1971 IN MUSIC

''See also:''
1970s in music.

Contents

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

Top hit singles

Published popular music

Births

Deaths

Awards

Events

★ February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.

★ February 16 - Alan David Passaro, the Hells Angel who was tried and acquitted for the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against The Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film ''Gimme Shelter'' showed the stabbing.

★ March 13 - The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, ''Live at the Fillmore East''.

★ March 16 - The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970 are presented.

★ July 3 - Jim Morrison, is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France aged 27.

★ August 1 - The Concert for Bangladesh, starring Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and Leon Russell, also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis and Badfinger

★ December 4 - The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. The band Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the next day, watched the scene from their hotel across Lake Geneva, and later immortalized the events in their song, "Smoke on the Water".

★ December - Electric Light Orchestra release their eponymous titled debut album.

★ Lancelot Layne's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music.

★ August 1 - ''The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour'' premieres on CBS.

★ Kenny Rogers and The First Edition issued their ''Greatest Hits'' album, which will sell over 4 million copies worldwide by the end of the decade. They also star in their own TV series Rollin' On A River which runs until 1974.

★ The line-up for Queen is completed when bassist John Deacon joins the band.

★ Elton John has first international hit with Your Song.

★ ABBA's musical career begins

★ The New York Dolls' musical career begins

★ Donna Summer's musical career begins

★ Stevie Ray Vaughan's musical career begins

★ Roxy Music's musical career begins

★ ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is performed for the first time

★ Michael Jackson's solo career begins

★ Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a solo career

★ The Crystals reunite

★ Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille

★ The Eagles form

★ November 8 - Led Zeppelin release officially untitled fourth studio album, which would become the biggest selling album of the year, the band's biggest selling album, and the fourth best selling album of all time.

★ Ann Wilson joins Heart, which moves to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Albums released

★ ''11-17-70'' - Elton John

★ ''34 Hours'' - Skid Row

★ ''666'' - Aphrodite's Child

★ ''American Pie'' - Don McLean

★ ''A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse'' - The Faces

★ ''Alles Liebe'' - Die Flippers

★ ''Anticipation'' - Carly Simon

★ ''Aqualung'' - Jethro Tull

★ ''A Space In Time'' - Ten Years After

★ ''Astral Taxi'' - Tin Tin

★ ''At Fillmore East'' - The Allman Brothers Band

★ ''Bark'' - Jefferson Airplane

★ ''Blessed Are...'' - Joan Baez

★ ''Blue'' - Joni Mitchell

★ ''Bonnie Raitt'' - Bonnie Raitt

★ ''Budgie'' - Budgie

★ ''Candida'' - The Lawrence Welk Orchestra

★ ''Can I Have My Money Back'' - Gerry Rafferty

★ ''Carly Simon'' - Carly Simon

★ ''Carpenters'' - The Carpenters

★ ''Chase'' - Chase

★ ''Chicago III'' - Chicago

★ ''Collage'' - Le Orme

★ ''Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse

★ ''The Doobie Brothers'' - The Doobie Brothers

★ ''The Electric Light Orchestra'' - Electric Light Orchestra

★ ''Electric Warrior'' - T. Rex

★ ''Electronically Tested'' - Mungo Jerry

★ ''Ella A Nice'' - Ella Fitzgerald

★ ''El Derecho de Vivir en Paz'' - Víctor Jara

★ ''Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album)'' - The Moody Blues

