List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1971.

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• 2 + 2 + 1 = Ponderosa Twins Plus One – Ponderosa Twins Plus One • 20 Granite Creek – Moby Grape • 34 Hours – Skid Row • Afrique – Count Basie • Afro Roots – Mongo Santamaria • Alarm Clock – Richie Havens • Album II – Loudon Wainwright III • All for the Love of Sunshine – Hank Williams, Jr. • The American Dream – Emitt Rhodes • America – John Fahey • Anne Briggs – Anne Briggs • Another Cycle – Jimmy Cliff • Assagai – Assagai • The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend – Baby Huey • Back to the Roots – Ramsey Lewis • (A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man – Gravy Train • Bang – Bang • Barefoot Boy – Larry Coryell • B.B. King in London – B. B. King • A Better Road – Steel River • Beyond the Blue Horizon – George Benson • The Bill Evans Album – Bill Evans • Bird on a Wire – Tim Hardin • Black Rhythm Revolution! – Idris Muhammad • Black Seeds – The Main Ingredient • Blackstone Legacy – Woody Shaw • Black Widow – Black Widow • Blue Memphis – Memphis Slim • Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell • Boogie Woogie – Memphis Slim • Born with the Blues – Memphis Slim • The Brand New Z.Z. Hill – Z.Z. Hill • Brave Belt – Brave Belt • Breakout – Johnny "Hammond" Smith • Candida – The Lawrence Welk Orchestra • Can I Have My Money Back? – Gerry Rafferty • Captain Buckles – David "Fathead" Newman • Chequered! – Chubby Checker • Christian of the World – Tommy James • Closer to the Ground – Joy of Cooking • Clube da Esquina – Milton Nascimento • Cluster – Cluster • Collage – Le Orme • Constant Throb – John Klemmer • Davy Jones – Davy Jones • Danny O'Keefe – Danny O'Keefe • Detroit – Mitch Ryder • The Dionne Warwicke Story – Dionne Warwick • Do Me Right – The Detroit Emeralds • The Donny Osmond Album – Donny Osmond Released June 5 • Double Back – Happy and Artie Traum • Doug Kershaw – Doug Kershaw • Earth Song, Ocean Song – Mary Hopkin • Edgar Winter's White Trash – Edgar Winter • El derecho de vivir en paz – Víctor Jara • Eloy – Eloy • Eruption – Kluster • Escalator over the Hill – Carla Bley & Paul Haines • Every Little Bit Soul – Rosetta Hightower • Exposed – Valerie Simpson • Fame and Price, Price and Fame: Together! – Alan Price and Georgie Fame • The Family – Mashmakhan • Faust – Faust • Fela's London Scene – Fela Kuti • Fire Eater – Rusty Bryant • First Light – Freddie Hubbard • First Utterance – Comus • Flute-In – Bobbi Humphrey • Fog on the Tyne – Lindisfarne • Fraser & DeBolt – Fraser & DeBolt • Freeflight – Ahmad Jamal • From the Witchwood – Strawbs • Funk, Inc. – Funk, Inc. • The Fuzz – The Fuzz • Fuzzy Duck – Fuzzy Duck • Gemini Suite – Jon Lord • Genesis – Elvin Jones • Getting Ready – Freddie King • Gila – Gila • God Bless the Child – Kenny Burrell • Goin' Down Highway 51 – John Lee Hooker • Going East – Billy Paul • The Good Book – Melanie • Good Taste Is Timeless – The Holy Modal Rounders • Groove Grease – Jimmy McGriff • The Gypsy – Mr. Fox • H.M.S. Donovan – Donovan • Halfnelson – Sparks – as Halfnelson • Happy Just to Be Like I Am – Taj Mahal • Have a Nice Day – Count Basie • Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse – Gene McDaniels • High on a Hilltop – Merle Haggard • Hightower – Rosetta Hightower • High Winds, White Sky – Bruce Cockburn • The Hills of Indiana – Lonnie Mack • Hold Your Fire – Patto • Home is in My Head – Jackie Lomax • Homemade – The Osmonds • The House on the Hill – Audience • Houston Express – Houston Person • Ian & Sylvia – Ian & Sylvia • I Am What I Am – Ruth Copeland • Illusion – Renaissance • In God We Trust – Don Nix • In My Own Time – Karen Dalton • In Search of a Song – Tom T. Hall • Isle of View – Jimmie Spheeris • I've Got a Right to Cry – Hank Williams, Jr. • Jade Warrior – Jade Warrior • Joe South – Joe South • Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams – Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis • Joy of Cooking – Joy of Cooking • Landfall – Martin Carthy • The Land of Many Churches – Merle Haggard • Larry Coryell at the Village Gate – Larry Coryell • Lazarus – The Blues Project • Lazarus – Lazarus • Live – UFO – Live • Live at Fillmore West – King Curtis • Live at Topanga Corral – Canned Heat • Live in Cook County Jail – B. B. King • Live! – Fela Kuti • Live in Seattle – John Coltrane • Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page – The Yardbirds • Lift Every Voice and Sing – Max Roach • Living by the Days – Don Nix • Losers Weepers – Etta James • Mad Man Blues – John Lee Hooker • Madura – Madura • Mama's Big