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| Number 11: Séverine |
Dawn's Knock Three Times repeated its American feat by climbing to Number 1 in the UK this week in May 1971 for its first of five weeks as the nation's best selling single.
Elsewhere in the Top 20, two of last week's new entries were making the best headway with both East of Eden's Jig-A-Jig and Sakkarin's Sugar Sugar climbing seven places from their previous positions.
However, the track that was making the biggest impression in the chart was the winner of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, as Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue by Séverine motored up the listing.
The Chart:
- 01 (02) Dawn - Knock Three Times
- 02 (03) The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
- 03 (01) Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
- 04 (04) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
- 05 (05) Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40
- 06 (12) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
- 07 (07) Diana Ross - Remember Me
- 08 (15) East Of Eden - Jig-A-Jig
- 09 (06) T. Rex - Hot Love
- 10 (08) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
- 11 (28) Séverine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue
- 12 (19) Sakkarin - Sugar, Sugar
- 13 (13) The Sweet - Funny, Funny
- 14 (25) The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
- 15 (20) Marmalade - My Little One
- 16 (23) McGuinness Flint - Malt and Barley Blues
- 17 (18) Gerry Monroe - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
- 18 (10) Ray Stevens - Bridget the Midget
- 19 (11) Georgie Fame and Alan Price - Rosetta
- 20 (24) Free - My Brother Jake
11: Séverine: Un banc, un arbre, une rue
Hot on the heels of her win at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, French singer Séverine leapt seventeen places into the Top 20 with Un banc, un arbre, une rue (A Bench, A Tree, A Road). The song represented Monaco and it was the first and only time that the principality would win the competition. Quite possibly one of the best of the classic winners, it was nevertheless unusual for the original foreign language version from Eurovision to score the hit in the UK. There was an English version released called Chance in Time, but it failed to enjoy any success.
14: The Elgins: Heaven Must Have Sent You
Another re-release from the Motown back catalogue to chart in the UK on the back of the Northern Soul phenomenon was this 1966 song by The Elgins. Heaven Must Have Sent You failed to chart in the UK on its original outing five years earlier, although it did see some action on both the US Pop and Soul charts. It would eventually peak at Number 3 on this 1971 release, prompting another re-release follow-up with Put Yourself in My Place.
16: McGuiness Flint: Malt and Barley Blues
The band's second Top 5 UK hit in the matter of six months entered the Top 20 at this week's Number 16. It would prove to be McGuiness Flint's final foray into the charts as two key members, Gallagher and Lyle, left to record as a duo at the end of the year. Unlike their first hit, When I'm Dead and Gone, which managed a US Billboard Top 50 placing, Malt and Barley Blues failed to impress Stateside.
20: Free: My Brother Jake
English blues rock band Free made a welcome return to the UK charts in May 1971 with My Brother Jake, the follow-up to the massively successful All Right Now. It was something of a surprise as the band was now in turmoil following the relative commercial failure of their fourth album, Highway. Not originally included on that album, much later releases featured it among the bonus tracks. It would eventually peak at Number 4.
The American Top 10 (May 15, 1971)
- 01 (01) Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
- 02 (02) Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson Five
- 03 (03) Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
- 04 (05) If - Bread
- 05 (10) Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo
- 06 (13) Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
- 07 (08) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin
- 08 (07) Stay Awhile - The Bells
- 09 (04) I Am...I Said - Neil Diamond
- 10 (09) Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
The Number 1 album this week:
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
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