★ ''Every Picture Tells a Story'' - Rod Stewart

★ ''Fearless'' - Family

★ ''Fillmore East - June 1971'' - The Mothers of Invention

★ ''Fireball'' - Deep Purple

★ ''Fly'' - Yoko Ono

★ ''Fog on the Tyne'' - Lindisfarne

★ ''Fragile'' - Yes

★ ''Future Games'' - Fleetwood Mac

★ ''Golden Biscuits'' - Three Dog Night

★ ''Happy To Be Just Like I Am'' - Taj Mahal

★ ''Harmony'' - Three Dog Night

★ ''H.M.S. Donovan'' - Donovan

★ ''Hunky Dory'' - David Bowie

★ ''IF 3'' - If

★ ''If Not for You'' - Olivia Newton-John

★ ''Imagine'' - John Lennon

★ ''The Inner Mounting Flame'' - Mahavishnu Orchestra

★ ''Islands'' - King Crimson

★ ''Isle of View'' - Jimmie Spheeris

★ ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' - Various Artists

★ ''John Prine'' - John Prine

★ ''Killer'' - Alice Cooper

★ ''L.A. Woman'' - The Doors

★ ''Led Zeppelin IV (officially untitled fourth album)'' - Led Zeppelin

★ ''Liv'' - Livingston Taylor

★ ''Live At Fillmore West'' - King Curtis

★ ''Live in Cook County Jail'' - B.B. King

★ ''Love Story'' - Andy Williams

★ ''Love It To Death - Alice Cooper

★ ''The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys'' - Traffic

★ ''Madman Across the Water'' - Elton John

★ ''Maggot Brain'' - Funkadelic

★ ''Master of Reality'' - Black Sabbath

★ ''Meddle'' - Pink Floyd

★ ''Message From the Country'' - The Move

★ ''Moving Waves'' - Focus

★ ''Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon'' - James Taylor

★ ''Music'' - Carole King

★ ''Nilsson Schmilsson'' - Harry Nilsson

★ ''Nursery Cryme'' - Genesis

★ ''Pawn Hearts'' - Van der Graaf Generator

★ ''Pearl'' - Janis Joplin

★ ''Pilgrimage'' - Wishbone Ash

★ ''The Polite Force'' - Egg

★ ''Put Your Hand in the Hand'' - Ocean

★ ''Quite Fire'' - Roberta Flack

★ ''Ram'' - Paul McCartney

★ ''Rock Around the Country'' - Bill Haley & His Comets

★ ''Rosa dos Ventos'' - Maria Bethânia

★ ''Rose Garden'' - Lynn Anderson

★ ''Santana III'' - Santana

★ ''Shaft'' - Isaac Hayes

★ ''Sister Kate'' - Kate Taylor

★ ''Soulful Tapestry'' - Honey Cone

★ ''Sticky Fingers'' - The Rolling Stones

★ ''Straight Up'' - Badfinger

★ ''Surf's Up'' - The Beach Boys

★ ''Sweet Replies'' - Honey Cone

★ ''Tapestry'' - Carole King

★ ''Tarkus'' - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

★ ''Tea for the Tillerman'' - Cat Stevens

★ ''Thembi'' - Pharoah Sanders

★ ''There's a Riot Goin' On'' - Sly & the Family Stone

★ ''Trafalgar'' - The Bee Gees

★ ''Tumbleweed Connection'' - Elton John

★ ''Tupelo Honey'' - Van Morrison

★ ''Une Vie'' - Dalida

★ ''Up to Date'' - The Partridge Family

★ ''What's Going On'' - Marvin Gaye

★ ''Who's Next'' - The Who

★ ''Wild Life'' - Wings

★ ''The Yes Album'' - Yes

★ ''You Don't Have To Be In The Army'' - Mungo Jerry

★ ''You're Not Alone'' - Dion DiMucci

★ ''ZZ Top's First Album'' - ZZ Top

★ ''Split'' - The Groundhogs

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1971.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	John Lennon	Imagine	1971	UK 1 - Dec 1980, US BB 3 - Oct 1971, US BB 10 of 1971, Canada 3 - Sep 1971, Holland 5 - Nov 1971, Australia 19 of 1972, Germany 12 - Jan 1981, Éire 1 - Dec 1975, Europe 8 of the 1970s, South Africa 5 of 1972, Belgium 11 of all time, Rolling Stone 3, TOTP 16, Virgin 1, 86 in 2FM list, RYM 4 of 1971, DDD 2 of 1971, POP 5 of 1971, RIAA 30, Scrobulate 33 of classic rock, Acclaimed 21
2	Rod Stewart	Maggie May	1971	UK 1 - Sep 1971, US BB 1 - Aug 1971, US BB 6 of 1971, US CashBox 23 of 1971, Canada 1 - Aug 1971, Holland 3 - Oct 1971, Australia 13 of 1971, Germany 17 - Jan 1972, Peel list 1 of 1970, Rolling Stone 130, Virgin 53, RYM 3 of 1971, DDD 5 of 1971, POP 10 of 1971, RIAA 194, Acclaimed 80
3	The Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	1971	UK 2 - Apr 1971, US BB 1 - May 1971, US BB 3 of 1971, US CashBox 38 of 1971, Canada 1 - May 1971, Holland 1 - May 1971, Germany 249 of the 1970s, Germany 05 - May 1971, Rolling Stone 490, Virgin 21, RYM 11 of 1971, DDD 8 of 1971, POP 3 of 1971, Scrobulate 89 of classic rock, Acclaimed 137
4	Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knockin'	1971	UK 1 - Nov 1970, US BB 4 - Jan 1971, US BB 28 of 1971, US CashBox 35 of 1971, Canada 3 - Jan 1971, Holland 4 - Dec 1970, Australia 20 of 1971, Germany 250 of the 1970s, Germany 03 - Jan 1971, Éire 1 - Dec 1970, South Africa 11 of 1971, RYM 70 of 1970, DDD 72 of 1970, POP 65 of 1971
5	Three Dog Night	Joy to the World	1971	UK 24 - May 1971, US BB 1 - Mar 1971, US BB 2 of 1971, US CashBox 1 of 1971, Canada 1 - Apr 1971, Holland 25 - Apr 1971, Germany 23 - Jun 1971, South Africa 7 of 1971, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1971, RYM 88 of 1971, DDD 20 of 1970, POP 2 of 1971, RIAA 142

