US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 20th March, 1971
TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart
1 2 ME AND BOBBY McGEE –•– Janis Joplin (Columbia)-8 (1 week at #1)
2 5 SHE’S A LADY –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-7
3 4 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-7
4 1 ONE BAD APPLE –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-12
5 3 FOR ALL WE KNOW –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-7
6 7 PROUD MARY –•– Ike and Tina Turner (Liberty)-8
7 9 DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-6
8 18 WHAT’S GOING ON –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-5
9 15 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT –•– Sammi Smith (Mega)-10
10 10 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND –•– Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)-13
11 11 AMOS MOSES –•– Jerry Reed (RCA)-21
12 8 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN / HEY TONIGHT –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-8
13 6 MAMA’S PEARL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-8
14 23 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY –•– Andy Williams (Columbia)-7
15 19 WHAT IS LIFE –•– George Harrison (Apple)-4
16 16 CRIED LIKE A BABY –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-6
17 12 MR. BOJANGLES –•– The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)-18
18 20 TEMPTATION EYES –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-13
19 13 (Theme From) “LOVE STORY” –•– Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus (RCA)-10
20 36 ANOTHER DAY / OH WOMAN OH WHY –•– Paul McCartney (Apple)-3
21 14 SWEET MARY –•– Wadsworth Mansion (Sussex)-13
22 33 WILD WORLD –•– Cat Stevens (A&M)-6
23 24 FREE –•– Chicago (Columbia)-5
24 25 OYE COMO VA –•– Santana (Columbia)-5
25 28 BLUE MONEY –•– Van Morrison (Warner Brothers)-7
26 39 ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE –•– Brewer and Shipley (Kama Sutra)-6
27 30 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-5
28 32 NO LOVE AT ALL –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-4
29 17 DON’T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-10
30 22 ROSE GARDEN –•– Lynn Anderson (Columbia)-17
31 29 AMAZING GRACE –•– Judy Collins (Elektra)-15
32 40 SOUL POWER (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-4
33 38 LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-4
34 21 KNOCK THREE TIMES –•– Dawn (Bell)-18
35 31 THEME FROM “LOVE STORY” –•– Francis Lai with His Orchestra (Paramount)-8
36 27 WATCHING SCOTTY GROW –•– Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)-13
37 42 COUNTRY ROAD –•– James Taylor (Warner Brothers)-7
38 45 EIGHTEEN –•– Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers)-5
39 35 BURNING BRIDGES –•– The Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-16
40 49 HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) –•– The Staple Singers (Stax)-7