List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1971

The following is a list of every single that peaked on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1971 (based on Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual 1955-1999 publication) and also includes the Top 40 hits Pat has included in the database based a composite of other music charts. Through a collaborative effort with my partner-in-crime Jim (a.k.a. "jimct"), we've made our best effort to determine whether the corresponding commercial 45 release for each single was issued in mono or stereo. This list only accounts for original 45 releases and not later re-issues.

I have posted a mono/stereo 45 list for each year from 1968-1975 (see links below) and hope forum members and fellow music collectors will find these lists to be a useful reference guide. I also highly encourage anyone to let me know if there are any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions so that I can make the necessary corrections.


Mono and Stereo Commercial 45 Releases of Top 40 Singles from 1971

Anderson, Lynn - "Rose Garden" (mono)
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - "Resurrection Shuffle" (stereo)
Baez, Joan - "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (mono)
Bee Gees, The - "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (mono)
Bee Gees - "Lonely Days" (mono)
Beginning of the End, The - "Funky Nassau-Part I" (mono)
Bells, The - "Stay Awhile" (mono)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Go Down Gamblin'" (stereo)
Bloodrock - "D.O.A." (stereo)
Bread - "Baby I'm - a Want You" (stereo)
Bread - "If" (mono)
Bread - "Let Your Love Go" (mono)
Bread - "Mother Freedom" (mono)
Brenda & the Tabulations - "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" (mono)
Brewer & Shipley - "One Toke over the Line" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Escape-ism (Part 1)" (mono)
Brown, James - "Get up, Get Into It, Get Involved Pt. I" (mono)
Brown, James - "Hot Pants Pt. 1 (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)" (mono)
Brown, James - "I'm a Greedy Man - Part I" (mono)
Brown, James - "Make It Funky (Part 1)" (mono)
Brown, James - "Soul Power Pt. 1" (mono)
Buoys, The - "Timothy" (mono)
Campbell, Glen - "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" (stereo)
Carpenters - "For All We Know" (stereo)
Carpenters - "Rainy Days and Mondays" (stereo)
Carpenters - "Superstar" (stereo)
Cassidy, David - "Cherish" (mono)
C Company featuring Terry Nelson - "Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley" (mono)
Chairmen of the Board - "Chairman of the Board" (mono)
Chairmen of the Board - "Pay to the Piper" (mono)
Charles, Ray - "Don't Change on Me" (mono)
Charles, Ray, Orchestra, The - "Booty Butt" (mono)
Chase - "Get It On" (mono)
Cher - "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" (mono)
Chicago - "Beginnings" (mono)
Chicago - "Colour My World" (mono)
Chicago - "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (mono)
Chicago - "Free" (stereo)
Chicago - "Lowdown" (stereo)
Chicago - "Questions 67 and 68" (stereo)
Chi-Lites, The - "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People" (stereo)
Chi-Lites, The - "Have You Seen Her" (stereo)
Clay, Tom - "What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" (mono)
Cocker, Joe - "High Time We Went" (mono)
Cocker, Joe - "Black-Eyed Blues" (mono)
Collins, Dave and Ansil - "Double Barrel" (mono)
Collins, Judy - "Amazing Grace" (stereo)
Como, Perry - "It's Impossible" (stereo)
Cooper, Alice - "Eighteen" (stereo)
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - "Treat Her Like a Lady" (stereo)
Coven - "One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack" (stereo)
Crane, Les - "Desiderata" (stereo)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Hey Tonight" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Sweet Hitch-hiker" (mono)
Curb, Mike, Congregation - "Burning Bridges" (mono)
Cymarron - "Rings" (mono)
Daddy Dewdrop - "Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" (mono)
Damon('s), Liz, Orient Express - "1900 Yesterday" (mono)
Dawn - "I Play and Sing" (mono)
