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US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 1st May, 1971

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending May 1st, 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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TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 JOY TO THE WORLD –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-8 (3 weeks at #1)
2 3 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND –•– Ocean (Kama Sutra)-8
3 4 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-5
4 2 WHAT’S GOING ON –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-11
5 6 I AM…I SAID / DONE TOO SOON –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-6
6 8 IF –•– Bread (Elektra)-6
7 10 STAY AWHILE –•– The Bells (Polydor)-9
8 5 ANOTHER DAY / OH WOMAN OH WHY –•– Paul McCartney (Apple)-9
9 7 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-13
10 17 CHICK-A-BOOM (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It) –•– Daddy Dewdrop (Sunflower)-9

11 15 POWER TO THE PEOPLE –•– John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (Apple)-5
12 24 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER / BRAND NEW ME –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-3
13 14 WE CAN WORK IT OUT / NEVER DREAMED YOU’D LEAVE IN SUMMER –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-8
14 11 ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE –•– Brewer and Shipley (Kama Sutra)-12
15 9 SHE’S A LADY –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-13
16 30 ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO –•– Lobo (Big Tree)-5
17 26 TIMOTHY –•– The Buoys (Scepter)-12
18 12 ME AND BOBBY McGEE –•– Janis Joplin (Columbia)-14
19 37 LOVE HER MADLY –•– The Doors (Elektra)-4
20 16 DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-12

21 19 WILD WORLD –•– Cat Stevens (A&M)-12
22 46 SWEET AND INNOCENT –•– Donny Osmond of the Osmonds (MGM)-6
23 35 I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS –•– The Fuzz (Calla)-15
24 20 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY –•– Andy Williams (Columbia)-13
25 27 I DON’T BLAME YOU AT ALL –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-7
26 22 NO LOVE AT ALL –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-10
27 13 FOR ALL WE KNOW –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-13
28 18 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT –•– Sammi Smith (Mega)-16
29 31 BABY LET ME KISS YOU –•– King Floyd (Chimneyville)-8
30 25 I PLAY AND SING –•– Dawn (Bell)-6

31 21 EIGHTEEN –•– Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers)-11
32 59 WANT ADS –•– The Honey Cone (Hot Wax)-4
33 45 RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE –•– Brenda and the Tabulations (Top & Bottom)-5
34 34 FRIENDS –•– Elton John (Uni)-7
35 39 HERE COMES THE SUN –•– Richie Havens (Stormy Forest)-7
36 36 DON’T CHANGE ON ME –•– Ray Charles (ABC / TRC)-8
37 41 BATTLE HYMN OF LT. CALLEY –•– C Company Featuring Terry Nelson (Plantation)-2
38 40 WOODSTOCK –•– Matthews’ Southern Comfort (Decca)-9
39 29 LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-10
40 — BROWN SUGAR –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-1

OFF THE CHARTS
POWER PLAYS

41 63 SUPERSTAR –•– Murray Head and the Trinidad Singers (Decca)-23
42 42 I WON’T MENTION IT AGAIN –•– Ray Price (Columbia)-7
43 52 ME AND MY ARROW –•– Nilsson (RCA)-7
44 47 PUSHBIKE SONG –•– The Mixtures (Sire)-9
45 56 TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA –•– Tin Tin (Atco)-5
46 65 (For God’s Sake) GIVE MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE –•– The Chi-Lites (Brunswick)-4
47 58 I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM –•– Helen Reddy (Capitol)-11
48 49 LUCKY MAN –•– Emerson, Lake and Palmer (Cotillion)-8
49 — IT DON’T COME EASY –•– Ringo Starr (Apple)-1
50 57 COOL AID –•– Paul Humphrey and His Cool Aid Chemists (Lizard)-8

DEBUTING THIS WEEK

40 — BROWN SUGAR –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-1
49 — IT DON’T COME EASY –•– Ringo Starr (Apple)-1
66 — REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-1
78 — FEELIN’ ALRIGHT –•– Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)-1
80 — REACH OUT YOUR HAND –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-1
87 — I’M COMIN’ HOME –•– Dave Edmonds (MAM)-1
88 — A MAMA AND A PAPA –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-1
89 — JOHNNY B. GOODE –•– Johnny Winter (Columbia)-1
90 — THE DRUM –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-1
91 — TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS –•– John Denver with Fat City (RCA)-2
95 — MUSIC IS LOVE –•– David Crosby (Atlantic)-1
96 — THE ELECTRONIC MAGNETISM (That’s Heavy, Baby) –•– Soloman Burke (MGM)-1
100 — BE GOOD TO ME BABY –•– Luther Ingram (KoKo)-1

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