NEW ZEALAND’S WEEKLY (NZ listener) BEST SELLING SINGLES FOR 1971
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY-PAUL AND LINDA MCCARTNEY-NOVEMBER 890 2 L'AMOUR EST L'ENFANT DE LA LIBERTE-THE RUMOUR-October 824 3 BURNING BRIDGES-PUTNEY BRIDGE-March 760 4 L.A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-SUSAN RAYE-August 726 5 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN?-CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-May 720 6 I AM,I SAID-NEIL DIAMOND-May 700 7 TOO YOUNG TO BE MARRIED-THE HOLLIES-May 700 8 ROSE GARDEN-Lynn Anderson-March 690 9 NEVER-ENDING SONG OF LOVE-Delaney,bonnie And Friends-October 678 10 ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO-Lobo-July 676 11 I Did What I Did For Maria-Tony Christie-August 662 12 The Pushbike Song-The Mixtures-April 656 13 Joanne-Michael Nesmith And The First National Band-January 648 14 Knock Three Times-Dawn-March 646 15 Did You Ever-Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazelwood-October 644 16 My Sweet Lord-George Harrison-February 642 17 Mr. Bojangles-The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-May 614 18 Banner Man-Blue Mink-August 600 19 Look What They've Done To My Song,ma-The New Seekers-January 592 20 Smiley-Craig Scott-August 572 21 Grandad-Clive Dunn-March 550 22 Put Your Hand In The Hand-Ocean-July 538 23 Sweetheart-Engelbert Humperdinck-February 512 24 Freedom Come Freedom Go-The Fortunes-November 504 25 Banks Of The Ohio-Olivia Newton-john-December 494 26 I Hear Those Church Bells Ringing-Dusk-August 494 27 Silver Moon-Michael Nesmith And The First National Band-February 486 28 What Is Life-George Harrison-May 484 29 Maggie May/Reason To Believe-Rod Stewart-December 482 30 Mozart 40-Waldo De Los Rios-July 472 31 Angel Baby-Dusk-June 468 32 Co-co-Sweet-October 468 33 Band Of Gold-Freda Payne-June 466 34 Can I Believe In You-Craig Scott-June 462 35 Roly Poly-Stamford Bridge-January 462 36 Tom Tom Turnaround-New World-October 458 37 Gwen (Congratulations)-Tommy Overstreet-November 438 38 The Immigrant Song-Led Zeppelin-February 438 39 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-Joan Baez-December 432 40 Chick-a-boom-Daddy Dewdrop-August 424 41 Sweet Sweet Love-Russell Morris-September 418 42 I Hear You Knocking-Dave Edmunds-January 410 43 Apeman-The Kinks-March 382 44 Take Your Leave-David Curtis-November 382 45 What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham,Martin And John-Tom Clay-November 382 46 No Matter What-Badfinger-February 366 47 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart-The Bee Gees-October 362 48 For All We Know-The Carpenters-July 350 49 It's Too Late-Carole King-September 346 50 Amazing Grace-Judy Collins-April 338 51 I Think I Love You-The Partridge Family-February 328 52 She's A Lady-Tom Jones-April 318 53 Woodstock-Matthew's Southern Comfort-January 314 54 Take Me Home Country Roads-John Denver-November 306 55 Aubrey-Hogsnort Rupert's Original Flagon Band-January 306 56 Another Day-Paul Mccartney-May 304 57 Ciao Baby-Craig Scott-December 294 58 Lady Rose-Mungo Jerry-August 294 59 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep-Lally Stott-September 284 60 San Bernadino-Christie-January 280 61 Aunty Alice-Hogsnort Rupert's Original Flagon Band-March 276 62 Eat At Home/smile Away-Paul And Linda Mccartney-October 254 63 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-The Jackson Five-January 254 64 One Toke Over The Line-Brewer And Shipley-June 248 65 It Don't Come Easy-Ringo Starr-July 244 66 House At Pooh Corner-The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-August 242 67 Friends-Bruce Woodley-July 232 68 Me And Bobby Mcgee-Janis Joplin-June 232 69 Come To The Sabbat-Timberjack-September 218 70 Rain Dance-The Guess Who-November 216 71 Ruby Tuesday-Melanie-February 210 72 Melody Fair-Lulu-January 206 73 Lady Barbara-Peter Noone And Herman's Hermits-February 204 74 If Not For You-Olivia Newton-john-July 200 75 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep-Middle Of The Road-October 198 76 Mr. America-Russell Morris-February 194 77 Nickel Song-The New Seekers-June 182 78 Jack In The Box-Clodagh Rodgers-June 180 79 Rainmaker-The Fifth Dimension-July 176 80 I Play And Sing-Dawn-May 162 81 Bridget The Midget-Ray Stevens-April 144 82 Joy To The World-Three Dog Night-May 142 83 Stand By Your Man-Suzanne-October 142 84 I'll Meet You Halfway-The Partridge Family-August 140 85 Lonely Days-The Bee Gees-March 120 86 Hot Love-T-rex-June 120 87 Ride A White Swan-T-rex-March 118 88 Blame It On The Pony Express-Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon-March 114 89 Country High-Ticket-December 112 90 Baby Jump/the Man Behind The Piano-Mungo Jerry-May 108 91 Ferris Wheel-Suzanne-February 90 92 Feliz Navidad-Jose Feliciano-January 88 93 Pitty Pitty Patter-Susan Raye-November 84 94 Brown Sugar-The Rolling Stones-July 80 95 Peaceful Mountain-Craig Scott-January 74 96 I'm Still Waiting-Diana Ross-November 74 97 One Way Wind-The Cats-November 38 98 Tap Turns On The Water-Ccs-November 38 99 Nothing Rhymed-Gilbert O'sullivan-March 34 100 Looking Through The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl-The Kal-q-lated Risk-December 34 101 Indian Reservation-The Raiders-September 34 102 When I'm Dead And Gone-Mcguinness Flint-February 34 103 Bed Of Roses-The Statler Brothers-July 34