24 February 2009

Top 40 hits of 1970






The Top 40 Singles of 1970:

  1. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel (First chart appearance: 2/14/70; Highest position.: #1)
  2. "American Woman" - The Guess Who (3/28/70; #1)
  3. "Get Ready" - Rare Earth (4/4/70; #4)
  4. "Band Of Gold" - Freda Payne (5/30/70; #3)
  5. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B.J. Thomas (11/22/69; #1)
  6. "ABC" - The Jackson 5 (3/21/70; #1)
  7. "Let It Be" - The Beatles (3/21/70; #1)
  8. "(They Long To Be) Close To You" - Carpenters (6/27/70; #1)
  9. "Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Three Dog Night (6/6/70; #1)
  10. "War" - Edwin Starr (7/25/70; #1)
  11. "Spirit In The Sky" - Norman Greenbaum (3/7/70; #3)
  12. "Make It With You" - Bread (7/11/70; #1)
  13. "Venus" - The Shocking Blue (12/20/69; #1)
  14. "Ball Of Confusion" - The Temptations (6/6/70; #3)
  15. "Spill The Wine" - Eric Burdon & War (7/11/70; #3)
  16. "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" - The Poppy Family (4/25/70; #2)
  17. "Everything Is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens (4/18/70; #1)
  18. "Lay Down" - Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers (5/16/70; #6)
  19. "Candida" - Dawn (8/29/70; #3)
  20. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & the Family Stone (1/10/70; #1)
  21. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross (8/15/70; #1)
  22. "I'll Be There" - The Jackson 5 (9/19/70; #1)
  23. "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" - John Ono Lennon (3/7/70; #3)
  24. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder (7/4/70; #3)
  25. "Hitchin' A Ride" - Vanity Fare (5/16/70; #5)
  26. "Hey There Lonely Girl" - Eddie Holman (1/10/70; #2)
  27. "I Want You Back" - The Jackson 5 (12/6/69; #1)
  28. "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image (5/23/70; #4)
  29. "Ooh Child" - The Five Stairsteps (6/20/70; #8)
  30. "Something's Burning" - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (3/14/70; #11)
  31. "All Right Now" - Free (9/5/70; #4)
  32. "Love On A Two-Way Street" - The Moments (4/18/70; #3)
  33. "Reflections Of My Life" - The Marmalade (4/4/70; #10)
  34. "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" - Bobby Sherman (8/15/70; #5)
  35. "Up Around The Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival (5/2/70; #4)
  36. "Green-Eyed Lady" - Sugarloaf (9/19/70; #3)
  37. "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" - Tyrone Davis (4/4/70; #3)
  38. "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse (2/28/70; #5)
  39. "The Rapper" - Jaggerz (2/14/70; #2)
  40. "In The Summertime" - Mungo Jerry (7/25/70; #3)