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Top 20 Song Chart for August 28, 1971

LW TW       peak  
2 1   Spanish Harlem  
  Aretha Franklin
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1 2   How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 1  
  Bee Gees
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8 3   Smiling Faces, Sometimes 1  
  The Undisputed Truth
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3 4   Take Me Home, Country Roads 3  
  John Denver With Fat City
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6 5   Stick-Up 4  
  The Honey Cone
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10 6   Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey 1  
  Paul & Linda McCartney
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4 7   Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 2  
  Marvin Gaye
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7 8   Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 7  
  The Dramatics
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5 9   What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin And John 4  
  Tom Clay
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- 10   Go Away Little Girl 1  
  Donny Osmond
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12 11   Signs 7  
  Five Man Electrical Band
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15 12   Ain't No Sunshine 5  
  Bill Withers
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14 13   I Just Want To Celebrate 7  
  Rare Earth
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18 14   Riders On The Storm  
  The Doors
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17 15   Sweet Hitch-Hiker 14  
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
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11 16   Hot Pants Pt. 1 (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) 10  
  James Brown
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- 17   Liar  
  Three Dog Night
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- 18   Thin Line Between Love & Hate 8  
  The Persuaders
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- 19   Make It Funky (Part 1) 9  
  James Brown
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- 20   Colour My World 18  
  Chicago
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Aretha Franklin is top over this week's song chart with Spanish Harlem. Finding a spot at number two this week is How Can You Mend A Broken Heart by Bee Gees. Smiling Faces, Sometimes by The Undisputed Truth comes in at number three.


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