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Top
100 Singles in the U.S. for 1971. Number one songs are indicated with an
asterisk (*).
Also
included is each song's highest postition on the charts and the month it
was achieved.
*1 JOY TO THE WORLD
Three Dog Night (#1, April)
*2 MAGGIE MAY/ REASON TO BELIEVE Rod Stewart
(#1, Oct)
*3 II'S TOO LATE/ I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Carole King (#1, June)
*4 ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds (#1 Feb)
*5 HOW
CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART The Bee Gees (#1, Aug)
*6 INDIAN
RESEVATION (The Lament Of the Cherokee Resevation Indian) The Raiders (#1,
July)
*7 GO AWAY
LITTLE GIRL Donny Osmond (#1, Sept)
8 TAKE
ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS John Denver with Fat City (#2, Aug)
*9 JUST
MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) The Temptations (#1, April)
*10 KNOCK
THREE TIMES Dawn (#1, Jan)
*11 ME
AND BOBBY MCGEE Janis Joplin (#1, March)
12 TIRED
OF BEING ALONE Al Green (#11, Nov)
*13 WANT
ADS The Honey Cone (#1, June)
14 SMILING
FACES SOMETIMES The Undisputed Truth (#2, Sept)
15 TREAT
HER LIKE A LADY Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (#3, July)
*16 BROWN
SUGER The Rolling Stones (#1, May)
*17 YOU'VE
GOT A FRIEND James Taylor (#1, July)
18 MR.
BIG STUFF Jean Knight (#2, Aug)
19 DO YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN Lee Michaels (#6, Oct)
20 THE
NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez (#3, Oct)
21 WHAT'S
GOING ON Marvin Gaye (#2, April)
*22 UNCLE
ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY Paul and Linda McCartney (#1, Sept)
23 AIN'T
NO SUNSHINE Bill Withers (#3, Sept)
24 SIGNS
The Five Man Electrical Band (#3, Aug)
25 SHE'S
A LADY Tom Jones (#2, March)
26 I FOUND
SOMEONE OF MY OWN The Free Movement (#5, Nov)
27 SUPERSTAR
Murray Head And The Trinidad Singers (#14, May)
28 AMOS
MOSES Jerry Reed (#8, Feb)
29 TEMPTATION
EYES The Grass Roots (#15, April)
30 SUPERSTAR/
BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN The Carpenters (#2, Oct)
*31 MY
SWEET LORD/ ISN'T IT A PITY George Harrison (#1, Dec 1970)
32 SWEET
AND INNOCENT Donny Osmond Of the Osmonds (#7, June)
33 PUT
YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Ocean (#2, May)
34 CHICK-A-BOOM
(Don't Ya Jes' Love It) Daddy Dewdrop (#9, May)
35 FOR
ALL WE KNOW The Carpenters (#3, March)
36 IF YOU
COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot (#5, Feb)
37 HELP
ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Sammi Smith (#8, March)
38 RAINY
DAYS AND MONDAYS The Carpenters (#2, June)
*39 GYPSIES,
TRAMPS AND THIEVES Cher (#1, Nov)
40 NEVER
CAN SAY GOODBYE The Jackson Five (#2, May)
41 ROSE
GARDEN Lynn Anderson (#3, Feb)
42 DON'T
PUL YOUR LOVE Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds (#4, July)
43 IT DON'T
COME EASY Ringo Starr (#4, June)
44 MR.
BOJANGLES The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#9 Feb)
45 I LOVE
YOU FOR ALL SEASONS The Fuzz (#21, May)
46 WHATCHA
SEE IS WHATCHA GET The Dramatics (#9, Sept)
47 THAT'S
THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE Carly Simon (#10, July)
48 IF YOU
REALLY LOVE ME Stevie Wonder (#8, Oct)
49 SPANISH
HARLEM Aretha Franklin (#2, Sept)
50 I DON'T
KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy (#13, June)
51 YO-YO
The Osmonds (#3, Oct)
52 BRIDGE
OVER TROUBLED WATER/ BRAND NEW ME Aretha Franklin (#6, June)
53 DOESN'T
SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones
and Featuring David Cassidy) (#6, March)
54 DRAGGIN'
THE LINE Tommy James (#4, Aug)
55 PROUD
MARY Ike and Tina Turner (#4 March)
56 BEGINNINGS/
COLOUR MY WORLD Chicago (#7 Aug)
57 STAY
AWHILE The Bells (#7 May)
58 SWEET
CITY WOMAN The Stampeders (#8 Oct)
59 ME AND
YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO Lobo (#5, May)
60 ANOTHER
DAY/ OH WOMAN OH WHY Paul McCartney (#5, April)
61 IF Bread
(#4, May)
62 MERCY
MERCY ME (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye (#4, Aug)
63 ONE
TOKE OVER THE LINE Brewer & Shipley (#10, April)
64 SHE'S
NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN The 8th Day (#11 July)
65 BRING
THE BOYS HOME Freda Payne (#12, Aug)
66 I JUST
WANT TO CELEBRATE Rare Earth (#7, Sept)
67 NEVER
ENDING SONG OF LOVE Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#13, July)
68 EASY
LOVING Freddie Hart (#17, Nov)
69 LIAR
Three Dog Night (#7, Aug)
70 STICK-UP
The Honey Cone (#11, Sept)
71 CHIRPY
CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Matt And Katie Kissoon (#20, Oct)
72 (Where
Do I Begin) LOVE STORY Andy Williams (#9, April)
73 WILD
WORLD Cat Stevens (#11, April)
74 WHEN
YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT Jerry Reed (#9, June)
75 FUNKY
NASSAU (Part 1) The Beginning Of The End (#15, July)
76 IF NOT FOR YOU Olivia
Newton-John (#25, Sept)
77 GROOVE
ME King Floyd (#6 Jan)
78 WATCHING
SCOTTY GROW Bobby Goldsboro (#11, Feb)
79 WOODSTOCK
Matthews' Southern Comfort (#23, May)
80 AMAZING
GRAVE Judy Collins (#15, Feb)
81 I HEAR
YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds (#4, Feb)
82 LONELY
DAYS The Bee Gees (#3, Jan)
83 HERE
COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN The Fortunes (#15, July)
84 WON'T
GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who (#15, Sept)
85 TRAPPED
BY A THING CALLED LOVE Denice LaSalle (#13, Oct)
86 MAMA'S
PEARL The Jackson Five (#2, Feb)
87 TIMOTHY
The Buoys (#17, May)
88 I WOKE
UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and
Featuring David Cassidy) (#13, Sept)
*89 THEME
FROM "SHAFT" Isaac Hayes (#1, Nov)
90 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN Gladys Knight and the Pips (#9, Feb)
91 I AM, I SAID/
DONE TOO SOON Neil Diamond (#5, May)
92 WEDDING
SONG (There Is Love) Paul Stookey (#24, Oct)
93 DON'T
KNOCK MY LOVE (Part 1) Wilson Pickett (#13, June)
94 LOVE
HER MADLY The Doors (#11, May)
95 HERE
COMES THE SUN Richie Havens (#16, May)
96 SWEET
MARY Wadsworth Mansion (#7, Feb)
97 RIGHT
PN THE TIP OF MY TONGUE Brenda and the Tabulations (#23, June)
98 ONE
LESS BELL TO ANSWER The Fifth Dimension (#2, Dec 1970)
99 RIDERS
ON THE STORM The Doors (#14, Sept)
100 IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE Perry Como (#10, Jan)
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