1971 in music

none April 2019 1971 1971 music radio television film List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1971. Specific locations 1971 in British music 1971 in Japanese music 1971 in Norwegian music 1971 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1971 in country music 1971 in heavy metal music 1971 in jazz 1971 in progressive rock Events February 1 – After months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum. February 3 – Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees. February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour. February 16 – Alan Passaro of the Hells Angels, who was acquitted on January 19 of the killing of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against the Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing. February 19 – Queen performs their first public concert in London. March 1 – The line-up for Queen is completed when bassist John Deacon joins the band. March 4 – The Rolling Stones open their UK tour in Newcastle upon Tyne, intended as a "farewell" to the UK prior to the band's relocation to France as "tax exiles". March 5 – Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees the first live performance of Led Zeppelin's iconic song "Stairway to Heaven". March 6 – The Soul to Soul concert takes place in Accra, Ghana, headlined by Wilson Pickett. March 12–13 – The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, At Fillmore East. March 16 – The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970, are presented. The ceremonies are broadcast on live television for the first time. Simon & Garfunkel win Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for their final album Bridge over Troubled Water and its title track. The Carpenters win Best New Artist. April 3 – The 16th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, is won by Monaco with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" sung by Séverine. April 6 – The Rolling Stones hold a party in Cannes to officially announce their new contract with Atlantic and the launch of Rolling Stones Records. April 8 – A bomb explodes at a CBC band gig in Saigon killing 2. April 19 – Gil Scott Heron records the first rap song, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised in RCA Studioe in New York. May 1 – Bill Withers releases seminal first album Just As I Am. May 12 – Mick Jagger marries Bianca de Macías in Saint-Tropez, France, in a Roman Catholic ceremony. Among the wedding guests are the remaining Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills. June – Rafael Kubelík becomes music director of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, at the invitation of Göran Gentele, the new general manager.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905206,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071001002723/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905206,00.html dead October 1, 2007 Music Man for the Met Time June 21, 1971 (May 21) Marvin Gaye releases his masterpiece album 'What's Going On' on May 21, 1971 June 1 – Elvis Presley's birthplace, a two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, is opened to the public as a tourist attraction. June 6 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono join Frank Zappa on stage at the Fillmore East for an encore jam. The performance would be released the following year on the Some Time in New York City album. June 8 – Carole King gives her first live concert, at Carnegie Hall. June 20-24 – The first Glastonbury Festival to take place at the summer solstice is held in South West England. Performers include David Bowie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Quintessence and Hawkwind. June 21 – The Celebration of Life Festival finally gets underway- three and a half days late- at Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis and B. B. King are among the performers. June 24 – The Celebration of Life Festival is closed down by authorities after promoters Stephen Kapelow and Ken Lind fail to provide enough supplies of food, medical and sanitary facilities. Only nine of twenty-seven advertised performers showed up, and about 150 festival-goers were arrested. June 27 – Promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York City with a final concert featuring The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys and Mountain. Patrons are given commemorative posters at the door and find red roses on their seats. July 3 – Jim Morrison is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France, aged 27. Alain Ronay would claim, years later, that he assisted Morrison's lover, Pamela Courson, in covering up the circumstances. July 4 – The Fillmore West is closed in San Francisco with a final show featuring Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Grateful Dead. July 9 – Grand Funk Railroad becomes only the second band (after the Beatles) to perform a sold-out concert at Shea Stadium breaking The Beatles record of selling out the venue. August 1 The Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden, New York, starring George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell; also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis and Badfinger. The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour premieres on CBS. August 14 – The Who release their fifth studio album Who's Next, reaching Number One in both the UK and the US. August 31 – John Lennon leaves Britain for New York City and will never return. September 11 – The Jackson 5ive, a Saturday morning cartoon series based on the popular Motown group The Jackson 5, premieres on ABC. September 11-12 – The Avandaro rock festival takes place in Valle de Bravo (Mexico) with an estimated attendance of 300,000. October 5 – Black Sabbath perform the first set of their Whisky a Go Go performance in all-white tuxedos. October 29 – The Allman Brothers Band's guitarist Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia after colliding with a truck. October 31 – Pink Floyd release their sixth studio album Meddle. The album is considered a turning point, moving away from their psychedelic sound to a more progressive tone. It peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart. November 6 – Cher earns her first solo number one hit in US (Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves) staying atop for two consecutive weeks. Eventually the song was certified gold. November 8 – Led Zeppelin release officially untitled fourth studio album, which would become the biggest-selling album of the year (1972), the band's biggest-selling album, and the fourth best-selling album of all time. December 1 – Belgian singing duo Nicole & Hugo are married at Wemmel. December 4 – The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. Members of Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the next day, watched the scene from their hotel across Lake Geneva, and later immortalized the events in their song, "Smoke on the Water". December 10 – Frank Zappa breaks his leg after being pushed off the stage by a deranged fan at The Rainbow in London. December 31 – Bob Dylan makes a surprise appearance for the encore of The Band's New Year's Eve concert at the Academy of Music, joining the group for four songs including "Like a Rolling Stone". Lancelot Layne's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music. Ann Wilson joins Heart, which moves to Vancouver, British Columbia. Kenny Rogers and The First Edition issued their Greatest Hits album, which will sell over 4 million copies worldwide by the end of the decade. They also star in their own TV series Rollin' on the River which runs until 1974. Brad Whitford replaces Ray Tabano on rhythm guitar in Aerosmith Elton John has first international hit with "Your Song". Donna Summer begins her recording career under her real name of Donna Gaines. Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a highly successful solo career. Rick Wakeman joins Yes. Conrad Schnitzler leaves Kluster, which dissolves. The Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille. The American Musical Instrument Society is founded. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1971 Bands reformed The Crystals Bands disbanded Booker T. & the M.G.'s Derek and the Dominos The Haunted The Monkees Albums released January DayAlbumArtistNotes4 Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn -7 Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) Elvis Presley https://www.keithflynn.com/recording-sessions/discography_1970.html 1970s discography Keithflynn.com April 7, 202611 Chicago III Chicago – Pearl Janis Joplin –13 Deliverin' Poco Live15 Hooker 'n Heat John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat –– Dust Dust Debut Good Taste Is Timeless The Holy Modal Rounders - Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Compilation Jerry Butler Sings Assorted Sounds Jerry Butler – Little Feat Little Feat Debut Live in Cook County Jail B. B. King Live Lucifer's Friend Lucifer's Friend Debut Melting Pot Booker T & the MG's – Nantucket Sleighride Mountain – Sister Kate Kate Taylor Debut Straight Life Freddie Hubbard – There Must Be More to Love Than This Jerry Lee Lewis – You're Not Alone Dion – ZZ Top's First Album ZZ Top Debut February DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes The 5th Dimension – if 2 If –2 The Point! Harry Nilsson – The Song of Singing Chick Corea –3 Love Story Andy Williams –5 Once Again Barclay James Harvest –8 Two of a Kind Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton –9 Carly Simon Carly Simon Debut10 Church of Anthrax John Cale and Terry Riley – Tapestry Carole King – Love Story Johnny Mathis –12SalisburyUriah Heep15 The Golden Streets of Glory Dolly Parton -19 The Yes Album Yes –22 If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby Solo Debut24 One Way... or Another Cactus – Jack Johnson Miles Davis –26 Straight, Clean and Simple Anne Murray –– Album II Loudon Wainwright III – The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend Baby Huey Debut Crazy Horse Crazy Horse – Fourth Soft Machine – The Hawk Ronnie Hawkins – Jack-Knife Gypsy Paul Siebel – James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine James Taylor – Journey in Satchidananda Alice Coltrane - Live at the Sex Machine Kool & the Gang Live Long Player Faces – Mary Mary Travers Solo Debut The Polite Force Egg – Ring of Hands Argent – Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge Debut Stoney End Barbra Streisand – The Taker/Tulsa Waylon Jennings – Up to Date The Partridge Family - March DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Search and Nearness The Rascals –5 The Cry of Love Jimi Hendrix Compilation Friends Elton John Soundtrack Bryter Layter Nick Drake Drake, Gabrielle, Nick Drake: Remembered for a While, Little, Brown and Company, 2014. Stone Age The Rolling Stones Compilation9 Love It to Death Alice Cooper Straight Records; re-issued on Warner Bros. June '7115 La Biblia Vox Dei –16 Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon James Taylor –19 Aqualung Jethro Tull – Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen – Wildlife Mott the Hoople –22 You'll Never Walk Alone Elvis Presley Compilation24 Histoire de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg –26 Percy The Kinks Soundtrack– Al Green Gets Next to You Al Green –Indian SummerIndian SummerBritish Prog Band Alpha Centauri Tangerine Dream - Back to the Roots John Mayall – Black Oak Arkansas Black Oak Arkansas Debut Dave Mason & Cass Elliot Dave Mason & Cass Elliot – Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire Debut Electronically Tested Mungo Jerry – Manna Bread - A Message to the People Buddy Miles – Moments Boz Scaggs – Motel Shot Delaney & Bonnie – Mwandishi Herbie Hancock - Please to See the King Steeleye Span – Present Company Janis Ian – Rat On! Swamp Dogg – Rock On Humble Pie – She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina Buffy St. Marie – Split The Groundhogs - Tanz der Lemminge Amon Düül II – Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies – This Is Madness The Last Poets - With Friends and