These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1971.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
2 January | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison | [1] |
9 January | [2] | ||
16 January | [3] | ||
23 January | [4] | ||
30 January | "Nothing Rhymed" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | [5] |
6 February | [6] | ||
13 February | [7] | ||
20 February | [8] | ||
27 February | [9] | ||
6 March | "Du" | Peter Maffay | [10] |
13 March | [11] | ||
20 March | [12] | ||
27 March | [13] | ||
3 April | [14] | ||
10 April | "Mozart symphony no. 40 in G minor, KV 550, 1st movement" | Orchestre Manuel de Falla, conducted by Waldo de los Ríos | [15] |
17 April | [16] | ||
24 April | [17] | ||
1 May | "Funny Funny" | The Sweet | [18] |
8 May | [19] | ||
15 May | "Underneath the Blanket Go" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | [20] |
22 May | [21] | ||
29 May | "Brown Sugar" | The Rolling Stones | [22] |
5 June | [23] | ||
12 June | "Rosetta" | Georgie Fame & Alan Price | [24] |
19 June | "Double Barrel" | Dave & Ansil Collins | [25] |
26 June | [26] | ||
3 July | [27] | ||
10 July | "Zou het erg zijn, lieve opa" | Vader Abraham & Wilma | [28] |
17 July | [29] | ||
24 July | "Manuela" | Jacques Herb & De Riwi's | [30] |
31 July | [31] | ||
7 August | [32] | ||
14 August | "Borriquito" | Peret | [33] |
21 August | [34] | ||
28 August | [35] | ||
4 September | [36] | ||
11 September | [37] | ||
18 September | [38] | ||
25 September | [39] | ||
2 October | "Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes" | Rod McKuen | [40] |
9 October | [41] | ||
16 October | [42] | ||
23 October | [43] | ||
30 October | "Soley Soley" | Middle of the Road | [44] |
6 November | [45] | ||
13 November | [46] | ||
20 November | [47] | ||
27 November | "Without a Worry in the World" | Rod McKuen | [48] |
4 December | "Non, non, rien n'a changé" | Les Poppys | [49] |
11 December | [50] | ||
18 December | "How Do You Do" | Mouth & MacNeal | [51] |
25 December | [52] | ||
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer initiated the Top 40 in the Netherlands. The show currently airs on Fridays from 2 to 6 PM on Qmusic.