1971

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1971

 
Updated June 2, 2012

 
January 16, 1971
  • Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus - "(Theme From) Love Story"
  • Johnnie Taylor - "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone"
  • Wilson Pickett - "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You"
  • Joey Scarbury - "Mixed Up Guy"
  • The Statler Brothers - "Bed of Rose's"
  • Sammi Smith - "Help Me Make it Through the Night"
  • Bobby Bloom - "Make Me Happy" 

 
February 20, 1971
  • The Detroit Emeralds - "Do Me Right"
  • Alice Cooper - "Eighteen"
  • Chicago - "Free"
  • Helen Reddy - "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
  • Santana - "Oye Como Va"
  • Billy Joe Royal - "Tulsa"
  • Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
  • Aretha Franklin - "You're All I Need to Get By"
March 6, 1971
  • Paul McCartney - "Another Day" b/w "Oh Woman Oh Why"
  • Engelbert Humperdinck - "When There's No You"
  • Jerry Butler - "If it's Real What I Feel"
  • Sugarloaf - "Tongue in Cheek"
  • Matthews' Southern Comfort - "Woodstock"
  • The Mixtures - "Pushbike Song"
  • Steppenwolf - "Snow Blind Friend"
  • Daddy Dewdrop - "Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love it)"
  • James Brown - "Spinning Wheel (Part 1)"
  • Ann Peebles - "I Pity the Fool"
  • The Bells - "Stay Awhile"
  • Quicksilver Messenger Service - "What About Me" 
March 27, 1971
  • Neil Diamond - "I Am...I Said"
  • Dawn - "I Play and Sing"
  • Bread - "If"
  • Kenny Rogers & the First Edition - "Someone Who Cares"
  • Donny Osmond - "Sweet and Innocent"
  • Kiki Dee - "Love Makes the World Go Round"
  • Poco - "C'mon"
  • Derek & the Dominos - "Layla"
  • Andy Kim - "I Wish I Were"
  • Mountain - "The Animal Trainer and the Toad"

 
April 17, 1971
  • Aretha Franklin - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
  • The Guess Who - "Albert Flasher" b/w "Broken"
  • R. Dean Taylor - "Gotta See Jane"
  • Boz Scaggs - "We Were Always Sweethearts"
  • Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - "Nevada Fighter"
  • Carly Simon - "That's the Way I've Always Heard it Should Be"
  • Susan Raye - "L.A. International Airport"
  • The Whatnauts - "I'll Erase Away Your Pain" 
May 1, 1971
  • The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
  • Ringo Starr - "It Don't Come Easy"
  • Diana Ross - "Reach Out I'll Be There"
  • Grand Funk Railroad - "Feelin' Alright"
  • The Brotherhood of Man - "Reach Out Your Hand"
  • Dave Edmunds - "I'm Comin' Home"
  • Ray Stevens - "A Mama and a Papa"
  • Johnny Winter - "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
  • Bobby Sherman - "The Drum"
  • John Denver with Fat City - "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
  • David Crosby - "Music is Love"
  • Solomon Burke - "The Electronic Magnetism (That's Heavy, Baby)"
  • Luther Ingram - "Be Good to Me Baby"
 
May 8, 1971
  • Jerry Reed - "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
  • The Partridge Family - "I'll Meet You Halfway"
  • James Brown - "I Cried"
  • Chicago - "Lowdown"
  • Carole King - "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move"
  • Ronnie Spector - "Try Some, Buy Some"
  • The Supremes - "Nathan Jones"
  • Clarence Carter - "The Court Room"
  • T. Rex - "Hot Love"
  • The Main Ingredient - "Spinning Around (I Must be Falling in Love)"
  • The Beginning of the End - "Funky Nassau (Part 1)"
  • Johnny Rivers - "Sea Cruise"
  • Bobby Goldsboro - "And I Love You So"
  • The Three Degrees - "There's So Much Love All Around Me"
June 5, 1971
  • Freda Payne - "Bring the Boys Home"
  • The Grass Roots - "Sooner Or Later"
  • Neil Diamond - "Done Too Soon"
  • Graham Nash - "Chicago"
  • James Taylor - "You've Got a Friend"
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips - "I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
  • Mandrill - "Mandrill"
  • Van Morrison - "Call Me Up in Dreamland"
  • The Stylistics - "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)"
  • The Supremes and The Four Tops - "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart"
 
