This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1971.
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US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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18 | 21 | After All They Used to Belong to Me | Hank Williams, Jr. |
18 | — | All I Ever Need Is You | Ray Sanders |
6 | 5 | Always Remember | Bill Anderson |
13 | 12 | Angel's Sunday | Jim Ed Brown |
5 | 13 | Another Night of Love | Freddy Weller |
4 | 13 | The Arms of a Fool | Mel Tillis |
5 | 8 | Baby I'm Yours | Jody Miller |
30 | 7 | Bar Room Talk | Del Reeves |
11 | 20 | Be a Little Quieter | Porter Wagoner |
9 | 3 | Bed of Rose's | The Statler Brothers |
7 | 8 | Better Move It on Home | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton |
41 | 18 | Big River | Johnny Cash |
8 | 46 | Brand New Mister Me | Mel Tillis |
9 | 8 | Bridge over Troubled Water | Buck Owens |
26 | 19 | Catch the Wind | Jack Barlow |
12 | 11 | Cedartown, Georgia | Waylon Jennings |
7 | 6 | The Chair | Marty Robbins |
15 | 10 | Charley's Picture | Porter Wagoner |
23 | 7 | Chip 'N' Dale's Place | Claude King |
4 | 15 | Coat of Many Colors | Dolly Parton |
7 | 6 | Come Sundown | Bobby Bare |
8 | 17 | Comin' Down | Dave Dudley |
5 | 7 | Country Green | Don Gibson |
23 | 20 | Day Drinkin' | Dave Dudley and Tom T. Hall |
4 | 11 | Dis-Satisfied | Bill Anderson and Jan Howard |
17 | — | Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | Barbara Mandrell |
16 | 30 | (Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa | Waylon Jennings |
7 | 4 | Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) | Glen Campbell |
5 | — | Dream Lover | Billy "Crash" Craddock |
9 | 12 | Early Morning Sunshine | Marty Robbins |
13 | 26 | Fancy Satin Pillows | Wanda Jackson |
8 | 5 | Fly Away Again | Dave Dudley |
7 | 22 | Good Enough to Be Your Wife | Jeannie C. Riley |
27 | 12 | A Good Man | June Carter Cash |
2 | 4 | A Good Year for the Roses | George Jones |
19 | 4 | Guess Away the Blues | Don Gibson |
7 | 5 | Guess Who | Slim Whitman |
5 | 2 | Gwen (Congratulations) | Tommy Overstreet |
16 | 14 | Gypsy Feet | Jim Reeves |
26 | 19 | Hanging Over Me | Jack Greene |
5 | 3 | He's So Fine | Jody Miller |
13 | 21 | Here I Go Again | Bobby Wright |
12 | — | Hitchin' a Ride | Jack Reno |
5 | 3 | I Don't Know You (Anymore) | Tommy Overstreet |
15 | 25 | I Love the Way That You've Been Lovin' Me | Roy Drusky |
4 | 3 | I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving | Conway Twitty |
2 | 2 | I'd Rather Be Sorry | Ray Price |
13 | — | I'll Follow You (Up to Our Cloud) | George Jones |
17 | 34 | I'm Gonna Act Right | Nat Stuckey |
3 | 26 | I'm Gonna Keep on Keep on Lovin' You | Billy Walker |
6 | 17 | I've Got a Right to Cry | Hank Williams, Jr. |
19 | 29 | If You Think I Love You Now (I've Just Started) | Jody Miller |
3 | 4 | Indian Lake | Freddy Weller |
20 | 37 | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Lynn Anderson |
2 | 2 | Just One Time | Connie Smith |
3 | 21 | Knock Three Times | Billy "Crash" Craddock |
11 | 3 | Ko-Ko Joe | Jerry Reed |
9 | 26 | L.A. International Airport | Susan Raye |
18 | 13 | The Last One to Touch Me | Porter Wagoner |
9 | 11 | Leavin' and Sayin' Goodbye | Faron Young |
15 | 5 | Listen Betty (I'm Singing Your Song) | Dave Dudley |
9 | 16 | Living and Learning | Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce |
12 | 33 | Lovenworth | Roy Rogers |
28 | 8 | Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) | Roger Miller |
10 | 19 | Maiden's Prayer | David Houston |
3 | 2 | Man in Black | Johnny Cash |
18 | 18 | The Mark of a Heel | Hank Thompson |
17 | 13 | Mary's Vineyard | Claude King |
7 | 3 | Me and You and a Dog Named Boo | Stonewall Jackson |
14 | 6 | Mississippi Woman | Waylon Jennings |
19 | 39 | The Morning After | Jerry Wallace |
20 | — | Mountain of Love | Bobby G. Rice |
17 | 4 | My Blue Tears | Dolly Parton |
9 | 24 | Nashville | David Houston |
8 | 31 | Never Ending Song of Love | Dickey Lee |
19 | 34 | New York City | The Statler Brothers |
