December 8, 1973

----- DROPOUTS -----
Sweet Understanding Love - Four Tops ----- 33 / 3
Ramblin Man - The Allman Brothers Band ----- 2 / 13
Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner ----- 22 / 6
We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals & Crofts ----- 21 / 8
Half-Breed - Cher ----- 1 (2) / 14      
Ooh Baby - Gilbert O'Sullivan ----- 25 / 4


 40 --- Some Guys Have All The Luck - The Persuaders (49)
 39 --- Corazón - Carole King (43)
 38 --- Me And Baby Brother - War (44)
27 37 --- Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
34 36 --- Be - Neil Diamond
 35 --- I've Got To Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips (50)
31 34 --- Why Me - Kris Kristofferson
 33 --- Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station (41)
23 32 --- All I Know - Garfunkel
 31 --- Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney & Wings (42)

36 30 --- D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
32 29 --- Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally - Tony Orlando & Dawn
21 28 --- You're A Special Part Of Me - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
33 27 --- Show And Tell - Al Wilson
19 26 --- Angie - The Rolling Stones    
15 25 --- Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor
30 24 --- MIND GAMES - John Lennon
29 23 --- Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
25 22 --- Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye
16 21 --- I Got A Name - Jim Croce

24 20 --- Rockin' Roll Baby - The Stylistics
26 19 --- My Music - Loggins & Messina
12 18 --- Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
17 17 --- Let Me Serenade You - Three Dog Night
20 16 --- Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White
22 15 --- The Joker - The Steve Miller Band
09 14 --- Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat - The DeFranco Family feat. Tony DeFranco
18 13 --- Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
14 12 --- If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - The Staple Singers
07 11 --- Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips      

13 10 --- Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy
05 09 --- Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks      
11 08 --- Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
08 07 --- The Love I Lost (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
04 06 --- Space Race - Billy Preston
02 05 --- Photograph - Ringo Starr    
06 04 --- Just You 'n' Me - Chicago
10 03 --- The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
03 02 --- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
01 01 --- Top Of The World - Carpenters      


This week sees the first debut from Brownsville Station.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 8-14 December 1973

01 01 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE Gary Glitter ****
02 03 PAPER ROSES Marie Osmond
03 07 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers
04 02 MY COO-CA-CHOO Alvin Stardust
05 10 LET ME IN The Osmonds
06 05 DYNA-MITE Mud
07 08 LAMPLIGHT David Essex
08 17 ROLL AWAY THE STONE Mott The Hoople
09 06 WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY? Gilbert O'Sullivan
10 09 DO YOU WANNA DANCE? Barry Blue

11 16 STREET LIFE Roxy Music
12 04 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Donny Osmond
13 20 TRUCK ON (TYKE) T-Rex
14 11 PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr
15 12 HELEN WHEELS Wings
16 23 AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee
17 14 TOP OF THE WORLD The Carpenters
18 18 DAYTONA DEMON Suzi Quatro
19 -- I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard
20 15 SORROW David Bowie

21 21 FOR THE GOOD TIMES Perry Como
22 28 LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight
23 13 DAYDREAMER / THE PUPPY SONG David Cassidy ***
24 25 KEEP ON TRUCKIN' Eddie Kendricks
25 26 EYE LEVEL Simon Park Orchestra ****
26 31 MIND GAMES John Lennon
27 24 THIS FLIGHT, TONIGHT Nazareth
28 35 AND YOU SMILED Matt Monro
29 30 SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE The Four Tops
30 19 WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME? Lynsey de Paul

31 27 DECK OF CARDS Wink Martindale
32 -- FOREVER Roy Wood
33 32 LONELY DAYS, LONELY NIGHTS Don Downing
34 22 DECK OF CARDS Max Bygraves
35 -- VAYA CON DIOS Millican & Nesbitt
36 37 RAISED ON ROCK Elvis Presley
37 34 WILD LOVE Mungo Jerry
38 -- POOL HALL RICHARD / I WISH IT WOULD RAIN The Faces
39 -- VADO VIA Drupi
40 -- TAKE ME HIGH Cliff Richard

-- 29 GOODBYE, YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John
-- 33 GHETTO CHILD The Detroit Spinners
-- 36 SHOWDOWN Electric Light Orchestra
-- 38 LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH (LET IT BEGIN WITH ME) Michael Ward
-- 39 MILLY, MOLLY, MANDY Glyn Poole
-- 40 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Bob Dylan


Debuting here are Millican & Nesbitt, alongside an Italian one-hit wonder from Drupi