July 17, 1971
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Sweet Hicth-Hiker"
  • Bread - "Mother Freedom"
  • The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
  • Rare Earth - "I Just Want to Celebrate"
  • Buddy Miles and the Freedom Express - "Them Changes"
  • Audience - "Indian Summer"
  • Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine"
  • Steppenwolf - "Ride With Me"
  • The Glass Bottle - "I Ain't Got Time Anymore"
  • Rod Stewart - "Maggie May" b/w "Reason to Believe"
  • Sonny James, the Southern Gentleman - "Bright Lights, Big City"

 
  
September 11, 1971
  • The Raiders - "Birds of a Feather"
  • The Main Ingredient - "Black Seeds Keep On Growing"
  • Funkadelic - "Can You Get to That"
  • Janis Joplin - "Get it While You Can"
  • B.B. King - "Ghetto Woman"
  • Chase - "Handbags and Gladrags"
  • Chee Chee & Peppy - "I Know I'm in Love"
  • The Four Tops - "MacArthur Park (Part 2)"
  • Lighthouse - "One Fine Morning"
  • The Newcomers - "Pin the Tail on the Donkey"
  • Billie Sans - "Solo"
  • The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Some of Shelley's Blues"
  • Gordon Lightfoot - "Summer Side of Life"
  • Anne Murray - "Talk it Over in the Morning"
  • The Messengers - "That's the Way a Woman is"
  • The Osmonds - "Yo-Yo"
September 18, 1971
  • Fanny - "Charity Ball"
  • Coven - "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)"
  • Cher - "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
  • The 5th Dimension - "Never My Love"
  • Gayle McCormack - "It's a Cryin' Shame"
  • The 8th Day - "You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)"
  • Springwell - "It's For You"
  • Nolan - "I Like What You Give"

 
  
October 23, 1971
  • Bread - "Baby, I'm-a Want You"
  • Jimi Hendrix - "Dolly Dagger"
  • The Bee Gees - "I Don't Want to Live Inside Myself"
  • Traffic - "Gimme Some Lovin'"
  • The Chi-Lites - "Have You Seen Her"
  • Glen Campbell & Anne Murray - "I Say a Little Prayer/By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
  • Rose-Colored Glass - "If It's Alright With You"
  • John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - "Imagine"
  • James Brown - "My Part/Make it Funky (Part 3)"
  • Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"

 
November 6, 1971
  • Sly & the Family Stone - "Family Affair"
  • The Stylistics - "You Are Everything"
  • Mickey Newbury - "An American Trilogy"
  • The Temptations - "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)"
  • B.J. Thomas - "Long Ago Tomorrow"
  • David Cassidy - "Cherish"
  • Steppenwolf - "For Ladies Only"
  • Diana Ross - "I'm Still Waiting"
  • John Denver - "Friends With You"
  • Savoy Brown - "Tell Mama"
  • The Who - "Behind Blue Eyes"
  • The Emotions - "Show Me How"
  • Bullett - "White Lies, Blue Eyes"
  • Joe South - "Fool Me"
  • The Chi-Lites - "I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)"

 
November 27, 1971
  • Don McLean - "American Pie (Parts 1 and 2)"
  • Donny Osmond - "Hey Girl"/"I Knew You When"
  • Betty Wright - "Clean Up Woman"
  • Rare Earth - "Hey Big Brother"
  • Tommy James - "Nothing to Hide"
  • Joe Simon - "Drowning in the Sea of Love"
  • Jerry Lee Lewis - "Me and Bobby McGee"
  • The Hillside Singers - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"
  • The Grateful Dead - "Truckin'"
  • The Guess Who - "Sour Suite"
  • The Chi-Lites - "I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)"
  • Jackie Wilson - "Love is Funny That Way"
  • Buffy Sainte-Marie - "I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again"
  • The Doors - "Tightrope Ride"
December 25, 1971
  • Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog"
  • Wilson Pickett - "Fire and Water"
  • Three Dog Night - "Never Been to Spain"
  • Ray Charles - "What Am I Living For"
  • Alice Cooper - "Under My Wheels"
  • The Bar-Kays - "Son of Shaft"
  • The Persuaders - "Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)"
  • Rufus Thomas - "Do the Funky Penguin (Part 1)"
  • The Ohio Players - "Pain"
  • The Assembled Multitude - "Medley Form Superstar (A Rock Opera)"