RPM number-one hits of 1971

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This is a list of the Canadian RPM magazine number one Top Singles of 1971.

identifies Canadian musical acts.

Volume:Issue	Issue Date(s)	Weeks on Top	Song	Artist
14:18-22	19 December 1970 - 16 January 1971	5	"Isn't It a Pity"	George Harrison
14:23-24	23 January - 30 January	2	"Knock Three Times"	Dawn with Tony Orlando
14:25	6 February	1	"Lonely Days"	Bee Gees
14:26	13 February	1	"(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"	Lynn Anderson
15:1	20 February	1	"If You Could Read My Mind"	Gordon Lightfoot
15:2-3	27 February - 6 March	2	"One Bad Apple"	The Osmonds
15:4-5	13 March - 20 March	2	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"	Creedence Clearwater Revival
15:6	27 March	1	"Doesn't Somebody Want to be Wanted"	The Partridge Family
15:7	3 April	1	"She's a Lady"	Tom Jones
15:8-9	10 April - 17 April	2	"Stay Awhile"	The Bells
15:10-15	24 April - 29 May	6	"Joy to the World"	Three Dog Night
15:16-18	5 June - 19 June	3	"Brown Sugar"	The Rolling Stones
15:19-20	26 June - 3 July	2	"It Don't Come Easy"	Ringo Starr
15:21-23	10 July - 24 July	3	"It's Too Late"	Carole King
15:24	31 July	1	"Don't Pull Your Love"	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
15:25-26, 16:1	7 August - 21 August	3	"Sweet City Woman"	The Stampeders
16:2-3	28 August - 4 September	2	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"	Bee Gees
16:4	11 September	1	"Sweet Hitch Hiker"	Creedence Clearwater Revival
16:5-7	18 September - 2 October	3	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"	Paul McCartney
16:8	9 October	1	"Maggie May"	Rod Stewart
16:9-10	16 October - 23 October	2	"Go Away Little Girl"	Donny Osmond
16:11	30 October	1	"Yo-Yo"	The Osmonds
16:12-14	6 November - 20 November	3	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Cher
16:15-16	27 November - 4 December	2	"Imagine"	John Lennon
16:17	11 December	1	"Theme from Shaft"	Isaac Hayes
16:18-19	18 December 1971 - 1 January 1972[1]	3	"Family Affair"	Sly & the Family Stone

[edit] See also

• 1971 in music
• Hot 100 number-one hits of 1971 (USA)

[edit] References

1. ^ RPM did not publish 1 January 1972, or indicate an issue number covering this date, therefore charting for that week is implied.

• RPM chart archives at Collections Canada

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