
These are the songs that were on the Billboard List of most requested in 1971. I turned 18 in 1971. There are some memories here:
1971's                        Greatest Hits                     |                  |
| 1. | You've                      Got A Friend - James Taylor  |                  
| 2. | Joy                      To The World - Three Dog Night  |                  
| 3. | Brown                      Sugar - Rolling Stones   |                  
| 4. | Stairway                      To Heaven - Led Zeppelin |                  
| 5. | Imagine - John Lennon | 
| 6. | Behind Blue Eyes - the Who | 
| 7. | What's Going On - Marvin Gaye | 
| 8. | Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner | 
| 9. | Friends - Elton John | 
| 10. | Maggie May - Rod Stewart | 
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| 11. | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations | 
| 12. | Hot Pants - James Brown | 
| 13. | Love Her Madly - Doors | 
| 14. | Wild Horses - Rolling Stones | 
| 15. | She's A Lady - Tom Jones | 
| 16. | Black Magic Woman - Santana | 
| 17. | River Deep-Mountain High - Supremes & Four Tops | 
| 18. | Oye Como Va - Santana | 
| 19. | Revival (Love Is Everywhere) - The Allman Brothers Band | 
| 20. | Colour My World - Chicago | 
| 21. | Truckin' - Grateful Dead | 
| 22. | Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin | 
| 23. | Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 
| 24. | Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers | 
| 25. | Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone | 
| 26. | If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot | 
| 27. | Nathan Jones - The Supremes | 
| 28. | Peace Train - Cat Stevens | 
| 29. | So Far Away - Carole King | 
| 30. | Riders On The Storm - Doors | 
| 31. | If - Bread | 
| 32. | Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5 | 
| 33. | Eighteen - Alice Cooper | 
| 34. | Beginnings - Chicago | 
| 35. | For The Good Times - Ray Price | 
| 36. | Cherish - David Cassidy | 
| 37. | Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin | 
| 38. | Temptation Eyes - the Grass Roots | 
| 39. | Won't Get Fooled Again - the Who | 
| 40. | I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King | 
| 41. | Draggin' The Line - Tommy James | 
| 42. | Questions 67 and 68 - Chicago | 
| 43. | Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes | 
| 44. | I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman | 
| 45. | Indian Reservation - Paul Revere and the Raiders | 
| 46. | Wild Night - Van Morrison | 
| 47. | Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves - Cher | 
| 48. | We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt | 
| 49. | Brand New Key - Melanie | 
| 50. | Love The One You're With - Stevphan Stills | 
| 51. | Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green | 
| 52. | I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After | 
| 53. | (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart With Faces | 
| 54. | Man In Black - Johnny Cash | 
| 55. | Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival | 
| 56. | Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 
| 57. | If Not For You - Olivia Newton-John | 
| 58. | One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley | 
| 59. | Sooner or Later - Grass Roots | 
| 60 | I'm A Believer - Neil Diamond | 
| 61. | Sweet City Woman - Stampeders | 
| 62. | Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart | 
| 63. | Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers | 
| 64. | Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye | 
| 65. | I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds | 
| 66. | Bell Bottom Blues - Derek & The Dominoes | 
| 67. | Chicago - Graham Nash | 
| 68. | Hill Where The Lord Hides - Chuck Mangione | 
| 69. | I Don't Need No Doctor - Humble Pie | 
| 70. | One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast) - 100 Proof Aged Soul | 
| 71. | Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver | 
| 72. | The Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Paul Stookey | 
| 73. | Done Too Soon - Neil Diamond | 
| 74. | Go Away Little Girl - Donnie Osmond | 
| 75. | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez | 
Too many memories. And how many weddings did we go to where they sang Stookey's Wedding Song. (Puke)
Those were the good old days of music!
Ciao,
-30-
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