Neighbors Alex Taylor Debut Woodstock Two Various Artists - April DayAlbumArtistNotes2 Donny Hathaway Donny Hathaway –5 Satori Flower Travellin' Band –6 Poems, Prayers & Promises John Denver –7 4 Way Street Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live8 Givin' It Back The Isley Brothers – In the Land of Grey and Pink Caravan – Overdog Keef Hartley –12 Joshua Dolly Parton - Maybe Tomorrow The Jackson 5 – Where I'm Coming From Stevie Wonder –15 Survival Grand Funk Railroad – Third Album Shocking Blue –16 Sun Ship John Coltrane Recorded 196519 L.A. Woman The Doors –22 Hag Merle Haggard – Sky's the Limit The Temptations –23 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones –30 The Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers Debut Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy Debut Smiling Men with Bad Reputations Mike Heron Solo Debut– 17-11-70 Elton John LiveToadToadDebut All by Myself Eddie Kendricks Solo Debut Anne Briggs Anne Briggs Debut The Best of The Guess Who The Guess Who - Bloodrock 3 Bloodrock – Bring Me Home Mother Earth – Broken Barricades Procol Harum – Chase Chase Debut Cheapo Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live John Sebastian John Sebastian Live City of Gold Pearls Before Swine – Elegy The Nice Live Extraction Gary Wright – Good Taste Is Timeless The Holy Modal Rounders – Here Comes the Sun Nina Simone - How Much More Can She Stand Conway Twitty – Mirror Man Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band Recorded 1967 Oh! Pleasant Hope Blue Cheer – Sho Is Funky Down Here James Brown - Survival of the Fittest Live Amboy Dukes Live Thirds James Gang – Volcanic Action of My Soul Ray Charles - War War – When You're Hot, You're Hot Jerry Reed – May DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Just as I Am Bill Withers –3 Leon Russell and the Shelter People Leon Russell –5 Peaceful World The Rascals –6 Songs from Wasties Orchard Magna Carta –10 I Don't Know How to Love Him Helen Reddy –12 Weather Report Weather Report –14 Carpenters Carpenters – Relics Pink Floyd Compilation17 Ram Paul and Linda McCartney US; released in UK May 2819 Aretha Live at Fillmore West Aretha Franklin Live21 Rory Gallagher Rory Gallagher Solo Debuthttps://rorygallagher.com/albums/rory-gallagher/ Rory Gallagher Rorygallagher.com April 7, 2026 What's Going On Marvin Gaye –28 Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart – Songs for Beginners Graham Nash –– 5th Lee Michaels – And So: On Jimmy Webb – Another Dimension Bo Diddley – Beyond the Blue Horizon George Benson - Contact Freda Payne – Curtis/Live! Curtis Mayfield Live Edgar Broughton Band Edgar Broughton Band – A Groovy Situation Reuben Wilson - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds – The House on the Hill Audience - If You Saw Thro' My Eyes Ian Matthews – Joy to the World Hoyt Axton – Live Johnny Winter And Johnny Winter Live Man in Black Johnny Cash – Nevada Fighter Michael Nesmith - Never Never Land Pink Fairies Debut Smash Your Head Against the Wall John Entwistle Debut Something Else Shirley Bassey – Stormcock Roy Harper – Summer Side of Life Gordon Lightfoot – Thembi Pharoah Sanders - We Sure Can Love Each Other Tammy Wynette – Winwood Steve Winwood Compilation Zawinul Joe Zawinul - June DayAlbumArtistNotes3Moving Gelatine PlatesMoving Gelatine PlatesDebut4 Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer –5 The Donny Osmond Album Donny Osmond Debut15 The Staple Swingers The Staple Singers - Zero Time Tonto's Expanding Head Band -16 Golden Bisquits Three Dog Night Compilation Love Letters from Elvis Elvis Presley –21 Ruby Buck Owens –22 Blue Joni Mitchell –23 Byrdmaniax The Byrds –24 Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren –25 Indelibly Stamped Supertramp –26Colosseum LiveColosseum30 Stephen Stills 2 Stephen Stills –– 34 Hours Skid Row -Free Live!FreeOsibisa Osibisa Aerial Pandemonium Ballet Harry Nilsson – Angel Delight Fairport Convention – Ash Ra Tempel Ash Ra Tempel - Bird on a Wire Tim Hardin - Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 Blood, Sweat & Tears – First Pull Up, Then Pull Down Hot Tuna – The Flying Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers – Grin Grin– Historic Dead Grateful Dead Live 1966 Homemade The Osmonds – It Ain't Easy Long John Baldry – Link Wray Link Wray – Mick Abrahams Mick Abrahams – New York City (You're a Woman) Al Kooper – One World Rare Earth – Randy Newman Live Randy Newman Live San Francisco Dues Chuck Berry – Sing Children Sing Lesley Duncan – Sweet Replies Honey Cone - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Melvin Van Peebles Soundtrack Touch The Supremes – Touching Home Jerry Lee Lewis – Toussaint Allen Toussaint – What You Hear Is What You Get Ike & Tina Turner Live July DayAlbumArtistNotes1 C'mon Everybody Elvis Presley Compilation Push Push Herbie Mann Album2 Daddy Who? Daddy Cool Daddy Cool 6 At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band Live Booker T. & Priscilla Booker T & Priscilla Coolidge – High Time MC5 – Surrender Diana Ross –12 Maggot Brain Funkadelic –13 The Return of the Magnificent Seven The Supremes and Four Tops –16 Acquiring the Taste Gentle Giant –17 Ain't No Big Thing, But It's Growing New Birth -21 Mirror Emitt Rhodes -23 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour The Moody Blues –26 The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions Howlin' Wolf ––Irish CoffeeIrish CoffeeDebut Odyssey of Iska Wayne Shorter Armchair Boogie Michael Hurley & Pals – Blessed Are... Joan Baez – Budgie Budgie Debut Charity Ball Fanny – Eloy Eloy Debut Fireball Deep Purple US Fool's Mate Peter Hammill – (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People The Chi-Lites – From the Witchwood Strawbs – Happy Birthday, Ruthy Baby McGuinness Flint – Harmony Row Jack Bruce – HMS Donovan Donovan How Come the Sun Tom Paxton – In the Garden Gypsy – The Last Time I Saw Her Glen Campbell – Lovejoy Albert King – Ride the Wind The Youngbloods – Sha Na Na Sha Na Na – Shaft Isaac Hayes Soundtrack The Silver Tongued Devil and I Kris Kristofferson - So Long, Bannatyne The Guess Who – Stop Your Motor The Association – The Undisputed Truth The Undisputed Truth Debut August {|class="wikitable" !Day !Album !Artist !Notes |- |rowspan="1" valign="top" |1 | The Best of the Wailers || Bob Marley and the Wailers ||– |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |2 | Fillmore East – June 1971 || The Mothers of Invention || Live |- | Who's Next || The Who ||US https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ Gold & Platinum Riaa.com April 7, 2026 |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |6 | Master of Reality || Black Sabbath ||https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/68/mode/2up 68 Great Rock discography |- | Stackridge || Stackridge || Debut |- |rowspan="1" valign="top" |9 | Someday We'll Look Back || Merle Haggard and The Strangers ||– |- |rowspan="1" valign="top" |11 | You've Got a Friend || Johnny Mathis ||– |- |25 |Demon & Eleven Children |Creation (Japanese band) (Also Known as Blues Creation) | |- |25 |Carmen Maki/Blues Creation |Carmen Maki & Blues Creation | |- |rowspan="1" valign="top" |27 | One Dozen Roses || Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ||– |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |30 | Live! || Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker ||– |- | Surf's Up || The Beach Boys ||– |- |rowspan="1" valign="top" |31 | The Sun, Moon & Herbs || Dr. John ||– |- |rowspan="26" valign="top" |– | Barbra Joan Streisand || Barbra Streisand ||– |- | Cedartown, Georgia || Waylon Jennings ||– |- | Christian of the World || Tommy James ||- |- | Experience || Jimi Hendrix ||- |- | Freedom Flight || Shuggie Otis ||– |- | Himself || Gilbert O'Sullivan || Debut |- | Hot Pants || James Brown ||– |- | How Hard It Is || Big Brother and the Holding Company ||- |- | I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving || Conway Twitty ||– |- | In Hearing of Atomic Rooster || Atomic Rooster ||– |- | If 3 || If ||– |- | Live at Fillmore West || King Curtis ||Live |- | My Baby Packed Up My Mind and Left Me || Dallas Frazier ||– |- | New Riders of the Purple Sage || New Riders of the Purple Sage || Debut |- | Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus || Nigel Olsson ||– |- | Ronnie Milsap || Ronnie Milsap ||– |- | Seven Tears || Golden Earring ||– |- | Sing Me a Song of Songmy || Freddie Hubbard and İlhan Mimaroğlu || |- | Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin''' || Butterfield Blues Band ||– |- | Sound Magazine || The Partridge Family ||- |- | A Space in Time || Ten Years After ||– |- | Tago Mago || Can ||– |- | Van Ronk || Dave Van Ronk ||– |- | White Light || Gene Clark || aka Gene Clark|- | Yesterday's Wine || Willie Nelson ||- |- | You've Got a Friend || Andy Williams ||– |- |} September DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Future Games Fleetwood Mac –5 From the Inside Poco –8 Labelle Labelle –9 Aretha's Greatest Hits Aretha Franklin Compilation Imagine John Lennon US; released in UK Oct 810 Second Album Curved Air – Welcome to the Canteen Traffic Live15 Cahoots The Band – Communication Bobby Womack – Judee Sill Judee Sill –17 Pilgrimage Wishbone Ash–20 Fly Yoko Ono –21 Faust Faust Debut24 Electric Warrior T.Rex – Santana Santana aka Santana III Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Live26 Tucky Buzzard Tucky Buzzard –29 Goin' Back to Indiana The Jackson 5 –30 Harmony Three Dog Night – Ko-ko Joe Jerry Reed –– 20 Granite Creek Moby Grape –Passport/DoldingerPassport Debut album Aereo-Plain John Hartford – April Wine April Wine – Bark Jefferson Airplane – Buddy Miles Live Buddy Miles Live Closer to the Ground Joy of Cooking – The Four of Us John Sebastian – Genesis Elvin Jones - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Johnny Cash Compilation Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Cher Originally self-titled Halfnelson Halfnelson Debut under original name James Gang Live in Concert James Gang Live Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page The Yardbirds Live The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Sandy Denny – Rock Love Steve Miller Band – Street Corner Talking Savoy Brown – Talk It Over in the Morning Anne Murray – The Time to Live is Now Buzzy Linhart – Trafalgar Bee Gees – Transition Kenny Rogers and The First Edition – Visions Grant Green – October DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Teaser and the Firecat Cat Stevens – Would You Take Another Chance on Me? Jerry Lee Lewis –4 200 Motels Frank Zappa Soundtrack Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton – Rudy the Fifth Ricky Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band – Twins Ornette Coleman –51001° CentigradesMagmaAlso known as Magma 28 Distant Light The Hollies UK In Search of Space Hawkwind – Message from the Country The Move –11 B.B. King in London B. B. King US12 First Light Freddie Hubbard -15 Look at Yourself Uriah Heep - Tupelo Honey Van Morrison –18 Other Voices The Doors – Restrictions Cactus –20 Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis Presley Christmas24 American Pie Don McLean –25 Chicago at Carnegie Hall Chicago Live Naturally JJ Cale Debut Rough and Ready The Jeff Beck Group –29 Fearless Family ––Time Is...Raw MaterialFriendshipJunipher GreeneDebut Double album. Excellent band from Norway 5'll Getcha Ten Cowboy -Collage Le Orme Bloodrock U.S.A. Bloodrock – Brand New Morning Bob Seger – Camembert Electrique Gong - Country Anthem Hoyt Axton – Focus II (Moving Waves) Focus – Fog on the Tyne Lindisfarne – Frisco Mabel Joy Mickey Newbury – Gather Me Melanie – Greatest Hits, Volume Two B.J. Thomas Compilation Growers of Mushroom Leaf Hound – Illusion Renaissance – Jesse Frederick Jesse Frederick – John Prine John Prine – The King of Rock and Roll Little Richard – Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air Incredible String Band – Live at PJ's Kool & the Gang – The Marblehead Messenger Seatrain – Memories John Mayall – The Morning After The J. Geils Band – No Roses Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band – Rainbow Bridge Jimi Hendrix Soundtrack Reflection Pentangle – R.E.O. Speedwagon REO Speedwagon Debut Roots Curtis Mayfield – Rotten to the Core Crabby Appleton – Smackwater Jack Quincy Jones - Stoney & Meatloaf Stoney & Meat Loaf – To You with Love, Donny Donny Osmond – UFO 2: Flying UFO – War War War Country Joe McDonald – November DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Black Moses Isaac Hayes – Cold Spring Harbor Billy Joel Debut There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone – Footprint Gary Wright – Hooteroll? Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia – If Not for You Olivia Newton-John Debut Rock Messiah David Axelrod –3 The Inner Mounting Flame Mahavishnu Orchestra Debut5 Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories Barclay James Harvest – Dog of Two Head Status Quo – Meddle Pink Floyd UKPovey 2007 150 Madman Across the Water Elton John – Stones Neil Diamond -6 The Stylistics The Stylistics –8 I Wrote a Simple Song Billy Preston – The Land of Many Churches Merle Haggard - Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin Also known as "Four Symbols" or "Untitled"9 Killer Alice Cooper–11 Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson –12 Fragile Yes UK Nursery Cryme Genesis – Pawn Hearts Van der Graaf Generator – Nazareth Nazareth Debut15 Asylum Choir II Leon Russell and Marc Benno – E Pluribus Funk Grand Funk Railroad –17 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Bob Dylan Compilation + new and unreleased material Farther Along The Byrds – Gonna Take a Miracle Laura Nyro – Live-Evil Miles Davis – A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse Faces –19 Brain Capers Mott the Hoople –24 Muswell Hillbillies The Kinks –20 Kazemachi Roman Happy End –26 Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be Sweet Debut The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Traffic –28DeuceRory Gallagher– Aerie John Denver – All Day Music War – Anne Murray / Glen Campbell Anne Murray and Glen Campbell – Anticipation Carly Simon – "Babbacombe" Lee Fairport Convention – Beautiful Lies You Could Live In Pearls Before Swine – Bless the Weather John Martyn – Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt – Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime It's a Beautiful Day – Coming From Reality Sixto Rodriguez – Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In? Man - Flowers of Evil Mountain – For Ladies Only Steppenwolf – Good and Dusty The Youngbloods – Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards – Journey to the Centre of the Eye Nektar - Lay it All Out Barry Mann – Liv Livingston Taylor – Living Judy Collins – The Lonesome Picker Rides Again John Stewart – Lost in the Ozone Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen – Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy The Who Compilation The Need of Love Earth, Wind & Fire – Nice Feelin' Rita Coolidge –'Nuff SaidIke & Tina Turner – One Year Colin Blunstone Debut A Partridge Family Christmas Card The Partridge Family - People Like Us The Mamas & the Papas – Performance Rockin' the Fillmore Humble Pie Live Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Quicksilver Quicksilver Messenger Service – Quiet Fire Roberta Flack – Released Jade Warrior - Sanctuary Dion – Shake Off the Demon Brewer & Shipley – Sittin' In Loggins and Messina Debut Sunfighter Paul Kantner and Grace Slick – There's Gotta Be a Change Albert Collins – Whatevershebringswesing Kevin Ayers – Year of Sunday Seals and Crofts - December DayAlbumArtistNotes3 The Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra Debut Islands King Crimson – Wild Life Wings Debut9 Greatest Hits The Jackson 5 Compilation12 Flute-In Bobbi Humphrey Debut13 Straight Up Badfinger US17 Hunky Dory David Bowie –20 The Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Friends Live Hot Rocks 1964–1971 The Rolling Stones Compilation Live UFO Live– Astral Taxi Tin Tin -This is...Gracious!! Gracious!Philips RecordsFairyport Wigwam (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man Gravy Train - The Best of Top of the Pops '71 Top of the Poppers Compilation Black Unity Pharoah Sanders - Boz Scaggs & Band Boz Scaggs – Don't Knock My Love Wilson Pickett – Dynamite! The Supremes and the Four Tops – Guilty! Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon – High, Low and In Between Townes van Zandt – Message from a Drum Redbone – Music Carole King – Papa John Creach Papa John Creach – Rare Earth in Concert Rare Earth - Soulful Tapestry Honey Cone - Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again Steeleye Span – Release date unknown 30em 1969 – Julie Driscoll 2 + 2 + 1 = Ponderosa Twins Plus One – Ponderosa Twins Plus One Afrique – Count Basie Alarm Clock – Richie Havens All for the Love of Sunshine – Hank Williams, Jr. America – John Fahey Another Cycle – Jimmy Cliff Assagai – Assagai Back to the Roots – Ramsey Lewis Bang – Bang Barefoot Boy – Larry Coryell A Better Road – Steel River The Bill Evans Album – Bill Evans Black Rhythm Revolution! – Idris Muhammad Black Seeds – The Main Ingredient Blackstone Legacy – Woody Shaw Black Widow – Black Widow Blue Memphis – Memphis Slim Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell Boogie Woogie – Memphis Slim Born with the Blues – Memphis Slim The Brand New Z.Z. Hill – Z.Z. Hill Brave Belt – Brave Belt Breakout – Johnny "Hammond" Smith Can I Have My Money Back? – Gerry Rafferty Captain Buckles – David "Fathead" Newman Chequered! – Chubby Checker Closer to the Ground – Joy of Cooking Cluster – Cluster Constant Throb – John Klemmer Davy Jones – Davy Jones Danny O'Keefe – Danny O'Keefe Detroit – Mitch Ryder The Dionne Warwicke Story – Dionne Warwick Do Me Right – The Detroit Emeralds Double Back – Happy and Artie Traum Doug Kershaw – Doug Kershaw Earth Song, Ocean Song – Mary Hopkin Edgar Winter's White Trash – Edgar Winter El derecho de vivir en paz – Víctor Jara Eruption – Kluster Escalator over the Hill – Carla Bley & Paul Haines Every Little Bit Soul – Rosetta Hightower Exposed – Valerie Simpson Fame and Price, Price and Fame: Together! – Alan Price and Georgie Fame The Family – Mashmakhan Fela's London Scene – Fela Kuti Fire Eater – Rusty Bryant First Utterance – Comus Fraser & DeBolt – Fraser & DeBolt Freeflight – Ahmad Jamal Funk, Inc. – Funk, Inc. The Fuzz – The Fuzz Fuzzy Duck – Fuzzy Duck Gemini Suite – Jon Lord Getting Ready – Freddie King Gila – Gila God Bless the Child – Kenny Burrell Goin' Down Highway 51 – John Lee Hooker Going East – Billy Paul The Good Book – Melanie Groove Grease – Jimmy McGriff The Gypsy – Mr. Fox Happy Just to Be Like I Am – Taj Mahal Have a Nice Day – Count Basie Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse – Gene McDaniels High on a Hilltop – Merle Haggard Hightower – Rosetta Hightower High Winds, White Sky – Bruce Cockburn The Hills of Indiana – Lonnie Mack Hold Your Fire – Patto Home is in My Head – Jackie Lomax Houston Express – Houston Person Ian & Sylvia – Ian & Sylvia I Am What I Am – Ruth Copeland Illusion – Renaissance In God We Trust – Don Nix In My Own Time – Karen Dalton In Search of a Song – Tom T. Hall Isle of View – Jimmie Spheeris I've Got a Right to Cry – Hank Williams Jr. Jade Warrior – Jade Warrior Joe South – Joe South Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams – Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Joy of Cooking – Joy of Cooking Landfall – Martin Carthy Larry Coryell at the Village Gate – Larry Coryell Lazarus – The Blues Project Lazarus – Lazarus Live at Topanga Corral – Canned Heat Live in Seattle – John Coltrane Lift Every Voice and Sing – Max Roach Living by the Days – Don Nix Losers Weepers – Etta James Mad Man Blues – John Lee Hooker Madura – Madura Mama Wailer – Lonnie Smith The Man, The World, His Music – Johnny Cash Mark-Almond – Mark-Almond Mogul Thrash – Mogul Thrash Morning, Noon & the Nite-Liters – The Nite-Liters Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight Mudlark – Leo Kottke Na Poi – Fela Kuti Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata – Rahsaan Roland Kirk New World in the Morning – Roger Whittaker Oblivion Express – Brian Auger Oh What a Feeling – Crowbar One Fine Morning – Lighthouse Open & Close – Fela Kuti Operation – Birth Control Pass the Plate – The Crusaders Peace and Rhythm – Idris Muhammad Peculiar Friends – Ten Wheel Drive Pepper's Pow Wow – Jim Pepper Peter Allen – Peter Allen Petula '71 – Petula Clark The Philosophy of the Spiritual – Richard Davis Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 – Chick Corea Pictures of Infinity – Sun Ra Pieces of a Man – Gil Scott-Heron Pins in It – The Human Instinct Purdie Good! – Bernard Purdie Put Your Hand in the Hand – Ocean Rainbow Race – Pete Seeger The Real Thing – Taj Mahal The Return of Doug Saldaña – Sir Douglas Quintet Rock Around the Country – Bill Haley & His Comets Rosa dos Ventos – Maria Bethânia St. Radigunds – Spirogyra Sam, Hard and Heavy – Sam Samudio Salt Song – Stanley Turrentine Second Movement – Eddie Harris and Les McCann Second Opinion – Marvin, Welch & Farrar Sergio Franchi – Sergio Franchi (Metromedia album) Set Us Free – Reuben Wilson Signals – Mal Waldron Sinatra & Company – Frank Sinatra Sing a Sad Song – Merle Haggard Sir Lord Baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore The Song of My Life – Petula Clark Song of the Stallion – Robbie Basho Songs – Jackie DeShannon So the Seeds are Growing – Joe South Soul Revolution Part II – Bob Marley and the Wailers Source Point – John Hammond Southern Delight – Barefoot Jerry Spark Plug – Melvin Sparks Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) – Bernard Purdie Stand By Your Man – Candi Staton Stoneground – Stoneground Super Bad – James Brown Sweathog – Sweathog Synergy – Glass Harp Takin' My Time – Charlie Musselwhite Tears of Joy – Don Ellis They Call Me Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters Third World War – Third World War Thoughts of Movin' On – Lighthouse Through the Eyes of a Horn – Jim Horn Tightly Knit – Climax Blues Band Today – Petula Clark Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady – Tom Jones Tony Joe White – Tony Joe White Travelin' Lady – Rosalie Sorrels Une vie – Dalida Watcha Gonna Do – Denny Doherty Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) – Charles Kynard Western Man – Mose Allison What's Going On – Johnny "Hammond" Smith Where's the Money? – Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks (Live) Why Black Man Dey Suffer – Fela Kuti Willie Nelson and Family – Willie Nelson Words and Music – Benny Hill Woyaya – Osibisa You Don't Have to Be in the Army – Mungo Jerry You're Not Alone – Dion DiMucci You're So Beautiful – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Your Daily Gift – The Savage Rose You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here – Ralph McTell Zwei-Osterei – Kluster Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1971. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 1970 UK UK 1 – Jan 1971, US BB 1 – Dec 1970, Canada 1 – Nov 1970, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1970, France 1 – Mar 1971, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1971, Norway 1 – Feb 1971, Germany 1 – Jan 1971, Éire 1 – Jan 1971, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jul 1971, Australia Goset 1 – Jan 1971, Australia 2 of 1971, RYM 3 of 1970, Italy 4 of 1971, Virgin 5, Poland 7 – Feb 2002, DDD 11 of 1970, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1970, Germany 40 of the 1970s, US CashBox 70 of 1971, Europe 93 of the 1970s, OzNet 170, WXPN 339, Rolling Stone 454, TheQ 484, Acclaimed 604 2 John Lennon Imagine 1971 UK UK 1 – Dec 1980, Éire 1 – Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1972, Australia Goset 1 – Dec 1971, Virgin 1, OzNet 1, Switzerland 2 – Nov 1971, DDD 2 of 1971, WXPN 2, US BB 3 – Oct 1971, Canada 3 – Sep 1971, Norway 3 – Feb 1972, Italy 3 of 1972, Rolling Stone 3, RYM 4 of 1971, Netherlands 5 – Nov 1971, France 5 – Nov 1971, South Africa 5 of 1972, POP 5 of 1971, Austria 6 – Mar 1981, Europe 8 of the 1970s, TheQ 9, US BB 10 of 1971, Belgium 11 of all time, Germany 12 – Jan 1981, TOTP 16, Poland 17 of all time, Sweden (alt) 19 – Dec 1975, Australia 19 of 1972, Acclaimed 21, RIAA 30, Scrobulate 33 of classic rock, 86 in 2FM list 3 Rod Stewart Maggie May 1971 UK UK 1 – Sep 1971, US BB 1 – Aug 1971, Canada 1 – Aug 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks May 1972, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1971, Peel list 1 of 1970, Netherlands 3 – Oct 1971, RYM 3 of 1971, Switzerland 5 – Dec 1971, DDD 5 of 1971, US BB 6 of 1971, France 10 – Nov 1971, POP 10 of 1971, Australia 13 of 1971, Germany 17 – Jan 1972, US CashBox 23 of 1971, TheQ 37, Virgin 53, Acclaimed 80, Rolling Stone 130, OzNet 149, RIAA 194, WXPN 218 4 Lynn Anderson Rose Garden 1970 US Canada 1 – Dec 1970, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1971, Norway 1 – Mar 1971, Germany 1 – Mar 1971, Éire 1 – Mar 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Oct 1971, Netherlands 2 – Jan 1971, France 2 – Apr 1971, Australia Goset 2 – Feb 1971, UK 3 – Feb 1971, US BB 3 – Dec 1970, US CashBox 6 of 1971, Germany 50 of the 1970s, DDD 57 of 1970, RYM 75 of 1970, Acclaimed 1217 5 The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar 1971 UK US BB 1 – May 1971, Canada 1 – May 1971, Netherlands 1 – May 1971, Switzerland 1 – May 1971, UK 2 – Apr 1971, US BB 3 of 1971, POP 3 of 1971, Norway 4 – May 1971, Germany 5 – May 1971, Australia Goset 5 – Jun 1971, DDD 8 of 1971, France 9 – Apr 1971, RYM 11 of 1971, Virgin 21, US CashBox 38 of 1971, TheQ 82, Scrobulate 89 of classic rock, Acclaimed 137, Germany 249 of the 1970s, WXPN 274, OzNet 412, Rolling Stone 490 Top 40 Chart hit singles upright|thumb|Elton John in 1971 Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers July 1971 3 n/a 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "All I Ever Need Is You" Sonny & Cher October 1971 7 8 5 (Canada) See chart performance entry "American Pie" Don McLean October 1971 1 2 1 (Australia, Canada, United States, New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Another Day" Paul McCartney February 1971 5 2 1 (Australia, Ireland, Spain) See chart performance entry "Baby I'm-a Want You" Bread October 1971 3 14 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "Baby Jump" Mungo Jerry February 1971 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom, New Zealand) 4 (Germany) - 5 (Ireland) "Bangla Desh" George Harrison July 1971 23 10 2 (Switzerland) See chart performance entry "Banks of the Ohio" Olivia Newton-John October 1971 94 6 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "The Banner Man" Blue Mink May 1971 n/a 3 1 (Malaysia) See chart performance entry "Beginnings" Chicago June 1971 7 n/a 7 (United States) See chart performance entry "Behind Blue Eyes" The Who November 1971 34 n/a 23 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Birds of a Feather" The Raiders August 1971 23 n/a 10 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Black Dog" Led Zeppelin December 1971 15 n/a 5 (Denmark) See chart performance entry "Black Magic Woman" Santana November 1970 4 n/a 4 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry "Blue Money" Van Morrison January 1971 23 n/a 13 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Brand New Key" Melanie October 1971 1 4 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry "Brandy" Scott English October 1971 91 12 12 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" The Rolling Stones April 1971 1 2 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry "Butterfly" Danyel Gérard May 1971 78 n/a 1 (Germany) See chart performance entry "Cherish" David Cassidy October 1971 9 2 1 (Australia, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" Daddy Dewdrop March 1971 9 n/a 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" Middle of the Road October 1970 n/a 1 1 (9 countries) See chart performance entry "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" Mac and Katie Kissoon May 1971 20 41 10 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Co-Co" The Sweet June 1971 99 2 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry "Colour My World" Chicago June 1971 7 n/a 7 (United States) See chart performance entry "Come Back Again" Daddy Cool September 1971 n/a n/a 3 (Australia) See chart performance entry "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" Smokey Robinson and The Miracles October 1971 n/a n/a 13 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Country Road" James Taylor February 1971 37 n/a 19 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Coz I Luv You" Slade October 1971 n/a n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Crazy Love" Helen Reddy May 1971 51 n/a 35 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Cried Like a Baby" Bobby Sherman February 1971 16 n/a 11 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" Daniel Boone July 1971 n/a n/a 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Day After Day" Badfinger November 1971 4 n/a 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Desiderata" Les Crane September 1971 8 n/a 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Did You Ever...?" Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood July 1971 n/a n/a 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Do Me Right" The Detroit Emeralds February 1971 43 n/a 43 (United States) See chart performance entry "Do You Know What I Mean" Lee Michaels July 1971 6 n/a 4 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" The Partridge Family February 1971 6 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Don't Knock My Love, Part 1" Wilson Pickett April 1971 13 n/a 13 (United States) See chart performance entry "Don't Let It Die" Hurricane Smith June 1971 n/a n/a 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Don't Pull Your Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds April 1971 4 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Double Barrel" Dave and Ansell Collins August 1970 22 1 1 (UK) See chart performance entry "Draggin' the Line" Tommy James May 1971 4 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "The Drum" Bobby Sherman May 1971 29 n/a 7 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Eagle Rock" Daddy Cool May 1971 n/a n/a 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" Benny Hill November 1971 n/a n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Everything's Tuesday" Chairmen of the Board September 1970 38 n/a 12 (United Kingdom) N/A "Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone October 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "For All We Know" The Carpenters January 1971 3 n/a 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "Forget Me Not" Martha and the Vandellas June 1968 93 n/a 11 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Funky Nassau" The Beginning of the End February 1971 15 n/a 7 (United States) See chart performance entry "Get Down and Get With It" Slade May 1971 n/a n/a 4 (Germany) See chart performance entry "Get It On" T. Rex July 1971 10 n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Girls in the City" The Esquires July 1971 120 n/a 18 (United States) N/A "Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond July 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Got to Be There" Michael Jackson October 1971 4 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Grandad" Clive Dunn November 1970 n/a n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher September 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get)" The Free Movement December 1971 50 n/a 6 (United States) N/A "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" Creedence Clearwater Revival December 1970 8 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Have You Seen Her" The Chi-Lites October 1971 3 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "He's Gonna Step On You Again" John Kongos May 1971 70 n/a 2 (South Africa) See chart performance entry "Heaven Must Have Sent You" The Elgins June 1971 50 n/a 3 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Sammi Smith September 1970 8 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" The Fortunes May 1971 15 n/a 15 (United States) See chart performance entry "Here Comes the Sun" Richie Havens May 1971 16 n/a 16 (United States) N/A "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" The Tams July 1971 n/a n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Hot Love" T. Rex February 1971 72 n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" James Brown June 1971 15 n/a 15 (United States) See chart performance entry "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Bee Gees May 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "I Am...I Said" Neil Diamond March 1971 4 n/a 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "I Did What I Did for Maria" Tony Christie May 1971 n/a n/a 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "I Don't Blame You at All" Smokey Robinson and The Miracles March 1971 18 n/a 11 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "I Don't Know How to Love Him" Helen Reddy January 1971 13 n/a 13 (United States) See chart performance entry "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the original studio cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar Yvonne Elliman January 1971 28 n/a 20 (Canada) See chart performance entry "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" Gladys Knight & the Pips May 1971 17 n/a 17 (United States) See chart performance entry "I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds November 1970 4 n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "I Just Can't Help Believing" Elvis Presley November 1971 n/a n/a 6 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "I Just Want to Celebrate" Rare Earth July 1971 7 n/a 7 (United States) See chart performance entry "I Love You for All Seasons" The Fuzz December 1970 21 n/a 21 (United States) N/A "I Say a Little Prayer" Anne Murray and Glen Campbell August 1971 81 n/a 81 (United States) See chart performance entry "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" The Partridge Family August 1971 13 n/a 13 (United States) See chart performance entry "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The New Seekers November 1971 7 n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "I'll Be Gone" Spectrum January 1971 n/a n/a 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "I'll Meet You Halfway" The Partridge Family May 1971 9 n/a 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "I'm Eighteen" Alice Cooper November 1970 21 n/a 21 (United States) See chart performance entry "I'm Gonna Run Away From You" Tami Lynn April 1971 n/a n/a 4 (United Kingdom) N/A "(I Know) I'm Losing You" Rod Stewart October 1971 24 n/a 24 (United States) See chart performance entry "I'm Still Waiting" Diana Ross April 1971 63 n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "I've Found Someone of My Own" The Free Movement March 1971 5 n/a 5 (United States) N/A "If" Bread March 1971 4 n/a 4 (United States) See chart performance entry "If I Were Your Woman" Gladys Knight & the Pips November 1970 9 n/a 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "If Not For You" Olivia Newton-John March 1971 25 n/a 6 (Australia) See chart performance entry "If You Could Read My Mind" Gordon Lightfoot December 1970 5 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "If You Really Love Me" Stevie Wonder August 1971 8 n/a 8 (United States) See chart performance entry "Imagine" John Lennon October 1971 3 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "In My Own Time" Family June 1971 n/a n/a 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Indian Reservation" Paul Revere & the Raiders February 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Indiana Wants Me" R. Dean Taylor August 1970 5 n/a 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Is This the Way to Amarillo" Tony Christie November 1971 n/a n/a 1 (Germany) See chart performance entry "It Don't Come Easy" Ringo Starr April 1971 4 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "It's Impossible" Perry Como November 