1970s Music Chart January 2nd 1971
Again we look at the singles that enter the charts within the forty but never make it up into the top twenty. The full top ten is listed at the end of the article. Enjoy.
No. 40
Me And My Life by Tremeloes
No. 39
Heaven Help Us All by Stevie Wonder
No. 38
The Tip Of My Fingers by Des O'Connor
No. 37
Baby I Won't Let You Down by Pickettywitch
Polly Brown was the lead singer, and other members in the band included Chris Warren, Bob Brittain, Keith Hall and Mike Tomich. The name of the group appears to come from a pub in Yeovil in Somerset. Polly a few years in the 1970s had a solo hit with an old Abba hit called Honey Honey.
No. 36
Deeper And Deeper by Freda Payne
No. 35
In My Chair by Status Quo
The Quo had ten albums out in the 1970s and eighteen top forty singles. This song was a hit in October 1970, but dropped out of the chart only to return here in 1971. The song was c0-written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young.
No. 34
It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You) by Jimmy Ruffin
No. 33
San Bernadino by Christie
No. 32
Woodstock by Mattthew's Southern Comfort
No. 31
Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys by Equals
No. 30
Amazing Grace by Judy Collins
No. 29
Patches by Clarence Carter
No. 28
Band Of Gold by Freda Payne
No. 27
It's A Shame by Motown Spinners
No. 26
War by Edwin Starr
No. 25
My Way by Dorothy Squires
No. 24
Whole Lot Of Love by CCS
No. 23
Snow Bird by Anne Murray
No. 22
New World In The Morning by Roger Whittaker
Born in 1936 Roger had several UK hits and has sold over 55 million records worldwide. Roger had five top forty singles in the BBC charts during the 1970s and eight in the U.S. Roger has been involve3d several times with the Eurovision Song Contest.
No. 21
You're Ready Now by Frankie Valli
Here is the TOP TEN in full from January 2nd 1971
