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| Number 20: The Sweet |
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
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
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