UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (28th July 1973)

UK Singles Chart 28th July 1973

·     01 (02) Gary Glitter - I’m The Leader of The Gang (I Am)
·     02 (01) Peters and Lee - Welcome Home
·     03 (03) David Bowie - Life on Mars
·     04 (05) Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright
·     05 (06) The Osmonds - Going Home
·     06 (04) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
·     07 (07) Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
·     08 (12) Clifford T Ward - Gaye
·     09 (11) Blue Mink - Randy  
·     10 (08) Dave Edmunds - Born to Be with You
·     11 (09) Paul Simon - Take Me to The Mardi Gras
·     12 (26) The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
·     13 (10) Hot Shots - Snoopy Verses the Red Baron
·     14 (15) Sylvia - Pillow Talk  
·     15 (27) Diana Ross - Touch Me in The Morning
·     16 (31) Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
·     17 (18) Joe Simon - Step by Step
·     18 (34) Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy
·     19 (13) 10CC - Rubber Bullets
·     20 (16) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die

After entering the charts last week at number two, Gary Glitter climbs to number 1 with “I’m The Leader of The Gang (I Am)”. This week three singles move into the top 20, The Carpenters with “Yesterday Once More”, which is at number 12, “Touch Me in The Morning” by Diana Ross, at number 15 and “Bad Bad Boy” by Nazareth, which is number 18.

The biggest climber this week is Clifford T Ward with “Gaye”, which climbs 4 places to number 8.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (21st July 1973)

UK Singles Chart 21st July 1973

·   01 (02) Peters and Lee - Welcome Home
·   02 (ne) Gary Glitter - I’m The Leader of The Gang (I Am)
·   03 (03) David Bowie - Life on Mars
·   04 (01) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
·   05 (23) Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright
·   06 (18) The Osmonds - Going Home
·   07 (09) Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
·   08 (05) Dave Edmunds - Born to Be with You
·   09 (07) Paul Simon - Take Me to The Mardi Gras  
·   10 (04) Hot Shots - Snoopy Verses the Red Baron
·   11 (13) Blue Mink - Randy
·   12 (24) Clifford T Ward - Gaye
·   13 (06) 10CC - Rubber Bullets
·   14 (08) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross  
·   15 (22) Sylvia - Pillow Talk
·   16 (11) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die
·   17 (17) Linda Lewis - Rock-A-Doodle-Doo
·   18 (14) Joe Simon - Step by Step
·   19 (12) Mott the Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie
·   20 (16) Perry Como - And I Love You So

After spending two weeks at number two, Peters and Lee move to the top of the charts with “Welcome Home”, as Gary Glitter enters the charts this week, straight in at number two with “I’m The Leader of The Gang (I Am)”. Three singles move into the top 20 this week, “Alright Alright Alright” by Mungo Jerry, which is number 5, “Gaye” by Clifford T Ward, which is number 12 and “Pillow Talk” by Sylvia, which is number 15.

The biggest climber within the top 20 this week are The Osmonds with “Going Home”, which climbs 12 places to number 6.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (14th July 1973)

 UK Singles Chart 14th July 1973

• 01 (01) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
• 02 (02) Peters and Lee - Welcome Home
• 03 (04) David Bowie - Life on Mars
• 04 (06) Hotshots - Snoopy Verses the Red Baron
• 05 (07) Dave Edmunds - Born to Be with You
• 06 (03) 10CC - Rubber Bullets
• 07 (09) Paul Simon - Take Me to The Mardi Gras
• 08 (05) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
• 09 (36) Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting  
• 10 (10) George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
• 11 (11) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die
• 12 (14) Mott the Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie
• 13 (23) Blue Mink - Randy
• 14 (27) Joe Simon - Step by Step  
• 15 (13) Geordie - Can You Do It
• 16 (17) Perry Como - And I Love You So
• 17 (15) Linda Lewis - Rock-A-Doodle-Doo
• 18 (ne) The Osmonds - Going Home
• 19 (08) T-Rex - Groover
• 20 (16) Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

It’s a third week at number one for Slade with “Skweeze Me Pleeze Me” and Peters and Lee stay at number two with “Welcome Home”, as David Bowie moves up one place, to number 3 with “Life on Mars”. The Osmonds go straight into the charts with “Going Home” at number 18.

Three records move into the top 20 this week, “Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting” by Elton John, is number 9, “Randy” by Blue Mink, who are at number 13 and “Step by Step” by Joe Simon, which is at number 14.

