A month in a life – April 1971

All tracks released in April 1971 unless otherwise indicated

* : New entry Record Retailer chart
[*} : Will chart as re-release in 1975

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Mozart 40 (03/71) Sovereign collection *
2 Jet song Design
3 Twelve gates to the city Graham Bond & Magick
4 Love her madly Doors
5 Between the road Paul Korda
6 It don't come easy Ringo Starr *
7 Who loves the sun Velvet underground
8 We're all playing in the same band Bert Sommer
9 Avalon Matthew Ellis
10 Tuesday's dead Cat Stevens
11 Way up there Young & Renshaw
12 Let me be turned to stone Peddlers
13 Me and my arrow Nilsson
14 To see such fun Cookies
15 On my side Cowsills
16 Pride comes before a fall Barracade
17 Mr. Tambourine man Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon
18 Honey (I need your love) Mighty Dodos
19 Sugar sugar (03/71) Sakkarin (Jonathan King) *
20 Fire and water [Atlantic release] Wilson Pickett
21 Running down deep Help yourself
22 Swim Jack Hammer
23 I can't be you, you can't be me Glass house
24 Mama's pearl Jackson 5 *
25 Catch my soul Gene Latter
26 United Drafi
27 Beginning to feel the pain Mac Davis
28 Loving eachother Bitter Almond
29 Silvery rain (03/71) Cliff Richard *
30 Doesn't somebody want to be wanted Partridge family
31 Knock three times (03/71) Dawn *
32 Freedom Sue and Sunny
33 When the love was given round Port Authority
34 God's children (EP Soundtrack of "Percy") Kinks
35 Snow blind friend Steppenwolf
36 When the party is over Robert John
37 I believe in everything John Entwistle
38 Making the same mistake Russell Stone
39 My brother Mary Tinsley
40 Indiana wants me (UK single version) (02/71) R. Dean Taylor *
41 Give me that pistol Stavely Makepeace
42 Rosetta (03/71) Georgie Fame & Alan Price *
43 Echoes and rainbows Black swan
44 San Francisco China Town Daisy Clan
45 Night of the warm witch Skid row
46 Eighteen Alice Cooper
47 Brown sugar Rolling Stones *
48 Shocking you Shocking blue
49 Time Crosswinds
50 Back to the people Bev Harrell
51 No love at all Bobbi Martin
52 The rugged cross Ethna Campbell [*]
53 Everybody clap Lulu
54 Obeah man Iron horse
55 Underneath the blanket go Gilbert O'Sullivan *
56 Jig-a-jig (05/70) East of Eden *
57 I knew him Joe Tex
58 If you need me [President release] Wilson Pickett
59 Try some buy some Ronnie Spector
60 Didn't I (blow your mind this time) (03/70) Delfonics *
61 Shake a hand Jose Feliciano
62 Why (02/71) Roger Whittaker *
63 Nothing much is happening today Norma Tanega
64 Stand by the one who loves you Gene Pitney
65 Anyone Sophia Loren
66 What's happening Edison Lighthouse
67 Honey bee (keep on stinging me) Weathermen (Jonathan King)
68 Chance in time (Un banc, un arbre, une rue) Severine *
69 When there's no you Engelbert Humperdinck
70 Music from "The six wives of Henry XIII" (EP) Early music consort *
71 It's a sin to tell a lie Gerry Monroe *
72 Man in black Johnny Cash
73 Promises promises Lynn Anderson
74 (Let my life be your) Love song Arrival
75 Life Rick Nelson & Stone Canyon band
76 Ridin' thumb Seals and Crofts
77 Goodie two shoes U.S. Sky
78 Hot love (EP) (02/71) T. Rex # 1
79 Carter Roy Budd
80 If you hold my hand Donna Hightower
81 Stranger in a strange land Leon Russell
82 Remember me (03/71) Diana Ross *
83 You and your folks, me and my folks Funkadelic
84 Mozart symphony nr. 40 Waldo de los Rios *

