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| The Supremes at Number 18 |
began his second week at Number 1 in the UK on this date in 1972 with Without You
, meanwhile yielding the top spot in America to Neil Young
.Compared to other weeks, this UK Top 20 was relatively quiet. Last week's new entries were making slow, if not steady, progress up the listing - but three tracks had managed to secure a new place amongst the twenty.
The Partridge Family was back with their latest release, having had to wait over a year for a follow-up UK hit to I Think I Love You
.More of a surprise was the appearance of American talk-show host, Les Crane, with his rendition of a 1920's poem. It anchored the chart this week, but was soon to climb even higher.
Meanwhile, The Supremes were eating up large chunks of the chart as they climbed to Number 18 this week, eventually claiming their fourth consecutive UK Top 10 hit in the weeks to come.
Nilsson at Number 1
The Chart:
- 01 (01) Nilsson - Without You
- 02 (02) Don McLean - American Pie
- 03 (04) The New Seekers - Beg, Steal or Borrow
- 04 (03) Chicory Tip - Son of My Father
- 05 (07) Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
- 06 (09) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
- 07 (06) Michael Jackson - Got to Be There
- 08 (05) The Chelsea Football Team - Blue is the Colour
- 09 (10) Lindisfarne - Meet Me on the Corner
- 10 (15) Neil Reid - Mother of Mine
- 11 (16) Donnie Elbert - I Can't Help Myself
- 12 (12) The Sweet - Poppa Joe
- 13 (08) Slade - Look Wot You Dun
- 14 (11) The Fortunes - Storm in a Teacup
- 15 (17) Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind
- 16 (13) Badfinger - Day After Day
- 17 (19) Wings - Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- 18 (27) The Supremes - Floy Joy
- 19 (25) The Partridge Family - It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)
- 20 (23) Les Crane - Desiderata
*Intro Image: The Supremes - Floy Joy
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18: The Supremes: Floy Joy
Written by Smokey Robinson, Floy Joy featured the now familiar lead vocals of Jean Terrell along with co-founder, Mary Wilson. With Robinson also in charge of the production of the song's eponymous parent album, the sound harked back to the group's successful hits of the 1960s.
The song eventually peaked at Number 9 in the UK and was also a Top 20 success in the US where it became a Number 16 hit.
19: The Partridge Family: It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)
had fast become one of the hottest acts in America, having already secured four Billboard Top 20 hits - among them a Number 1 with I Think I Love You.The UK was a little slower to respond to the charms of David Cassidy
and co, making It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love) only the group's second appearance in the British Top 20.Strangely, just as their star was rising on this side of the Atlantic, their chart fortunes began to wane in the US. This was the last of their American Top 20 hits (#20), but it began a series of UK hits stretching into 1973.
20: Les Crane: Desiderata
was an American radio and television presenter, probably best known to the US public as a talk-show host during the 1960s and 1970s.Internationally, he is probably best remembered for this: his spoken word interpretation of a previously anonymous 1927 poem called Desiderata, written by an American lawyer by the name of Max Ehrmann.
Described as a "message of hope" and "bathed in sentiment at the very crossroads where hippie culture turned into the New Age movement...", it resonated with 1970s audiences around the world.
In the US, it peaked at Number 8 and won the Grammy for the best spoken recording of the year. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the track spent fourteen weeks on the UK chart rising to Number 7.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
- Paul Simon: Paul Simon
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
The Number 3 song, The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Robert John, is unavailable. This has been substituted by the Tight Fit version from the 1980s.
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