Billboard Top 100 Hits From 1971
Although 1971 marked the death of Jim Morrison of The Doors in Paris, The Eagles band was formed, with five number one singles and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s.
- Stairway to Heaven , Led Zeppelin
- Imagine, John Lennon
- What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
- Let's Stay Together, Al Green
- Maggie May, Rod Stewart
- American Pie, Don McLean
- Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who
- Brown Sugar, Rolling Stones
- Just My Imagination, Temptations
- Family Affair, Sly and the Family Stone
- Theme from "Shaft", Isaac Hayes
- Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
- Baba O'Riley, The Who
- It's Too Late, Carole King
- Riders On the Storm, Doors
- Bang a Gong (Get It On), T. Rex
- Rock and Roll, Led Zeppelin
- Tired of Being Alone, Al Green
- Changes, David Bowie
- Black Dog, Led Zeppelin
- Mercy Mercy Me, Marvin Gaye
- Roundabout, Yes
- Have You Seen Her, Chi-Lites
- Aqualung, Jethro Tull
- Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress), Hollies
- Ain't No Sunshine, Bill Withers
- Respect Yourself, Staple Singers
- Without You, Nilsson
- Tiny Dancer, Elton John
- Smiling Faces Sometimes, Undisputed Truth
- Behind Blue Eyes, The Who
- LA Woman, Doors
- Mr. Big Stuff, Jean Knight
- Inner City Blues, Marvin Gaye
- A Horse With No Name, America
- Locomotive Breath, Jethro Tull
- Clean Up Woman, Betty Wright
- You've Got A Friend, James Taylor
- Slipping into Darkness, War
- Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves, Cher
- You Are Everything, Stylistics
- It Don't Come Easy, Ringo Starr
- Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Persuaders
- Hot Pants, James Brown
- I Feel the Earth Move, Carole King
- Love Her Madly, Doors
- Wild Horses, Rolling Stones
- Life on Mars?, David Bowie
- Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver
- Betcha By Golly Wow, Stylistics
- Stay with Me, Faces
- Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, Dramatics
- Spanish Harlem, Aretha Franklin
- I've Seen All Good People, Yes
- Jealous Guy, John Lennon
- Eighteen, Alice Cooper
- Superstar, Carpenters
- Indian Reservation, Raiders
- Rock Steady, Aretha Franklin
- Draggin' The Line, Tommy James
- Want Ads, Honey Cone
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over), John & Yoko & Plastic Ono Band
- If You Really Love Me, Stevie Wonder
- Day After Day, Badfinger
- Wild Night, Van Morrison
- Treat Her Like a Lady, Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- Do You Know What I Mean, Lee Michaels
- Don't Pull Your Love, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
- I'd Love to Change the World, Ten Years After
- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Traffic
- Going to California, Led Zeppelin
- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Paul & Linda McCartney
- Never Can Say Goodbye, Jackson 5
- Peace Train, Cat Stevens
- Got To Be There, Michael Jackson
- Levon, Elton John
- Drowning in the Sea of Love, Joe Simon
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Bee Gees
- I Am, I Said, Neil Diamond
- Hocus Pocus, Focus
- All Day Music, War
- She's a Lady, Tom Jones
- Baby I'm-a Want You, Bread
- I Gotcha, Joe Tex
- Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton
- Precious And Few, Climax
- Bargain, The Who
- Case of You, Joni Mitchell
- Maggot Brain, Funkadelic
- Signs, Five Man Electrical Band
- Funky Nassau, Beginning Of The End
- An Old Fashioned Love Song, Three Dog Night
- Escape-ism, James Brown
- Reason To Believe, Rod Stewart
- No One to Depend On, Santana
- Don't Knock My Love, Wilson Pickett
- Sooner Or Later, Grass Roots
- If, Bread
- Statesboro Blues, Allman Brothers Band
- So Far Away, Carole King