January 29, 1971

3	1	Osmonds--One Bad Apple
1	2	Dawn--Knock Three Times
2	3	Jerry Reed--Amos Moses
4	4	Ray Stevens--Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)
7	5	Lynn Anderson--Rose Garden
8	6	Dave Edmunds--I Hear You Knocking
9	7	Bobby Goldsboro--Watching Scotty Grow
5	8	George Harrison--My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity
21	9	Francis Lai /Roger Williams/Henry Mancini--Theme From Love Story
13	10	Wadsworth Mansion--Sweet Mary
10	11	Diana Ross--Remember Me
12	12	Supremes--Stoned Love
20	13	Gordon Lightfoot--If You Could Read My Mind
14	14	Ray Price--For the Good Times
30	15	Judy Collins--Amazing Grace
11	16	Bee Gees--Lonely Days
15	17	Led Zeppelin--Immigrant Song
6	18	Partridge Family--I Think I Love You
16	19	Eric Burdon & War--Home Cookin'
18	20	Shocking Blue--Never Marry a Railroad Man
23	21	Grass Roots--Temptation Eyes
29	22	Runt--We Gotta Get You a Woman
27	23	Mike Curb Congregation--Burning Bridges
17	24	Santana--Black Magic Woman
31	25	Elvis Presley--I Really Don't Want to Know
36	26	Buoys--Timothy
35	27	Edison Lighthouse--It's Up to You Petula
26	28	Barbra Streisand--Stoney End
19	29	Tommy James--Church Street Soul Revival
32	30	Gladys Knight & the Pips--If I Were Your Woman
42	31	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Have You Ever Seen the Rain
45	32	Janis Joplin--Me and Bobby McGee
46	33	Hollies--Gasoline Alley Bred
24	34	B.J. Thomas--Most of All
25	35	Neil Diamond--He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
47	36	McGuinness Flint--When I'm Dead and Gone
39	37	Bobby Bloom--Where Are We Going
40	38	Vin Cardinal--Let the Water Run Down
48	39	Jackson Five--Mama's Pearl
41	40	Kinks--Apeman
22	41	Rare Earth--Born to Wander
50	42	Tom Jones--She's a Lady
44	43	Chairmen of the Board--Pay to the Piper
---	44	Carpenters--For All We Know
---	45	Partridge Family--Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted
49	46	Linda Ronstadt--(She's a) Very Lovely Woman
---	47	Byrds--Chestnut Mare
33	48	Three Dog Night--One Man Band
---	49	Bobby Sherman--Cried Like a Baby
---	50	Sammi Smith--Help Me Make it Through the Night

Three versions of “Theme From Love Story” are now listed as one entry. The Francis Lai version, which had been listed by itself, was a number 31 national hit; the Henry Mancini version was the biggest nationally, number 13; and the Roger Williams version did not make Billboard.

The Byrds’ “Chestnut Mare,” which only Bubbled Under in Billboard at number 121, will get to number 27. Bobby Sherman’s “Cried Like a Baby,” his final top 20 national hit at number 16, will make it to number four.

January 22, 1971

1	1	Dawn--Knock Three Times
4	2	Jerry Reed--Amos Moses
21	3	Osmonds--One Bad Apple
5	4	Ray Stevens--Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)
2	5	George Harrison--My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity
3	6	Partridge Family--I Think I Love You
7	7	Lynn Anderson--Rose Garden
9	8	Dave Edmunds--I Hear You Knocking
17	9	Bobby Goldsboro--Watching Scotty Grow
13	10	Diana Ross--Remember Me
8	11	Bee Gees--Lonely Days
6	12	Supremes--Stoned Love
14	13	Wadsworth Mansion--Sweet Mary
10	14	Ray Price--For the Good Times
11	15	Led Zeppelin--Immigrant Song
18	16	Eric Burdon & War--Home Cookin'
12	17	Santana--Black Magic Woman
16	18	Shocking Blue--Never Marry a Railroad Man
15	19	Tommy James--Church Street Soul Revival
24	20	Gordon Lightfoot--If You Could Read My Mind
25	21	Francis Lai & His Orchestra--Theme From Love Story
28	22	Rare Earth--Born to Wander
32	23	Grass Roots--Temptation Eyes
39	24	B.J. Thomas--Most of All
19	25	Neil Diamond--He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
20	26	Barbra Streisand--Stoney End
33	27	Mike Curb Congregation--Burning Bridges
22	29	Runt--We Gotta Get You a Woman
38	30	Judy Collins--Amazing Grace
44	31	Elvis Presley--I Really Don't Want to Know
45	32	Gladys Knight & the Pips--If I Were Your Woman
27	33	Three Dog Night--One Man Band
37	35	Edison Lighthouse--It's Up to You Petula
40	36	Buoys--Timothy
46	39	Bobby Bloom--Where Are We Going
50	40	Vin Cardinal--Let the Water Run Down
42	41	Kinks--Apeman
---	42	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Have You Ever Seen the Rain
49	44	Chairmen of the Board--Pay to the Piper
---	45	Janis Joplin--Me and Bobby McGee
---	46	Hollies--Gasoline Alley Bred
41	47	McGuinness Flint--When I'm Dead and Gone
---	48	Jackson Five--Mama's Pearl
---	49	Linda Ronstadt--(She's a) Very Lovely Woman
---	50	Tom Jones--She's a Lady

Another week with no chart appearing in the microfilm version of the newspaper, so positions come from the “last week” column of the next week’s survey, and some songs are missing.

“One Bad Apple” suddenly bobs toward the top.

The Hollies are in the midst of a slow period, at least in the US; between mid-1970 and mid-1972 they had no singles enter the US Hot 100. “Gasoline Alley Bred” was a number 14 hit in the UK, though, and here it’ll get up to number 21.

Linda Ronstadt’s “(She’s a) Very Lovely Woman,” a number 70 BB hit, will get to number 42 here, while the Jackson Five’s “Mama’s Pearl,” number two nationally, will stop at number 29. Tom Jones’s “She’s a Lady” will exactly match its Billboard peak, spending one week at number two, but it’s worth mentioning that it will spend 19 weeks on the survey.  Creedence’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” will spend 15 weeks, which is unusual considering it will only get up to number twelve (eight nationally). That leaves Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” which will spend 18 weeks on the survey, though it will not quite match its number one BB peak, stopping at number three.