Hit songs of 1971 (wikipedia)
"Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
"Knock Three Times" - Tony Orlando and Dawn
"Stairway to Heaven " - Led Zeppelin
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
"Another Day" - Paul & Linda McCartney
"Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin
"Black Magic Woman " - Santana
"Brown Sugar " - The Rolling Stones
"Coz I Love You" - Slade
"Draggin' the Line" - Tommy James
"Family Affair" - Sly & the Family Stone
"Get It On " - T. Rex (not this? )
"Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
"Got to Be There" - Michael Jackson
"Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves" - Cher
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - The Bee Gees
"I Woke Up in Love This Morning" - The Partridge Family
"If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder (cover )
"Imagine " - John Lennon
"Indian Reservation " - The Raiders
"It Don't Come Easy" - Ringo Starr
"It's Too Late " - Carole King
"Maggie Mae" - Rod Stewart
"My Sweet Lord " - George Harrison
"Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson Five
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
"One Less Bell to Answer" - Fifth Dimension
"Peace Train" - Cat Stevens
"Proud Mary" - Ike & Tina Turner
"She's a Lady" - Tom Jones
"Sooner or Later" - The Grass Roots
"Temptation Eyes" - The Grass Roots
"Treat Her Like a Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul & Linda McCartney
"Where Do I Begin" (Love Story) - Andy Williams
Top Ten Songs Of Each Year (1970-1979) (digitaldreamdoor.com)
1970
Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles
Your Song - Elton John
Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lola - The Kinks
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
War - Edwin Starr (and live in TV Show )
1971
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Imagine - John Lennon
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
American Pie - Don McLean
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
1972
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones
If You Don't Know Me by Now - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
1973
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips
Dream On - Aerosmith
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack
Money - Pink Floyd
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Blues & Soul Years, Vol. 2: 1970-1971 (cduniverse)
Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board
Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time? - The Delfonics
Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations
War - Edwin Starr
It's A Shame - The Detroit Spinners
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
Patches - Clarence Carter
Still Water (Love) - The Four Tops
Sex Machine (Get Up, I Feel Like Being A) - James Brown
Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin
Up The Ladder To The Roof - The Supremes
Tears Of A Clown - The Miracles
I Want You Back - The Jacksons
Engine No. 9 - Wilson Pickett
Thank You (For Letting Me Be Myself Again) - Sly & The Family Stone
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
I Love You - Otis Leaville
I'm Still Waiting - Diana Ross
Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me - The Tams
Hit songs of 1970 (wikipedia)
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" - Carpenters
"Maybe I'm Amazed" - Paul McCartney
"ABC" - The Jackson 5
"After Midnight" - Eric Clapton
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross
"All Right Now" - Free
"American Woman" - The Guess Who
"Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed
"Are You Ready?" - Pacific Gas & Electric
"Arizona" - Mark Lindsay
"Black Magic Woman " - Santana
"Blowing Away" - The 5th Dimension
"Border Song (Holy Moses)" - Aretha Franklin
"Born to Wander" - Rare Earth
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Call Me" - Aretha Franklin
"Candida" - Tony Orlando and Dawn
"Can't Stop Loving You" - Tom Jones
"Cecilia" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Celebrate" - Three Dog Night
"Close To You " - Carpenters
"Come And Get It" - Badfinger
"Come Running" - Van Morrison
"Come Together /Something " - The Beatles
"Cracklin' Rosie" - Neil Diamond
"Cry Me A River" - Joe Cocker
"Cupid " - Johnny Nash
"Do the Funky Chicken" - Rufus Thomas
"Do You See My Love (for You Growing)" - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is" - Chicago
"Down on the Corner " - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Easy Come, Easy Go" - Bobby Sherman
"El Condor Pasa" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Eli's Coming" - Three Dog Night
"Everybody Is A Star" - Sly & The Family Stone
"Everybody's Got the Right to Love" - The Supremes
"Everybody's Out of Town" - B.J. Thomas
"Everything is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
"Everything's Tuesday" - Chairmen of the Board
"Evil Ways" - Santana
"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor
