December 10, 1971

1	1	Melanie--Brand New Key
2	2	Cher--Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
4	3	Three Dog Night--An Old Fashioned Love Song
3	4	Lou Rawls--A Natural Man
6	5	Michael Jackson--Got to Be There
5	6	Freddie Hart--Easy Loving
9	7	Sonny & Cher--All I Ever Need is You
11	8	Donny Osmond--Hey Girl/I Knew You When
14	9	Sly & the Family Stone--Family Affair
8	10	Bread--Baby I'm-a Want You
18	11	Bullet--White Lies, Blue Eyes
22	12	Chi-Lites--Have You Seen Her
7	13	Grass Roots--Two Divided By Love
12	14	David Cassidy--Cherish
13	15	Coven--One Tin Soldier
25	16	Hillside Singers/New Seekers--I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
10	17	Neil Diamond--Stones
16	18	Isaac Hayes--Theme From Shaft
28	19	Staple Singers--Respect Yourself
39	20	Don McLean--American Pie
17	21	Osmonds--Yo-Yo
15	22	Les Crane--Desiderata
23	23	Rod Stewart--(I Know) I'm Losing You
29	24	Poppy Family--No Good to Cry
37	25	T. Rex--Bang a Gong (Get it On)
19	26	Pop-Tops--Mammy Blue
27	27	Kris Kristofferson--Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
24	28	John Lennon--Imagine
30	29	Aretha Franklin--Rock Steady/Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool For You Baby)
21	30	Ten Years After--I'd Love to Change the World
26	31	Road Home--Keep it in the Family
20	32	Jerry Lee Lewis--Me and Bobby McGee
40	33	Jonathan Edwards--Sunshine
46	34	Climax--Precious and Few
41	35	Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band--Scorpio
42	36	Donnie Elbert--Where Did Our Love Go
33	37	Rod Stewart--Maggie May
36	38	Carpenters--Superstar/Bless the Beasts and Children
32	39	Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl
31	40	Santana--Everybody's Everything
38	41	Marvin Gaye--Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
34	42	Peter Nero--Theme From "Summer of '42"
---	43	Partridge Family--It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)
---	44	Badfinger--Day After Day
47	45	John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band--Happy Xmas (War is Over)
48	46	Nilsson--Without You
50	47	Honey Cone--One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I
---	48	Al Green--Let's Stay Together
---	49	Adam Wind--Nobody's Boogie
---	50	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds--Daisy Mae

One non-Billboard debut this week: Tacoma band Adam Wind’s boogying “Nobody’s Boogie,” which will get to number 36. “It’s One of Those Nights” by the Partridge Family, a number twenty BB hit, will make it to number four, and the others will perform pretty closely to their national peaks: Badfinger’s “Day After Day” (4BB/6KJR), Al Green’s biggest hit, “Let’s Stay Together” (1/3), and “Daisy Mae” by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (41/37).