1971
The quintessential novelty hit and definition of a “song you love to hate”, Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep earned Middle Of The Road their first number one in June 1971. (more…)
Tony Christie joined the trend for revenge songs, hunting down his wife’s murderer with I Did What I Did For Maria. (more…)
There are songs you hear so often that you never want to hear them again. And ones that still lift your spirits as soon as they start to play. This is one of those. (more…)
Free followed their huge hit All Right Now with this jaunty pub piano singalong, My Brother Jake, showcasing the subtler side of Paul Kossoff’s guitar pyrotechnics. (more…)
Everyone of a certain age will remember this chart-topper from 1971. Not necessarily a favourite of mine, but it’s part of our lives – especially mine. (more…)
Top of the Pops, April 1971 – the first time I had ever seen The Rolling Stones and one of those landmark performances that has stayed in my mind. (more…)
If 1971 was the year of my musical awakening, it was also the year of my football awakening. And the FA Cup final was the first time I ever saw my team play. (more…)
Olivia Newton-John came over from Australia and sang her way into our hearts with her first hit single, this Bob Dylan song, If Not For You. (more…)
It’s been a struggle to find a Worst Song winner in an era of terrible novelty tunes but I think I’ve found one in Ray Stevens’s execrable 1971 hit Bridget The Midget. (more…)