Billboard AC Chart Flashback: September 25, 1971
Oct 31, 2011 14:10:50 GMT -5
Post by johnm1120 on Oct 31, 2011 14:10:50 GMT -5
50 years of Adult Contemporary Charts continue today with 1971!
September 25, 1971
TW LW 2W WC Artist - Title
01 01 01 08 Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down (3rd week at #1)
02 02 03 04 The Carpenters - Superstar
03 03 04 09 Paul Stookley - Wedding Song (There is Love)
04 05 13 04 Carole King - So Far Away
05 07 11 05 Engelbert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place
06 06 07 05 Ray Stevens - All My Trails
07 24 ** 02 The Fifth Dimension - Never My Love
08 18 22 05 Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
09 09 09 06 Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert
10 10 05 07 The Spampeders - Sweet City Woman
11 04 02 07 Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
12 08 08 09 Helen Reddy - Crazy Love
13 19 23 04 Anne Murray - Talk It Over in the Morning
14 14 21 05 The Partridge Family - I Woke Up in Love This Morning
15 11 06 08 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
16 17 18 06 Nite-Liters - K-Jee
17 15 14 07 Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
18 21 25 04 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
19 12 10 09 Mac & Katie Kissoon - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
20 13 12 07 War - All Day Music
21 26 26 03 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Annabella
22 27 33 03 Lobo - California Kid & Remo
23 20 17 14 The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
24 16 16 12 Chicago - Beginnings
25 DEBUT 01 Fortunes - Freedom Comes, Freedom Goes
26 DEBUT 01 Cymnarron - Valerie
27 37 ** 02 Free Movement - I've Found Someone of My Own
28 22 20 15 Olviia Newton-John - If Not For You
29 29 30 03 Jerry Reed - Ko Ko Joe
30 25 24 08 The Poppy Family - Where Evil Grows
31 40 ** 02 The Raiders - Birds of a Feather
32 32 38 08 Ray Price - I'd Rather Be Sorry
33 33 36 03 Mary Travers - The Song is Love
34 35 35 03 Tommy Roe - Stagger Lee
35 31 29 05 Andy Williams - A Song For You
36 DEBUT 01 Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
37 DEBUT 01 Tin Tin - Is That the Way
38 30 31 05 Lynn Anderson - How Can I Love You
39 DEBUT 01 New Colony Six - Roll On
40 DEBUT 01 Paul Anka - Do I Love You
Tops of the Other Charts:
Singles
Hot 100: Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
R&B: Honey Cone - Stick-Up
Country: Tom T. Hall - The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
Albums:
Billboard 200: Carole King - Tapestry
R&B: Soundtrack - Shaft
Country: Lynn Anderson - You're My Man
After a 6 year absence on the chart, Joan Baez was holding the top spot for a 3rd week with her biggest hit "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." As far as the Hot 100 is concerned, this is her only top 30 hit. The song reached #5 there. Joan has had a little more success on EL. She scored 2 more top 5 hits in her career. The follow-up single "Let it Be" and her final AC appearance, 1975's "Diamonds & Rust" both peaked at #5. Joan altogether has made 7 appearances on the AC chart.
Someone else who was having a great year was Carole King. That year Carole had a little known album referred to as um... Tapestry dominating the charts. Her debut album "Writer" failed to score a hit, but she hit #1 with It's Too Late and got to #3 with So Far Away. Carole scored 9 straight top 10 hits, 4 of which went to #1. She has had 10 top 10s overall, her most recent being "Hard Rock Cafe" which peaked at #8 in 1977. She has scored 17 AC hits altogether. Her most recent chart appearance was "Now and Forever" from A League of Their Own. It peaked at #18 in 1992.
Normally when I do these, I mention Aretha Franklin topping the R&B chart, but this week she is on the chart. Aretha had 3 AC appearances before "Spanish Harlem" but none of them cracked the top 30. Spanish Harlem became her first top 10 on EL peaking at #6. However the success was short lived, as it would take her 14 years to score another top 10 with "Who's Zoomin' Who." She scored her biggest hit in 1987 with "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me" with George Michael. It peaked at #2. Her only other top 10 appearance was "Through the Storm" her 1989 duet with Elton John. It peaked at #3. Altogether Aretha has scored 16 AC hits. Her most recent was "Willing to Forgive" which peaked at #22 in 1994. She has had more #1s on the R&B chart (20) than total appearances on the AC chart.
Another artist who has been huge in her career, but her AC stats would say otherwise is Cher. Cher debuted this week with "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves" and eventually peaked at #6. This was her first solo top 10, and only her 2nd solo appearance on the chart. She would however score 7 straight top 10s , but she did not hit #1 until 1989 when her duet with Peter Cetera "After All" from Chances Are topped the chart. Her only other #1 was her next charter in 1989 "If I Could Turn Back Time."Cher has had 14 top 10s on the chart, her most recent was "Believe" in 1999 peaking at #3. Her charting career has spanned 5 decades, totaling 26 entries. Her most recent entry was her duet with Rod Stewart on "Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered" peaking at #17 in 2004.
Other events of 1971:
Joining the legends category is Jim Morrison who dies from a drug overdose.
The Ed Sullivan Show airs for the final time
Walt Disney World opens.
The ground breaking sitcom "All in the Family" premieres on television.
