This Week's Top 10 - March 23, 1971

Marvin Gaye....... never grown tired of it and light years ahead of the rest. "Timeless" may be a bit of a cliche yes but it does still have a solid message.

 

Proud Mary gets my vote

 

Like several of those and love a few. Went with Marvin, it's personal. Temptations otherwise, a really lovely song.

But if it had been a choice among the Top 20 instead! I would've had a mighty hard time between What's Going On and If You Could Read My Mind.

 

I chose this one not only because I love it, and felt a lot of others here would choose something else. It's also the most underrated and probably least heard of the Jackson 5's hit singles, in spite of the fact that it reached a very respectable #2(both pop and r&b) on the singles chart. Grant is correct in the assessment that the only real way to hear "Mama's Pearl" is in its original mono 45 mix. Both stereo mixes don't even come close to the 45 version.

The rest of the top 10 is very solid also, but for me Tom Jones, Ike & Tina, & Marvin Gaye all tie for second place.

 

Duplicate post. Please delete.

 

1. For All We Know - Carpenters (this song was actually composed by Bread's James Griffin and Rob Royer as a commercial jingle).
2. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - the Temptations
3. One Bad Apple - the Osmonds

 

45's and sleeves of my runner up choices, pt.1.

 

Pt. 2.

 

Hi Pop Pickers. Interesting chart this week don't you think?

I voted for Just My Imagination. It remains a powerful song and those Temptations sure can harmonize. It was covered by the Stones on Some Girls.
There were good few others here that almost made my choice, so here goes:

1. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
What can I say about this classic song from perhaps one of the finest albums in the Motown catalogue? The lyrics hit hard with me personally questioning the very direction and point of at all and coming during that whole 'Nam/Student protest period, just what is going on in the World? My#2
3. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
Great song and performance which always makes the car mix tape.
4. One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
One great beginning for a fine, sometimes misunderstood, group.
5. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Great song and performance.
6. She's a Lady - Tom Jones
I like Tom Jones personally but this isn't a favourite.
7. For All We Know - The Carpenters
There is something about a Carpenters number that always takes you back to this era and this is no exception. I like this song a lot.My #3
8. Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted - The Partridge Family
Well, this takes us back too - must see TV series and shout it out loud, folks, David is a great singer and a really nice guy. Great lyrical theme and performance.
9. (Where Do I Begin) Love Story - Andy Williams
Love the film and Andy is a great performer.
10. Mama's Pearl - The Jackson 5
You can't keep them down, the Jackson Five that is. Great performance and personal favourite from their catalogue. My #4

Thanks MMM for the chart.

 

I can vote only for The Carpenters - it's the only one I've heard!!!

 

Nice choice!

 

Regarding my question about LOVE STORY, by Andy Williams

Thanks. Don't believe I've ever heard that, but it pertains to a new thread I was thinking about

 

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Great song

 

Some great songs on this chart, had to go with Marvin here. Andy Williams in the top ten in '71, who'd a thunk it?

 

the movie Love Story was SO BIG thats what sold that single.

I went with Janis, cause my mom could not understood why I loved that record, of a woman screaming! It made her mental, so it made me love it more..

 

I had to go with "One Bad Apple" - I love that song. The minute I saw the chart I started humming it

 

You're missing out! I urge you to track these songs down and take a listen. I think you'll like most of them.

 

SAMPLES:

Here is Doesn't Somebody Want To be Wanted by The Partridge Family
http://download.yousendit.com/18B08093398BF6C9

Love Story-Andy Williams
http://download.yousendit.com/60FE20061D6352F5

 

I voted for Ike and Tina in a close call. I was 20, a Sophomore in college.

Here is the full Cash Box chart for this week:

