Top 50 of 1971
Excerpt: WRCT Radio 9 1971 Countdown (MP3, 5MB)
As heard on WRCT-FM (88.3) on Dec. 31, 2011.
Rankings are calculated based on an average calculated using the Billboard Magazine, Cash Box Magazine and KQV (1410) charts, with extra weighting given to songs that placed highly on consecutive weeks on KQV. (Special thanks to Jeff Roteman for posting all of the KQV weekly and yearly charts at his KQV tribute website!)
- Carole King – It’s Too Late
- Three Dog Night – Joy to the World
- John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
- Rod Stewart – Maggie May
- Donny Osmond – Go Away Little Girl
- Paul Revere & The Raiders – Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)
- The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes
- The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away)
- Tony Orlando and Dawn – Knock Three Times
- Paul McCartney – Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
- Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
- James Taylor – You’ve Got a Friend
- Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
- Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
- The Honey Cone – Want Ads
- Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff
- Five Man Electrical Band – Signs
- Bee Gees – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
- Al Green – Tired of Being Alone
- Lee Michaels – Do You Know What I Mean?
- The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
- Ocean – Put Your Hand in the Hand
- Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Treat Her Like a Lady
- Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden
- The Carpenters – Rainy Days and Mondays
- Tom Jones – She’s a Lady
- The Jackson 5 – Never Can Say Goodbye
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Mr. Bojangles
- Three Dog Night – Liar
- Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy
- Daddy Dewdrop – Chick-a-Boom (Don Ya Jes Love It?)
- Tommy James – Draggin’ the Line
- Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds – Don’t Pull Your Love
- The Dramatics – Whatcha See Is What You Get
- The Carpenters – For All We Know
- Murray Head – Superstar
- Cher – Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
- Henry Mancini – The Theme from “Love Story”
- The Grass Roots – Temptation Eyes
- John Lennon – Imagine
- King Floyd – Groove Me
- Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind
- Paul McCartney – Another Day
- Marvin Gaye – Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)
- Fuzz – I Love You For All Seasons
- Jerry Reed – Amos Moses
- Isaac Hayes – Theme from “Shaft”
- George Harrison – What Is Life?
- The Buoys – Timothy