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Subject: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: whistledog on 07/23/07 at 3:15 pm

Just for a bit of a flashback ... here are the #1 hits on this day for each year in the 70s for North America and the United Kingdom

AMERICA
1970 - Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night
1971 - Indian Reservation - The Raiders
1972 - Lean on Me - Bill Withers
1973 - Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
1974 - Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
1975 - Listen to What the Man Said - Wings
1976 - Kiss and Say Goodbye - Manhattans
1977 - Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow
1978 - Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
1979 - Bad Girls - Donna Summer

CANADA
1970 - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie
1971 - It's Too Late - Carole King
1972 - Troglodyte - Jimmy Castor Bunch
1973 - Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters
1974 - Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation
1975 - Magic - Pilot
1976 - Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Eric Carmen
1977 - Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy
1978 - Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
1979 - We Are Family - Sister Sledge

UNITED KINGDOM
1970 - In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
1971 - Get it On (Bang A Gong) - T. Rex
1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond
1973 - Welcome Home - Peters and Lee
1974 - She - Charles Aznavour
1975 - Give A Little Love - Bay City Rollers
1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
1977 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer
1978 - You're the One That I Want - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
1979 - Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Paul on 07/23/07 at 3:22 pm

Ah! The mighty Peters & Lee!

It was an achievement in itself that a 'mushy' ballad could hit #1, but even more so when it was 'sandwiched' between two legendary exponents of Glam rock (namely Slade and Gary Glitter!)

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/23/07 at 3:46 pm

1976 - Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Eric Carmen
1978 - Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

I'm really surprised that these two didn't make #1 in the US... :-\\

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Paul on 07/23/07 at 3:57 pm

I'm really surprised that these two didn't make #1 in the US... :-\\

They didn't in Britain either...and poor old Eric didn't even chart!

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/23/07 at 4:14 pm

They didn't in Britain either...and poor old Eric didn't even chart!

Shocking!

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Henk on 07/23/07 at 4:38 pm

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Well, let's try again...

As I was saying..not a lot of similarities with Dutch Top 40.

THE NETHERLANDS
1970 - In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
1971 - Manuela - Jacques Herb & de Riwi's
1972 - A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
1973 - Do You Love Me - Sharif Dean
1974 - Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes
1975 - Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
1976 - Show Me the Way - Peter Frampton
1977 - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara
1978 - You're the One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
1979 - Theme From "The Deer Hunter" - The Shadows

Note: Procol Harum had already hit the #1 spot in 1967 with the same song.

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/23/07 at 4:40 pm

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

How interesting to note that this song made #1 in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and The Netherlands! 8)

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Philip Eno on 07/23/07 at 5:02 pm

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Paul on 07/23/07 at 5:04 pm

How interesting to note that this song made #1 in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and The Netherlands! 8)

Where didn't it make #1? :D

(Probably Outer Mongolia, but I'll have to do a bit of research into that! ;))

Anyway...no-one was asking, but what th' hell...

The British #1 LPs from the same time...

1970 - 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' - Simon & Garfunkel

1971 - 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' - Simon & Garfunkel
(it did actually slip down in the interim!)

1972 - 'Bridge Over Tr...sorry! '20 Dynamic Hits' - Various
(K-Tel's first British chart-topping LP, bless 'em!)

1973 - 'That'll Be The Day' - Various
(Ronco compilation of 50s stuff, based on the film of the same name)

1974 - 'Caribou' - Elton John
(Barring a Greatest Hits compilation, this was Queen Elton's last British #1 LP for 16 years!)

1975 - 'Venus And Mars' - Wings

1976 - '20 Golden Greats' - Beach Boys
(Summer wouldn't be summer without the almost annual re-hash of Beach Boys material!)

1977 - 'The Johnny Mathis Collection' - Johnny Mathis
(Strange year, 1977...whippersnappers like Sinatra, Slim Whitman, Connie Francis, The Shadows, Elvis Presley and young Johnny all having British chart-topping LPs!)

1978 - 'Saturday Night Fever' - OST
(The biggest selling soundtrack LP ever...need I say more?)

1979 - 'Replicas' - Tubeway Army

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/23/07 at 5:25 pm

1974 - 'Caribou' - Elton John
(Barring a Greatest Hits compilation, this was Queen Elton's last British #1 LP for 16 years!)

'Queen' Elton?! ;D

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Paul on 07/23/07 at 5:31 pm

'Queen' Elton?! ;D

That's how most of Britain knows him! ;)

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: whistledog on 07/23/07 at 5:58 pm

UK Charts:

1970 - In the Summertime ~ Mungo Jerry
1971 - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep ~ Middle Of The Road
1972 - Puppy Love ~ Donny Osmond
1973 - Welcome Home ~ Peters & Lee
1974 - She ~ Charles Aznavour
1975 - Give A Little Love ~ Bay City Rollers
1976 - The Roussos Phenomenon (EP) ~ Demis Roussos
1977 - I Feel Love ~ Donna Summer
1978 - You're the One That I Want ~ John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
1979 - Are Friends Electric? ~ Tubeway Army

some of those differ from the info I posted. The site I used must've been off a little lol

Here are the #1 albums for Canada on this day ...

