Just back from vacation this week. That always means look for the easy blog post.
So per Mr. Bacardi a couple weeks ago (August 22), I went to Music Outfitters, entered the year I graduated from high school in the search function.
Subsequently, I found that practically EVERYONE I read was doing the SAME THING. But I decided to post it anyway because NONE OF THEM GRADUATED IN 1971.
I decided to * the ones I like, # the ones I hate and italicize my favorite. Do nothing to the ones I don't remember (or don't care about). Just to be contrary, and because the page is bolded already.
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep by Mac and Katie Kissoon? How DID I miss that song?
Top 100 Hits of 1971 / Top 100 Songs of 1971
1. Joy To The World, Three Dog Night (overplayed)
2*. Maggie May / (Find A) Reason To Believe, Rod Stewart
3*. It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move, Carole King
4. One Bad Apple, Osmonds
5*. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Bee Gees
6. Indian Reservation, Raiders
7#. Go Away Little Girl, Donny Osmond
8. Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver
9*. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me), Temptations
10. Knock Three Times, Dawn
11*. Me And Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
12*. Tired Of Being Alone, Al Green
13*. Want Ads, Honey Cone
14*. Smiling Faces Sometimes, Undisputed Truth
15. Treat Her Like A Lady, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
16*. You've Got A Friend, James Taylor
17*. Mr. Big Stuff, Jean Knight
18*. Brown Sugar, Rolling Stones
19*. Do You Know What I Mean, Lee Michaels
20. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Joan Baez
21*. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
22*. Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey, Paul McCartney
23*. Ain't No Sunshine, Bill Withers
24*. Signs, Five Man Electrical Band
25. She's A Lady, Tom Jones
26*. Superstar, Murray Head and The Trinidad Singers
27. I Found Someone Of My Own, Free Movement
28. Amos Moses, Jerry Reed
29*. Temptation Eyes, The Grass Roots
30. Superstar, Carpenters
31*. My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity, George Harrison
32. Sweet And Innocent, Donny Osmond
33. Put Your Hand In The Hand, Ocean
34. Chick-a-boom, Daddy Dewdrop
35*. For All We Know, Carpenters
36. Help Me Make It Through The Night, Sammi Smith
37*. Rainy Days And Mondays, Carpenters
38*. If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot
39*. Gypsy, Tramps And Thieves, Cher
40*. Never Can Say Goodbye, Jackson 5
41. Rose Garden, Lynn Anderson
42. Don't Pull Your Love, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
43*. It Don't Come Easy, Ringo Starr
44. Mr. Bojangles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
45. I Love You For All Seasons, Fuzz
46*. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, Dramatics
47*. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be, Carly Simon
48*. If You Really Love Me, Stevie Wonder
49*. Spanish Harlem, Aretha Franklin
50. I Don't Know How To Love Him, Helen Reddy
51. Yo-yo, Osmonds
52*. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Aretha Franklin
53. Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted, Partridge Family
54*. Draggin' The Line, Tommy James
55*. Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner
56*. Beginnings / Colour My World, Chicago (more for Beginnings)
57. Stay Awhile, Bells
58*. Sweet City Woman, Stampeders
59. Me And You And A Dog Named Boo, Lobo
60. Another Day / Oh Woman, Oh Why, Paul McCartney
61. If, Bread
62*. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Marvin Gaye
63*. One Toke Over The Line, Brewer and Shipley
64. She's Not Just Another Woman, 8th Day
65. Bring The Boys Home, Freda Payne
66*. I Just Want To Celebrate, Rare Earth
67. Never Ending Song Of Love, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
68. Easy Loving, Freddy Hart
69*. Liar, Three Dog Night
70. Stick-up, Honey Cone
71. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Mac and Katie Kissoon
72. Love Story (Where Do I Begin), Andy Williams
73*. Wild World, Cat Stevens
74. When You're Hot, You're Hot, Jerry Reed
75*. Funky Nassau, Beginning Of The End
76. If Not For You, Olivia Newton-John
77*. Groove Me, King Floyd
78#. Watching Scotty Grow, Bobby Goldsboro
79*. Woodstock, Matthews' Southern Comfort
80*. Amazing Grace, Judy Collins
81*. I Hear You Knocking, Dave Edmunds
82*. Lonely Days, Bee Gees
83*. Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again, Fortunes
84*. Won't Get Fooled Again, Who
85. Trapped By A Thing Called Love, Denise Lasalle
86*. Mama's Pearl, Jackson 5
87. Timothy, Buoys
88. I Woke Up In Love This Morning, Partridge Family
89*. Theme From "Shaft", Isaac Hayes
90*. If I Were Your Woman, Gladys Knight and The Pips
91*. I Am...I Said, Neil Diamond
92*. Wedding Song (There Is Love), Paul Stookey
93. Don't Knock My Love, Pt. 1, Wilson Pickett
94*. Love Her Madly, The Doors
95*. Here Comes The Sun, Richie Havens
96. Sweet Mary, Wadsworth Mansion
97. Right On The Tip Of My Tongue, Brenda and The Tabulations
98*. One Less Bell To Answer, Fifth Dimension
99*. Riders On The Storm, The Doors
100. It's Impossible, Perry Como
Which either means that the music of 1971 was REALLY good, or I'm incredibly tolerant.
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5 comments:
That's MY year, too! I'd agree with about ninety percent of your choices. I have some affection for "Timothy" (LOVE Top 40 cannibal tunes!), the Carpenters' "Superstar", and the tear-inducing "Mr. Bojangles" (I HATE when that damn dog dies...snif..)Interesting you feel indiffernt to "Another Day"--me too. If Paul had been smart and released "Maybe I'm Amazed" as a single, THAT would've been my number one pick!
I never heard that Chirpy chirp song either!
Fred Hembeck
Timothy is mixed -I love it AND hate it (or am embarrassed to have positive feelings about it.
Superstar is OK, but there are other versions that outshown it - but I did have the Carpenters' version on vinyl. (They lose points for changing the lyric.)
And Mr. Bojangles maybe was overplayed too, and I just grew wweary of it.
But McCartney came out in the spring of 1970, so "Maybe I'm Amazed" would likely to have been released a year earlier. Of course, you're right that it's a GREAT song.
Has ANYONE every heard that chirpy song? If Hembeck doesn't know it, I'm not convinced it exists, even though one of the Billboard books says: "brother-ands-sister pop duo from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad." The song debuted on the charts 7/24, was on the charts for 15 weeks and got up to #20.
Um, I was born in '71, if that makes you feel any older. And I think "Joy to the World" was the #1 song the week I was hatched.
And yet I like you anyway, Chris.
Yeah, the original Delany and Bonnie version of "Superstar" was superior, with the more risque (slighty) lyric.
I got mixed up on "Maybe I'm Amazed"--I knew that! I just recall being so disappointed that Paul picked the very mundane "Another Day" to be his first single when he a far superior tune at his disposal. But that was a year earlier.
Overplayed? Yeah, LOTSA songs usta be overplayed. Some might say "Uncle Albert" was one, but not me! Love it!
Chirpy chirpy chirpy!
Fred Hembeck
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