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Top 20 Song Chart for August 14, 1971

LW TW       peak  
1 1   How Can You Mend A Broken Heart  
  Bee Gees
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2 2   Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)  
  Marvin Gaye
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12 3   Spanish Harlem 1  
  Aretha Franklin
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7 4   What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin And John  
  Tom Clay
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3 5   Take Me Home, Country Roads 3  
  John Denver With Fat City
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4 6   Draggin' The Line 4  
  Tommy James
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11 7   Signs  
  Five Man Electrical Band
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5 8   Bring The Boys Home 5  
  Freda Payne
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13 9   Stick-Up 4  
  The Honey Cone
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8 10   You've Got A Friend 1  
  James Taylor
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14 11   Beginnings  
  Chicago
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15 12   Smiling Faces, Sometimes 1  
  The Undisputed Truth
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16 13   Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 7  
  The Dramatics
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10 14   Hot Pants Pt. 1 (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) 10  
  James Brown
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- 15   Ain't No Sunshine 5  
  Bill Withers
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- 16   K-Jee  
  The Nite-Liters
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6 17   Don't Pull Your Love 1  
  Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
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18 18   Colour My World  
  Chicago
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- 19   Riders On The Storm 14  
  The Doors
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9 20   Sooner Or Later 9  
  The Grass Roots
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Bee Gees holds the top position this week with How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. Finding a spot at number two this week is Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye. Spanish Harlem by Aretha Franklin is at number three on the chart.


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