October 15, 1971

3	1	Cher--Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
---	2	John Lennon--Imagine (LP)
1	3	Osmonds--Yo-Yo
13	4	Isaac Hayes--Theme From Shaft
2	5	Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl
6	6	Carpenters--Superstar
5	7	Rod Stewart--Maggie May
8	8	Road Home--Keep it in the Family
9	9	Pop-Tops--Mammy Blue
16	10	David Cassidy--Echo Valley 2-6809 (LP)
7	11	Undisputed Truth--Smiling Faces Sometimes
11	12	Joan Baez--The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
15	13	Layng Martine--Rub it in
21	14	Cat Stevens--Peace Train
10	15	Lee Michaels--Do You Know What I Mean
12	16	Tommy Roe--Stagger Lee
37	17	Raiders--Birds of a Feather
14	18	Poppy Family--Where Evil Grows
18	19	Partridge Family--I Woke Up in Love This Morning
19	20	Stampeders--Sweet City Woman
32	21	Yes--Your Move
39	22	Freddie Hart--Easy Loving
17	23	Guess Who--Rain Dance
33	24	Honey Cone--Stick-Up
49	25	David Cassidy--Brown Eyes
23	26	Stevie Wonder--If You Really Love Me
20	27	Carole King--So Far Away
30	28	Delaney & Bonnie--Only You Know and I Know
31	29	Joey Gregorash--Down By the River
---	30	Bread--Baby I'm-a Want You
22	31	Three Dog Night--Liar
25	32	Bill Withers--Ain't No Sunshine
---	33	Lou Rawls--A Natural Man
26	34	Jean Knight--Mr. Big Stuff
44	35	Van Morrison--Wild Night
---	36	Grass Roots--Two Divided By Love
45	37	5th Dimension--Never My Love
38	38	James Taylor--Long Ago and Far Away
28	39	Five Man Electrical Band--Signs
46	40	Gayle McCormick--It's a Cryin' Shame
50	41	Five Man Electrical Band--Absolutely Right
---	42	Coven--One Tin Soldier
29	43	Helen Reddy--Crazy Love
35	44	Anne Murray--Talk it Over in the Morning
36	45	Dramatics--Whatcha See is Whatcha Get
---	46	Fanny--Charity Ball
---	47	Three Dog Night--An Old Fashioned Love Song
---	48	Peter Nero--Theme From "Summer of '42"
43	49	Bread--Mother Freedom
---	50	James Darren--Mammy Blue

John Lennon’s Imagine LP vanishes and is replaced by the title song, listed as an album cut; after two more weeks the (LP) designation will disappear.

Of the eight other debuts, one did not make the Hot 100: early-60s star James Darren with his version of “Mammy Blue,” a number 107 BB hit that will spend just this one week on our survey. Also worth mentioning are “A Natural Man” by Lou Rawls (17BB/3KJR), “Two Divided By Love” by the Grass Roots (16/6), and Coven’s “One Tin Soldier” (26/11).