The Top 40 Singles of 1971:
- "Joy To The World" - Three Dog Night (First chart appearance: 3/27/71; Highest position: #1)
- "It's Too Late" - Carole King (5/22/71; #1)
- "How Do You Mend A Broken Heart" - Bee Gees (7/3/71; #1)
- "Indian Reservation" - The Raiders (5/29/71; #1)
- "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds (1/23/71; #1)
- "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond (8/21/71; #1)
- "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" - The Temptations (2/20/71; #1)
- "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - John Denver with Fat City (6/26/71; #2)
- "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart (8/28/71; #1)
- "Knock Three Times" - Dawn (12/5/70; #1)
- "Want Ads" - The Honey Cone (5/1/71; #1)
- "Treat Her Like A Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (5/15/71; #3)
- "She's A Lady" - Tom Jones (2/20/71; #2)
- "Smiling Faces Sometimes" - The Undisputed Truth (7/31/71; #3)
- "Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin (2/20/71; #1)
- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez (8/28/71; #3)
- "Signs" - Five Man Electrical Band (7/10/71; #3)
- "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye (3/6/71; #2)
- "You've Got A Friend" - James Taylor (6/19/71; #1)
- "Tired Of Being Alone" - Al Green (8/21/71; #11)
- "Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers (8/14/71; #3)
- "Rose Garden" - Lynn Anderson (12/19/70; #3)
- "Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson 5 (4/10/71; #2)
- "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul & Linda McCartney (8/21/71; #1)
- "Draggin' The Line" - Tommy James (6/26/71; #4)
- "Put Your Hand In The Hand" - Ocean (3/27/71; #2)
- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Aretha Franklin (4/24/71; #6)
- "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted" - The Partridge Family (2/20/71; #6)
- "Temptation Eyes" - The Grass Roots (2/13/71; #15)
- "Don't Pull Your Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (6/12/71; #4)
- "Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight (6/19/71; #2)
- "Do You Know What I Mean?" - Lee Michaels (9/4/71; #6)
- "It Don't Come Easy" - Ringo Starr (5/8/71; #4)
- "Superstar" - Carpenters (9/11/71; #2)
- "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye (7/17/71; #4)
- "I've Found Someone Of My Own" - The Free Movement (9/18/71; #5)
- "Superstar" - Murray Head (5/8/71; #14)
- "Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed (1/9/71; #8)
- "For All We Know" - Carpenters (2/13/71; #3)
- "Rainy Days And Mondays" - Carpenters (5/22/71; #2)
Top Albums of 1971:
- All Things Must Pass - George Harrison *
- Chicago III - Chicago
- Close To You - Carpenters *
- Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart *
- Greatest Hits - Sly & The Family Stone *
- Jesus Christ Superstar - Soundtrack *
- Love Story - Soundtrack
- Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon - James Taylor
- The Partridge Family Album - The Partridge Family
- Pearl - Janis Joplin *
- Shaft - Soundtrack *
- Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones *
- Sweet Baby James - James Taylor *
- Tapestry - Carole King *
- Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens *