UK Music Chart: March 13, 1971

Number 14: Dana

Baby Jump secured its second and final week as the UK's Number 1 song on this date in 1971, while tracks from Paul McCartney, Lynn Anderson and T.Rex were making considerable gains up the Top 20.

Otherwise the listing was relatively quiet, as only two songs managed to make headway as new entries to the listing.

The Chart:

• 01 (01) Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump 
• 02 (04) Paul McCartney - Another Day 
• 03 (02) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 
• 04 (10) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 
• 05 (05) Perry Como - It's Impossible 
• 06 (03) The Mixtures - Pushbike Song 
• 07 (17) T. Rex - Hot Love 
• 08 (09) Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 
• 09 (07) Judy Collins - Amazing Grace 
• 10 (08) The Supremes - Stoned Love 
• 11 (06) Ashton, Gardner And Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 
• 12 (19) Chairmen of the Board - Everything's Tuesday 
• 13 (12) Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night 
• 14 (21) Dana - Who Put the Lights Out 
• 15 (11) Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Forget Me Not 
• 16 (18) Clive Dunn - Grandad 
• 17 (27) New World - Rose Garden 
• 18 (15) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need 
• 19 (16) Badfinger - No Matter What 
• 20 (13) Elton John - Your Song

*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
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14: Dana: Who Put the Lights Out?

I Will Follow You, Dana's immediate follow-up to her 1970 Eurovision winner All Kinds of Everything, failed to impress record buyers and tanked. However her next release, Who Put the Lights Out?, saw her back in the UK Top 20, as well as Ireland's Top 10. Written by Paul Ryan, and originally an album track by Barry Ryan, this song would be Dana's last to chart until her fortunes revived in 1974.

 

17: New World: Rose Garden 

New World was an Australian act which transferred to the UK in the late 1960s, where they were picked up by record producer Mickie Most and signed to his RAK record label. This was the guy's first release under his stewardship, their version of the Lynn Anderson hit, Rose Garden (currently at Number 4 this week). In fact, there were three competing recordings of the song around at the same time. Both Anderson's and New World's versions cracked the UK Top 20, but England's Sandie Shaw could only manage Number 41.

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The UK Number 1 album this week:

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison