Jason’s Jukebox Volume 21

Jason Maloney reviews

JASON’S JUKEBOX
V o l u m e # 2 1 Chart Date: Week Ending 11th June 1977 Online Date: 10th June 2004

The Sex Pistols:
3-CD Box Set On the week of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee, Rod Stewart‘s I Don’t Want To Talk About It/First Cut Is The Deepest continued to hold sway, at the expense of the Sex Pistols’ less-than-complimentary God Save The Queen. Rumours persist to this day that the latter was in fact the best-selling single of the week, although the industry has always denied any chart-fiddling ever went on.

God Save The Queen had climbed 9 places from its debut position of #11, but went into immediate decline the week after reaching #2 and the band would never top the UK listings.

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The Very Best of
The Jacksons Shunted down a place from #2 to #3 thanks to the Sex Pistols’ ascent, Lucille by Kenny Rogers looked to have peaked just short of the summit but the following week it would rebound quite remarkably to #1. However, it would be swiftly deposed by the record currently at #6 – Show You The Way To Go by The Jacksons, up from #23.

Having altered their name from The Jackson Five and left the Motown label for Epic, the brothers achieved something they’d never previously managed in the UK; a chart-topping single.

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ELO: The Ultimate Collection Show You The Way To Go‘s 17-place jump made it the highest climber on the chart, while Carole Bayer Sager‘s You’re Moving Out Today moved up 10 places to #7 after debuting higher than The Jacksons a week earlier.

Other movers within the upper half of the Top 40 included Telephone Line, which took the Electric Light Orchestra up from #18 to #13 on its way to the Top 10, and Bryan Ferry‘s Tokyo Joe at a high of #15 after yoyo-ing around the mid-20s for 3 weeks.

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Emerson Lake & Palmer:
The Ultimate Collection For the second time in a row, the highest entry was by a Prog Rock act. Emerson Lake & Palmer‘s Fanfare For The Common Man came in at #25, 3 places below Spot The Pigeon, the latest Genesis release which was already dropping from its #14 debut position.

Making slow but steady progress in the lower regions were Peaches by The Stranglers (up 4 to #23; eventual peak #8) and, rather fittingly in Jubilee week, Queen‘s Good Old Fashioned Loverboy (advancing 7 to #29; final high #17).

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