UK Top 10 August 16, 1975

   To escape what would have been an 83% income rate in the UK, Rod Stewart moved to Los Angeles where he applied for American citizenship. On August 15, Stewart released the Tom Dowd produced Atlantic Crossing. Side One rocks hard with songs like "Three Time Loser" ( is he really singing 'While I'm jacking off reading Playboy on a hot afternoon?') and "Stone Cold Sober", but it was the last song on Side Two, a cover of the Sutherland Brothers's "Sailing" that would be the biggest UK hit of Stewart's entire career. On this date 40 year ago, the single leaped 24 places to #2. It would be the #1 song for four straight weeks and then return to the Top 10 a year later.



    This was also the month the Bradford bar band Smokey took the Nicky Chinn /Mike Chapman written and produced single "If You Think You Know How To Love Me" to #3 on the UK charts. Facing a lawsuit from Smokey Robinson, the band changed the spelling of their name to Smokie. They are still recording today


1  I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING (BUT MY LOVE) --THE STYLISTICS
2 SAILING-- ROD STEWART
3 THE LAST FAREWELL --ROGER WHITTAKER
4 BARBADOS --TYPICALLY TROPICAL
5 IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME --SMOKIE
6 IT'S BEEN SO LONG --GEORGE MCCRAE
7 BLANKET ON THE GROUND --BILLIE JO SPEARS
8 THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) --KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND
9 JIVE TALKIN' --THE BEE GEES
10 DOLLY MY LOVE --MOMENTS