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UK Music Chart: May 22, 1971

Tony Orlando and his group Dawn continued their residency as the best selling artists on the UK Top 20 this week in May 1971, as Knock Three Times completed its second week as the nation's Number 1 song.

The Chart:

01 (01) Dawn - Knock Three Times
02 (02) The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
03 (06) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
04 (04) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
05 (03) Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
06 (05) Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40
07 (08) East Of Eden - Jig-A-Jig
08 (14) The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
09 (16) McGuinness Flint - Malt and Barley Blues
10 (07) Diana Ross - Remember Me
11 (20) Free - My Brother Jake
12 (11) Séverine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue
13 (17) Gerry Monroe - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
14 (12) Sakkarin - Sugar, Sugar
15 (10) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
16 (24) The Arsenal First Team Squad - Good Old Arsenal
17 (09) T. Rex - Hot Love
18 (28) Neil Diamond - I Am...I Said
19 (19) Georgie Fame and Alan Price - Rosetta
20 (27) Bruce Ruffin - Rain

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
Image: Mad About You - The Anthology: Bruce Ruffin

16: The Arsenal First Team Squad: Good Old Arsenal

With the Arsenal football club completing the double of League Champions and FA Cup winners in the 1970/71 season, it seemed only natural that the team should go into the studio and record its version of Rule Britannia. Fans duly bought Good Old Arsenal and propelled it to a peak of Number 16 this week.

18: Neil Diamond: I Am...I Said

Making a steady climb into the Top 20 this week was what was about to be Neil Diamond's third consecutive UK Top 10 hit, the very personal I Am...I Said. As stated by AllMusic, it's "an impassioned statement of emotional turmoil, the song [was] very much in tune with the confessional singer/songwriter movement of the time..." Having already peaked at Number 4 in the States just weeks earlier, the track would go on to repeat that peak position in the UK.

20: Bruce Ruffin: Rain

Bruce Ruffin's Rain was the first of a brace of hits for the London-based Jamaican reggae singer. Originally written and recorded by José Feliciano in the late 1960s, Ruffin added a rocksteady beat to the song and saw the track scrape into the Top 20, eventually settling at a high of Number 19. Ruffin would return to the British charts a year later with his second and final hit, Mad About You.

The American Top 10 (May 22, 1971)

01 (01) Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
02 (02) Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson Five
03 (06) Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
04 (03) Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
05 (05) Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo
06 (12) Want Ads - Honey Cone
07 (07) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin
08 (13) It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
09 (04) If - Bread
10 (10) Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop

The Number 1 album this week:
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

UK Music Chart: May 15, 1971

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

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold

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

UK Music Chart: May 8, 1971

Number 15: East of Eden

Double Barrel by Dave and Ansel Collins remained at the top of the British charts this week in May, 1971.

The biggest mover of the week within the Top 20, however, was R. Dean Taylor's Indiana Wants Me at Number 12, but all in all, this week's Top 20 was relatively static.

Three new songs entered the listing, although none of them were particularly inspiring. British rock band East of Eden made the biggest impression, though, with their frenetic instrumental, Jig-A-Jig.

The Chart:

01 (01) Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
02 (03) Dawn - Knock Three Times
03 (04) The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
04 (07) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
05 (05) Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40
06 (02) T. Rex - Hot Love
07 (09) Diana Ross - Remember Me
08 (08) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
09 (16) The Fantastics - Something Old, Something New
10 (06) Ray Stevens - Bridget the Midget
11 (15) Georgie Fame and Alan Price - Rosetta
12 (20) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
13 (14) The Sweet - Funny Funny
14 (11) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
15 (22) East of Eden - Jig-A-Jig
16 (10) CCS - Walkin'
17 (12) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
18 (25) Gerry Monroe - It's A Sin to Tell A Lie
19 (26) Sakkarin - Sugar Sugar
20 (18) Marmalade - My Little One

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold

15: East of Eden: Jig-A-Jig

East of Eden formed in 1967 and were stalwarts of the rock circuit in both the UK and Europe. The band's unique sound was a combination of jazz and blues, but it has often been classified (probably wrongly) as progressive rock. Jig-A-Jig was not a part of the group's usual output, but the violin-led rock instrumental caught on in a big way, progressing to a peak position of Number 7. Although East of Eden enjoyed some brief commercial success on the UK Album Chart and in France, this would be their only appearance in the Singles listing before the members went their separate ways in 1978.

