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1971:
Top 100 Songs

    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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