Thursday, 9 April 2026

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (31st March 1973)

 UK Singles Chart 31st March 1973

  • 01 (02) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
  • 02 (01) Slade Cum on Feel the Noize
  • 03 (07) Gilbert O’Sullivan - Get Down
  • 04 (04) Cliff Richard - Power to All Our Friends
  • 05 (03) T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
  • 06 (05) Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me
  • 07 (16) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
  • 08 (35) David Cassidy - I'm A Clown/Some Kind of Summer
  • 09 (06) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
  • 10 (11) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
  • 11 (12) Tony Kenny - Heart of Stone
  • 12 (13) Timmy Thomas - Why Can’t We Live Together
  • 13 (19) The O’Jays - Love Train
  • 14 (10) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 15 (08) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
  • 16 (14) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
  • 17 (23) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama
  • 18 (09) The Faces - Cindy Incidentally
  • 19 (17) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me (Medley)
  • 20 (22) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You

Donny Osmond takes over the number spot with “Twelfth of Never” and Slade drop to number 2. Just 2 records move into the top 20, “I'm A Clown/Some Kind of Summer” by David Cassidy, which is at number 8 and “Pyjamarama” by Roxy Music, which is at number 17. Dave Edmunds re-enters the top 20 with “Baby I Love You”, which is at number 20.

The biggest mover on this week’s chart is Dawn Ft Tony Orlando with “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree”, which climbs 9 places to number 7.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (24th March 1973)

UK Singles Chart 24th March 1973

  • 01 (01) Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize
  • 02 (02) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
  • 03 (03) T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
  • 04 (13) Cliff Richard - Power to All Our Friends
  • 05 (04) Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me
  • 06 (07) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
  • 07 (30) Gilbert O’Sullivan - Get Down
  • 08 (06) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
  • 09 (05) The Faces - Cindy Incidentally
  • 10 (08) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse 
  • 11 (20) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
  • 12 (19) Tony Kenny - Heart of Stone
  • 13 (23) Timmy Thomas - Why Can’t We Live Together
  • 14 (18) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
  • 15 (11) Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes
  • 16 (32) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
  • 17 (17) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me (Medley)
  • 18 (24) Neil Sedaka - That's When the Music Takes Me
  • 19 (28) The O’Jays - Love Train
  •  20 (12) Strawbs - Part of The Union

Four records in this week’s top 20 are non-movers, including the Top three, so Slade celebrate their 4th week at number one.  Five records move into the top 20 this week, Gilbert O’Sullivan with “Get Down”, at number 7, Timmy Thomas with “Why Can’t We Live Together”, which is at number 13, Dawn Ft Tony Orlando with “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree”, is at number 16, Neil Sedaka with “That's When the Music Takes Me”, at number 18 and The O’Jays with “Love Train”, which is number 19.

Shirley Bassey with “Never Never Never” and Cliff Richard are this week’s joint highest climbers, as they both move up 9 places to numbers 11 and 4 respectively.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (17th March 1973)

UK Singles Chart 17th March 1973

  • 01 (01) Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize
  • 02 (14) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
  • 03 (03) T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
  • 04 (06) Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me 
  • 05 (02) The Faces - Cindy - Incidentally
  • 06 (07) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
  • 07 (08) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
  • 08 (17) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 09 (12) Focus - Sylvia
  • 10 (11) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You 
  • 11 (09) Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes 
  • 12 (04) Strawbs - Part of The Union
  • 13 (ne) Cliff Richard - Power to All Our Friends
  • 14 (05) The Sweet - Blockbuster
  • 15 (10) Thin Lizzy - Whisky in The Jar
  • 16 (15) The Partridge Family - Looking Through the Eyes of Love
  • 17 (16) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me (Medley)
  • 18 (14) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
  • 19 (25) Tony Kenny - Heart of Stone
  • 20 (31) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never 

It’s a third week for Slade at the top of the charts, as Cliff Richard enters the chart, straight in at number 13 with “Power to All Our Friends”. Just two records move into the top 20, “Heart of Stone” by Tony Kenny, at number 19 and Shirley Bassey, with “Never Never Never”, which is at number 20. 

The biggest mover this week is Jimmy Helms with “Gonna Make You an Offer You Can’t Refuse”, which climbs 9 places to number 8.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (10th March 1973)

UK Singles Chart 10th March 1973

  • 01 (01) Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize
  • 02 (05) The Faces - Cindy Incidentally
  • 03 (ne) T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
  • 04 (02) The Strawbs - Part of The Union
  • 05 (03) The Sweet - Blockbuster
  • 06 (10) Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me 
  • 07 (13) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
  • 08 (19) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
  • 09 (12) Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes
  • 10 (07) Thin Lizzy - Whisky in The Jar 
  • 11 (07) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You 
  • 12 (04) Focus - Sylvia
  • 13 (06) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
  • 14 (ne) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
  • 15 (09) The Partridge Family - Looking Through the Eyes of Love
  • 16 (22) The New Seekers - Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me (Medley)
  • 17 (16) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 18 (14) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
  • 19 (29) Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril
  • 20 (18) Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool

Slade stay at number one for a second week and we have 2 songs that enter the chart straight into the top 20, T-Rex with “20th Century Boy”, which is at number 3 and Donny Osmond with “The Twelfth of Never” at number 14. Two singles move into the top twenty this week, The New Seekers with “Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me (Medley)”, at number 16 and Cockerel Chorus with “Nice One Cyril”, at number 19.

This week’s biggest mover is Roberta Flack with “Killing Me Softly with His Song”, which climbs 11 places to number 8.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (3rd March 1973)

UK Singles Chart 3rd March 1973

  •  01 (ne) Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize
  •  02 (02) Strawbs - Part of The Union
  •  03 (01) The Sweet - Blockbuster
  •  04 (04) Focus - Sylvia
  •  05 (05) The Faces - Cindy Incidentally
  •  06 (03) Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) 
  •  07 (06) Thin Lizzy - Whisky in The Jar 
  •  08 (10) Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You 
  •  09 (09) The Partridge Family - Looking Through the Eyes of Love
  •  10 (21) Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me 
  •  11 (07) Elton John - Daniel 
  •  12 (19) Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes
  •  13 (14) Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray
  •  14 (11) Stevie Wonder - Superstition
  •  15 (08) Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven 
  •  16 (48) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
  •  17 (15) Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
  •  18 (17) Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
  •  19 (23) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
  •  20 (18) Chuck Berry - Reelin’ and Rockin’

We have a new number one that crashes straight into the charts, Slade with “Cum on Feel the Noize”. Three records move into the top 20 this week, “Feel the Need in Me” by The Detroit Emeralds, which is at number 10, “Gonna Make You an Offer You Can’t Refuse” by Jimmy Helms, at number 16 and “Killing Me Softly with His Song”, by Roberta Flack, which is at number 19.

The biggest mover this week is the Jackson Five with “Doctor My Eyes”, which climbs 7 places to number 12.