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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1971.
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1971.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1970 | |||||
| November 28 | "One Less Bell to Answer" | The 5th Dimension | 1 | January 2 | 10 |
| December 12 | "Most of All" | B.J. Thomas | 2 | January 9 | 7 |
| December 19 | "Knock Three Times" [A] | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 2 | February 6 | 4 |
| December 26 | "The Green Grass Starts to Grow" | Dionne Warwick | 2 | January 16 | 6 |
| Singles from 1971 | |||||
| January 2 | "Watching Scotty Grow" | Bobby Goldsboro | 1 | January 9 | 10 |
| "For the Good Times" | Ray Price | 9 | January 2 | 2 | |
| "Mr. Bojangles" | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 10 | January 2 | 1 | |
| January 9 | "I Really Don't Want to Know/There Goes My Everything" | Elvis Presley | 2 | January 23 | 6 |
| "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison | 10 | January 9 | 2 | |
| January 16 | "1900 Yesterday" | Liz Damon's Orient Express | 4 | February 13 | 7 |
| "Since I Don't Have You" | The Vogues | 8 | January 16 | 1 | |
| January 23 | "Theme from Love Story" | Henry Mancini | 2 | February 27 | 10 |
| January 30 | "If You Could Read My Mind" | Gordon Lightfoot | 1 | February 20 | 6 |
| February 6 | "I'll Be Home" | Vikki Carr | 7 | February 13 | 3 |
| "Amazing Grace" | Judy Collins | 5 | February 13 | 3 | |
| "Your Song" | Elton John | 9 | February 13 | 2 | |
| February 13 | "Everything is Good About You" | The Lettermen | 6 | February 13 | 2 |
| "She's a Lady" | Tom Jones | 4 | February 27 | 7 | |
| February 20 | "For All We Know" | The Carpenters | 1 | February 27 | 7 |
| "Help Me Make It Through the Night" | Sammi Smith | 3 | March 20 | 7 | |
| February 27 | "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" | Andy Williams | 1 | March 20 | 9 |
| "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" | The Partridge Family | 6 | March 13 | 4 | |
| "Cried Like a Baby" | Bobby Sherman | 9 | March 20 | 4 | |
| March 6 | "Country Road" | James Taylor | 9 | March 6 | 2 |
| March 13 | "No Love At All" | B.J. Thomas | 4 | March 13 | 6 |
| "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" | The 5th Dimension | 6 | March 20 | 5 | |
| March 20 | "When There's No You" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 1 | April 3 | 5 |
| March 27 | "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" | Glen Campbell | 2 | April 17 | 7 |
| "I Think of You" | Perry Como | 5 | April 3 | 2 | |
| April 3 | "Time and Love" | Barbara Streisand | 3 | April 10 | 5 |
| "Someone Who Cares" | Kenny Rogers & the First Edition | 4 | April 17 | 6 | |
| April 10 | "I Am...I Said" | Neil Diamond | 2 | May 1 | 7 |
| "If" | Bread | 1 | April 24 | 8 | |
| "Who Gets the Guy" | Dionne Warwick | 6 | April 17 | 3 | |
| April 17 | "I Won't Mention It Again" | Ray Price | 4 | April 24 | 4 |
| April 24 | "Me and My Arrow" | Harry Nilsson | 3 | April 24 | 4 |
| "Another Day" | Paul McCartney | 4 | May 15 | 4 | |
| May 1 | "Put Your Hand in the Hand" | Ocean | 4 | May 1 | 4 |
| "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" | Lobo | 1 | May 15 | 7 | |
| May 8 | "Stay Awhile" | The Bells | 8 | May 8 | 2 |
| May 15 | "You're My Man" | Lynn Anderson | 6 | May 15 | 5 |
| "A Mama and a Papa" | Ray Stevens | 4 | May 22 | 4 | |
| "And I Love You So" | Bobby Goldsboro | 8 | May 22 | 3 | |
| May 22 | "Rainy Days and Mondays" | The Carpenters | 1 | May 29 | 9 |
| "Follow Me" | Mary Travers | 3 | May 29 | 7 | |
| "The Drum" | Bobby Sherman | 2 | May 29 | 5 | |
| May 29 | "I'll Meet You Halfway" | The Partridge Family | 4 | May 29 | 4 |
| "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" | Tin Tin | 10 | May 29 | 1 | |
| June 5 | "It's Too Late" | Carole King | 1 | June 26 | 10 |
| "Life" | Elvis Presley | 8 | June 5 | 2 | |
| "Flim Flam Man" | Barbara Streisand | 7 | June 12 | 2 | |
| June 12 | "When You're Hot, You're Hot" | Jerry Reed | 6 | June 19 | 4 |
| June 19 | "Don't Pull Your Love" | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | 4 | July 3 | 8 |
| "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" | Carly Simon | 6 | July 10 | 4 | |
| "He's So Fine" | Jody Miller | 2 | July 10 | 10 | |
| June 26 | "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" | The Fortunes | 8 | June 26 | 2 |
