November 5, 1971

1	1	Cher--Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
2	2	Isaac Hayes--Theme From Shaft
5	3	Pop-Tops--Mammy Blue
3	4	John Lennon--Imagine
9	5	Freddie Hart--Easy Loving
4	6	Osmonds--Yo-Yo
19	7	Bread--Baby I'm-a Want You
7	8	Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl
6	9	Road Home--Keep it in the Family
20	10	Lou Rawls--A Natural Man
8	11	Carpenters--Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children
21	12	Grass Roots--Two Divided By Love
29	13	Five Man Electrical Band--Absolutely Right
10	14	Rod Stewart--Maggie May
15	15	Cat Stevens--Peace Train
30	16	Melanie--Brand New Key
12	17	Partridge Family--Brown Eyes (LP)
13	18	Joan Baez--The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
11	19	Partridge Family--Echo Valley 2-6809 (LP)
18	20	Tommy Roe--Stagger Lee
22	21	5th Dimension--Never My Love
24	22	Coven--One Tin Soldier
23	23	Yes--Your Move
31	24	Sonny & Cher--All I Ever Need is You
34	25	Les Crane--Desiderata
14	26	Undisputed Truth--Smiling Faces Sometimes
17	27	Lee Michaels--Do You Know What I Mean
25	28	Layng Martine--Rub it in
38	29	Neil Diamond--Stones
27	30	Stampeders--Sweet City Woman
16	31	Raiders--Birds of a Feather
37	32	Santana--Everybody's Everything
28	33	Honey Cone--Stick-Up
40	34	Three Dog Night--An Old Fashioned Love Song
---	35	Jerry Lee Lewis--Me and Bobby McGee
41	36	Kris Kristofferson--Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
43	37	Peter Nero--Theme From "Summer of '42"
46	38	David Cassidy--Cherish
48	39	Ten Years After--I'd Love to Change the World
49	40	Michael Jackson--Got to Be There
---	41	Sly & the Family Stone--Family Affair
39	42	Fanny--Charity Ball
42	43	Free Movement--I've Found Someone of My Own
47	44	Denise LaSalle--Trapped By a Thing Called Love
50	45	Marvin Gaye--Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
32	46	Poppy Family--Where Evil Grows
36	47	Gayle McCormick--It's a Cryin' Shame
45	48	Carole King--So Far Away
35	49	Stevie Wonder--If You Really Love Me
33	50	Guess Who--Rain Dance

The Carpenters’ “Superstar” is joined on the survey by its b-side, “Bless the Beasts and Children” (which, listed separately in Billboard, got to number 67).

The (LP) designation is dropped from “Imagine.”

Only two debuts. Jerry Lee Lewis’ version of “Me and Bobby McGee,” a number 40 BB hit, will get up to number 18, while “Family Affair” by Sly & the Family Stone, which was number one for three weeks nationally, will only make it to number nine.

We have Kris Kristofferson compositions at numbers 35 and 36.