1970 10 n/a 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "It's The Same Old Song" The Weathermen February 1971 n/a n/a 19 (United Kingdom) N/A "It's Too Late" Carole King April 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "It Takes Time" Anne Murray April 1971 n/a n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Jack in the Box" Clodagh Rodgers March 1971 n/a n/a 2 (Ireland) See chart performance entry "Jeepster" T. Rex November 1971 n/a n/a 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night February 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations January 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "K- Jee" The Nite- Liters, see (New Birth) May 1971 39 n/a 39 (United States) N/A "Knock Three Times" Tony Orlando and Dawn November 1970 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "L.A. International Airport" Susan Raye March 1971 54 n/a 2 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "L.A. Woman" The Doors April 1971 n/a n/a n/a See chart performance entry "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" The Pioneers July 1971 n/a n/a 5 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Levon" Elton John November 1971 24 n/a 6 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Liar" Three Dog Night July 1971 7 n/a 4 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Light Sings" The 5th Dimension March 1971 44 n/a 44 (United States) N/A "Like an Open Door" The Fuzz May 1971 77 n/a 77 (United States) N/A "Locomotive Breath" Jethro Tull March 1971 n/a n/a n/a See chart performance entry "Lonely Days" Bee Gees November 1970 3 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Look Wot You Dun" Slade January 1972 n/a n/a 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Love Her Madly" The Doors March 1971 11 n/a 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Love the One You're With" Stephen Stills November 1970 14 n/a 14 (United States) See chart performance entry "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" The 5th Dimension February 1971 19 n/a 19 (United States) See chart performance entry "Maggie May" Rod Stewart July 1971 1 n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Make It with You" Sacha Distel November 1970 n/a n/a 10 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Mama's Pearl" The Jackson 5 January 1971 2 n/a 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin January 1971 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Me and My Arrow" Harry Nilsson February 1971 34 n/a 34 (United States) See chart performance entry "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" Lobo March 1971 5 n/a 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" Marvin Gaye June 1971 4 n/a 4 (United States) See chart performance entry "Mighty Clouds of Joy" B. J. Thomas April 1971 34 n/a 26 (Canada) N/A "Mr. Big Stuff" Jean Knight May 1971 2 n/a 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "Mr. Bojangles" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band November 1970 9 n/a 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 1st movement (Allegro molto)" Waldo de los Ríos December 1970 67 n/a 1 (Netherlands) See chart performance entry "My Brother Jake" Free April 1971 n/a n/a 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison November 1970 1 n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Nathan Jones" The Supremes April 1971 16 n/a 5 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Never Can Say Goodbye" The Jackson 5 March 1971 2 n/a 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "Never Ending Song of Love" The New Seekers June 1971 67 n/a 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Joan Baez July 1971 3 1 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "No Matter What" Badfinger October 1970 8 6 5 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "An Old Fashioned Love Song" Three Dog Night November 1971 4 4 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds November 1970 1 1 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "One Less Bell to Answer" The 5th Dimension October 1970 2 2 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "One Man Band" Three Dog Night November 1970 19 11 11 (United States) See chart performance entry "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" Honey Cone November 1971 15 12 15 (United States) See chart performance entry "One Tin Soldier" Coven September 1971 26 22 6 (Canada) See chart performance entry "One Toke Over the Line" Brewer & Shipley February 1971 10 8 5 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Only You Know and I Know" Delaney and Bonnie May 1971 20 17 6 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Oye Como Va" Santana February 1971 13 11 13 (United States) See chart performance entry "Paint It Black" Eric Burdon & War December 1970 n/a n/a 31 (Netherlands) See chart performance entry "The Pied Piper" Bob and Marcia May 1971 n/a n/a 11 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Power to the People" John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band March 1971 11 10 6 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Proud Mary" Ike & Tina Turner January 1971 4 5 4 (United States) See chart performance entry "The Pushbike Song" The Mixtures December 1970 44 37 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Rain Dance" The Guess Who July 1971 19 14 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Rainy Days and Mondays" The Carpenters May 1971 2 2 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Remember Me" Diana Ross December 1970 16 10 7 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "The Resurrection Shuffle" Ashton, Gardner and Dyke January 1971 40 22 3 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Ride a White Swan" T. Rex October 1970 76 58 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Riders on the Storm" The Doors June 1971 14 12 5 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" Brenda & the Tabulations April 1971 23 19 23 (United States) N/A "River Deep – Mountain High" The Supremes and Four Tops November 1970 14 15 11 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Rock and Roll" Led Zeppelin November 1971 47 42 38 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Rock Steady" Aretha Franklin October 1971 9 7 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson October 1970 3 2 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" The Newbeats September 1965 12 10 10 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "She's a Lady" Tom Jones January 1971 2 1 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "She's Not Just Another Woman" 8th Day March 1971 11 8 11 (United States) N/A "Signs" Five Man Electrical Band May 1971 3 4 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "Sing High, Sing Low" Anne Murray November 1970 83 90 4 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Smiling Faces Sometimes" Undisputed Truth April 1971 3 2 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "So Far Away" Carole King April 1971 14 11 14 (United States) See chart performance entry "Softly Whispering I Love You" The Congregation November 1971 29 24 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Soldier Blue" Buffy Sainte-Marie August 1970 n/a n/a 7 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Soley, Soley" Middle of the Road August 1971 n/a n/a 1 (Netherlands) See chart performance entry "Something Old, Something New" The Fantastics June 1971 102 n/a 9 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" Cilla Black October 1971 n/a n/a 3 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Sooner or Later" The Grass Roots June 1971 9 12 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "Spanish Harlem" Aretha Franklin July 1971 2 1 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "Stay Awhile" The Bells March 1971 7 4 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Stay With Me" The Faces December 1971 17 10 6 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Stairway to Heaven" Led Zeppelin November 1971 n/a n/a n/a See chart performance entry "Stick Up" Honey Cone August 1971 11 11 11 (United States) See chart performance entry "Stoned Love" The Supremes October 1970 7 5 3 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Stoney End" Barbra Streisand October 1970 6 7 5 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Stop, Look, Listen" The Stylistics May 1971 39 35 39 (United States) See chart performance entry "A Stranger in My Place" Anne Murray December 1970 122 n/a 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Strange Kind of Woman" Deep Purple February 1971 n/a n/a 8 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Sugar, Sugar" Sakkarin March 1971 n/a n/a 12 (United Kingdom) N/A "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" Peter Nero July 1971 21 23 21 (United States) N/A "Sunny Honey Girl" Cliff Richard January 1971 n/a n/a 9 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Superstar" The Carpenters August 1971 2 1 2 (United States) See chart performance entry ""Superstar" (from Jesus Christ Superstar)" Murray Head October 1969 14 10 4 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" The Temptations October 1971 18 9 18 (United States) See chart performance entry "Surrender" Diana Ross July 1971 38 24 10 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Sweet and Innocent" Donny Osmond February 1971 7 7 7 (United States) See chart performance entry "Sweet City Woman" The Stampeders July 1971 8 1 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" Creedence Clearwater Revival July 1971 6 5 1 (Switzerland) See chart performance entry "Sweet Mary" Wadsworth Mansion October 1970 7 5 7 (United States) N/A "Take Me Home Country Roads" John Denver and Fat City April 1971 2 1 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "Talk It Over in the Morning" Anne Murray July 1971 57 52 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Tap Turns on the Water" C.C.S. August 1971 n/a n/a 5 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Temptation Eyes" The Grass Roots December 1970 15 16 15 (United States) See chart performance entry "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Carly Simon April 1971 10 9 10 (United States) See chart performance entry "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes September 1971 1 1 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "They Can't Take Away Our Music" Eric Burdon & War November 1970 50 53 35 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" The Persuaders July 1971 15 11 15 (United States) See chart performance entry "Timothy" The Buoys November 1970 17 13 9 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Till" Tom Jones November 1971 41 33 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Tiny Dancer" Elton John February 1972 41 29 13 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Tired of Being Alone" Al Green July 1971 11 9 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" Tin Tin May 1971 20 15 10 (Australia) See chart performance entry "Tokoloshe Man" John Kongos November 1971 n/a n/a 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Treat Her Like a Lady" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose March 1971 3 4 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" Middle of the Road March 1971 n/a n/a 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Two Divided by Love" The Grass Roots September 1971 16 14 16 (United States) See chart performance entry "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" Séverine March 1971 n/a n/a 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul and Linda McCartney August 1971 1 1 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Walking" C.C.S. January 1971 95 n/a 7 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Want Ads" Honey Cone March 1971 1 1 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Watching Scotty Grow" Bobby Goldsboro December 1970 11 7 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "We Can Work It Out" Stevie Wonder December 1970 13 11 13 (United States) See chart performance