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| Number 4: The Rolling Stones
All change at the top of the UK Chart this week in 1971 as Double Barrel by Dave and Ansel Collins became the first reggae record to hit Number 1. It also garnered chart success in the States where it entered the Top 30.
Meanwhile, in the UK Top 20, a classic rock track jumped in at Number 4 while two other big sellers made their debuts on the higher echelons of the full listing.
The Chart:
*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
4: The Rolling Stones: Brown Sugar
Taken from their Sticky Fingers album, Brown Sugar was The Rolling Stones' first chart single of the 1970s, peaking at Number 2 in the UK and going one better by topping the US Billboard chart. It was also the band's first single release on their own Rolling Stones Records.
18: Marmalade: My Little One
From Junior Campbell on YouTube: [My Little One was the] "last single I did with the band - Just when it entered the UK Chart I left!! Lovely song by Dean - even the back track sounded good at the time, and when we added vocals, strings and cor anglais ... it all blended just fine if I may say so. Bit weird watching BBC TV Top Of The Pops/Golden Shot etc and seeing Hughie Nicholson being "me" as the band performed!! Great one to bow out on though - Alan's playing and sound on this is top class."
20: R. Dean Taylor: Indiana Wants Me
A Canadian, Taylor started his career during the 1960s mainly as a songwriter, but released the occasional single as a singer as well. He joined Tamla Motown in Detroit, becoming one of the label's first white recording artists, but much of his early output was a commercial failure. However, he broke through in the UK in 1968 with Gotta See Jane, but Indiana Wants Me would become his biggest hit on both sides of the Atlantic when it peaked at Number 2 on the British chart and Number 5 in the US.
The American Top 10 (W/E May 1, 1971)
The Number 1 album this week: Motown Chartbusters Vol.5 - Various |
UK Music Chart: May 1, 1971
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