List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1970
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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1970.
The Jackson 5 and Creedence Clearwater Revival each had four top-ten hits in 1970, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
Top-ten singles[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1969 | |||||
| December 13 | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | B. J. Thomas | 1 | January 3 | 13 |
| December 27 | "I Want You Back" | The Jackson 5 | 1 | January 31 | 9 |
| "Whole Lotta Love" | Led Zeppelin | 4 | January 31 | 7 | |
| Singles from 1970 | |||||
| January 3 | "Venus" | Shocking Blue | 1 | February 7 | 9 |
| "La La La (If I Had You)" | Bobby Sherman | 9 | January 10 | 2 | |
| January 10 | "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" | Tommy Roe | 8 | January 17 | 3 |
| January 17 | "Don't Cry Daddy" / "Rubberneckin'" | Elvis Presley | 6 | January 31 | 3 |
| "Midnight Cowboy" | Ferrante & Teicher | 10 | January 17 | 1 | |
| January 24 | "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" | Tom Jones | 5 | January 31 | 3 |
| "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" | Dionne Warwick | 6 | February 7 | 4 | |
| January 31 | "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star" | Sly and the Family Stone | 1 | February 14 | 7 |
| February 7 | "Hey There Lonely Girl" | Eddie Holman | 2 | February 21 | 6 |
| "No Time" | The Guess Who | 5 | February 28 | 4 | |
| "Jingle Jangle" | The Archies | 10 | February 7 | 1 | |
| February 14 | "Travelin' Band" / "Who'll Stop The Rain" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | March 7 | 5 |
| "Psychedelic Shack" | The Temptations | 7 | February 28 | 3 | |
| "Arizona" | Mark Lindsay | 10 | February 14 | 1 | |
| February 21 | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | February 28 | 10 |
| "Rainy Night in Georgia" | Brook Benton | 4 | March 7 | 5 | |
| February 28 | "Ma Belle Amie" | Tee-Set | 5 | March 14 | 3 |
| March 7 | "The Rapper" | The Jaggerz | 2 | March 21 | 6 |
| "Give Me Just a Little More Time" | Chairmen of the Board | 3 | March 21 | 4 | |
| "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" | The Hollies | 7 | March 21 | 4 | |
| March 14 | "Evil Ways" | Santana | 9 | March 21 | 2 |
| March 21 | "Let It Be" † | The Beatles | 1 | April 11 | 11 |
| "Instant Karma!" | John Lennon | 3 | March 28 | 8 | |
| "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" | Edison Lighthouse | 5 | March 28 | 7 | |
| "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" | The Delfonics | 10 | March 21 | 1 | |
| March 28 | "ABC" | The Jackson 5 | 1 | April 25 | 9 |
| "Spirit in the Sky" | Norman Greenbaum | 3 | April 18 | 8 | |
| "Come and Get It" | Badfinger | 7 | April 18 | 6 | |
| April 4 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | Frijid Pink | 7 | April 4 | 2 |
| "Easy Come, Easy Go" | Bobby Sherman | 9 | April 11 | 2 | |
| April 18 | "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" | The Guess Who | 1 | May 9 | 8 |
| "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" | The Friends of Distinction | 6 | May 2 | 4 | |
| "Up the Ladder to the Roof" | The Supremes | 10 | April 18 | 1 | |
| April 25 | "Turn Back the Hands of Time" | Tyrone Davis | 3 | May 23 | 6 |
| May 2 | "Vehicle" | The Ides of March | 2 | May 23 | 5 |
| May 9 | "Everything Is Beautiful" | Ray Stevens | 1 | May 30 | 6 |
| "Reflections of My Life" | Marmalade | 10 | May 9 | 3 | |
| May 16 | "Cecilia" | Simon & Garfunkel | 4 | May 30 | 5 |
| "Up Around the Bend" / "Run Through the Jungle" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 4 | June 6 | 5 | |
| May 23 | "Love on a Two-Way Street" | The Moments | 3 | May 30 | 5 |
| May 30 | "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" | The Poppy Family | 2 | June 6 | 5 |
| "The Letter" | Joe Cocker | 7 | May 30 | 4 | |
| June 6 | "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" | The Beatles | 1 | June 13 | 6 |
| "Get Ready" | Rare Earth | 4 | June 13 | 5 | |
| "Make Me Smile" | Chicago | 9 | June 6 | 2 | |
| June 13 | "The Love You Save" | The Jackson 5 | 1 | June 27 | 9 |
| June 20 | "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" | Three Dog Night | 1 | July 11 | 9 |
| "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" | The Temptations | 3 | June 27 | 9 | |
| "Hitchin' a Ride" | Vanity Fare | 5 | June 27 | 4 | |
