April 1971

 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 over a year now, plan to continue indefinitely.  

  So what was April 1971 like?

During the 4 weeks of April 1971, there were 54 songs that spent time in the Top 40. As usual, lots of great stuff.  

As with March, Only 2 songs made it to #1 during the month.  The Temptation's "Just My Imagination" held the top spot for the first 2 weeks of April, and Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World finish the month.

Here's the top 10 songs of the month, ranked by average chart position over the 4 weeks of the month:

• What's Going On - Marvin Gaye - 2.8
• Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations - 3.0
• Joy To The World - Three Dog Night - 4.0
• She's A Lady - Tom Jones - 5.3
• Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin - 6.8
• Another Day - Paul McCartney - 7.0
• For All We Know - Carpenters - 7.5
• Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted - The Partridge Family - 9.5
• One Toke Over The Line - Brewer And Shipley - 11.8
• Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner - 12.3

Seventeen (17) songs made their Top 40 debut, a couple of pretty notable songs.  Here they are (listed by entering position):

• Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin - 24
• I Am...I Said - Neil Diamond - 26
• I Play And Sing – Dawn - 30
• Me And You And A Dog Named Boo – Lobo - 30
• Timothy - The Buoys - 32 (anybody know who played on this record?)
• I Don't Blame You At All - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - 37
• Love Her Madly - The Doors - 37
• Baby Let Me Kiss You - King Floyd - 38
• Friends - Elton John - 38
• Don't Change On Me - Ray Charles - 38
• If – Bread - 39
• Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop - 39
• I Love You For All Seasons - The Fuzz - 39
• Here Comes The Sun - Richie Havens - 39
• Power To The People - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - 40
• Woodstock - Matthews' Southern Comfort - 40
• Ask Me No Questions - B.B. King - 40

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RIP Rusty Young

 I just heard this morning that Rusty Young passed away Wednesday (4/14/2021).  Rusty Young was a multi-instrumentalist, and one of the founding members of the band Poco.  My of the great underrated bands of the 70's.

I saw Rusty and the most recent configuration f Poco in fall of 2019, here's an iPhone photo from that night:

And yes, I do have a playlist on my iPod of Rusty Young written songs.  I only have 46 songs, covering 48years...  I may have to fill the couple of gaps...

I posted a review of that 2019 show here, check it out.

Rest In Peace, Rusty Young, and thanks for all the music!

Hydranga

 

So, last year for Mother's day, my son gave his mom a Hydrangea plant.  And surprisingly, it survived our "care" throughout the summer.  (let's just say that neither my wife or I have a particularly good record with house plants).

Last fall, we decided to transplant it from its pot to the earth, and see how it would do.  It dropped all its green, and was just some sticks.  But, with spring,  it is coming back!  As of  4/6 (Tuesday) it's starting to push out some leaves.

We'll see how it progresses...