Today's 2NG retro-chart is from Oct 1974! Should be an interesting ride.
But before that: Miss Ross' sadly underappreciated "Chain Reaction", a really fab BeeGees production that was a huge hit everywhere but the US.
at #40: Robert (Soft Machine) Wyatt covering "I'm a Believer" (!)
Dionne W has that urge to feel ya -- hands off mah coke, bitch!
Brits endless early-'70s appetite for retro-'50s crapola reaches its nadir with Alvin Stardust.. But OMG it's the Hues Corp with one of the most shameless soundalike-followups evah, "Rockin' Soul" -- and yet it's still a nice bit of pop-tastic songwriting.
Livvy loves me --honestly!
OMGWTFLOL: Sparks, "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth"! Rarity of the Week!
doo-bee-doo-bee, doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bee! "You Little Trustmaker" is fab Philly soul.
other than david Essex's great "Gonna Make You a Star", and Ken Boothe's reggae "Everything I Own", not much else that's truly compelling in this chart