| "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" | Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers | 6 | July 11 | 6 | |
| June 27 | "Ride Captain Ride" | Blues Image | 4 | July 11 | 5 |
| "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses" | Elvis Presley | 9 | June 27 | 3 | |
| July 4 | "Band of Gold" | Freda Payne | 3 | July 25 | 8 |
| July 11 | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | The Carpenters | 1 | July 25 | 11 |
| July 18 | "Make It with You" | Bread | 1 | August 22 | 10 |
| "O-o-h Child" | Five Stairsteps | 8 | July 18 | 4 | |
| "Gimme Dat Ding" | The Pipkins | 9 | July 18 | 1 | |
| July 25 | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | Stevie Wonder | 3 | August 8 | 6 |
| August 1 | "Spill the Wine" | Eric Burdon and War | 3 | August 22 | 7 |
| "Tighter, Tighter" | Alive N Kickin' | 7 | August 8 | 4 | |
| August 15 | "War" | Edwin Starr | 1 | August 29 | 8 |
| "In the Summertime" | Mungo Jerry | 3 | September 12 | 6 | |
| August 22 | "Patches" | Clarence Carter | 4 | September 19 | 6 |
| "I Just Can't Help Believing" | B. J. Thomas | 9 | August 22 | 1 | |
| August 29 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Diana Ross | 1 | September 19 | 9 |
| "25 or 6 to 4" | Chicago | 4 | September 12 | 5 | |
| "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" | Ronnie Dyson | 8 | August 29 | 2 | |
| September 5 | "Lookin' Out My Back Door" / "Long As I Can See the Light" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | October 3 | 7 |
| September 12 | "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" | Bobby Sherman | 5 | September 19 | 6 |
| September 19 | "Candida" | Dawn | 3 | October 3 | 8 |
| September 26 | "Cracklin' Rosie" | Neil Diamond | 1 | October 10 | 7 |
| "(I Know) I'm Losing You" | Rare Earth | 7 | October 3 | 3 | |
| "Snowbird" | Anne Murray | 8 | September 26 | 2 | |
| October 3 | "I'll Be There" | The Jackson 5 | 1 | October 17 | 11 |
| "All Right Now" | Free | 4 | October 17 | 6 | |
| October 10 | "We've Only Just Begun" | The Carpenters | 2 | October 31 | 9 |
| "Green-Eyed Lady" | Sugarloaf | 3 | October 17 | 8 | |
| October 17 | "Fire and Rain" | James Taylor | 3 | October 31 | 8 |
| October 24 | "Indiana Wants Me" | R. Dean Taylor | 5 | November 7 | 6 |
| "Lola" | The Kinks | 9 | October 24 | 3 | |
| October 31 | "It's Only Make Believe" | Glen Campbell | 10 | October 31 | 1 |
| November 7 | "I Think I Love You" | The Partridge Family | 1 | November 21 | 11 |
| November 14 | "The Tears of a Clown" | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | 1 | December 12 | 10 |
| "Gypsy Woman" | Brian Hyland | 3 | December 5 | 8 | |
| "Somebody's Been Sleeping" | 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) | 8 | November 14 | 2 | |
| "It Don't Matter to Me" | Bread | 10 | November 14 | 1 | |
| November 21 | "Montego Bay" | Bobby Bloom | 8 | November 28 | 2 |
| November 28 | "Heaven Help Us All" | Stevie Wonder | 9 | November 28 | 2 |
| December 5 | "One Less Bell to Answer" | The 5th Dimension | 2 | December 26 | 10 |
| "No Matter What" | Badfinger | 8 | December 5 | 4 | |
| "Share the Land" | The Guess Who | 10 | December 5 | 2 | |
| December 12 | "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" | George Harrison | 1 | December 26 | 10 |
| December 19 | "Stoned Love" | The Supremes | 7 | December 19 | 5 |
† — "Let It Be" also made its Hot 100 debut on March 21.
1969 peaks[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 22 | "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" | Steam | 1 | December 6 | 8 |
| November 29 | "Leaving on a Jet Plane" | Peter, Paul and Mary | 1 | December 20 | 10 |
| "Down on the Corner" / "Fortunate Son" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | December 20 | 8 | |
| December 6 | "Someday We'll Be Together" | Diana Ross & the Supremes | 1 | December 27 | 9 |
| December 20 | "Holly Holy" | Neil Diamond | 6 | December 27 | 3 |
1971 peaks[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 12 | "Black Magic Woman" | Santana | 4 | January 9 | 7 |
| "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | Chicago | 7 | January 2 | 5 | |
| December 19 | "Knock Three Times" | Dawn | 1 | January 23 | 11 |
See also[]
- 1970 in music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970 (U.S.)
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970
References[]
General sources[]
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
Categories:
- Lists of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles
- 1970 record charts