Dawn - "Knock Three Times" (mono)
Dawn - "Summer Sand" (mono)
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "What Are You Doing Sunday" (mono)
Delaney & Bonnie - "Only You Know and I Know" (mono)
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - "Never Ending Song of Love" (mono)
Dells, The - "The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)" (mono)
Denver, John, with Fat City - "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (stereo)
Diamond, Neil - "Crunchy Granola Suite" (stereo)
Diamond, Neil - "I Am...I Said" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Stones" (stereo)
Doors, The - "Love Her Madly" (stereo)
Doors, The - "Riders on the Storm" (stereo)
Dramatics, The - "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" (mono)
Dylan, Bob - "Watching the River Flow" (mono)
Edmunds, Dave - "I Hearing You Knocking" (mono)
8th Day, The - "She's Not Just Another Woman" (mono)
8th Day, The - "You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)" (mono)
Elbert, Donnie - "Where Did Our Love Go" (mono)
Elliman, Yvonne - "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (stereo)
Fanny - "Charity Ball" (stereo)
5th Dimension, The - "Light Sings" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Love's Lines, Angles, and Rhymes" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Never My Love" (mono)
Five Man Electrical Band - "Absolutely Right" (stereo)
Five Man Electrical Band - "Signs" (mono and stereo)
Flack, Roberta, & Donny Hathaway - "You've Got a Friend" (mono)
Floyd, King - "Baby Let Me Kiss You" (mono)
Floyd, King - "Groove Me" (mono)
Fortunes, The - "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" (stereo)
Four Tops - "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten out My Life)" (mono)
Four Tops - "MacArthur Park (Part II)" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Bridge over Troubled Water" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Brand New Me" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Rock Steady" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Spanish Harlem" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "You're All I Need to Get By" (mono)
Free Movement, The - "I've Found Someone of My Own" (stereo)
Fuzz, The - "I Love You for All Seasons" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "What's Going On" (mono)
Glass Bottle, The - "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (mono)
Goldsboro, Bobby - "Watching Scotty Grow" (stereo)
Grass Roots, The - "Sooner or Later" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "Temptation Eyes" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "Two Divided by Love" (mono)
Green, Al - "Tired of Being Alone" (mono)
Guess Who, The - "Albert Flasher" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "Hang on to Your Life" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "Rain Dance" (stereo)
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - "Don't Pull Your Love" (mono)
Harrison, George - "Bangla-desh" (stereo)
Harrison, George - "Deep Blue" (stereo)
Harrison, George - "What Is Life" (stereo)
Hart, Freddie - "Easy Loving" (stereo)
Havens, Richie - "Here Comes the Sun" (mono)
Hayes, Isaac - "Never Can Say Goodbye" (mono)
Hayes, Isaac - "Theme from Shaft" (mono and stereo)
Head, Murray - "Superstar" (stereo)
Honey Cone, The - "Want Ads" (mono)
Honey Cone, The - "Stick-Up" (mono)
Humphrey, Paul, & His Cool Aid Chemists - "Cool Aid" (mono)
Isley Brothers, The - "Love the One You're With" (mono)
Isley Brothers, The - "Spill the Wine" (mono)
Jackson, Michael - "Got to Be There" (mono and stereo)
Jackson 5, The - "Mama's Pearl" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "Maybe Tomorrow" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "Never Can Say Goodbye" (mono)
James Gang, The - "Walk Away" (stereo)
James, Tommy - "Draggin' the Line" (mono)
James, Tommy - "I'm Comin' Home" (mono)
James, Tommy - "Nothing to Hide" (mono)
John, Elton - "Friends" (mono)
John, Elton - "Your Song" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Puppet Man" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Resurrection Shuffle" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "She's a Lady" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Till" (mono)
