The #1 R&B song on August 12, 1971

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

By Marvin Gaye

Other #1 songs on August 12, 1971
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

I'm Just Me

Charley Pride

#1 song in the UK

Get It On

T. Rex

#1 song

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Bee Gees

Notable August 12 Birthdays
Born in the 1970s

Jim Schlossnagle

Baseball Coach

Del the Funky Homosapien

Rapper

Jonathan Coachman

Sports Anchor and Professional Wrestling Personality

Matt Clement

Baseball Player

Casey Affleck

Actor

Antoine Walker

Basketball Player

Plaxico Burress

Football Player

Chris Chambers

Football Player

D. J. Houlton

Baseball Player

Anthony Swofford

Writer and Former U.S. Marine