Number 1 Hit Singles of 1971


January 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
2nd  Song Of Joy 
Miguel Rios 		 I Hear You Knockin' 
Dave Edmunds 		 My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity 
George Harrison 
9th & 16th  I Think I Love You 
The Partridge Family 		 Grandad 
Clive Dunn 		 My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity 
George Harrison 
23rd  My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity 
George Harrison 		 Grandad 
Clive Dunn 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 
30th  My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity 
George Harrison 		 My Sweet Lord 
George Harrison 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 
February 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
6th  My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity 
George Harrison 		 My Sweet Lord 
George Harrison 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 
13th, 20th
& 27th 		 My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity 
George Harrison 		 My Sweet Lord 
George Harrison 		 One Bad Apple 
The Osmonds 
March 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
6th & 13th  My Sweet Lord / Isn't It A Pity 
George Harrison 		 Baby Jump 
Mungo Jerry 		 One Bad Apple 
The Osmonds 
20th & 27th  The Pushbike Song 
The Mixtures 		 Hot Love 
T.Rex 		 Me And Bobby McGee 
Janis Joplin 
April 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
3rd  Knock Three Times 
Dawn 		 Hot Love 
T.Rex 		 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
The Temptations 
10th  Rose Garden 
Lynn Anderson 		 Hot Love 
T.Rex 		 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
The Temptations 
17th & 24th  Rose Garden 
Lynn Anderson 		 Hot Love 
T.Rex 		 Joy To The World 
Three Dog Night 
May 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
1st  Rose Garden 
Lynn Anderson 		 Double Barrel 
Dave & Ansil Collins 		 Joy To The World 
Three Dog Night 
8th  Me And Bobby McGee 
Janis Joplin 		 Double Barrel 
Dave & Ansil Collins		 Joy To The World 
Three Dog Night 
15th  Me And Bobby McGee 
Janis Joplin 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 		 Joy To The World 
Three Dog Night 
22nd  She's A Lady 
Tom Jones 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 		 Joy To The World 
Three Dog Night 
29th  She's A Lady 
Tom Jones 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 		 Brown Sugar 
The Rolling Stones 
June 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
5th  Another Day 
Paul McCartney 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 		 Brown Sugar 
The Rolling Stones 
12th  Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 
Lally Stott 		 Knock Three Times 
Dawn 		 Wanted Ads 
Honey Cone 
19th & 26th  Too Young To Be Married 
The Hollies 		 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 
Middle Of The Road 		 It's Too Late 
Carole King 
July 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
3rd, 10th
& 17th 		 Eagle Rock 
Daddy Cool 		 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 
Middle Of The Road 		 It's Too Late 
Carole King 
24th  Eagle Rock 
Daddy Cool 		 Get It On 
T.Rex 		 Indian Reservation 
The Raiders 
31st  Eagle Rock 
Daddy Cool 		 Get It On 
T.Rex 		 You've Got A Friend 
James Taylor 
August 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
7th & 14th  Eagle Rock 
Daddy Cool 		 Get It On 
T.Rex 		 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? 
The Bee Gees 
21st & 28th  Eagle Rock 
Daddy Cool 		 I'm Still Waiting 
Diana Ross 		 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? 
The Bee Gees 
September 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
4th  Eagle Rock 
Daddy Cool 		 I'm Still Waiting 
Diana Ross 		 Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 
Paul & Linda McCartney 
11th  Daddy Cool 
Drummond 		 I'm Still Waiting 
Diana Ross 		 Go Away Little Girl 
Donny Osmond 
18th & 25th  Daddy Cool 
Drummond 		 Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me
The Tams 		 Go Away Little Girl 
Donny Osmond 
October 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
2nd  Daddy Cool 
Drummond 		 Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me
The Tams 		 Maggie May / Reason To Believe 
Rod Stewart
9th, 16th
& 23rd 		 Daddy Cool 
Drummond 		 Maggie May 
Rod Stewart 		 Maggie May / Reason To Believe 
Rod Stewart
30th  The Banks Of The Ohio 
Olivia Newton-John 		 Maggie May 
Rod Stewart 		 Maggie May / Reason To Believe 
Rod Stewart
November 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
6th  The Banks Of The Ohio 
Olivia Newton-John 		 Maggie May 
Rod Stewart 		 Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves 
Cher 
13th  The Banks Of The Ohio 
Olivia Newton-John 		 Coz I Luv You 
Slade 		 Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves 
Cher 
20th & 27th  The Banks Of The Ohio 
Olivia Newton-John 		 Coz I Luv You 
Slade 		 Theme from "Shaft" 
Isaac Hayes 
December 1971 
w/e  Australia No.1  U.K. No.1  U.S. No.1
4th  Maggie May / Reason To Believe 
Rod Stewart 		 Coz I Luv You 
Slade 		 Family Affair 
Sly & The Family Stone 
11th & 18th  Maggie May / Reason To Believe 
Rod Stewart 		 Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
Benny Hill 		 Family Affair 
Sly & The Family Stone 
25th  Maggie May / Reason To Believe 
Rod Stewart 		 Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) 
Benny Hill 		 Brand New Key 
Melanie 

Top 30 Number One Singles of 1971