Joplin, Janis - "Cry Baby" (stereo)
Joplin, Janis - "Me and Bobby McGee" (stereo)
King, B.B. - "Ask Me No Questions" (mono)
King, Carole - "I Feel the Earth Move" (mono and stereo)
King, Carole - "It's Too Late" (mono and stereo)
King, Carole - "Smackwater Jack" (mono)
King, Carole - "So Far Away" (mono)
Kinks, The - "Apeman" (mono)
Kissoon, Mac and Katie - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "If I Were Your Woman" (mono)
Knight, Jean - "Mr. Big Stuff" (mono)
Kristofferson, Kris - "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" (mono)
Lai, Francis - "Theme from Love Story" (stereo)
LaSalle, Denise - "Trapped by a Thing Called Love" (mono)
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song" (stereo)
Lee, Laura - "Women's Love Rights" (mono)
Lennon, John/Plastic Ono Band - "Imagine" (stereo)
Lennon, John/Plastic Ono Band - "Mother" (mono)
Lennon, John/Plastic Ono Band - "Power to the People" (stereo)
Lightfoot, Gordon - "If You Could Read My Mind" (mono and stereo)
Lighthouse - "One Fine Morning" (mono)
Little Sister - "Somebody's Watching You" (mono)
Lobo - "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" (mono)
Mancini, Henry, and His Orchestra - "(Theme from) Love Story" (mono)
Matthews' Southern Comfort - "Woodstock" (stereo)
Mayfield, Curtis - "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go" (mono)
McCartney, Paul - "Another Day" (stereo)
McCartney, Paul - "Oh Woman Oh Why" (stereo)
McCartney, Paul & Linda - "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (stereo)
McGuinness Flint - "When I'm Dead and Gone" (stereo)
Melanie - "Brand New Key" (mono)
Michaels, Lee - "Can I Get a Witness" (mono)
Michaels, Lee - "Do You Know What I Mean" (mono)
Moody Blues, The "The Story in Your Eyes" (stereo)
Moore, Jackie - "Precious, Precious" (mono)
Morrison, Van - "Blue Money" (mono)
Morrison, Van - "Domino" (stereo)
Morrison, Van - "Wild Night" (stereo)
Nash, Graham - "Chicago" (mono)
Nero, Peter - "Theme from "Summer of '42"" (stereo)
Nesmith, Michael, & the First National Band - "Silver Moon" (stereo)
Newton-John, Olivia - "If Not for You" (mono)
Nilsson - "Me and My Arrow" (stereo)
Nite-Liters, The - "K-Jee" (stereo)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Mr. Bojangles" (stereo)
North, Freddie - "She's All I Got" (stereo)
Ocean - "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "Go Away Little Girl" (mono)
Osmond, Donny, of the Osmonds - "Sweet and Innocent" (mono)
Osmonds, The - "Double Lovin'" (mono)
Osmonds, The - "One Bad Apple" (mono and stereo)
Osmonds, The - "Yo-Yo" (mono)
Partridge Family, The, starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy - "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" (mono)
Partridge Family, The, starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy - "I Woke up in Love This Morning" (mono)
Partridge Family, The, starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy - "I'll Meet You Halfway" (mono)
Payne, Freda - "Bring the Boys Home" (mono)
Payne, Freda - "Cherish What Is Dear to You (While It's Near to You)" (mono)
People's Choice - "I Likes to Do It" (mono)
Persuaders, The - "Thin Line Between Love & Hate" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 1" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "I Really Don't Want to Know" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "I'm Leavin'" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Rags to Riches" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "There Goes My Everything" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Where Did They Go, Lord" (mono)
Price, Ray - "For the Good Times" (mono)
Raiders - "Birds of a Feather" (stereo)
Raiders - "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherrokee Reservation Indian)" (stereo)
Rare Earth - "Born to Wander" (mono)
Rare Earth - "I Just Want to Celebrate" (mono)
Rawls, Lou - "A Natural Man" (mono and stereo)
Reddy, Helen - "I Don't Know How to Love Him" (stereo)
Redeye - "Games" (stereo)
Reed, Jerry - "Amos Moses" (mono)