| "Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry)" | Sounds of Sunshine | 5 | July 3 | 5 | |
| July 3 | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | John Denver | 3 | July 24 | 5 |
| July 10 | "You've Got a Friend" | James Taylor | 1 | July 31 | 7 |
| "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" | Bee Gees | 4 | July 31 | 9 | |
| "Summer Sand" | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 9 | July 17 | 2 | |
| July 17 | "If Not for You" | Olivia Newton-John | 1 | August 7 | 7 |
| July 24 | "Never Ending Song of Love" | Delaney & Bonnie | 8 | July 24 | 2 |
| "Beginnings" | Chicago | 1 | August 28 | 7 | |
| July 31 | "I'm Leavin'" | Elvis Presley | 2 | August 14 | 5 |
| August 7 | "Rings" | Cymarron | 6 | August 14 | 4 |
| "Moonshadow" | Cat Stevens | 10 | August 7 | 1 | |
| August 14 | "Where You Lead" | Barbara Streisand | 3 | August 28 | 4 |
| "Mighty Clouds of Joy" | B.J. Thomas | 8 | August 14 | 3 | |
| "Draggin' the Line" | Tommy James | 6 | August 28 | 3 | |
| August 28 | "Spanish Harlem" | Aretha Franklin | 6 | September 11 | 3 |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | Joan Baez | 1 | September 4 | 8 | |
| September 4 | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Bill Withers | 2 | September 11 | 3 |
| "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" | Paul Stookey | 3 | September 18 | 6 | |
| "Sweet City Woman" | Stampeders | 5 | September 4 | 7 | |
| "Crazy Love" | Helen Reddy | 8 | September 11 | 3 | |
| "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" | Paul & Linda McCartney | 9 | September 11 | 5 | |
| September 11 | "Superstar" | The Carpenters | 1 | October 9 | 9 |
| "All My Trials" | Ray Stevens | 6 | September 18 | 5 | |
| "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" | Mac & Katie Kissoon | 10 | September 11 | 1 | |
| September 18 | "So Far Away/Smackwater Jack" | Carole King | 3 | October 2 | 7 |
| "Another Time, Another Place" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 5 | September 25 | 5 | |
| September 25 | "Never My Love" | The 5th Dimension | 1 | October 23 | 8 |
| "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" | Kris Kristofferson | 4 | October 16 | 6 | |
| October 9 | "Talk It Over in the Morning" | Anne Murray | 7 | October 9 | 3 |
| October 16 | "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" | Cher | 6 | October 30 | 5 |
| "If You Really Love Me" | Stevie Wonder | 10 | October 16 | 1 | |
| October 23 | "Peace Train" | Cat Stevens | 1 | October 30 | 7 |
| "Desiderata" | Les Crane | 3 | October 30 | 6 | |
| "Long Ago and Far Away" | James Taylor | 4 | October 30 | 4 | |
| "I've Found Someone of My Own" | The Free Movement | 7 | October 30 | 2 | |
| October 30 | "Imagine" | John Lennon | 7 | November 6 | 2 |
| November 6 | "Baby I'm-a Want You" | Bread | 1 | November 20 | 8 |
| "Love" | The Lettermen | 8 | November 6 | 2 | |
| "It's a Cry'n Shame" | Gayle McCormick | 9 | November 6 | 1 | |
| November 13 | "All I Ever Need Is You" | Sonny & Cher | 1 | November 27 | 10 |
| "Till" | Tom Jones | 4 | November 20 | 5 | |
| "Jennifer" | Bobby Sherman | 9 | November 13 | 1 | |
| November 20 | "Stones" | Neil Diamond | 2 | December 4 | 7 |
| "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes | 6 | November 20 | 4 | |
| November 27 | "Theme from Summer of '42" | Peter Nero | 6 | December 4 | 4 |
| "Friends with You" | John Denver | 4 | December 25 | 7 | |
| December 11 | "Let It Be" | Joan Baez | 5 | December 25 | 3 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 14 | "It's Impossible" | Perry Como | 1 | December 5 | 11 |
| December 5 | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | Chicago | 5 | December 12 | 5 |
| December 12 | "Can't Stop Loving You" | Tom Jones | 3 | December 12 | 5 |
| "Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson | 5 | December 26 | 9 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 19 | "Don't Say You Don't Remember" | Beverly Bremers | 5 | February 19 | 6 |
| November 27 | "Cherish" | David Cassidy | 1 | January 8 | 9 |
| December 4 | "An Old Fashioned Love Song" | Three Dog Night | 1 | January 1 | 7 |
| December 18 | "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" | The Hillside Singers | 5 | January 15 | 6 |
| "An American Trilogy" | Mickey Newbury | 9 | January 1 | 4 | |
| December 25 | "Brand New Key" | Melanie Safka | 5 | January 1 | 3 |
AThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending January 23, 1971.