August 20, 1971

2	1	Poppy Family--Where Evil Grows
3	2	Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl
1	3	Jean Knight--Mr. Big Stuff
4	4	Three Dog Night--Liar
7	5	Lobo--She Didn't Do Magic
9	6	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Sweet Hitch-Hiker
12	7	Partridge Family--I Woke Up in Love This Morning
5	8	Five Man Electrical Band--Signs
6	9	John Denver--Take Me Home, Country Roads
10	10	Tommy James--Draggin' the Line
19	11	Bill Withers--Ain't No Sunshine
15	12	Stampeders--Sweet City Woman
8	13	Bread--Mother Freedom
14	14	Olivia Newton-John--If Not For You
16	15	Lee Michaels--Do You Know What I Mean
17	16	Chicago--Colour My World
21	17	Rod Stewart--Maggie May
13	18	Bobby Russell--Saturday Morning Confusion
26	19	Joan Baez--The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
18	20	Doors--Riders on the Storm
27	21	Blood, Sweat & Tears--Go Down Gamblin'
11	22	Twiggy--Zoo De Zoo Zong
25	23	Graham Nash--Chicago
30	24	Marvin Gaye--Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
35	25	Undisputed Truth--Smiling Faces Sometimes
20	26	Cymarron--Rings
29	27	Redbone--Maggie
34	28	Dramatics--Whatcha See is Whatcha Get
22	29	Ashton, Gardner & Dyke/Tom Jones--Resurrection Shuffle
36	30	Rare Earth--I Just Want to Celebrate
28	31	Bee Gees--How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
31	32	Paul & Linda McCartney--Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
33	33	Cat Stevens--Moon Shadow
38	34	Aretha Franklin--Spanish Harlem
42	35	Glass Bottle--I Ain't Got Time Anymore
43	36	Tommy Roe--Stagger Lee
48	37	Bobby Sherman--Waiting at the Bus Stop
41	38	Stylistics--Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
23	39	Paul Stookey--Wedding Song (There is Love)
24	40	War--All Day Music
49	41	Moody Blues--The Story in Your Eyes
---	42	Carpenters--Superstar
32	43	Raiders--Indian Reservation
37	44	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--House at Pooh Corner
50	45	The Who--Won't Get Fooled Again
39	46	Carpenters--Rainy Days and Mondays
---	47	Junior Walker & the All-Stars--Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
46	48	Carole King--It's Too Late
47	49	Buddy Miles--Them Changes
---	50	Sweet--Co-Co

Only three debuts this week. “Superstar” by the Carpenters, number two for two weeks in Billboard, will stop at number four here, though it will spend 18 weeks on the survey. “Take Me Girl, I’m Ready” by Junior Walker & the All-Stars, a number 50 national hit, will go to number 45 next week and then drop off. The first US chart hit by the Sweet, “Co-Co,” which just barely made the Hot 100 at number 99, will get up to number 19 here.

August 13, 1971.

1 1 Jean Knight--Mr. Big Stuff 2 2 Poppy Family--Where Evil Grows 10 3 Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl 4 4 Three Dog Night--Liar 3 5 Five Man Electrical Band--Signs 5 6 John Denver--Take Me Home, Country Roads 8 7 Lobo--She Didn't Do Magic 6 8 Bread--Mother Freedom 11 9 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Sweet Hitch-Hiker 9 10 Tommy James--Draggin' the Line 13 11 Twiggy--Zoo De Zoo Zong 14 12 Partridge Family--I Woke Up in Love This Morning 7 13 Bobby Russell--Saturday Morning Confusion 21 14 Olivia Newton-John--If Not For You 23 15 Stampeders--Sweet City Woman 29 16 Lee Michaels--Do You Know What I Mean 12 17 Chicago--Colour My World 18 18 Doors--Riders on the Storm 27 19 Bill Withers--Ain't No Sunshine 16 20 Cymarron--Rings 31 21 Rod Stewart--Maggie May 15 22 Ashton, Gardner & Dyke/Tom Jones--Resurrection Shuffle 24 23 Paul Stookey--Wedding Song (There is Love) 25 24 War--All Day Music 19 25 Graham Nash--Chicago 32 26 Joan Baez--The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 36 27 Blood, Sweat & Tears--Go Down Gamblin' 22 28 Bee Gees--How Can You Mend a Broken Heart 33 29 Redbone--Maggie 39 30 Marvin Gaye--Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 17 31 Paul & Linda McCartney--Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey 26 32 Raiders--Indian Reservation 49 33 Cat Stevens--Moon Shadow 43 34 Dramatics--Whatcha See is Whatcha Get --- 35 Undisputed Truth--Smiling Faces Sometimes 42 36 Rare Earth--I Just Want to Celebrate 28 37 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band--House at Pooh Corner 48 38 Aretha Franklin--Spanish Harlem 37 39 Carpenters--Rainy Days and Mondays 38 40 Ringo Starr--It Don't Come Easy 45 41 Stylistics--Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) --- 42 Glass Bottle--I Ain't Got Time Anymore 50 43 Tommy Roe--Stagger Lee 30 44 Carole King--Tapestry LP 35 45 John Baldry--Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll 20 46 Carole King--It's Too Late 47 47 Buddy Miles--Them Changes --- 48 Bobby Sherman--Waiting at the Bus Stop --- 49 Moody Blues--The Story in Your Eyes --- 50 The Who--Won't Get Fooled Again Chicago’s “Beginnings” drops off the survey and “Colour My World” continues on its own. Five debuts this week. Nationally, the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” beat Bobby Sherman’s “Waiting at the Bus Stop” 15 to 54, but here Bobby will win 23 to 34.