The year in music
Best Songs of 1971
John Lennon’s “Imagine”, Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”, and Carole King’s “Tapestry”.

Play 1971
37 songs

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Marvin Gaye

Mercy Mercy Me
Marvin Gaye

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Marvin Gaye

Save the Children
Marvin Gaye

What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye

Changes
David Bowie

Life on Mars?
David Bowie

Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton

Cosmic Dancer
T. Rex

Get It On
T. Rex

Life’s a Gas
T. Rex

Planet Queen
T. Rex

Rip Off
T. Rex

Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
The Temptations

Tiny Dancer
Elton John

Tupelo Honey
Van Morrison

Life Is a Carnival
The Band

Angel from Montgomery
John Prine

Baba O'Riley
The Who

Hello in There
John Prine

L.A. Woman
The Doors

Paradise
John Prine

Sam Stone
John Prine

Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin

Sweet Leaf
Black Sabbath

Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers

Imagine
John Lennon

Jealous Guy
John Lennon

Journey in Satchidananda
Alice Coltrane

Universal Consciousness
Alice Coltrane

A Case of You
Joni Mitchell

A Song for You
Donny Hathaway

Aqualung
Jethro Tull

It’s Too Late
Carole King

Let's Stay Together
Al Green

Locomotive Breath
Jethro Tull

You’ve Got a Friend
Carole King
1971 on Music By Decade
The catalogue holds 37 songs first released in 1971. Rock, Soul and R&B lead the year. Marvin Gaye, T. Rex and John Prine are among the voices of 1971.
Artists of 1971
- Marvin Gaye5
- T. Rex5
- John Prine4
- Alice Coltrane2
- Carole King2
- David Bowie2
- Jethro Tull2
- John Lennon2
- Al Green
- Bill Withers
- Black Sabbath
- Dolly Parton
- Donny Hathaway
- Elton John
- Joni Mitchell
- Led Zeppelin
- The Band
- The Doors
- The Temptations
- The Who
- Van Morrison
The sound of 1971
- Rock70s
- Soul70s
- R&B70s
- Classic Rock70s
- Folk70s
- Glam Rock70s
- Soft Rock70s
- Pop70s
- Singer-Songwriter70s
- Country70s