Hills Top 40 Pops & Best Selling LP's forApril 5, 1971

 ON THIS DATE:

Fran Phipps is the first woman to reach the North Pole.

"The Beguiled" starring Clint Eastwood and "Summer of '42" starring: Jennifer O'Neill were popular at the movies.

Michael Jackson was on the cover of Rolling Stone.

The Grateful Dead played at the Manhatten Center in New York.
Genesis played at Angel Inn, Godalming, England

Joe Theismann surprised the world of football by signing a three-year contract to play for the Toronto Argonauts.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE:

The "Peanuts" comic strip for that day -

AS FOR THE MUSIC -

The Partridge Family and Lynn Anderson are still hanging tough for the top two singles with Tom Jones hot on their trail.
(It was a simpler time back then.)

Janis Joplin is breathing down the necks of The Partridge Family for top LP.

ALSO

The Osmonds find a rotten apple.
The Temptations don't believe what they see.
Bobby Goldsboro is bored enough to watch some kid grow.
Neil Diamond is repeating himself.

SOME ARTISTS YOU MAY REMEMBER BUT I DON'T
Sammi Smith, The Bells, Salvage

Here is the entire Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for April 5, 1971 -

The #4 song on this list -
Three Dog Night - Joy To The World - Live 

 

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Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for April 26, 1971

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