POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 4, 1971
1

Family Affair

Sly & The Family Stone

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

2

Theme From Shaft

Isaac Hayes

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

3

Baby I'm - A Want You

Bread

—

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 3

4

Have You Seen Her

The Chi-lites

—

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

5

Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

Cher

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

6

Got To Be There

Michael Jackson

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

7

An Old Fashioned Love Song

Three Dog Night

↑ 7

Peak: 4 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

8

Desiderata

Les Crane

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 10

9

Rock Steady

Aretha Franklin

—

Peak: 9 • 9 wks • Prev: 9

10

Imagine

John Lennon Plastic Ono Band

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 9 wks • Prev: 6

11

All I Ever Need Is You

Sonny & Cher

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

12

Everybody's Everything

Santana

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 10 wks • Prev: 13

13

Cherish

David Cassidy

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

14

Peace Train

Cat Stevens

↓ 6

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 8

15

Brand New Key

Melanie

↑ 18

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 33

16

Two Divided By Love

The Grass Roots

—

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

17

A Natural Man

Lou Rawls

↑ 2

Peak: 17 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

18

Respect Yourself

The Staple Singers

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 20

19

Stones/Crunchy Granola Suite

Neil Diamond

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 23

20

Scorpio

Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

21

Easy Loving

Freddie Hart

↓ 4

Peak: 17 • 17 wks • Prev: 17

22

Where Did Our Love Go

Donnie Elbert

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

23

Maggie May/Reason To Believe

Rod Stewart

↓ 12

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 11

24

Theme From "Summer Of '42"

Peter Nero

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

25

Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)

The Temptations

↑ 3

Peak: 18 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

26

Yo-Yo

The Osmonds

↓ 11

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

27

You Are Everything

The Stylistics

↑ 8

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

28

Wild Night

Van Morrison

↑ 2

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 30

29

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Marvin Gaye

↓ 7

Peak: 9 • 9 wks • Prev: 22

30

One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack

Coven

↓ 4

Peak: 26 • 18 wks • Prev: 26

31

(I Know) I'm Losing You

Rod Stewart With Faces

↑ 7

Peak: 24 • 9 wks • Prev: 38

32

Hey Girl/I Knew You When

Donny Osmond

↑ 38

Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 70

33

Questions 67 And 68/I'm A Man

Chicago

↓ 9

Peak: 24 • 10 wks • Prev: 24

34

American Pie (Parts I & II)

Don McLean

↑ 35

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 69

35

Absolutely Right

Five Man Electrical Band

↓ 3

Peak: 26 • 8 wks • Prev: 32

36

Sunshine

Jonathan Edwards

↑ 16

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 52

37

An American Trilogy

Mickey Newbury

↑ 13

Peak: 26 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

38

Behind Blue Eyes

The Who

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

39

I'm A Greedy Man - Part I

James Brown

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

40

Your Move (I've Seen All Good People)

Yes

↑ 5

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

41

She's All I Got

Freddie North

↓ 2

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

42

Grandma's Hands

Bill Withers

↑ 7

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

43

Drowning In The Sea Of Love

Joe Simon

↑ 37

Peak: 11 • 13 wks • Prev: 80

44

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I

The Honey Cone

↑ 7

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 51

45

Can I Get A Witness

Lee Michaels

↑ 14

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

46

Till

Tom Jones

↓ 5

Peak: 41 • 7 wks • Prev: 41

47

I'd Love To Change The World

Ten Years After

↓ 7

Peak: 40 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

48

Hallelujah

Sweathog

↑ 8

Peak: 33 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

49

Love

The Lettermen

↓ 7

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 42

50

Friends With You

John Denver

↑ 10

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 60

51

Let It Be

Joan Baez

↑ 10

Peak: 49 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

52

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

The Hillside Singers

↑ 35

Peak: 13 • 12 wks • Prev: 87

53

Nothing To Hide

Tommy James

↑ 25

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 78

54

White Lies, Blue Eyes

Bullet

↑ 13

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 67

55

Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'

Charley Pride

↑ 10

Peak: 21 • 16 wks • Prev: 65

56

Do I Love You

Paul Anka

↓ 3

Peak: 53 • 11 wks • Prev: 53

57

Clean Up Woman

Betty Wright

↑ 19

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 76

58

Satisfaction

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 6

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

59

It's A Cryin' Shame

Gayle McCormick

↓ 15

Peak: 44 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

60

Hey Big Brother

Rare Earth

↑ 17

Peak: 19 • 10 wks • Prev: 77

61

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

The New Seekers

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 11 wks

62

It's Impossible

The New Birth

↓ 4

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

63

Ain't Nobody Home

B.B. King

↑ 3

Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 66

64

Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself

Bee Gees

↓ 9

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

65

Long Ago Tomorrow

B.J. Thomas

↑ 7

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 72

66

Mammy Blue

Pop-Tops

↓ 9

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 57

67

I'm Still Waiting

Diana Ross

↓ 4

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 63

68

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 16 wks

69

Pretty As You Feel

Jefferson Airplane

↑ 21

Peak: 60 • 10 wks • Prev: 90

70

The Witch Queen Of New Orleans

Redbone

↑ 13

Peak: 21 • 17 wks • Prev: 83

71

For Ladies Only

Steppenwolf

↑ 8

Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

72

My Boy

Richard Harris

↑ 13

Peak: 41 • 11 wks • Prev: 85

73

Me And Bobby McGee

Jerry Lee Lewis

↑ 8

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

74

Day After Day

Badfinger

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 14 wks

75

Sour Suite

The Guess Who

↑ 19

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 94

76

Turn Your Radio On

Ray Stevens

↑ 8

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 84

77

Dolly Dagger

Jimi Hendrix

↓ 3

Peak: 74 • 7 wks • Prev: 74

78

Gimme Some Lovin'-Pt. 1

Traffic, Etc.

↓ 10

Peak: 68 • 7 wks • Prev: 68

79

Lisa, Listen To Me

Blood, Sweat & Tears

↓ 6

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

80

Fool Me

Joe South

↑ 8

Peak: 78 • 7 wks • Prev: 88

81

Walk Right Up To The Sun

The Delfonics

↑ 1

Peak: 81 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

82

Lay Lady Lay

The Isley Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 5 wks

83

Tightrope Ride

The Doors

↑ 17

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 100

84

Tell Mama

Savoy Brown

↑ 2

Peak: 83 • 6 wks • Prev: 86

85

Truckin'

Grateful Dead

↑ 6

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 91

86

Once You Understand

Think

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 10 wks

87

Looking For A Love

The J. Geils Band

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 10 wks

88

Carolyn

Merle Haggard And The Strangers

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 7 wks

89

Superstar/Bless The Beasts And Children

Carpenters

↓ 68

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 21

90

No Sad Song

Helen Reddy

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 8 wks

91

Help Me Make It Through The Night

O.C. Smith

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

92

Get Down

Curtis Mayfield

↑ 1

Peak: 69 • 7 wks • Prev: 93

93

George Jackson

Bob Dylan

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 8 wks

94

You Keep Me Holding On

Tyrone Davis

↑ 3

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 97

95

I Want To Pay You Back (For Loving Me)

The Chi-lites

—

Peak: 95 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

96

The Girl Who Loved Me When

The Glass Bottle featuring Gary Criss

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 2 wks

97

Love Is Funny That Way

Jackie Wilson

↑ 1

Peak: 95 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

98

Devil You

Stampeders

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 7 wks

99

I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again

Buffy Sainte-Marie

—

Peak: 98 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

100

Daisy Mae

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 11 wks

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