18: Gerry Monroe: It's A Sin to Tell A Lie

Gerry Monroe's fourth chart single and third Top 20 hit was his rendition of a song that first became popular in the mid-1930s. His own popularity had been spurred on by his appearances on the TV talent show, Opportunity Knocks and It's A Sin to Tell A Lie was typical of his MOR output. This track was also his last to enter the British Top 20.

19: Sakkarin: Sugar, Sugar

Jonathan King was back in the Top 20, this time under the pseudonym Sakkarin. As became usual throughout the 1970s, King recorded and released singles in various different guises and this was the second of them to chart, following his hit as The Weathermen. Sugar, Sugar was his rock interpretation of the 1969 best seller by The Archies and eventually peaked at Number 12.

The American Top 10 (W/E May 8, 1971)

01 (01) Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
02 (03) Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson Five
03 (02) Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
04 (05) I Am...I Said - Neil Diamond
05 (06) If - Bread
06 (04) What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
07 (07) Stay Awhile - The Bells
08 (12) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin
09 (10) Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
10 (16) Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo

The Number 1 album this week:
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

UK Music Chart: May 1, 1971

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:

01 (02) Dave And Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
02 (01) T. Rex - Hot Love
03 (18) Dawn - Knock Three Times
04 (21) The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
05 (06) Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40
06 (03) Ray Stevens - Bridget the Midget
07 (12) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
08 (04) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
09 (13) Diana Ross - Remember Me
10 (08) CCS - Walkin'
11 (07) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
12 (05) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
13 (11) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything
14 (14) The Sweet - Funny Funny
15 (15) Georgie Fame and Alan Price - Rosetta
16 (09) The Fantastics - Something Old, Something New
17 (10) Clodagh Rodgers - Jack in the Box
18 (22) Marmalade - My Little One
19 (17) Paul McCartney - Another Day
20 (30) R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me

*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)

01 (01) Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
02 (03) Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
03 (04) Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5
04 (02) What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
05 (06) I Am...I Said - Neil Diamond
06 (08) If - Bread
07 (10) Stay Awhile - The Bells
08 (05) Another Day/Oh Woman Oh Why - Paul McCartney
09 (07) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
10 (17) Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop

The Number 1 album this week:
Motown Chartbusters Vol.5 - Various

UK Music Chart: April 24, 1971

Ringo Starr - Buy This at Allposters.com

At the top of the UK charts this week in 1971, for the final time, was Hot Love by T.Rex. In its six week run at Number 1, the song racked up enough sales to become the fifth bestselling record of the year, as well as create a brand new genre in glam rock.

Elsewhere in the Top 20, three new songs made their debuts, including the last ex-Beatle to register a hit in the UK over the past few weeks: Ringo Starr.

The Chart:

01 (01) T. Rex - Hot Love
02 (04) Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
03 (02) Ray Stevens - Bridget the Midget
04 (06) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
05 (03) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
06 (14) Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40
07 (08) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
08 (09) CCS - Walkin'
09 (21) The Fantastics - Something Old, Something New
10 (05) Clodagh Rodgers - Jack in the Box
11 (07) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything
12 (29) Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
13 (18) Diana Ross - Remember Me
14 (15) The Sweet - Funny Funny
15 (30) Georgie Fame and Alan Price - Rosetta
16 (10) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band - Power to the People
17 (11) Paul McCartney - Another Day
18 (20) Dawn - Knock Three Times
19 (17) Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman
20 (12) Perry Como - It's Impossible

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold

9: The Fantastics: Something Old, Something New

Once known as The Velours, this American vocal group changed its name to The Fantastics and relocated to England. On the back of the Northern Soul explosion and the increased interest in the sound of Motown, Something Old, Something New found its way into the Top 10. The song was written by the hit team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, but even though they had further involvement with the group, this was its only commercial success.

12: Ringo Starr: It Don't Come Easy

Ringo Starr followed the other three ex-Beatles into the UK Top 20 with his first British hit single, It Don't Come Easy. George Harrision appears on the recording playing guitar and also produced both sides of the 45. Peaking at Number 4 in both the UK and the USA, the disc would outsell his former band mates' single releases of the time.