"For You Blue" - The Beatles
"Get Ready" - Rare Earth
"God, Love and Rock & Roll" - Teegarden & Van Winkle
"Gotta Hold on to This Feeling" - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
"Green-Eyed Lady" - Sugarloaf
"Groovy Situation" - Gene Chandler
"Gypsy Woman" - Brian Hyland
"Hand Me Down World" - The Guess Who
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" - The Hollies
"Heaven Help Us All" - Stevie Wonder
"Hitchin' a Ride" - Vanity Fare
"I Think I Love You" - The Partridge Family
"I Want to Take You Higher" - Ike & Tina Turner
"I Want You Back " - The Jackson 5
"If I Were a Carpenter" - Johnny Cash & June Carter
"If You Could Read My Mind " - Gordon Lightfoot
"I'll Be There" - The Jackson 5
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - Dionne Warwick
"I'm Not My Brother's Keeper" - The Flaming Ember
"Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin
"In the Summertime " - Mungo Jerry
"Indiana Wants Me " - R. Dean Taylor
"Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" - John Lennon
"Isn't It a Pity " - George Harrison (In George's own words )
"It Don't Matter to Me" - Bread
"It's a New Day (Parts 1 & 2)" - James Brown
"It's a Shame" - The Spinners
"It's All In the Game" - Four Tops
"It's Impossible " - Perry Como
"It's Only Make Believe" - Glen Campbell
"I've Lost You" - Elvis Presley
"Jam Up and Jelly Tight" - Tommy Roe
"Jingle Jangle" - The Archies
"Joanne" - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
"Julie, Do Ya Love Me" - Bobby Sherman
"Kentucky Rain" - Elvis Presley
"Knock Three Times " - Tony Orlando and Dawn
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" - Peter, Paul and Mary
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
"Let Me Go to Him" - Dionne Warwick
"Let's Work Together " - Canned Heat
"Lola " - The Kinks
"Lonely Days " - The Bee Gees
"Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
"Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" - The New Seekers
"Looking Out My Back Door " - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse
"Love the One You're With" - Stephen Stills
"Lucretia MacEvil" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" - Three Dog Night
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
"Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" - Steam
"No Matter What" - Badfinger
"No Time " - The Guess Who
"Oh Happy Day" - Glen Campbell
"Ohio " - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"One Less Bell to Answer" - The 5th Dimension
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Neil Young
"Ooh Child" - The Five Stairsteps
"Our House" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Out In the Country" - Three Dog Night
"Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera)" - The Assembled Multitude
"Patches" - Clarence Carter
"Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" - Melanie
"Precious, Precious" - Jackie Moore
"Psychedelic Shack" - The Temptations
"Puppet Man" - The 5th Dimension
"Question" - The Moody Blues
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B.J. Thomas
"Rainy Night In Georgia" - Brook Benton
"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" - Diana Ross
"Reflections of My Life" - Marmalade
"Remember Me" - Diana Ross
"Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
"Rubber Duckie" - Ernie (Jim Henson)
"Save the Country" - The 5th Dimension
"See Me, Feel Me " - The Who
"Share the Land" - The Guess Who
"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" - Joe Cocker
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder
"Silver Bird" - Mark Lindsay
"Snowbird" - Anne Murray
"Solitary Man " - Neil Diamond
"Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
"Somethings Burning" - Kenny Rogers & the First Edition
"Son of a Preacher Man" - Aretha Franklin
"Spill the Wine" - Eric Burdon and War
"Spirit In The Sky " - Norman Greenbaum
"Stand By Your Man" - Candi Staton
"Still Water (Love)" - The Four Tops
"Stoned Love" - The Supremes
"Stoney End" - Barbra Streisand
"Sugar Sugar" - Wilson Pickett
"Summertime Blues" - The Who
"Sweet Mary" - Wadsworth Mansion
"Teach Your Children" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Thank You (Falettin me Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & The Family Stone
"The Letter" - Joe Cocker with Leon Russell
"The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
"The Rapper" - The Jaggerz
"The Tears Of A Clown" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
"The Wonder of You " - Elvis Presley
"Travelin' Band" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Venus" - Shocking Blue
"Walk A Mile in My Shoes" - Joe South & The Believers
"War" - Edwin Starr
"We've Only Just Begun " - Carpenters
"What Is Truth?" - Johnny Cash
"Whole Lotta Love " - Led Zeppelin
"Who'll Stop The Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Woodstock " - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Your Song " - Elton John