Number 1 Songs of 1971 - Top 10 Songs

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Number 1 Songs of 1971

The songs below are the number 1 songs for each week of 1971. The dates below each song are the chart dates when the songs peaked at number 1 in 1971. 43 songs reached number 1 this year.

American Pie Don McLean Dec 30
Changes David Bowie Dec 23
Hocus Pocus Focus Dec 16
Let's Stay Together Al Green Dec 9
Heart Of The Sunrise Yes Dec 2
Family Affair Sly & The Family Stone Nov 25
Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin Nov 18
Tiny Dancer Elton John Nov 11
Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) The Hollies Nov 4
Without You Nilsson Oct 28
Back Street Luv Curved Air Oct 21
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton Oct 14
Imagine John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Oct 7 Sep 30
Halleluwah aka Halleluhwah CAN Sep 23
Surf's Up The Beach Boys Sep 16
Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes Sep 9
Baba O'Riley The Who Sep 2
I'd Love To Change The World Ten Years After Aug 26
Won't Get Fooled Again The Who Aug 19
Maggot Brain Funkadelic Aug 12
Whipping Post (Live) The Allman Brothers Band Aug 5
Children Of The Grave Black Sabbath Jul 29 Jul 22
Bang A Gong (Get It On) T. Rex Jul 15 Jul 8
Tired Of Being Alone Al Green Jul 1
California Joni Mitchell Jun 24
Maggie May Rod Stewart Jun 17 Jun 10
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Marvin Gaye Jun 3 May 27
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Paul & Linda McCartney May 20
Wild Horses The Rolling Stones May 13 May 6
Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones Apr 29
Riders On The Storm The Doors Apr 22
Love Her Madly The Doors Apr 15
Ballade de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg Apr 8
Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen Apr 1
Aqualung Jethro Tull Mar 25
Laughing David Crosby Mar 18
Northern Sky Nick Drake Mar 11
I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move b. All Good People Yes Mar 4 Feb 25
It's Too Late Carole King Feb 18 Feb 11
What's Going On Marvin Gaye Feb 4 Jan 28
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) The Temptations Jan 21
Me & Bobby McGee Janis Joplin Jan 14
Eighteen Alice Cooper Jan 7