The Peddlers - NME Chart 4 October 1969

The Peddlers highest ever singles chart position in the UK was number 17 reached by ‘Birth’ in the chart of 23 August 1969 This chart is from a couple of weeks later when the single had dropped to number 23 but is worth noting for the sheer variety and major names in the chart at the time.There’s Johnny Cash, The Bee Gees, Dylan, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Elvis, The Stones and Frank Sinatra just for starters with The Beatles being represented by the Harrison produced Radah Krishna Temple.By the way the version of ‘Je T’aime’ by Frankie Howerd and June Whitfield is definitely worth looking out for…………. oh all right then please yourselves!

POSITION	TITLE	ARTIST
1	Bad Moon Rising	Creedence Clearwater Revival
2	I'll Never Fall In Love Again	Bobbie Gentry
3	Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus	Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
4	A Boy Named Sue	Johnny Cash
5	Don't Forget To Remember	Bee Gees
6	Good Morning Starshine	Oliver
7	Throw Down A Line	Cliff (Richard) & Hank (Marvin)
8	It's Getting Better	Mama Cass
9	Lay Lady Lay	Bob Dylan
10	In The Year 2525	Zager & Evans
11	Natural Born Boogie	Humble Pie
12	Hare Krishna Mantra	Radah Krishna Temple
13	Viva Bobby Joe	Equals
14	Nobody's Child	Karen Young
15	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby	Marvin Gaye
16	Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus	Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
17	I'm Gonna Make You Mine	Lou Christie
18	I Second That Emotion	Diana Ross/Supremes/Temptations
19	Love At First Sight	Sounds Nice
20	Space Oddity	David Bowie
21	My Cherie Amour	Stevie Wonder
22	Saved By The Bell	Robin Gibb
23	Birth	Peddlers
24	Make Me An Island	Joe Dolan
25	Put Yourself In My Place	Isley Brothers
26	Soul Deep	Box Tops
27	Do What You Gotta Do	Four Tops
28	I'm A Better Man	Englebert Humperdinck
29	Clean Up Your Own Back Yard	Elvis Presley
30	Honky Tonk Women	Rolling Stones
31	Cloud 9	Temptations
32	He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother	Hollies
33	Wet Dream	Max Romeo
34	Oh Well	Fleetwood Mac
35	My Way	Frank Sinatra
36	When Two Worlds Collide	Jim Reeves
37	Marrakesh Express	Crosby Stills & Nash
38	Early In The Morning	Vanity Fare
39	Delta Lady	Joe Cocker
40	The Hunt	Barry Ryan

Day-time comes-

Bringing the light

Giving the sun

To nature's earth

Beautiful sounds

And the blue bird sings

A baby's cryin'

It's a brand new birth

And the little girl smiled when the little boy smiled

And the woman smiled 'cos the man had smiled

And the great big world was smiling down on them

Night-time comes-

Heaven's curtains drawn

Stars shining bright

Way up above

Children pray

And the workers rest

Peace and quiet

Oh it's people in love

Yes people in love

And the little girl laughed when the little boy laughs

And the woman laughs as the man was laughin'

And the great big world was smiling down on them

A distant land

A fearsome fight

Soldier's prayin'

Prayin' for peace

Suffrin' pain

And giving their lives

For man's greed oh God make it cease

God please make it cease

And the little girl cried when the little boy cried

And the woman cried 'cos the man was cryin'

And the great big world was crying down on them