January 19, 1974 CHUM Chart - 'Seasons In The Sun' spent one week at the top of the charts

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jacks

Terrence Ross "Terry" Jacks (born March 29, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist.


Following The Chessmen, Susan Pesklevits (Susan Jacks) asked Terry to accompany her on guitar and, after adding Craig McCaw, the The Poppy Family was formed. Craig McCaw later introduced Satwant Singh to the group. Susan and Terry were married in 1967. The Poppy Family had several hits in Canada and internationally, their biggest being "Which Way You Goin' Billy?", which went to #1 in Canada and #2 on the Billboard charts in the U.S. The song was written and produced by Terry Jacks. Jacks earned a Gold Leaf award in 1970 for his production work while with the Poppy Family.

In the early 1970s, Terry and Susan travelled to L.A. where Terry was to work with The Beach Boys to record the song "Seasons in the Sun" but the project was never finished and they returned to Vancouver making the decision to record the single themselves

The couple recorded two more albums before Susan left the marriage in 1973: Susan's solo album I Thought of You Again... and Terry's solo album Seasons In The Sun. The song "Seasons in the Sun", released in late 1973 on his own record label, Goldfish Records, became the largest-selling international single by a Canadian artist at that time and earned Jacks two Juno Awards. It is Rod McKuen's 1965 adaptation of "Le moribond", a 1962 original by Belgian singer Jacques Brel; for his version, Jacks made some modifications to the lyrics. In the United States,[1] in Great Britain and in Germany, in these countries it was released on Bell Records, the song went to #1 on the charts. The B-side of "Seasons In The Sun" was a song about a woman asking her butcher to put in the bone with the rest of her meat order entitled "Put the Bone In". Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jacks



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CHART NUMBER 887
Saturday, January 19, 1974


This Week/Last Week/Artist/Track/Total Weeks

1 2 Jacks, Terry Seasons In The Sun 9
2 5 Miller, Steve Joker, The 6
3 1 Rich, Charlie Most Beautiful Girl, The 9
4 6 Reddy, Helen Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) 7
5 9 Brownsville Station Smokin' In The Boys Room 6
6 15 Starr, Ringo You're Sixteen 3
7 4 Carpenters, The Top Of The World 12
8 11 Croce, Jim Time In A Bottle 5
9 3 Croce, Jim I Got A Name 11
10 7 Rundgren, Todd Hello It's Me 9
11 17 Hampshire, Keith Big Time Operator 5
12 10 John, Elton Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 11
13 8 Osmond, Marie Paper Roses 11
14 20 Newton-John, Olivia Let Me Be There 4
15 22 Led Zeppelin D'yer Mak'er 2
16 13 McCartney, Paul Helen Wheels 9
17 12 DeFranco Family, The Heartbeat-It's A Lovebeat 13
18 16 Lennon, John Mind Games 11
19 14 Preston, Billy Space Race 10
20 18 Bachman-Turner Overdrive Blue Collar 8
21 27 Wilson, Al Show And Tell 1
22 30 Knight, Gladys & The Pips I've Got To Use My Imagination 1
23 21 Thomas, Ian Pained Ladies 15
24 26 Crowbar Million Dollar Weekend 2
25 28 Streisand, Barbra Way We Were, The 1
26 29 Wonder, Stevie Living For The City 1
27 0 Love Unlimited Orchestra Love's Theme 0
28 0 Goodwin, Don This Is Your Song 0
29 19 Knight, Gladys & The Pips Midnight Train To Georgia 7
30 24 Three Dog Night Let Me Serenade You 6


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