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NPR's 50 Favorite Songs Of 1971
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NPR Music
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1
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
2
Tired of Being Alone
Al Green
3
Journey In Satchidananda
Alice Coltrane
,
Pharoah Sanders
4
Rock Steady
Aretha Franklin
5
When I Paint My Masterpiece - Remastered 2000
The Band
6
Grandma's Hands
Bill Withers
7
Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers
8
Sweet Leaf - 2014 Remaster
Black Sabbath
9
Thank You - 2008 Remaster
Bonnie Raitt
10
Mushroom - 2011 Remastered
CAN
11
It's Too Late
Carole King
12
Superstar
Carpenters
13
Get Down
Curtis Mayfield
14
Changes - 2015 Remaster
David Bowie
15
Life on Mars? - 2015 Remaster
David Bowie
16
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
The Dramatics
17
Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
18
Going Down
Freddie King
19
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
20
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron
21
Ostinato - Suite for Angela
Herbie Hancock
22
Proud Mary
Ike & Tina Turner
23
Theme From Shaft - Remastered
Isaac Hayes
24
You've Got a Friend - 2019 Remaster
James Taylor
25
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Joan Baez
26
Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
27
Hello in There
John Prine
28
Illegal Smile
John Prine
29
A Case of You
Joni Mitchell
30
California
Joni Mitchell
31
Something On Your Mind
Karen Dalton
32
When the Levee Breaks - Remaster
Led Zeppelin
33
Freedom For The Stallion
Lee Dorsey
34
Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen
35
Fire And Brimstone
Link Wray
36
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Marvin Gaye
37
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
38
Northern Sky
Nick Drake
39
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
40
Can't You Hear Me Knocking - 2009 Mix
The Rolling Stones
41
Wild Horses - 2009 Mix
The Rolling Stones
42
Melody
Serge Gainsbourg
43
Strawberry Letter 23
Shuggie Otis
44
Family Affair - Single Version
Sly & The Family Stone
45
Jeepster - 2003 Remaster
T. Rex
46
Mambo Sun - 2003 Remaster
T. Rex
47
I'd Love to Change the World - 2004 Remaster
Ten Years After
48
War Drums
War
49
Won't Get Fooled Again - Original Album Version
The Who
50
Peace Train - Remastered 2021
Yusuf / Cat Stevens
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