Weekly Top 20 song poll

Your favourites from this week in 1971: results of Top 20 song poll

Thank you for your votes for the Top 20 singles in Australia for the week of 12 October 1971. This is how you ranked the 20 songs:

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1.. Get it On (Bang a Gong) – T.Rex – 343 votes
2.. Eagle Rock – Daddy Cool – 323
3.. Sweet Sweet Love – Russell Morris – 310
4.. Come Back Again – Daddy Cool – 302
5.. Signs – Five Man Electrical Band – 256
6.. Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who – 254
7.. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez – 248
8.. He’s Gonna Step on You Again – John Kongos – 241
9.. It’s Too Late – Carole King – 233
10.. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees – 231
11.. I Don’t Know How to Love Him – Helen Reddy – 161
12.. Daddy Cool – Drummond (aka Allison Gros) – 151
13.. Banks of the Ohio – Olivia Newton-John – 145
14.. LA International Airport – Susan Raye – 144
15.. What the World Needs Now is Love – Tom Clay – 128
16.. I Woke Up in Love This Morning – The Partridge Family – 124
17.. Never Ending Song of Love – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends – 81
18.. Double Barrel – Dave & Ansil Collins – 66
19.. Butterfly – Matt Flinders – 48
20.. Love is a Beautiful Song – Dave Mills – 40

Voting was open for 25 hours, from 11am Monday to 12pm Tuesday AEDT.
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Chart source: Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book

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