Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - November 26th 2011

AT40 the 70s this week November 27th 1971


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Respect Yourself - Staple Singers
19 - A Natural Man - Lou Rawls
18 - Cherish - David Cassidy
17 - Easy Loving - Freddie Hart
16 - Two Divided By Love - Grass Roots
15 - Yo-Yo - The Osmonds
14 - An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
13 - Everybody's Everything - Santana
12 - All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny and Cher
11 - Maggie May/Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart
10 - The Desiderata - Les Crane
9  -  Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
8  -  Peace Train - Cat Stevens
7  -  Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
6  -  Imagine - John Lennon
5  -  Family Affair - Sly and The Family Stone
4  -  Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
3  -  Baby I'm A Want You - Bread
2  -  Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher
1  -  Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
(2nd week of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues
9  -  Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
8  -  Harmony - Three Dog Night
7  -  At Carnegie Hall - Chicago
6  -  Tapestry - Carole King
5  -  There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly and The Family Stone
4  -  Imagine - John Lennon
3  -  Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens
2  -  Shaft - Soundtrack by Isaac Hayes
1  -  Santana III - Santana
(3rd of 5 Consecutive weeks at #1)

This was the 3rd studio album by Santana and is called III because of Santana debut album also called "Santana".   Two singles were released from the album, "Everybody's Everything"  which peaked at #12 and "No One To Depend On" which reached #36 .
This was the first album to feature a 17 year old Neal Schon who had major solos on the 2 singles mentioned above.  He and Gregg Rolie would leave the band in 1972 to form Journey.
This was the last Santana album to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 until 1999 when his "Supernatural" topped the charts.   This would set the record for longest time between #1 albums on the Billboard chart.