On 4th Aug 1971 ...
The Number 1 single was:
T.Rex - "Get It On"
For Number 1 single over the subsequent years
The Number 1 album was:
No artist(s) credited - "Hot Hits 6"
For Number 1 album over the subsequent years
Born on 4th Aug:
1901 - Louis Armstrong ( vocalist; deceased )
1940 - Larry Knechtel ( guitarist, keyboard player, Bread )
1947 - Klaus Schulze ( multi-instrumentalist, Tangerine Dream )
1951 - Roy Flowers ( of Sweet Sensation )
1952 - Máire Ní Bhraonáin ( vocalist, harpist with Clannad )
1968 - Rob Cieka ( drummer, The Boo Radleys )