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