Top hit singles

★ "Another Day" - Paul & Linda McCartney

★ "Baba O' Riley - The Who

★ "Baby Jump" - Mungo Jerry

★ "Because I Love You" - Masters Apprentences

★ "Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin

★ "Black Magic Woman" - Santana

★ "Bless The Beasts And Children" - Carpenters

★ "Blue Money" - Van Morrison

★ "Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" - The Rolling Stones

★ "Can You Feel It Baby" - Sherbet

★ "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Middle of the Road

★ "Cousin Norman" - Marmalade

★ "Coz I Luv You" - Slade

★ "Cry Baby" - Janis Joplin

★ "Double Barrel" - Dave and Ansell Collins

★ "Draggin' the Line" - Tommy James

★ "Eagle Rock" - Daddy Cool

★ "Ernie" - Benny Hill

★ "Family Affair" - Sly & the Family Stone

★ "Free The People - Sherbet

★ "Get It On" - T. Rex

★ "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond

★ "Gonna See My Baby Tonight" La De Da's

★ "Got to Be There" - Michael Jackson

★ "Grandad" - Clive Dunn

★ "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" - Cher

★ "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Sammi Smith

★ "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" - The Tams

★ "Hot Love" - T. Rex

★ "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" - James Brown

★ "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - The Bee Gees

★ "I Just Can't Help Believing" - Elvis Presley

★ "I Woke Up in Love This Morning" - The Partridge Family

★ "I'll Be Gone" - Spectrum

★ "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper

★ "I'm Still Waiting" - Diana Ross

★ "If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder

★ "Imagine" - John Lennon

★ "In My Own Time" - Family (number 4 in the UK)

★ "Indian Reservation" - Paul Revere and the Raiders

★ "Is This the Way to Amarillo?" - Tony Christie

★ "It's Too Late" - Carole King

★ "It Don't Come Easy" - Ringo Starr

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★ First hit by Ringo Starr, the last member of the Beatles to have a solo hit

★ "Jeepster" - T.Rex

★ "Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night

★ "Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood - Leon Russell

★ "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" - The Temptations

★ "Knock Three Times" - Tony Orlando and Dawn

★ "Life Is Getting Better" - Flake

★ "Love Her Madly" - The Doors

★ "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart

★ "Malt And Barley Blues" - McGuinness Flint

★ "Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin

★ "My Brother Jake" - Free

★ "My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison

★ "Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson 5

★ "No Matter What" - Badfinger

★ "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds

★ "One Less Bell to Answer" - Fifth Dimension

★ "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" - Honey Cone

★ "Peace Train" - Cat Stevens

★ "Proud Mary" - Ike & Tina Turner

★ "Rainy Days and Mondays" - Carpenters

★ "Riders On The Storm" - The Doors

★ "She's a Lady" - Tom Jones

★ "Smiling Faces Sometimes" - Undisputed Truth

★ "Sooner or Later" - The Grass Roots

★ "Stay With Me" - The Faces

★ "Stealin'" - Taj Mahal

★ "Stick Up" - Honey Cone

★ "Superstar" - Carpenters

★ "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" - The Temptations

★ "Teach Me How To Fly" - Copperwine feat Jeff St John

★ "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez

★ "The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues

★ "Theme From Shaft" - Isaac Hayes

★ "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" - Tin Tin

★ "Treat Her Like a Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

★ "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul & Linda McCartney

★ "Want Ads" - Honey Cone

★ "What Is Life" - George Harrison

★ "Watching The River Flow" - Bob Dylan

★ "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye

★ "What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" – Tom Clay (feat. The Blackberries)

