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American Top 40 — December 18, 1971

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

The December 18, 1971 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 42 songs. #1 was Family Affair by Sly & The Family Stone. 7 songs debuted this week. 14 songs were in their final week on the chart. Also on the show: 2 extras (Good Vibrations, Spaced Cowboy) .

On this show

  1. 40
    Kiss An Angel Good Morning Charley Pride
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #21
  2. 39
    Day After Day Badfinger
    Week 1 of 9 · Peaks #4
  3. 38
    Hey Big Brother Rare Earth
    Week 1 of 5 · Peaks #19
  4. 37
    Everybody's Everything Santana
    Week 8 of 8 · Peak #12
  5. 36
    Two Divided By Love Grass Roots
    Week 8 of 8 · Peak #16
  6. 35
    I'm A Greedy Man, Part 1 James Brown
    Week 2 of 2 · Peaks #35
  7. 34
    Behind Blue Eyes The Who
    Week 3 of 3 · Peaks #34
  8. 33
    Hallelujah Sweathog
    Week 2 of 2 · Peaks #33
  9. 32
    Drowning In The Sea Of Love Joe Simon
    Week 2 of 9 · Peaks #11
  10. 31
    An American Trilogy Mickey Newbury
    Week 3 of 5 · Peaks #28
  11. 30
    Let's Stay Together Al Green
    Week 2 of 13 · Peaks #1
  12. 29
    Clean Up Woman Betty Wright
    Week 2 of 9 · Peaks #6
  13. 28
    I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) New Seekers
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #28
  14. 27
    A Natural Man Lou Rawls
    Week 8 of 8 · Peak #17
  15. 26
    I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) Hillside Singers
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #26
  16. 25
    I Know I'm Losing You Rod Stewart
    Week 4 of 4 · Peaks #25
  17. 24
    One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Honey Cone
    Week 2 of 6 · Peaks #15
  18. 23
    Imagine John Lennon
    Week 9 of 9 · Peak #3
  19. 22
    The Desiderate Les Crane
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #22
  20. 21
    Theme From 'Summer Of '42' Peter Nero
    Week 5 of 6 · Peaks #21
  21. Extra
    Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
  22. 20
    Sunshine Jonathan Edwards
    Week 3 of 10 · Peaks #4
  23. 19
    Rock Steady Aretha Franklin
    Week 7 of 7 · Peak #9
  24. 18
    Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) Temptations
    Week 4 of 5 · Peaks #18
  25. 17
    Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves Cher
    Week 12 of 12 · Peak #1
  26. 16
    Where Did Our Love Go Donnie Elbert
    Week 5 of 6 · Peaks #16
  27. 15
    You Are Everlasting Stylistics
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #15
  28. 14
    Stones Neil Diamond
    Week 4 of 5 · Peaks #14
  29. 13
    Respect Yourself Staple Singers
    Week 6 of 8 · Peaks #13
  30. 12
    Hey Girl Donny Osmond
    Week 3 of 6 · Peaks #9
  31. 11
    Scorpio Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
    Week 6 of 13 · Peaks #6
  32. 10
    Cherish David Cassidy
    Week 6 of 9 · Peaks #9
  33. 9
    American Pie Don McLean
    Week 3 of 14 · Peaks #1
  34. 8
    All I Ever Need Is You Sonny & Cher
    Week 5 of 8 · Peaks #8
  35. 7
    Baby I'm A Want You Bread
    Week 7 of 8 · Peak #3
  36. Extra
    Spaced Cowboy Sly & The Family Stone
  37. 6
    Theme From 'Shaft' Isaac Hayes
    Week 9 of 10 · Peak #1
  38. 5
    Got To Be There Michael Jackson
    Week 7 of 11 · Peak #4
  39. 4
    An Old Fashioned Love Song Three Dog Night
    Week 5 of 8 · Peaks #4
  40. 3
    Have You Seen Her Chi-Lites
    Week 8 of 11 · Peaks #3
  41. 2
    Brand New Key Melanie
    Week 4 of 11 · Peaks #1
  42. 1
    Family Affair Sly & The Family Stone
    Week 6 of 11 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history