A month in a life – March 1971

All tracks released in March 1971 unless otherwise indicated

* : New entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Love story (Where do I begin) (02/71) Shirley Bassey *
2 If not for you Bob Dylan
3 One toke over the line Brewer & Shipley
4 Days of the looking glass Anne Murray
5 Sweet baby James Tom Rush
6 Brand new day Al Kooper
7 Love the one you're with (02/71) Stephen Stills *
8 Everyday Chilliwack
9 Midnight rider Allman brothers band
10 Other side of life Christian
11 Mary, won't you warm my bed Colin Blunstone
12 My little one (02/71) Marmalade *
13 Morning of our lives Arkade
14 I'll give you the earth (11/70) Keith Michell *
15 Gypsy woman (10/70) Brian Hyland *
16 Keep the customer satisfied Gary Puckett
17 Come on love Jerry Naylor
18 It's a thing called love Shillingford Mill
19 It happened today Curved air
20 Witchwood (later withdrawn) Strawbs
21 I am free Eastwood
22 Don't you never Legend
23 Hang on to your life Guess who
24 I'm a bum Gloomys
25 Betty, Betty bye bye Mumma Bear
26 Reach out your hand Brotherhood of man
27 Hot love (EP) (02/71) T. Rex # 1
28 Sweet little woman Gumm
29 There's no more corn on the brasos Walkers (NL)
30 A good year for the roses George Jones
31 Bed of Rose's Statler brothers
32 Dream baby (How long must I dream) Glen Campbell *
33 Cried like a baby Bobby Sherman
34 Nickel song New Seekers
35 Go pray for tomorrow Rosetta Hightower
36 Rainbow (I love you) New Inspiration
37 Bridget the midget (02/71) Ray Stevens *
38 Love on borrowed time Maxine Nightingale
39 Cherish what is dear to you Freda Payne *
40 Give me love Flirtations
41 You shouldn't have set my soul on fire Inez Foxx
42 Together we can make such sweet music Motown Spinners
43 Hey blackman Eddie Robinson
44 These are the J.B.'s part 1 J.B.'s
45 You could have been a lady (01/71) Hot Chocolate *
46 Baby jump Mungo Jerry # 1
47 Free Chicago
48 House of the king Focus
49 Man of many faces Christie
50 Time is now Jericho Jones
51 Mocking bird Barclay James Harvest
52 Power to the people John Lennon & Plastic Ono band *
53 Alright now Steve Gibbons
54 The creeper Charlie Ace & Upsetters
55 Hey Mr. Holy man (UK single version) Kiss Inc.
56 Dragonfly Fleetwood Mac
57 Problem child Mark Lindsay
58 One bad thing New horizon
59 Take your love Steve Ellis
60 Hot pants Salvage
61 Put your hand in the hand Ocean
62 Funny funny (01/71) Sweet *
63 Jack in the box Clodagh Rodgers *
64 Something old, something new (02/71) Fantastics *
65 Love story (Where do I begin) (02/71) Andy Williams *
66 I will drink the wine (02/71) Frank Sinatra *
67 There goes my everything Elvis Presley *
68 If not for you (02/71) Olivia Newton John *
69 Have you ever seen the rain (01/71) Creedence Clearwater Revival *
70 Hey tonight (01/71) Creedence Clearwater Revival *
71 Tokaido lines Portrait
72 Here comes the sun Richie Havens
73 Telephone girl Assagai
74 Finding my way home Avalanche
75 Fresh as a daisy Emitt Rhodes
76 The shape I'm in the Band
77 We'll fly you to the promised land Les Humpries singers
78 A rose by any other name Drifters
79 Let's say goodbye tomorrow Jimmy Ruffin
80 Do me right Detroit Emeralds
81 Double Barrel (08/70) Dave & Ansil Collins *
82 Love story (Where do I begin) Ray Conniff singers
83 Lady in black (promo – release cancelled) Uriah heep

