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1971: Top 100 Songs
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) Return To Rock n Roll |