PEAK MUSIC 1971

 

This is a series that will attempt to Sport(ify) music by creating a 5 member All-Pro/All League/All Star team (Sort of like the NBA first team all-stars) for each year in Music starting with 1964. It will rely heavily on Top 20 Hits from the year but also take into account Concert Tours, Music awards, Music Videos (MTV Crowd-You Tube), TV, Films, Pop Culture etc….. 

1971

Yes, it is the Osmonds  3 top 10 hits plus 1 number one(and Donny had hits on his own – 2 top ten hits including "Go away little girl")

Marvin Gaye = 3 top 15 hits including "What is going on which hit number 2

Temptations – 2 top 20 hits including "Just my imagination" which hit number 1

Jackson 5 with 4 top 20 hits

Three Dog Night with 3 top 10 hits including "Joy to the World"

I was tempted to have the Rolling Stones at number 5 but they only had one big hit in 1971 "Brown Sugar"

With the Beatles gone – I will explain the all-time scoring system to come up with the all-time PEAK MUSIC performers. The Beatles charted 7 times and amassed 31 points (in the 5-4-3-2-1 point system) so there total point tally is 224 points (this was sort of like Bill James simple runs created method – OBP x SLUG). I don't think anyone will top those numbers but we will see.

 

1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	5th Dimension
4 Seasons	Supremes	Rolling Stones	Monkees	Gary Pucket	3 Dog Night
Supremes	Rolling Stones	Frank Sinatra	Supremes	Simon & Garfunkel	Elvis Presley
Bobby Vinton	Herman Hermits	Beach Boys	Rascals	Aretha Franklin	The Beatles
Johnny Rivers	Byrds	Monkees	The Doors	Supremes	Rolling Stones
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975
Jackson 5	Osmonds
The Beatles	Marvin Gaye
Simon & Garfunkel	Temptations
3 Dog Night	Jackson 5
Guess Who	3 Dog Night
1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981