Sunday, 5 May 2019

Billboard, 20 March 1971

Billboard, 20 March 1971

#1 album of the week:  'Pearl' - Janis Joplin (Columbia)

40.  Heavy makes you happy (Sha na boom boom) - Staple Singers (Stax)
39.  Burning bridges -  The Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)
38.  Eighteen - Alice Cooper (WB)
37.  Country road - James Taylor (WB) debut
36.  Watching Scotty grow - Bobby Goldsboro (UA)

35.  Theme from 'Love Story' - Francis Lai & His Orchestra (Paramount)
34.  Knock three times - Dawn (Bell)  (16 wks)
33.  Love's lines, angles and rhymes - 5th Dimension (Bell)
32.  Soul power - James Brown (King)
31.  Amazing grace - Judy Collins (Elektra)

30.  Rose garden - Lynn Anderson (Columbia)
29.  Don't let the green grass fool you - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
28.  No love at all - B.J.Thomas (Scepter)
27.  You're all I need to get by - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
26.  One toke over the line - Brewer & Shipley (Kama Sutra)

25.  Blue money - Van Morrison (WB)
24.  Oye como va - Santana (Columbia)
23.  Free - Chicago (Columbia)
22.  Wild world - Cat Stevens (A&M)
21.  Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion  (Sussex)

20.  Another day - Paul McCartney (Apple)
19.  Theme from 'Love story' - Henry Mancini Orchestra & Chorus (RCA)
18.  Temptation eyes - Grass Roots (Dunhill)
17.  Mr. Bojangles - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty) (dropped 5 notches)
16.  Cried like a baby - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia Records)

15.  What's life? - George Harrison (Apple)
14.  Where do I begin? (Theme from 'Love story') - Andy Williams (Columbia) (down from #3)
13.  Mama's pearl - Jackson Five (Motown)
12.  Have you ever seen the rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy) (down from #8)
11.  Amos Moses - Jerry Reed (RCA)

10.  If you could read my mind - Gordon Lightfoot (RCA)
9.  Help me make it through the night - Sammi Smith (Mega)
8.  What's going on? - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
7.  Doesn't somebody want to be wanted? - The Partridge Family (Bell)
6.  Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner (Liberty)

5.  For all we know - Carpenters (A&M)
4.  One bad apple - The Osmonds (MGM) (down from 5 wks at #1)
3.  Just my imagination - The Temptations (Motown)
2.  She's a lady - Tom Jones (Parrot)
1.  Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (Columbia)




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