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1970	Billboard	Cashbox
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
1	Bridge Over Troubled Water ●	Simon & Garfunkel	1(6)	02/28-04/04	5*
2	(They Long To Be) Close To You ●	Carpenters	1(4)	07/25-08/15	16*
3	American Woman ●	Guess Who	1(3)	05/09-05/23	7*
4	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head ●	B.J. Thomas	1(4)	01/03-01/24	13*
5	War	Edwin Starr	1(3)	08/29-09/12	18*
6	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Diana Ross	1(3)	09/19-10/03	/*
7	I'll Be There	Jackson 5	1(5)	10/17-11/14	42*
8	Get Ready ●	Rare Earth	4	06	4
9	Let It Be ▲²	Beatles	1(2)	04/11-04/18	9*
10	Band Of Gold ●	Freda Payne	3	07	3
11	Mama Told Me (Not To Come) ●	Three Dog Night	1(2)	07/11-07/18	10*
12	Everything Is Beautiful ●	Ray Stevens	1(2)	05/30-06/06	25*
13	Make It With You ●	Bread	1	08/22	22*
14	Hitchin' A Ride	Vanity Fare	5	06	/
15	ABC	Jackson 5	1(2)	04/25-05/02	2*
16	The Love You Save	Jackson 5	1(2)	06/27-07/04	12*
17	Cracklin' Rosie ▲	Neil Diamond	1	10/10	14*
18	Candida ●	Dawn	3(2)	10	24*
19	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) ●	Sly & The Family Stone	1(2)	02/14-02/21	27*
20	Spill The Wine ●	Eric Burdon & War	3	08	15*
21	O-O-H Child	Five Stairsteps	8	07	40
22	Spirit In The Sky ●	Norman Greenbaum	3(3)	04	1*
23	Lay Down (Candles In The Wind)	Melanie	6	07	19
24	Ball Of Confusion ▲	Temptations	3(3)	06	11*
25	Love On A Two Way Street ●	Moments	3(2)	05	69
26	All Right Now	Free	4	10	38
27	Which Way You Goin' Billy ●	Poppy Family	2(2)	06	8
28	I Want You Back	Jackson 5	1	01/31	31*
29	Julie, Do 'Ya Love Me ●	Bobby Sherman	5	09	/
30	Green-Eyed Lady	Sugarloaf	3(2)	10	70
31	Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)	Stevie Wonder	3(2)	08	23*
32	Ride Captain Ride ●	Blues Image	4	07	28
33	Venus ●	Shocking Blue	1	02/07	6*
34	Instant Karma (We All Shine On) ●	John Lennon	3(3)	03	20
35	Patches ●	Clarence Carter	4	09	48*
36	Lookin' Out My Back Door ▲	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	10	/*
37	Rainy Night In Georgia ●	Brook Benton	4	03	65
38	Something's Burning	Kenny Rogers & The First Edition	11	05	26
39	Give Me Just A Little More Time ●	Chairmen Of The Board	3	03	92
40	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) ●	Edison Lighthouse	5	03	33
41	The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue ▲	Beatles	1(2)	06/13-06/20	36*
42	Snowbird ●	Anne Murray	8	09	64
43	Reflections Of My Life	Marmalade	10	05	29
44	Hey There Lonely Girl ●	Eddie Holman	2	02	17
45	The Rapper	The Jaggerz	2	03	34
46	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	Hollies	7	03	58
47	Tighter, Tighter	Alive And Kicking	7	08	43
48	Come And Get It	Badfinger	7	04	45
49	Cecelia ●	Simon & Garfunkel	4	05	51
50	Love Land	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	16	07	/
51	Turn Back The Hands Of Time ●	Tyrone Davis	3	05	32
52	Lola	Kinks	9	10	78
53	In The Summertime ●	Mungo Jerry	3	09	35
54	Indiana Wants Me	R. Dean Taylor	5	11	53*
55	(I Know) I'm Losing You	Rare Earth	7	10	39
56	Easy Come, Easy Go ●	Bobby Sherman	9	04	46
57	Express Yourself	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	12	10	/
58	Still Water (Love)	Four Tops	11	10	88
59	Make Me Smile	Chicago	9	06	60
60	House Of The Rising Sun ●	Frijid Pink	7	04	41
61	25 Or 6 To 4	Chicago	4	09	/
62	My Baby Loves Lovin'	White Plains	13	06	/
63	Love Or Let Me Be Lonely	Friends Of Distinction	6	05	55
64	United We Stand	Brotherhood Of Man	13	07	79
65	We've Only Just Begun ●	Carpenters	2(4)	10	57*
66	Arizona ●	Mark Lindsay	10	02	61
67	Fire And Rain	James Taylor	3(3)	10	85
68	Groovy Situation ●	Gene Chandler	12	09	68
69	Evil Ways	Santana	9	03	62