★ "Where Do I Begin" (Love Story) - Andy Williams

★ "Wild Horses" - Rolling Stones

★ "Wild Night" - Van Morrison

★ "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

★ "Your Song" - Elton John

★ "You've Got a Friend" - James Taylor

Published popular music

★ "The Age of Not Believing"     w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks''

★ "American Pie"     w.m. Don McLean

★ "And I Love You So"     w.m. Don McLean

★ "Baby I'm A-Want You" w.m. David Gates

★ "Been On A Train" w.m. Laura Nyro

★ "Ben"     w. Don Black m. Walter Scharf

★ "Brown Earth" w.m. Laura Nyro

★ "The Candy Man"     w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

★ "Day By Day"     w. John Michael Tebelak m. Stephen Schwartz

★ "Eagle Rock"     w.m. Ross Wilson

★ "I Am Woman"     w. Helen Reddy m. Ray Burton

★ "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" w.m. Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb

★ "I Don't Know How To Love Him" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber. Introduced by Yvonne Elliman in the musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar''

★ "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"     w.m. B. Backer, B. Davis, R. Cook & R. Greenaway

★ "I'm Still Here"     w.m. Stephen Sondheim

★ "Kiss An Angel Good Morning"     w.m. Ben Peters

★ "Knock Three Times"     w.m. Irwin Levine

★ "Losing My Mind"     w.m. Stephen Sondheim

★ "Maggie May" w.m. Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton

★ "Pure Imagination"     w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

★ "Riders On The Storm"     w.m. The Doors

★ "Stairway to Heaven"     w. Robert Plant m. Jimmy Page

★ "Substitutiary Locomotion"     w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks''

★ "The Summer Knows"      w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel Legrand from the film ''Summer Of Forty-Two''

★ "Those Were the Days" w. Lee Adams, m. Charles Strouse, from the TV series ''All in the Family''

★ "Too Many Mornings"     w.m. Stephen Sondheim

★ "Avec le Temps" - Dalida

★ "Mamy Blue" - Dalida
==Classical music==

★ Malcolm Arnold - ''Viola concerto with small orchestra''

★ Gavin Bryars - ''Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet''

★ Elliott Carter - ''String Quartet No. 3''

★ George Crumb - ''Lux Aeterna'' for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)

★ George Crumb - ''Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)'' for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano

★ Mario Davidovsky - ''Chacona'' for violin, cello, and piano

★ Morton Feldman - ''Rothko Chapel''

★ Jorgen Jersild - ''Three Danish Romances''

★ Mauricio Kagel - ''Staatstheater''

★ Ladislav Kupkovic - ''Klanginvasion auf Bonn''

★ Jean Langlais - ''Concerto for Organ no 3 "Reaction"''

★ Luigi Nono - ''Ein Gespenst geht um in der Welt''

★ Steve Reich - ''Drumming''

★ Dmitri Shostakovich - ''Symphony No. 15 A major, Op. 141''

★ Karlheinz Stockhausen - ''Mixtur''

★ Iannis Xenakis - ''Charisma''
==Opera==

★ Alberto Ginastera - ''Beatrix Cenci''

★ Lee Hoiby - ''Summer and Smoke''

★ Heitor Villa-Lobos - ''Yerma''
==Musical theater==

★ ''Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death''     Broadway production

★ ''Follies'' (Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production

★ ''Godspell'' (Stephen Schwartz) - Broadway and London productions

★ ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) - Broadway production

★ ''Lolita, My Love'' (James Barry and Alan Jay Lerner) - closed on tour prior to opening on Broadway

★ ''No, No, Nanette'' (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) - Broadway revival

★ ''On The Town''     Broadway revival

★ ''Show Boat'' (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) - London revival

★ ''To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter''     Broadway production

★ ''Two Gentlemen Of Verona''     Broadway production
==Musical films==

★ ''Bedknobs And Broomsticks'' starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson

★ ''Fiddler On The Roof''

★ ''Journey Back to Oz''     animated feature

★ ''Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory''

Births

★ January 8 - Karen Poole,Alisha's Attic

★ January 11 - Mary J. Blige

★ January 11 - Tom Rowlands, Chemical Brothers

★ January 11 - Stuart Davis, lyricist

★ January 17 - Kid Rock, rapper

★ January 18 - Jonathan Davis, KoЯn

★ January 25 - China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner)

