50 Years Ago This Month, March 1971

Steve and Dave discuss the Top Ten (+) from Billboard's Hot 100 for March 13, 1971. (View the dedicated playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_97p53FVa9_zeXpGH6oSgy9QNHxJ7Fjv )

1. One Bad Apple, The Osmonds
2. Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
3. For All We Know, The Carpenters
4. Just My Imagination, The Temptations
5. She's a Lady, Tom Jones
6. Mama's Pearl, Jackson 5
7. Proud Mary, Ike & Tina Turner
8. Have You Ever Seen the Rain/Hey Tonight, Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted, The Partridge Family
10. If You Could Read My Mind, Gordon Lightfoot
15. Help Me Make It Through the Night, Sammi Smith
16. Cried Like a Baby, Bobby Sherman
17. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You, Wilson Pickett
20. Temptation Eyes, The Grass Roots
Reading List for March 1971 Chart Show (March 13, 1971)
J Ankeny “Temptations” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-temptations-mn0000569685/biography
D Bidini Writing Gordon Lightfoot: The Man, The Music, and the World in 1972 Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2011
S Brennan “Sammi Smith” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sammi-smith-mn0000246947/biography
T Burke “Kris Kristofferson’s Talking Blues.” (4/25/74) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kris-kristoffersons-talking-blues-241302/
J Bush “Paul Anka” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-anka-mn0000745915/biography
D Browne “Gordon Lightfoot is Still Following That Carefree Highway” (6/11/19) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/gordon-lightfoot-interview-80-years-strong-tour-844868/
B Dahl “Bobby Sherman.” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bobby-sherman-mn0000062729/biography
M. Deming. “Creedence Clearwater Revival: ‘Have You Ever Seen the Rain.’” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/song/have-you-ever-seen-the-rain-mt0044733875
---. “Gordon Lightfoot.” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gordon-lightfoot-mn0000667794/biography
---. “Donny Osmond.” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/donny-osmond-mn0000186390/biography
B. Eder. “Grass Roots.” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-grass-roots-mn0000070773/biography
S. T. Erlewine. “Carpenters.” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/carpenters-mn0000051909/biography
---. “Tom Jones.” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-jones-mn0000609396/biography
---. “Sammi Smith: ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night.’” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/song/help-me-make-it-through-the-night-mt0006934634
T. Fletcher. In the Midnight Hour: Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett. New York, NY, 2017.
M. Friedman. Buried Alive: Biography of Janis Joplin. New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, 1973.
R. Harison. Once Upon a Red Eye: Life on the Road with Gordon Lightfoot. Victoria, BC: Friesen Press, 2019.
History.com Editors. (6/7/19). “Vietnamization.” https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnamization
Ed Hogan. “Carpenters: ‘For All We Know.’” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/song/for-all-we-know-mt0003993671
--- “Jackson 5: ‘Mama’s Pearl.’” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/song/mamas-pearl-mt0033379742
--- “The Temptations: ‘Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me).’” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/song/just-my-imagination-running-away-with-me-mt0001098172
S. Huey “Janis Joplin: ‘Me & Bobby McGee” (n.d.) https://www.allmusic.com/song/me-and-bobby-mcgee-mt0001100838
---. “Ike and Tina Turner.” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ike-tina-turner-mn0000094224/biography
N. Jennings Lightfoot. Toronto, ON: Penguin, 2018.
M. Peretua “Grass Roots Frontman Rob Grill Dead.” (7/13/11). https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grass-roots-frontman-rob-grill-dead-at-67-187131/
S. Mason. “Ike & Tina Turner: ‘Proud Mary.’” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/song/proud-mary-mt0011646760
K. Mulvaney. “How the Ali-Frazier ‘Fight of the Century’ Became a Proxy Battle for a Divided Nation (3/5/21) https://www.history.com/news/ali-frazier-fight-of-the-century
W. Ruhlmann. “Kris Kristofferson.” (n.d.). https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kris-kristofferson-mn0000774588/biography
J Shadoian “Pearl” (2/18/71) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/pearl-204297/
M Thomas “The Second Coming of Muhammad Ali” (March 18, 1971). https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-second-coming-of-muhammad-ali-185920/
T. Turner (with K. Loder) I, Tina: My Own Story. New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, 1986
R. Unterberger. “CCR” (n.d.) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/creedence-clearwater-revival-mn0000131627/biography
--- “CCR: ‘Proud Mary” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/song/proud-mary-mt0001808933
--- “Janis Joplin” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/janis-joplin-mn0000177060/biography
--- “Wilson Pickett.” (nd) https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wilson-pickett-mn0000677781/biography
D. Wild “Bobby Sherman” (9/11/86) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bobby-sherman-where-are-they-now-110716/