70	No Time	Guess Who	5	02	21
71	Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) ●	Delfonics	10	03	72
72	The Wonder Of You ●	Elvis Presley	9	06	56
73	Up Around The Bend / Run Through The Jungle ●	Creedence Clearwater Revival	4	06	30
74	(If You Let Me Make Love To You) Why Can't I Touch You	Ronnie Dyson	8	08	67
75	I Just Can't Help Believing	B.J. Thomas	9	08	76
76	It'a A Shame	Spinners	14	10	87
77	For The Love Of Him	Bobbi Martin	13	05	49
78	Mississippi Queen	Mountain	21	07	/
79	I Want To Take You Higher	Ike & Tina Turner	34	08	/
80	The Letter	Joe Cocker	7	05	37
81	Ma Belle Amie	Tee Set	5	03	59
82	The Bells	Originals	12	04	/
83	Yellow River	Christie	23	11	/
84	Somebody's Been Sleeping	100 Proof Aged In Soul	8	11	93
85	Vehicle	Ides Of March	2	05	47
86	Gimme Dat Ding	Pipkins	9	07	73
87	Lay A Little Lovin' On Me	Robin Mcnamara	11	08	98
88	Up The Ladder To The Roof	Supremes	10	04	90
89	Travelin' Band / Who'll Stop The Rain ▲	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2(2)	03	52
90	Come Saturday Morning	Sandpipers	17	06	/
91	Psychedelic Shack ●	Temptations	7	02	44
92	Without Love (There Is Nothing) ●	Tom Jones	5	01	50
93	Are You Ready?	Pacific Gas & Electric	14	10	/
94	Woodstock	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	11	05	77
95	I'll Never Fall In Love Again ●	Dionne Warwick	6	02	63
96	Look What They've Done To My Song Ma	New Seekers	14	10	74
97	Walk A Mile In My Shoes	Joe South	12	02	95
98	The Thrill Is Gone	B.B. King	15	02	/
99	It's Only Make Believe	Glen Campbell	10	10	66
100	Call Me	Aretha Franklin	13	04	82
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	Whole Lotta Love ●	Led Zeppelin	4	01	54
-	Daughter Of Darkness	Tom Jones	13		71
-	Don't Cry Daddy ▲	Elvis Presley	6		75
-	Jam Up Jelly Tight ●	Tommy Roe	8		80
-	It's All In The Game	The Four Tops	24		81
-	Honey Come Back	Glen Campbell	19		83
-	Jingle Jangle ●	The Archies	10		84
-	Out In The Country	Three Dog Night	15		86
-	Westbound #9	The Flaming Ember	24		89
-	That's Where I Went Wrong	The Poppy Family	29		91
-	Silver Bird	Mark Lindsay	25		94
-	Hi-De-Ho	Blood, Sweat & Tears	14		96
-	Walkin' In The Rain	Jay & The Americans	19		97
-	Kentucky Rain	Elvis Presley	16		99
-	El Condor Pasa	Simon & Garfunkel	18		100
Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	I Think I Love You ●	Partridge Family	1(3)	11/21-12/05	/*
-	The Tears Of A Clown	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	1(2)	12/12-12/19	/*
-	Someday We'll Be Together ▲	Diana Ross & The Supremes	1	69/12/27	/*
-	Gypsy Woman ●	Brian Hyland	3(2)	12	/
-	Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?	Chicago	7		/
-	Montego Bay	Bobby Bloom	8		/
-	No Matter What	Badfinger	8		/
-	La La La (If I Had You) ●	Bobby Sherman	9		/
-	Heaven Help Us All	Stevie Wonder	9		/
-	Domino	Van Morrison	9	12	/
-	Share The Land	The Guess Who	10		/
-	Midnight Cowboy	Ferrante & Teicher	10		/
-	It Don't Matter To Me	Bread	10		/
-	For The Good Times	Ray Price	11		/
-	5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love)	The Presidents	11		/
-	Don't Play That Song ●	Aretha Franklin	11		/
-	You Don't Have To Say You Love Me ●	Elvis Presley	11		/
-	Early In The Morning	Vanity Fare	12		/
-	See Me, Feel Me	The Who	12		/
-	Engine Number 9	Wilson Pickett	14		/
-	Winter World Of Love	Engelbert Humperdinck	16		/
Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s). Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position). * = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart. Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs. ●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units ▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.