Ones – Cass Elliot • Mama Wailer – Lonnie Smith • The Man, The World, His Music – Johnny Cash • Manna – Bread • Mark-Almond – Mark-Almond • Message from a Drum – Redbone • Mirror – Emitt Rhodes • Mogul Thrash – Mogul Thrash • Morning, Noon & the Nite-Liters – The Nite-Liters • Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight • Mudlark – Leo Kottke • Mwandishi – Herbie Hancock • Na Poi – Fela Kuti • Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata – Rahsaan Roland Kirk • Nevada Fighter – Michael Nesmith • Never Never Land – Pink Fairies • New World in the Morning – Roger Whittaker • 1969 – Julie Driscoll • Oblivion Express – Brian Auger • Odyssey of Iska – Wayne Shorter • Oh What a Feeling – Crowbar • One Fine Morning – Lighthouse • Open & Close – Fela Kuti • Osibisa – Osibisa • Operation – Birth Control • Pass the Plate – The Crusaders • Peace and Rhythm – Idris Muhammad • Peculiar Friends – Ten Wheel Drive • Pepper's Pow Wow – Jim Pepper • Peter Allen – Peter Allen • Petula '71 – Petula Clark • The Philosophy of the Spiritual – Richard Davis • Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 – Chick Corea • Pictures of Infinity – Sun Ra • Pieces of a Man – Gil Scott-Heron • Pins in It – The Human Instinct • Purdie Good! – Bernard Purdie • Put Your Hand in the Hand – Ocean • Rainbow Race – Pete Seeger • Rare Earth in Concert – Rare Earth • Released – Jade Warrior • The Real Thing – Taj Mahal • The Return of the Magnificent Seven – The Supremes and Four Tops • The Return of Doug Saldaña – Sir Douglas Quintet • Reunion Blues – Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson • Rock Around the Country – Bill Haley & His Comets • Rosa dos Ventos – Maria Bethânia • St. Radigunds – Spirogyra • Sam, Hard and Heavy – Sam Samudio • Salt Song – Stanley Turrentine • Second Movement – Eddie Harris and Les McCann • Second Opinion – Marvin, Welch & Farrar • Sergio Franchi – Sergio Franchi (Metromedia album) • Set Us Free – Reuben Wilson • Shades of Green – Grant Green • Sho Is Funky Down Here – James Brown • Signals – Mal Waldron • Sinatra & Company – Frank Sinatra • Sing a Sad Song – Merle Haggard • Sing Me a Song of Songmy – Freddie Hubbard • Sir Lord Baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore • Smackwater Jack – Quincy Jones • Someday We'll Look Back – Merle Haggard • The Song of My Life – Petula Clark • The Song of Singing – Chick Corea • Songs – Jackie DeShannon • Songs from Wasties Orchard – Magna Carta • So the Seeds are Growing – Joe South • Soul Revolution Part II – Bob Marley and the Wailers • Soulful Tapestry – Honey Cone • Source Point – John Hammond • Southern Delight – Barefoot Jerry • Spark Plug – Melvin Sparks • Stackridge – Stackridge • Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) – Bernard Purdie • Stand By Your Man – Candi Staton • Stoneground – Stoneground • Stones – Neil Diamond • Summer Side of Life – Gordon Lightfoot • Sun Ship – John Coltrane (recorded 1965) • Super Bad – James Brown • Sweathog – Sweathog • Sweet Replies – Honey Cone • Synergy – Glass Harp • Takin' My Time – Charlie Musselwhite • Tears of Joy – Don Ellis • They Call Me Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters • Things We Like – Jack Bruce • Third Album – Shocking Blue • Third World War – Third World War • This Is Madness – The Last Poets • Thoughts of Movin' On – Lighthouse • Through the Eyes of a Horn – Jim Horn • Tibetan Bells – Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings • Tightly Knit – Climax Blues Band • Today – Petula Clark • Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady – Tom Jones • Tony Joe White – Tony Joe White • Travelin' Lady – Rosalie Sorrels • Tucky Buzzard – Tucky Buzzard • The Undisputed Truth – The Undisputed Truth • Une vie – Dalida • Visions – Grant Green • Watcha Gonna Do – Denny Doherty • Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) – Charles Kynard • Western Man – Mose Allison • What's Going On – Johnny "Hammond" Smith • Where's the Money? – Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks (Live) • Why Black Man Dey Suffer – Fela Kuti • Willie Nelson and Family – Willie Nelson • Woodstock Two – Various • Words and Music – Benny Hill • Woyaya – Osibisa • Yesterday's Wine – Willie Nelson • You Don't Have to Be in the Army – Mungo Jerry • You're Not Alone – Dion DiMucci • You're So Beautiful – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band • Your Daily Gift – The Savage Rose • You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here – Ralph McTell • Zawinul – Joe Zawinul • Zwei-Osterei – Kluster

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1971.

