Time for the next in my ongoing series of reviewing the Top 40 songs from 50 years ago. I've been doing this version of the review for For 15 months, plan to continue indefinitely.
So what was March1971 like?
During the 4 weeks of March1971, there were 55 songs that spent time in the Top 40. As usual, lots of great stuff.
As with February, Only 2 songs made it to #1 during the month. The Osmonds' "One Bad Apple" spent the 1st 2 weeks at the top, finishing a 5 week stretch at the top. Janis Joplin's posthumous release "Me and Bobby McGee" took over for the last 2 weeks.
Here's the top 10 songs of the month, ranked by average chart position over the 4 weeks of the month:
- Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin - 1.75
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations - 3.25
- One Bad Apple - The Osmonds - 3.75
- She's A Lady - Tom Jones - 4.00
- For All We Know - Carpenters - 5.00
- Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner - 7.25
- Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted - The Partridge Family - 9.25
- If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot - 9.5
- Mama's Pearl - Jackson 5 - 9.75
- Amos Moses - Jerry Reed - 10.5
Eighteen (17) songs made their Top 40 debut, some pretty notable songs. Here they are (listed by entering position):
- Oye Como Va - Santana - 26
- No Love At All - B.J. Thomas - 28
- What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - 29
- Free - Chicago - 32
- Country Road - James Taylor - 34
- Joy To The World - Three Dog Night - 34
- Wild World - Cat Stevens - 35
- Another Day - Paul McCartney - 36
- Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean - 37
- You're All I Need To Get By - Aretha Franklin - 38
- Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes - The 5th Dimension - 38
- Eighteen - Alice Cooper - 38
- One Toke Over The Line - Brewer And Shipley - 39
- Sit Yourself Down - Stephen Stills - 39
- Soul Power (Pt. 1) - James Brown - 40
- Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) - The Staple Singers - 40
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) - Glen Campbell - 40
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