Reed, Jerry - "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "I Don't Blame You at All" (mono)
Roe, Tommy - "Stagger Lee" (mono)
Rolling Stones, The - "Brown Sugar" (mono)
Rolling Stones, The - "Wild Horses" (mono)
Ross, Diana - "Reach out I'll Be There" (mono)
Ross, Diana - "Remember Me" (mono)
Ross, Diana - "Surrender" (mono)
Runt - "We Gotta Get You a Woman" (mono)
Russell, Bobby - "Saturday Morning Confusion" (stereo)
Santana - "Black Magic Woman" (stereo)
Santana - "Everybody's Everything" (stereo)
Santana - "Oye Como Va" (stereo)
Sherman, Bobby - "Cried Like a Baby" (stereo)
Sherman, Bobby - "The Drum" (stereo)
Simon, Carly - "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (stereo)
Simon, Joe - "Your Time to Cry" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Family Affair" (stereo)
Smith, Sammi - "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (mono and stereo)
Sonny & Cher - "All I Ever Need Is You" (stereo)
Sounds of Sunshine - "Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry)" (stereo)
Stampeders - "Sweet City Woman" (mono)
Staple Singers, The - "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)" (mono)
Staple Singers, The - "Respect Yourself" (mono)
Starr, Edwin - "Stop the War Now" (mono)
Starr, Ringo - "It Don't Come Easy" (stereo)
Stevens, Cat - "Moon Shadow" (stereo)
Stevens, Cat - "Peace Train" (stereo)
Stevens, Cat - "Wild World" (mono and stereo)
Stewart, Rod - "Maggie May" (mono)
Stewart, Rod - "Reason to Believe" (mono)
Stewart, Rod, with Faces - "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (mono)
Stills, Stephen - "Change Partners" (mono)
Stills, Stephen - "Love the One You're With" (mono)
Stills, Stephen - "Sit Yourself Down" (mono)
Stills, Stephen - "Marianne" (mono)
Stookey, Paul - "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" (stereo)
Streisand, Barbra - "Stoney End" (stereo)
Streisand, Barbra - "Where You Lead" (stereo)
Stylistics, The - "Stop, Look, Listen (to Your Heart)" (mono)
Supremes, The - "Nathan Jones" (mono)
Supremes, The, & Four Tops - "River Deep - Mountain High" (mono)
Sweathog - "Hallelujah" (stereo)
Taylor, James - "Country Road" (stereo)
Taylor, James - "Long Ago and Far Away" (stereo)
Taylor, James - "You've Got a Friend" (stereo)
Taylor, Johnnie - "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" (mono)
Ten Years After - "I'd Love to Change the World" (stereo)
Thomas, B.J. - "Mighty Clouds of Joy" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "Most of All" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "No Love at All" (mono)
Thomas, Rufus - "Breakdown, The (Part I)" (mono)
Thomas, Rufus - "(Do the) Push and Pull Part I" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Liar" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "An Old Fashioned Love Song" (mono and stereo)
Three Dog Night - "One Man Band" (stereo)
Tin Tin - "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" (mono)
Turner, Ike & Tina - "Proud Mary" (stereo)
Undisputed Truth, The - "Smiling Faces Sometimes" (mono)
Wadsworth Mansion - "Sweet Mary" (mono)
War - "All Day Music" (stereo)
Who, The - "Behind Blue Eyes" (stereo)
Who, The - "Won't Get Fooled Again (stereo)
Williams, Andy - "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (stereo)
Withers, Bill - "Ain't No Sunshine" (mono)
Withers, Bill - "Grandma's Hands" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "If You Really Love Me" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "We Can Work It Out" (mono)
Yes - "Your Move" (mono)


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Edited by Todd Ireland

Thanks, KentT, for being right on top of those remaining stragglers once again!

That leaves only two more entries needing notations for 1971...

Kinks, The - "Apeman" (mono)

Both sides of my commercial 45 copy with these two titles are mono:

King, Carole - "I Feel the Earth Move" (stereo)
King, Carole - "It's Too Late" (stereo)

And conversely, this one's stereo:

Lightfoot, Gordon - "If You Could Read My Mind" (mono)

Edited by Yah Shure

Gordon Lightfoot- If You Can Read My Mind is Stereo on my Pitman, NJ Columbia made 45 single.