Charles Manson is sentenced to death
Births in Music
2pac
Gary Barlow
Mary J. Blige
Dido
Missy Elliott
Sara Evans
Kid Rock
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Ricky Martin
Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)
Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
Daniel Powter
Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys)
Paulina Rubio
Thalia
Tiffany
Mark Wahlberg
September 25, 1971
TW LW 2W WC Artist - Title
01 01 01 08 Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down (3rd week at #1)
02 02 03 04 The Carpenters - Superstar
03 03 04 09 Paul Stookley - Wedding Song (There is Love)
04 05 13 04 Carole King - So Far Away
05 07 11 05 Engelbert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place
06 06 07 05 Ray Stevens - All My Trails
07 24 ** 02 The Fifth Dimension - Never My Love
08 18 22 05 Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
09 09 09 06 Paul & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert
10 10 05 07 The Spampeders - Sweet City Woman
11 04 02 07 Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
12 08 08 09 Helen Reddy - Crazy Love
13 19 23 04 Anne Murray - Talk It Over in the Morning
14 14 21 05 The Partridge Family - I Woke Up in Love This Morning
15 11 06 08 Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
16 17 18 06 Nite-Liters - K-Jee
17 15 14 07 Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
18 21 25 04 Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
19 12 10 09 Mac & Katie Kissoon - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
20 13 12 07 War - All Day Music
21 26 26 03 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Annabella
22 27 33 03 Lobo - California Kid & Remo
23 20 17 14 The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
24 16 16 12 Chicago - Beginnings
25 DEBUT 01 Fortunes - Freedom Comes, Freedom Goes
26 DEBUT 01 Cymnarron - Valerie
27 37 ** 02 Free Movement - I've Found Someone of My Own
28 22 20 15 Olviia Newton-John - If Not For You
29 29 30 03 Jerry Reed - Ko Ko Joe
30 25 24 08 The Poppy Family - Where Evil Grows
31 40 ** 02 The Raiders - Birds of a Feather
32 32 38 08 Ray Price - I'd Rather Be Sorry
33 33 36 03 Mary Travers - The Song is Love
34 35 35 03 Tommy Roe - Stagger Lee
35 31 29 05 Andy Williams - A Song For You
36 DEBUT 01 Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
37 DEBUT 01 Tin Tin - Is That the Way
38 30 31 05 Lynn Anderson - How Can I Love You
39 DEBUT 01 New Colony Six - Roll On
40 DEBUT 01 Paul Anka - Do I Love You
Tops of the Other Charts:
Singles
Hot 100: Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
R&B: Honey Cone - Stick-Up
Country: Tom T. Hall - The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
Albums:
Billboard 200: Carole King - Tapestry
R&B: Soundtrack - Shaft
Country: Lynn Anderson - You're My Man
After a 6 year absence on the chart, Joan Baez was holding the top spot for a 3rd week with her biggest hit "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." As far as the Hot 100 is concerned, this is her only top 30 hit. The song reached #5 there. Joan has had a little more success on EL. She scored 2 more top 5 hits in her career. The follow-up single "Let it Be" and her final AC appearance, 1975's "Diamonds & Rust" both peaked at #5. Joan altogether has made 7 appearances on the AC chart.
Someone else who was having a great year was Carole King. That year Carole had a little known album referred to as um... Tapestry dominating the charts. Her debut album "Writer" failed to score a hit, but she hit #1 with It's Too Late and got to #3 with So Far Away. Carole scored 9 straight top 10 hits, 4 of which went to #1. She has had 10 top 10s overall, her most recent being "Hard Rock Cafe" which peaked at #8 in 1977. She has scored 17 AC hits altogether. Her most recent chart appearance was "Now and Forever" from A League of Their Own. It peaked at #18 in 1992.
Normally when I do these, I mention Aretha Franklin topping the R&B chart, but this week she is on the chart. Aretha had 3 AC appearances before "Spanish Harlem" but none of them cracked the top 30. Spanish Harlem became her first top 10 on EL peaking at #6. However the success was short lived, as it would take her 14 years to score another top 10 with "Who's Zoomin' Who." She scored her biggest hit in 1987 with "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me" with George Michael. It peaked at #2. Her only other top 10 appearance was "Through the Storm" her 1989 duet with Elton John. It peaked at #3. Altogether Aretha has scored 16 AC hits. Her most recent was "Willing to Forgive" which peaked at #22 in 1994. She has had more #1s on the R&B chart (20) than total appearances on the AC chart.
Another artist who has been huge in her career, but her AC stats would say otherwise is Cher. Cher debuted this week with "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves" and eventually peaked at #6. This was her first solo top 10, and only her 2nd solo appearance on the chart. She would however score 7 straight top 10s , but she did not hit #1 until 1989 when her duet with Peter Cetera "After All" from Chances Are topped the chart. Her only other #1 was her next charter in 1989 "If I Could Turn Back Time."Cher has had 14 top 10s on the chart, her most recent was "Believe" in 1999 peaking at #3. Her charting career has spanned 5 decades, totaling 26 entries. Her most recent entry was her duet with Rod Stewart on "Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered" peaking at #17 in 2004.
Other events of 1971:
Joining the legends category is Jim Morrison who dies from a drug overdose.
The Ed Sullivan Show airs for the final time
Walt Disney World opens.
The ground breaking sitcom "All in the Family" premieres on television.
Charles Manson is sentenced to death
Births in Music
2pac
Gary Barlow
Mary J. Blige
Dido
Missy Elliott
Sara Evans
Kid Rock
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Ricky Martin
Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)
Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
Daniel Powter
Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys)
Paulina Rubio
Thalia
Tiffany
Mark Wahlberg
