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American Top 40 — October 23, 1971

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 42 Non-chart: 2

The October 23, 1971 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 42 songs. #1 was Maggie May by Rod Stewart. 7 songs debuted this week. 7 songs were in their final week on the chart. Also on the show: 2 extras (Reach Out I'll Be There, Reason To Believe) .

On this show

  1. 40
    I'm Comin' Home Tommy James
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #40
  2. 39
    The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) Dells
    Week 6 of 6 · Peak #30
  3. 38
    A Natural Man Lou Rawls
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #17
  4. 37
    Women's Love Rights Laura Lee
    Week 2 of 4 · Peaks #36
  5. 36
    Long Ago And Far Away James Taylor
    Week 2 of 5 · Peaks #31
  6. 35
    The Desiderata Les Crane
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #8
  7. 34
    You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk) Eighth Day
    Week 1 of 4 · Peaks #28
  8. 33
    Rain Dance Guess Who
    Week 8 of 8 · Peak #19
  9. 32
    Wedding Song (There Is Love) Paul Stookey
    Week 8 of 9 · Peak #24
  10. 31
    I Woke Up In Love This Morning Partridge Family
    Week 10 of 10 · Peak #13
  11. 30
    Smiling Faces Sometimes Undisputed Truth
    Week 13 of 13 · Peak #3
  12. 29
    Easy Loving Freddie Hart
    Week 5 of 12 · Peaks #17
  13. 28
    One Fine Morning Lighthouse
    Week 3 of 8 · Peaks #24
  14. 27
    Only You And I Know Delaney & Bonnie
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #27
  15. 26
    Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Kris Kristofferson
    Week 3 of 5 · Peaks #26
  16. 25
    Stagger Lee Tommy Roe
    Week 5 of 7 · Peaks #25
  17. 24
    Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Mac & Katie Kissoon
    Week 8 of 9 · Peak #20
  18. 23
    Birds Of A Feather Raiders
    Week 4 of 6 · Peaks #23
  19. 22
    Stick-Up Honey Cone
    Week 10 of 10 · Peak #11
  20. 21
    Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Marvin Gaye
    Week 2 of 5 · Peaks #9
  21. 20
    Imagine John Lennon
    Week 1 of 9 · Peaks #3
  22. 19
    Never My Love Fifth Dimension
    Week 4 of 9 · Peaks #12
  23. 18
    Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers
    Week 11 of 12 · Peak #3
  24. 17
    Thin Line Between Love And Hate Persuaders
    Week 6 of 9 · Peaks #15
  25. 16
    So Far Away Carole King
    Week 7 of 8 · Peak #14
  26. 15
    Peace Train Cat Stevens
    Week 3 of 10 · Peaks #7
  27. 14
    Trapped By A Thing Called Love Denise LaSalle
    Week 5 of 9 · Peaks #13
  28. 13
    Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey Paul & Linda McCartney
    Week 10 of 12 · Peak #1
  29. 12
    Tired Of Being Alone Al Green
    Week 10 of 15 · Peaks #11
  30. 11
    I've Found Someone Of My Own Free Movement
    Week 6 of 11 · Peaks #5
  31. 10
    If You Really Love Me Stevie Wonder
    Week 8 of 11 · Peak #8
  32. 9
    Theme From 'Shaft' Isaac Hayes
    Week 1 of 10 · Peaks #1
  33. 8
    Sweet City Woman Stampeders
    Week 7 of 10 · Peaks #8
  34. 7
    Go Away Little Girl Donny Osmond
    Week 10 of 13 · Peak #1
  35. Extra
    Reach Out I'll Be There Four Tops
  36. 6
    Do You Know What I Mean Lee Michaels
    Week 8 of 12 · Peaks #6
  37. 5
    The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez
    Week 9 of 13 · Peak #3
  38. 4
    Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves Cher
    Week 4 of 12 · Peaks #1
  39. 3
    Yo-Yo Osmonds
    Week 6 of 11 · Peaks #3
  40. Extra
    Reason To Believe Rod Stewart
  41. 2
    Superstar Carpenters
    Week 7 of 12 · Peaks #2
  42. 1
    Maggie May Rod Stewart
    Week 9 of 15 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history