Episode 25: The Week Ending October 23, 1971 Ain’t No Sunshine in the Shaft

Long ago and far away it seemed the world was filled with gypsys, tramps, and thieves. Their smiling faces sometimes could hide the fact you were going to be a victim of a stick up. At that point you felt like there just ain’t no sunshine and you couldn’t imagine a world where there was. Perhaps you felt trapped there by a thing called love. Then one fine morning you decided to get a ticket out of town on the peace train. Well, this week we look back at the Billboard Top 40 from the week of October 23rd, 1971. It is not easy reviewing songs that seem so far away, and for some of the songs, it’s a thin line between love and hate, but I guess you have to crawl before you walk.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode https://top40weekly.com/1971-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_23rd_October_1971
Rejected Episode Title: The Night They Drove Uncle Albert Down
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Marks lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s) by Pete Battistini.
Some links to things we discussed in this episode:
Desiderata (poem): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata
National Lampoon  Deteriorata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7383noev8
Weezer-I Woke Up In Love This Morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnarxjoq3xs
Stagger Lee (song):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee
Stevie Wonder wishes Tom Jones a happy birthday on The Voice UK in 2021:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiuK9BVcNg
Shaft Official Trailer Movie (1971):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CukEP_KnFiQ