Top 40 Chart hit singles

Other Chart hit singles

• "Baby I'm-a Want You" – Bread (#5 CAN) • "Baby Jump" – Mungo Jerry (#1 UK) • "Back Street Luv" – Curved Air • "Bangla Desh" – George Harrison • "Banks of the Ohio" – Olivia Newton-John • "Banner Man" – Blue Mink • "Beginnings" – Chicago (#7 US) (#8 CAN) • "Behind Blue Eyes" – The Who • "Birds of a Feather" – The Raiders • "Black & White" – Greyhound • "Black Dog" – Led Zeppelin • "Black Magic Woman" – Santana (#4 CAN) • "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" – The Equals • "Blue Money" – Van Morrison • "Brand New Key" – Melanie (#1 CAN) • "Brandy" – Scott English • "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Aretha Franklin (#8 CAN) • "Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)" – Ray Stevens • "Bring the Boys Home" – Freda Payne • "Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" – the Rolling Stones (#1 CAN) • "Butterfly" – Danyel Gérard • "Cherish" – David Cassidy • "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" – Daddy Dewdrop • "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Middle of the Road • "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Mac and Katie Kissoon (Lally Stott's original was dubbed into French) • "Co-Co" – The Sweet • "Colour My World" – Chicago (#7 US) • "Come Back Again" – Daddy Cool (# 3 Australia) • "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles • "Country Road" – James Taylor • "Cousin Norman" – Marmalade • "Coz I Luv You" – Slade • "Crazy Love" – Helen Reddy • "Cried Like a Baby" – Bobby Sherman • "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" – Daniel Boone • "Day After Day" – Badfinger • "Desiderata" – Les Crane • "Did You Ever...?" – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood • "Do You Know What I Mean" – Lee Michaels • "DOA" – Bloodrock • "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" – The Partridge Family • "Do Me Right" – The Detroit Emeralds • "Don't Knock My Love, Part 1" – Wilson Pickett • "Don't Let It Die" – Hurricane Smith • "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" – Wilson Pickett • "Don't Pull Your Love" – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds • "Double Barrel" – Dave and Ansell Collins • "Draggin' the Line" – Tommy James • "The Drum" – Bobby Sherman • "Eagle Rock"– Daddy Cool (#1 Australia) • "Ernie" – Walter Matthau • "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" – Benny Hill • "Everybody's Everything" – Santana • "Everything's Tuesday" – Chairmen of the Board • "Family Affair" – Sly & the Family Stone (#1 US) • "Fly Little White Dove Fly" – The Bells • "Flying Machine" – Cliff Richard • "For All We Know" – The Carpenters • "Forget Me Not" – Martha and the Vandellas • "Friends" – Elton John • "Funky Nassau" – The Beginning of the End • "Get Down and Get With It" – Slade • "Get It On" – Chase • "Get It On" – T. Rex • "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Pt. 1" – James Brown • "Girls Are Out to Get You" – The Fascinations • "Girls in the City" – The Esquires • "Go Away Little Girl" – Donny Osmond • "Got to Be There" – Michael Jackson • "Grandad" – Clive Dunn • "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" – Cher (#1 US) • "Hallelujah" – Sweathog • "The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get)" – The Free Movement • "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" – Creedence Clearwater Revival • "Have You Seen Her" – The Chi-Lites • "He's Gonna Step On You Again" – John Kongos • "Heaven Must Have Sent You" – The Elgins • "Help Me Make It Through the Night" – Sammi Smith • "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" – The Fortunes (#15 US) • "Here Comes the Sun" – Richie Havens • "Hey Big Brother" – Rare Earth • "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" – The Tams • "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox" – James Taylor • "Hey Tonight" – Creedence Clearwater Revival • "Hot Love" – T. Rex • "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" – James Brown • "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – Bee Gees • "I Am...I Said" – Neil Diamond • "I Believe (In Love)" – Hot Chocolate • "I Did What I Did for Maria" – Tony Christie • "I Don't Blame You at All" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles • "I Don't Know How to Love Him" – Helen Reddy • "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the original studio cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar – Yvonne Elliman • "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" – Gladys Knight & the Pips • "I Hear You Knocking" – Dave Edmunds (#4 US) • "I Just Can't Help Believing" – Elvis Presley • "I Just Can't Help Believing" – Sacha Distel (Dubbed) • "I Just Want to Celebrate" – Rare Earth (#7 US) • "I Love You for All Seasons" – The Fuzz • "I Say a Little Prayer" – Anne Murray and Glen Campbell • "I Will Return" – Springwater • "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" – The Partridge Family (#13 US) • "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" – The New Seekers • "I'd Love to Change the World" – Ten Years After • "I'll Be Gone" – Spectrum (#1 Australia) • "I'll Meet You Halfway" – The Partridge Family • "I'm a Greedy Man, Part 1" – James Brown • "I'm Eighteen" – Alice Cooper (#21 US) • "I'm Gonna Run Away From You" – Tami Lynn • "(I Know) I'm Losing You" – Rod Stewart • "I'm Still Waiting" – Diana Ross • "I've Found Someone of My Own" – The Free Movement • "If" – Bread • "If I Were Your Woman" – Gladys Knight & the Pips • "If Not For You" – Olivia Newton-John • "If You Could Read My Mind" – Gordon Lightfoot • "If You Really Love Me" – Stevie Wonder • "Imagine" – John Lennon • "In My Own Time" – Family • "Indian Reservation" – Paul Revere & the Raiders • "Indiana Wants Me" – R. Dean Taylor • "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" – Marvin Gaye • "Iron Man" – Black Sabbath • "Is This the Way to Amarillo" – Tony Christie • "It Don't Come Easy" – Ringo Starr • "It's Impossible" – Perry Como • "It's The Same Old Song" – The Weathermen • "It's Too Late" – Carole King • "It Takes Time" – Anne Murray • "Jack in the Box" – Clodagh Rodgers • "Jeepster" – T. Rex • "Johnny Reggae" – The Piglets • "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night (#1 US) • "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" – The Temptations • "K- Jee" – The Nite- Liters, see (New Birth) • "Knock Three Times" – Tony Orlando and Dawn • "L.A. International Airport" – Susan Raye • "L.A. Woman" – The Doors • "Lady Rose" – Mungo Jerry • "Legend In Your Own Time" – Carly Simon • "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" – The Pioneers • "Levon" – Elton John • "Liar" – Three Dog Night • "Light Sings" – The 5th Dimension • "Like an Open Door" – The Fuzz • "Locomotive Breath" – Jethro Tull • "Lonely Days" – Bee Gees • "Look Wot You Dun" – Slade • "Love Her Madly" – The Doors • "Love Means (You Never Have To Say You’re Sorry)" – Sounds of Sunshine • "Love the One You're With" – The Isley Brothers • "Love the One You're With" – Stephen Stills • "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" – The 5th Dimension • "Maggie May" – Rod Stewart • "Malt and Barley Blues" – McGuinness Flint • "Make It with You" – Sacha Distel (dubbed) • "Mama's Pearl" – The Jackson 5 • "Marianne" – Stephen Stills • "Me and Bobby McGee" – Janis Joplin • "Me and My Arrow" – Harry Nilsson • "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" – Lobo • "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" – Marvin Gaye • "Mighty Clouds of Joy" – B. J. Thomas • "Mr. Big Stuff" – Jean Knight • "Mr. Bojangles" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • "Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 1st movement (Allegro molto)" – Waldo de los Ríos • "My Brother Jake" – Free • "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison (#1 US) • "Nathan Jones" – The Supremes • "Never Can Say Goodbye" – The Jackson 5 • "Never Ending Song of Love" – The New Seekers • "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – Joan Baez • "No Matter What" – Badfinger • "An Old Fashioned Love Song" – Three Dog Night • "Once You Understand" – Think • "One Bad Apple" – The Osmonds • "One Less Bell to Answer" – The 5th Dimension • "One Man Band" – Three Dog Night • "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" – Honey Cone • "One Tin Soldier" – Coven • "One Toke Over the Line" – Brewer & Shipley • "Only You Know and I Know" – Delaney and Bonnie • "Oye Como Va" – Santana • "Paint It Black" – Eric Burdon & War • "Pay to the Piper" – Chairmen of the Board • "Peace Train" – Cat Stevens • "The Pied Piper" – Bob and Marcia • "Power to the People" – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band • "Proud Mary" – Ike & Tina Turner • "The Pushbike Song" – The Mixtures • "Put Your Hand in the Hand" – Ocean • "Rain Dance" – The Guess Who • "Rainy