| Top 40 Hits of May 1971 |
| 1 |
Dawn | Knock Three Times |
| 2 |
Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar / Bitch / Let It Rock |
| 3 |
Dave & Ansil Collins | Double Barrel |
| 4 |
R Dean Taylor | Indiana Wants Me |
| 5 |
Ringo Starr | It Don't Come Easy |
| 6 |
Waldo De Los Rios | Mozart Symphony No 40 |
| 7 |
Elgins | Heaven Must Have Sent You |
| 8 |
East Of Eden | Jig-A-Jig |
| 9 |
Free | My Brother Jake |
| 10 |
McGuinness Flint | Malt And Barley Blues |
| 11 |
Diana Ross | Remember Me |
| 12 |
T Rex | Hot Love |
| 13 |
Severine | Un Banc, Un Arbre, Un Rue |
| 14 |
Andy Williams | (Where Do I Begin) Love Story |
| 15 |
Neil Diamond | I Am ... I Said |
| 16 |
Sakkarin | Sugar Sugar |
| 17 |
Gerry Monroe | It's A Sin To Tell A Lie |
| 18 |
Tony Christie | I Did What I Did For Maria |
| 19 |
Sweet | Funny Funny |
| 20 |
Fame & Price Together | Rosetta |
| 21 |
Elvis Presley | Rags To Riches |
| 22 |
Fantastics | Something Old Something New |
| 23 |
Bruce Ruffin | Rain |
| 24 |
Marmalade | My Little One |
| 25 |
Ray Stevens | Bridget The Midget |
| 26 |
Lynn Anderson | Rose Garden |
| 27 |
Perry Como | I Think Of You |
| 28 |
Arsenal First Team Squad | Good Old Arsenal |
| 29 |
Delfonics | Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) |
| 30 |
Olivia Newton-John | If Not For You |
| 31 |
CCS | Walkin' |
| 32 |
Peter Noone | Oh You Pretty Thing |
| 33 |
Tami Lynn | I'm Gonna Run Away From You |
| 34 |
Perry Como | It's Impossible |
| 35 |
Elvis Presley | There Goes My Everything |
| 36 |
Mungo Jerry | Lady Rose |
| 37 |
Stevie Wonder | We Can Work It Out |
| 38 |
Judy Collins | Amazing Grace |
| 39 |
Blue Mink | Banner Man |
| 40 |
Temptations | Just My Imagination |
