Dave Edmunds began his first week as the UK Number 1 this week in November 1970 by making an impressive fifteen-place climb to the top of the charts.
As he was doing that, a wave of easy listening was to invade the Top 20 with three new entries from the kings of the genre at this time: Elvis Presley, Andy Williams and Glen Campbell.
- 01 (16) Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
- 02 (01) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile
- 03 (03) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation
- 04 (02) Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock
- 05 (10) Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
- 06 (05) Edwin Starr - War
- 07 (15) T.Rex - Ride A White Swan
- 08 (04) Clarence Carter - Patches
- 09 (23) Elvis Presley - I've Lost You
- 10 (13) White Plains - Julie, Do Ya Love Me?
- 11 (07) Christie - San Bernadino
- 12 (06) Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)
- 13 (20) CCS - Whole Lotta Love
- 14 (09) Melanie - Ruby Tuesday
- 15 (08) The Rattles - The Witch
- 16 (19) Chairmen Of The Board - (You've Got Me) Dangling On A String
- 17 (45) Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man
- 18 (38) Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
- 19 (22) Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children (RE)
- 20 (21) Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning (RE)
9: Elvis Presley: I've Lost You
Included on both the album and the documentary film That's the Way It Is, the track I've Lost You became Presley's fourth and final hit of 1970. Originally recorded by Matthews' Southern Comfort, many commentators have noted that the lyrics to this song reflect what was happening in his marriage to Priscilla. Chartwise it peaked at Number 9 in the UK, but fared less well in the US, stalling at Number 32.
17: Andy Williams: Home Lovin' Man
Back in the UK Top 20 for the third time this year was Andy Williams with the Cook-Greenaway-Macaulay composed song, Home Lovin' Man. Peaking at Number 7 on this side of the pond, it made the US Adult Contemporary chart, but failed to register on the Hot 100.
18: Glen Campbell: It's Only Make Believe
Glen Campbell's cover of the 1958 Conway Twitty Number 1 song, It's Only Make Believe, proved to be his last significant hit in the UK for five years when Rhinestone Cowboy brought him back into the Top 10. This one peaked at Number 4 in the UK and Number 10 in the US.
Until next time....
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