1971 RECORD AND ARTIST BREAKDOWN

TOP SINGLES FOR 1971

this week     weeks in top 40 highest pos.   1. EAGLE ROCK Daddy Cool 25 1   2. THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures 23 1   3. BLACK NIGHT Deep Purple 28 13   4. MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 22 1   5. L.A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Susan Raye 24 3   6. DADDY COOL Drummond 21 1   7. CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Middle Of The Road/Lally Stott 19 2   8. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy 20 2   9. IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE Gerry Monroe 25 9   10. KNOCK THREE TIMES Dawn 19 3   11. I'LL BE GONE Spectrum 20 1   12. ELEANOR RIGBY Zoot 20 4   13. FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens 23 20   14. BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne 19 6   15. I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family 17 1   16. ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson 18 2   17. TOO YOUNG TO BE MARRIED The Hollies 16 1   18. THEME FROM LOVE STORY Andy Williams 18 5   19. FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Ted Mulry 20 11   20. LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG Dave Mills 14 2   21. HOT LOVE T. Rex 16 2   22. BONNIE PLEASE DON'T GO Kevin Johnson 18 15   23. CHERYL MOANA MARIE John Rowles 12 31   24. I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds 16 5   25. DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansil Collins 18 7   26. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Sammi Smith 19 13   27. HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN John Kongos 16 2   28. IT'S TOO LATE Carole King 16 5   29. ME AND BOBBY McGEE Janis Joplin 15 1   30. I DID WHAT I DID FOR MARIA Tony Christie 14 2   31. BLACK AND BLUE Chain 17 10   32. SWEET, SWEET LOVE Russell Morris 15 6   33. RESURRECTION SHUFFLE Ahston, Gardner & Dyke 12 13   34. MOZART SYMPHONY No. 40 Waldo De Los Rios 16 2   35. TOAST AND MARMELADE FOR TEA Tin Tin 15 10   36. SIGNS Five Man Electric Band 15 5   37. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN/HEY TONIGHT Creedence Clearwater Revival 15 6   38. PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Allison Durbin/Ocean 11 5   39. NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE Delaney & Bonnie 16 6   40. SEASONS OF CHANGE Blackfeather 16 15   41. COME BACK AGAIN Daddy Cool 16 2   42. HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART? Bee Gees 14 2   43. JOY TO THE WORLD Three Dog Night 14 5   44. LONELY DAYS Bee Gees 14 8   45. CAMP Sir Henry & His Butlers 16 19   46. I HEAR THOSE CHURCH BELLS RINGING Dusk 16 10   47. WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW Tom Clay 16 4   48. BANNER MAN Blue Mink 14 13   49. SHE'S A LADY Tom Jones 14 3   50. ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 13 1   51. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW/THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING Elvis Presley 13 11   52. SOFT DELIGHTS New Dream 15 21   53. BANKS OF THE OHIO Olivia Newton-John 12 1   54. TEACH ME HOW TO FLY Jeff St. John And Copperwine 15 16   55. AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins 14 6   56. APEMAN The Kinks 14 7   57. LOVE HER MADLY The Doors 14 6   58. GYPSY WOMAN Brian Hyland 15 10   59. BLAME IT ON THE PONY EXPRESS Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon 15 13   60. ARMSTRONG Reg Lindsay 14 6

 

TOP AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS 1971     1971 1970 1967 1. Daddy Cool 2 - - 2. The Mixtures 5 13 274 3. Russell Morris 17 77 6 4. Zoot 18 144 72 5. Chain 19 - - 6. Drummond 25 - - 7. Spectrum 32 - - 8. Autumn 33 34 - 9. Ted Mulry 36 165 - 10. Kevin Johnson 43 - - 11. New Dream 47 123 203 12. Master's Apprentices 52 14 55 13. Allison Durbin 58 119 246 14. Blackfeather 61 - - 15. Axiom 62 16 141 16. Johnny Farnham 64 10 19 17. Matt Flinders 72 51 60 18. Jeff St. John And Copperwine 73 - - 19. Reg Lindsay 77 - - 20. Johnny Chester 79 - -

TOP AUSTRALIAN SINGLES 1971         1. EAGLE ROCK Daddy Cool 1 2. THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures 2 3. DADDY COOL Drummond 6 4. I'LL BE GONE Spectrum 11 5. ELEANOR RIGBY Zoot 12 6. FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Ted Mulry 19 7. BONNIE PLEASE DON'T GO Kevin Johnson 22 8. BLACK AND BLUE Chain 31 9. SWEET, SWEET LOVE Russell Morris 32 10. PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Allison Durbin 38 11. SEASONS OF CHANGE Blackfeather 40 12. COME BACK AGAIN Daddy Cool 41 13. SOFT DELIGHTS New Dream 52 14. BANKS OF THE OHIO Olivia Newton-John 53 15. TEACH ME HOW TO FLY Jeff St. John And Copperwine 54 16. ARMSTRONG Reg Lindsay 60

Charts calculated by Go-Set magazine's chart compiler, Ed Nimmervoll

TOP ARTISTS 1971     1970 1969 1. The Partridge Family 135 - 2. Daddy Cool - - 3. George Harrison - - 4. Cat Stevens 197 - 5. The Mixtures 13 274 6. Deep Purple 335 115 7. Creedence Clearwater Revival 3 5 8. The Carpenters 17 - 9. Paul McCartney - - 10. Elvis Presley 1 2 11. T. Rex - - 12. Middle Of The Road - - 13. Dawn 74 - 14. Bee Gees 128 4 15. The Hollies 54 30 16. Susan Raye - - 17. Russell Morris 77 6 18. Zoot 144 72 19. Chain - - 20. The Kinks 119 96 21. Dusk - - 22. Olivia Newton-John - - 23. James Taylor 162 - 24. Helen Reddy - - 25. Drummond 298 - 26. Lally Stott - - 27. The Doors 108 82 28. Gerry Monroe - - 29. The Rolling Stones - 35 30. Freda Payne - - 31. The Who 47 38 32. Spectrum - - 33. Autumn 34 - 34. Andy Williams 234 126 35. John Lennon - - 36. Ted Mulry 165 - 37. Lynn Anderson - - 38. Neil Diamond 5 28 39. Janis Joplin - - 40. Dave Mills - -

Number One Singles 1971

2.1.1971 - 30.1.1971 5 weeks I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family 6.2.1971 - 20.2.1971 (6 weeks) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 27.2.1971 (6 weeks) THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures 6.3.1971 - 20.3.1971 (6 weeks) MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 27.3.1971 - 24.4.1971 (6 weeks) THE PUSHBIKE SONG The Mixtures 1.5.1971 1 week I'LL BE GONE Spectrum 8.5.1971 - 15.5.1971 2 weeks WHAT IS LIFE?/APPLE SCRUFFS George Harrison 22.5.1971 1 week ME AND BOBBY McGEE Janis Joplin 29.5.1971 - 12.6.1971 3 weeks ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 19.6.1971 - 3.7.1971 3 weeks TOO YOUNG TO BE MARRIED The Hollies 10.7.1971 - 11.9.1971 10 weeks EAGLE ROCK Daddy Cool 18.9.1971 - 6.11.1971 8 weeks DADDY COOL Drummond 13.11.1971 - 4.12.1971 4 weeks BANKS OF THE OHIO Olivia Newton-John 11.12.1971 - 25.12.1971 3 weeks MAGGIE MAY/REASON TO BELIEVE Rod Stewart

These charts are copied from the original charts as printed in Go-Set, although efforts have been made to correct mistakes,
some minor errors in the chart data as originally published may remain.