List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1970 explained

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970.

That year, 14 acts earned their first number one, such as B. J. Thomas, the Jackson 5, Shocking Blue, the Guess Who, Ray Stevens, Three Dog Night, the Carpenters, Bread, Edwin Starr, Neil Diamond, the Partridge Family, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Diana Ross and George Harrison, having already hit number one with the Supremes and the Beatles, respectively, hit number one for the first time as solo acts, Ross being the only single female to reach the top of the charts. The Jackson 5 and the Beatles had more than one song hit number one that year, the Jackson 5 having the most with four, while the Beatles had two.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1970 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
width=31Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4227January 3"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"B. J. Thomas[1]
January 10[2]
January 17[3]
January 24[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center228January 31"I Want You Back"The Jackson 5[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center229February 7"Venus"Shocking Blue[6]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2230February 14"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star"Sly & the Family Stone[7]
February 21[8]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=6231February 28bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="6""Bridge over Troubled Water"Simon & Garfunkel[9]
March 7[10]
March 14[11]
March 21[12]
March 28[13]
April 4[14]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2232April 11"Let It Be"The Beatles[15]
April 18[16]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2233April 25"ABC"The Jackson 5[17]
May 2[18]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3234May 9"American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight"The Guess Who[19]
May 16[20]
May 23[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2235May 30"Everything Is Beautiful"Ray Stevens[22]
June 6[23]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2236June 13"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"The Beatles[24]
June 20[25]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2237June 27 "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5[26]
July 4[27]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2238July 11"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"Three Dog Night[28]
July 18[29]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4239July 25"(They Long to Be) Close to You"The Carpenters[30]
August 1[31]
August 8[32]
August 15[33]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center240August 22"Make It with You"Bread[34]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3241August 29"War"Edwin Starr[35]
September 5[36]
September 12[37]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3242September 19"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"Diana Ross[38]
September 26[39]
October 3[40]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center243October 10"Cracklin' Rosie"Neil Diamond[41]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5244October 17"I'll Be There"The Jackson 5[42]
October 24[43]
October 31[44]
November 7[45]
November 14[46]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3245November 21"I Think I Love You"The Partridge Family[47]
November 28[48]
December 5[49]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2246December 12"The Tears of a Clown"Smokey Robinson & the Miracles[50]
December 19[51]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center247December 26"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity"George Harrison[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1
1The Jackson 510
2Simon & Garfunkel6
3B.J. Thomas4
The Beatles
The Carpenters
6The Guess Who3
Edwin Starr
Diana Ross
The Partridge Family
10Sly & the Family Stone2
Ray Stevens
Three Dog Night
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
14Shocking Blue1
Bread
Neil Diamond
George Harrison

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: January 3, 1970. .
  2. Web site: January 10, 1970. .
  3. Web site: January 17, 1970. .
  4. Web site: January 24, 1970. .
  5. Web site: January 31, 1970. .
  6. Web site: February 7, 1970. .
  7. Web site: February 14, 1970. .
  8. Web site: February 21, 1970. .
  9. Web site: February 28, 1970. .
  10. Web site: March 7, 1970. .
  11. Web site: March 14, 1970. .
  12. Web site: March 21, 1970. .
  13. Web site: March 28, 1970. .
  14. Web site: April 4, 1970. .
  15. Web site: April 11, 1970. .
  16. Web site: April 18, 1970. .
  17. Web site: April 25, 1970. .
  18. Web site: May 2, 1970. .
  19. Web site: May 9, 1970. .
  20. Web site: May 16, 1970. .
  21. Web site: May 23, 1970. .
  22. Web site: May 30, 1970. .
  23. Web site: June 6, 1970. .
  24. Web site: June 13, 1970. .
  25. Web site: June 20, 1970. .
  26. Web site: June 27, 1970. .
  27. Web site: July 4, 1970. .
  28. Web site: July 11, 1970. .
  29. Web site: July 18, 1970. .
  30. Web site: July 25, 1970. .
  31. Web site: August 1, 1970. .
  32. Web site: August 8, 1970. .
  33. Web site: August 15, 1970. .
  34. Web site: August 22, 1970. .
  35. Web site: August 29, 1970. .
  36. Web site: September 5, 1970. .
  37. Web site: September 12, 1970. .
  38. Web site: September 19, 1970. .
  39. Web site: September 26, 1970. .
  40. Web site: October 3, 1970. .
  41. Web site: October 10, 1970. .
  42. Web site: October 17, 1970. .
  43. Web site: October 24, 1970. .
  44. Web site: October 31, 1970. .
  45. Web site: November 7, 1970. .
  46. Web site: November 14, 1970. .
  47. Web site: November 21, 1970. .
  48. Web site: November 28, 1970. .
  49. Web site: December 5, 1970. .
  50. Web site: December 12, 1970. .
  51. Web site: December 19, 1970. .
  52. Web site: December 26, 1970. .

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