The #1 R&B song on August 15, 1971

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) By Marvin Gaye

Other #1 songs on August 15, 1971

#1 Hit Song

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Bee Gees

UK #1 Song

I'm Still Waiting
Diana Ross

#1 Country Song

I'm Just Me
Charley Pride

Notable August 15 birthdays in the 1970s

Carl Edwards

Born August 15, 1979
Kerri Walsh Jennings

Born August 15, 1978
Martin Biron

Born August 15, 1977
Bertrand Berry

Born August 15, 1975
Natasha Henstridge

Born August 15, 1974
Ben Affleck

Born August 15, 1972
Anthony Anderson

Born August 15, 1970