January 9, 1970

1	1	B.J. Thomas--Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
9	2	Shocking Blue--Venus
10	3	Hollies--He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
4	4	Tommy Roe--Jam Up Jelly Tight
3	5	Led Zeppelin--Whole Lotta Love
2	6	Peter, Paul & Mary--Leaving on a Jet Plane
7	7	Mark Lindsay--Arizona
5	8	Elvis Presley--Rubberneckin'/Don't Cry Daddy
8	9	Diana Ross & the Supremes--Someday We'll Be Together
15	10	Poppy Family--Which Way You Goin' Billy?
21	11	Guess Who--No Time
17	12	Grass Roots--Heaven Knows
11	13	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Down on the Corner
13	14	Neil Diamond--Holly Holy
14	15	Bobby Gentry--Fancy
6	16	Bobby Sherman--La La La (If I Had You)
12	17	Beatles--Something/Come Together
22	18	Illusion--Together
16	19	Jimmy Cliff--Wonderful World, Beautiful People
32	20	Tommy James & the Shondells--Loved One/She
34	21	Cuff Links--When Julie Comes Around
35	22	Street People--Jennifer Tomkins
20	23	R.B. Greaves--Take a Letter Maria
27	24	Gene Pitney--She Lets Her Hair Down (Early in the Morning)
28	25	Engelbert Humperdinck--Winter World of Love
18	26	Nightcrawlers--Little Black Egg
19	27	Gladys Knight & the Pips--Friendship Train
29	28	Wilbert Harrison--Let's Work Together (Part 1)
30	29	New Hope--Won't Find Better (Than Me)
31	30	Lulu--Oh Me Oh My I'm a Fool For You Baby
33	31	Eydie Gorme--Tonight I'll Say a Prayer
36	32	Jefferson--Baby Take Me in Your Arms
37	33	Tom Jones--Without Love (There is Nothing)
24	34	Glen Campbell--Try a Little Kindness
25	35	Flaming Ember--Mind, Body and Soul
---	36	Sly & the Family Stone--Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody is a Star
38	37	Springfield Rifle--Start at the Bottom
39	38	Cold Blood--You Got Me Hummin
50	39	Joe Cocker--She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
---	40	Four Tops--Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
41	41	Jay & the Americans--Walkin' in the Rain
42	42	Joe South--Walk a Mile in My Shoes
45	43	Dionne Warwick--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
44	44	Oliver--Sunday Mornin'
46	45	Fifth Avenue Band--One Way or the Other
47	46	Band--Up on Cripple Creek
49	47	Johnny Nash--Cupid
---	48	Pat Shannon--Back to Dreamin' Again
---	49	Eddie Holman--Hey There Lonely Girl
---	50	California Earthquake--What a Beautiful Feeling

“Fortunate Son” drops off the Creedence listing for this one week only.

Two of the debuts only Bubbled Under at Billboard.  Pop-rock singer Pat Shannon’s “Back to Dreamin’ Again” will be number 48 again next week, then drop off the survey; it stopped at number 103 in Billboard (it was a big hit in San Bernardino).  Pop-rock band California Earthquake’s “What a Beautiful Feeling” will rise to number 45 next week, then drop off; it only made it to number 133 nationally (it was a big hit in Birmingham).

Two of the other debuts were huge soul hits which will be a little less huge here.  Sly & the Family Stone’s “Thank You”/”Star” was a number one BB hit that we will see stop at number eleven, while Eddie Holman’s “Hey There Lonely Girl,” number two nationally, will peak at number ten.

January 2, 1970

6	1	B.J. Thomas--Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
1	2	Peter, Paul & Mary--Leaving on a Jet Plane
2	3	Led Zeppelin--Whole Lotta Love
3	4	Tommy Roe--Jam Up Jelly Tight
9	5	Elvis Presley--Rubberneckin'/Don't Cry Daddy
5	6	Bobby Sherman--La La La (If I Had You)
13	7	Mark Lindsay--Arizona
12	8	Diana Ross & the Supremes--Someday We'll Be Together
14	9	Shocking Blue--Venus
15	10	Hollies--He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
7	11	Creedence Clearwater Revival--Down on the Corner/Fortunate Son
4	12	Beatles--Something/Come Together
8	13	Neil Diamond--Holly Holy
16	14	Bobby Gentry--Fancy
17	15	Poppy Family--Which Way You Goin' Billy?
10	16	Jimmy Cliff--Wonderful World, Beautiful People
18	17	Grass Roots--Heaven Knows
20	18	Nightcrawlers--Little Black Egg
21	19	Gladys Knight & the Pips--Friendship Train
11	20	R.B. Greaves--Take a Letter Maria
40	21	Guess Who--No Time
33	22	Illusion--Together
19	23	Cuff Links--Tracy
22	24	Glen Campbell--Try a Little Kindness
28	25	Flaming Ember--Mind, Body and Soul
30	26	Mel & Tim--Backfield in Motion
32	27	Gene Pitney--She Lets Her Hair Down (Early in the Morning)
34	28	Engelbert Humperdinck--Winter World of Love
36	29	Wilbert Harrison--Let's Work Together (Part 1)
29	30	New Hope--Won't Find Better (Than Me)
45	31	Lulu--Oh Me Oh My I'm a Fool For You Baby
46	32	Tommy James & the Shondells--Loved One/She
41	33	Eydie Gorme--Tonight I'll Say a Prayer
35	34	Cuff Links--When Julie Comes Around
---	35	Street People--Jennifer Tomkins
---	36	Jefferson--Baby Take Me in Your Arms
42	37	Tom Jones--Without Love (There is Nothing)
44	38	Springfield Rifle--Start at the Bottom
---	39	Cold Blood--You Got Me Hummin
31	40	Three Dog Night--Eli's Coming
---	41	Jay & the Americans--Walkin' in the Rain
---	42	Joe South--Walk a Mile in My Shoes
48	43	Newbeats--Groovin' (Out on Life)
49	44	Oliver--Sunday Mornin'
---	45	Dionne Warwick--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
50	46	Fifth Avenue Band--One Way or the Other
47	47	Band--Up on Cripple Creek
23	48	Jim Brady & the Sonics--Near My Soul
---	49	Johnny Nash--Cupid
---	50	Joe Cocker--She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

It’s the 1970s!

Since the “Last Week” column is actually two weeks ago, there’s a bit more shakeup than usual, but nothing too dramatic.

As I mentioned a couple weeks back, “Loved One,” the non-Billboard b-side of Tommy James’ “She,” becomes the a-side on the survey this week and will remain there the rest of the way, peaking at number eight.

One of this week’s debuts will do pretty dramatically better at KJR than nationally: “Jennifer Tomkins” by bubblegum studio group Street People, a number 36 BB hit, will spend four weeks at number one and 16 weeks on the survey.  Next-best in this regard is Johnny Nash’s reggae version of Sam Cooke’s “Cupid,” a number 39 BB hit that will get to number six.  Also worth mentioning is San Francisco soul-rock band Cold Blood’s “You Got Me Hummin,” number 52 in Billboard, peaking at number 30 here.