I was born! Cigarette ads were banned from tv. Look magazine published their final issue after 34 years. The Beatles officially confirmed the rumors that they were breaking up the group to pursue individual careers. Earth, Wind & Fire, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Don McLean, The Osmonds and Caly Simon all make their debuts. Rolls-Royce, Ltd. declared bankruptcy.
| Rock/Pop | Country |
| Me And Bobby McGee-Janis Joplin | Take Me Home, Country Roads-John Denver |
| For All We Know--The Carpenters | Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'-Charley Pride |
| Have You Ever Seen The Rain-CCR | Easy Loving-Freddie Hart |
| Oye Como Va-Santana | You're My Man-Lynn Anderson |
| Wile World-Cat Stevens | Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)-Merle Haggard |
| Joy To The World-Three Dog Night | Country Green-Don Gibson |
| Love Her Madly--The Doors | Help Me Make It Through The Night-Sammi Smith |
| Me And You And A Dog Named Boo-Lobo | Here Comes Honey Again-Sonny James |
| Brown Sugar-Rolling Stones | Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)-Tammy Wynette |
| It Don't Come Easy-Ringo Starr | The Year That Clayton Delaney Died-Tom T. Hall |
| American Pie-Don McLean | I Won't Mention It Again-Ray Price |
| It's Too Late-Carole King | Just One Time-Connie Smith |
| Maggie May-Rod Stewart | He's So Fine-Jody Miller |
| Family Affair-Sly & The Family Stone | Right Won't Touch A Hand-George Jones |
| The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-Joan Baez | When You're Hot, You're Hot-Jerry Reed |
Order Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1971
| Gunsmoke |
| Sanford And Son |
| All In The Family |
| Mannix |
| Adam 12 |
Shaft
The Last Picture Show
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Bananas
Fiddler On The Roof
A Clockwork Orange
*The Apollo 15 astronauts explored the moon's surface in a battery
operated vehicle known as the Lunar Rover.
*Charles Manson was sentenced to death.
*President Nixon put a freeze on prices and wages for 90 days in an effort to combat
runaway inflation.
*The 26th Amendment was passed which lowered the voting age to 18.
*In baseball the Pittsburgh Pirates beat
the Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 3.
*In the NBA the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Baltimore Bullets 4 games to 0, in the ABA the
Utah Stars beat the Kentucky Colonels 4 games to 3.
*In hockey it was the Montreal Canadiens over the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 3.
*The 1971-72 football season ended with the Dallas Cowboys beating the Miami Dolphins
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