US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 11th July, 1970
TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart
1 2 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-8 (1 week at #1)
2 1 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I FOUND THAT GIRL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-7
3 3 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What the World Is Today) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-8
4 6 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE –•– Blues Image (Atco)-10
5 7 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-12
6 8 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) –•– Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah)-12
7 14 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-4
8 4 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-8
9 9 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-9
10 5 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-17
11 12 GIMME DAT DING –•– The Pipkins (Capitol)-8
12 18 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE –•– The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)-15
13 10 GET READY –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-18
14 13 UNITED WE STAND –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-13
15 17 A SONG OF JOY –•– Miguel Rios (A&M)-5
16 15 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ –•– White Plains (Deram)-13
17 20 TIGHTER, TIGHTER –•– Alive and Kicking (Roulette)-6
18 19 LOVE LAND –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-14
19 29 ARE YOU READY –•– Pacific Gas and Electric (Columbia)-7
20 44 MAKE IT WITH YOU –•– Bread (Elektra)-5
21 23 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN –•– Mountain (Windfall)-13
22 16 LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET –•– The Moments (Stang)-14
23 11 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-16
24 30 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Atlantic)-6
25 25 SUGAR SUGAR / COLE, COOKE AND REDDING –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-15
26 39 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I’m Yours) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-3
27 21 QUESTION –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-11
28 28 CHECK OUT YOUR MIND –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-9
29 22 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-15
30 49 OHIO –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-3
31 32 SAVE THE COUNTRY –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-5
32 24 IT’S ALL IN THE GAME –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-12
33 34 WESTBOUND #9 –•– The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-8
34 36 MISSISSIPPI –•– John Phillips (Dunhill)-9
35 31 SPIRIT IN THE DARK –•– Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers (Atlantic)-8
36 53 I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-4
37 37 GO BACK –•– Crabby Appleton (Elektra)-10
38 60 SPILL THE WINE –•– Eric Burdon and War (MGM)-8
39 47 SILVER BIRD –•– Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-5
40 48 THE END OF OUR ROAD –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-5