Top ten
entry date
|
Single
|
Artist(s)
|
Peak
|
Peak date
|
Weeks in
top ten
|
| Singles from 1970
|
| December 12
|
"Black Magic Woman"
|
Santana
|
4
|
January 9
|
7
|
| "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
|
Chicago
|
7
|
January 2
|
5
|
| December 19
|
"Knock Three Times"
|
Dawn
|
1
|
January 23
|
11
|
| Singles from 1971
|
| January 2
|
"Domino"
|
Van Morrison
|
9
|
January 2
|
1
|
| January 9
|
"Lonely Days"
|
Bee Gees
|
3
|
January 30
|
7
|
| "Stoney End"
|
Barbra Streisand
|
6
|
January 23
|
4
|
| January 16
|
"Groove Me"
|
King Floyd
|
6
|
January 30
|
6
|
| January 23
|
"Rose Garden"
|
Lynn Anderson
|
3
|
February 13
|
6
|
| "Your Song"
|
Elton John
|
8
|
January 23
|
4
|
| "It's Impossible"
|
Perry Como
|
10
|
January 23
|
1
|
| January 30
|
"One Bad Apple"
|
The Osmonds
|
1
|
February 13
|
9
|
| "I Hear You Knocking"
|
Dave Edmunds
|
4
|
February 13
|
5
|
| February 6
|
"If I Were Your Woman"
|
Gladys Knight & the Pips
|
9
|
February 13
|
2
|
| February 13
|
"Mama's Pearl"
|
The Jackson 5
|
2
|
February 27
|
5
|
| February 20
|
"If You Could Read My Mind"
|
Gordon Lightfoot
|
5
|
February 20
|
5
|
| "Sweet Mary"
|
Wadsworth Mansion
|
7
|
February 27
|
3
|
| "Mr. Bojangles"
|
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
|
9
|
February 20
|
3
|
| February 27
|
"Me and Bobby McGee"
|
Janis Joplin
|
1
|
March 20
|
8
|
| "Amos Moses"
|
Jerry Reed
|
8
|
February 27
|
2
|
| March 6
|
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
|
The Temptations
|
1
|
April 3
|
9
|
| "She's a Lady"
|
Tom Jones
|
2
|
March 20
|
8
|
| "For All We Know"
|
The Carpenters
|
3
|
March 13
|
7
|
| March 13
|
"Proud Mary"
|
Ike & Tina Turner
|
4
|
March 27
|
5
|
| "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"
|
The Partridge Family
|
6
|
March 27
|
6
|
| "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" / "Hey Tonight"
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
8
|
March 13
|
1
|
| March 20
|
"What's Going On"
|
Marvin Gaye
|
2
|
April 10
|
8
|
| "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
|
Sammi Smith
|
8
|
March 27
|
3
|
| March 27
|
"What Is Life"
|
George Harrison
|
10
|
March 27
|
1
|
| April 3
|
"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why"
|
Paul McCartney
|
5
|
April 17
|
5
|
| "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story"
|
Andy Williams
|
9
|
April 3
|
1
|
| April 10
|
"Joy to the World"
|
Three Dog Night
|
1
|
April 17
|
11
|
| "One Toke Over the Line"
|
Brewer & Shipley
|
10
|
April 10
|
2
|
| April 17
|
"Put Your Hand in the Hand"
|
Ocean
|
2
|
May 1
|
7
|
| April 24
|
"Never Can Say Goodbye"
|
The Jackson 5
|
2
|
May 8
|
7
|
| "I Am... I Said"
|
Neil Diamond
|
4
|
May 8
|
4
|
| "If"
|
Bread
|
4
|
May 15
|
5
|
| "Stay Awhile"
|
The Bells
|
7
|
May 1
|
4
|
| May 1
|
"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)"
|
Daddy Dewdrop
|
9
|
May 8
|
5
|
| May 8
|
"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"
|
Lobo
|
5
|
May 15
|
5
|
| "Bridge over Troubled Water" / "A Brand New Me"
|
Aretha Franklin
|
6
|
June 5
|
6
|
| May 15
|
"Brown Sugar"
|
The Rolling Stones
|
1
|
May 29
|
8
|
| May 22
|
"Want Ads"
|
Honey Cone
|
1
|
June 12
|
8
|
| "It Don't Come Easy"
|
Ringo Starr
|
4
|
June 5
|
7
|
| May 29
|
"Sweet and Innocent"
|
Donny Osmond
|
7
|
June 5
|
5
|
| June 5
|
"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move"
|
Carole King
|
1
|
June 19
|
10
|
| "Rainy Days and Mondays"
|
The Carpenters
|
2
|
June 19
|
7
|
| June 12
|
"Treat Her Like a Lady"
|
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
|
3
|
July 3
|
7
|
| "I'll Meet You Halfway"
|
The Partridge Family
|
9
|
June 12