entry "Wear This Ring (with Love)" The Detroit Emeralds November 1970 91 n/a 91 (United States) N/A "What Am I Living For" Ray Charles November 1971 54 43 54 (United States) N/A "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" The Dramatics June 1971 9 12 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye January 1971 2 1 2 (United States) See chart performance entry "What Is Life" George Harrison February 1971 10 10 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "When You're Hot, You're Hot" Jerry Reed March 1971 9 6 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" Andy Williams; also Henry Mancini January 1971 9 7 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Wild Horses" the Rolling Stones June 1971 28 21 11 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Wild Night" Van Morrison September 1971 28 20 20 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Wild World" Cat Stevens September 1970 11 15 11 (United States) See chart performance entry "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" Redbone November 1971 21 22 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Won't Get Fooled Again" The Who June 1971 15 9 9 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Yo-Yo" The Osmonds September 1971 3 4 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "You Are Everything" The Stylistics October 1971 9 10 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "Your Move" Yes July 1971 40 31 40 (United States) N/A "Your Love (Means Everything to Me)" Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band February 1971 73 65 73 (United States) See chart performance entry "Your Song" Elton John October 1970 8 8 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "You're All I Need to Get By" Aretha Franklin February 1971 19 14 19 (United States) See chart performance entry "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor May 1971 1 1 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)" 8th Day September 1971 28 n/a 3 (United States R&B) Other Chart hit singles "Baby I'm-a Want You" – Bread (#5 CAN) "Baby Jump" – Mungo Jerry (#1 UK) "Back Street Luv" – Curved Air "Bangla Desh" – George Harrison "Banks of the Ohio" – Olivia Newton-John "The Banner Man" – Blue Mink "Beginnings" – Chicago (#7 US) (#8 CAN) "Behind Blue Eyes" – The Who "Birds of a Feather" – The Raiders "Black & White" – Greyhound "Black Dog" – Led Zeppelin "Black Magic Woman" – Santana (#4 CAN) "Blue Money" – Van Morrison "Brand New Key" – Melanie (#1 CAN) "Brandy" – Scott English "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Aretha Franklin (#8 CAN) "Bring the Boys Home" – Freda Payne "Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" – the Rolling Stones (#1 CAN) "Butterfly" – Danyel Gérard "Cherish" – David Cassidy "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" – Daddy Dewdrop "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Middle of the Road "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Mac and Katie Kissoon (Lally Stott's original was dubbed into French) "Co-Co" – The Sweet "Colour My World" – Chicago (#7 US) "Come Back Again" – Daddy Cool (# 3 Australia) "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles "Country Road" – James Taylor "Coz I Luv You" – Slade "Crazy Love" – Helen Reddy "Cried Like a Baby" – Bobby Sherman "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" – Daniel Boone "Day After Day" – Badfinger "Desiderata" – Les Crane "Did You Ever...?" – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood "Do You Know What I Mean" – Lee Michaels "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" – The Partridge Family "Do Me Right" – The Detroit Emeralds "Don't Knock My Love, Part 1" – Wilson Pickett "Don't Let It Die" – Hurricane Smith "Don't Pull Your Love" – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds "Draggin' the Line" – Tommy James "The Drum" – Bobby Sherman "Eagle Rock"– Daddy Cool (#1 Australia) "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" – Benny Hill "Everything's Tuesday" – Chairmen of the Board "Family Affair" – Sly & the Family Stone (#1 US) "For All We Know" – The Carpenters "Forget Me Not" – Martha and the Vandellas "Funky Nassau" – The Beginning of the End "Get Down and Get With It" – Slade "Get It On" – T. Rex "Girls in the City" – The Esquires "Go Away Little Girl" – Donny Osmond "Got to Be There" – Michael Jackson "Grandad" – Clive Dunn "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" – Cher (#1 US) "The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get)" – The Free Movement "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" – Creedence Clearwater Revival "Have You Seen Her" – The Chi-Lites "He's Gonna Step On You Again" – John Kongos "Heaven Must Have Sent You" – The Elgins "Help Me Make It Through the Night" – Sammi Smith "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" – The Fortunes (#15 US) "Here Comes the Sun" – Richie Havens "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" – The Tams "Hot Love" – T. Rex "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" – James Brown "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – Bee Gees "I Am...I Said" – Neil Diamond "I Did What I Did for Maria" – Tony Christie "I Don't Blame You at All" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles "I Don't Know How to Love Him" – Helen Reddy "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the original studio cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar – Yvonne Elliman "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" – Gladys Knight & the Pips "I Hear You Knocking" – Dave Edmunds (#4 US) "I Just Can't Help Believing" – Elvis Presley "I Just Want to Celebrate" – Rare Earth (#7 US) "I Love You for All Seasons" – The Fuzz "I Say a Little Prayer" – Anne Murray and Glen Campbell "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" – The Partridge Family (#13 US) "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" – The New Seekers "I'll Be Gone" – Spectrum (#1 Australia) "I'll Meet You Halfway" – The Partridge Family "I'm Eighteen" – Alice Cooper (#21 US) "I'm Gonna Run Away From You" – Tami Lynn "(I Know) I'm Losing You" – Rod Stewart "I'm Still Waiting" – Diana Ross "I've Found Someone of My Own" – The Free Movement "If" – Bread "If I Were Your Woman" – Gladys Knight & the Pips "If Not For You" – Olivia Newton-John "If You Could Read My Mind" – Gordon Lightfoot "If You Really Love Me" – Stevie Wonder "Imagine" – John Lennon "In My Own Time" – Family "Indian Reservation" – Paul Revere & the Raiders "Indiana Wants Me" – R. Dean Taylor "Is This the Way to Amarillo" – Tony Christie "It Don't Come Easy" – Ringo Starr "It's Impossible" – Perry Como "It's The Same Old Song" – The Weathermen "It's Too Late" – Carole King "It Takes Time" – Anne Murray "Jack in the Box" – Clodagh Rodgers "Jeepster" – T. Rex "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night (#1 US) "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" – The Temptations "K- Jee" – The Nite- Liters, see (New Birth) "Knock Three Times" – Tony Orlando and Dawn "L.A. International Airport" – Susan Raye "L.A. Woman" – The Doors "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" – The Pioneers "Levon" – Elton John "Liar" – Three Dog Night "Light Sings" – The 5th Dimension "Like an Open Door" – The Fuzz "Locomotive Breath" – Jethro Tull "Lonely Days" – Bee Gees "Look Wot You Dun" – Slade "Love Her Madly" – The Doors "Love the One You're With" – Stephen Stills "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" – The 5th Dimension "Maggie May" – Rod Stewart "Make It with You" – Sacha Distel (dubbed) "Mama's Pearl" – The Jackson 5 "Me and Bobby McGee" – Janis Joplin "Me and My Arrow" – Harry Nilsson "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" – Lobo "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" – Marvin Gaye "Mighty Clouds of Joy" – B. J. Thomas "Mr. Big Stuff" – Jean Knight "Mr. Bojangles" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 1st movement (Allegro molto)" – Waldo de los Ríos "My Brother Jake" – Free "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison (#1 US) "Nathan Jones" – The Supremes "Never Can Say Goodbye" – The Jackson 5 "Never Ending Song of Love" – The New Seekers "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – Joan Baez "No Matter What" – Badfinger "An Old Fashioned Love Song" – Three Dog Night "One Bad Apple" – The Osmonds "One Less Bell to Answer" – The 5th Dimension "One Man Band" – Three Dog Night "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" – Honey Cone "One Tin Soldier" – Coven "One Toke Over the Line" – Brewer & Shipley "Only You Know and I Know" – Delaney and Bonnie "Oye Como Va" – Santana "Paint It Black" – Eric Burdon & War "The Pied Piper" – Bob and Marcia "Power to the People" – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band "Proud Mary" – Ike & Tina Turner "The Pushbike Song" – The Mixtures "Rain Dance" – The Guess Who "Rainy Days and Mondays" – The Carpenters "Remember Me" – Diana Ross "The Resurrection Shuffle" – Ashton, Gardner and Dyke "Ride a White Swan" – T. Rex "Riders on the Storm" – The Doors "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" – Brenda & the Tabulations "River Deep – Mountain High" – The Supremes and Four Tops "Rock and Roll" – Led Zeppelin "Rock Steady" – Aretha Franklin "Rose Garden" – Lynn Anderson "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" – The Newbeats "She's a Lady" – Tom Jones "She's Not Just Another Woman" – 8th Day "Signs" – Five Man Electrical Band "Sing High, Sing Low" – Anne Murray "Smiling Faces Sometimes" – Undisputed Truth "So Far Away" – Carole King "Softly Whispering I Love You" – The Congregation "Soldier Blue" – Buffy Sainte-Marie "Soley, Soley" – Middle of the Road "Something Old, Something New" – The Fantastics "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" – Cilla Black "Sooner or Later" – The Grass Roots "Spanish Harlem" – Aretha Franklin "Stay Awhile" – The Bells (#1 Canada) "Stay With Me" – The Faces "Stairway to Heaven" – Led Zeppelin "Stick Up" – Honey Cone "Stoned Love" – The Supremes "Stoney End" – Barbra Streisand "Stop, Look, Listen" – The Stylistics "A Stranger in My Place" – Anne Murray "Strange Kind of Woman" – Deep Purple "Sugar, Sugar" – Sakkarin "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" – Peter Nero "Sunny Honey Girl" – Cliff Richard "Superstar" – The Carpenters ""Superstar" (from Jesus Christ Superstar) – Murray Head "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" – The Temptations "Surrender" – Diana Ross "Sweet and Innocent" – Donny Osmond "Sweet City Woman" – The Stampeders "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" – Creedence Clearwater Revival "Sweet Mary" – Wadsworth Mansion "Take Me Home Country Roads" – John Denver and Fat City "Talk It Over in the Morning" – Anne Murray "Tap Turns on the Water" – C.C.S. "Temptation Eyes" – The Grass Roots "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" – Carly Simon "Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes "They Can't Take Away Our Music" – Eric Burdon & War "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – The Persuaders "Timothy" – The Buoys "Till" – Tom Jones "Tiny Dancer" – Elton John "Tired of Being Alone" – Al Green "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" – Tin Tin "Tokoloshe Man" – John Kongos "Treat Her Like a Lady" – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" – Middle of the Road "Two Divided by Love" – The Grass Roots "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" – Séverine "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" – Paul and Linda McCartney "Walkin'" – C.C.S. "Want Ads" – Honey Cone "Watching Scotty Grow" – Bobby Goldsboro "We Can Work It Out" – Stevie Wonder "Wear This Ring (with Love)" – The Detroit Emeralds "What Am I Living For" – Ray Charles "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" – The Dramatics "What's Going On" – Marvin Gaye "What Is Life" – George Harrison "When You're Hot, You're Hot" – Jerry Reed "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" – Andy