List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1971
Chart history

List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1971

Section Title: Chart history
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Issue date	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.

January 2	"Rose Garden"	Lynn Anderson

January 9

January 16

January 23

January 30	"Flesh and Blood"	Johnny Cash

February 6	"Joshua"	Dolly Parton

February 13	"Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Sammi Smith

February 20

February 27

March 6	"I'd Rather Love You"	Charley Pride

March 13

March 20

March 27	"After the Fire Is Gone"	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

April 3

April 10	"Empty Arms"	Sonny James

April 17

April 24

May 1

May 8	"How Much More Can She Stand"	Conway Twitty

May 15	"I Won't Mention It Again"	Ray Price

May 22

May 29

June 5	"You're My Man"	Lynn Anderson

June 12

June 19	"When You're Hot, You're Hot"	Jerry Reed

June 26

July 3

July 10

July 17

July 24	"Bright Lights, Big City"	Sonny James

July 31	"I'm Just Me"	Charley Pride

August 7

August 14

August 21

August 28	"Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)"	Tammy Wynette

September 4

September 11	"Easy Loving"	Freddie Hart

September 18	"The Year Clayton Delaney Died"	Tom T. Hall

September 25

October 2	"Easy Loving"	Freddie Hart

October 9

October 16	"How Can I Unlove You"	Lynn Anderson

October 23

October 30

November 6	"Here Comes Honey Again"	Sonny James

November 13	"Lead Me On"	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

November 20	"Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)"	Merle Haggard

November 27

December 4	"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"	Charley Pride

December 11

December 18

December 25

Sentence(s)

On February 6, Dolly Parton reached number one for the first time with the single "Joshua".

final_sentence: On February 6, Dolly Parton reached number one for the first time with the single "Joshua".