A busy August in 2025 as we plan for Sadie’s fifth birthday and starting school in a couple of weeks, so we missed posting a playlist – you can find May, 1971 here before you listen to the sounds of June, 1971 for this week…
Songs of the month
- [new] “Albert Flasher” – Guess Who
- “Bridge Over Troubled Water / Brand New Me” – Aretha Franklin
- [new] “Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Aretha Franklin
- “Brown Sugar” – Rolling Stones
- “Chick-A-Boom” – Daddy Dewdrop
- [new] “Cool Aid” – Paul Humphrey
- “Don’t Know My Love” – Wilson Pickett
- [new] “Don’t Pull Your Love” – “Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds”
- [new] “Double Lovin’” – Osmonds
- [new] “Funky Nassau” – Beginning Of The End
- “Give More Power To The People” – Chi-Lites
- [new] “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” – Fortunes
- “Here Comes The Sun” – Richie Havens
- “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” – Helen Reddy
- [new] “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” – Yvonne Elliman
- [new] “I Don’t Want To Do Wrong” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
- “I’ll Meet You Halfway” – Partridge Family
- “If” – Bread
- [new] “Indian Reservation” – Raiders
- “It Don’t Come Easy” – Ringo Starr
- “It’s Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move” – Carole King
- “Joy To The World” – Three Dog Night
- “Love Her Madly” – Doors
- “Me And You And A Dog Named Boo” – Lobo
- [new] “Mr. Big Stuff” – Jean Knight
- “Nathan Jones” – Supremes
- [new] “Never Can Say Goodbye” – Isaac Hayes
- “Never Can Say Goodbye” – Jackson 5
- [new] “Puppet Man” – Tom Jones
- “Put Your Hand In The Hand” – Ocean
- “Rainy Days And Mondays” – Carpenters
- “Right On The Tip Of My Tongue” – Brenda & The Tabulations
- [new] “She’s Not Just Another Woman” – 8Th Day
- “Stay Awhile” – Bells
- “Superstar” – Murray Head
- “Sweet And Innocent” – Donny Osmond
- [new] “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” – Carly Simon
- [new] “The Drum” – Bobby Sherman
- “Treat Her Like A Lady” – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- “Want Ads” – Honey Cone
- [new] “When You’re Hot You’re Hot” – Jerry Reed
- “Woodstock” – Matthews Southern Comfort
- [new] “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 the classic comedy “No Sex Please, We’re British”, opened at the Strand Theatre, beginning a 16-year run that would make it the eighth longest-running stage production in London’s West End. It would be released as a film 2 years later.
Then on the 13th The New York Times began to publish the Pentagon Papers, secret memoranda from the U.S. Department of Defense regarding U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War, that had been provided to investigative journalist Neil Sheehan.
And on the 23rd after a marathon negotiating session that lasted until 5:00 in the morning in Luxembourg, representatives of the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United Kingdom came to an agreement on terms for the UK to enter the Community and to join the Common Market.
What’d Sadie think?
A week at the top for”Brown Sugar” by the Rolling Stones before Honey Cone’s “Want Ads” has a single week at number one, followed by Carole King with “It’s Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move” for the next two.
Loved ’em
- “Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Aretha Franklin
- “Double Lovin’” – Osmonds
- “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” – Fortunes
- “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” – Yvonne Elliman
- “Mr. Big Stuff” – Jean Knight
- “You’ve Got A Friend” – James Taylor
Liked ’em
- “Albert Flasher” – Guess Who
- “Cool Aid” – Paul Humphrey
- “Funky Nassau” – Beginning Of The End
- “I Don’t Want To Do Wrong” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
- “Never Can Say Goodbye” – Isaac Hayes
- “Puppet Man” – Tom Jones
- “She’s Not Just Another Woman” – 8Th Day
- “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” – Carly Simon
- “When You’re Hot You’re Hot” – Jerry Reed
Leave ’em
- “Don’t Pull Your Love” – “Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds”
- “Indian Reservation” – Raiders
- “The Drum” – Bobby Sherman
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.