Each week William and I will select two top hits from the charts starting with 1960 for two weeks followed by 1961 etc..through to 1985. We will also include some of the notable events in those years for the up and coming stars who were centre stage at the time.
Welcome to this week’s show and we are excited to share decades of music with you in 2021. Here is my first selection of top 1971 hits which I hope you will enjoy. William.
News Event: January 22nd John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Power to the People”
Ike and Tina Turner – Proud Mary
“Proud Mary” was written by John Fogerty and first recorded by his band Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968. Ike and Tina Turner covered the song in 1971 and had a major hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on Billboard’s R& B chart, earning the duo a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group. The single was certified gold in the US and the UK.
News Event: March 5th “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin first played live at Ulster Hall, Belfast by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones
James Taylor – You’ve got a friend
“You’ve got a friend” was written by Carole King. Taylor recorded the song in 1971 and it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the UK Singles Chart. “You’ve Got a Friend” won Grammy Awards both for Taylor “Best Male Pop Vocal Performance” and King “Song of the Year.”Billboard ranked it as the #17 song for 1971.
News Event: March 22nd 6th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Lynn Anderson win
Now time for my first chart picks from 1971 and they certainly bring back memories of my teenage years.
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
“Maggie May” is a song co-written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, and performed by Rod Stewart on his album Every Picture Tells a Story, released in 1971.In October 1971, the song went to number one in the UK Singles Chart (for five weeks), and simultaneously topped the charts in Australia (four weeks), Canada (one week), and the United States (six weeks). It was the No. 2 record for 1971 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles charts. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 131 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Rod Stewart
News Event: April 4th Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances, then most expensive broadway musical
Tom Jones – She’s a Lady
“She’s a Lady” is a song written by Paul Anka and was released on his album Paul Anka ’70s (RCA 4309, 1970). The most successful recording was performed by Tom Jones, and released at the beginning of 1971. It is Jones’ highest-charting single in the U.S. to date (and his final Billboard Top Ten hit). Jesus Ranero
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Thank you very much for joining us today and we would love you to join us in the spin off shows where we share your memories of the 1960s and your favourite music.. please read how you can take part: The Breakfast Show 2021
Next week 1971 Part Two. We hope you will tune in.. as always we love to hear from you.. thanks William and Sally.
Well, I’m humming Maggie May as I type this and thank you Sally for this musical post. 🙂 I love the old stuff. I am also so impressed with your broadcasting work – that is very cool! The closet I got to being on air was being a college DJ and also reading the news for a radio service for the blind in Chicago(which was actually very rewarding.) 🙂
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Thanks Melanie and it is a great confidence booster working on radio and I know from my own experience that reading the news can have its tricky moments… glad you enjoyed the show…hugsx
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Thanks again Patty..hugsx
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Good for you, Debby. Glad you enjoyed. Thanks. Hugs
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Fantastic songs today Sal and Will. Had to listen to Proud Mary twice, lol. And oh ya, Tom Jones! ❤
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Thanks Debby glad you enjoyed the show… we are in your era now…♥♥
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You certainly are!! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you for this week’s selection. Loving ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ and ‘Maggie May’. I think the storytelling in Maggie May is ever so good.
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Indeed, Wendy. The story telling is great. Glad you enjoyed. Hugs
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Thanks Wendy.. and I agree it was a time of storytelling.. more so than today I think with many song lyrics..xxx
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Two of my favourites here – James Taylor and Maggie May. I have an old iPod Classic and it’s getting quite a workout at the moment. I have over two weeks solid playing recorded on it. I wish they still made it – the battery life’s not brilliant now. Thanks for the nudge. I’ve been playing things recently that I’d forgotten about!
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Fantastic Alex.. I am like you and have an older iPod and it is my constant companion. About 400 tracks I think at the moment.. hugsx
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Good to hear, Alex. Happy to know you’re well connected to good music. Enjoy. Hugs
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As always, great song selection William & Sally. Of course, I have a story about at least one of the artists you feature from the ’60s & ’70s every time. In the summer of 1964, me and a group of my college friends went to Martha’s Vineyard and opened a folk music coffee house for the summer. My job was to either procure or be the entertainment. One day I accosted a tall lanky kid with a guitar and had him audition for us. Sixteen-year-old James (“Jamie”) Taylor played numerous times at our place throughout the summer.
