SA Top 50 Hits of 1971

on Jun 14, 2012

This analysis is taken from the weekly Top 20 hit parade listings issued by LM Radio during 1971.  The ranking is based on the number of weeks on the charts weighted by chart position. The data is now complete and makes for interesting reading.

 


Start

No.

Hi

No.

 Title
 Artist

Start Date

Pos

Wks

Pos

1

 A Summer Prayer For Peace The Archies

21-03-71

8

8

1

2

 Tom Tom Turn Around New World

22-08-71

8

8

1

3

 I Hear You Knocking Dave Edmunds

03-01-71

2

7

1

4

 I Did What I Did For Maria Tony Christie

11-07-71

7

7

1

5

 Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum Middle of the Road

22-08-71

10

10

1

6

 Put Your Hand In The Hand Alan Garrity

25-04-71

3

6

1

7

 If Not For You Olivia Newton-John

25-04-71

8

9

1

8

 I’ve Found Someone Of My Own Free Movement

21-11-71

12

6

1

9

 Butterfly Daniel Gerard

31-10-71

1

8

1

10

 Rose Garden Lynn Anderson

14-02-71

4

7

1

11

 Co-Co The Sweet

08-08-71

14

7

1

12

 Throw A Little Love My Way The Archies

20-06-71

10

7

1

13

 Never Ending Song Of Love Delaney & Bonnie

29-08-71

10

11

1

14

 Sally Sunshine Clive Bruce

06-06-71

19

8

1

15

 Never My Love The Fifth Dimension

14-11-71

8

7

1

16

 Have You Ever Seen The Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival

07-03-71

7

10

1

17

 She’s A Lady Tom Jones

07-03-71

8

9

2

18

 No Matter What Badfinger

31-01-71

12

8

1

19

 My Sweet Lord George Harrison

03-01-71

12

9

1

20

 Funny Funny The Sweet

16-05-71

15

9

1

21

 Mammy Blue Charisma

31-10-71

11

6

1

22

 I Am … I Said Neil Diamond

30-05-71

6

6

1

23

 Do It Neil Diamond

31-01-71

9

6

1

24

 He’s Gonna Step On You Again John Kongos

25-07-71

12

7

1

25

 Can We Get To That Peter Vee

19-09-71

5

8

2

26

 Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow The Dealians

03-01-71

1

4

1

27

 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez

10-10-71

11

5

1

28

 The Song Of My Life Petula Clark

21-03-71

19

8

2

29

 I Believe (In Love) Hot Chocolate

31-10-71

8

9

2

30

 Oh You Pretty Thing Peter Noone

04-07-71

9

7

1

31

 Turn On The Sun The Invaders

13-06-71

8

9

2

32

 Baby I Won’t Let You Down Picketty Witch

03-01-71

3

5

2

33

 Children Sean Rennie

17-01-71

7

6

1

34

 Understanding The Peanut Butter Conspiracy

11-04-71

10

7

2

35

 I’ll Meet You Halfway The Partridge Family

27-06-71

7

9

2

36

 Long Days And Lonely Nights Lincoln

30-05-71

9

6

2

37

 Sweet Fields Of Green McCully Workshop

08-08-71

10

6

2

38

 Sweet & Innocent Donny Osmond of The Osmonds

04-07-71

8

6

2

39

 Shilo Neil Diamond

09-05-71

8

8

2

40

 Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast Daniel Boone

14-11-71

5

7

2

41

 Silver Moon Michael Nesmith

21-02-71

6

10

3

42

 Treat Her Like A Lady Cornelius Brothers

04-07-71

16

7

2

43

 Another Day Paul McCartney

04-04-71

20

11

4

44

 Hot Love T. Rex

04-04-71

14

8

3

45

 The Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin

14-02-71

13

5

2

46

 Malt & Barley Blues McGuinness Flint

25-07-71

3

5

2

47

 Dancing In The Sun Michael Holm

12-12-71

17

3

1

48

 Sunny Honey Girl Cliff Richard

07-03-71

10

8

5

49

 The Banner Man Blue Mink

18-07-71

13

8

3

50

 Stagger Lee Tommy Roe

17-10-71

13

6

2