1970 - Let it Be - The Beatles
1971 - Tapestry - Carole King
1972 - Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
1973 - Living in the Material World - George Harrison
1974 - Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
1975 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
1976 - Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
1977 - Book of Dreams - Steve Miller Band
1978 - City to City - Gerry Rafferty
1979 - Bad Girls - Donna Summer

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/23/07 at 9:12 pm

Fun topic!

I'll do the number 1 albums for America:

1970 - Woodstock Soundtrack - Various
1971 - Tapestry - Carole King
1972 - Honky Chateau - Elton John
1973 - Living In The Material World - George Harrison
1974 - Caribou - Elton John
1975 - Venus and Mars - McCartney & Wings
1976 - (need research) one of: Black and Blue - Rolling Stones; Wings at the Speed Of Sound - McCarney/Wings; Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton; or Eagles Greatest Hits 71-75
1977 - Barry Manilow Live - Barry Manilow
1978 - Some Girls - Rolling Stones
1979 - (need research) one of: Minute By Minute - Doobie Brothers; Breakfast in America - Supertramp; or Bad Girls - Donna Summer

For 1976 and 1979, the records I listed kept displacing one another at the #1 spot for weeks. If anyone can chime in on the specific ones for July 23, be my guest! :)

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Henk on 07/24/07 at 12:05 am

THE NETHERLANDS - ALBUMS
1970 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
1971 - Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
1972 - Alle 13 Goed - Various Artists
1973 - 20 Fantastic Hits - Various Artists
1974 - Radio Veronica's 40 All Time Greatest Hits - Various Artists
1975 - Pop Music - Various Artists
1976 - Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond
1977 - Hotel California - Eagles
1978 - Saturday Night Fever - OST (surprise, surprise....)
1979 - Fate for Breakfast - Art Garfunkel

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: zcrito on 07/29/07 at 3:18 am

"#1 hits on this day for each year in the 70s..."

It's hard to say if a certain song didn't do well or make it in the top-10 in another country. It looks like many of the songs were just released a month or two (or even more) outside their country of origin. #1 in the US in July could be #1 in Canada in August, and vice-versa ??

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: whistledog on 07/29/07 at 10:47 am

Here just for the heck of it, on this day 30 years ago (1977), here are the songs in the Canadian Top 50 ...

TW | LW | SONG AND ARTIST
01 | 02 | Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy
02 | 01 | Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
03 | 03 | Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band
04 | 04 | Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
05 | 07 | I'm in You - Peter Frampton
06 | 11 | Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA
07 | 12 | I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
08 | 15 | Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow
09 | 05 | Got to Give it Up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye
10 | 06 | You Won't Dance With Me - April Wine http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
11 | 08 | High School Dance - The Sylvers
12 | 16 | It's Sad to Belong - England Dan and John Ford Coley
13 | 24 | My Heart Belongs to Me - Barbra Streisand
14 | 09 | Fly at Night - Chilliwack http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
15 | 17 | Watcha Gonna Do - Pablo Cruise
16 | 10 | Life in the Fast Lane - The Eagles
17 | 13 | Theme From Rocky (Gonna Fly Now) - Bill Conti
18 | 29 | You and Me - Alice Cooper
19 | 14 | Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
20 | 26 | Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
21 | 30 | Do You Wanna Make Love - Peter McCann
22 | 33 | You're My World - Helen Reddy
23 | 18 | Angel in Your Arms - Hot
24 | 19 | Lucille - Kenny Rogers
25 | 31 | Ariel - Dean Friedman
26 | 20 | Love's Grown Deep - Kenny Nolan
27 | 21 | Heard it in A Love Song - Marshall Tucker Band
28 | 22 | Mainstreet - Bob Seger
29 | 23 | Calling Dr. Love - Kiss
30 | 41 | Barracuda - Heart
31 | 25 | Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
32 | 54 | Your Love Has Lifted Me (Higher and Higher) - Rita Coolidge
33 | 27 | Back Together Again - Daryl Hall and John Oates
34 | 28 | Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
35 | 43 | Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills and Nash
36 | 38 | The Killing of Georgie - Rod Stewart
37 | 32 | Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
38 | 39 | All You Get From Love is A Love Song - The Carpenters
39 | 34 | I'm Your Boogie Man - KC and the Sunshine Band
40 | 35 | Whodunit - Tavares
41 | 36 | When I Need You - Leo Sayer
42 | 44 | Your Love Gets Me Around - Ronney Abramson http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
43 | 37 | Southern Nights - Glen Campbell
44 | 40 | Couldn't Get it Right - Climax Blues Band
45 | 68 | You Made Me Believe in Magic - Bay City Rollers
46 | 42 | Peace of Mind - Boston
47 | 45 | Come in From the Rain - Captain and Tennille
48 | 69 | Handyman - James Taylor
49 | 77 | Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra
50 | 46 | Luckenbach Texas - Waylon Jennings

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/11/07 at 7:17 am

UK Chart Number Ones for August 10 throughout the 70s:

1970 - The Wonder Of You ~ Elvis Presley
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 - Barbados ~ Typically Tropical
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 ~ The Boomtown Rats

Subject: Re: #1 Hits on this day throughout the 70s

Written By: whistledog on 08/11/07 at 10:37 am

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