List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1971
Appearance
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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1971.
The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Donny Osmond, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and The Partridge Family each had three top-ten hits in 1971, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
Top-ten singles
[edit]1970 peaks
[edit]Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 7 | "I Think I Love You" | The Partridge Family | 1 | November 21 | 11 |
November 14 | "The Tears of a Clown" | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | 1 | December 12 | 10 |
"Gypsy Woman" | Brian Hyland | 3 | December 5 | 8 | |
December 5 | "One Less Bell to Answer" | The 5th Dimension | 2 | December 26 | 10 |
December 12 | "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" | George Harrison | 1 | December 26 | 10 |
December 19 | "Stoned Love" | The Supremes | 7 | December 19 | 5 |
1972 peaks
[edit]Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 18 | "American Pie" | Don McLean | 1 | January 15 | 11 |
December 25 | "Scorpio" | Dennis Coffey | 6 | January 8 | 6 |
"Hey Girl" / "I Knew You When" | Donny Osmond | 9 | January 15 | 4 |
See also
[edit]- 1971 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1971
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971
References
[edit]General sources
[edit]- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.