1970

Billboard

Cashbox

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

1

Bridge Over Troubled Water ●

Simon & Garfunkel

1(6)

02/28-04/04

5*

2

(They Long To Be) Close To You ●

Carpenters

1(4)

07/25-08/15

16*

3

American Woman ●

Guess Who

1(3)

05/09-05/23

7*

4

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head ●

B.J. Thomas

1(4)

01/03-01/24

13*

5

War

Edwin Starr

1(3)

08/29-09/12

18*

6

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Diana Ross

1(3)

09/19-10/03

/*

7

I'll Be There

Jackson 5

1(5)

10/17-11/14

42*

8

Get Ready ●

Rare Earth

4

06

4

9

Let It Be ▲²

Beatles

1(2)

04/11-04/18

9*

10

Band Of Gold ●

Freda Payne

3

07

3

11

Mama Told Me (Not To Come) ●

Three Dog Night

1(2)

07/11-07/18

10*

12

Everything Is Beautiful ●

Ray Stevens

1(2)

05/30-06/06

25*

13

Make It With You ●

Bread

1

08/22

22*

14

Hitchin' A Ride

Vanity Fare

5

06

/

15

ABC

Jackson 5

1(2)

04/25-05/02

2*

16

The Love You Save

Jackson 5

1(2)

06/27-07/04

12*

17

Cracklin' Rosie ▲

Neil Diamond

1

10/10

14*

18

Candida ●

Dawn

3(2)

10

24*

19

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) ●

Sly & The Family Stone

1(2)

02/14-02/21

27*

20

Spill The Wine ●

Eric Burdon & War

3

08

15*

21

O-O-H Child

Five Stairsteps

8

07

40

22

Spirit In The Sky ●

Norman Greenbaum

3(3)

04

1*

23

Lay Down (Candles In The Wind)

Melanie

6

07

19

24

Ball Of Confusion ▲

Temptations

3(3)

06

11*

25

Love On A Two Way Street ●

Moments

3(2)

05

69

26

All Right Now

Free

4

10

38

27

Which Way You Goin' Billy ●

Poppy Family

2(2)

06

8

28

I Want You Back

Jackson 5

1

01/31

31*

29

Julie, Do 'Ya Love Me ●

Bobby Sherman

5

09

/

30

Green-Eyed Lady

Sugarloaf

3(2)

10

70

31

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)

Stevie Wonder

3(2)

08

23*

32

Ride Captain Ride ●

Blues Image

4

07

28

33

Venus ●

Shocking Blue

1

02/07

6*

34

Instant Karma (We All Shine On) ●

John Lennon

3(3)

03

20

35

Patches ●

Clarence Carter

4

09

48*

36

Lookin' Out My Back Door ▲

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2

10

/*

37

Rainy Night In Georgia ●

Brook Benton

4

03

65

38

Something's Burning

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

11

05

26

39

Give Me Just A Little More Time ●

Chairmen Of The Board

3

03

92

40

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) ●

Edison Lighthouse

5

03

33

41

The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue ▲

Beatles

1(2)

