PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1971*
https://playback.fm/year/1971 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 MY SWEET LORD-GEORGE HARRISON-JANUARY 2 IMAGINE-JOHN LENNON-November 3 ROSE GARDEN-LYNN ANDERSON-March 4 MAGGIE MAY-ROD STEWART-October 5 BROWN SUGAR-THE ROLLING STONES-June 6 THEME FROM "SHAFT"-ISAAC HAYES-December 7 SHE'S A LADY-TOM JONES-April 8 JOY TO THE WORLD-Three Dog Night-May 9 IT'S TOO LATE-Carole King-July 10 KNOCK THREE TIMES-Tony Orlando & Dawn-January 11 Mammy Blue-Pop-Tops-December 12 Me & Bobby McGee-Janis Joplin-March 13 Family Affair-Sly & The Family Stone-November 14 Get It On-T.Rex-October 15 Stairway To Heaven-Led Zeppelin-November 16 I Hear You Knockin'-Dave Edmunds-January 17 Another Day-Paul McCartney-April 18 It Don't Come Easy-Ringo Starr-June 19 Have You Ever Seen The Rain-Creedence Clearwater Revival-March 20 You've Got A Friend-James Taylor-July 21 Chirpy,Chirpy,Cheep,Cheep-Middle Of The Road-March 22 Co-co-The Sweet-October 23 Riders On The Storm-The Doors-August 24 Your Song-Elton John-January 25 What's Going On-Marvin Gaye-April 26 Put Your Hand In The Hand-Ocean-May 27 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart-Bee Gees-August 28 I Am...I Said-Neil Diamond-May 29 Soley Soley-Middle Of The Road-April 30 Butterfly-Danyel Gerard-November 31 Ain't No Sunshine-Bill Withers-September 32 Gypsys,Tramps & Thieves-Cher-Kapp-November 33 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)-The Temptations-March 34 Sweet Hitch-Hiker-Creedence Clearwater Revival-August 35 What Is Life-George Harrison-April 36 Spanish Harlem-Aretha Franklin-August 37 Hot Love-T.Rex-June 38 Superstar-The Carpenters-October 39 One Bad Apple-The Osmonds-February 40 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)-Marvin Gaye-September 41 Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who-September 42 Lonely Days-Bee Gees-January 43 Me And You And A Dog Named Boo-Lobo-June 44 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey-Paul & Linda McCartney-Apple-September 45 (Is This The Way To)Amarillo-Tony Christie-March 46 Go Away Little Girl-Donny Osmond-September 47 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-Joan Baez--September 48 Proud Mary-Ike & Tina Turner-April 49 Don't Pull Your Love-Hamilton,Joe,Frank & Reynolds-July 50 Mozart Symphony No 40 in G Minor-Waldo De Los Rios-August 51 Mr.Big Stuff-Jean Knight-July 52 Take Me Home,Country Roads-John Denver-September 53 Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee)-Raiders-July 54 Du-Peter Maffay-January 55 Immigrant Song-Led Zeppelin-January 56 Have You Seen Her-The Chi-Lites-November 57 I Did What I Did For Maria-Tony Christie-August 58 Witch Queen Of New Orleans-Redbone-October 59 For All We Know-The Carpenters-March 60 Pour Un Flirt-Michel Delpech-December 61 Never Can Say Goodbye-The Jackson 5-May 62 Power To The People-John "Ono" Lennon-April 63 Funny,Funny-The Sweet-May 64 Borriquito-Peret-July 65 Respect Yourself-The Staple Singers-December 66 Want Ads-Honey Cone-June 67 Superstar-Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers-May 68 If You Could Read My Mind-Gordon Lightfoot-March 69 Woodstock-Matthews' Southern Comfort-May 70 Tired Of Being Alone-Al Green-November 71 Baby I'm A Want You-Bread-December 72 The Pushbike Song-The Mixtures-April 73 Theme From Love Story-Francis Lai-February 74 Yo-Yo-The Osmonds-October 75 Coz I Luv You-Slade-November 76 Got To Be There-Michael Jackson-December 77 Oye Como Va-Santana-April 78 If-Bread-Elektra-May 79 Mr.Bojangles-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-March 80 Double Barrel-Dave & Ansil Collins-July 81 Un Banc,Un Arbre,Un Rue-Severine-May 82 Rainy Days & Mondays-The Carpenters-June 83 Stay Awhile-The Bells-May 84 Hey Tonight-Creedence Clearwater Revival-March 85 Reason To Believe-Rod Stewart-October 86 If Not For You-Olivia Newton-John-September 87 Help Me Make It Through The Night-Sammi Smith-April 88 Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted-The Partridge Family-March 89 Smiling Faces Sometimes-The Undisputed Truth-September 90 Draggin' The Line-Tommy James-August 91 Sweet City Woman-The Stampeders-October 92 Signs-Five Man Electrical Band-September 93 I Will Return-Springwater-November 94 Lady Rose-Mungo Jerry-August 95 Love The One You're With-Stephen Stills-January 96 He's Gonna Step On You Again-John Kongos-October 97 Wild World-Cat Stevens-May 98 Love Her Madly-The Doors-May 99 Amazing Grace-Judy Collins-February 100 Peace Train-Cat Stevens-November *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA,UK and Australia).