CASH BOX TOP 100 SINGLES
Week ending March 20, 1971

TW LW 2WK 3WK WKS
1 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With
Me)
Temptations (Gordy 7105) 7 12 16 8
2 DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED
Partridge Family (Bell 963) 4 6 14 7
3 ME AND BOBBY McGEE
Janis Joplin (Columbia 45314) 6 13 17 8
4 SHE’S A LADY
Tom Jones (Parrot 40058) 5 9 15 8
5 ONE BAD APPLE
Osmonds (MGM 14193) 1 2 1 13
6 FOR ALL WE KNOW
Carpenters (A&M 1243) 11 15 18 7
7 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN
Creedence Clearwater Revival
(Fantasy 655) 3 3 4 8
8 PROUD MARY
Ike & Tina Turner (Liberty 56216) 12 20 23 8
9 MAMA’S PEARL
Jackson 5 (Motown 1177) 2 1 2 9
10 DON’T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU
Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2781) 10 10 12 10
11 WHAT IS LIFE
George Harrison (Apple 1828) 15 19 24 5
12 CRIED LIKE A BABY
Bobby Sherman (Metromedia 206) 14 17 21 7
13 WHAT’S GOING ON
Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54201) 19 28 44 5
14 AMOS MOSES
Jerry Reed (RCA Victor 47-9904) 8 8 10 16
15 OYE COMO VA
Santana (Columbia 45330) 17 22 28 5
16 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2787) 21 26 32 5
17 TEMPTATION EYES
Grass Roots (Dunhill 4263) 18 18 19 14
18 THEME FROM LOVE STORY
Henry Mancini & Orchestra
(RCA Victor 47-9927) 16 11 11 10
19 LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES
5th Dimension (Bell 965) 24 32 38 5
20 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
Sammi Smith (Mega 0015) 25 33 43 9
21 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY
Andy Williams (Columbia 45317) 26 39 56 7
22 ANOTHER DAY
Paul McCartney (Apple 1829) 36 48 -- 3
23 ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE
Brewer & Shipley (Kama Sutra 516) 32 40 54 7
24 FREE
Chicago (Columbia 45331) 31 37 47 5
25 COUNTRY ROAD
James Taylor (Warner Bros. 7460) 27 30 36 7
26 WILD WORLD
Cat Stevens (A&M 1231) 30 38 49 6
27 ROSE GARDEN
Lynn Anderson (Columbia 45252) 13 4 3 17
28 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND
Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise 0974) 9 5 6 13
29 BURNING BRIDGES
Mike Curb Congregation (MGM 14151) 29 31 34 15
30 MR. BOJANGLES
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty 56197) 20 21 9 21
31 SWEET MARY
Wadsworth Mansion (Sussex 209) 22 7 5 15
32 NO LOVE AT ALL
B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12307) 38 47 64 5
33 BLUE MONEY
Van Morrison (Warner Bros. 7462) 41 49 58 7
34 HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
Staple Singers (Stax 0083) 48 62 81 5
35 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING
Dave Edmunds (MAM 3601) 23 14 7 14
36 THEME FROM LOVE STORY
Francis Lai (Paramount 0064) 37 41 52 9
37 CHERISH WHAT IS DEAR TO YOU (While It’s
Near To You)
Freda Payne (Invictus 9085) 39 51 59 7
38 SOUL POWER (pt. 1)
James Brown (King 6368) 42 46 66 5
39 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 9086) 40 43 51 6
40 DREAM BABY (How Long Must I Dream)
Glen Campbell (Capitol 3062) 47 76 -- 3
41 SIT YOURSELF DOWN
Stephen Stills (Atlantic 2790) 49 60 -- 3
42 JOY TO THE WORLD
Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4272) 60 73 -- 3
43 WHEN THERE’S NO YOU
Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot 40059) 54 70 -- 3
44 EIGHTEEN
Alice Cooper (Warner Bros. 7449) 53 64 75 5
45 WATCHING SCOTTY GROW
Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists 50727) 28 16 8 14
46 AMAZING GRACE
Judy Collins (Elektra 45709) 33 23 13 14
47 WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD
Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-9980) 56 71 -- 3
48 LONELY TEARDROPS
Brian Hyland (Uni 55272) 50 59 63 7
49 RAGS TO RICHES
Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-9980) 74 -- -- 2
50 WE CAN WORK IT OUT
Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54202) 64 -- -- 2
51 ASK ME NO QUESTIONS
B.B. King (ABC 11290) 62 67 77 5
52 FRIENDS
Elton John (Uni 55277) -- -- -- 1
53 BABY LET ME KISS YOU
King Floyd (Chimneyville 437) 65 79 -- 3
54 I AM...I SAID
Neil Diamond (Uni 55278) -- -- -- 1
55 (Do The) PUSH AND PULL (pt. 1)
