At this point in 1971, glam rock band T. Rex was beginning its second week at Number 1 with one of its best selling singles, Get It On.
Elsewhere, just two new tracks appeared in this week's Top 20. Both Diana Ross and The Who were back with their latest hits, while the One Hit Wonder band St. Cecilia bounced back into the Twenty, waving their knickers in the air at Number 12.
The Chart:
- 01 (01) T. Rex - Get It On
- 02 (02) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
- 03 (03) The Sweet - Co-Co
- 04 (04) Lobo - Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
- 05 (15) The New Seekers - Never Ending Song of Love
- 06 (08) New World - Tom-Tom Turnaround
- 07 (07) Dave and Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner
- 08 (06) Greyhound - Black and White
- 09 (05) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die
- 10 (20) Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer
- 11 (12) The Move - Tonight
- 12 (23) St. Cecilia - Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers in the Air) (Re-Entry)
- 13 (11) The Supremes and The Four Tops - River Deep, Mountain High
- 14 (09) Blue Mink - Banner Man
- 15 (10) The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- 16 (---) Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
- 17 (22) The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
- 18 (13) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step on You Again
- 19 (16) White Plains - When You Are A King
- 20 (17) Bob and Marcia - Pied Piper
16: Diana Ross: I'm Still Waiting
Diana Ross had BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Tony Blackburn to thank for this song's incredible commercial success in the UK. Included on her Everything is Everything album, Blackburn began playing I'm Still Waiting incessantly and thus public demand prompted the record company to release it as a single. Entering the chart this week at Number 16, the song would eventually rise to Number 1, staying there for 4 weeks and becoming one of Motown's biggest sellers in the UK. Across the water, it could only manage to stagger to Number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100.
17: The Who: Won't Get Fooled Again
This week saw the return of 'the world's loudest band' to the UK Top 20 as The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again made its debut. Written by Pete Townshend, the track was originally intended for his rock opera, Lifehouse. When this was abandoned, already completed tracks - including this one - were released as a part of the group's then-latest album Who's Next. It also took Roger Daltrey and co back into the Top 10 for the first time in two years, peaking at Number 9.
The American Top 10 (w/e July 31, 1971)
- 01 (03) You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
- 02 (01) Indian Reservation - The Raiders
- 03 (02) It's Too Late - Carole King
- 04 (05) Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
- 05 (07) Draggin' the Line - Tommy James
- 06 (08) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - The Bee Gees
- 07 (04) Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
- 08 (09) Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
- 09 (10) Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots
- 10 (26) What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John - Tom Clay
The UK Number 1 album this week:
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
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