4 September 1971:
1 ( 1 ) Back Street Luv - Curved Air < 3rd week at #1 >2 ( 3 ) Did You Ever - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
3 ( 2 ) Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers (#2[1])
4 ( 5 ) Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - Paul And Linda McCartney
5 ( -- ) Maggie May - Rod Stewart
6 ( 6 ) Bangla Desh - George Harrison
7 ( -- ) Tap Turns On The Water - CCS
8 ( 15 ) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
9 ( 12 ) Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
10 ( 4 ) Get It On - T.Rex (#1[5])
11 ( 19 ) Saturday Morning Confusion - Bobby Russell
12 ( 14 ) Little Drops Of Silver - Gerry Monroe
13 ( -- ) If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
14 ( 13 ) Mighty Clouds Of Joy - B.J. Thomas (#13)
15 ( 8 ) Hey Girl Don't Bother Me - Tams (#6)
16 ( 7 ) Riders On A Storm - Doors (#2[1])
17 ( 11 ) I'm Still Waiting - Diana Ross (#10)
18 ( 10 ) Won't Get Fooled Again - Who (#2[3])
19 ( 9 ) Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - Pioneers (#4)
20 ( 27 ) Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart
21 ( -- ) Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - Middle Of The Road
22 ( 26 ) Stick Up - Honey Cone
23 ( 32 ) Back Seat Of My Car - Paul And Linda McCartney
24 ( 17 ) Let My Name Be Sorrow - Mary Hopkin (#15)
25 ( -- ) Cousin Norman - Marmalade
26 ( 16 ) Moon Shadow - Cat Stevens (#3)
27 ( 23 ) Go Down Gamblin' - Blood Sweat And Tears (#23)
28 ( 20 ) Maybe Tomorrow - Jackson 5 (#18)
29 ( -- ) The Story In Your Eyes - Moody Blues
30 ( 18 ) Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (#12)
31 ( 28 ) Mother Freedom - Bread (#28)
32 ( 38 ) I Believe (In Love) - Hot Chocolate
33 ( 22 ) What Are You Doing Sunday - Dawn (#15)
34 ( 39 ) Deep Blue - George Harrison
35 ( 33 ) I Woke Up In Love This Morning - Partridge Family (#33)
36 ( 21 ) Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye (#4)
37 ( 25 ) Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Dramatics (#20)
38 ( -- ) Rain Dance - Guess Who
39 ( 24 ) Flying Machine - Cliff Richard (#6)
40 ( -- ) Smackwater Jack - Carole King
-- ( 29 ) Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#17)
-- ( 30 ) We Will - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#11)
-- ( 31 ) I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth (#28)
-- ( 34 ) Liar - Three Dog Night (#9)
-- ( 35 ) At The Top Of The Stairs - Formations (#26)
-- ( 36 ) These Things Will Keep Me Loving You - Velvelettes (#27)
-- ( 37 ) Watching The River Flow - Bob Dylan (#13)
-- ( 40 ) Rings - Cymarron (#22)
-- ( -- ) I Like To Do It - People's Choice
-- ( -- ) Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
-- ( -- ) Chairman Of The Board - Chairmen Of The Board
-- ( -- ) Wedding Song - Paul Stookey
The top 3 entries in this week, which had a lot of songs, are all classics. The playlist that followed this one had relatively few classics, the one I'm listening to now, which is the one after that, is totally full of them.
In climbing to #2, it's the second time the Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood duo have reached that position, matching the position of Jackson in 1967. That feels so long ago but was only 4 years. Their other hits together were Lady Bird (#7) and Some Velvet Morning (#6).