Today's Super Chart reflects The Top 100 Songs for the Week Ending December 25th ... which just happens to be Christmas Day!
(We're going to run one more chart next week to wrap up the year ... this will cover the final six days of 1971.)
Taking over the top spot (as expected) is Melanie with "A Brand New Key." (I don't imagine she'll be there long, however ... "American Pie climbs from #10 to #3 this week ... and seems poised to be the next #1 Record on the country. The buzz for this song was UNBELIEVABLE at the time!)
"Family Affair" slips to #2 ... and there are two new entries into The Top Ten this week: "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey (#9) and "Respect Yourself" by The Staple Singers (#10)
"Sugar Daddy" by The Jackson Five continues to climb, moving from #34 to #18, a jump of sixteen places ... while The Partridge Family climb thirteen notches from #48 to #35 with their latest, "It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)".
Playing Favorites:
I STILL really like "Never Been To Spain" by Three Dog Night ... it premiers at #68 this week, making it the highest debut on the chart.
Down at the bottom end of the chart, I really like "Precious And Few" by Climax, too. (That's Sonny Geraci from The Outsiders singing the lead on that one.) And I always felt that "Under My Wheels" by Alice Cooper should have been a bigger hit than it was ... it just has a real commercial sound to it for me.
This Week in 1971:
December 19th – The film “A Clockwork Orange” (directed by Stanley Kubrick) is released in New York City.
December 24th – Singer Ricky Martin was born. (He’s been livin’ la vida loca ever since!)
December 25th – In the longest game in NFL History, The Miami Dolphins defeat The Kansas City Chiefs 27-24. The game ended halfway through the second overtime and lasted 82 minutes and 40 seconds.
An incredible 16 future Hall Of Famers took part in this game:
Nick Buoniconti (LB), Larry Csonka (RB), Bob Griese, (QB), Jim Langer (C), Larry Little (RG), Don Shula (coach), Paul Warfield (WR), Bobby Bell (LOLB), Buck Buchanan (RDT), Curley Culp (DT), Len Dawson (QB), Lamar Hunt (owner), Willie Lanier (MLB), Jan Stenerud (K), Hank Stram (coach), Emmitt Thomas (CB)
More here: https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/the-longest-day/
Also on this date, a fire at a 22-story hotel in Seoul, South Korea, kills 158 people.
Also on this date, a fire at a 22-story hotel in Seoul, South Korea, kills 158 people.