Rufus Thomas (Stax 0079) 35 25 20 15
56 SUPERSTAR
Murray Head with Trinidad Singers
(Decca 32603) 57 50 55 18
57 SNOW BLIND FRIEND
Steppenwolf (Dunhill 4269) 61 74 -- 3
58 I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS
Fuzz (Calla 174) 59 61 62 8
59 AIN’T GOT TIME
Impressions (Curtom 1957) 68 77 86 4
60 I DON’T BLAME YOU AT ALL
Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54205) 73 -- -- 2
61 TONGUE IN CHEEK
Sugarloaf (Liberty 56218) 66 72 78 4
62 ANGEL BABY
Dusk (Bell 961) 63 66 71 9
63 DO ME RIGHT
Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 172) 72 80 92 9
64 DON’T CHANGE ON ME
Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11291) 75 88 -- 3
65 DON’T MAKE ME PAY FOR HIS MISTAKES
Z.Z. Hill (Hill 222) 71 84 -- 3
66 STAY AWHILE
Bells (Polydor 15023) 83 100 -- 3
67 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND
Ocean (Kama Sutra 519) 84 -- -- 2
68 I THINK OF YOU
Perry Como (RCA Victor 74-0444) 77 -- -- 2
69 D.O.A.
Bloodrock (Capitol 3009) 44 36 39 13
70 I WON’T MENTION IT AGAIN
Ray Price (Columbia 45329) 76 -- -- 2
71 TIMOTHY
Buoys (Scepter 12275) 87 -- -- 2
72 IF
Bread (Elektra 45720) -- -- -- 1
73 CHICK-A-BOOM (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)
Daddy Dewdrop (Sunflower 105) 82 85 -- 3
74 WHO GETS THE GUY
Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12309) -- -- -- 1
75 MELTING POT
Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0082) 86 -- -- 2
76 HOT PANTS
Salvage (Odax 420) 85 89 -- 3
77 I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM
Helen Reddy (Capitol 3027) 80 86 -- 3
78 MAN IN BLACK
Johnny Cash (Columbia 45339) 88 -- -- 2
79 ONE MAN’S LEFTOVERS (Is Another Man’s
Feast)
100 Proof Aged In Soul (Hot Wax 7009) 79 83 89 4
80 PUSHBIKE SONG
Mixtures (Sire 350) 90 94 -- 3
81 I PLAY AND SING
Dawn (Bell 970) -- -- -- 1
82 SOMEONE WHO CARES
Kenny Rogers & First Edition
(Reprise 0999) -- -- -- 1
83 TIME AND LOVE
Barbra Streisand (Columbia 45341) -- -- -- 1
84 COULD I FORGET YOU
Tyrone Davis (Dakar 623) 99 97 -- 3
85 I WISH I WERE
Andy Kim (Steed 731) -- -- -- 1
86 BOOTY BUTT
Ray Charles Orchestra (Tangerine 1015) -- -- -- 1
87 WOODSTOCK
Matthews’ Southern Comfort (Decca 32774) 94 98 -- 3
88 TULSA
Billy Joe Royal (Columbia 45289) 89 90 91 4
89 TREAT HER LIKE A LADY
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
(United Artists 50721) 92 -- -- 2
90 AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
(Decca 32776) 91 92 100 6
91 I PITY THE FOOL
Ann Peebles (Hi 2186) 98 -- -- 2
92 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
Odds & Ends (Today 1003) -- -- -- 1
93 ADRIENNE
Tommy James (Roulette 7100) -- -- -- 1
94 IF IT’S REAL WHAT I FEEL
Jerry Butler (Mercury 73169) 100 96 97 4
95 GIVE IT TO ME
Mob (Colossus 134) -- 91 94 3
96 SWEET AND INNOCENT
Donny Osmond (MGM 14227) -- -- -- 1
97 I BELIEVE IN MUSIC
Marian Love (A&R 505) 97 99 -- 3
98 LAYLA
Derek & Dominos (Atco 6809) -- -- -- 1
99 L.A. GOODBYE
Ides Of March (Warner Bros. 7466) -- -- -- 1
100 C’MON
Poco (Epic 10714) -- -- -- 1

 

Didn't Andy Williams still have the television show? That would help promote it, as well. And, obviously, Columbia pushed his version over Tony Bennett's.

 

I voted for, "For All We Know." "What's Going On," is a great song, but best captured as part of the album.

 

Janis. With Marvin a whisker-close second.

 

From this chart, I have: #1-4, 6, 7, 11, 15, 19-24, 26-28, 30, 31, 42, 45, 54, 55, 67, 69, 71, 77 - and #98 (yes, the original 1971 single timed at 2:43!).

As for #8 - not in my "official" collection because of my preference towards CCR's original - here's what the Columbia/Pitman pressing looks like, in comparison with the Allied Record Co. pressing shown by Jeff:

 

Cool, I've never seen any Liberty Records 45's with the title on the bottom and the artist name on the top of the label. Is your copy a styrene pressing, and are there any original pressings of "Proud Mary" that were pressed on vinyl?

I also unearthed my copy of "One Bad Apple" also.

 

I voted for Janis because it's such a beautiful end for her and What's Going On already is dominating.