08 March, 2007

The Songs We Loved in 1971


These are the songs that were on the Billboard List of most requested in 1971. I turned 18 in 1971. There are some memories here:

1971's Greatest Hits
1. You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
2. Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
3. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
4. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
5. Imagine - John Lennon
6. Behind Blue Eyes - the Who
7. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
8. Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner
9. Friends - Elton John
10. Maggie May - Rod Stewart

11. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
12. Hot Pants - James Brown
13. Love Her Madly - Doors
14. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
15. She's A Lady - Tom Jones
16. Black Magic Woman - Santana
17. River Deep-Mountain High - Supremes & Four Tops
18. Oye Como Va - Santana
19. Revival (Love Is Everywhere) - The Allman Brothers Band
20. Colour My World - Chicago
21. Truckin' - Grateful Dead
22. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
23. Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
24. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
25. Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone
26. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
27. Nathan Jones - The Supremes
28. Peace Train - Cat Stevens
29. So Far Away - Carole King

30. Riders On The Storm - Doors
31. If - Bread
32. Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5
33. Eighteen - Alice Cooper
34. Beginnings - Chicago
35. For The Good Times - Ray Price
36. Cherish - David Cassidy
37. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
38. Temptation Eyes - the Grass Roots
39. Won't Get Fooled Again - the Who
40. I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
41. Draggin' The Line - Tommy James
42. Questions 67 and 68 - Chicago
43. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
44. I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman
45. Indian Reservation - Paul Revere and the Raiders
46. Wild Night - Van Morrison
47. Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves - Cher
48. We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt
49. Brand New Key - Melanie
50. Love The One You're With - Stevphan Stills
51. Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
52. I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
53. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart With Faces
54. Man In Black - Johnny Cash
55. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
56. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
57. If Not For You - Olivia Newton-John
58. One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
59. Sooner or Later - Grass Roots
60 I'm A Believer - Neil Diamond
61. Sweet City Woman - Stampeders
62. Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart
63. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
64. Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
65. I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds
66. Bell Bottom Blues - Derek & The Dominoes
67. Chicago - Graham Nash
68. Hill Where The Lord Hides - Chuck Mangione
69. I Don't Need No Doctor - Humble Pie
70. One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast) - 100 Proof Aged Soul
71. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
72. The Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Paul Stookey
73. Done Too Soon - Neil Diamond
74. Go Away Little Girl - Donnie Osmond
75. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez

Too many memories. And how many weddings did we go to where they sang Stookey's Wedding Song. (Puke)
Those were the good old days of music!

Ciao,
-30-

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