NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL TOP OF THE POPS - VOLUME SEVEN

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In 1968, the Hallmark Label, a division of Pickwick Records, began to release in the UK a series of 92 albums (stretching to 1985) featuring re-recorded versions of current chart hits by uncredited session musicians who became known as 'The Top Of The Poppers'. Included among them were the likes of future hitmakers Elton John and Tina Charles, but here are all the original tracks that the recordings were based on.

The original cover tracks on volumes 13 and 14 can be found on albums CHM700 and SHM710

(UK Chart Position)

01 You Can Get It If You Really Want (2) Originally a hit for Desmond Dekker

02 Band Of Gold (1) Originally a hit for Freda Payne

03 Me And My Life (4) Originally a hit for Tremeloes

04 Which Way You Goin' Billy (7) Originally a hit for Poppy Family

05 Give Me Just A Little More Time (3) Originally a hit for Chairmen Of The Board

06 Love Is Life (6) Originally a hit for Hot Chocolate

07 Tears of A Clown (1) Originally a hit for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

08 Sweetheart (22) Originally a hit for Engelbert Humperdinck

09 Montego Bay (3) Originally a hit for Bobby Bloom

10 Don't Play That Song (13) Originally a hit for Aretha Franklin

11 Our World (17) Originally a hit for Blue Mink

12 (They Long To Be) Close To You (6) Originally a hit for Carpenters

13 Julie Do Ya Love Me (8) Originally a hit for White Plains

14 I've Lost You (9) Originally a hit for Elvis Presley

15 (You've Got Me) Dangling On A String (5) Originally a hit for Chairmen Of The Board

16 Ride A White Swan (2) Originally a hit for T Rex

17 Heaven Help Us All (29) Originally a hit for Stevie Wonder

18 Woodstock (1) Originally a hit for Matthews Southern Comfort

19 Cracklin' Rosie (3) Originally a hit for Neil Diamond

20 Home Lovin' Man (7) Originally a hit for Andy Williams

21 It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You) (6) Originally a hit for Jimmy Ruffin

22 In My Chair (21) Originally a hit for Status Quo

23 Voodoo Chile (1) Originally a hit for Jimi Hendrix Experience

24 I Hear You Knocking (1) Originally a hit for Dave Edmunds