![]() I SAW THE LIGHT - Todd Rundgren #31 up 25 from #56 TUMBLING DICE - Rolling Stones #23 up 27 from # 50 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE - Staple Singers #7 from #18įive new records, mixed bag, two newbies, all American save Rolling Stones ^ LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE - Jackson Five #26 up 6 from #32īiggest mover on the chart, eleven spots: HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - Gladys Knight and the Pips stalling: #33 again at #33. ROCKIN' ROBIN - Michael Jackson #4 down 2 from #2, its plateau. Two are out : IN THE RAIN by The Dramatics from #7 to #15 and Sonny and Cher's A COWBOYS WORK is apparently done, peaking last week at #8 and now it tumbles way down to #18. One other song also breaks through, BACK OFF BOOGALOO by Ringo Starr, with just a nudge up from #11 putting him in the Top 10 at #10. As is this week's strongest Top 10 entry, I'LL TAKE YOU THERE by the Staple Singers who make a huge leap from #18 to #7. Aretha also moves up one, she's DAYDREAMING at #5, making the Top 5 comprised of records that are also charting soul. Right behind him, The Stylistics press upward to #3 from #4 with BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW. This gives Joe Tex a chance for the pinnacle as I GOTCHA is now #2 from #3. ![]() THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE has blocked Michael Jackson from reaching the top, after two weeks of trying from the #2 position, ROCKIN' ROBIN now dips to #4. Now 20 years later and through a long struggle, seemingly overnight Flack is the music industry's hottest sensation. ![]() One single drops off so once again the label has six titles.Ī major shift within the Top 10, no repeaters except at the very top, now in her 4th week at #1 is Roberta Flack, the thirty-five year old former school teacher who was one of the youngest students to attend Howard University with a musical scholarship at age 15. ![]() The Supremes are this week's glimmer of hope with a quick return to the Hot 100, their second charter under Smokey Robinson, with BAD WEATHER which seems at odds as a title for a summertime release. The rest of the Motown singles are surviving but not thriving. Michael going solo, has the highest performing release, in the Top Five, and The Jackson Five, as a group, are advancing upward with a bullet. Two of Motown's three Top 40 hits are theirs, while the third, by Gladys Knight, peaks modestly. Number of singles reviewed this week: 116 ![]()
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