RECORD WORLD (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP SINGLES OF 1971*
Pos.-Title?Artist-Label-Peak Month #1 JOY TO THE WORLD-THREE DOG NIGHT-DUNHILL-MAY #1 MY SWEET LORD-GEORGE HARRISON-APPLE-JANUARY 2 KNOCK THREE TIMES-TONY ORLANDO & DAWN-BELL-January 3 MAGGIE MAY-ROD STEWART-MERCURY-October 4 HAVE YOU SEEN HER-CHI-LITES-Brunswick-November 5 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER-FIFTH DIMENSION-Bell-January 6 IT'S TOO LATE-CAROLE KING-Ode-July 7 YO YO-OSMONDS-MGM-October 8 ONE BAD APPLE-Osmonds-MGM-February 9 MR.BIG STUFF-Jean Knight-Stax-July 10 SHE'S A LADY-Tom Jones-Parrot-April 11 Indian Reservation-Raiders-Columbia-July 12 Take Me Home,Country Roads-John Denver-RCA-September 13 Want Ads-Honey Cone-Hot Wax-June 14 Rose Garden-Lynn Anderson-Columbia-March 15 It Don't Come Easy-Ringo Starr-Apple-June 16 Go Away Little Girl-Donny Osmond-MGM-September 17 Superstar-Carpenters-A&M-October 18 Brown Sugar-Rolling Stones-Rolling Stone-June 19 Theme From "Shaft"-Isaac Hates-Enterprise-November 20 Family Affair-Sly & Family Stone-Epic-December * As published in the December 25th,1971 issue of Record World Magazine # (tie)