December 18, 1970

1	1	George Harrison--My Sweet Lord/Isn't it a Pity
2	2	Partridge Family--I Think I Love You
8	3	Dawn--Knock Three Times
5	4	Ray Price--For the Good Times
6	5	Bee Gees--Lonely Days
13	6	Shocking Blue--Never Marry a Railroad Man
3	7	Neil Diamond--He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother
14	8	Santana--Black Magic Woman
9	9	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles--The Tears of a Clown
7	10	Badfinger--No Matter What
11	11	Jackson Five--I'll Be There
15	12	Supremes--Stoned Love
29	13	Joey Scarbury--Mixed Up Guy
4	14	Andy Kim--Be My Baby
38	15	Jerry Reed--Amos Moses
10	16	Three Dog Night--One Man Band
12	17	5th Dimension--One Less Bell to Answer
37	18	Carpenters--Merry Christmas Darling
20	19	Runt--We Gotta Get You a Woman
17	20	Fantasy--Stoned Cowboy
22	21	Presidents--5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)
32	22	Led Zeppelin--Immigrant Song
16	23	R. Dean Taylor--Indiana Wants Me
18	24	Brian Hyland--Gypsy Woman
28	25	Michael Nesmith & the First National Band--Silver Moon
19	26	Carpenters--We've Only Just Begun
33	27	Perry Como--It's Impossible
35	28	Barbra Streisand--Stoney End
---	29	Ray Stevens--Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)
24	30	Bobby Bloom--Montego Bay
27	31	Van Morrison--Domino
36	32	Dave Edmunds--I Hear You Knocking
---	33	Wadsworth Mansion--Sweet Mary
43	34	Gordon Lightfoot--If You Could Read My Mind
44	35	Lynn Anderson--Rose Garden
25	36	Elvis Presley--You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
39	37	Tommy James--Church Street Soul Revival
42	38	Jackson Five--Santa Claus is Coming to Town
40	39	Bells--Fly Little White Dove Fly
41	40	Stephen Stills--Love the One You're With
45	41	Bobby Sherman--Goin' Home
23	42	Chicago--Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?
26	43	Neil Diamond--Do It
---	44	Diana Ross--Remember Me
---	45	Liz Damon's Orient Express--1900 Yesterday
47	46	B.J. Thomas--Most of All
48	47	Buoys--Timothy
49	48	Grass Roots--Temptation Eyes
---	49	Bobby Goldsboro--Watching Scotty Grow
---	50	Eric Burdon & War--Home Cookin'

Last week Eric Clapton’s “After Midnight” peaked at number 21; this week it’s gone.

“Home Cookin’” was the b-side to “They Can’t Take Away Our Music” by Eric Burdon & War, which was a number 50 Billboard hit.  “Home Cookin’” eventually hit number 108, but not until April 1971.  Here it’ll go to number 16, while the a-side will not be heard from.

The other debuts were all top 50 BB hits, and most will do about as well here as there.  The exception is “Bridget the Midget” by Ray Stevens, his first novelty record in a while, which was a number 50 national hit but will get all the way up to number four here.