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It’s July, 1971

Written by

Thomas Scovell

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It’s 49 years and 1 months before Sadie is born and 5 years and 7 months before Thomas is.

Songs of the month

  • “Albert Flasher” – Guess Who
  • [new] “Beginnings / Colour My World” – Chicago
  • [new] “Bring The Boys Home” – Freda Payne
  • “Brown Sugar” – Rolling Stones
  • [new] “Colour My World / Beginnings” – Chicago
  • “Don’t Knock My Love” – Wilson Pickett
  • “Don’t Pull Your Love” – “Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds”
  • [new] “Double Barrel” – Dave & Ansil Collins
  • “Double Lovin’” – Osmonds
  • [new] “Draggin’ The Line” – Tommy James
  • “Funky Nassau” – Beginning Of The End
  • [new] “Get It On” – Chase
  • “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” – Fortunes
  • [new] “High Time We Went” – Joe Cocker
  • [new] “Hot Pants” – James Brown
  • [new] “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” – Bee Gee
  • “I Don’t Want To Do Wrong” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
  • “I’ll Meet You Halfway” – Partridge Family
  • “Indian Reservation” – Raiders
  • “It Don’t Come Easy” – Ringo Starr
  • “It’s Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move” – Carole King
  • [new] “Liar” – Three Dog Night
  • [new] “Love The One You’re With” – Isley Brothers
  • [new] “Maybe Tomorrow” – Jackson 5
  • [new] “Mercy Mercy Me” – Marvin Gaye
  • “Mr. Big Stuff” – Jean Knight
  • “Nathan Jones” – Supremes
  • “Never Can Say Goodbye” – Isaac Hayes
  • [new] “Never Ending Song Of Love” – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
  • “Puppet Man” – Tom Jones
  • “Rainy Days And Mondays” – Carpenters
  • [new] “Rings” – Cymarron
  • “She’s Not Just Another Woman” – 8Th Day
  • [new] “Signs” – Five Man Electrical Band
  • [new] “Sooner Or Later” – Grass Roots
  • “Sweet And Innocent” – Donny Osmond
  • [new] “Sweet Hitch-Hiker” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • [new] “Take Me Home Country Roads” – John Denver
  • “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” – Carly Simon
  • “Treat Her Like A Lady” – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
  • “Want Ads” – Honey Cone
  • [new] “What The World Needs Now Is Love” – Tom Clay
  • “When You’re Hot You’re Hot” – Jerry Reed
  • [new] “Wild Horses” – Rolling Stones
  • “You’ve Got A Friend” – James Taylor

[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 3rd Jim Morrison, 27, American singer and leader of the Doors, was found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France; the cause of death remains uncertain, but an unintentional heroin overdose was the most popular theory

And on the 19th the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City was topped out at 1,362 feet (415 m), making it the second tallest building in the world

Then onn the 31st US Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott became the first person to drive a wheeled vehicle on the surface of the Moon, after landing the day before, with James Irwin travelling as a passenger. At 9:52 a.m., Scott and Irwin removed Rover 1, the lunar rover, from the compartment below the module and unfolded it. The two drove roughly 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the landing site, returning after six hours.

What’d Sadie think?

It’s three weeks at the top for Carole King with “It’s Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move”, then one for “Indian Reservation” by Raiders and finally one for “You’ve Got A Friend” by James Taylor.

We have to highlight a song that made it into the “leave it” pile this week -“What The World Needs Now Is Love” by Tom Clay which is an interesting (but not particularly pleasant to listen to) mash up of Bachurach’s song and news/interview clips by an american DJ.

Loved ’em

  • “Beginnings / Colour My World” – Chicago
  • “Hot Pants” – James Brown
  • “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” – Bee Gee
  • “Love The One You’re With” – Isley Brothers
  • “Mercy Mercy Me” – Marvin Gaye
  • “Sweet Hitch-Hiker” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • “Take Me Home Country Roads” – John Denver
  • “Treat Her Like A Lady” – Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose
  • “Wild Horses” – Rolling Stones

Liked ’em

  • “Bring The Boys Home” – Freda Payne
  • “Double Barrel” – Dave & Ansil Collins
  • “Draggin’ The Line” – Tommy James
  • “Get It On” – Chase
  • “High Time We Went” – Joe Cocker
  • “Liar” – Three Dog Night
  • “Maybe Tomorrow” – Jackson 5
  • “Rings” – Cymarron
  • “Signs” – Five Man Electrical Band
  • “Sooner Or Later” – Grass Roots
  • “When You’re Hot Your Hot” – Jerry Reed

Leave ’em

  • “Never Ending Song Of Love” – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
  • “What The World Needs Now Is Love” – Tom Clay

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

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