US Top 40 Singles Week Ending April 3rd, 1971

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending April 3rd, 1971.

Check out the top 100 artists of 70’s here.

You can also view the entire 1971 chart 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 – APRIL 3RD, 1971

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

1 2 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-9 (1 week at #1)
2 1 ME AND BOBBY McGEE –•– Janis Joplin (Columbia)-10
3 5 FOR ALL WE KNOW –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-9
4 3 SHE’S A LADY –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-9
5 7 WHAT’S GOING ON –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-7
6 4 PROUD MARY –•– Ike and Tina Turner (Liberty)-10
7 6 DOESN’T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED –•– The Partridge Family (Starring Shirley Jones and Featuring David Cassidy) (Bell)-8
8 8 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT –•– Sammi Smith (Mega)-12
9 11 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY –•– Andy Williams (Columbia)-9
10 14 ANOTHER DAY / OH WOMAN OH WHY –•– Paul McCartney (Apple)-5

11 34 JOY TO THE WORLD –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-4
12 19 WILD WORLD –•– Cat Stevens (A&M)-8
13 15 OYE COMO VA –•– Santana (Columbia)-7
14 10 WHAT IS LIFE –•– George Harrison (Apple)-6
15 16 TEMPTATION EYES –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-15
16 22 ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE –•– Brewer and Shipley (Kama Sutra)-8
17 12 AMOS MOSES –•– Jerry Reed (RCA)-23
18 9 ONE BAD APPLE –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-14
19 21 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-7
20 23 FREE –•– Chicago (Columbia)-7

21 24 NO LOVE AT ALL –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-6
22 20 CRIED LIKE A BABY –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-8
23 25 BLUE MONEY –•– Van Morrison (Warner Brothers)-9
24 17 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN / HEY TONIGHT –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-10
25 28 LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-6
26 45 I AM…I SAID / DONE TOO SOON –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-2
27 32 EIGHTEEN –•– Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers)-7
28 31 HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) –•– The Staple Singers (Stax)-9
29 30 SOUL POWER (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-6
30 18 MAMA’S PEARL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-10

31 37 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND –•– Ocean (Kama Sutra)-4
32 35 WE CAN WORK IT OUT / NEVER DREAMED YOU’D LEAVE IN SUMMER –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-4
33 38 STAY AWHILE –•– The Bells (Polydor)-5
34 40 DREAM BABY (How Long Must I Dream) –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-4
35 36 WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD / RAGS TO RICHES –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-4
36 13 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND –•– Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)-15
37 39 SIT YOURSELF DOWN –•– Stephen Stills (Atlantic)-4
38 49 BABY LET ME KISS YOU –•– King Floyd (Chimneyville)-4
39 72 IF –•– Bread (Elektra)-2
40 43 ASK ME NO QUESTIONS –•– B.B. King (ABC)-8

THIS WEEK’S DROP – APRIL 3RD, 1971

No drops for the week

POWER PLAYS – APRIL 3RD, 1971

41 71 I PLAY AND SING –•– Dawn (Bell)-2
42 64 TIMOTHY –•– The Buoys (Scepter)-8
43 51 DON’T CHANGE ON ME –•– Ray Charles (ABC / TRC)-4
44 56 CHICK-A-BOOM (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It) –•– Daddy Dewdrop (Sunflower)-5
45 47 WHEN THERE’S NO YOU –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-5
46 50 I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS –•– The Fuzz (Calla)-11
47 59 FRIENDS –•– Elton John (Uni)-3
49 52 DO ME RIGHT –•– The Detroit Emeralds (Westbound)-7
50 60 I DON’T BLAME YOU AT ALL –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-3

NEW THIS WEEK – APRIL 3RD, 1971

57 — NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-1
73 — POWER TO THE PEOPLE –•– John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (Apple)-1
76 — 13 QUESTIONS –•– Seatrain (Capitol)-1
80 — TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA –•– Tin Tin (Atco)-1
81 — RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE –•– Brenda and the Tabulations (Top & Bottom)-1
82 — ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO –•– Lobo (Big Tree)-1
96 — OH, SINGER –•– Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)-1
97 — STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE –•– Margie Joseph (Volt)-1
98 — IF IT’S REAL WHAT I FEEL –•– Jerry Butler (Mercury)-4
99 — FREEDOM –•– Jimi Hendrix (Reprise)-1
100 — I WAS WONDERING / WHERE EVIL GROWS –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-1