AMERICAN TOP 40 REPLAY- THE WEEK OF JANUARY 30, 1971

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American Top 40 replay this week on the 70’s on 7- from the week of January 30, 1971- a pretty impressive week. I love a Top 40 with as varied styles of music as this one-  Led Zeppelin and Perry Como both in the Top 20. Hits by both James Brown and Ray Price. Of course it’s 1971 so that means an Osmond classic – One Bad Apple!

1 1 KNOCK THREE TIMES –•– Dawn (Bell)-11 (2 weeks at #1) (1) C
2 2 MY SWEET LORD / ISN’T IT A PITY –•– George Harrison (Apple)-10 (1) A+
3 4 LONELY DAYS –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-9 (3) A
4 3 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-15 (2) B
5 9 ROSE GARDEN –•– Lynn Anderson (Columbia)-10 (5) A
6 7 GROOVE ME –•– King Floyd (Chimneyville)-15 (6) A
7 16 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING –•– Dave Edmunds (MAM)-6 (7) A
8 8 YOUR SONG –•– Elton John (Uni)-10 (8) A
9 34 ONE BAD APPLE –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-5 (9) F
10 6 STONEY END –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-14 (6) B

11 13 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-10 (11) B
12 5 BLACK MAGIC WOMAN –•– Santana (Columbia)-12 (4) A
13 10 IT’S IMPOSSIBLE –•– Perry Como (RCA)-12 (10)  B
14 15 LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH –•– Stephen Stills (Atlantic)-8 (14) B
15 11 I THINK I LOVE YOU –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-17 (1) B
16 18 IMMIGRANT SONG –•– Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)-11 (16) A+
17 23 BORN TO WANDER –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-8 (17) B
18 31 MR. BOJANGLES –•– The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)-11 (18) A+
19 21 REMEMBER ME –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-6 (19) B
20 22 WE GOTTA GET YOU A WOMAN –•– Runt (Todd Rundgren) (Ampex)-12 (20) A

21 12 STONED LOVE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-13 (7) B
22 24 I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW / THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-6 (22) B
23 20 FOR THE GOOD TIMES –•– Ray Price (Columbia)-23 (11)A
24 19 DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS –•– Chicago (Columbia)-13 (7) A
25 32 WATCHING SCOTTY GROW –•– Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)-6 (25) F
26 30 AMAZING GRACE –•– Judy Collins (Elektra)-8 (26) B+
27 25 PAY TO THE PIPER –•– The Chairmen Of the Board (Invictus)-12 (13) A
28 36 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND –•– Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)-6 (28) A+
29 14 RIVER DEEP-MOUNTAIN HIGH –•– The Supremes and the Four Tops (Motown)-10 (14) C
30 28 ONE MAN BAND –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-11 (19) B-

31 33 AMOS MOSES –•– Jerry Reed (RCA)-14 (31) A
32 29 DOMINO –•– Van Morrison (Warner Brothers)-12 (9) A+
33 44 LET YOUR LOVE GO –•– Bread (Elektra)-5 (33) C
34 27 GAMES –•– Redeye (Pentagram)-13 (27) B
35 35 GET UP, GET INTO IT, GET INVOLVED (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-5 (35) A
36 40 (Do the) PUSH AND PULL (Part 1) –•– Rufus Thomas (Stax)-7 (36) B
37 45 1900 YESTERDAY –•– Liz Damon’s Orient Express (White Whale)-6 (37) B
38 17 THE TEARS OF A CLOWN –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-15 (1) A+
39 39 PRECIOUS PRECIOUS –•– Jackie Moore (Atlantic)-9 (39) B
40 41 SOMEBODY’S WATCHING YOU –•– Little Sister (Stone Flower)-8 (40) B

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12 responses to “AMERICAN TOP 40 REPLAY- THE WEEK OF JANUARY 30, 1971”

  1. As you state, such an eclectic list of songs! I owned seven of those songs as 45 singles. Two of them were “Knock Three Times” and “I Think I Love You”, but I later decided they were basically pop crap. Another is “Tears of a Clown”, which I loved, but eventually grew tired of from being played to death. It’s a great song though. My favorites on this list include “My Sweet Lord”, “If I Were Your Woman”, “Black Magic Woman” and “Immigrant Song”.

    I’m surprised you gave “Rose Garden” and “Amos Moses” both A’s, as I’d have expected you to dislike them. Those two were also among the 45’s I bought.

  2. Thanks for these lists. I love being reminded of these songs. 😉 This list is all over the place but I’ll say that I agree with all your A+ ratings.

  3. I never saw you were rating them before! I’m a little slow sometimes. I see two contenders for your worst list, and believe it or not I like the Osmonds song better than the Bobby Goldsborough one.

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