Days and Mondays" – The Carpenters • "Remember Me" – Diana Ross • "Resurrection Shuffle" – Ashton, Gardner and Dyke • "Ride a White Swan" – T. Rex • "Riders on the Storm" – The Doors • "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" – Brenda & the Tabulations • "River Deep – Mountain High" – The Supremes and Four Tops • "Rock and Roll" – Led Zeppelin • "Rock Steady" – Aretha Franklin • "Rose Garden" – Lynn Anderson • "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" – The Newbeats • "She Didn't Do Magic" – Lobo • "She's a Lady" – Tom Jones • "She's Not Just Another Woman" – 8th Day • "Signs" – Five Man Electrical Band • "Silvery Rain" – Cliff Richard • "Simple Game" – Four Tops • "Sing a Song of Freedom" – Cliff Richard • "Sing High, Sing Low" – Anne Murray • "Smiling Faces Sometimes" – Undisputed Truth • "So Far Away" – Carole King • "Softly Whispering I Love You" – The Congregation • "Soldier Blue" – Buffy Sainte-Marie • "Soley, Soley" – Middle of the Road • "Something Old, Something New" – The Fantastics • "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" – Cilla Black • "Sooner or Later" – The Grass Roots • "Soul Power Pt. 1" – James Brown • "Spanish Harlem" – Aretha Franklin • "Stay Awhile" – The Bells (#1 Canada) • "Stay With Me" – The Faces • "Stairway to Heaven" – Led Zeppelin • "Stick Up" – Honey Cone • "Stoned Love" – The Supremes • "Stoney End" – Barbra Streisand • "Stop, Look, Listen" – The Stylistics • "The Story In Your Eyes" – The Moody Blues • "A Stranger in My Place" – Anne Murray • "Strange Kind of Woman" – Deep Purple • "Sugar, Sugar" – Sakkarin • "Sultana" – Titanic • "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" – Peter Nero • "Sunny Honey Girl" – Cliff Richard • "Superstar" – The Carpenters • ""Superstar" (from Jesus Christ Superstar) – Murray Head • "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" – The Temptations • "Surrender" – Diana Ross • "Sweet and Innocent" – Donny Osmond • "Sweet City Woman" – The Stampeders • "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" – Creedence Clearwater Revival • "Sweet Mary" – Wadsworth Mansion • "Take Me Home Country Roads" – John Denver and Fat City • "Talk It Over in the Morning" – Anne Murray • "Tap Turns on the Water" – C.C.S. • "Temptation Eyes" – The Grass Roots • "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" – Carly Simon • "Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes • "They Can't Take Away Our Music" – Eric Burdon & War • "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – The Persuaders • "Timothy" – The Buoys • "Till" – Tom Jones • "Tiny Dancer" – Elton John • "Tired of Being Alone" – Al Green • "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" – Tin Tin • "Tokoloshe Man" – John Kongos • "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" – Denise LaSalle • "Treat Her Like a Lady" – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose • "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" – Middle of the Road • "Two Divided by Love" – The Grass Roots • "Un Banc, un arbre, une rue" – Séverine • "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" – Paul and Linda McCartney • "Walkin'" – C.C.S. • "Want Ads" – Honey Cone • "Watching Scotty Grow" – Bobby Goldsboro • "We Can Work It Out" – Stevie Wonder • "Wear This Ring (with Love)" – The Detroit Emeralds • "What Am I Living For" – Ray Charles • "What Are You Doing Sunday" – Dawn • "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" – The Dramatics • "What's Going On" – Marvin Gaye • "What Is Life" – George Harrison • "When You're Hot, You're Hot" – Jerry Reed • "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" – Andy Williams; also Henry Mancini • "White Lies, Blue Eyes" – Bullet • "Wild Horses" – the Rolling Stones • "Wild Night" – Van Morrison • "Wild World" – Cat Stevens • "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" – Redbone • "Who put the Lights Out" – Dana • "Won't Get Fooled Again" – The Who • "Yo-Yo" – The Osmonds • "You Are Everything" – The Stylistics • "You Can Close Your Eyes" – James Taylor • "Your Move" – Yes • "Your Love (Means Everything to Me)" – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band • "Your Song" – Elton John • "You're All I Need to Get By" – Aretha Franklin • "You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor • "You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)" – 8th Day

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