15: Georgie Fame/Alan Price: Rosetta

Fame and Price were close friends who decided to join forces for a while in the early 1970s. Both had enjoyed chart success individually during the latter half of the 1960s, Price having also been a former member of The Animals. This collaboration on Rosetta would take them to Number 11 in the UK Top 20, but it would be the last time that Georgie Fame appeared in the listing. However, Alan Price would be back in the Singles Chart with another hit record in 1974.

The American Top 10 (W/E April 24, 1971)

01 (01) Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
02 (02) What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
03 (06) Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
04 (13) Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5
05 (05) Another Day/Oh Woman Oh Why - Paul McCartney
06 (12) I Am...I Said - Neil Diamond
07 (03) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
08 (20) If - Bread
09 (04) She's A Lady - Tom Jones
10 (21) Stay Awhile - The Bells

The Number 1 album this week:

Motown Chartbusters Vol.5 - Various

UK Music Chart: April 17, 1971

Diana Ross - Buy This at Allposters.com

Hot Love by T.Rex was enjoying its fifth week at Number 1 in the UK and the group was hoping for big things to happen in America with the song, too. At this time, Marc Bolan and co had undertaken a promotional tour of the States to build upon the limited popularity of their previous disc. Unfortunately, Hot Love did not take off as hoped, peaking at a lowly Number 72 on the Billboard pop listing.

On British shores, new songs from two established acts entered the Top 20 for the first time, while some classical music with pop overtones became the highest new entry of the week.

The Chart:

01 (01) T. Rex - Hot Love
02 (02) Ray Stevens - Bridget the Midget
03 (03) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
04 (17) Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
05 (04) Clodagh Rodgers - Jack in the Box
06 (13) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
07 (06) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything
08 (12) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
09 (07) CCS - Walkin'
10 (08) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band - Power to the People
11 (05) Paul McCartney - Another Day
12 (09) Perry Como - It's Impossible
13 (10) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
14 (26) Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40
15 (20) The Sweet - Funny Funny
16 (23) Frank Sinatra - I Will Drink the Wine (RE: See post)
17 (11) Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman
18 (28) Diana Ross - Remember Me
19 (16) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song
20 (32) Dawn - Knock Three Times

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold

14: Waldo De Los Rios: Mozart Symphony No.40

The late Waldo De Los Rios was an Argentine composer and music arranger who discovered the knack of transforming classical music into rhythmical and popular contemporary tunes. He released an album in 1970 entitled Sinfonias, which included his adaptation of the composer's Symphony No.40. As well as climbing into the Top 10 in the UK, this single also soared to Number 1 in the Dutch charts.

18: Diana Ross: Remember Me

Remember Me became Diana Ross's second successive 45 to reach the UK Top 10 following the popularity of her previous disc, Ain't No Mountain High Enough. Released as the lead single from her third album, Surrender (I'm Still Waiting in the UK), this Ashford and Simpson-composed record performed better chart-wise in the UK than it did in the Billboard pop listing where it peaked at Number 16.

20: Dawn: Knock Three Times

Having already climbed to the top of the American charts in January, Knock Three Times by Dawn was preparing to repeat the feat in the UK. At this point, the vocal group were steadily ascending the pop listing in the States with I Play and Sing, a record that missed out on chart action over on British shores. Within a month, though, Tony Orlando and his two female singers would capture the UK Number 1 spot with this song.

The American Top 10 (W/E April 17, 1971)

01 (03) Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
02 (02) What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
03 (01) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
04 (04) She's A Lady - Tom Jones
05 (08) Another Day/Oh Woman Oh Why - Paul McCartney
06 (16) Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
07 (06) Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
08 (07) Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted - The Partridge Family
09 (05) For All We Know - The Carpenters
10 (10) One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley

The Number 1 album this week:

Motown Chartbusters Vol.5 - Various

UK Music Chart: April 10, 1971

Number 20: The Sweet

Hot Love by T.Rex completed its fourth week (out of 6) at Number 1 in the UK this week in 1971 and was joined by the debut hit from fellow glam rockers, The Sweet, at the other end of the Top 20.

The reggae boom also continued unabated as one of its biggest records entered the listing at Number 17, soon finding itself sitting at the top of the charts in the coming weeks.

