These are the singles that reached number one on the Top 100 singles chart in 1971 as published in Cashbox magazine.
Issue date Song Artist January 2 "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison January 9 January 16 "Knock Three Times" Dawn January 23 January 30 "Lonely Days" Bee Gees February 6 "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson February 13 "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds February 20 February 27 March 6 "Mama's Pearl" The Jackson 5 March 13 "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds March 20 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations March 27 "She's a Lady" Tom Jones April 3 "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" The Partridge Family April 10 "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye April 17 "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 "Never Can Say Goodbye" The Jackson 5 June 5 "Want Ads" The Honey Cone June 12 June 19 "It Don't Come Easy" Ringo Starr June 26 "It's Too Late" Carole King July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" The Raiders July 31 "Don't Pull Your Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds August 7 "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor August 14 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" Bee Gees August 21 August 28 September 4 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver September 11 "Spanish Harlem" Aretha Franklin September 18 "Smiling Faces Sometimes" Undisputed Truth September 25 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul & Linda McCartney October 2 "Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond October 9 "Maggie May" Rod Stewart October 16 October 23 October 30 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher November 6 November 13 "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes November 20 November 27 "Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone December 4 December 11 December 18 December 25 "Brand New Key" Melanie
See also 1971 in music List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1971 (U.S.)
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