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| Number 12: Bob and Marcia |
Reggae and pop dominated the new entries into the Top 20 this week in 1971, as Middle of the Road's Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep continued its stranglehold on the Number 1 position.
After the previous week's low ratio of new songs, this week saw a quarter of the chart replaced, including debuts from both American vocalist Lobo and British reggae specialists, Greyhound.
The Chart:
- 01 (01) Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
- 02 (08) Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die
- 03 (03) Blue Mink - Banner Man
- 04 (06) John Kongos - He's Gonna Step on You Again
- 05 (09) The Sweet - Co-Co
- 06 (02) Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
- 07 (04) Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You
- 08 (05) Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose
- 09 (07) Dawn - Knock Three Times
- 10 (13) The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- 11 (16) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - I Don't Blame You at All
- 12 (21) Bob and Marcia - The Pied Piper
- 13 (12) Peter Noone - Oh, You Pretty Thing
- 14 (10) Neil Diamond - I Am...I Said
- 15 (11) The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
- 16 (26) White Plains - When You Are A King
- 17 (44) Dave and Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner
- 18 (32) Lobo - Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
- 19 (30) Greyhound - Black and White
- 20 (14) Elvis Presley - Rags to Riches
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12: Bob & Marcia: The Pied Piper
Fifteen months after Jamaican vocal duo Bob and Marcia first graced the UK Singles Chart with Young, Gifted and Black, they were back with their second and final British hit. The Pied Piper was originally a transatlantic Top 5 hit for Crispian St. Peters in 1966, but Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths' reggae version could only manage a British peak of Number 11.
16: White Plains: When You Are A King
Approximately six months since their last single was in the Top 10, studio group White Plains returned to the higher ranks of the British chart with their final Top 20 hit, When You Are A King. By this time Tony Burrows, who had served as the lead vocalist on the band's earlier hits, had left to form The Pipkins. Session singers subsequently joined for promotional and live work of this single and their last chart entry, the 1973 Number 21 hit Step Into A Dream.
17: Dave & Ansel Collins: Monkey Spanner
Dave Barker and Ansel Collins followed up their UK Number 1 single, Double Barrel, with this similarly-styled reggae dance floor filler. Monkey Spanner was equally as popular at fairgrounds up and down the country and sold enough copies to push it into the Top 10, peaking at Number 7.
18: Lobo: Me & You and a Dog Named Boo
Having shed his real name for performance and recording purposes, Kent LaVoie adopted the alias Lobo and soon found himself with a hit on his hands. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo had already seen Top 5 chart action in the US and his soft-rock debut was about to replicate that journey in the UK. Topping out at Number 4, this track was the first of just two British hits for the native Floridian.
19: Greyhound: Black and White
Greyhound had previously appeared briefly on the UK Singles Chart under the name Freddie Notes and the Rudies with a reggae cover version of the Bobby Bloom song, Montego Bay. Notes left the group shortly afterwards and it eventually morphed into Greyhound. Black and White was the first of their three UK Top 20 hits, peaking at Number 6 and inspiring the US Number 1 song by Three Dog Night.
The American Top 10 (w/e July 3, 1971)
- 01 (01) It's Too Late - Carole King
- 02 (04) Indian Reservation - The Raiders
- 03 (05) Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- 04 (02) Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters
- 05 (08) Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
- 06 (03) Want Ads - Honey Cone
- 07 (06) Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
- 08 (14) You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
- 09 (09) When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed
- 10 (07) It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
The UK Number 1 album this week:
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
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