American Top 40 1971 April 3rd

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

Bread debuts their new hit, "If" (at number 39) and Neil Diamond debuts his song "I Am, I Said" (at number 26).

There is a hit by the man who was the singing voice of Steve McQueen in the 1965 motion picture "Baby the Rain Must Fall."

There is the current hit by a man who once found himself in the recording studio with a bad cold recording a song he didn't like. Casey says that song became his only number one hit.

Three Dog Night moves their song "Joy To The World" from number 34 last week to number 11 this week.

As in-show specials, Casey plays the first song ever by a country and western star to hit number one on the national pop charts and the highest debuting record in the history of the record charts (started off at number 2).

There is a hit by a British singing star whose tonsils are a national monument. Casey says when he had them removed they were preserved in a glass jar and put on public display.

When I don't list songs such as Extra number 2 ("Closer To Home" by Grand Funk Railroad) it is because that song wasn't part of the original broadcast. Premier took it from another broadcast and that's why Casey introduces it; it is from some other show.

Also, there is a slight but noticeable hiss in the audio. Nothing I could do, that's the way it came over the internet. It is still an enjoyable show.

40: Ask Me No Questions - B.B. King
39: If - Bread
38: Baby Let Me Kiss You - King Floyd
37: Sit Yourself Down - Steven Stills
36: If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
35: Where Do They Go Lord - Elvis Presley
34: Dream Baby - Glen Campbell
33: Stay Awhile - The Bells
32: We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
31: Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
30: Mama's Pearl - Jackson Five
29: Soul Power - James Brown
28: Heavy Makes You Happy - Staple Singers
SPECIAL: Move Over - Janis Joplin
27: Eighteen - Alice Cooper
SPECIAL: Baby Love - The Supremes
26: I Am, I Said - Neil Diamond
25: Love Lines Angles And Rhymes - 5th Dimension
24: Did You Ever See The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
23: Blue Money - Van Morrison
22: Cry Like A Baby - Bobby Sherman
21: No Love At All - B.J. Thomas
20: Free - Chicago
19: You're All I Need To Get By - Aretha Franklin
18: One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
17: Amos Moses - Jerry Reed
16: One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
15: Temptation Eyes - Grass Roots
14: What Is Life - George Harrison
13: Oye Como Va - Santana
12: Wild World - Cat Stevens
11: Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
10: Another Day - Wings
SPECIAL: Smoke Smoke Smoke - Tex Williams
9: Theme From "Love Story" - Andy Williams
8: Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith
7: Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted - The Partridge Family
6: Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
5: What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
4: She's A Lady - Tom Jones
SPECIAL: Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
3: For All We Know - Carpenters
2: Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
1: Just My Imagination (Runnin' Away With Me) - Temptations