Paul Simon, Dave Edmunds and Hotshots all climb two places this week.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (7th July 1973)

UK Singles Chart 7th July 1973

• 01 (01) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
• 02 (04) Peters and Lee - Welcome Home
• 03 (02) 10CC - Rubber Bullets
• 04 (21) David Bowie - Life on Mars
• 05 (03) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
• 06 (06) Hotshots - Snoopy Verses the Red Baron
• 07 (11) Dave Edmunds - Born to Be with You
• 08 (05) T-Rex - Groover
• 09 (17) Paul Simon - Take Me to The Mardi Gras  
• 10 (08) George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
• 11 (09) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die
• 12 (10) Stealers Wheels - Stuck in The Middle with You
• 13 (18) Geordie - Can You Do It
• 14 (22) Mott the Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie  
• 15 (24) Linda Lewis - Rock-A-Doodle-Doo
• 16 (16) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
• 17 (14) Perry Como - And I Love You So
• 18 (19) Junior Campbell - Sweet Illusion
• 19 (07) Suzi Quatro - Can the Can
• 20 (20) The Jackson Five - Hallelujah Day

Slade retain the top spot this week with “Skweeze Me Pleeze Me”. Three singles move into the top 20 this week, David Bowie with “Life on Mars”, which is at number 4, Mott the Hoople with “Honaloochie Boogie”, which is number 14 and Linda Lewis with “Rock-A-Doodle-Doo”, at number 15

Paul Simon is this week’s biggest climber in the top 20, with “Take Me to The Mardi Gras”, which climbs 8 places to 9.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (30th June 1973)

UK Singles Chart 30th June 1973

·    01 (ne) Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
·    02 (01) 10CC - Rubber Bullets
·    03 (02) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
·    04 (05) Peters and Lee - Welcome Home
·    05 (04) T-Rex - Groover
·    06 (07) Hotshots - Snoopy Verses the Red Baron
·    07 (03) Suzi Quatro - Can the Can
·    08 (10) George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
·    09 (14) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die  
·    10 (08) Stealers Wheels - Stuck in The Middle with You
·    11 (19) Dave Edmunds - Born to Be with You
·    12 (09) Medicine Head - One and One Is One
·    13 (12) The Partridge Family - Walking in The Rain
·    14 (11) Perry Como - And I Love You So  
·    15 (06) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
·    16 (13) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
·    17 (24) Paul Simon - Take Me to The Mardi Gras
·    18 (20) Geordie - Can You Do It
·    19 (15) Junior Campbell - Sweet Illusion
·    20 (25) The Jackson Five - Hallelujah Day

For the third week in a row, we have a new number, Slade crash straight into the charts at number one, with “Skweeze Me Pleeze Me”. Just two singles move into the top 20 this week, “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” by Paul Simon, at number 17 and “Hallelujah Day” by the Jackson Five, which is at number 20.

This week’s biggest mover is Dave Edmunds with “Born to Be with You”, which climbs 8 places to number 11.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (23rd June 1973)

UK Singles Chart 23rd June 1973

·    01 (02) 10CC - Rubber Bullets
·    02 (05) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
·    03 (01) Suzi Quatro - Can the Can
·    04 (06) T-Rex - Groover
·    05 (18) Peters and Lee - Welcome Home
·    06 (03) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
·    07 (12) Hotshots - Snoopy Verses the Red Baron
·    08 (08) Stealers Wheel - Stuck in The Middle of You
·    09 (04) Medicine Head - One and One Is One
·    10 (11) George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
·    11 (07) Perry Como - And I Love You So
·    12 (10) The Partridge Family - Walking in The Rain
·    13 (14) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
·    14 (15) Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and Let Die  
·    15 (20) Junior Campbell - Sweet Illusion
·    16 (16) First Choice - Armed and Extremely Dangerous
·    17 (09) Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
·    18 (25) The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
·    19 (28) Dave Edmunds - Born to Be with You
·    20 (31) Geordie - Can You Do It

After one week at the top of the charts Suzi Quatro makes way for 10CC and their single “Rubber Bullets”. Three records move into the top 20 this week, “Frankenstein” by The Edgar Winter Group, who are at number 18, “Born to Be with You” by Dave Edmunds, who is at number 19 and “Can You Do It” by Geordie, at number 29.

The biggest climbers in the top 20 this week are Peters & Lee with “Welcome Home”, which climbs 13 places to number 5.