Top 40 Singles of 1970:

1. The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
2. B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
3. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
5. The Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You
6. The Beatles - Let it Be
7. The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
8. The Jackson 5 - ABC
9. Edwin Starr - War
10. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
11. Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
12. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown
13. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
14. Bread - Make it With You
15. The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
16. The Guess Who - American Woman/No Sugar Tonight
17. The 5th Dimension - One Less Bell to Answer
18. The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
19. The Shocking Blue - Venus
20. Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)/Everybody is a Star
21. Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
22. Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful
23. John Ono Lennon - Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
24. The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
25. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
26. The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)
27. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long as I Can See the Light
28. The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?
29. James Taylor - Fire and Rain
30. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop the Rain
31. Freda Payne - Band of Gold
32. The Jaggerz - The Rapper
33. Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady
34. Dawn - Candida
35. The Moments - Love on a Two-Way Street
36. Eric Burdon & War - Spill the Wine
37. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
38. Rare Earth - Get Ready
39. The Ides of March - Vehicle
40. Bryan Hyland - Gyspsy Woman

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This list was compiled by Fred Bronson. For the full list of the top 100 songs of this year, get his book Hottest Hot 100 Hits at the link below:

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