A month in a life – Feb 1971

All tracks released in February 1971 unless otherwise indicated

* : New entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Stop I don't want to hear it anymore Melanie
2 Indian summer Audience
3 Another day Paul McCartney *
4 Thank your lucky star Labi Siffre
5 Rose garden (01/71) New World *
6 Who put the lights out (01/71) Dana *
7 I'll be home Vikki Carr
8 Theme from "Love story" Henry Mancini Orchestra
9 Oh me oh my B.J. Thomas
10 Say the right things Driftwood
11 Moonbeams Baskin & Copperfield
12 Two hearts are better than one Fitz & Dennis
13 Wake me I am dreaming Dave Munden
14 If you would stay Roger James Cooke
15 Song for Jimmy Wolfrilla
16 Sing fool sing Titanic
17 Inside looking out (33 rpm single) (01/71) Grand Funk railroad *
18 Delta lady Leon Russell
19 When you dance I can really love you Neil Young
20 Love to love you Caravan
21 D.O.A. Bloodrock
22 Tomorrow night (09/70) Atomic rooster *
23 Flash Duke of Burlington
24 Our house Onyx
25 My baby's gone Axiom
26 Hot love (EP) T. Rex *
27 Get on the right road Gary Wright
28 Chestnut mare (UK single edit) (01/71) Byrds *
29 The green green grass is dying Morning glory
30 Silver moon Michael Nesmith & First national band
31 My sweet Lord (01/71) George Harrison # 1
32 I was wondering Poppy Family
33 Chains and things B.B. King
34 Theme from "Love story" Peter Nero
35 I think I love you (11/70) Partridge family *
36 Every little move she makes White plains
37 My kind of music Marzipan
38 Birdie Soulful dynamics
39 Waldo P. Emerson Jones Pickettywitch
40 One bad apple Osmonds
41 If I ever get to you Rod Demick & Herbie Armstrong
42 Gypsy queen part 1 Gypsy (a.k.a. American gypsy)
43 I'm not my brother's keeper Flaming ember
44 Where you going to run to now Dobie Gillis
45 Everything's Tuesday Chairmen Of The Board *
46 Stop the war Edwin Starr *
47 Desdemona Searchers
48 Little miss goody two shoes Tommy Roe
49 Ra-ta-ta Rotation
50 Bye bye Bob Broken Consort
51 Decimal song Wilfred Brambell
52 I love you too much to lose you Simon Oates
53 When I was a freeport and you were the main drag Laura Nyro
54 I wanna be famous like my dad Vaughan Thomas
55 Wake me I am dreaming Love affair ft Auguste Eadon
56 Sweet Caroline (RR – 1969) Neil Diamond *
57 Here comes that rainy day feeling again Fortunes
58 Theme from "Love story" Baker street Philharmonic
59 Sally sunshine Miki Antony
60 Easy come easy go Mama Cass Elliot
61 Rose garden (01/71) Lynn Anderson *
62 Welcome to the world of love and laughter Petticoat and Vine
63 Angel baby Dusk
64 Singing a new song Freddie Waters
65 Forget me not (01/71) Martha Reeves & Vandellas *
66 I wanna thank you girl John Schroeder
67 Because I love you Master apprentices
68 Baby jump (01/71) Mungo Jerry *
69 Love it is Satisfaction
70 Wooly bully Canned heat
71 Nervous shakin' Kansas hook
72 Strange kind of woman Deep purple *
73 Walking (01/71) C.C.S. *

