January 2, 1971

----- DROPOUTS -----
Border Song (Holy Moses) / You And Me - Aretha Franklin ----- 37 (2) / 2
Fire And Rain - James Taylor ----- 3 (3) / 14
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me / Patch It Up - Elvis Presley ----- 11 (2) / 8  
Share The Land - The Guess Who ----- 10 (2) / 8
Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom ----- 8 / 11


 40 --- Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (44)
38 39 --- After Midnight - Eric Clapton
36 38 --- Do It - Neil Diamond
34 37 --- I'm Not My Brothers Keeper - The Flaming Ember
 36 --- Born To Wander - Rare Earth (53)
 35 --- I Really Don't Want To Know / There Goes My Everything - Elvis Presley (56)
 34 --- (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go - Curtis Mayfield (48 )
 33 --- Stop The War Now - Edwin Starr (50)
40 32 --- We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt
39 31 --- Games - Redeye

25 30 --- Can't Stop Loving You - Tom Jones
16 29 --- I'll Be There - Jackson 5            
15 28 --- We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
31 27 --- Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
21 26 --- Be My Baby - Andy Kim
29 25 --- Your Song - Elton John
28 24 --- Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
24 23 --- If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
20 22 --- He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother - Neil Diamond
26 21 --- Lonely Days - Bee Gees

22 20 --- One Man Band - Three Dog Night
11 19 --- 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love) - The Presidents
33 18 --- Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
18 17 --- Groove Me - King Floyd
17 16 --- River Deep - Mountain High - The Supremes & Four Tops
19 15 --- It's Impossible - Perry Como
23 14 --- Pay To The Piper - Chairman Of The Board
10 13 --- No Matter What - Badfinger
13 12 --- Stoney End - Barbra Streisand
14 11 --- For The Good Times - Ray Price

09 10 --- Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland
12 09 --- Domino - Van Morrison
07 08 --- Stoned Love - The Supremes
08 07 --- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago
06 06 --- I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family starring Shirley Jones feat. David Cassidy            
05 05 --- Black Magic Woman - Santana
03 04 --- The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles      
04 03 --- Knock Three Times - Dawn
02 02 --- One Less Bell To Answer - The 5th Dimension
01 01 --- My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity - George Harrison      


Newcomers to start of 1971 are Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / Dirt Band and Curtis Mayfield.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 2-8 January 1971

01 01 I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN' Dave Edmunds ******
02 06 GRANDAD Clive Dunn
03 02 WHEN I'M DEAD AND GONE McGuinness Flint
04 04 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell
05 05 I'LL BE THERE The Jackson Five
06 03 CRACKLIN' ROSIE Neil Diamond
07 07 HOME LOVIN' MAN Andy Williams
08 08 NOTHING RHYMED Gilbert O'Sullivan
09 09 MY PRAYER Gerry Monroe
10 12 RIDE A WHITE SWAN T-Rex

11 15 BLAME IT ON THE PONY EXPRESS Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon
12 10 YOU'VE GOT ME DANGLING ON A STRING Chairmen Of The Board
13 17 LADY BARBARA Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits
14 13 INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
15 14 I'VE LOST YOU Elvis Presley
16 16 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME? White Plains
17 18 BROKEN HEARTED Ken Dodd
18 26 MY WAY Frank Sinatra
19 11 VOODOO CHILE Jimi Hendrix Experience *
20 32 APEMAN The Kinks

21 RE YOU'RE READY NOW Frankie Valli
22 24 NEW WORLD IN THE MORNING Aretha Franklin
23 29 SNOWBIRD Anne Murray
24 22 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE C.C.S.
25 25 MY WAY Dorothy Squires
26 27 WAR Edwin Starr
27 20 IT'S A SHAME The Motown Spinners
28 31 BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne ******
29 28 PATCHES Clarence Carter
30 34 AMAZING GRACE Judy Collins

31 -- BLACK SKIN BLUE-EYED BOYS The Equals
32 21 WOODSTOCK Matthews' Southern Comfort ***
33 23 SAN BERNARDINO Christie
34 19 IT'S WONDERFUL Jimmy Ruffin
35 RE IN MY CHAIR Status Quo
36 33 DEEPER AND DEEPER Freda Payne
37 39 BABY, I WON'T LET YOU DOWN Pickettywitch
38 37 THE TIP OF MY FINGERS Des O'Connor
39 30 HEAVEN, HELP US ALL Stevie Wonder
40 35 ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes

-- 36 LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees
-- 38 PARANOID Black Sabbath
-- 40 RUBY TUESDAY Melanie