Friday, May 20, 2016

March 26, 1971


1
1
Buoys--Timothy
2
2
Daddy Dewdrop--Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
25
3
Three Dog Night--Joy to the World
4
4
Partridge Family--Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted
5
5
Tom Jones--She's a Lady
6
6
Bells--Stay Awhile
3
7
Grass Roots--Temptation Eyes
21
8
Nilsson--Me and My Arrow
7
9
Bobby Sherman--Cried Like a Baby
9
10
Osmonds--One Bad Apple
8
11
Janis Joplin--Me and Bobby McGee
11
12
George Harrison--What is Life
18
13
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Have You Ever Seen the Rain
19
14
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Treat Her Like a Lady
22
15
Donny Osmond--Sweet and Innocent
29
16
Neil Diamond--I Am…I Said
10
17
Brewer & Shipley--One Toke Over the Line
12
18
Matthews' Southern Comfort--Woodstock
20
19
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--Mr. Bojangles
16
20
Dawn--Knock Three Times
37
21
B.J. Thomas--No Love at All
43
22
Ocean--Put Your Hand in the Hand
13
23
Temptations--Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
17
24
Carpenters--For All We Know
24
25
Francis Lai /Roger Williams/Henry Mancini--Theme From Love Story
23
26
Jerry Reed--Amos Moses
30
27
Carly Simon--That's the Way I've Always Heard it Should Be
31
28
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Someone Who Cares
34
29
Salvage--Hot Pants
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30
Jackson Five--Never Can Say Goodbye
14
31
Paul McCartney--Another Day
15
32
King Floyd--Groove Me
33
33
Cat Stevens--Wild World
39
34
5th Dimension--Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
35
35
Van Morrison--Blue Money
45
36
Stephen Stills--Sit Yourself Down
48
37
Bread--If
26
38
Lynn Anderson--Rose Garden
28
39
Santana--Oye Como Va
27
40
Lally Stott--Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep
32
41
Sammi Smith--Help Me Make it Through the Night
42
42
Glen Campbell--Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
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43
Helen Reddy--I Don't Know How to Love Him
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44
Marvin Gaye--What's Going On
50
45
Tin Tin--Toast and Marmalade For Tea
44
46
Ike & Tina Turner--Proud Mary
49
47
Andy Kim--I Wish I Were
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48
Lobo--Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
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49
Elton John--Friends
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50
Staple Singers--Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)


“Joy to the World” and “Me and My Arrow” jump into the top ten.

All six of the debuts were top 40 Billboard hits. Despite debuting up at number 30, “Never Can Say Goodbye” by the Jackson Five will stop at number twelve. Nationally it spent three weeks at number two, just like Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” which will only get to number 17 here. The others will do about as well here as in Billboard.

Friday, May 13, 2016

March 19, 1971


1
1
Buoys--Timothy
3
2
Daddy Dewdrop--Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)
6
3
Grass Roots--Temptation Eyes
4
4
Partridge Family--Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted
2
5
Tom Jones--She's a Lady
24
6
Bells--Stay Awhile
9
7
Bobby Sherman--Cried Like a Baby
5
8
Janis Joplin--Me and Bobby McGee
7
9
Osmonds--One Bad Apple
11
10
Brewer & Shipley--One Toke Over the Line
12
11
George Harrison--What is Life
8
12
Matthews' Southern Comfort--Woodstock
14
13
Temptations--Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
19
14
Paul McCartney--Another Day
15
15
King Floyd--Groove Me
10
16
Dawn--Knock Three Times
13
17
Carpenters--For All We Know
18
18
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Have You Ever Seen the Rain
29
19
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Treat Her Like a Lady
34
20
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--Mr. Bojangles
46
21
Nilsson--Me and My Arrow
41
22
Donny Osmond--Sweet and Innocent
17
23
Jerry Reed--Amos Moses
16
24
Francis Lai /Roger Williams/Henry Mancini--Theme From Love Story
47
25
Three Dog Night--Joy to the World
22
26
Lynn Anderson--Rose Garden
31
27
Lally Stott--Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep
36
28
Santana--Oye Como Va
38
29
Neil Diamond--I Am…I Said
43
30
Carly Simon--That's the Way I've Always Heard it Should Be
39
31
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Someone Who Cares
20
32
Sammi Smith--Help Me Make it Through the Night
21
33
Cat Stevens--Wild World
35
34
Salvage--Hot Pants
30
35
Van Morrison--Blue Money
37
36
Brian Hyland--Lonely Teardrops
44
37
B.J. Thomas--No Love at All
25
38
Dave Edmunds--I Hear You Knocking
23
39
5th Dimension--Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
28
40
Wadsworth Mansion--Sweet Mary
27
41
Judy Collins--Amazing Grace
42
42
Glen Campbell--Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
49
43
Ocean--Put Your Hand in the Hand
26
44
Ike & Tina Turner--Proud Mary
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45
Stephen Stills--Sit Yourself Down
32
46
Mike Curb Congregation--Burning Bridges
33
47
Gordon Lightfoot--If You Could Read My Mind
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48
Bread--If
50
49
Andy Kim--I Wish I Were
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50
Tin Tin--Toast and Marmalade For Tea


“Stay Awhile” by the Bells makes a sudden leap.

“Oh Woman Oh Why” drops off, leaving “Another Day” listed alone for the rest of its time on the survey.

Only three debuts this week—I don’t remember if we’ve ever had that few before. “Sit Yourself Down” by Stephen Stills was a number 37 Billboard hit that will get to number 31 here. Bread’s “If,” number four nationally, will stop at number seven. And “Toast and Marmalade For Tea” by Australian duo Tin Tin, a number 20 BB hit, will make it up to number eleven.