US Top 40 Singles Week Ending October 16th, 1971

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending October 16th, 1971.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1970s here.

Make sure to also check the 1971’s Top 40 Singles here.

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This Week’s Top 40
This Week’s Drops
Power Plays
New This Week
To Next or Previous Week

US TOP 40 – OCTOBER 16TH, 1971

TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 MAGGIE MAY / REASON TO BELIEVE –•– Rod Stewart (Mercury)-14 (3 weeks at #1)
2 3 SUPERSTAR / BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-7
3 5 YO-YO –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-6
4 4 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN –•– Joan Baez (Vanguard)-10
5 2 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL –•– Donny Osmond (MGM)-11
6 6 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN –•– Lee Michaels (A&M)-12
7 7 UNCLE ALBERT / ADMIRAL HALSEY –•– Paul and Linda McCartney (Apple)-10
8 9 IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-10
9 10 SWEET CITY WOMAN –•– The Stampeders (Bell)-10
10 28 GYPSYS, TRAMPS AND THIEVES –•– Cher (Kapp)-5

11 8 AIN’T NO SUNSHINE –•– Bill Withers (Sussex)-14
12 11 SMILING FACES SOMETIMES –•– The Undisputed Truth (Gordy)-17
13 13 TIRED OF BEING ALONE –•– Al Green (Hi)-13
14 14 SO FAR AWAY / SMACKWATER JACK –•– Carole King (Ode)-8
15 17 I’VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN –•– The Free Movement (Decca)-20
16 18 TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE –•– Denise LaSalle (Westbound)-9
17 16 I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-10
18 21 THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE –•– The Persuaders (Atco)-8
19 15 STICK-UP –•– The Honey Cone (Hot Wax)-11
20 34 PEACE TRAIN –•– Cat Stevens (A&M)-4

21 12 SPANISH HARLEM –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-12
22 20 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP –•– Mac and Kattie Kissoon (ABC)-13
23 19 RAIN DANCE –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-10
24 25 WEDDING SONG (There Is Love) –•– Paul Stookey (Warner Brothers)-11
25 31 STAGGER LEE –•– Tommy Roe (ABC)-9
26 30 NEVER MY LOVE –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-5
27 27 LOVING HER WAS EASIER (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) –•– Kris Kristofferson (Monument)-9
28 29 BIRDS OF A FEATHER –•– The Raiders (Columbia)-6
29 22 MAKE IT FUNKY (Part 1) –•– James Brown (Polydor)-8
30 32 THE LOVE WE HAD (Stays On My Hand) –•– The Dells (Cadet)-10

31 35 EASY LOVING –•– Freddie Hart (Capitol)-9
32 36 ONE FINE MORNING –•– Lighthouse (Evolution)-6
33 23 THE STORY IN YOUR EYES –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-11
34 40 ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW –•– Delaney and Bonnie (Atco)-4
35 62 INNER CITY BLUES (Make Me Wanna Holler) –•– Marvin Gayle (Tamla)-2
36 54 YOU’VE GOT TO CRAWL (Before You Walk) –•– The 8th Day (Invictus)-5
37 41 WOMEN’S LOVE RIGHTS –•– Laura Lee (Hot Wax)-7
38 38 MACARTHUR PARK (Part 2) –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-6
39 45 A NATURAL MAN –•– Lou Rawls (MGM)-8
40 58 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY –•– James Taylor (Warner Brothers)-3

THIS WEEK’S DROP – OCTOBER 16TH, 1971

48 39 THE BREAKDOWN (Part 1) –•– Rufus Thomas (Stax)-10

POWER PLAYS – OCTOBER 16TH, 1971

41 44 I’M COMIN’ HOME –•– Tommy James (Roulette)-4
42 50 THE YEAR THAT CLAYTON DELANEY DIED –•– Tom T. Hall (Mercury)-9
43 52 ONE TIN SOLDIER (The Legend Of Billy Jack) –•– Coven (Warner Brothers)-5
44 46 K-JEE –•– The Nite-Liters (RCA)-15
45 51 WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY –•– Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando (Bell)-3
46 53 CHARITY BALL –•– Fanny (Reprise)-5
49 66 I’M A MAN / QUESTIONS 67 AND 68 –•– Chicago (Columbia)-2
50 — THEME FROM “SHAFT” –•– Isaac Hayes (Enterprise)-1

NEW THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 16TH, 1971

50 — THEME FROM “SHAFT” –•– Isaac Hayes (Enterprise)-1
53 — EVERYBODY’S EVERYTHING –•– Santana (Columbia)-1
69 — YOU THINK YOU’RE HOT STUFF –•– Jean Knight (Stax)-1
70 — ABSOLUTELY RIGHT –•– The Five Man Electrical Band (Lionel)-1
72 — JENNIFER –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-1
74 — BLESS YOU –•– Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Gordy)-1
80 — LIFE IS A CARNIVAL –•– The Band (Capitol)-1
82 — RESPECT YOURSELF –•– The Staple Singers (Stax)-1
83 — I LIKE WHAT YOU GIVE –•– Nolan (Lizard)-3
88 — ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH –•– Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-1
89 — ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU –•– Sonny and Cher (Kapp)-1
90 — MOTHER –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-1
91 — THEME FROM “SUMMER OF ’42” –•– Peter Nero (Columbia)-1
98 — BANKS OF THE OHIO –•– Olivia Newton-John (Uni)-1
99 — TELL ME WHY –•– Matthews’ Southern Comfort (Decca)-1
100 — WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO –•– Donnie Elbert (All Platinum)-1