Tuesday, December 29, 2020

THE TOP 70 of 1970

Based on a compilation of Year End Charts from all three major trade publications (Billboard, Cash Box and Record World) plus the stats compiled by Joel Whitburn's Record Research 1970 Pop Annual and the book "Ranking the '70's" by Dann Isbell and Bill Carroll, here are ...  


THE TOP 70 RECORDS of 1970

1 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
2 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - BJ Thomas
3 American Woman - Guess Who
4 Let It Be - The Beatles
5 Close To You - The Carpenters
6 ABC -The Jackson Five
7 War - Edwin Starr
8 I'll Be There - The Jackson Five
9 Make It With You - Bread
10 Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
11 Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
12 Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
13 The Love You Save - The Jackson Five
14 Thank You Fa Lettinme Be Mice Elf Agin - Sly and the Family Stone
15 Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
16 Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
17 Venus - Shocking Blue
18 Get Ready - Rare Earth
19 Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
20 Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations
21 Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon and War
22 I Want You Back - The Jackson Five
23 Which Way You Goin' Billy - Poppy Family
24 Candida - Dawn
25 Instant Karma - John Lennon
26 Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
27 The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles
28 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
29 Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
30 Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers
31 I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family
32 The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
33 Lookin'  Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
34 Patches - Clarence Carter
35 Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
36 All Right Now - Free
37 O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps
38 Love On A Two Way Street - Moments
39 One Less Bell To Answer - The Fifth Dimension
40 Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
41 We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
42 Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
43 The Rapper - The Jaggerz
44 Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
45 Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
46 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
47 Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
48 In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
49 Reflections Of My Life - Marmalade
50 Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
51 Give Me Just A Little More Time - Charimen Of The Board
52 Turn Back The Hands Of Time - T yrone Davis
53 No Time - Guess Who
54 Fire And Rain - James Taylor
55 Vehicle - The Ides Of March
56 Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland
57 Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
58 Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
59 Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
60 Snowbird - Anne Murray
61 Tighter, Tighter - Alive And Kicking
62 Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel
63 The Letter - Joe Cocker
64 Come And Get It - Badfinger
65 (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth
66 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies
67 House Of The Rising Sun - Frijid Pink
68 Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations
69 Easy Come, Easy Go - Bobby Sherman
70 Holly Holy - Neil Diamond