The criterion for these is fairly arbitrary. I limited myself to songs issued on 45's between about December 1970 and December 1971. Looking over the list, it seems to have been a good year for ballads and a poor one for hard rock, but that may simply reflect my mood. I compiled this mostly from memory, so there are doubtless some grevious errors. I would probably draw up a completely different selection tomorrow. 1. Groove Me King Floyd 2. Maggie May Rod Stewart 3. Let's Stay Together Al Green 4. Do You Know What I Mean Lee Michaels 5. Have You Seen Her Chi-Lites 6. Want Ads Honey Cone 7. Brown Sugar-Bitch Rolling Stones 8. Nathan Jones Supremes 9. What's Going On Marvin Gaye 10. Where Did Our Love Go? Donnie Elbert 11. Tired of Being Alone Al Green 12. Never Can Say Goodbye Isaac Hayes-Jackson 5 13. American Pie Don McLean 14. Maggie Redbone 15. Spanish Harlem Aretha Franklin 16. Family Affair Sly and the Family Stone 17. Remember Me Diana Ross 18. Cool Aid Paul Humphrey 19. Long Promised Road Beach Boys 20. Don't Change on Me Ray Charles 21. We Were Always Sweethearts Boz Scaggs 22. I Like What You Give Nolan 23. I Don't Blame You At All Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 24. Wild Horses Rolling Stones 25. Mercy Mercy Me Marvin Gaye 26. Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers 27. Bring the Boys Home Freda Payne 28. One Toke Over the Line Brewer and Shipley 29. When I'm Dead and Gone McGuiness Flint 30. You Are Everything Stylistics 31. Mandolin Wind Rod Stewart 32. Got to Be There Michael Jackson 33. Get On Up, Get Into It, Get Involved James Brown 34. Do Me Right Detroit Emeralds 35. It Don't Come Easy Ringo Starr 36. Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight 37. If I Were Your Woman Gladys Knight and the Pips 38. Just My Imagination Temptations 39. Life is a Carnival Band 40. Tell Mama Savoy Brown 41. Questions 67 and 68 Chicago 42. Stick-Up Honey Cone 43. Giver More Power to the People Chi-Lites 44. It's Too Late-I Feel the Earth Move Carole King 45. If You Really Love Me Stevie Wonder 46. Have You Ever Seen the Rain Credence Clearwater Revival 47. Keep on Growing-Bell Bottom Blues Derek and the Dominoes 48. Standing in the Grits Line Don Covay 49. Don't It Make You Want to Go Home Persuasions 50. Looking for a Love J. Geils Band 51. Don't Pull Your Love Sam and Dave 52. We Can Work it Out Stevie Wonder 53. Maybe Tomorrow Jackson 5 54. I Don't Want to Do Wrong Gladys Knight and the Pips 55. Right on the Tip of My Tongue Brenda and the Tabulations 56. You've Got a Friend Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 57. One Bad Apple Osmonds 58. Wild Night Van Morrison 59. Theme from Shaft Isaac Hayes 60. Love the One You're With Steve Stills 61. Mama's Pearl Jackson 5 62. Mr. Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 63. So Far Away Carole King 64. Inner City Blues Marvin Gaye 65. Anticipation Carly Simon 66. I Really Don't Want to Know Elvis Presley 67. Lowdown Chicago 68. High Time We Went Joe Cocker 69. Sunshine Jonathon Edwards 70. Layla Derek and the Dominoes 71. What is Life George Harrison 72. Joy to the World Three Dog Night 73. Amos Moses Jerry Reed 74. Brand New Key Melanie 75. Albert Flasher Guess Who 76. I Am...I Said Neil Diamond 77. Try Some, Buy Some Ronnie Spector 78. Everybody's Everything Santana 79. Won't Get Fooled Again Who 80. Rock Steady-Oh Me Oh My Aretha Franklin 81. Day After Day Badfinger 82. Only You Know and I Know Delaney and Bonnie 83. Free Chicago 84. If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot 85. C'mon Poco 86. Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll Jeff Thomas-Crew 87. You're All I Need to Get By Aretha Franklin 88. Sweet Hitch-hiker Credence Clearwater Revival 89. George Jackson Bob Dylan 90. Put Your Hand in the Hand Anne Murray-Ocean 91. Behind Blues Eyes Who 92. Yo Yo Osmonds 93. Imagine John Lennon 94. Absolutely Right Five Man Electrical Band 95. Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin 96. First I Look at the Purse J. Geils Band 97. Rings Cymarron 98. When You're Hot, You're Hot Jerry Reed 99. I'm Leavin' Elvis Presley
