List of number-one R&B singles of 1971 (U.S.)
These are the Billboard R&B singles chart number one hits of 1971:
Chart history
Marvin Gaye had three chart-toppers during the year.
Aretha Franklin reached number one with two singles.
James Brown had two number ones.
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Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1971[1] |
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 2 | "Groove Me" | King Floyd |
| January 9 | ||
| January 16 | ||
| January 23 | "If I Were Your Woman" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| January 30 | "Groove Me" | King Floyd |
| February 6 | "(Do The) Push and Pull" | Rufus Thomas |
| February 13 | ||
| February 20 | "Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone" | Johnnie Taylor |
| February 27 | ||
| March 6 | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | The Temptations |
| March 13 | ||
| March 20 | ||
| March 27 | "What's Going On" | Marvin Gaye |
| April 3 | ||
| April 10 | ||
| April 17 | ||
| April 24 | ||
| May 1 | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | The Jackson 5 |
| May 8 | ||
| May 15 | ||
| May 22 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Aretha Franklin |
| May 29 | "Want Ads" | The Honey Cone |
| June 5 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Aretha Franklin |
| June 12 | "Want Ads" | The Honey Cone |
| June 19 | ||
| June 26 | "Don't Knock My Love (Part 1)" | Wilson Pickett |
| July 3 | "Mr. Big Stuff" | Jean Knight |
| July 10 | ||
| July 17 | ||
| July 24 | ||
| July 31 | ||
| August 7 | "Hot Pants (Part 1)" | James Brown |
| August 14 | "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | Marvin Gaye |
| August 21 | ||
| August 28 | "Spanish Harlem" | Aretha Franklin |
| September 4 | ||
| September 11 | ||
| September 18 | "Stick-Up" | The Honey Cone |
| September 25 | ||
| October 2 | "Make It Funky (Part 1)" | James Brown |
| October 9 | ||
| October 16 | "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" | The Persuaders |
| October 23 | ||
| October 30 | "Trapped By A Thing Called Love" | Denise LaSalle |
| November 6 | "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" | Marvin Gaye |
| November 13 | ||
| November 20 | "Have You Seen Her" | The Chi-Lites |
| November 27 | ||
| December 4 | "Family Affair" | Sly & the Family Stone |
| December 11 | ||
| December 18 | ||
| December 25 | ||
References
- "Billboard.com - Year End Charts - Year-end Singles - Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs". web.archive.org. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
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