CASH BOX TOP SINGLES – 1971
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The Legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts
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The 1971 Charts!
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1971 #1 Top Debut
January 2 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison 78. Solution For Pollution - Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
January 9 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison 56. Mother - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
January 16 Knock Three Times - Dawn 65. Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett
January 23 Knock Three Times - Dawn 38. Mama’s Pearl - Jackson 5
January 30 Lonely Days - Bee Gees 56. She’s A Lady - Tom Jones
February 6 Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson 45. Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted - Partridge Family
February 13 One Bad Apple - Osmonds 71. Chairman Of The Board - Chairmen Of The Board
February 20 One Bad Apple - Osmonds 46. What Is Life - George Harrison
February 27 One Bad Apple - Osmonds 78. Tongue In Cheek - Sugarloaf
March 6 Mama’s Pearl - Jackson 5 48. Another Day - Paul McCartney
March 13 One Bad Apple - Osmonds 64. We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
March 20 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Temptations 52. Friends - Elton John
March 27 She’s A Lady - Tom Jones 80. Warpath - Isley Brothers
April 3 Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted - Partridge Family 29. Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5
April 10 What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye 78. Want Ads - Honey Cone
April 17 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night 47. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin
April 24 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night 53. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
May 1 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night 49. The Drum - Bobby Sherman
May 8 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night 54. I’ll Meet You Halfway - Partridge Family
May 15 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night 56. Double Lovin’ - Osmonds
May 22 Joy To The World - Three Dog Night 52. Puppet Man - Tom Jones
May 29 Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5 72. You’ve Got A Friend - James Taylor
June 5 Want Ads - Honey Cone 72. Ajax Liquor Store - Hudson & Landry
June 12 Want Ads - Honey Cone 73. Summer Sand - Dawn
June 19 It Don’t Come Easy - Ringo Starr 68. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
June 26 It’s Too Late - Carole King 67. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
July 3 It’s Too Late - Carole King 69. Hot Pants (pt. 1) (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) - James Brown
July 10 It’s Too Late - Carole King 47. Maybe Tomorrow - Jackson 5
July 17 It’s Too Late - Carole King 57. Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival
July 24 Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee) - Raiders 66. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth
July 31 Don’t Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 54. Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin
August 7 You’ve Got A Friend - James Taylor 59. Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
August 14 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees 63. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney
August 21 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees 63. Call My Name, I’ll Be There - Wilson Pickett
August 28 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees 60. So Far Away - Carole King
September 4 Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver 78. Military Madness - Graham Nash
September 11 Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin 57. Yo-Yo - Osmonds
September 18 Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth 57. Birds Of A Feather - Raiders
September 25 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney 63. Peace Train - Cat Stevens
October 2 Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond 55. Long Ago And Far Away - James Taylor
October 9 Maggie May - Rod Stewart 67. Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band
October 16 Maggie May - Rod Stewart 66. Imagine - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
October 23 Maggie May - Rod Stewart 68. Till - Tom Jones
October 30 Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves - Cher 46. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
November 6 Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves - Cher 69. Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - Temptations
November 13 Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes 76. Pretty As You Feel - Jefferson Airplane
November 20 Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes 61. (I Know) I’m Losing You - Rod Stewart with Faces
November 27 Family Affair - Sly & Family Stone 70. American Pie - Don McLean
December 4 Family Affair - Sly & Family Stone 70. George Jackson - Bob Dylan
December 11 Family Affair - Sly & Family Stone 60. Sugar Daddy - Jackson 5
December 18 Family Affair - Sly & Family Stone 63. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John & Yoko & Plastic Ono Band with Harlem Community Choir
December 25 Brand New Key - Melanie 60. Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night

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