The Wonder Years : 1971

1. The Who - Baba O'Riley
2. John Kongos - He's Gonna Step on You Again
3. Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
4. Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
5. The Yamasuki Singers - Yama Yama
6. Paul McCartney & Wings - Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey
7. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
8. Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
9. Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
10. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)
11. Caetano Veloso - London, London
12. Harry Nilsson - Me And My Arrow
13. Chico Buarque - Cotidiano
14. Cat Stevens - Wild World
15. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
16. Dave & Ansil Collins - Double Barrel
17. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
18. East Of Eden - Jig A Jig
19. Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
20. Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
21. Joni Mitchell - River
22. Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow

1971... The Vietnam War was still going on, the US invaded Laos, and the movies gave us Shaft and Dirty Harry cleaning things up vigilante style . . . ”do you feel lucky punk?”.

American kids of 1971 were busy learning how to enunciate correctly from the Electric Company while shovelling spoonfuls of Count Chocula and Cocoa Pebbles

cereal into their mouths. Meanwhile, the teenagers of 1971 were getting busy in their Ford Pinto’s as Led Zeppelin played Stairway To Heaven.Jim Morrison dies in Paris at age 27. (July 3).

The Allman Brothers' Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle accident at age 24. (Oct. 29). The Big films of the Year were 'A Clockwork Orange' & 'The French Connection'.

But all 1971 really wanted to do was to buy the world a Coke and keep it company - right on!

This one's for our good friend Rob Conroy, and also French Connection's better half, Helen.. Click & enjoy.

1971