List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1970

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

Main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1969
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1970 which peaked in 1969
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

Main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1971
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1970 which peaked in 1971
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

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.