R&B number-one hits of 1971 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1971:
See also: 1971 in music, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 2 | Groove Me | King Floyd |
| January 9 | Groove Me | King Floyd |
| January 16 | Groove Me | King Floyd |
| January 23 | If I Were Your Woman | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| January 30 | Groove Me | King Floyd |
| February 6 | (Do The) Push and Pull | Rufus Thomas |
| February 13 | (Do The) Push and Pull | Rufus Thomas |
| February 20 | Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone | Johnnie Taylor |
| February 27 | Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone | Johnnie Taylor |
| March 6 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | The Temptations |
| March 13 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | The Temptations |
| March 20 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | The Temptations |
| March 27 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| April 3 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| April 10 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| April 17 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| April 24 | What's Going On | Marvin Gaye |
| May 1 | Never Can Say Goodbye | The Jackson 5 |
| May 8 | Never Can Say Goodbye | The Jackson 5 |
| May 15 | Never Can Say Goodbye | The Jackson 5 |
| May 22 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Aretha Franklin |
| May 29 | Want Ads | The Honey Cone |
| June 5 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Aretha Franklin |
| June 12 | Want Ads | The Honey Cone |
| June 19 | Want Ads | The Honey Cone |
| June 26 | Don't Knock My Love | Wilson Pickett |
| July 3 | Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight |
| July 10 | Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight |
| July 17 | Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight |
| July 24 | Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight |
| July 31 | Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight |
| August 7 | Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants) (Part 1) | James Brown |
| August 14 | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | Marvin Gaye |
| August 21 | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | Marvin Gaye |
| August 28 | Spanish Harlem | Aretha Franklin |
| September 4 | Spanish Harlem | Aretha Franklin |
| September 11 | Spanish Harlem | Aretha Franklin |
| September 18 | Stick-Up | The Honey Cone |
| September 25 | Stick-Up | The Honey Cone |
| October 2 | Make It Funky (Part 1) | James Brown |
| October 9 | Make It Funky (Part 1) | James Brown |
| October 16 | Thin Line Between Love and Hate | The Persuaders |
| October 23 | Thin Line Between Love and Hate | The Persuaders |
| October 30 | Trapped By a Thing Called Love | Denise LaSalle |
| November 6 | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye |
| November 13 | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye |
| November 20 | Have You Seen Her | The Chi-Lites |
| November 27 | Have You Seen Her | The Chi-Lites |
| December 4 | Family Affair | Sly & the Family Stone |
| December 11 | Family Affair | Sly & the Family Stone |
| December 18 | Family Affair | Sly & the Family Stone |
| December 25 | Family Affair | Sly & the Family Stone |
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