How do - once again...

A quick roll-call of what was prising our wallets open record-wise all them years ago...

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats

Praise 'em to the skies, banish 'em to hell, or just scratch your heads...! All comments welcome...

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry  Boy, this song must have been #1 for a long time, as I remember seeing it on your last list...2

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex  A Classic...4

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond  Not very good...2

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter  ?

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae  This is one of my favorite soul songs from the 70's...5

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers  ?

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee  Overplayed...3

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer  3

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  They don't get much better than this...5

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats  I hadn't realized this song was that old  :o...4

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry - yep, still there! Lasting longer than most British summers do! Likeable piece of good-time music...special mention must be made of the record that spent 5 long weeks behind it and never got to the summit...All Right Now - Free, sometimes there's no justice...

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex - ...otherwise known as "Bang A Gong" in the US (their only hit), a huge slab of early glam...nice! Featured a pre-Yes Rick Wakeman bashing the piano...Younger persons may remember the Power Station version of a few years later...

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond - ...just as America was tiring of the Osmonds, so they shipped 'em over here! Likeable update of Paul Anka's teeny-angst ballad of years before...

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter - ...which unoffically became known as his theme tune...rousing piece of noise by the man who, if he asked "Do You Wanna Be In My Gang?", most self-respecting people would answer, "Not bloody likely!"

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae - ...no stopping this! Excellent tune which stands up well to this day...was actually recorded as a "time-filler" when his wife failed to show up for a joint recording session...

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers - ...the Tartan Terrors with a syrupy teen-ballad which retains some kitsch value...sent packing to the US by the end of the year, and when they returned, no-one here could remember who they were...!

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee - ...was, until 1990, Elton's only visit to the UK #1 slot...Kiki remains a very under-rated artist, IMO...still a likeable tune...

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer - ...her only #1 which introduced the world to the "cold" production techniques of Giorgio Moroder - groundbreaking at the time, but sounds horrifically dated now...

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - ...it seemed at one point that John & Livvy were going to remain here until doomsday...fondly remembered by all...gains extra glory for managing to keep the dreaded Smurf Song off the top...

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats - ...Bob & Co attacking some rather serious material, the shooting incident at a San Diego school by one of the pupils...memorable "minimalist"-type video wrapped up in a memorable song...

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry - Cool summer tune

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex - Excellent song by one of my favourite bands

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond - worst song ever

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter - Still cool, despite recent revelations of Gary's personal life!

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae - Ok disco tune

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers - Don't know this one, but HATE the Bay City Rollers

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee - Excellent

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer - Quite good

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - great song, great film

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats - their best work

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry  5 - the Mixtures (Aus) version is also worth a 5 !

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex  Thank you so much for not referring to it as "Bang a Gong" - 5

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond  3 - good although not my scene !

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter  3 - not one of gary's best and given recent events the title takes on some unfortunate connotations doesn't it ?  :-/

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae  2

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers  2.5 - once again - not one of their best...

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee  3.5 - but yes !  Overplayed !

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer  4

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  2.5 - Predictable and overplayed !

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats  3.5 - Okay but again thrashed to death

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry 4 and a 5 for The Mixtures version.

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex 5....love T-Rex  8)

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond  3...a bit too soppy for me  :P

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter 3....done better IMO

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae 5....love it !

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers 4...BCR fan from waaay back ! :P

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee 4......played to death but I still hum along.

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer  5

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  5.....love Grease !

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 4....I'd give RatTrap a 5 !

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry : 3 - catchy but irritating

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex : 5 - they don't get any better

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond : 1 - grooo.....

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter : 4 - the sillier side of glam

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae : 2 - makes no impression

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers : 2 : not quite "grooooo...." but almost

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee : 2 - just dull

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer : 5 - did someone say 'dated'. Heck, I could dance all night to this. Could Cherie Blair be the new Donna Summer (Cherie's having the smash Ibiza dancefloor hit this year, apparently, with a sampled version of her recent impromptu 'When I'm 64'.... :) )

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John : 3 - ok.

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats : 3 - seemed better at the time.

Huw

Good Lord, Fuss & mandamoo - I had no idea the Mixtures did an Aus cover of "In The Summertime" - must try and get a copy of that...of course, we only know 'em for "The Pushbike Song"...interesting, nonetheless...

1970 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry Annoyingly catchy!  But I give it a 4.5

1971 - Get It On - T.Rex 4.5

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond ?

1973 - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) - Gary Glitter ?

1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae ?

1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers ?

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee 3.5

1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer 3

1978 - You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 5 (love this one)

1979 - I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 3