15 | 36 | Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't) | Hank Thompson |
15 | 7 | No Need to Worry | Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash |
23 | 3 | North Country/West Texas Highway | George Hamilton IV |
21 | 18 | Ode to Half a Pound of Ground Round | Tom T. Hall |
4 | 5 | Oh Singer | Jeannie C. Riley |
14 | 11 | One Hundred Children | Tom T. Hall |
5 | 3 | Padre | Marty Robbins |
16 | 17 | Papa Was a Good Man | Johnny Cash |
9 | 38 | The Philadelphia Fillies | Del Reeves |
13 | 27 | Pictures | The Statler Brothers |
6 | 9 | Pitty Pitty Patter | Susan Raye |
8 | 3 | Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends | Bobby Bare |
49 | 19 | Pledging My Love | Kitty Wells |
26 | 9 | Portrait of My Woman | Eddy Arnold |
3 | 9 | The Promised Land | Freddy Weller |
3 | 2 | Quits | Bill Anderson |
3 | 2 | Rainin' in My Heart | Hank Williams, Jr. and The Mike Curb Congregation |
14 | 26 | The Right Combination | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton |
7 | 10 | Right Won't Touch a Hand | George Jones |
7 | 21 | Rings | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers |
15 | 15 | Roses and Thorns | Jeannie C. Riley |
3 | 3 | Ruby (Are You Mad) | Buck Owens |
24 | 13 | Saturday Morning Confusion | Bobby Russell |
19 | 9 | She Don't Make Me Cry | David Rogers |
11 | 5 | She Wakes Me with a Kiss Every Morning (And She Loves Me to Sleep Every Night) |
Nat Stuckey |
2 | 2 | She's All I Got | Johnny Paycheck |
8 | 9 | The Sheriff of Boone County | Kenny Price |
18 | — | Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues | Johnny Cash |
20 | 28 | So This Is Love | Tommy Cash |
3 | 4 | Soldiers Last Letter | Merle Haggard |
2 | 2 | Someday We'll Look Back | Merle Haggard |
6 | 23 | Something Beautiful (To Remember) | Slim Whitman |
10 | 7 | Sometimes You Just Can't Win | George Jones |
6 | 11 | Step Aside | Faron Young |
14 | 23 | Sweet Misery | Ferlin Husky |
50 | 17 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver |
8 | 15 | Take My Hand | Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce |
10 | 16 | Then You Walk In | Sammi Smith |
9 | — | There Goes My Everything | Elvis Presley |
13 | 15 | There's a Whole Lot About a Woman (A Man Don't Know) | Jack Greene |
19 | — | There's Something About a Lady | Johnny Duncan |
11 | 13 | Tomorrow Night in Baltimore | Roger Miller |
3 | 4 | Touching Home | Jerry Lee Lewis |
12 | — | Treat Him Right | Barbara Mandrell |
11 | 18 | Waiting for a Train (All Around the Watertank) | Jerry Lee Lewis |
7 | 7 | Watching Scotty Grow | Bobby Goldsboro |
20 | — | We've Got Everything but Love | David Houston and Barbara Mandrell |
11 | 20 | Where Is My Castle | Connie Smith |
10 | 9 | Willy Jones | Susan Raye |
5 | 2 | The Wonders You Perform | Tammy Wynette |
10 | — | You Better Move On | Billy "Crash" Craddock |
38 | 17 | You're Just More a Woman | Bob Yarbrough |
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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— | 2 | 24 Hours from Tulsa | Tommy Graham |
— | 2 | The Bridge Came Tumbling Down | Stompin' Tom Connors |
— | 11 | Carry Me | The Stampeders |
— | 4 | Federal Grain Train | Russ Gurr |
— | 3 | Good Morning World | Julie Lynn |
— | 8 | Goofie Newfie | Roy Payne |
— | 11 | It Seems | Jim Roberts |
— | 2 | It Takes Time | Gary Buck |
— | 6 | It Takes Time | Anne Murray |
— | 12 | Kelly | Alan Moberg |
— | 15 | Love Now and Pay Later | Carroll Baker |
— | 2 | Luke's Guitar | Stompin' Tom Connors |
— | 14 | Mem'ries of Home | Carroll Baker |
— | 17 | The Moods of My Man | Honey West |
14 | 12 | The Mornin' After Baby Let Me Down | Ray Griff |
— | 10 | Nobody's Singing Them Cowboy Songs No More | Gordie Tapp |
— | 18 | Parliament Hill | Angus Walker |
— | 2 | R.R. #2 | Family Brown |
— | 15 | Sault Ste. Marie | Original Caste |
— | 14 | Six Days of Paper Ladies | Humphrey and the Dumptrucks |
— | 7 | Skip a Rope | Mike Graham |
— | 12 | Tillsonburg | Stompin' Tom Connors |
— | 16 | (The Whole World's) Down on You | Jack Bailey |
— | 13 | Wrote a Song | The Rainvilles |