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 June 1971 like?
There were 4 weeks of June '71, and there were 56 songs that spent time in the Top 40. As usual, lots of great stuff.
Three songs topped the charts over June's 4 weeks: "Brown Sugar", by the Rolling Stones opened the month at #1, carrying over from the last week of May. "Want Ads" by The Hone Comb took over for 1 week, and Carole King held #1 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:
- Want Ads - The Honey Cone - 2.5
- Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters - 3.0
- Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones - 3.25
- It's Too Late - Carole King - 4.25
- It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr - 5
- Joy To The World - Three Dog Night - 6.75
- Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - 8.5
- Sweet And Innocent - Donny Osmond of The Osmonds - 8.5
- I'll Meet You Halfway - The Partridge Family - 10.0
- Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) - The Raiders - 11.75
Nineteen-two (19) songs made their Top 40 debut, a couple of pretty notable songs. Here they are (listed by entering position):
- You've Got A Friend - James Taylor - 24
- Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - 30
- Never Can Say Goodbye - Isaac Hayes - 33
- Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight - 33
- Bring The Boys Home - Freda Payne - 33
- Albert Flasher - The Guess Who - 34
- Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - The Fortunes - 34
- Never Ending Song Of Love - Delaney & Bonnie & Friendsv34
- That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon - 35
- She's Not Just Another Woman - The 8th Day - 36
- Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver - 36
- I Don't Want To Do Wrong - Gladys Knight And The Pips - 36
- Puppet Man - Tom Jones - 37
- Sooner Or Later - The Grass Roots - 37
- Escape-ism (Part 1) - James Brown - 37
- High Time We Went - Joe Cocker - 8
- Draggin' The Line - Tommy James - 38
- Get It On - Chase - 39
- Funky Nassau-Part I - The Beginning Of The End - 40
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