A month in a life – Jan 1971

All tracks released in January 1971 unless otherwise indicated

* : New entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Back to the river Damnation of Adam Blessing
2 Holy holy David Bowie
3 No matter what (11/70) Badfinger *
4 Apache drop out (11/70) Edgar Broughton Band *
5 I hear you knocking (10/70) Dave Edmunds' Rockpile # 1
6 Susie Mousetrap
7 Temptation eyes Grass roots
8 The good times are comin' Mama Cass Elliot
9 Faithful Marvin, Welch & Farrar
10 Coat of many colours Family dogg
11 Hold on to what you've got Bill & Buster
12 Watching Scotty grow Bobby Goldsboro
13 Fool on the hill (11/70) Shirley Bassey *
14 One less bell to answer 5th Dimension
15 You don't have to say you love me Elvis Presley *
16 Santa Lija (Sogno d'amore) Engelbert Humperdinck
17 Alison please Chris Kelly
18 Got to believe in love Lulu
19 The rain came Johnny Maestro
20 Stealing moments from another woman's life Glass house
21 Funky Chambers brothers
22 Ain't nothin' but a houseparty (RR – 1968) Showstoppers *
23 Rock me in the cradle Tracy
24 Heavy makes you happy (11/70) Bobby Bloom *
25 Sunny honey girl Cliff Richard *
26 Lotti Lotti MacArthur park
27 Lovin' la la Linus & the little people
28 Are you ready Andwella's dream
29 Who am I? Chameleon
30 Blind eye Wishbone ash
31 Spoiler Haystacks Balboa
32 Sarabande Beggars opera
33 Celebration Argent
34 Blue eyes in paradise Madrigal
35 Lovely lady The dog that bit people
36 Mama mama James Anderson
37 My sweet Lord George Harrison # 1
38 Stoney end (11/70) Barbra Streisand *
39 Candida (07/70) Dawn *
40 Sweet Caroline Anthony Armstrong Jones
41 Got love on my mind Perry Ford
42 Your song Elton John *
43 For the good times Ray Price
44 It's impossible Perry Como *
45 Rupert (11/70) Jackie Lee *
46 It's up to you, Petula Edison Lighthouse *
47 Spider Jefferson
48 Sally go round the roses Donna Gaines [Donna Summer]
49 Them changes Buddy Miles
50 I can't get next to you Al Green
51 It's all-in the mind Clarence Carter
52 You just can't win (by making that same mistake) Gene [Chandler] & Jerry [Butler]
53 Falling in and out of love Johnny Nash
54 Do the push and pull part 1 Rufus Thomas
55 Groove me King Floyd
56 It's the same old song (12/70) Weathermen (Jonathan King) *
57 Hold on it's coming (Take 1) Country Joe McDonald
58 Something to make you happy Cass Elliot & Dave Mason
59 Hello darkness Shocking blue
60 Right wheel, left hammer sham Tremeloes
61 Proud Mary Ike & Tina Turner
62 Resurrection shuffle (11/70) Ashton, Gardner & Dyke *
63 Come round here, I'm the one you need (RR-66) Smokey Robinson & Miracles *
64 Got to believe in love Robin McNamara
65 A child no one wanted Brenda & Tabulations
66 I got to tell somebody Betty Everett
67 Stoned love Supremes *
68 She's a lady Tom Jones *
69 The song of my life Petula Clark *
70 We've only just begun (11/70) Carpenters *
71 Underground girl Colin Hare
72 Carolina day Livingston Taylor
73 We're going wrong Bryan Evans
74 The way you look tonight (11/70) Edward Woodward *
75 Las Vegas (10/70) Tony Christie *
76 World of fantasy Stamford bridge
77 Pushbike song (12/70) Mixtures *
78 The elephant song Philwit and Pegasus
79 Snakeskin Julie Felix
80 Baby don't you leave me Julie Rogers
81 Grandad (10/70) Clive Dunn # 1
82 What have they done to my song, Ma Melanie *
83 Singing my song Vikki Carr
84 Where have I been wrong Cats
85 Girl Don Fardon
86 Humming song Tony Burrows
87 Build my world around you Bobby & Dave
88 It was a good time (Rosy's theme) Eydie Gorme