| 100% | MCGEE | 5 | Bobby in a 1971 #1 hit |
| 72% | ALBERT | 6 | *Title fellow in a 1971 #1 McCartney hit |
| 68% | MCGEE | 5 | Bobby in a Janis Joplin hit |
| 63% | CHCHCHCHCHANGES | 15 | Refrain in a 1971 hit by David Bowie |
| 55% | IMBAD | 5 | Boast in a #1 1987 hit |
| 54% | WAP | 3 | 2020 No. 1 hit whose title acronym is compared to “macaroni in a pot” |
| 54% | DONMCLEAN | 9 | Singer who had a hit with American Pie in 1971 |
| 53% | SUSIE | 5 | Girl in a #1 Everly Brothers hit |
| 53% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | American rock band that had a #1 hit with 41-Across in 1971 (3 wds.) |
| 52% | DIANE | 5 | Title girl in a John Cougar #1 hit |
| 52% | RHONDA | 6 | Title woman in a #1 Beach Boys hit |
| 52% | ANGIE | 5 | Titular woman in a #1 Rolling Stones hit |
| 52% | MCGEE | 5 | Bobby in a '70s chart-topper |
| 52% | MCGEE | 5 | Bobby in a Janis Joplin title |
| 51% | ATASKET | 7 | Bit of nonsense in a #1 Ella Fitzgerald hit |
| 51% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated lyric in a 1987 Michael Jackson #1 hit |
| 51% | KNOTT | 5 | A P E —, England Test cricketer who hit 101 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1971 |
| 51% | KNOTT | 5 | A P E —, England Test cricketer who hit 101 against New Zealand at Auckland in 1971 |
| 51% | CASTLES | 7 | "___ in the Air," 1971 song by Don McLean that was a Billboard Top 40 hit |
| 51% | HOFFA | 5 | Figure in a 1971 mystery |
| 50% | RUNNINGBEAR | 11 | "Young Indian brave" in a 1960 Johnny Preston #1 hit |
| 50% | ILLBETHERE | 10 | Words after "Reach Out" in a #1 Four Tops hit |
| 50% | SLOOPY | 6 | Title name in a 1965 #1 hit |
| 50% | ELPASO | 6 | Title city in a 1960 #1 hit |
| 50% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a 1979 #1 hit |
| 50% | SLOOPY | 6 | Title girl in a 1965 #1 hit |
| 50% | MANDY | 5 | Title woman in a 1975 #1 hit |
| 50% | MAMA | 4 | Pistol packer in a 1943 #1 hit |
| 50% | KOKOMO | 6 | Fictional resort in a 1988 #1 hit |
| 50% | IMBAD | 5 | Repeated boast in a 1987 #1 hit |