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| Number 17: Vince Hill |
Rod Stewart's Maggie May continued its stranglehold at the top of the British chart as it completed its fourth week as the best selling record in the nation.
Stewart's brand of rock was sparse among those songs figuring well in the UK Top 20 however, noticeably highlighted by the debuts of three MOR ballads on the listing.
Two of them were courtesy of a pair of well-established British voices, namely Tom Jones and Vince Hill.
American singer/songwriter Scott English completed the line-up with a highly recognisable song that, in a different guise, would become a massive worldwide hit later in the decade.
Rod Stewart at Number 1
17: Vince Hill: Look Around (And You'll Find Me There)
At one time, Vince Hill was one of England's most recognisable pop balladeers, finding fame on television and in the music charts during much of the mid to late 1960s. At this point, however, his chart career was almost at an end, as this song was to be his last commercial success to date.
Much of his output was aimed at an older demographic and so it was no real surprise that he would release a lyrical ballad cover of a tune from the movie Love Story called Look Around (And You'll Find Me There).
Originally a theme named Skating in Central Park, this record would climb to a pinnacle position of Number 12 and would become Vince Hill's swansong, even though he continued to regularly appear on stage and TV throughout the rest of the decade.
18: Scott English: Brandy
To this day, many people believe that Barry Manilow wrote the song Mandy. In fact, it was composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr under the title Brandy and became a British hit three years before Manilow got his hands on it.
English had been in the music business for several years before this song appeared on the UK chart. He had already enjoyed limited success with his own recordings in the US, along with co-penning major hits for The American Breed, The Animals and Jeff Beck.
Brandy, however, became his only triumph on the UK Chart, peaking at Number 12 before the song became Mandy and reappeared in 1974 courtesy of that other singer.
20: Tom Jones: Till
Tom Jones' previous UK Top 20 hit, She's A Lady, appeared at the beginning of 1971, but its two follow-up singles failed to make any significant impression on the British chart.
Jones then decided to cover the English language version of a French ballad called Till, which had already been recorded by several big names, including Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett and Andy Williams.
It became Jones' highest placed hit single of the 1970s in the UK when it peaked at Number 2 just a few weeks after this entry position of Number 20.
The American Top 10 (w/e October 30, 1971)
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The UK Number 1 album this week:
Stewart's brand of rock was sparse among those songs figuring well in the UK Top 20 however, noticeably highlighted by the debuts of three MOR ballads on the listing.
Two of them were courtesy of a pair of well-established British voices, namely Tom Jones and Vince Hill.
American singer/songwriter Scott English completed the line-up with a highly recognisable song that, in a different guise, would become a massive worldwide hit later in the decade.
Rod Stewart at Number 1
The Chart:
- 01 (01) Rod Stewart - Maggie May
- 02 (02) Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans
- 03 (03) Middle of the Road - Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum
- 04 (05) The Four Tops - Simple Game
- 05 (10) Titanic - Sultana
- 06 (07) Shirley Bassey - For All We Know
- 07 (06) The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go
- 08 (04) James Taylor - You've Got A Friend
- 09 (20) Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
- 10 (19) Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
- 11 (12) Danyel Gérard - Butterfly
- 12 (18) Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- 13 (08) Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood - Did You Ever?
- 14 (11) CCS - Tap Turns on the Water
- 15 (09) The Tams - Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me
- 16 (13) Engelbert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place
- 17 (23) Vince Hill - Look Around (And You'll Find Me There)
- 18 (25) Scott English - Brandy
- 19 (14) Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
- 20 (22) Tom Jones - Till
17: Vince Hill: Look Around (And You'll Find Me There)
Much of his output was aimed at an older demographic and so it was no real surprise that he would release a lyrical ballad cover of a tune from the movie Love Story called Look Around (And You'll Find Me There).
Originally a theme named Skating in Central Park, this record would climb to a pinnacle position of Number 12 and would become Vince Hill's swansong, even though he continued to regularly appear on stage and TV throughout the rest of the decade.
18: Scott English: Brandy
English had been in the music business for several years before this song appeared on the UK chart. He had already enjoyed limited success with his own recordings in the US, along with co-penning major hits for The American Breed, The Animals and Jeff Beck.
Brandy, however, became his only triumph on the UK Chart, peaking at Number 12 before the song became Mandy and reappeared in 1974 courtesy of that other singer.
20: Tom Jones: Till
Jones then decided to cover the English language version of a French ballad called Till, which had already been recorded by several big names, including Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett and Andy Williams.
It became Jones' highest placed hit single of the 1970s in the UK when it peaked at Number 2 just a few weeks after this entry position of Number 20.
The American Top 10 (w/e October 30, 1971)
- 01 (01) Maggie May / Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart
- 02 (04) Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher
- 03 (03) Yo-Yo - The Osmonds
- 04 (02) Superstar - The Carpenters
- 05 (09) Theme From 'Shaft' - Isaac Hayes
- 06 (20) Imagine - John Lennon
- 07 (06) Do You Know What I Mean? - Lee Michaels
- 08 (05) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
- 09 (15) Peace Train - Cat Stevens
- 10 (11) I've Found Someone of My Own - The Free Movement
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The UK Number 1 album this week:
- John Lennon - Imagine
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