List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1971 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1971.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1970 |
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November 28 |
"One Less Bell to Answer" |
The 5th Dimension |
1 |
January 2 |
10 |
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December 12 |
"Most of All" |
B.J. Thomas |
2 |
January 9 |
7 |
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December 19 |
"Knock Three Times" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
2 |
February 6 |
4 |
|
December 26 |
"The Green Grass Starts to Grow" |
Dionne Warwick |
2 |
January 16 |
6 |
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Singles from 1971 |
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January 2 |
"Watching Scotty Grow" |
Bobby Goldsboro |
1 |
January 9 |
10 |
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"For the Good Times" |
Ray Price |
9 |
January 2 |
2 |
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"Mr. Bojangles" |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
10 |
January 2 |
1 |
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January 9 |
"I Really Don't Want to Know/There Goes My Everything" |
Elvis Presley |
2 |
January 23 |
6 |
|
"My Sweet Lord" |
George Harrison |
10 |
January 9 |
2 |
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January 16 |
"1900 Yesterday" |
Liz Damon's Orient Express |
4 |
February 13 |
7 |
|
"Since I Don't Have You" |
The Vogues |
8 |
January 16 |
1 |
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January 23 |
"Theme from Love Story" |
Henry Mancini |
2 |
February 27 |
10 |
|
January 30 |
"If You Could Read My Mind" |
Gordon Lightfoot |
1 |
February 20 |
6 |
|
February 6 |
"I'll Be Home" |
Vikki Carr |
7 |
February 13 |
3 |
|
"Amazing Grace" |
Judy Collins |
5 |
February 13 |
3 |
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"Your Song" |
Elton John |
9 |
February 13 |
2 |
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February 13 |
"Everything is Good AbOUT You" |
The Lettermen |
6 |
February 13 |
2 |
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"She's a Lady" |
Tom Jones |
4 |
February 27 |
7 |
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February 20 |
"For All We Know" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
February 27 |
7 |
|
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" |
Sammi Smith |
3 |
March 20 |
7 |
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February 27 |
"(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" |
Andy Williams |
1 |
March 20 |
9 |
|
"Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" |
The Partridge Family |
6 |
March 13 |
4 |
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"Cried Like a Baby" |
Bobby Sherman |
9 |
March 20 |
4 |
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March 6 |
"Country Road" |
James Taylor |
9 |
March 6 |
2 |
|
March 13 |
"No Love At All" |
B.J. Thomas |
4 |
March 13 |
6 |
|
"Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" |
The 5th Dimension |
6 |
March 20 |
5 |
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March 20 |
"When There's No You" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
1 |
April 3 |
5 |
|
March 27 |
"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" |
Glen Campbell |
2 |
April 17 |
7 |
|
"I Think of You" |
Perry Como |
5 |
April 3 |
2 |
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April 3 |
"Time and Love" |
Barbara Streisand |
3 |
April 10 |
5 |
|
"SomeOne Who Cares" |
Kenny Rogers & the First EDition |
4 |
April 17 |
6 |
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April 10 |
"I Am...I Said" |
Neil Diamond |
2 |
May 1 |
7 |
|
"If" |
Bread |
1 |
April 24 |
8 |
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"Who Gets the Guy" |
Dionne Warwick |
6 |
April 17 |
3 |
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April 17 |
"I Won't Mention It Again" |
Ray Price |
4 |
April 24 |
4 |
|
April 24 |
"Me and My Arrow" |
Harry Nilsson |
3 |
April 24 |
4 |
|
"Another Day" |
Paul McCartney |
4 |
May 15 |
4 |
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May 1 |
"Put Your Hand in the Hand" |
Ocean |
4 |
May 1 |
4 |
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"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" |
Lobo |
1 |
May 15 |
7 |
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May 8 |
"Stay Awhile" |
The BElls |
8 |
May 8 |
2 |
|
May 15 |
"You're My Man" |
Lynn Anderson |
6 |
May 15 |
5 |
|
"A Mama and a Papa" |
Ray Stevens |
4 |
May 22 |
4 |
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"And I Love You So" |
Bobby Goldsboro |
8 |
May 22 |
3 |
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May 22 |
"Rainy Days and Mondays" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
May 29 |
9 |
|
"Follow Me" |
Mary Travers |
3 |
May 29 |
7 |
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"The Drum" |
Bobby Sherman |
2 |
May 29 |
5 |
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May 29 |
"I'll Meet You Halfway" |
The Partridge Family |
4 |
May 29 |
4 |
|
"Toast and Marmalade for Tea" |
Tin Tin |
10 |
May 29 |
1 |
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June 5 |
"It's Too Late" |
Carole King |
1 |
June 26 |
10 |
|
"Life" |
Elvis Presley |
8 |
June 5 |
2 |
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"Flim Flam Man" |
Barbara Streisand |
7 |
June 12 |
2 |
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June 12 |
"When You're Hot, You're Hot" |
Jerry Reed |
6 |
June 19 |
4 |
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June 19 |
"Don't Pull Your Love" |
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
4 |
July 3 |
8 |
|
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" |
Carly Simon |
6 |
July 10 |
4 |
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"He's So Fine" |
Jody Miller |
2 |
July 10 |
10 |
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June 26 |
"Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" |
The Fortunes |
8 |
June 26 |
2 |
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"Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry)" |
