby”   27th July 1974    8
  • THE THREE DEGREES - “When Will I See You Again?”   12th August 1974    9
  • THE OSMONDS - “Love Me For A Reason”   31st August 1974    6
  • CARL DOUGLAS - “Kung Fu Fighting”   21st September 1974    7
  • JOHN DENVER - “Annie’s Song”   12th October 1974    4
  • SWEET SENSATION - “Sad Sweet Dreamer”   19th October 1974    5
  • KEN BOOTHE - “Everything I Own”   26th October 1974    6
  • DAVID ESSEX - “Gonna Make You A Star”   16th November 1974    4
  • BARRY WHITE - “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”   7th December 1974    7
  • MUD - “Lonely This Christmas”   21st December 1974    7
• 1975
  • STATUS QUO - “Down Down”   18th January 1975    6
  • THE TYMES - “Ms. Grace”   25th January 1975    6
  • PILOT - “January”   1st February 1975    5
  • STEVE HARLEY AND COCKNEY REBEL - “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)”   22nd February 1975    9
  • TELLY SAVALAS - “If”   8th March 1975    3
  • BAY CITY ROLLERS - “Bye Bye Baby”   22nd March 1975    5
  • MUD - “Oh Boy”   May 3rd 1975    4
  • TAMMY WYNETTE - “Stand By Your Man”   3rd May 1975    6
  • WINDSOR DAVIES AND DON ESTELLE - “Whispering Grass”   7th June 1975    2
  • 10cc - “I’m Not In Love”   28th June 1975    8
  • JOHNNY NASH - “Tears On My Pillow”   12th July 1975    5
  • BAY CITY ROLLERS - “Give A Little Love”   19th July 1975    3
  • TYPICALLY TROPICAL - “Barbados”   9th August 1975    2
  • THE STYLISTICS - “I Can’t Give You Anything But My Love”   16th August 1975    7
  • ROD STEWART - “Sailing”   6th September 1975    3
  • DAVID ESSEX - “Hold Me Close”   4th October 1975    2
  • ART GARFUNKEL - “I Only Have Eyes For You”   25th October 1975    6
  • DAVID BOWIE - “Space Oddity”   8th November 1975    8
  • BILLY CONNOLLY - “D.I.V.O.R.C.E.”   22nd November 1975    5
  • QUEEN - “Bohemian Rhapsody”   29th November 1975    8
• 1976
  • ABBA - “Mamma Mia”   31st January 1976    7
  • SLIK - “Forever And Ever”   14th February 1976    6
  • FOUR SEASONS - “December 1963 (Oh What A Night)”   21st February 1976    6
  • TINA CHARLES - “I Love To Love”   6th March 1976    6
  • BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - “Save Your Kisses For Me”   27th March 1976    2
  • ABBA - “Fernando”   8th May 1976    7
  • JJ BARRIE - “No Charge”   2nd June 1976    2
  • THE WURZELS - “Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)”   12th June 1976    5
  • THE REAL THING - “You To Me Are Everything”   26th June 1976    6
  • DEMIS ROUSSOS - The Roussos Phenomenon (EP)   17th July 1976    3
  • ELTON JOHN AND KIKI DEE - “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”   24th July 1976    5
  • ABBA - “Dancing Queen”   4th September 1976    10
  • PUSSYCAT - “Mississippi”   11th October 1976    4
  • CHICAGO - “If You Leave Me Now”   13th November 1976    5
  • SHOWADDYWADDY - “Under The Moon Of Love”   4th December 1976    3
  • JOHNNY MATHIS - “When A Child Is Born (Soleado)”   25th December 1976    3
• 1977
  • DAVID SOUL - “Don’t Give Up On Us”   15th January 1977    4
  • JULIE COVINGTON - “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”   12th February 1977    8
  • LEO SAYER - “When I Need You”   19th February 1977    5
  • MANHATTAN TRANSFER - “Chanson D’Amour”   12th March 1977    4
  • ABBA - “Knowing Me Knowing You”   2nd April 1977    8
  • DENIECE WILLIAMS - “Free”   7th May 1977    7
  • ROD STEWART - “I Don’t Want To Talk About It”/”The First Cut Is The Deepest”   21st May 1977    5
  • THE SEX PISTOLS - “God Save The Queen”   7th June 1977    X
  • KENNY ROGERS - “Lucille”   18th June 1977    4
  • THE JACKSONS - “Show You The Way To Go”   25th June 1977    6
  • HOT CHOCOLATE - “So You Win Again”   2 July 1977    6
  • DONNA SUMMER - “I Feel Love”   23rd July 1977    9
  • BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - “Angelo”   20th August 1977    5
  • THE FLOATERS - “Float On”   27th August 1977    4