December 18, 1971

----- DROPOUTS -----
Your Move (I've Seen All Good People) - Yes ----- 40 (2) / 2
Wild Night - Van Morrison ----- 28 / 4
Easy Loving - Freddie Hart ----- 17 (2) / 12
Peace Train - Cat Stevens ----- 7 (3) / 10


 40 --- Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride (45)
 39 --- Day After Day - Badfinger (51)
 38 --- Hey Big Brother - Rare Earth (46)
23 37 --- Everybody's Everything - Santana
24 36 --- Two Divided By Love - The Grass Roots
35 35 --- I'm A Greedy Man - Part I - James Brown
36 34 --- Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
39 33 --- Hallelujah - Sweathog
37 32 --- Drowning In The Sea Of Love - Joe Simon
34 31 --- An American Trilogy - Mickey Newbury

38 30 --- Let's Stay Together - Al Green
32 29 --- Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
 28 --- I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The New Seekers (44)
17 27 --- A Natural Man - Lou Rawls
31 26 --- I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The Hillside Singers
28 25 --- (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart w/ Faces
30 24 --- One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I - The Honey Cone
13 23 --- Imagine - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
10 22 --- Desiderata - Les Crane
21 21 --- Theme From "Summer Of '42" - Peter Nero

27 20 --- Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
12 19 --- Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
22 18 --- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - The Temptations
07 17 --- Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher      
20 16 --- Where Did Our Love Go - Donnie Elbert
18 15 --- You Are Everything - The Stylistics
15 14 --- Stones / Crunchy Granola Suite - Neil Diamond
16 13 --- Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
19 12 --- Hey Girl / I Knew You When - Donny Osmond
14 11 --- Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band

11 10 --- Cherish - David Cassidy
25 09 --- American Pie (Parts I & II) - Don McLean
08 08 --- All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher
06 07 --- Baby I'm-A Want You - Bread
02 06 --- Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes      
04 05 --- Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
05 04 --- An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
03 03 --- Have You Seen Her - The Chi-lites
09 02 --- Brand New Key - Melanie
01 01 --- Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone        


New this week is country singer Charley Pride.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 18-24 December 1971

01 01 ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST) Benny Hill **
02 02 JEEPSTER T-Rex
03 03 COZ I LUV YOU Slade ****
04 07 THEME from 'SHAFT' Isaac Hayes
05 09 NO MATTER HOW I TRY Gilbert O'Sullivan
06 04 TOKOLOSHE MAN John Kongos
07 12 SOMETHING TELLS ME (SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN TONIGHT) Cilla Black
08 05 GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES Cher
09 06 BANKS OF THE OHIO Olivia Newton-John
10 08 TILL Tom Jones

11 11 RUN, BABY, RUN The Newbeats
12 20 SOFTLY WHISPERING 'I LOVE YOU' Congregation
13 14 SING A SONG OF FREEDOM Cliff Richard
14 10 JOHNNY REGGAE The Piglets
15 18 FIREBALL Deep Purple
16 17 IT MUST BE LOVE Labi Siffre
17 15 SURRENDER Diana Ross
18 23 SOLEY SOLEY Middle of the Road
19 26 MORNING Val Doonican
20 21 IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO? Tony Christie

21 13 I WILL RETURN Springwater
22 22 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING Elvis Presley
23 28 HOOKED ON A FEELING Jonathan King
24 24 LOOK AROUND Vince Hill
25 27 YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART The Supremes + The Four Tops
26 -- SLEEPY SHORES Johnny Pearson Orchestra
27 25 FOR ALL WE KNOW Shirley Bassey
28 32 KARA KARA New World
29 19 MAGGIE MAY Rod Stewart *****
30 16 LET'S SEE THE ACTION The Who

31 33 BURUNDI BLACK Burundi Stephenson Black
32 -- I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING The New Seekers
33 -- 'THE PERSUADERS' John Barry Orchestra
34 34 WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT Ronnie Dyson
35 30 TIRED OF BEING ALONE Al Green
36 -- THEME from 'THE ONEDIN LINE' Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
37 29 RIDERS ON THE STORM The Doors
38 -- BACK ON THE ROAD Marmalade
39 38 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Middle of the Road *****
40 -- FESTIVAL TIME San Remo Strings

-- 31 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez
-- 35 WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS Redbone
-- 36 TWEEDLE DEE, TWEEDLE DUM Middle of the Road
-- 37 DID YOU EVER? Nancy and Lee
-- 39 CHINATOWN The Move
-- 40 SULTANA Titanic


Both the Johnny Pearson Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra appear with one-hit wonders, part of a plethora of TV & film theme tunes