It’s already 1971 in our journey through the charts, so let’s hear what January sounded like…
Songs of the month
- “5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love)” – Presidents
- [new] “Amazing Grace” – Judy Collins
- “Be My Baby” – Andy Kim
- “Black Magic Woman” – Santana
- [new] “Born To Wander” – Rare Earth
- “Can’t Stop Loving You” – Tom Jones
- “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” – Chicago
- “Domino” – Van Morrison
- “For The Good Times” – Ray Price
- [new] “Games” – Redeye
- “Groove Me” – King Floyd
- “Gypsy Woman” – Brian Hyland
- “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” – Neil Diamond
- [new] “I Hear You Knockin’” – Dave Edmunds
- [new] “I Really Don’t Want To Know” – Elvis Presley
- “I Think I Love You” – Partridge Family
- “I’ll Be There” – Jackson Five
- “If I Were Your Woman” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
- [new] “If There’s A Hell Below” – Curtis Mayfield
- [new] “If You Could Read My Mind” – Gordon Lightfoot
- “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin
- “It’s Impossible” – Perry Como
- “Knock Three Times” – Dawn
- “Lonely Days” – Bee Gees
- [new] “Love The One You’re With” – Stephen Stills
- [new] “Mr. Bojangles” – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison
- “No Matter What” – Badfinger
- [new] “One Bad Apple” – Osmonds
- “One Less Bell To Answer” – 5Th Dimension
- “One Man Band” – Three Dog Night
- “Pay To The Piper” – Chairmen Of The Board
- [new] “Remember Me” – Diana Ross
- “River Deep Mountain High” – Supremes & The Four Tops
- [new] “Rose Garden” – Lynn Anderson
- [new] “Santana” – Santana
- “Stoned Love” – Supremes
- “Stoney End” – Barbra Streisand
- [new] “Stop The War Now” – Edwin Starr
- “Tears Of A Clown” – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- [new] “Watching Scotty Grow” – Bobby Goldsboro
- [new] “We Gotta Get You A Woman” – Runt
- “We’ve Only Just Begun” – Carpenters
- “Your Song” – Elton John
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On the 1st day of the new year the last cigarette commercials on U.S. television and radio were broadcast, and tobacco manufacturers spent US$1,250,000 for the farewell advertising prior to the ban that went into effect at midnight. The last commercial was a 60-second ad for Virginia Slims that was run by the Philip Morris company at 11:59 during a break on The Tonight Show on NBC. The company had bought the last pre-midnight ads on the late night talk shows of all three networks, with ads for Marlboro on CBS on The Merv Griffin Show and for Benson & Hedges on ABC on The Dick Cavett Show. And here’s that ad…
On the 3rd the BBC Open University, allowing older, working students to obtain an undergraduate university degree through distance learning, began operations in the United Kingdom, with the broadcast of early morning television courses (on BBC-2) to supplement written and audio materials provided to the students. In the first year, 25,000 students applied for the program. The first bachelor’s degrees would be awarded on January 11, 1973
And on the 12th the sitcom “All in the Family” premiered on CBS. Based on the British television comedy series Till Death Us Do Part), the TV series starred Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker, an openly-bigoted factory worker in Queens, with Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner as his wife, daughter and son-in-law living in the same house. The critics’ reactions varied; Cynthia Lowry of the Associated Press called it “a half hour of vulgarity and offensive dialogue” with “little humor and considerable embarrassment” and of The New York Times observed Archie Bunker’s remarks and said “None of these is funny. They shock because one is not used to hearing them… They don’t make one laugh so much as they force self-conscious, semi-amused gasps.” And yet it resonated…
What’d Sadie think?
Three more weeks at the top for “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison, before two at the top for Dawn’s “Knock Three Times”.
Loved ’em
- “Amazing Grace” – Judy Collins
- “Born To Wander” – Rare Earth
- “If There’s A Hell Below” – Curtis Mayfield
- “If You Could Read My Mind” – Gordon Lightfoot
- “Love The One You’re With” – Stephen Stills
- “Mr. Bojangles” – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Liked ’em
- “I Hear You Knockin’” – Dave Edmunds
- “I Really Don’t Want To Know” – Elvis Presley
- “One Bad Apple” – Osmonds
- “Remember Me” – Diana Ross
- “Rose Garden” – Lynn Anderson
- “Stop The War Now” – Edwin Starr
- “Watching Scotty Grow” – Bobby Goldsboro
- “We Gotta Get You A Woman” – Runt
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.