February 26, 1971

4	1	Buoys--Timothy
1	2	Osmonds--One Bad Apple
7	3	Partridge Family--Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted
3	4	Janis Joplin--Me and Bobby McGee
6	5	Tom Jones--She's a Lady
2	6	Dawn--Knock Three Times
8	7	Grass Roots--Temptation Eyes
5	8	Jerry Reed--Amos Moses
14	9	Carpenters--For All We Know
10	10	Francis Lai /Roger Williams/Henry Mancini--Theme From Love Story
21	11	Matthews' Southern Comfort--Woodstock
13	12	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Have You Ever Seen the Rain
15	13	Bobby Sherman--Cried Like a Baby
9	14	Dave Edmunds--I Hear You Knocking
18	15	Brewer & Shipley--One Toke Over the Line
26	16	Daddy Dewdrop--Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
25	17	Temptations--Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
31	18	King Floyd--Groove Me
12	19	Lynn Anderson--Rose Garden
24	20	Sammi Smith--Help Me Make it Through the Night
11	21	Ray Stevens--Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)
16	22	Judy Collins--Amazing Grace
20	23	Wadsworth Mansion--Sweet Mary
19	24	Gladys Knight & the Pips--If I Were Your Woman
17	25	Bobby Goldsboro--Watching Scotty Grow
23	26	George Harrison--My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity
34	27	Ike & Tina Turner--Proud Mary
30	28	Edison Lighthouse--It's Up to You Petula
27	29	Gordon Lightfoot--If You Could Read My Mind
41	30	Alice Cooper--Eighteen
38	31	Cat Stevens--Wild World
43	32	George Harrison--What is Life
22	33	Mike Curb Congregation--Burning Bridges
32	34	Byrds--Chestnut Mare
---	35	Paul McCartney--Another Day/Oh Woman Oh Why
29	36	Ray Price--For the Good Times
39	37	5th Dimension--Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
42	38	Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists--Cool Aid
49	39	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Treat Her Like a Lady
28	40	Diana Ross--Remember Me
---	41	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--Mr. Bojangles
50	42	B.J. Thomas--No Love at All
46	43	Van Morrison--Blue Money
44	44	Lally Stott--Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep
45	45	Brian Hyland--Lonely Teardrops
47	46	Wilson Pickett--Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
---	47	Santana--Oye Como Va
---	48	Bells--Stay Awhile
---	49	Glen Campbell--Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
37	50	Eric Burdon & War--Home Cookin'

Five debuts, all top 40 Billboard hits, but the only one that’ll do as well here as nationally is the Bells’ “Stay Awhile” (7BB/6KJR). Paul McCartney’s first solo single “Another Day”/”Oh Woman Oh Why” was a number five BB hit that will peak at number 14, though by that time only “Another Day” will be listed. The others are “Mr. Bojangles” by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (9/19), Santana’s “Oye Como Va” (13/28), and Glen Campbell’s version of “Dream Baby” (31/42).

February 19, 1971

1	1	Osmonds--One Bad Apple
2	2	Dawn--Knock Three Times
4	3	Janis Joplin--Me and Bobby McGee
7	4	Buoys--Timothy
5	5	Jerry Reed--Amos Moses
15	6	Tom Jones--She's a Lady
20	7	Partridge Family--Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted
10	8	Grass Roots--Temptation Eyes
6	9	Dave Edmunds--I Hear You Knocking
3	10	Francis Lai /Roger Williams/Henry Mancini--Theme From Love Story
8	11	Ray Stevens--Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)
9	12	Lynn Anderson--Rose Garden
17	13	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Have You Ever Seen the Rain
26	14	Carpenters--For All We Know
30	15	Bobby Sherman--Cried Like a Baby
12	16	Judy Collins--Amazing Grace
11	17	Bobby Goldsboro--Watching Scotty Grow
31	18	Brewer & Shipley--One Toke Over the Line
14	19	Gladys Knight & the Pips--If I Were Your Woman
18	20	Wadsworth Mansion--Sweet Mary
40	21	Matthews' Southern Comfort--Woodstock
13	22	Mike Curb Congregation--Burning Bridges
19	23	George Harrison--My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity
38	24	Sammi Smith--Help Me Make it Through the Night
37	25	Temptations--Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
41	26	Daddy Dewdrop--Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
16	27	Gordon Lightfoot--If You Could Read My Mind
24	28	Diana Ross--Remember Me
23	29	Ray Price--For the Good Times
45	30	Edison Lighthouse--It's Up to You Petula
---	31	King Floyd--Groove Me
27	32	Byrds--Chestnut Mare
21	33	Hollies--Gasoline Alley Bred
---	34	Ike & Tina Turner--Proud Mary
22	35	Elvis Presley--I Really Don't Want to Know
28	36	Runt--We Gotta Get You a Woman
36	37	Eric Burdon & War--Home Cookin'
---	38	Cat Stevens--Wild World
---	39	5th Dimension--Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
34	40	Supremes--Stoned Love
47	41	Alice Cooper--Eighteen
48	42	Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists--Cool Aid
46	43	George Harrison--What is Life
---	44	Lally Stott--Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep
49	45	Brian Hyland--Lonely Teardrops
50	46	Van Morrison--Blue Money
---	47	Wilson Pickett--Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
35	48	Bee Gees--Lonely Days
---	49	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Treat Her Like a Lady
---	50	B.J. Thomas--No Love at All

Eight debuts this week, all of which made the Billboard Hot 100. One just barely, though—British pop singer Lally Stott’s “Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep” was a number 92 hit; here it’ll make it to number 27. That’s the only one of the debuts that will do significantly better here, while some will do worse: King Floyd’s “Groove Me” (6BB/15KJR), Ike and Tina Turner’s version of “Proud Mary” (4/26), “Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You” by Wilson Pickett (17/45), and “Treat Her Like a Lady” by the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (3/14).

A lot of songs with first names in the titles: Bobby, Timothy, Amos, Bridget, Scotty, Petula, and two Marys.