December 4, 1971

----- DROPOUTS -----
I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After ----- 40 (2) / 2
She's All I Got - Freddie North ----- 39 / 1
Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green ----- 11 / 15
One Fine Morning - Lighthouse ----- 24 (2) / 8
I've Found Someone Of My Own - The Free Movement ----- 5 / 11
Never My Love - The 5th Dimension ----- 12 / 9
Superstar / Bless The Beasts And Children - The Carpenters ----- 2 (2) / 12


 40 --- Your Move (I've Seen All Good People) - Yes (45)
 39 --- I'm A Greedy Man - Part I - James Brown (43)
 38 --- Behind Blue Eyes - The Who (48 )
 37 --- An American Trilogy - Mickey Newbury (50)
 36 --- Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards (52)
32 35 --- Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band
 34 --- American Pie (Parts I & II) - Don McLean (69)
24 33 --- Questions 67 And 68 / I'm A Man - Chicago
 32 --- Hey Girl / I Knew You When - Donny Osmond (70)
38 31 --- (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart w/ Faces

26 30 --- One Tin Soldier, The Legend Of Billy Jack - Coven
22 29 --- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye
30 28 --- Wild Night - Van Morrison
35 27 --- You Are Everything - The Stylistics
15 26 --- Yo-Yo - The Osmonds
28 25 --- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - The Temptations
29 24 --- Theme From "Summer Of '42" - Peter Nero
11 23 --- Maggie May / Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart            
27 22 --- Where Did Our Love Go - Donnie Elbert
17 21 --- Easy Loving - Freddie Hart

25 20 --- Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
23 19 --- Stones / Crunchy Granola Suite - Neil Diamond
20 18 --- Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
19 17 --- A Natural Man - Lou Rawls
16 16 --- Two Divided By Love - The Grass Roots
33 15 --- Brand New Key - Melanie
08 14 --- Peace Train - Cat Stevens
18 13 --- Cherish - David Cassidy
13 12 --- Everybody's Everything - Santana
12 11 --- All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher

06 10 --- Imagine - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
09 09 --- Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
10 08 --- Desiderata - Les Crane
14 07 --- An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
07 06 --- Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
02 05 --- Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher      
04 04 --- Have You Seen Her - The Chi-lites
03 03 --- Baby I'm-A Want You - Bread
01 02 --- Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes      
05 01 --- Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone    


Big week for new names entering the countdown. Mickey Newbury and Jonathan Edwards make their debuts. What truly lights up this chart are the first appearances of Don McLean and Yes.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 4-10 December 1971

01 01 COZ I LUV YOU Slade ****
02 03 ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST) Benny Hill
03 02 JEEPSTER T-Rex
04 04 GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES Cher
05 05 JOHNNY REGGAE The Piglets
06 14 TOKOLOSHE MAN John Kongos
07 08 BANKS OF THE OHIO Olivia Newton-John
08 06 TILL Tom Jones
09 07 I WILL RETURN Springwater
10 12 RUN, BABY, RUN The Newbeats

11 21 SOMETHING TELLS ME (SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT) Cilla Black
12 10 SURRENDER Diana Ross
13 18 SING A SONG OF FREEDOM Cliff Richard
14 09 MAGGIE MAY Rod Stewart *****
15 -- NO MATTER HOW I TRY Gilbert O'Sullivan
16 -- THEME from 'SHAFT' Isaac Hayes
17 23 FOR ALL WE KNOW Shirley Bassey
18 15 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez
19 13 LOOK AROUND Vince Hill
20 19 LET'S SEE THE ACTION The Who

21 32 FIREBALL Deep Purple
22 30 RIDERS ON THE STORM The Doors
23 11 TIRED OF BEING ALONE Al Green
24 16 WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS Redbone
25 38 IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO? Tony Christie
26 36 HOOKED ON A FEELING Jonathan King
27 -- IT MUST BE LOVE Labi Siffre
28 -- SOFTLY WHISPERING 'I LOVE YOU' Congregation
29 34 YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART The Supremes + The Four Tops
30 25 CHINATOWN The Move

31 22 SULTANA Titanic
32 17 BRANDY Scott English
33 27 KEEP ON DANCING Bay City Rollers
34 20 SIMPLE GAME The Four Tops
35 29 DID YOU EVER? Nancy and Lee
36 24 SUPERSTAR / FOR ALL WE KNOW The Carpenters
37 28 FREEDOM COME, FREEDOM GO The Fortunes
38 26 TWEEDLE DEE, TWEEDLE DUM Middle of the Road
39 31 BURUNDI BLACK Burundi Stephenson Black
40 33 LADY LOVE BUG Clodagh Rodgers

-- 35 SPANISH HARLEM Aretha Franklin
-- 37 MAMMY BLUE Roger Whittaker
-- 39 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor
-- 40 BUTTERFLY Danyel Gerard


There's another one-hit wonder from Congregation, but the start of big things for Labi Siffre, and Isaac Hayes