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Top 20 Song Chart for April 17, 1971

LW TW       peak  
2 1   Joy To The World  
  Three Dog Night
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1 2   What's Going On 1  
  Marvin Gaye
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8 3   I Am... I Said  
  Neil Diamond
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10 4   Never Can Say Goodbye 2  
  The Jackson 5
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12 5   Put Your Hand In The Hand 1  
  Ocean
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3 6   Me And Bobby McGee 1  
  Janis Joplin
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5 7   Wild World 5  
  Cat Stevens
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14 8   (Where Do I Begin) Love Story 7  
  Andy Williams
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6 9   Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 1  
  The Temptations
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17 10   One Toke Over The Line  
  Brewer & Shipley
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- 11   Bridge Over Troubled Water 6  
  Aretha Franklin
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15 12   Stay Awhile 2  
  The Bells
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19 13   If 6  
  Bread
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18 14   Booty Butt  
  The Ray Charles Orchestra
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9 15   Another Day 5  
  Paul McCartney
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- 16   Power To The People 8  
  John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
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11 17   Help Me Make It Through The Night 6  
  Sammi Smith
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16 18   What Is Life 6  
  George Harrison
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13 19   Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted 3  
  The Partridge Family
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- 20   Friends  
  Elton John
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The number one song this week is Joy To The World by Three Dog Night. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye finds the runner-up spot. I Am... I Said by Neil Diamond comes in at number three.


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