1971 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1971
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Take Me Home Country Roads	John Denver	117
2	Maggie May	Rod Stewart	115
3	Imagine	John Lennon	114
4	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	112
5	American Pie	Don McLean	111
6	River	Joni Mitchell	106
7	Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey	Wings	105
8	Baba O'Riley	The Who	102
9	The Only Living Boy in New York	Simon & Garfunkel	97
10	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	Marvin Gaye	94
11	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	Roberta Flack	93
12	Uncle John's Band	Grateful Dead	93
13	One Less Bell to Answer	The 5th Dimension	90
14	Another Day	Wings	89
15	Goodbye	Elton John	89
16	Bird Song	Grateful Dead	88
17	Mercedes Benz	Janis Joplin	87
18	Happy Xmas (War is Over)	John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band	87
19	Pure Imagination	Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka…)	86
20	Church of Acid	John Cale & Terry Riley	85
21	Levon	Elton John	83
22	The Eagle and the Hawk	John Lennon	83
23	Me and Bobby McGee	Janis Joplin	78
24	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	78
25	Planet Caravan	Black Sabbath	76
26	(I Never Promised You) A Rose Garden	Lynn Anderson	75
27	Since I've Been Loving You	Led Zeppelin	75
28	(I've Got A) Gold Ticket	Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum (Willy Wonka…)	74
29	I Feel the Earth Move	Carole King	72
30	Easy Wind	Grateful Dead	71
31	Nobody	The Doobie Brothers	69
32	Touissant L'Overture	Santana	69
33	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	68
34	Where You Lead	Carole King	68
35	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Joan Baez	67
36	Every Picture Tells a Story	Rod Stewart	66
37	Soley Soley	Middle of the Road	66
38	Lady in Black	Uriah Heep	66
39	Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	65
40	Man in Black	Johnny Cash	65
41	Samba Pa Ti	Santana	64
42	Tiny Dancer	Elton John	63
43	It's Too Late	Carole King	63
44	Cheer Up, Charlie	Diana Sowle (Willy Wonka…)	63
45	Won't Get Fooled Again	The Who	62
46	Oye Como Va	Santana	62
47	A Case of You	Joni Mitchell	61
48	L.A. Woman	The Doors	61
49	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	59
50	Echoes	Pink Floyd	59
1971
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Pearl	Janis Joplin	7.9
2	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	7.8
3	Tapestry	Carole King	7.2
4	Who's Next	The Who	6.6
5	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory	Various Artists	5.8
6	Blue	Joni Mitchell	5.3
7	Abraxas	Santana	5.3
8	III	Led Zeppelin	4.7
9	Workingman's Dead	Grateful Dead	4.3
10	Santana (III)	Santana	4.1
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Open Veins of Latin America	Eduardo Galeano	2.7
2	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	Dee Brown	2.7
3	Kane & Abel	Jeffrey Archer	2.4
4	In the Shadow of Man	Jane Goodall	1.8
5	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh	Robert C. O'brien	1.7
6	The Bluest Eye	Toni Morrison	1.3
7	The Lathe of Heaven	Ursula Le Guin	1.3
8	The Passions of the Mind	Irving Stone	1.2
9	How Europe Underdeveloped Africa	Walter Rodney	1.2
10	Eleanor and Franklin	Joseph P. Lash	1.0
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory		14.7
2	Fiddler on the Roof		13.2
3	Klute		10.9
4	Dirty Harry		10.9
5	Johnny Got His Gun		10.2
6	The French Connection		9.5
7	Harold and Maude		9.0
8	The Devils		7.8
9	The Last Picture Show		7.8
10	Macbeth		7.6