|
2
|
| June 19
|
"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)"
|
The Raiders
|
1
|
July 24
|
9
|
| June 26
|
"Don't Pull Your Love"
|
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
|
4
|
July 17
|
6
|
| "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
|
Jerry Reed
|
9
|
June 26
|
3
|
| July 3
|
"You've Got a Friend"
|
James Taylor
|
1
|
July 31
|
8
|
| July 10
|
"Mr. Big Stuff"
|
Jean Knight
|
2
|
August 14
|
8
|
| "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
|
Carly Simon
|
10
|
July 10
|
2
|
| July 17
|
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
|
Bee Gees
|
1
|
August 7
|
10
|
| "Draggin' the Line"
|
Tommy James
|
4
|
August 14
|
6
|
| July 24
|
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"
|
John Denver
|
2
|
August 28
|
8
|
| "Sooner or Later"
|
The Grass Roots
|
9
|
July 31
|
2
|
| July 31
|
"What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John"
|
Tom Clay
|
8
|
August 14
|
3
|
| August 7
|
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
|
Marvin Gaye
|
4
|
August 21
|
4
|
| "Beginnings" / "Colour My World"
|
Chicago
|
7
|
August 14
|
3
|
| August 14
|
"Signs"
|
Five Man Electrical Band
|
3
|
August 28
|
5
|
| August 21
|
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker"
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
6
|
August 21
|
2
|
| "Liar"
|
Three Dog Night
|
7
|
August 28
|
3
|
| August 28
|
"Go Away Little Girl"
|
Donny Osmond
|
1
|
September 11
|
9
|
| "Spanish Harlem"
|
Aretha Franklin
|
2
|
September 11
|
6
|
| "Smiling Faces Sometimes"
|
The Undisputed Truth
|
3
|
September 4
|
6
|
| September 4
|
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
|
Paul and Linda McCartney
|
1
|
September 4
|
7
|
| "Ain't No Sunshine"
|
Bill Withers
|
3
|
September 18
|
6
|
| "I Just Want to Celebrate"
|
Rare Earth
|
7
|
September 11
|
4
|
| September 11
|
"Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe"
|
Rod Stewart
|
1
|
October 2
|
11
|
| September 18
|
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
|
Joan Baez
|
3
|
October 2
|
8
|
| "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get"
|
The Dramatics
|
9
|
September 25
|
2
|
| September 25
|
"Superstar"
|
The Carpenters
|
2
|
October 16
|
8
|
| October 2
|
"Yo-Yo"
|
The Osmonds
|
3
|
October 16
|
8
|
| "Do You Know What I Mean"
|
Lee Michaels
|
6
|
October 9
|
5
|
| October 9
|
"If You Really Love Me"
|
Stevie Wonder
|
8
|
October 16
|
3
|
| "Sweet City Woman"
|
The Stampeders
|
8
|
October 23
|
3
|
| October 16
|
"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
|
Cher
|
1
|
November 6
|
9
|
| October 23
|
"Theme from Shaft"
|
Isaac Hayes
|
1
|
November 20
|
9
|
| October 30
|
"Imagine"
|
John Lennon
|
3
|
November 13
|
6
|
| "Peace Train"
|
Cat Stevens
|
7
|
November 6
|
5
|
| "I've Found Someone of My Own"
|
The Free Movement
|
5
|
November 13
|
3
|
| November 6
|
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
|
Marvin Gaye
|
9
|
November 6
|
2
|
| November 13
|
"Have You Seen Her"
|
The Chi-Lites
|
3
|
December 11
|
8
|
| November 20
|
"Family Affair"
|
Sly and the Family Stone
|
1
|
December 4
|
9
|
| "Baby I'm-a Want You"
|
Bread
|
3
|
November 27
|
5
|
| "Got to Be There"
|
Michael Jackson
|
4
|
December 11
|
9
|
| November 27
|
"Desiderata"
|
Les Crane
|
8
|
December 4
|
3
|
| "Rock Steady"
|
Aretha Franklin
|
9
|
November 27
|
2
|
| December 4
|
"An Old Fashioned Love Song"
|
Three Dog Night
|
4
|
December 18
|
5
|
| December 11
|
"Brand New Key"
|
Melanie
|
1
|
December 25
|
10
|
| "All I Ever Need Is You"
|
Sonny & Cher
|
7
|
December 25
|
3
|
| December 18
|
"Cherish"
|
David Cassidy
|
9
|
December 25
|
4
|
