Top 40 Hits of Early October 1971
| 1 | Rod Stewart | Maggie May / Reason To Believe |
| 2 | The Tams | Hey Girl Don't Bother Me |
| 3 | Middle Of The Road | Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum |
| 4 | Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood | Did You Ever |
| 5 | James Taylor | You've Got A Friend |
| 6 | CCS | Tap Turns On The Water |
| 7 | Marmalade | Cousin Norman |
| 8 | Shirley Bassey | For All We Know |
| 9 | The Supremes | Nathan Jones |
| 10 | Jethro Tull | Life Is A Long Song / Up The Pool |
| 11 | Hot Chocolate | I Believe (In Love) |
| 12 | The Fortunes | Freedom Come, Freedom Go |
| 13 | Redbone | The Witch Queen Of New Orleans |
| 14 | Curved Air | Back Street Luv |
| 15 | The Four Tops | Simple Game |
| 16 | Mungo Jerry | You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight ... War |
| 17 | Diana Ross | I'm Still Waiting |
| 18 | Danyel Gerard | Butterfly |
| 19 | Engelbert Humperdinck | Another Time, Another Place |
| 20 | Titanic | Sultana |
| 21 | The New Seekers | Never Ending Song Of Love |
| 22 | Daniel Boone | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast |
| 23 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Soldier Blue |
| 24 | Bay City Rollers | Keep On Dancing |
| 25 | Carole King | It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move |
| 26 | Cat Stevens | Moon Shadow |
| 27 | Aretha Franklin | Spanish Harlem |
| 28 | The Carpenters | Superstar / For All We Know |
| 29 | Dawn | What Are You Doing Sunday |
| 30 | Elvis Presley | I'm Leavin' |
| 31 | The Pioneers | Let Your Yeah Be Yeah |
| 32 | Ken Dodd | When Love Comes Round Again |
| 33 | Middle Of The Road | Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep |
| 34 | Vince Hill | Look Around |
| 35 | The Formations | At The Top Of The Stairs |
| 36 | Joan Baez | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down |
| 37 | Rock Candy | Remember |
| 38 | Roger Whittaker | Mammy Blue |
| 39 | Judy Collins | Amazing Grace |
| 40 | Al Green | Tired Of Being Alone |