Exploring a year of flux for rock and pop, we take a look at which single saw off 1971 at the top of the charts. Read more ...

The Chi-Lites' 1971 hit became a breakup anthem.

The chart-topping hit became one of the defining country songs of the early ’70s.

Rock music certainly doesn’t have the impact it once did on the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, you’d have to go back more than 25 years for the last time a classic rock act had a No. 1 hit on the U.S.

The year 1971 was a special one in popular music. The 1960s were conclusively over, and the sounds were changing. Out was the early proto-rock of the 1950s and early 60s. In was music with more depth, ...