List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1970 explained

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

Singles from 1969
Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak date	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top ten
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
December 27	"Whole Lotta Love"	Led Zeppelin	4	January 31	7
Singles from 1970
January 3	"Venus"	Shocking Blue	1	February 7	9
January 3	"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
January 17	"Midnight Cowboy"	Ferrante & Teicher	10	January 17	1
January 24	"Without Love (There Is Nothing)"	Tom Jones	5	January 31	3
January 24	"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
February 21	"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
April 4	"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
May 9	"Reflections of My Life"	Marmalade	10	May 9	3
May 16	"Cecilia"	Simon & Garfunkel	4	May 30	5
May 16	"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
May 30	"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
June 27	"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
August 1	"Tighter, Tighter"	Alive N Kickin'	7	August 8	4
August 15	"War"	Edwin Starr	1	August 29	8
August 15	"In the Summertime"	Mungo Jerry	3	September 12	6
August 22	"Patches"	Clarence Carter	4	September 19	6
August 22	"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
October 3	"All Right Now"	Free	4	October 17	6
October 10	"We've Only Just Begun"	The Carpenters	2	October 31	9
October 10	"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
October 24	"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

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1969.

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
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
November 29	"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

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1971.

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
Weeks in top ten
December 12	"Black Magic Woman"	Santana	4	January 9	7
December 12	"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"	Chicago	7	January 2	5
December 19	"Knock Three Times"	Dawn	1	January 23	11

References

General sources

Book: Whitburn. Joel. Joel Whitburn. Pop Annual, 1955–2011. 2012. Record Research Inc.. 0-89820-194-2. 8th.
Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies
Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.