6th March 1971 : Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (3 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 8 / 10

 

UK chartrun : 28-23-10-4-4-3-3-3-3-5-12-17-22-28-32-30-37-37-38

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Paul McCartney - Another Day - 6/10

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline - 5/10

Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman - 4/10

T Rex - Hot Love - 4/10

Edited June 9, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

 

27th March 1971 : Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (4 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 8 / 10

 

UK chartrun : 23-10-6-4-5-10-17-26-35

 

Third # 1 hit for Clodagh Rodgers. Fifth consecutive # 1 for British Eurovision entries. Honestly all previous entries had a strong chances for # 1, but some from them (like my favourite "I Belong" in 1965 year) didn't reach UK top 10 and became illegal for imaginary chart topper here.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story - 7/10

Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You - 6/10

Elvis Presley - There Goes My Everything - 5/10

Ray Stevens - Bridget The Midget - 4/10

CCS - Walkin' - 3/10

John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People - 2/10

Dave and Ansel Collins - Double Barrel - 1/10

 

 

24th April 1971 : Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (2 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 7 / 10

 

In 2002 year his duet with Denise Van Outen "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" was # 2 in my weekly chart.

 

UK chartrun : [39-28-20-13-6-4-8-8-10-15-22-28-30] [37-39]

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy - 6/10

Fantastics - Something Old Something New - 5/10

Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar - 4/10

Dawn - Knock Three Times - 4/10

Diana Ross - Remember Me - 3/10

Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No. 40 - not rated

 

8th May 1971 : Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (3 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 6 / 10

 

UK chartrun : 29-12-7-4-4-4-8-15-20-31

 

Ringo didn't have solo # 1 singles in UK chart, but in this topic he is the first ex-Beatles member, who got number one hit after the split of all-time # 1 band.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

McGuinness Flint - Malt And Barley Blues - 6/10

R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me - 5/10

Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You - 3/10

East Of Eden - Jig-A-Jig - not rated

Edited June 20, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

 

29th May 1971 : Severine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Un Rue (1 week at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 7 / 10

 

Strong Eurovision winner, but 7 points was enough only for 9th place in my 1971 ranking. In "Gražios Dainos" three songs became # 1 hits ("Musik", "Lykken Er", "Jack In The Box").

 

UK chartrun : 32-28-11-12-9-20-23-28-35

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Free - My Brother Jake - 4/10

Edited April 28, 20241 yr by Last Dreamer

 

5th June 1971 : Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria (5 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 7 / 10

 

UK chartrun : 34-24-17-8-2-3-2-6-7-8-18-18-27-30-37

 

Some months before "Amarillo" release British singer Tony Christie got the first number one hit.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches - 6/10

Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - 6/10

Neil Diamond - I Am... I Said - 5/10

Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die - 5/10

Temptations - Just My Imagination - 4/10

Mungo Jerry - Lady Rose - 3/10

Blue Mink - Banner Man - 3/10

Sweet - Co-Co - 3/10

Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You - 2/10

John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again - 2/10

Edited July 5, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

Well, apart from The Poppy family (which I never got hear when I lived in Singapore) all the rest of the 1970 chart-toppers were huge faves of mine and 5 of the 7 topped my charts. So good! :)

 

1971, Elton is a classic, I bought Apeman in a charity shop in 1972 as Id never heard it, Rose Garden, Jack In A Box, and Love Story were all Singapore faves of mine at the time, and Ringo I liked a lot when I got to hear it in 1972. Tony Christie was another one I first heard when I was back in the UK - on the Christmas year-end rundown I recorded on the radio, and I liked it. Severine I never got to hear for years and years - 1976 I think! The only 2 Eurovisions I missed from 1967 onwards were 1970 and 1971.

 

10th July 1971 : Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (3 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 6 / 10

 

UK chartrun : [36-16-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-8-8-13-22-22-29-24-30-35-39] [38-39]

 

Honestly I can't explain the huge success of this single in European charts. It's very cheesy track, even for me who love Scooch and YVA.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

New World - Tom-Tom Turnaround - 5/10

Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - 4/10

T Rex - Get It On - 4/10

Greyhound - Black And White - 3/10

Dave and Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner - 1/10

Edited July 5, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

I can explain Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - I bought it in Singapore based on one hearing :lol:

 

It was an earworm and sounded like nothing else before, sort of like The Chipmunks, but not quite. Sally was huge amongst teenage boys and dads with her hotpants, and kids loved it. Topped my charts for months. Then I got back to the UK where everyone had got sick of hearing it as it hung around the charts into 1972. I'm still fond of it, but err it's not going down in history as a timeless classic :lol:

