Pick of the Pops - 17th April 1971

What’s your special No. 1?

Mr and Mrs R. Harris contacted the Bay Magazine. This April, they will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They wanted to know who was number one at the time of their wedding, 17th April 1971. Love was certainly in the air!

The top 40 chart aired on the 11th April. The top 3 songs remain the same from the previous week’s chart. T-Rex, charts at no.1, with Hot Love, this their second release.

The chart also sees entries from the original fab four (The Beatles), John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as solo artists. Also, entries from Clive Dunn, Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey, also Frank Sinatra with two songs in the chart.

The list also illustrates (in brackets) the previous week’s entry.

1 (1) Hot Love T Rex

2 (2) Bridget The Midget (The Queen of The Blues) Ray Stevens

3 (3) Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson

4 (17) Double Barrel – Dave and Ansel Collins

5 (4) Jack in The Box – Clodagh Rogers

6 (13) (Where Do I Begin) Love Story – Andy Williams

7 (6) There Goes My Everything – Elvis Presley

8 (12) If Not for You – Olivia Newton-John

9 (7) Walking CCS

10 (8) Power to The People – John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band

11 (5) Another Day – Paul McCartney

12 (9) It’s Impossible – Perry Como

13 (10) Baby Jump – Mungo Jerry

14 (26) Mozart Symphony No 40 – Waldo De Los Rhos

15 (20) Funny Funny – The Sweet

16 (23) I Will Drink the Wine – Frank Sinatra

17 (11) Strange Kind of Woman – Deep Purple

18 (28) Remember Me – Diana Ross

19 (16) Pushbike Song – Mixtures

20 (32) Knock Three Times – Dawn

21 (21) Something Old Something New – Fantastics

22 (15) Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

23 (18) Amazing Grace – Judy Collins

24 (31) My Little One – Marmalade

25 (14) My Sweet Lord – George Harrison

26 (25) My Way – Frank Sinatra

27 (37) Mozart 40 – Sovereign Collection

28 (24) Grandad Clive Dunn

29 (New) It Don’t Come Easy – Ringo Starr

30 (49) Fame and Price Together – Rosetta

31 (35) Mam’s Pearl – The Jackson 5

32 (27) Tomorrow Night – Atomic Rooster

33 (36) Silvery Rain – Cliff Richard

34 (34) (Where Do I Begin) Love Story – Shirley Bassey

35 (19) Rose Garden – New World

36 (New) It’s A Sin to Tell A Lie – Gerry Monroe

37(38) Indiana Wants Me R Dean Taylor

38(22) You Could’ve Been A Lady – Hot Chocolate

39(29) Who Put the Lights Out – Dana

40(30) Everything’s Tuesday – Chairman of The Board

Copyright - The Bay Magazine, April 2021

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