A month in a life – May 1971

All tracks released in May 1971 unless otherwise indicated

* : New entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : Will chart as re-release in 1972
[**] : Will chart as A side in 1974

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 The next stop is mine Onyx
2 People love each other Brewer & Shipley
3 I sure like your smile Southern comfort
4 Somebody like me Bobbie Gentry
5 He's gonna step on you again (04/71) John Kongos *
6 Hey Willy Hollies *
7 My brother Jake (04/71) Free *
8 Lay it on me Fair weather
9 Ride the sky Lucifer's friend
10 Stone hearted mama Pretty things
11 Coldwater mornings Richard Barnes
12 Lady of the morning Marvin, Welch & Farrar
13 Time for the leaving Magna Carta
14 Rain (04/71) Bruce Ruffin *
15 See what you get out a me Black velvet
16 What's going on Marvin Gaye
17 Suspicious mind Dee Dee Warwick
18 Sweetness Joe Wilson
19 Pay to the piper Chairmen Of The Board *
20 We were always sweethearts Boz Scaggs
21 Lowdown Chicago
22 Stand for our rights Gary Wright
23 Sit yourself down Stephen Stills
24 Deep river Impi
25 Malt and Barley Blues (04/71) McGuinness Flint *
26 Dora, the female explorer Stackridge
27 Lady Rose Mungo Jerry *
28 California earthquake Norman Greenbaum
29 Joy to the world (04/71) Three dog night *
30 I want to be where you are Scarecrow
31 Adrienne Tommy James
32 California blues Redwing
33 Can you get it Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
34 Mountain over the hill Clem Curtis
35 Breakaway man Toby Jug
36 Happy Mary Tears
37 Acapulco gold Mason-Dixon
38 Oh you pretty things (04/71) Peter Noone *
39 The lady's changing home Tudor Lodge
40 How can you mend a broken heart Bee Gees
41 If Bread
42 Jerusalem Daliah Lavi
43 I am I said Neil Diamond *
44 Knock three times Dawn # 1
45 Chick-a-boom Daddy Dewdrop
46 Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep House
47 Soolaimon Les Humpries singers
48 I'm gonna run away from you (RR – 1966) Tami Lynn *
49 Rock me in the cradle Freda Payne
50 Want ads Honey Cone
51 Just seven numbers (04/71) Four Tops *
52 I love you for all seasons the Fuzz
53 True love and apple pie Susan Shirley
54 Banner man Blue mink *
55 Roly poly Baskin & Copperfield
56 Lazybones Jonathan King *
57 Double Barrel (08/70) Dave & Ansil Collins # 1
58 Rags to riches Elvis Presley *
59 Our love will rise again Engelbert Humperdinck
60 I think of you Perry Como *
61 Rainy days & Mondays Carpenters
62 And I love you so Bobby Goldsboro
63 Someone who cares Kenny Rogers & First Edition
64 Married to a memory Judy Lynn
65 You're my man Lynn Anderson
66 No love at all B.J. Thomas
67 Put a little love in your heart Mary Fraser Jones
68 I trust Byrds
69 I want to be there D.B.M. & T.
70 Woman Shape of the rain
71 True love that's a wonder Sandy Coast
72 Heaven must have sent you (RR – 1966) Elgins *
73 We can work it out Stevie Wonder *
74 Evidence Sweet inspirations
75 Help somebody Earth, wind & fire
76 Oye como va (A side) Santana
77 Samba pa ti (B side) Santana [**]
78 Lady Eleanor Lindisfarne [*]
79 Games Redeye
80 Glory glory Smyle
81 Sweet Mary Wadsworth mansion
82 I did what I did for Maria Tony Christie *
83 Good old Arsenal The Arsenal 1st Team Squad *
84 Goodbye yesterday Jimmy Cliff
85 Just my imagination (running away with me) Temptations *
86 Stay awhile Bells
87 Yamasuki Yamasuki's