'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep' is a funny and fun track at the same time :lol:

 

31st July 1971 : New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love (6 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 7 / 10

 

UK chartrun : 26-15-5-2-2-2-2-2-4-7-14-14-20-25-31

 

First number one for British pop group New Seekers.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - 5/10

Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - 4/10

Tony Orlando and Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday - 4/10

Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer - 4/10

George Harrison - Bangla Desh - 3/10

Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting - 3/10

Family - In My Own Time - 2/10

Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me - 2/10

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue - 2/10

Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

 

11th September 1971 : Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever (7 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 8/10

 

UK chartrun : 40-25-17-6-3-2-3-3-5-8-13-22-24-27-29-35-37

 

"Did You Ever" is third chart topper for American singer Nancy Sinatra after her two famous # 1 hits (These Boots Are Made For Walkin', Something Stupid).

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Curved Air - Back Street Luv - 6/10

Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - 6/10

Rod Stewart - Maggie May - 5/10

Marmalade - Cousin Norman - 5/10

Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go - 5/10

Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) - 4/10

CCS - Tap Turns On The Water - 3/10

James Taylor - You've Got A Friend - 3/10

Shirley Bassey - For All We Know - 3/10

Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans - 2/10

Four Tops - Simple Game - 2/10

Supremes and Four Tops - Nathan Jones - 1/10

Titanic - Sultana - not rated

Edited July 22, 20231 yr by Last Dreamer

2 more songs I love, I just got back into the UK in September 1971 and we were staying with my grandma and grandad, and my Aunty Ann, aged 15, had just bought the New Seekers track which I absolutely loved enough to buy it myself. The chorus of vocal noises reminded me of the muppets in Sesame Street which I'd been watching in Singapore as a new TV show. Nancy & Lee were huge faves of my mum (and I inherited her love for them) - this track was quite naughty and innuendo-based but not enough to get it banned, hooray!

 

30th October 1971 : Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum (2 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 6/10

 

UK chartrun : 23-16-4-4-4-2-3-3-10-15-22-26-38-36

 

Middle Of The Road did it again and got the second consecutive # 1.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing - 5/10

Slade - Coz I Luv You - 4/10

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - 4/10

Tom Jones - Till - 3/10

Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone - 2/10

 

13th November 1971 : Piglets - Johnny Reggae (2 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 7/10

 

UK chartrun : 19-7-3-5-5-10-14-24-28-37

 

It's the one from the most unpredictable # 1s from 70s decade. "Johnny Reggae" is funny novelty song, a session singer Barbara Kay was the lead vocalist on this track.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio - 7/10

T Rex - Jeepster - 5/10

Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - 4/10

Springwater - I Will Return - not rated

Edited July 23, 20231 yr by Last Dreamer

Johnny Reggae is one of the first songs I can remember from when it was in the chart.

 

27th November 1971 : Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio (2 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 7/10

 

UK chartrun : 29-21-11-6-8-7-6-9-11-22-23-29-34-38

 

Olivia Newton-John got her first # 1 song much faster than in UK official chart.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) - 6/10

Newbeats - Run Baby Run - 3/10

Diana Ross - Surrender - 2/10

John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man - 2/10

Edited April 28, 20241 yr by Last Dreamer

loved Middle Of The Road, bought it at the time, and got Johnny Reggae for Xmas, and I'm not even going to try and justify it by saying I was only 13. It's quirky, nothing like anything before or since. Banks Of The Ohio not my fave Olivia song, but it's nice enough. :)

 

11th December 1971 : Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (1 week at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 6/10

 

UK chartrun : 29-17-3-2-1-1-1-2-3-13-21-30-32-40

 

It was very successful year for novelty music, there is another one hit.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try - 5/10

Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft - 2/10

 

18th December 1971 : Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight) (4 weeks at # 1)

 

 

Rating : 8/10

 

UK chartrun : 39-21-11-12-7-3-7-6-12-35

 

Last # 1 for Cilla in this topic, but in my chart she will have some additional big hits.

 

Fresh songs in UK top 10 :

Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believin' - 7/10

Middle Of The Road - Soley Soley - 6/10

Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You - 5/10

Neil Reid - Mother of Mine - 5/10

Melanie - Brand New Key - 2/10

Johnny Pearson Orchestra - Sleepy Shores - not rated

Edited April 28, 20241 yr by Last Dreamer