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