Every UK no1 1971

 

Dave Edmunds
Clive Dunn
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2012/11/in-1970s-clive-dunn.html
George Harrison
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2017/06/in-memory-george-harrison-in-1970s.html
Mungo Jerry
T.Rex
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2010/11/70s-music-artist-watch-trex.html
Dave And Ansil Collins
Dawn
Middle Of The Road
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2013/10/in-1970s-middle-of-road.html
Diana Ross
Tams
Rod Stewart
Slade
Benny Hill
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2015/08/in-memory-benny-hill.html

Every UK No1 in 1971
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MORE FROM 1971
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TOP UK 40 SINGLES OF 1970

Here we take a look at the END OF YEAR UK charts for 1970.

NO.40
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Peter Paul and Mary



NO. 39
Rainbow
Marmalade

Entered Chart: 18/06/1970
Highest Position: 3
Weeks in Chart: 14




NO.38
Lets Work Together
Canned Heat



NO.37
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Entered Chart: 29/08/1970
Highest Position: 4
Weeks in Chart: 18



NO.36
Up Around the Bend
Creedence Clearwater Revival

NO.35
I Want You Back
Jackson Five


NO.34
Good Bye Sam, Hello Samantha
Cliff Richard
Entered Chart: 06/06/1970
Highest Position: 6
Weeks in Chart: 15



NO.33
Mama Told me Not to Come
Three Dog Night
Entered Chart: 08/08/1970
Highest Position: 3
Weeks in Chart: 14



NO.32
Me and My Life
Tremeloes
Entered Chart: 12/09/1970
Highest Position: 4
Weeks in Chart: 18





NO.31
Give me Just a Little More Time
Chairmen of the board

NO.30
Voodoo Child
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

NO.29
I Hear You Knocking
Dave Edmunds

NO.28
Its All in the Game
Four Tops
Entered Chart: 30/05/1970
Highest Position: 5
Weeks in Chart: 16






NO.27
You Can Get it if You Really Want
Desmond Dekker
Entered Chart: 22/08/1970
Highest Position: 2
Weeks in Chart: 15



N0.26
Patches
Clarence Carter

NO.25
Two Little Boys
Rolf Harris

N0.24
Sally
Gerry Munroe

NO.23
Knock Knock Whos There?
Mary Hopkin
Entered Chart: 28/03/1970
Highest Position: 2
Weeks in Chart: 114



NO.22
Question
Moody Blues

NO.21
Honey Come Back
Glenn Campbell

NO.20
Cottonfields
Beach Boys

NO.19
Neanderthal Man
Hot Legs
Entered Chart: 04/07/1970
Highest Position: 2
Weeks in Chart: 14





NO.18
Black Night
Deep Purple

NO.17
Woodstock
Matthews Southern Comfort

NO.16
Something
Shirley Bassey
Entered Chart: 20/06/1970
Highest Position: 4
Weeks in Chart: 22



NO.15
Grovin With Mr Bloe
Mr Bloe
Entered Chart: 09/05/1970
Highest Position: 2
Weeks in Chart: 18



NO.14
Cant Help Falling in Love
Andy Williams

NO.13
Lola
Kinks

NO.12
All Kinds of Everything
Dana

NO.11
Love Grows Where my Rosemary Goes
Edison Lighthouse

NO.10
The Tears of a Clown
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

NO.9
Yellow River
Christie

NO.8
Wandrin Star
Lee Marvin




NO.7
All Right Now
Free

N0.6
Back Home
England World Cup Squad

N0.5
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel

NO.4
Spirit in the Sky
Norman Greenbaum

NO.3
Band of Gold
Freda Payne
Entered Chart: 05/09/1970
Highest Position: 1
Weeks in Chart: 19



NO.2
The Wonder of You

Elvis Presley

NO.1
In the Summertime
Mungo Jerry

UK Top 50 - 20th January 1973

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1970s Dave Edmunds

Welsh born Dave (1944) had his first band with his brothers in 1954 called The Edmunds Bros Duo. He joined several bands after that including Love Sculpture which had a top ten single hit with Sabre Dance. The hit was thanks to radio one DJ John Peel championing it.

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Dave went solo in 1970 and had a big hit with I Hear You Knocking which was the Christmas No.1 in 1970. The song was written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King from way back in 1955. Smiley Lewis had the original No.2 hit with this song. Smiley died in 1966.

The song was a hit both sides of the Atlantic and sold over three million copies. In 1972 Edmunds appeared in the film Stardust with David Essex. The film was a huge success and Dave Edmunds was kept in the public eye which helped with the next singles.

In 1973 Dave had another cover hit with Baby I Love You which was written by Jeff Berry and Ellie Greenwich.  The song was 1963 hit for the Ronettes and was produced by Phil Spector. Dave Edmunds version got to No. 8.

Dave had another hit that year, with yet another cover. Born To Be With You a 1956 hit for the Chordettes. Dave’s version got to No. 5 in the charts. Moving on to 1977 gave Dave his next top thirty UK hit with I Knew The Bride a Nick Lowe song.

1979 and Dave stormed the charts again with two hit singles that year. The first was Girls Talk a cover of Elvis Costello’s record, followed by Queen Of Hearts from the album Repeat When Necessary.

Interview with Dave Edmunds