title: List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1971
text: # List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1971
  
  These are the singles that reached number one on the Top 100 singles chart in 1971 as published in Cashbox magazine.
  
  | Issue Date | Song | Artist |
  | - | - | - |
  | January 2 | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison |
  | January 9 | "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison |
  | January 16 | "Knock Three Times" | Dawn |
  | January 23 | "Knock Three Times" | Dawn |
  | January 30 | "Lonely Days" | Bee Gees |
  | February 6 | "Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson |
  | February 13 | "One Bad Apple" | The Osmonds |
  | February 20 | "One Bad Apple" | The Osmonds |
  | February 27 | "One Bad Apple" | The Osmonds |
  | March 6 | "Mama's Pearl" | The Jackson 5 |
  | March 13 | "One Bad Apple" | The Osmonds |
  | March 20 | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | The Temptations |
  | March 27 | "She's a Lady" | Tom Jones |
  | April 3 | "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" | The Partridge Family |
  | April 10 | "What's Going On" | Marvin Gaye |
  | April 17 | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night |
  | April 24 | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night |
  | May 1 | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night |
  | May 8 | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night |
  | May 15 | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night |
  | May 22 | "Joy to the World" | Three Dog Night |
  | May 29 | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | The Jackson 5 |
  | June 5 | "Want Ads" | The Honey Cone |
  | June 12 | "Want Ads" | The Honey Cone |
  | June 19 | "It Don't Come Easy" | Ringo Starr |
  | June 26 | "It's Too Late" | Carole King |
  | July 3 | "It's Too Late" | Carole King |
  | July 10 | "It's Too Late" | Carole King |
  | July 17 | "It's Too Late" | Carole King |
  | July 24 | "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" | The Raiders |
  | July 31 | "Don't Pull Your Love" | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
  | August 7 | "You've Got a Friend" | James Taylor |
  | August 14 | "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" | Bee Gees |
  | August 21 | "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" | Bee Gees |
  | August 28 | "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" | Bee Gees |
  | September 4 | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | John Denver |
  | September 11 | "Spanish Harlem" | Aretha Franklin |
  | September 18 | "Smiling Faces Sometimes" | Undisputed Truth |
  | September 25 | "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" | Paul & Linda McCartney |
  | October 2 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Donny Osmond |
  | October 9 | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart |
  | October 16 | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart |
  | October 23 | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart |
  | October 30 | "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" | Cher |
  | November 6 | "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" | Cher |
  | November 13 | "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes |
  | November 20 | "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes |
  | November 27 | "Family Affair" | Sly & the Family Stone |
  | December 4 | "Family Affair" | Sly & the Family Stone |
  | December 11 | "Family Affair" | Sly & the Family Stone |
  | December 18 | "Family Affair" | Sly & the Family Stone |
  | December 25 | "Brand New Key" | Melanie |
  