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TOP SONGS OF 1971
These songs are the number one songs for each week of 1971
Weeks of January 2 and January 9
"My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.
Weeks of January 16 and January 23
"Knock Three Times" by Tony Orlando and Dawn
Week of January 30
"Lonely Days" by the BeeGees
Week of February 6
(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson
Weeks of February 16, 20 and 27 and March 13
The Osmond Brothers at the Ohio State Fair in 1972 singing "One Bad Apple"
Alan Osmond has a son married to our classmate Jean Reynolds Burgess' niece.
Week of March 6
Week of March 20
"Just My Imagination" The Temptations
Week of March 27
Tom Jones -- "She's a Lady"
Week of April 3
The Partridge Family
Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted?
Week of April 10
Weeks of April 17-May 22
This is the biggest selling song of the entire year of 1971.
Week of May 29
The Jackson Five
"Never Can Say GoodBye"
Weeks of June 5th and June 12th
Honey Cone
"Want Ads"
Week of June 18
It Don't Come Easy
Ringo Starr
Weeks of June 26, July 3, 10 and 17
Carole King
"It's Too Late"
A voice for women of a generation!
Week of July 25th
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Indian Reservation
Week of August 1st
Don't Pull Your Love Out
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Week of August 7th, 1971
For the week of our class reunion.
"You've Got a Friend"
James Taylor
Top Song of Weeks of August 14, 21 and 28, 1971
Top Song of Week of September 4, 1971
John Denver
"Country Roads, Take Me Home"
One of my favorite songs of all time. When you think about music and how it takes you to a place, this piece really does. This video is not from 1971, but this is how I remember John Denver.
