• Honour your mother and father – Desmond Dekker
• With a little help from my friends – The Undisputed Truth
• Cause I love you – Rufus & Carla Thomas

Cashbox R&B Top 60 – 27 november 1971

• 59 The love you left behind – Syl Johnson
• 58 Let one hurt do – L.J. Reynolds & The Chocolate Syrup
• 57 Keep on keeping on – N.F. Porter
• 55 The wootie-t-woo – The People’s Choice
• 54 Men are getting scarce – Chairmen of the Board
• 52 Get up and get down – The Dramatics
• 50 (We’ve got to) pull together – The Nite-Liters
• 46 After all this time – Merry Clayton
• 44 Let’s stay together – Al Green
• 37 Lay lady lay – The Isley Brothers
• 5 Got to be there – Michael Jackson
• 2 A family affair – Sly & The Family Stone
• 1 Theme from Shaft – Isaac Hayes