Top ten
entry date
|
Single
|
Artist(s)
|
Peak
|
Peak date
|
Weeks in
top ten
|
| Singles from 1969
|
| December 13
|
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
|
B. J. Thomas
|
1
|
January 3
|
13
|
| December 27
|
"I Want You Back"
|
The Jackson 5
|
1
|
January 31
|
9
|
| "Whole Lotta Love"
|
Led Zeppelin
|
4
|
January 31
|
7
|
| Singles from 1970
|
| January 3
|
"Venus"
|
Shocking Blue
|
1
|
February 7
|
9
|
| "La La La (If I Had You)"
|
Bobby Sherman
|
9
|
January 10
|
2
|
| January 10
|
"Jam Up and Jelly Tight"
|
Tommy Roe
|
8
|
January 17
|
3
|
| January 17
|
"Don't Cry Daddy" / "Rubberneckin'"
|
Elvis Presley
|
6
|
January 31
|
3
|
| "Midnight Cowboy"
|
Ferrante & Teicher
|
10
|
January 17
|
1
|
| January 24
|
"Without Love (There Is Nothing)"
|
Tom Jones
|
5
|
January 31
|
3
|
| "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
|
Dionne Warwick
|
6
|
February 7
|
4
|
| January 31
|
"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star"
|
Sly and the Family Stone
|
1
|
February 14
|
7
|
| February 7
|
"Hey There Lonely Girl"
|
Eddie Holman
|
2
|
February 21
|
6
|
| "No Time"
|
The Guess Who
|
5
|
February 28
|
4
|
| "Jingle Jangle"
|
The Archies
|
10
|
February 7
|
1
|
| February 14
|
"Travelin' Band" / "Who'll Stop The Rain"
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
2
|
March 7
|
5
|
| "Psychedelic Shack"
|
The Temptations
|
7
|
February 28
|
3
|
| "Arizona"
|
Mark Lindsay
|
10
|
February 14
|
1
|
| February 21
|
"Bridge over Troubled Water"
|
Simon & Garfunkel
|
1
|
February 28
|
10
|
| "Rainy Night in Georgia"
|
Brook Benton
|
4
|
March 7
|
5
|
| February 28
|
"Ma Belle Amie"
|
Tee-Set
|
5
|
March 14
|
3
|
| March 7
|
"The Rapper"
|
The Jaggerz
|
2
|
March 21
|
6
|
| "Give Me Just a Little More Time"
|
Chairmen of the Board
|
3
|
March 21
|
4
|
| "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
|
The Hollies
|
7
|
March 21
|
4
|
| March 14
|
"Evil Ways"
|
Santana
|
9
|
March 21
|
2
|
| March 21
|
"Let It Be" †
|
The Beatles
|
1
|
April 11
|
11
|
| "Instant Karma!"
|
John Lennon
|
3
|
March 28
|
8
|
| "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"
|
Edison Lighthouse
|
5
|
March 28
|
7
|
| "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
|
The Delfonics
|
10
|
March 21
|
1
|
| March 28
|
"ABC"
|
The Jackson 5
|
1
|
April 25
|
9
|
| "Spirit in the Sky"
|
Norman Greenbaum
|
3
|
April 18
|
8
|
| "Come and Get It"
|
Badfinger
|
7
|
April 18
|
6
|
| April 4
|
"The House of the Rising Sun"
|
Frijid Pink
|
7
|
April 4
|
2
|
| "Easy Come, Easy Go"
|
Bobby Sherman
|
9
|
April 11
|
2
|
| April 18
|
"American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight"
|
The Guess Who
|
1
|
May 9
|
8
|
| "Love or Let Me Be Lonely"
|
The Friends of Distinction
|
6
|
May 2
|
4
|
| "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
|
The Supremes
|
10
|
April 18
|
1
|
| April 25
|
"Turn Back the Hands of Time"
|
Tyrone Davis
|
3
|
May 23
|
6
|
| May 2
|
"Vehicle"
|
The Ides of March
|
2
|
May 23
|
5
|
| May 9
|
"Everything Is Beautiful"
|
Ray Stevens
|
1
|
May 30
|
6
|
| "Reflections of My Life"
|
Marmalade
|
10
|
May 9
|
3
|
| May 16
|
"Cecilia"
|
Simon & Garfunkel
|
4
|
May 30
|
5
|
| "Up Around the Bend" / "Run Through the Jungle"
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
4
|
June 6
|
5
|
| May 23
|
"Love on a Two-Way Street"
|
The Moments
|
3
|
May 30
|
5
|
| May 30
|
"Which Way You Goin' Billy?"