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That’s a fantastic story thanks Ted… I am sure Jamie was very grateful for that gig and a great way to start his career is such an upmarket place like Martha’s Vineyard..
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Wow! Another fabulous memory, Ted. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. All the best.
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Oh my! All of these are favorites of mine! Proud Mary still gets played by most every nightclub band in the country. Thank you, Sally and William!
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Delighted you enjoyed Jan.. and Proud Mary is on my vegetable chop playlist… xxx
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Thank you very much, Jan. Like you, these are some of my favorites, too. Glad you enjoyed. Hugs
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Love them all, especially the energy in this cover of Proud Mary!
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That is good to hear Dorothy… keep dancing..hugsx
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Fantastic, Dorothy. So glad you enjoyed. Hugs
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That James Taylor song has always been a favourite of mine. Perhaps because friends are so important to me. Hubby was lucky enough to have seen Ike and Tina perform that song and Rod Stewart sing Maggie May!. All iconic songs of the 70s. Thanks.
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Thanks Darlene and I agree about Friends.. I saw James Taylor perform that in a concert when we lived in the US.. and lucky Hubby…hugsx
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Thank you very much, Darlene. I am thrilled that you enjoyed our selection. Hugs
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Reading this as my James Taylor’s greatest hits CD is playing in the background! All of these tunes this week are gems!! (they always are, make no mistake)
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Thank you very much, Annette. Glad you are enjoying. Hugs
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Thanks very much Annette and great background music.. happy listening…hugsx
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Iconic, all of them. Thank you for sharing, with the short note about Tom Jones, on tour this year, in the UK. 😉 Have a nice week, Willam and Sally! ;.-) Michael
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Thanks Michael.. and I am sure he will be as entertaining as ever.. hugsx
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Indeed, Sally! Will try to get it virtually. xx
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Thank you, Michael. Here’s wishing you a nice week, too. All the best.
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Thank you very much, William! :-))
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Superb choices…Proud Mary is accompanying my comment at full blast I may add….Thank you both ..Hugs xx
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Lol.. as long as you don’t sue us for loss of hearing.. glad you enjoyed Carol ♥♥
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It that causes my loss of hearing I am happy… ❤️❤️❤️…. I just get a head popped round my door now and again when Rod/Tina and Ike are belting out.. Lol 😂
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Lol once a rock chick always a rock chick..♥♥
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Indeed… Xxx
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I am so happy that you are enjoying our music, Carol. Hugs
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She’s a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa,
She’s a lady.
Talkin’ about that little lady,
And the lady is mine.
I’m all ready for the shower performance. Thanks, Sally and William.
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Thank you, Pete. She’s a lady was really a super great song. All the best.
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Lol.. great audition Pete.. you’re hired…x
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I loved this post, Sally! I graduated from high school in May 1971 and started college at Appalachian State University in September 1971, so 1971 is a very important milepost in my life. It was certainly a time of great music. Hearing the music of that time transports me right back to my college years.
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Good to hear, Jane. It’s great how music takes us back to important periods in our lives. Glad you enjoyed. Hugs
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Thanks very much Janet I know the feeling and it is like rediscovering old friends.. hugsx
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Aaah…Tom Jones and Rod Stewart! I loved both these songs, and notice how they each have that certain grittiness to their voices.
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Indeed they do, Becky. Glad you enjoyed. Hugs
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I sure did; thanks!
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Thanks Becky.. that distinctive quality helped them stand out from the rest and you only have to hear the opening lines of a song to recognise their voices. x
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So true, Sally!
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More of the soundtrack of my youth! “Maggie May” brings to mind my bother’s fondness for an early live recording of Rod Stewart and Faces. They were drunk, and the performance was dreadful. My brother would play it and chortle gleefully.
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Fantastic, Liz. Glad you enjoyed the stroll down memory la.e. Hugs
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Glad we are hitting the right note Liz.. and I am sure that recording delighted their management no end lol.. But it was party time and we all got it. I had a blast in the first three years of the 70s great music. xx
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Four square hits, William and Sally. Can’t miss with Tina, James, Rod, and Tom.
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Thank you, John. So glad you enjoyed. All the best.
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Thanks for tuning in again John.. keep rockin’ hugsx
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In the blood. 😁
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I know that feeling..hugsx
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