Williams; also Henry Mancini "Wild Horses" – the Rolling Stones "Wild Night" – Van Morrison "Wild World" – Cat Stevens "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" – Redbone "Won't Get Fooled Again" – The Who "Yo-Yo" – The Osmonds "You Are Everything" – The Stylistics "Your Move" – Yes "Your Love (Means Everything to Me)" – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band "Your Song" – Elton John "You're All I Need to Get By" – Aretha Franklin "You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor "You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)" – 8th Day Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Highest Chart Position(s) Other Chart Performance(s) "All Day Music" War July 1971 35 (United States) 18 (U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) "Back Street Luv" Curved Air July 1971 4 (United Kingdom) 25 (Dutch Top 40) / 30 (Daverende 30) Because I Love You The Masters Apprentices January 1971 12 (Australia) n/a "Black and Blue" Chain February 1971 6 (Australia) n/a "Black & White" Greyhound June 1971 6 (United Kingdom) n/a "Bridge over Troubled Water" Aretha Franklin April 1971 6 (United States) n/a "Bring the Boys Home" Freda Payne May 1971 12 (United States) 3 (US Best Selling Soul Singles (Billboard)"Come Back Again" Daddy Cool September 1971 3 (Australia) n/a"Eagle Rock" Daddy Cool May 1971 1 (Australia) 17 (New Zealand)"I'll Be Gone" Spectrum January 1971 1 (Australia) n/a "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" b/w "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" Gil Scott-Heron with Pretty Purdie and the Playboys April 1971 n/a n/a "Under My Wheels" Alice Cooper September 1971 59 (United States) 66 (United Kingdom) "Spoon" b/w "Shikaku Maru Ten" Can December 1971 n/a n/a Published popular music "The Age of Not Believing" – w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks "Always on My Mind" – w.m. Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson "American Pie" – w.m. Don McLean "And I Love You So" – w.m. Don McLean "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda – w.m. Eric Bogle (written) "Baby I'm-a Want You" – w.m. David Gates "Been on a Train" – w.m. Laura Nyro "Ben" – w. Don Black m. Walter Scharf "The Candy Man" – w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory "Day By Day" – w. John Michael Tebelak m. Stephen Schwartz "Eagle Rock" – w.m. Ross Wilson "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" w.m. Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb "I Am Woman" – w. Helen Reddy m. Ray Burton "I Don't Know How to Love Him" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber. Introduced by Yvonne Elliman in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" – w.m. B. Backer, B. Davis, R. Cook & R. Greenaway "I'm Still Here" – w.m. Stephen Sondheim "Imagine w.m. John Lennon "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" – w.m. Ben Peters "Knock Three Times" – w.m. Irwin Levine "The Last Farewell" – w.m. Roger Whittaker & Ron A. Webster "Losing My Mind" – w.m. Stephen Sondheim "Maggie May" w.m. Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton "Pure Imagination" – w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory "Riders on the Storm" – w.m. The Doors "Stairway to Heaven" – w. Robert Plant m. Jimmy Page "Substitutiary Locomotion" – w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks "The Summer Knows" – w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel Legrand from the film Summer of '42 "Those Were the Days" w. Lee Adams, m. Charles Strouse, from the TV series All in the Family "Too Many Mornings" – w.m. Stephen Sondheim "Avec le Temps" – Dalida "Mamy Blue" – Dalida "Queen of the Hours" w.m. Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood Classical music Premieres Composer Composition Date Location Performers Ligeti, György Concert românesc 1971 08 21 Fish Creek, US Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra – Johnsonhttps://stlsymphony.org/media/pdf/notes/1011/20110114.pdf Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra May 31, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215130049/http://www.stlsymphony.org/media/pdf/notes/1011/20110114.pdf December 15, 2013 dead Stockhausen, Karlheinz Sternklang 1971 06 05 Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany Collegium Vocale Köln, Gentle Fire, Smalley, Souster, Vetter – StockhausenMichael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 185. 0-571-14323-7 (cloth) 0-571-17146-X (pbk). Stockhausen, Karlheinz Trans 1971 10 16 Donaueschingen, Germany SWF Sinfonie-Orchester – BourKarlheinz Stockhausen, "Trans für Orchester (1971)", in his Texte zur Musik 4, edited by Christoph von Blumröder (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978): 181. 3-7701-1078-1. Compositions Malcolm Arnold – Viola Concerto with small orchestra Gavin Bryars – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet Elliott Carter – String Quartet No. 3 George CrumbLux Aeterna for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano Mario Davidovsky – Chacona for violin, cello, and piano Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel Lorenzo Ferrero – Primavera che non vi rincresca Jørgen Jersild – Three Danish Romances Mauricio Kagel – Staatstheater Ladislav Kupkovič – Klanginvasion auf Bonn Helmut Lachenmann – Gran Torso for string quartets Jean Langlais – Concerto for Organ no 3 "Reaction" Luigi Nono – Ein Gespenst geht um in der Welt Arvo Pärt – Symphony No. 3 Steve Reich – Drumming Aulis Sallinen – Symphony No.1 Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 Karlheinz StockhausenSternklangTrans Iannis Xenakis Antikhthon, ballet for orchestra Aroura, for string ensemble of 12 players Charisma, for clarinet and cello Mikka, for violin Persépolis, 8-track tape music Opera Alberto Ginastera – Beatrix Cenci, Opera Society of Washington in Washington, D.C., September 10 Hans Werner Henze – Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer, Deutsche Oper Berlin, September Lee Hoiby – Summer and Smoke Heitor Villa-Lobos – Yerma, Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 12 Jazz 1971 in jazz Musical theater Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death – Off-Broadway production Follies (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production ran for 522 performances Godspell (Stephen Schwartz) – Broadway, London, and Off-Broadway productions; 572 performances on Broadway, 2,600 total NYC performances Jalta, Jalta (Alfi Kabiljo and Milan Grgić) – premièred in Zagreb Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and ran for 711 performances Lolita, My Love (John Barry and Alan Jay Lerner) – closed in pre-Broadway tryout Prettybelle – starring Angela Lansbury, closed in pre-Broadway tryout No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) – Broadway revival On the Town – Broadway revival Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – London revival To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter – Broadway production of Jewish revue; opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on October 21 and transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 10, 1972, for a total run of 173 performances. Two Gentlemen of Verona – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre and ran for 614 performances Musical films 200 Motels (American-British surrealist musical film) Aquellos años locos (Argentine musical film) Arriba Juventud (Argentine musical film) Bedknobs and Broomsticks Directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson Bumbarash (Soviet musical film) Chervona Ruta (Soviet Ukrainian musical film) Fiddler on the Roof Haathi Mere Saathi (Hindi musical film) Journey Back to Oz (animated feature) Ma che musica maestro (Italian musical film)Roberto Chiti Roberto Poppi Enrico Lancia Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film Gremese, 1991 8876059695 Out of the Darkness (Thai science fiction musical film) Raga, documentary about the life and work of Ravi Shankar Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryBirths January 1 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist and composer January 2 – Taye Diggs, American actor and singer January 6 Irwin Thomas, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Andrzej Piaseczny, Polish singer-songwriter, actor and television personality January 7 – Jeremy Renner, American actor and singer January 8 – Karen Poole English singer-songwriter (Alisha's Attic, Kylie Minogue, Sugababes) January 9 Angie Martinez, American rapper and radio talk host MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (died 2020) January 11 Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actress Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) Stuart Davis, lyricist January 13 – Lee Agnew (Nazareth) January 17 – Kid Rock, American singer Lil Jon, American rapper, producer and actor January 18 – Jonathan Davis (KoЯn) January 19 – John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground) January 20 Gary Barlow, British singer-songwriter (Take That) Questlove, American musician, composer, producer, photographer and author January 21 – Tweet, American singer January 22 – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, indigenous Australian ethnic singer and musician (died 2017) January 25 – China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner) January 28 – Anthony Hamilton, American singer February 1 – Ron Welty (The Offspring) February 2 Michelle Gayle, British singer Ben Mize (Counting Crows) February 3 – Christian Liljegren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Narnia, Audiovision and Divinefire) February 3 – Hyun Jin-young, South Korean singer, rapper and dancer February 5 – Sara Evans, American singer February 11 – Park So-hyun, South Korean actress February 13 – Sonia, English pop singer February 14 – Jeru the Damaja, American rapper and record producer February 15 – Daniel Powter, Canadian musician, singer and songwriter February 16 Amanda Holden, British actress and singer Steven Houghton, British actor and singer February 17 – Jackie McKeown, Scottish guitarist and lead singer (The Yummy Fur) February 18 – Merritt Gant, American guitarist (Overkill) February 19 – Gil Shaham, violinist February 22 Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and Broadway Actress Mark Bell, English disc jockey (LFO) (d. 2014) February 26 Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist and actress Max Martin, Pop music writer and producer (NSYNC, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry) February 27 – Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC) March 1 Alex Konrad, German DJ and producer (Baracuda) Thomas Adès, English classical composer, pianist and conductor March 2 – Method Man, American rapper March 4 – Fergal Lawler Irish drummer (The Cranberries) March 6 – Betty Boo, English singer-songwriter and artist March 9 – C-Murder, American rapper March 11 – Erin O'Donnell, American Christian musician March 18 – Jeong Jun-ha, South Korean comedian and entertainer March 18 – Morgan Nicholls, English musician March 21 – John Hendy, British singer (East 17) March 23 Kim Min-jong, South Korean actor and singer Abe Laboriel Jr., American drummer (Letters to Cleo) March 26 Francis Lawrence, American music video director, photographer, director and producer Jay Sean, English singer, songwriter and record producer Erick Morillo, American disc jockey (Reel 2 Real) (died 2020) March 29 – Attila Csihar, Hungarian vocalist (Mayhem) March 31 – Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor and singer April 2 Zeebra, Japanese rapper Traci Braxton, American R&B singer and media personality (The Braxtons) (died 2022) April 3 – Wes Berggren, American musician April 4 – Josh Todd, American rock singer (Buckcherry) April 10 – Yoo Young-jin, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer April 11 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein) April 15 – Kim Tae-woo, South Korean actor April 16 – Selena (Quintanilla), American Tejano singer (killed 1995) April 18 – Spliff Star, American rapper and record producer April 