Sounds of Sunshine |
5 |
July 3 |
5 |
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July 3 |
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
John Denver |
3 |
July 24 |
5 |
|
July 10 |
"You've Got a Friend" |
James Taylor |
1 |
July 31 |
7 |
|
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" |
Bee Gees |
4 |
July 31 |
9 |
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"Summer Sand" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
9 |
July 17 |
2 |
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July 17 |
"If Not for You" |
Olivia Newton-John |
1 |
August 7 |
7 |
|
July 24 |
"Never Ending Song of Love" |
Delaney & Bonnie |
8 |
July 24 |
2 |
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"Beginnings" |
Chicago |
1 |
August 28 |
7 |
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July 31 |
"I'm Leavin'" |
Elvis Presley |
2 |
August 14 |
5 |
|
August 7 |
"Rings" |
Cymarron |
6 |
August 14 |
4 |
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"Moonshadow" |
Cat Stevens |
10 |
August 7 |
1 |
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August 14 |
"Where You Lead" |
Barbara Streisand |
3 |
August 28 |
4 |
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"Mighty Clouds of Joy" |
B.J. Thomas |
8 |
August 14 |
3 |
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"Draggin' the Line" |
Tommy James |
6 |
August 28 |
3 |
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August 28 |
"Spanish Harlem" |
Aretha Franklin |
6 |
September 11 |
3 |
|
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" |
Joan Baez |
1 |
September 4 |
8 |
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September 4 |
"Ain't No Sunshine" |
Bill Withers |
2 |
September 11 |
3 |
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"Wedding Song (There Is Love)" |
Paul Stookey |
3 |
September 18 |
6 |
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"Sweet City Woman" |
Stampeders |
5 |
September 4 |
7 |
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"Crazy Love" |
Helen Reddy |
8 |
September 11 |
3 |
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"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" |
Paul & Linda McCartney |
9 |
September 11 |
5 |
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September 11 |
"Superstar" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
October 9 |
9 |
|
"All My Trials" |
Ray Stevens |
6 |
September 18 |
5 |
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"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" |
Mac & Katie Kissoon |
10 |
September 11 |
1 |
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September 18 |
"So Far Away/Smackwater Jack" |
Carole King |
3 |
October 2 |
7 |
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"Another Time, Another Place" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
5 |
September 25 |
5 |
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September 25 |
"Never My Love" |
The 5th Dimension |
1 |
October 23 |
8 |
|
"Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" |
Kris Kristofferson |
4 |
October 16 |
6 |
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October 9 |
"Talk It Over in the Morning" |
Anne Murray |
7 |
October 9 |
3 |
|
October 16 |
"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" |
Cher |
6 |
October 30 |
5 |
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"If You Really Love Me" |
Stevie Wonder |
10 |
October 16 |
1 |
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October 23 |
"Peace Train" |
Cat Stevens |
1 |
October 30 |
7 |
|
"Desiderata" |
Les Crane |
3 |
October 30 |
6 |
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"Long Ago and Far Away" |
James Taylor |
4 |
October 30 |
4 |
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"I've Found Someone of My Own" |
The Free Movement |
7 |
October 30 |
2 |
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October 30 |
"Imagine" |
John Lennon |
7 |
November 6 |
2 |
|
November 6 |
"Baby I'm-a Want You" |
Bread |
1 |
November 20 |
8 |
|
"Love" |
The Lettermen |
8 |
November 6 |
2 |
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"It's a Cry'n Shame" |
Gayle McCormick |
9 |
November 6 |
1 |
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November 13 |
"All I Ever Need Is You" |
Sonny & Cher |
1 |
November 27 |
10 |
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"Till" |
Tom Jones |
4 |
November 20 |
5 |
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"Jennifer" |
Bobby Sherman |
9 |
November 13 |
1 |
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November 20 |
"Stones" |
Neil Diamond |
2 |
December 4 |
7 |
|
"Theme from Shaft" |
Isaac Hayes |
6 |
November 20 |
4 |
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November 27 |
"Theme from Summer of '42" |
Peter Nero |
6 |
December 4 |
4 |
|
"Friends with You" |
John Denver |
4 |
December 25 |
7 |
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December 11 |
"Let It Be" |
Joan Baez |
5 |
December 25 |
3 |
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1970 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 14 |
"It's Impossible" |
Perry Como |
1 |
December 5 |
11 |
|
December 5 |
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" |
Chicago |
5 |
December 12 |
5 |
|
December 12 |
"Can't Stop Loving You" |
Tom Jones |
3 |
December 12 |
5 |
|
"Rose Garden" |
Lynn Anderson |
5 |
December 26 |
9 |
1972 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 19 |
"Don't Say You Don't Remember" |
Beverly Bremes |
5 |
February 19 |
6 |
|
November 27 |
"Cherish" |
David Cassidy |
1 |
January 8 |
9 |
|
December 4 |
"An Old Fashioned Love Song" |
Three Dog Night |
1 |
January 1 |
7 |
|
December 18 |
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" |
The Hillside Singers |
5 |
January 15 |
6 |
|
"An American Trilogy" |
Mickey Newbury |
9 |
January 1 |
4 |
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December 25 |
"Brand New Key" |
Melanie Safka |
5 |
January 1 |
3 |
Notes
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending January 23, 1971.
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1971 (U.S.)