Monday, May 29, 2017

November 19, 1971


1
1
Cher--Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
8
2
Melanie--Brand New Key
2
3
Isaac Hayes--Theme From Shaft
6
4
Bread--Baby I'm-a Want You
4
5
Lou Rawls--A Natural Man
14
6
Les Crane--Desiderata
3
7
Freddie Hart--Easy Loving
18
8
David Cassidy--Cherish
13
9
Sonny & Cher--All I Ever Need is You
10
10
Grass Roots--Two Divided By Love
15
11
Coven--One Tin Soldier
5
12
Pop-Tops--Mammy Blue
9
13
Osmonds--Yo-Yo
7
14
John Lennon--Imagine
11
15
Road Home--Keep it in the Family
20
16
Three Dog Night--An Old Fashioned Love Song
17
17
Rod Stewart--Maggie May
21
18
Neil Diamond--Stones
12
19
Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl
30
20
Michael Jackson--Got to Be There
25
21
Santana--Everybody's Everything
16
22
Carpenters--Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children
32
23
Sly & the Family Stone--Family Affair
27
24
Peter Nero--Theme From "Summer of '42"
29
25
Kris Kristofferson--Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
31
26
Jerry Lee Lewis--Me and Bobby McGee
35
27
Ten Years After--I'd Love to Change the World
22
28
Joan Baez--The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
23
29
Partridge Family--Brown Eyes (LP)
37
30
Marvin Gaye--Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
42
31
Rod Stewart--(I Know) I'm Losing You
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32
Donny Osmond--Hey Girl/I Knew You When
19
33
Five Man Electrical Band--Absolutely Right
24
34
Cat Stevens--Peace Train
26
35
Partridge Family--Echo Valley 2-6809 (LP)
28
36
Lee Michaels--Do You Know What I Mean
48
37
Bullet--White Lies, Blue Eyes
34
38
Yes--Your Move
45
39
Denise LaSalle--Trapped By a Thing Called Love
---
41
Chi-Lites--Have You Seen Her
49
42
Mickey Newbury--An American Trilogy
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43
Hillside Singers--I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
36
45
5th Dimension--Never My Love
38
46
Undisputed Truth--Smiling Faces Sometimes
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47
Staple Singers--Respect Yourself


Another week where the chart is missing from the newspaper, or at least from the microfilm of the newspaper. So the positions are taken from the “Last Week” column of the following week’s survey, and we’re missing a few entries.

Only four debuts, mostly coming very close here to their Billboard peaks. Donny Osmond’s double-sided hit of two remakes, “Hey Girl” and “I Knew You When,” topped out at number nine as a joint listing nationally, and will get to number eight here. The Chi-Lites’ “Have You Seen Her” will exactly match its number three peak, and “Respect Yourself” by the Staple Singers, number 12 BB, will go to number 14. The one exception is the Hillside Singers’ “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” originally a Coke commercial, which peaked at number 13 nationally but will get up to number two here.

Monday, May 22, 2017

November 12, 1971


1
1
Cher--Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
2
2
Isaac Hayes--Theme From Shaft
5
3
Freddie Hart--Easy Loving
10
4
Lou Rawls--A Natural Man
3
5
Pop-Tops--Mammy Blue
7
6
Bread--Baby I'm-a Want You
4
7
John Lennon--Imagine
16
8
Melanie--Brand New Key
6
9
Osmonds--Yo-Yo
12
10
Grass Roots--Two Divided By Love
9
11
Road Home--Keep it in the Family
8
12
Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl
24
13
Sonny & Cher--All I Ever Need is You
25
14
Les Crane--Desiderata
22
15
Coven--One Tin Soldier
11
16
Carpenters--Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children
14
17
Rod Stewart--Maggie May
38
18
David Cassidy--Cherish
13
19
Five Man Electrical Band--Absolutely Right
34
20
Three Dog Night--An Old Fashioned Love Song
29
21
Neil Diamond--Stones
18
22
Joan Baez--The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
17
23
Partridge Family--Brown Eyes (LP)
15
24
Cat Stevens--Peace Train
32
25
Santana--Everybody's Everything
19
26
Partridge Family--Echo Valley 2-6809 (LP)
37
27
Peter Nero--Theme From "Summer of '42"
27
28
Lee Michaels--Do You Know What I Mean
36
29
Kris Kristofferson--Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
40
30
Michael Jackson--Got to Be There
35
31
Jerry Lee Lewis--Me and Bobby McGee
41
32
Sly & the Family Stone--Family Affair
20
33
Tommy Roe--Stagger Lee
23
34
Yes--Your Move
39
35
Ten Years After--I'd Love to Change the World
21
36
5th Dimension--Never My Love
45
37
Marvin Gaye--Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
26
38
Undisputed Truth--Smiling Faces Sometimes
33
39
Honey Cone--Stick-Up
42
40
Fanny--Charity Ball
28
41
Layng Martine--Rub it in
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42
Rod Stewart--(I Know) I'm Losing You
30
43
Stampeders--Sweet City Woman
43
44
Free Movement--I've Found Someone of My Own
44
45
Denise LaSalle--Trapped By a Thing Called Love
---
46
Mamas & Papas--Shooting Star (LP)
31
47
Raiders--Birds of a Feather
---
48
Bullet--White Lies, Blue Eyes
---
49
Mickey Newbury--An American Trilogy
46
50
Poppy Family--Where Evil Grows


One non-Billboard debut this week, “Shooting Star” by the Mamas & Papas, which is listed as an LP cut but was actually released as a single. It will only be on the survey this one week.

The other three debuts: Rod Stewart’s remake of “(I Know) I’m Losing You,” (24BB/23KJR), “White Lies, Blue Eyes” by Bullet (28/10), and Mickey Newbury’s “An American Trilogy” (26/42).