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Monthly Song Charts for 1971
The top 10 songs for each month of 1971. Vote here for the top songs of the year.
| December 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1150 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Heart Of The Sunrise | Yes | |
| 2 | Hocus Pocus | Focus | |
| 3 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green | |
| 4 | The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys | Traffic | |
| 5 | Family Affair | Sly & The Family Stone | |
| 6 | Slippin' Into Darkness | War | |
| 7 | Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin | |
| 8 | American Pie | Don McLean | |
| 9 | Changes | David Bowie | |
| 10 | She Flies On Strange Wings | Golden Earring | |
| November 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1144 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Tiny Dancer | Elton John | |
| 2 | Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin | |
| 3 | Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) | The Hollies | |
| 4 | Going To California | Led Zeppelin | |
| 5 | Black Dog | Led Zeppelin | |
| 6 | Without You | Nilsson | |
| 7 | Angel From Montgomery | John Prine | |
| 8 | Respect Yourself | The Staple Singers | |
| 9 | Draggin' The Line | Tommy James | |
| 10 | Signs | Five Man Electrical Band | |
| October 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1139 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Imagine | John Lennon Plastic Ono Band | |
| 2 | Coat Of Many Colors | Dolly Parton | |
| 3 | Jeepster | T. Rex | |
| 4 | Back Street Luv | Curved Air | |
| 5 | Crayon Angels | Judee Sill | |
| 6 | It Don't Come Easy | Ringo Starr | |
| 7 | Never Been To Spain | Three Dog Night | |
| 8 | Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah | CAN | |
| 9 | Without You | Nilsson | |
| 10 | An Old Fashioned Love Song | Three Dog Night | |
| September 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1134 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Baba O'Riley | The Who | |
| 2 | Theme From Shaft | Isaac Hayes | |
| 3 | Surf's Up | The Beach Boys | |
| 4 | I'd Love To Change The World | Ten Years After | |
| 5 | Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah | CAN | |
| 6 | With Tomorrow | Gene Clark | |
| 7 | 'Til I Die | The Beach Boys | |
| 8 | Behind Blue Eyes | The Who | |
| 9 | Paperhouse | CAN | |
| 10 | Won't Get Fooled Again | The Who | |
| August 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1128 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Whipping Post (Live) | The Allman Brothers Band | |
| 2 | Children Of The Grave | Black Sabbath | |
| 3 | Maggot Brain | Funkadelic | |
| 4 | Statesboro Blues (Live) | The Allman Brothers Band | |
| 5 | Won't Get Fooled Again | The Who | |
| 6 | The Story In Your Eyes | The Moody Blues | |
| 7 | Me & My Woman | Roy Harper | |
| 8 | I'd Love To Change The World | Ten Years After | |
| 9 | In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Live) | The Allman Brothers Band | |
| 10 | Can You Get To That | Funkadelic | |
| July 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1123 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Tired Of Being Alone | Al Green | |
| 2 | Bang A Gong (Get It On) | T. Rex | |
| 3 | California | Joni Mitchell | |
| 4 | Children Of The Grave | Black Sabbath | |
| 5 | A Case Of You | Joni Mitchell | |
| 6 | Into The Void | Black Sabbath | |
| 7 | Little Green | Joni Mitchell | |
| 8 | Maggie May | Rod Stewart | |
| 9 | Oh What A Feeling | Crowbar | |
| 10 | Sweet Leaf | Black Sabbath | |
| June 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1117 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye | |
| 2 | Maggie May | Rod Stewart | |
| 3 | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | Marvin Gaye | |
| 4 | Every Picture Tells A Story | Rod Stewart | |
| 5 | Ain't No Sunshine | Bill Withers | |
| 6 | Tarkus 1. Eruption 2. Stones Of Years 3. Iconoclast 4. Mass 5. Manticore 6. Battlefield 7. Aquatarkus | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | |
| 7 | Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) | Raiders | |
| 8 | California | Joni Mitchell | |
| 9 | Do You Know What I Mean | Lee Michaels | |
| 10 | I Just Want To Celebrate | Rare Earth | |
| May 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1112 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Wild Horses | The Rolling Stones | |
| 2 | Brown Sugar | The Rolling Stones | |
| 3 | Riders On The Storm | The Doors | |
| 4 | Smiling Faces Sometimes | The Undisputed Truth | |
| 5 | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | Paul & Linda McCartney | |
| 6 | Monkberry Moon Delight | Paul & Linda McCartney | |
| 7 | L.A. Woman | The Doors | |
| 8 | Yesterday's Numbers | The Flamin' Groovies | |
| 9 | Can't You Hear Me Knocking | The Rolling Stones | |
| 10 | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye | |
| April 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1107 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Famous Blue Raincoat | Leonard Cohen | |
| 2 | Ballade de Melody Nelson | Serge Gainsbourg | |
| 3 | Aqualung | Jethro Tull | |
| 4 | Melody | Serge Gainsbourg | |
| 5 | Love Her Madly | The Doors | |
| 6 | Laughing | David Crosby | |
| 7 | Avalanche | Leonard Cohen | |
| 8 | Riders On The Storm | The Doors | |
| 9 | L.A. Woman | The Doors | |
| 10 | Last Year's Man | Leonard Cohen | |
| March 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1101 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People | Yes | |
| 2 | It's Too Late | Carole King | |
| 3 | Northern Sky | Nick Drake | |
| 4 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | |
| 5 | Laughing | David Crosby | |
| 6 | Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker b. Disillusion c. Wurm | Yes | |
| 7 | One Of These Things First | Nick Drake | |
| 8 | I Feel The Earth Move | Carole King | |
| 9 | Aqualung | Jethro Tull | |
| 10 | Yours Is No Disgrace | Yes | |
| February 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1096 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | |
| 2 | It's Too Late | Carole King | |
| 3 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | The Temptations | |
| 4 | I Feel The Earth Move | Carole King | |
| 5 | Me & Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin | |
| 6 | (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman | Carole King | |
| 7 | Cry Baby | Janis Joplin | |
| 8 | I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People | Yes | |
| 9 | Eighteen | Alice Cooper | |
| 10 | You've Got A Friend | Carole King | |
| January 1971 -- Top 10 Songs of the Month -- Chart 1091 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This Week | Song | Artist | |
| 1 | Eighteen | Alice Cooper | |
| 2 | Me & Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin | |
| 3 | Cry Baby | Janis Joplin | |
| 4 | Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box | Twink | |
| 5 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | The Temptations | |
| 6 | Mercedes Benz | Janis Joplin | |
| 7 | Proud Mary | Ike & Tina Turner | |
| 8 | Move Over | Janis Joplin | |
| 9 | Mother | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | |
| 10 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | |
The top 10 songs for each month of 1971. Vote here for the top songs of the year.