★ January 26 - Bryan Callen, actor

★ February 1 - Ron Welty of The Offspring

★ February 2 - Michelle Gayle, singer

★ February 2 - Ben Mize, Counting Crows

★ February 16 - Amanda Holden, actress and singer

★ February 19 - Gil Shaham, violinist

★ February 23 - Jeff Beres, Sister Hazel

★ February 26 - Erykah Badu

★ March 4 - Feargal Lawler, The Cranberries

★ March 6 - Betty Boo

★ March 31 - Ewan McGregor, actor and singer

★ April 17 - Selena Quintanilla

★ April 20 - Mikey Welsh, Weezer

★ May 3 - Damon Dash, record label executive

★ May 9 - Paul McGuigan, Oasis

★ May 27 - Lisa Lopes, TLC (d. 2002)

★ May 30 - Patrick Dahlheimer, Live

★ June 16- Tupac Shakur, rapper (d. 1996)

★ June 17 - Bif Naked, singer

★ June 18 - Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men

★ June 27 - DJ Screw, rapper (d. 2000)

★ July 1 - Missy Elliott

★ July 17 - DJ Minutemix, P.M. Dawn

★ July 17 - Ed Kowalczyk, Live

★ July 23 - Alison Krauss

★ July 30 - Calogero, singer

★ July 30 - Elvis Crespo, singer

★ August 4 - Yo-Yo (rapper)

★ August 17 - Uhm Jung-hwa, singer

★ August 30 - Lars Frederiksen, Rancid

★ September 6 - Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries

★ September 19 - D-Flame, hip-hop and reggae performer

★ September 24 - Marty Cintron, No Mercy

★ September 28 - A. J. Croce, singer-songwriter and son of Jim Croce

★ October 2 - Tiffany

★ October 2 - James Root, guitarist for Slipknot

★ October 10 - Evgeny Kissin, pianist

★ October 20 - Snoop Dogg

★ October 25 - Midori, violinist

★ November 6 - Joey Beltram, DJ and record producer

★ November 8 - Tech N9ne, rapper

★ December 24 - Ricky Martin

★ December 25 - Noel Hogan, The Cranberries

★ John Dolmayan, System of a Down

★ Derrick Plourde, The Ataris

Deaths

★ February 7 - Dock Boggs, banjo player

★ March 21 - Nan Wynn, US singer

★ March 26 - Harold McNair, saxaphonist and flute player, lung cancer.

★ March 31 - Karl King, composer and bandleader

★ April 6 - Igor Stravinsky, composer

★ April 17 - Carmen Lombardo, US singer, composer and saxophonist

★ May 2 - Edith Day, US actress, singer and dancer

★ May 30 - Marcel Dupré, organist and composer

★ June 11 - Ambrose, English bandleader and violinist

★ June 18 - Libby Holman, US singer and actress

★ July 3 - Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors

★ July 6 - Louis Armstrong, US jazz pioneer

★ August 13 - King Curtis, jazz and blues musician (murdered)

★ August 17 - Tab Smith, saxophonist

★ August 25 - Ted Lewis

★ August 27 - Lil Hardin Armstrong, wife and musical collaborator of Louis Armstrong

★ October 2 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter

★ October 3 - Seán Ó Riada, composer and bandleader

★ October 12 - Gene Vincent, singer

★ October 24 - Carl Ruggles, composer

★ October 29 - Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers

★ November 18 - Junior Parker, blues musician

★ November 22 - Zez Confrey, popular composer and pianist

★ December 28 - Max Steiner, composer

Awards

===Grammy Awards===

★ Grammy Awards of 1971
===Country Music Association Awards===

★ CMA Entertainer of the Year: Charley Pride

★ CMA Top Male Vocalist: Charley Pride

★ CMA Top Female Vocalist: Lynn Anderson

★ CMA Top Vocal Group: Osborne Brothers

★ CMA Top Instrumental Group: Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass

★ CMA Top Vocal Duo: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

★ CMA Single of the Year: "Help Me Make It Through The Night" - Sammi Smith

★ CMA Song of the Year: "Easy Loving" - Freddie Hart

★ CMA Album of the Year: ''I Won't Mention It Again'' - Ray Price

★ CMA Musician of the Year: Jerry Reed
===Eurovision Song Contest===

★ Eurovision Song Contest 1971

★
★ Sévérine (of Monaco) for "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Un Rue"