Number One Singles of 1973 (Part 1)

Let’s do a little bit of pop remininscing about the UK’s Number One singles in 1973 shall we?…
Starting off with January to March…
• Little Jimmy Osmond – Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
I dismissed talked briefly about Little Jimmy’s novelty hit a year or so ago, it being a spill-over from enjoying “Number One at Xmas” status [...]

July 2nd, 1973

“Went up Nigs and done some more recording. Mart P came up. Borrowed Led Zep II”
OK, lets have ‘confession time” shall we?
Despite all my early love for music and my subsequent career within its hallowed portals, I never really “got into” Led Zeppelin until fairly recently – maybe just a couple of years or so [...]

April 4th 1973

“ARGUMENT! (smashing of the plate)” / “Got card from Gra” / “Roxy on TOTPs” / “Paid Trev for ISOS”
Oh dear – it would appear that one of the arguments took a worrying turn, with crockery being thrown? *sigh* I can’t remember this altercation – probably for the best I guess? – but it has got [...]

February 1st 1973

“Arguverge” / “Started to get stuff ready for the TIB w-end at the Vicarage” / “Bort new training shoes” / “Thought about buying In Search of Space or swap it for S&G Cass + H.T.T.B.” / “Focus on TOTP”
Another cornucopic diary entry. (Is there such a word as cornucopic? Computer says “no”)
Mum & Dad threatening [...]

December 10th 1972

“(Arguverge)” / “Sold 2 of T.O.T.Pops Records – 60p”
Imagine, if you will, a time when songs could not be downloaded for next to nothing.
A time even before “Now That’s What I call Music” compilations.
A time when, despite your best efforts at bargain hunting, you could not buy all the singles from the pop chart that you [...]

An Aside (V) – Telly in 1972

“Three Channels and Nothing On”
Unlike today, when my wife and I have 200+ channels to choose from and almost unlimited programming possibilities (thanks to the advent of TiVo), in 1972 I had 3 channels to pick my viewing from; BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV.
We had just ONE television in the house. A small black & white set, my [...]

July 13th 1972

“Staff v School cricket match. V hot day. Watched Goodies and Top of the Pops next door”
The first part of this entry appears to be self-explanatory. A cricket match – doubtless a boring cricket match (because all cricket matches are) – between some of the school staff and a handful of cricket-playing pupils.
On a hot [...]