I'm still running behind, but only 1 day later than last month... so...GOOD (enough)... Here's 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 October 1971 like?
There were 5 weeks of October '71, and there were 58 songs that spent time in the Top 40. As usual, lots of great stuff, but a few that I'd thankfully forgotten. Still, 1971 was a pretty outstanding year!
Despite there being 5 weeks in October '71, only 1 song topped the charts: Rod Stewart's Maggie May. A brilliant, brilliant song.
Moving on: Here's the top 10 songs of the month, ranked by average chart position over the 5 weeks of the month:
- Maggie May - Rod Stewart - 1.0
- Superstar - Carpenters - 3.0
- Yo-Yo - The Osmonds - 4.6
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez - 4.8
- Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond - 5.4
- Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels - 7.0
- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney - 10.2
- If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder - 10.6
- Sweet City Woman - Stampeders - 11.4
- Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers - 12.8
- Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes - 9
- Imagine - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - 20
- Have You Seen Her - The Chi-lites - 21
- Everybody's Everything - Santana - 28
- Birds Of A Feather - The Raiders - 32
- Peace Train - Cat Stevens - 34
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye - 35
- Desiderata - Les Crane - 35
- Questions 67 And 68 - Chicago - 35
- One Fine Morning - Lighthouse - 36
- You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk) - The 8th Day - 36
- Women's Love Rights - Laura Lee - 37
- Never My Love - The 5th Dimension - 38
- Two Divided By Love - The Grass Roots - 38
- Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher - 39
- A Natural Man - Lou Rawls - 39
- One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack - Coven - 39
- Only You Know And I Know - Delaney & Bonnie - 40
- Long Ago And Far Away - James Taylor - 40
- Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band - 40
- I'm Comin' Home - Tommy James - 40
- MacArthur Park (Part II) - Four Tops - 40
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