|
The Poppy Family
|
2
|
June 6
|
5
|
| "The Letter"
|
Joe Cocker
|
7
|
May 30
|
4
|
| June 6
|
"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"
|
The Beatles
|
1
|
June 13
|
6
|
| "Get Ready"
|
Rare Earth
|
4
|
June 13
|
5
|
| "Make Me Smile"
|
Chicago
|
9
|
June 6
|
2
|
| June 13
|
"The Love You Save"
|
The Jackson 5
|
1
|
June 27
|
9
|
| June 20
|
"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"
|
Three Dog Night
|
1
|
July 11
|
9
|
| "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)"
|
The Temptations
|
3
|
June 27
|
9
|
| "Hitchin' a Ride"
|
Vanity Fare
|
5
|
June 27
|
4
|
| "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
|
Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers
|
6
|
July 11
|
6
|
| June 27
|
"Ride Captain Ride"
|
Blues Image
|
4
|
July 11
|
5
|
| "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses"
|
Elvis Presley
|
9
|
June 27
|
3
|
| July 4
|
"Band of Gold"
|
Freda Payne
|
3
|
July 25
|
8
|
| July 11
|
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
|
The Carpenters
|
1
|
July 25
|
11
|
| July 18
|
"Make It with You"
|
Bread
|
1
|
August 22
|
10
|
| "O-o-h Child"
|
Five Stairsteps
|
8
|
July 18
|
4
|
| "Gimme Dat Ding"
|
The Pipkins
|
9
|
July 18
|
1
|
| July 25
|
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
|
Stevie Wonder
|
3
|
August 8
|
6
|
| August 1
|
"Spill the Wine"
|
Eric Burdon and War
|
3
|
August 22
|
7
|
| "Tighter, Tighter"
|
Alive N Kickin'
|
7
|
August 8
|
4
|
| August 15
|
"War"
|
Edwin Starr
|
1
|
August 29
|
8
|
| "In the Summertime"
|
Mungo Jerry
|
3
|
September 12
|
6
|
| August 22
|
"Patches"
|
Clarence Carter
|
4
|
September 19
|
6
|
| "I Just Can't Help Believing"
|
B. J. Thomas
|
9
|
August 22
|
1
|
| August 29
|
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
|
Diana Ross
|
1
|
September 19
|
9
|
| "25 or 6 to 4"
|
Chicago
|
4
|
September 12
|
5
|
| "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"
|
Ronnie Dyson
|
8
|
August 29
|
2
|
| September 5
|
"Lookin' Out My Back Door" / "Long As I Can See the Light"
|
Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
2
|
October 3
|
7
|
| September 12
|
"Julie, Do Ya Love Me"
|
Bobby Sherman
|
5
|
September 19
|
6
|
| September 19
|
"Candida"
|
Dawn
|
3
|
October 3
|
8
|
| September 26
|
"Cracklin' Rosie"
|
Neil Diamond
|
1
|
October 10
|
7
|
| "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
|
Rare Earth
|
7
|
October 3
|
3
|
| "Snowbird"
|
Anne Murray
|
8
|
September 26
|
2
|
| October 3
|
"I'll Be There"
|
The Jackson 5
|
1
|
October 17
|
11
|
| "All Right Now"
|
Free
|
4
|
October 17
|
6
|
| October 10
|
"We've Only Just Begun"
|
The Carpenters
|
2
|
October 31
|
9
|
| "Green-Eyed Lady"
|
Sugarloaf
|
3
|
October 17
|
8
|
| October 17
|
"Fire and Rain"
|
James Taylor
|
3
|
October 31
|
8
|
| October 24
|
"Indiana Wants Me"
|
R. Dean Taylor
|
5
|
November 7
|
6
|
| "Lola"
|
The Kinks
|
9
|
October 24
|
3
|
| October 31
|
"It's Only Make Believe"
|
Glen Campbell
|
10
|
October 31
|
1
|
| November 7
|
"I Think I Love You"
|
The Partridge Family
|
1
|
November 21
|
11
|
| November 14
|
"The Tears of a Clown"
|
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
|
1
|
December 12
|
10
|
| "Gypsy Woman"
|
Brian Hyland
|
3
|
December 5
|
8
|
| "Somebody's Been Sleeping"
|
100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
|
8
|
November 14
|
2
|
| "It Don't Matter to Me"
|
Bread
|
10
|
November 14
|
1
|
| November 21
|
"Montego Bay"
|
Bobby Bloom
|
8
|
November 28
|
2
|
| November 28
|
"Heaven Help Us All"
|
Stevie Wonder
|
9
|
November 28
|
2
|
| December 5
|
"One Less Bell to Answer"
|
The 5th Dimension
|
2
|
December 26
|
10
|
| "No Matter What"
|
Badfinger
|
8
|
December 5
|
4
|
| "Share the Land"
|
The Guess Who
|
10
|
December 5
|
2
|
| December 12
|
"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity"
|
George Harrison
|
1
|
December 26
|
10
|
| December 19
|
"Stoned Love"
|
The Supremes
|
7
|
December 19
|
5
|
