# Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 20, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020 "2015-09-20T23:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020/1 "2015-09-20T23:06:05Z")

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Which song to reach #1 in 1971 is your favorite?

YOU MAY PICK MORE THAN ONE SONG

OLDER POLLS:  
1964:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18667052](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18667052)  
1965:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767714)  
1966:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767890)  
1967:[Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768306)  
1968:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768597)  
1969:[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768867)  
1970:[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769085)

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020/2 "2015-09-20T23:20:40Z")

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> [@Nema98](#):
>
> Which song to reach #1 in 1971 is your favorite?
> 
> YOU MAY PICK MORE THAN ONE SONG
> 
> OLDER POLLS:  
> 1964:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18667052](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18667052)  
> 1965:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767714)  
> 1966:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767890)  
> 1967:[Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768306)  
> 1968:[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768597)  
> 1969:[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768867)  
> 1970:[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769085)

By the way two asterisks \*\* next to an artist’s name means that artist is Canadian.

Gordon Lightfoot, The Bells and The Stampeders are the three Canadian artists featured in this 1971 poll.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020/3 "2015-09-20T23:22:05Z")

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It Don’t Come Easy  
How Do You Mend a Broken Heart

That is all.

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020/4 "2015-09-20T23:22:32Z")

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Two votes for the Bee Gees, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and his wife, Tom Jones, Carole King, Gordon Lightfoot, Isaac Hayes and Three Dog Night.

Much better list than 1970.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020/5 "2015-09-21T00:02:42Z")

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This was my prime AM radio listening year. So many of these songs evoke specific memories.

I can’t vote for anything other than the sublime How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by the Gibb brothers.  
mmm