▸ the year you arrived
1971
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You will be 55 this year — a child of the '70s.
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Your generation
Gen X
1971 belonged to
Carpenters
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1971
- 1
Joy to the World
Three Dog Night
- 2
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
- 3
I Feel the Earth Move
Carole King
- 4
One Bad Apple
The Osmonds
- 5
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Bee Gees
- 6
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)
The Raiders
- 7
Go Away Little Girl
Donny Osmond
- 8
Take Me Home, Country Roads (Original Version)
John Denver
- 9
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
The Temptations
- 10
Knock Three Times
Tony Orlando & Dawn
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