The Chart:

01 (01) T. Rex - Hot Love
02 (02) Ray Stevens - Bridget the Midget
03 (03) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
04 (06) Clodagh Rodgers - Jack in the Box
05 (04) Paul McCartney - Another Day
06 (08) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything
07 (10) CCS - Walkin'
08 (07) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band - Power to the People
09 (09) Perry Como - It's Impossible
10 (05) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
11 (11) Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman
12 (12) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
13 (20) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
14 (14) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
15 (13) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
16 (15) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song
17 (21) Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
18 (19) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
19 (17) New World - Rose Garden
20 (28) The Sweet - Funny Funny

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
Image: The Greatest Hits - The Sweet

17: Dave & Ansel Collins: Double Barrel

Led by Trojan Records, the ska and reggae explosion in the UK of the early 1970s witnessed a proliferation of commercially successful singles in the genres. Among them was this future Number 1 single from Dave and Ansel Collins, which could be heard in dance halls and at fairgrounds up and down the country. Unusually for a reggae 45, Double Barrel also managed a Top 30 placing in the US Billboard Top 40.

20: The Sweet: Funny Funny

Welcome to the UK Top 20 to one of the most prolific hit making groups of the 1970s: The Sweet. Following several singles that failed to chart, the band teamed up with songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman who provided them with a succession of bubblegum pop hits over the next year or so. Funny Funny was the first of them, on which only lead singer Brian Connolly actually appears backed by a group of session musicians. Once the bubblegum had lost its flavour, The Sweet would become immersed in the burgeoning glam rock scene of the time.

The American Top 10 (W/E April 10, 1971)

01 (01) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
02 (05) What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
03 (11) Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
04 (04) She's A Lady - Tom Jones
05 (03) For All We Know - The Carpenters
06 (02) Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
07 (07) Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted - The Partridge Family
08 (10) Another Day/Oh Woman Oh Why - Paul McCartney
09 (06) Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
10 (16) One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley

The Number 1 album this week:

Home Lovin' Man - Andy Williams

UK Music Chart: April 3, 1971

Olivia Newton-John

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Now in its third week as the UK Number 1 song was glam rock hit Hot Love from Marc Bolan's group, T.Rex.

As well as two new entries into the Top 20 this week from Olivia Newton-John and Andy Williams, there were some singles posting big gains within the listing, notably from acts such as CCS, Elvis Presley and Ray Stevens.

The Chart:

01 (01) T. Rex - Hot Love
02 (09) Ray Stevens - Bridget the Midget
03 (03) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
04 (02) Paul McCartney - Another Day
05 (04) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
06 (10) Clodagh Rodgers - Jack in the Box
07 (12) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band - Power to the People
08 (19) Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything
09 (05) Perry Como - It's Impossible
10 (20) CCS - Walkin'
11 (18) Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman
12 (22) Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
13 (08) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
14 (07) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
15 (11) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song
16 (23) Frank Sinatra - I Will Drink the Wine (Re-entry see post)
17 (15) New World - Rose Garden
18 (14) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night
19 (06) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
20 (28) Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold

12: Olivia Newton-John: If Not For You

Welcome to the UK Chart to Olivia Newton-John with her first hit, If Not For You. A cover of a Bob Dylan song that had also been covered by George Harrison on his All Things Must Pass album, Olivia's version climbed to Number 7 and was used as the title track to her debut album. Surprisingly at the time, the single entered the US Billboard Top 30 and also topped their Easy Listening chart for three weeks.

20: Andy Williams: (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story

Although it has been covered many times since, Andy Williams recorded and scored a hit with the original lyric version of the movie theme to Love Story. In the UK, records buyers pushed the 45 to Number 4 on the chart, while across the pond it peaked at Number 9 on the Billboard pop listing.

The American Top 10 (W/E April 3, 1971)

01 (02) Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
02 (01) Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
03 (05) For All We Know - The Carpenters
04 (03) She's A Lady - Tom Jones
05 (07) What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
06 (04) Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
07 (06) Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted? - The Partridge Family
08 (08) Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith
09 (11) (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
10 (14) Another Day/Oh Woman Oh Why - Paul McCartney

The Number 1 album this week:

Home Lovin' Man - Andy Williams

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