Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Top 20 Song Chart for May 1, 1971

LW TW       peak  
1 1   Joy To The World  
  Three Dog Night
    YouTube Amazon  

5 2   Put Your Hand In The Hand 1  
  Ocean
    YouTube Amazon  

3 3   Stay Awhile 2  
  The Bells
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2 4   Never Can Say Goodbye 2  
  The Jackson 5
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17 5   Want Ads 1  
  The Honey Cone
    YouTube Amazon  

9 6   If  
  Bread
    YouTube Amazon  

8 7   (Where Do I Begin) Love Story  
  Andy Williams
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16 8   Power To The People  
  John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
    YouTube Amazon  

6 9   Bridge Over Troubled Water 6  
  Aretha Franklin
    YouTube Amazon  

7 10   I Am... I Said 3  
  Neil Diamond
    YouTube Amazon  

12 11   Love Her Madly 9  
  The Doors
    YouTube Amazon  

18 12   Brown Sugar 1  
  The Rolling Stones
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10 13   Me And Bobby McGee 1  
  Janis Joplin
    YouTube Amazon  

4 14   What's Going On 1  
  Marvin Gaye
    YouTube Amazon  

- 15   Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) 4  
  Daddy Dewdrop
    YouTube Amazon  

15 16   Right On The Tip Of My Tongue 14  
  Brenda & The Tabulations
    YouTube Amazon  

14 17   We Can Work It Out 14  
  Stevie Wonder
    YouTube Amazon  

- 18   It Don't Come Easy 1  
  Ringo Starr
    YouTube Amazon  

- 19   Me And You And A Dog Named Boo 4  
  Lobo
    YouTube Amazon  

11 20   One Toke Over The Line 10  
  Brewer & Shipley
    YouTube Amazon  

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Three Dog Night and Joy To The World fill the top chart song spot this week. Put Your Hand In The Hand by Ocean is at number two on the chart. The Bells finds the number three this week with Stay Awhile.


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