20 Mikey Welsh, American alternative rock bassist and painter (Weezer) (died 2011) Tina Cousins, English singer and songwriter April 24 Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitar player and singer (Evil Superstars, Deus) Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer April 29 Siniša Vuco, Croatian musician Tamara Johnson-George, American singer (SWV) May 3 – Damon Dash, record label executive May 6 – Chris Shiflett, American rock musician (Foo Fighters) May 9 – Paul McGuigan British bassist (Oasis) May 13 – O.C., American rapper May 16 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and musician (Slowdive) May 16 Simon Katz, English musician (Jamiroquai) Rick Trevino, American country singer and songwriter May 17 – Vernie Bennett, British singer (Eternal) May 18 – Annika Kjærgaard, Swedish singer (Alcazar) May 22 MC Eith, American rapper Raimund Marasigan, drummer (Eraserheads) May 27 – Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American rapper and songwriter TLC (died 2002) May 30 Patrick Dahlheimer, Live Idina Menzel, American actress and singer Duncan Jones, English director, producer and screenwriter (son of David Bowie and Angie Bowie daughter of Lexi Jones) May 31 Adam Walton, British DJ Uncle Sam, American R&B and pop singer June 1 Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer Monica Anghel, Romanian singer and television personality June 3 – Marie-Anett Mey, French model, entertainer, singer and musician (Fun Factory) June 4 – Tony McCarroll, English drummer (Oasis) June 5 – Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor June 7 – Toni Cottura, Italian-German producer and rapper (Fun Factory) June 9 – Erika Miklósa, Hungarian coloratura soprano June 10 – Joel Hailey, American R&B singer (K-Ci & JoJo) June 14 – Pritam, Indian singer, composer, instrumentalist June 14 – Billie Myers, British rock singer and songwriter June 15 – Bif Naked, singer June 16 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, poet and actor (died 1996) June 17 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer June 18 – Nathan Morris American singer (Boyz II Men) June 20 – Jeordie White, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Goon Moon and The Desert Sessions) June 21 – Anette Olzon, Swedish singer-songwriter (Nightwish, Alyson Avenue) June 27 – Serginho, Brazilian footballer June 28 – Ray Slijngaard, Dutch singer and rapper (2 Unlimited) June 29 Matthew Good, Canadian musician Wang Feng, Chinese singer Nawal El Zoghbi, Lebanese singer and actress July 1 Jarobi White, American hip hop artist (A Tribe Called Quest) Missy Elliott, American singer Marlayne, Dutch singer July 4 – Andy Creeggan, Canadian guitarist and pianist (Barenaked Ladies and The Brothers Creeggan) July 11 – Leisha Hailey, American musician and actress July 12 – MC Breed, American rapper (died 2008) July 13 Jason Reece, American guitarist and drummer (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and A Roman Scandal) July 14 – Nick McCabe, English musician July 15 – Mark Curry, American rapper July 16 – Ed Kowalczyk, Live July 17 – DJ Minutemix, P.M. Dawn July 20 Sandra Oh, Canadian actress Jason Loewenstein, American guitarist (Sebadoh, The Fiery Furnaces) DJ Screw, American rapper (died 2000) July 21 – Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer-songwriter July 23 Alison Krauss, American bluegrass-folk singer and musician Scott Krippayne, American Christian musician Dalvin DeGrate, American rapper (Jodeci) July 30 – Calogero, singer July 31 – John Lowery, American guitarist August 3 – Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007) August 4 – Yo-Yo, rapper August 7 – Rachel York, American actress and singer August 12 – Phil Western, Canadian musician August 14 – Rhonda Ross Kendrick, American actress and singer (daughter of Diana Ross) August 17 Anthony Kearns, Irish tenor Ed Motta, Brazilian soul and jazz musician August 18 – Aphex Twin, Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ August 20 – David Walliams, English actor August 21 – Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy) August 23 – Bone Crusher, American rapper August 25 – Joby Talbot, English-born composer August 26 – Thalía, Mexican actress and singer August 27 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer August 28 – Neil Ekberg, drummer (Black Market Baby, Tesco Vee's Hate Police) August 30 – Lars Frederiksen (Rancid) September 1 – DJ Cocoa Chanelle, djer September 5 – Will Hunt, American drummer (Evanescence) September 6 Dolores O'Riordan, Irish rock vocalist (The Cranberries) (died 2018) Leila K, Swedish singer and rapper September 8 – Vico C, American rapper and record producer September 11 – Richard Ashcroft, British singer and songwriter September 13 – Stella McCartney, English fashion designer daughter of Paul McCartney September 18 – Anna Netrebko, operatic soprano September 19 – D-Flame, hip-hop and reggae performer September 20 – Sin With Sebastian, German singer and songwriter September 21 – Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor, singer and dancer September 21 – Jimmy Constable, English pop singer (911) September 22 – Chesney Hawkes, English pop singer September 24 – Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve) September 24 – Marty Cintron American singer (No Mercy) September 25 – Brian Dunkleman, American comedian, actor, and television personality September 27 – Cass Browne, English musician and writer (Senseless Things) September 28 – A. J. Croce, singer-songwriter and son of Jim Croce September 29 – Marcos Llunas, Spanish singer-songwriter October 2 Tiffany, American singer, songwriter, actress and teen icon Jim Root, guitarist for Slipknot LeShaun, American rapper October 3 Kevin Richardson American singer (Backstreet Boys) Black Thought, American rapper, MC and record producer (The Roots) October 4 Brian Transeau, American disc jockey Case Woodard, American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer October 9 – Sian Evans, Welsh singer October 10 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist October 11 – MC Lyte, American rapper October 16 – Rick Adams, English television presenter October 17 Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer NSYNC Derrick Plourde (The Ataris) (died 2005) October 18 – Eva Santamaría, Spanish singer October 20 Dannii Minogue, Australian singer Snoop Dogg, American rapper October 21 Jade Jagger, English jewellery designer and model daughter of Mick Jagger Mathematics, American producer and DJ (Wu-Tang Clan) October 23 – Jinu, American rapper, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur (Jinusean) October 25 Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer Midori Gotō, Japanese violinist October 26 – Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor October 27 Oh Yeon-soo, South Korean actress Elissa, Lebanese singer, actress, television personality and businesswoman October 30 – John Alford, British singer and actor November 5 Jonny Greenwood, British musician, songwriter and composer Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer November 6 – Joey Beltram, DJ and record producer November 8 – Tech N9ne, American rapper November 10 – Big Pun, American rapper and songwriter November 12 – Tom Shear, American musician and producer November 13 – Buddy Zabala, bassist (Eraserheads) November 16 Annely Peebo, operatic mezzo-soprano Kim Se-hwang, South Korean guitarist (NEXT) Justine Clarke, Australian actress, singer, author and television host. November 18 Özlem Tekin, Turkish singer Crazy Toones, American record producer and disc jockey (d. 2017) November 19 – Tony Rich, American R&B singer-songwriter December 9 – Geoff Barrow, English music producer, composer and DJ (Portishead) December 15 – Clint Lowery, American musician, songwriter and producer (Dark New Day) December 16 Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men) Paul van Dyk, German DJ, record producer and musician December 20 – Roger J. Beaujard, American musician December 24 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer December 25 Dido, English singer Noel Hogan Irish guitarist (The Cranberries) Simone Angel, Dutch television host December 26 – Jared Leto, American musician and actor (Thirty Seconds To Mars) December 28 – Anita Doth, Dutch singer and songwriter (2 Unlimited) December 31 – Marcus Adoro, lead guitarist (Eraserheads)Date unknown – Simon O'Neill, New Zealand opera singer Deaths thumb|Louis Armstrong died on July 6 thumb|upright|Guitarist Duane Allman died on October 29 January 19 – Harry Shields, American musician (born 1899) January 24 – Therese Wiet, Austrian operetta singer (born 1885) February 1 – Harry Roy, British bandleader (born 1900) February 7 – Dock Boggs, banjo player (born 1898) March 6 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (born 1921) March 17 – Piero Coppola, Italian conductor, pianist and composer, 82 March 21 – Nan Wynn, US singer (born 1915) March 26 – Harold McNair, saxophonist and flute player (born 1931) (lung cancer) March 30 – Harold Craxton, pianist and composer, 85 March 31 – Karl King, composer and bandleader (born 1891) April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, composer (born 1882) April 17 – Carmen Lombardo, US singer, composer and saxophonist, 67 May 2 – Edith Day, US actress, singer and dancer (born 1896) May 30 – Marcel Dupré, organist and composer (born 1886) June 11 – Ambrose, English bandleader and violinist (born 1896) June 18 – Libby Holman, US singer and actress (born 1906) June 26 – Inia Te Wiata, New Zealand Māori bass-baritone opera singer, 56 (cancer) July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, 27 (heart failure, disputed) July 6 – Louis Armstrong, US jazz pioneer, 69 (heart attack) July 24 – Alan Rawsthorne, British composer, 66 July 25 – Leroy Robertson, American composer, 74 August 9 – Leslie Kong, Jamaican record producer (born 1933) August 13 – King Curtis, jazz and blues musician (born 1934) (murdered) August 15 – Edythe Baker, boogie-woogie pianist, 71 August 17 – Tab Smith, saxophonist, 62 August 25 – Ted Lewis, singer and bandleader, 81 August 27 – Lil Hardin Armstrong, wife and musical collaborator of Louis Armstrong, 73 September 13 – George Lambert, operatic baritone and voice teacher, 70 October 2 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter, 60 October 3 – Seán Ó Riada, composer and bandleader, 40 (cirrhosis of liver) October 12 – Gene Vincent, singer, 36 (stomach ulcer) October 13 – Benito Canónico, Venezuelan composer, 77 October 24 – Carl Ruggles, composer, 95 October 29 – Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band, 24 (motorcycle accident) November 4 – Ann Pennington, American actress & dancer, 77 November 18 – Junior Parker, blues musician, 39 (brain tumour) November 22 – Zez Confrey, popular composer and pianist, 76 December 8 – Marie Collier, operatic soprano, 44 (death from a fall) December 21 – Charlie Fuqua, vocalist (The Ink Spots) December 28 – Max Steiner, composer, 83date unknown – Marie-Anne Asselin, operatic mezzo-soprano and voice teacher Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1971 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year: Charley Pride Top Male Vocalist: Charley Pride Top Female Vocalist: Lynn Anderson Top Vocal Group: Osborne Brothers Top Instrumental Group: Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass Top Vocal Duo: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton Single of the Year: "Help Me Make It Through The Night" – Sammi Smith Song of the Year: "Easy Loving" – Freddie Hart Album of the Year: I Won't Mention It Again'' – Ray Price Musician of the Year: Jerry Reed Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1971 Séverine (of Monaco) for "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" References Works cited Povey Glenn Echoes https://books.google.com/books?id=qnnl3FnO-B4C Mind Head Publishing 2007 978-0-9554624-0-5 24 September 2016 13 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210413225225/https://books.google.com/books?id=qnnl3FnO-B4C live External links Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year