Billboard's Hot 100 / Top 40 Motown Chronicles - 1971 Pt. 2

[Boogiedown]

OK here we go !

We now continue with the Billboard charts for the second half of 1971:

[see first half here:]

https://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread.php?27113-Billboard-American-Top-40-Fifty-Years-Ago-1971)-Sundays-Radio-Countdown-Listen

Billboard's Hot 100 Top 40
Chart #28
July 10, 1971

--- Now that there is no longer an accompanying countdown radio show, the weekly summary will be modified a bit to include the entirety of the Hot 100 with the emphasis still on that top 40 tier of Billboard's singles charting . The Top 40 remains the defining criteria of what was regarded as a hit , there were nonetheless many singles that were released that charted but didn't quite succeed at that level that are still fascinating to review. Since our focus is from a Motown leaning , from here on out all Motown chart activity from the entirety of the Hot 100 will be covered.

Motown this week:
The same two singles are on the Top 40 this week, one going up , one descending downward , with no additions. Six charters are by Motown proxy*. For the entirety of the Hot 100, there are nine Motown labeled singles, seven below the Top 40; some of them will get there others will not. Two debuting Hot 100 Motowners this week.

The Top 10:

Haven't seen this before , certainly not this year, the Top 5 songs hold firmly in their same positions as last week. Carol King sits on the thrown at #1 for a third week with IT'S TOO LATE , Raider's with INDIAN RESERVATION are #2, Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose' TREAT HER LIKE A LADY is #3, Carpenter's RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS is #4, and again at #5 is DON'T PULL YOUR LOVE by Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds. Two new entries make it into the Top 10: Jean Knight's MR. BIG STUFF , big jump from#12 to#6 and another Top Ten newcomer Carly Simon , also a strong leap, from #16 to #10 with THAT'S THE WAY I ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE. Two out: IT DON'T COME EASY Ringo Starr from #10 to #12 and BROWN SUGAR by The Rolling Stones dissolves from #7 to #13.

The Top 40:

^I DON'T WANT TO DO WRONG - Gladys Knight /Pips, a slight climb, now #18 , #19 last week.
NATHAN JONES - The Supremes lands at #27 from last week's #18

Biggest mover On the Chart: An increase of 23 places : HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART The Bee gees, #39 last week , now #16.

New To The Top 40:
Highest Debut:
SIGNS - Five Man Electrical Band - #33 up from #44 -[*first time artist]

COLOR MY WORLD/BEGINNINGS - Chicago -#37 up from #59 [6th Top 40 hit]
SUMMER SAND - Dawn-#38 up from #43 [4th Top 40 hit]
CHICAGO - Graham Nash - #39 up from #41 [* first time artist]
MOON SHADOW - Cat Stevens #40 up from #48 [2nd Top 40 hit]

A very good week for:
CHICAGO
Enters the top 40 twice this week , both as a song title at #39 , and as the name of an artist at #37. Doubt we'll ever see that occurrence play out again ...

The Hot 100:
Motown debuts:
#75 - MAYBE TOMORROW - The Jackson Five
#84 - WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE /ABRAHAM MARTIN AND JOHN - Tom Clay

2nd week: MERCY MERCY ME [THE ECOLOGY] - Marvin Gaye #46 up from #72
2nd week: CRAZY ABOUT THE LA LA LA - Smokey Robinson/Miracles #68 up from #77
2nd week: IN THESE CHANGING TIMES - Four Tops #77 up from #79
3rd week: SMILING FACES - Undisputed Truth #69 up from #76
4th Week: NEVER DREAMED YOU'D LEAVE IN SUMMER - Stevie Wonder - #78 same as last week


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Last week The Supremes and The Four Tops were moving up the Hot 100, albeit just barely; YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART in its fifth week moved up one position from #56 to #55. This week the song disappears altogether.
The overlapping of this song with The Supremes single NATHAN JONES appears to have hindered both records charting, NATHAN JONES slips this week to#27 from #18 last week after peeking for two weeks #16 as YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE competed for airtime.
Perhaps the hurry to release the ensemble single was due to the lyrics and tone suiting the current uplifting themes doing so well on the chart ...like JOY TO THE WORLD and PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND.
Strike while the fire is hot.




YOU GOTTA HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART marks the premiere charting of writers Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris. They'll do better with their next charter coming up shortly.

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While we await the Jackson family's new single to take off , how about a close substitute, Michael and Donny , move over:



It looked like I KNOW I'M IN LOVE by Chee Chee and Peppy was headed to the Top 40, the record was up to #49 its 6th week in, but this week it dips to #54.
So who are Peppy and Chee Chee ? - if you think their names sound like names of pet dogs, you'd be right , that's where they came from. In reality though barely teenaged Dorthy Moore [Chee Chee] , aged 12, and high schooler, Keith Bolling [Peppy] were culled from their Philadelphia schools, and paired by Jess James, record producer and song writer [THE HORSE, BOOGALOO DOWN BROADWAY]. The two became an opening act for several other performers including Gladys Knight And The Pips. One more thing, Keith Bolling was the son of Sam Cooke.

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Something unexpected has happened: Booker T and The MGs MELTING POT dropped off the Hot 100 four weeks ago. Last week it reappeared at #90 and this week moves up to #88. Could it possibly now make it to the Top 40? [see chart #23 for more on MELTING POT]

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**Proxy records are those that related to Motown in a secondary way, a record by a former Motown artist , A Motown song cover version, etc.

They are:

WANT ADS - Honey Cone - #8 was #6 [HDH]
SHE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN - 8TH Day - #11 was #11 [HDH]
BRING THE BOYS HOME - Freda Payne - #21 was #23 [HDH ]
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Isaac Hayes- #32 was #23[Jobette song]
LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH - Isley Bros.- #34 was #37 [Group charted Top 40 once with Motwn , in 1966 with THIS OL' HEART OF MINE [IS WEAK FOR YOU]
K-JEE - The Nite-Liters -#92 was #93 [Harvey Fuqua Production]