|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Beatles--Let it Be
|
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Partridge Family--I Think I Love You
|
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
Carpenters--(They Long to Be) Close to You
|
|
4
|
1
|
36
|
Street People--Jennifer Tomkins
|
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
Three Dog Night--Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
|
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
Simon & Garfunkel--Bridge Over Troubled Water
|
|
7
|
1
|
5
|
Bobby Sherman--Julie, Do Ya Love Me
|
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
B.J. Thomas--Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
|
|
9
|
2
|
1
|
Neil Diamond--Cracklin' Rosie
|
|
10
|
2
|
1
|
Jackson Five--I'll Be There
|
|
11
|
2
|
5
|
Vanity Fare--Hitchin' a Ride
|
|
12
|
1
|
3
|
Sugarloaf--Green-Eyed Lady
|
|
13
|
1
|
1
|
Beatles--The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue
|
|
14
|
1
|
1
|
Shocking Blue--Venus
|
|
15
|
2
|
11
|
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition--Something's Burning
|
|
16
|
b
|
4
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Up Around the Bend
|
|
17
|
1
|
31
|
Mashmakhan--As the Years Go By
|
|
18
|
2
|
5
|
R. Dean Taylor--Indiana Wants Me
|
|
19
|
2
|
9
|
Bobby Sherman--Easy Come, Easy Go
|
|
20
|
1
|
1
|
George Harrison--My Sweet Lord
|
|
21
|
2
|
4
|
Clarence Carter--Patches
|
|
22
|
2
|
9
|
Kinks--Lola
|
|
23
|
2
|
1
|
Ray Stevens--Everything is Beautiful
|
|
24
|
2
|
10
|
Marmalade--Reflections of My Life
|
|
25
|
2
|
7
|
Frijid Pink--House of the Rising Sun
|
|
26
|
3
|
2
|
Carpenters--We've Only Just Begun
|
|
27
|
2
|
1
|
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--The Tears of a Clown
|
|
28
|
2
|
1
|
Bread--Make it With You
|
|
29
|
2
|
9
|
Pipkins--Gimme Dat Ding
|
|
30
|
5
|
b
|
Elvis Presley--Rubberneckin'
|
|
31
|
3
|
2
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Travelin' Band
|
|
32
|
2
|
1
|
Edwin Starr--War
|
|
33
|
3
|
3
|
Norman Greenbaum--Spirit in the Sky
|
|
34
|
4
|
4
|
Blues Image--Ride Captain Ride
|
|
35
|
4
|
3
|
Mungo Jerry--In the Summertime
|
|
36
|
2
|
3
|
Freda Payne--Band of Gold
|
|
37
|
2
|
2
|
Jaggerz--The Rapper
|
|
38
|
2
|
24
|
Neil Diamond--Shilo
|
|
39
|
3
|
4
|
Simon & Garfunkel--Cecilia
|
|
40
|
4
|
2
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival--Lookin' Out My Back Door
|
|
41
|
3
|
13
|
White Plains--My Baby Loves Lovin'
|
|
42
|
3
|
25
|
Mark Lindsay--Silver Bird
|
|
43
|
3
|
20
|
Neil Diamond--He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
|
|
44
|
3
|
3
|
Eric Burdon & War--Spill the Wine
|
|
45
|
4
|
5
|
Guess Who--No Time
|
|
46
|
3
|
3
|
Temptations--Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)
|
|
47
|
3
|
3
|
Brian Hyland--Gypsy Woman
|
|
48
|
4
|
1
|
Guess Who--American Woman
|
|
49
|
4
|
4
|
Free--All Right Now
|
|
50
|
3
|
7
|
Hollies--He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
|
First column is position on the year-end chart, second
column is peak position on the survey, third column is peak position in
Billboard.
“Up Around the Bend” was listed as the b-side to “Run
Through the Jungle” every week they were on the survey, but otherwise it seems
like a pretty reasonable tally of the year.
The only record that peaked in the top two during 1970 that isn’t here
is the Poppy Family’s “Which Way You Goin’ Billy,” which was number two on
January 16 then faded quickly.
“Jennifer Tompkins” and “As the Years Go By” sure stand out.
