December 27, 1975

----- DROPOUTS -----
Venus And Mars Rock Show - Wings ----- 12 / 6
Low Rider - War ----- 7 (2) / 11
I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You - Leon Haywood ----- 15 (2) / 8


 40 --- Let's Live Together - The Road Apples (44)
33 39 --- Volare - Al Martino
39 38 --- Fire On The Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band
 37 --- Somewhere In The Night - Helen Reddy (45)
40 36 --- Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
38 35 --- Baby Face - The Wing And A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps.
 34 --- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka (59)
37 33 --- School Boy Crush - AWB
16 32 --- Island Girl - Elton John        
19 31 --- The Way I Want To Touch You - Captain & Tennille

35 30 --- Winners And Losers - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
13 29 --- My Little Town - Simon & Garfunkel
30 28 --- Full Of Fire - Al Green
32 27 --- Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac
34 26 --- Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
22 25 --- For The Love Of You (Part 1&2) - The Isley Brothers
28 24 --- Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
29 23 --- Fly Away - John Denver
23 22 --- Part Time Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips
25 21 --- Rock And Roll All Nite (live) - KISS

24 20 --- You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
26 19 --- Sing A Song - Earth, Wind & Fire
18 18 --- The Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers) - David Geddes
21 17 --- Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin
20 16 --- Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) - Glen Campbell
27 15 --- Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
17 14 --- Times Of Your Life - Paul Anka
10 13 --- Nights On Broadway - Bee Gees
07 12 --- Sky High - Jigsaw
11 11 --- Our Day Will Come - Frankie Valli

12 10 --- I Love Music (Part 1) - The O'Jays
03 09 --- Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention         
09 08 --- Fox On The Run - Sweet
14 07 --- Convoy - C.W. McCall
08 06 --- I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow
06 05 --- Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
05 04 --- Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
01 03 --- That's The Way (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band      
04 02 --- Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
02 01 --- Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers    


One hit wonders, The Road Apples debut this week. Also, # 34 is a slow version of the same song that Neil Sedaka took to #1 in 1962.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 27 December 1975-2 January 1976

01 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen *****
02 03 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake
03 02 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE Laurel & Hardy
04 18 IT'S GONNA BE A COLD, COLD CHRISTMAS Dana
05 06 LET'S TWIST AGAIN / THE TWIST Chubby Checker
06 05 HAPPY TO BE ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN Demis Roussos
07 04 YOU SEXY THING Hot Chocolate
08 07 NA NA IS THE SADDEST WORD The Stylistics
09 08 GOLDEN YEARS David Bowie
10 11 RENTA SANTA Chris Hill

11 10 SHOW ME YOU'RE A WOMAN Mud
12 13 CAN I TAKE YOU HOME, LITTLE GIRL? The Drifters
13 15 WIDE-EYED AND LEGLESS Andy Fairweather-Low
14 17 CHRISTMAS IN DREADLAND / COME OUTSIDE Judge Dread
15 12 MONEY, HONEY Bay City Rollers
16 21 IF I COULD David Essex
17 19 ART FOR ART'S SAKE 10cc
18 20 GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE Sailor
19 09 ALL AROUND MY HAT Steeleye Span
20 27 MAKE A DAFT NOISE FOR CHRISTMAS The Goodies

21 24 (THINK OF ME) WHEREVER YOU ARE Ken Dodd
22 -- IN DULCE JUBILO / ON HORSEBACK Mike Oldfield
23 28 ITCHYCOO PARK The Small Faces
24 14 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart
25 23 IN FOR A PENNY Slade
26 29 DO THE BUS STOP The Fatback Band
27 16 FIRST IMPRESSIONS The Impressions
28 31 IMAGINE John Lennon
29 32 MAMMA MIA ABBA
30 33 KING OF THE COPS Billy Howard

31 22 SKY HIGH Jigsaw
32 30 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Elvis Presley
33 26 LOVE HURTS Jim Capaldi
34 -- LET'S WOMBLE TO THE PARTY TONIGHT The Wombles
35 -- GET IT TOGETHER Crispy and Co
36 -- I BELIEVE I'M GONNA LOVE YOU Frank Sinatra
37 -- SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN The Carpenters
38 25 WHY DID YOU DO IT? Stretch
39 35 D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Billy Connolly *
40 -- BOTH ENDS BURNING Roxy Music

-- 34 FLY, ROBIN, FLY Silver Convention
-- 36 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Maxine Nightingale
-- 37 DANCE FOR THE CUCKOOS The Band of the Black Watch
-- 38 LET'S TWIST AGAIN John Asher
-- 39 RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell
-- 40 LITTLE DARLING The Rubettes