US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 18th September, 1971
These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending September 18th, 1971.
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TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart
1 1 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL –•– Donny Osmond (MGM)-7 (2 weeks at #1)
2 2 SPANISH HARLEM –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-8
3 4 AIN’T NO SUNSHINE –•– Bill Withers (Sussex)-10
4 10 MAGGIE MAY / REASON TO BELIEVE –•– Rod Stewart (Mercury)-10
5 5 UNCLE ALBERT / ADMIRAL HALSEY –•– Paul and Linda McCartney (Apple)-6
6 3 SMILING FACES SOMETIMES –•– The Undisputed Truth (Gordy)-13
7 7 I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-10
8 12 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN –•– Joan Baez (Vanguard)-6
9 6 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-13
10 11 WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET –•– The Dramatics (Volt)-12
11 14 STICK-UP –•– The Honey Cone (Hot Wax)-7
12 17 SUPERSTAR / BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-3
13 8 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS –•– John Denver with Fat City (RCA)-22
14 18 I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-6
15 16 WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN –•– The Who (Decca)-10
16 20 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN –•– Lee Michaels (A&M)-8
17 13 LIAR –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-11
18 9 SIGNS –•– Five Man Electrical Band (Lionel)-17
19 24 TIRED OF BEING ALONE –•– Al Green (Hi)-9
20 28 IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-6
21 35 SWEET CITY WOMAN –•– The Stampeders (Bell)-6
22 27 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP –•– Mac and Kattie Kissoon (ABC)-9
23 23 BANGLA-DESH / DEEP BLUE –•– George Harrison (Apple)-6
24 26 THE STORY IN YOUR EYES –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-7
25 32 SO FAR AWAY / SMACKWATER JACK –•– Carole King (Ode)-4
26 19 BEGINNINGS / COLOUR MY WORLD –•– Chicago (Columbia)-13
27 30 MAKE IT FUNKY (Part 1) –•– James Brown (Polydor)-4
28 25 RIDERS ON THE STORM –•– The Doors (Elektra)-12
29 33 RAIN DANCE –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-6
30 31 SATURDAY MORNING CONFUSION –•– Bobby Russell (United Artists)-11
31 15 MERCY MERCY ME (The Ecology) –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-12
32 29 IF NOT FOR YOU –•– Olivia Newton-John (Uni)-17
33 34 WEDDING SONG (There Is Love) –•– Paul Stookey (Warner Brothers)-7
34 43 THE BREAKDOWN (Part 1) –•– Rufus Thomas (Stax)-6
35 57 THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE –•– The Persuaders (Atco)-4
36 47 THE LOVE WE HAD (Stays On My Hand) –•– The Dells (Cadet)-6
37 41 I AIN’T GOT TIME ANYMORE –•– The Glass Bottle (Avco Embassy)-10
38 40 SURRENDER –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-6
39 44 I’VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN –•– The Free Movement (Decca)-16
40 85 YO-YO –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-2
OFF THE CHARTS
44 36 GO DOWN GAMBLIN’ –•– Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)-8
52 39 K-JEE –•– The Nite-Liters (RCA)-11
54 38 I LIKES TO DO IT –•– The People’s Choice (Phil-L.A. Of Soul)-9
POWER PLAYS
41 42 ALL DAY MUSIC –•– War (United Artists)-7
42 59 TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE –•– Denise LaSalle (Westbound)-5
43 46 MARIANNE –•– Stephen Stills (Atlantic)-5
45 52 STAGGER LEE –•– Tommy Roe (ABC)-5
46 48 WHERE EVIL GROWS / I WAS WONDERING –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-10
47 49 STOP, LOOK, LISTEN (To Your Heart) –•– The Stylistics (Avco Embassy)-13
48 58 LOVING HER WAS EASIER (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) –•– Kris Kristofferson (Monument)-5
49 51 EASY LOVING –•– Freddie Hart (Capitol)-5
50 55 ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-5
DEBUTING THIS WEEK
81 — CHARITY BALL –•– Fanny (Reprise)-1
87 — ONE TIN SOLDIER (The Legend Of Billy Jack) –•– Coven (Warner Brothers)-1
88 — GYPSYS, TRAMPS AND THIEVES –•– Cher (Kapp)-1
89 — NEVER MY LOVE –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-1
90 — IT’S A CRYIN’ SHAME –•– Gayle McCormick (Dunhill)-1
91 — YOU’VE GOT TO CRAWL (Before You Walk) –•– The 8th Day (Invictus)-1
97 — IT’S FOR YOU –•– Springwell (Parrot)-1
100 — I LIKE WHAT YOU GIVE –•– Nolan (Lizard)-1
