Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1971

The Top Songs from 1971
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Sample
1	9	Led Zeppelin	Stairway to Heaven	Listen
2	19	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	Listen
3	24	John Lennon	Imagine
4	57	Al Green	Let's Stay Together	Listen
5	96	Rod Stewart	Maggie May	Listen
6	117	The Who	Won't Get Fooled Again	Listen
7	118	T. Rex	Get It On (Bang a Gong)	Listen
8	131	Sly and the Family Stone	Family Affair	Listen
9	141	The Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	Listen
10	155	David Bowie	Changes
11	234	Don McLean	American Pie	Listen
12	242	Isaac Hayes	Theme from Shaft	Listen
13	317	Carole King	It's Too Late	Listen
14	335	The Temptations	Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
15	337	Janis Joplin	Me and Bobby McGee	Listen
16	355	Led Zeppelin	Rock and Roll	Listen
17	367	Al Green	Tired of Being Alone	Listen
18	389	David Bowie	Life on Mars
19	471	The Doors	Riders on the Storm	Listen
20	477	The Rolling Stones	Wild Horses	Listen
21	699	The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself	Listen
22	774	Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	Listen
23	786	Nilsson	Without You	Listen
24	787	Marvin Gaye	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Listen
25	820	The Who	Baba O'Riley	Listen
26	833	Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me	Listen
27	921	Leonard Cohen	Famous Blue Raincoat	Listen
28	922	Jethro Tull	Aqualung
29	941	Carole King	You've Got a Friend	Listen
30	946	The Undisputed Truth	Smiling Faces Sometimes
31	969	The Chi-Lites	Have You Seen Her	Listen
32	1033	Dolly Parton	Coat of Many Colors	Listen
33	1080	Elton John	Tiny Dancer
34	1119	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman
35	1253	John Lennon	Jealous Guy
36	1300	The Carpenters	Superstar
37	1320	Led Zeppelin	Black Dog	Listen
38	1339	John Denver	Take Me Home, Country Roads
39	1371	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Have You Ever Seen the Rain	Listen
40	1468	Carole King	I Feel the Earth Move	Listen
41	1497	Van Morrison	Wild Night	Listen
42	1522	Alice Cooper	I'm Eighteen	Listen
43	1577	Ringo Starr	It Don't Come Easy	Listen
44	1635	Bob Marley and The Wailers	Lively Up Yourself	Listen
45	1726	James Brown	Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got, To Get What She Wants)
46	1794	War	Slippin' Into Darkness	Listen
47	1902	The Rolling Stones	Sister Morphine	Listen
48	1975	Three Dog Night	Joy to the World
49	2011	Loretta Lynn	One's on the Way
50	2017	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff
51	2065	Joe Simon	Drowning in the Sea of Love
52	2110	James Taylor	You've Got a Friend
53	2113	T. Rex	Jeepster	Listen
54	2436	Joni Mitchell	A Case of You	Listen
55	2478	The Dramatics	Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
56	2632	Aretha Franklin	Rock Steady	Listen
57	2699	Aretha Franklin	Spanish Harlem
58	2738	Junior Walker & The All-Stars	Way Back Home
59	2862	Led Zeppelin	The Battle of Evermore	Listen
60	2873	John Kongos	He's Gonna Step on You Again
61	2896	John Prine	Hello in There	Listen
62	2917	Slade	Coz I Luv You
63	2993	Jethro Tull	Hymn 43
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		T. Rex	Hot Love
		George Harrison	Bangla-Desh	Listen
		John Lennon & Yoko Ono	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
		Melanie	What Have They Done to My Song Ma
		The Beach Boys	Surf's Up	Listen
		Jerry Reed	Amos Moses
		Dave and Ansil Collins	Double Barrell
		Joni Mitchell	River	Listen
		Joni Mitchell	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Listen
		Joni Mitchell	Carey	Listen
		Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	I Don't Blame You At All
		John Lennon	Oh Yoko!
		The Buoys	Timothy
		John Prine	Sam Stone	Listen
		Yes	Roundabout	Listen
		Diana Ross	Remember Me
		The Persuaders	Thin Line Between Love and Hate
		Bob Marley and The Wailers	Trenchtown Rock	Listen
		Funkadelic	Maggot Brain	Listen
		Shuggie Otis	Strawberry Letter 23
		The Beach Boys	Long Promised Road	Listen