06/13-06/20

36*

42

Snowbird ●

Anne Murray

8

09

64

43

Reflections Of My Life

Marmalade

10

05

29

44

Hey There Lonely Girl ●

Eddie Holman

2

02

17

45

The Rapper

The Jaggerz

2

03

34

46

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Hollies

7

03

58

47

Tighter, Tighter

Alive And Kicking

7

08

43

48

Come And Get It

Badfinger

7

04

45

49

Cecelia ●

Simon & Garfunkel

4

05

51

50

Love Land

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

16

07

/

51

Turn Back The Hands Of Time ●

Tyrone Davis

3

05

32

52

Lola

Kinks

9

10

78

53

In The Summertime ●

Mungo Jerry

3

09

35

54

Indiana Wants Me

R. Dean Taylor

5

11

53*

55

(I Know) I'm Losing You

Rare Earth

7

10

39

56

Easy Come, Easy Go ●

Bobby Sherman

9

04

46

57

Express Yourself

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

12

10

/

58

Still Water (Love)

Four Tops

11

10

88

59

Make Me Smile

Chicago

9

06

60

House Of The Rising Sun ●

Frijid Pink

7

04

41

61

25 Or 6 To 4

Chicago

4

09

/

62

My Baby Loves Lovin'

White Plains

13

06

/

63

Love Or Let Me Be Lonely

Friends Of Distinction

6

05

55

64

United We Stand

Brotherhood Of Man

13

07

79

65

We've Only Just Begun ●

Carpenters

2(4)

10

57*

66

Arizona ●

Mark Lindsay

10

02

61

67

Fire And Rain

James Taylor

3(3)

10

85

68

Groovy Situation ●

Gene Chandler

12

09

68

69

Evil Ways

Santana

9

03

62

70

No Time

Guess Who

5

02

21

71

Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) ●

Delfonics

10

03

72

The Wonder Of You ●

Elvis Presley

9

06

56

73

Up Around The Bend / Run Through The Jungle ●

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4

06

30

74

(If You Let Me Make Love To You) Why Can't I Touch You

Ronnie Dyson

8

08

67

75

I Just Can't Help Believing

B.J. Thomas

9

08

76

It'a A Shame

Spinners

14

10

87

77

For The Love Of Him

Bobbi Martin

13

05

49

78

Mississippi Queen

Mountain

21

07

/

79

I Want To Take You Higher

Ike & Tina Turner

34

08

/

80

The Letter

Joe Cocker

7

05

37

81

Ma Belle Amie

Tee Set

5

03

59

82

The Bells

Originals

12

04

/

83

Yellow River

Christie

23

11

/

84

Somebody's Been Sleeping

100 Proof Aged In Soul

8

11

93

85

Vehicle

Ides Of March

2

05

47

86

Gimme Dat Ding

Pipkins

9

07

73

87

Lay A Little Lovin' On Me

Robin Mcnamara

11

08

98

88

Up The Ladder To The Roof

Supremes

10

04

90

89

Travelin' Band / Who'll Stop The Rain ▲

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2(2)

03

52

90

Come Saturday Morning

Sandpipers

17

06

/

91

Psychedelic Shack ●

Temptations

7

02

44

92

Without Love (There Is Nothing) ●

Tom Jones

5

01

50

93

Are You Ready?

Pacific Gas & Electric

14

10

/

94

Woodstock

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

11

05

77

95

I'll Never Fall In Love Again ●

Dionne Warwick

6

02

63

96

Look What They've Done To My Song Ma

New Seekers

14

10

74

97

Walk A Mile In My Shoes

Joe South

12

02

95

98

The Thrill Is Gone

B.B. King

15

02

/

99

It's Only Make Believe

Glen Campbell

10

66

100

Call Me

Aretha Franklin

13

04

82

Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

Whole Lotta Love ●

Led Zeppelin

4

01

54

-

Daughter Of Darkness

Tom Jones

13

71

-

Don't Cry Daddy ▲

Elvis Presley

6

75

-

Jam Up Jelly Tight ●

Tommy Roe

8

80

-

It's All In The Game

The Four Tops

24

81

-

Honey Come Back

Glen Campbell

19

83

-

Jingle Jangle ●

The Archies

10

84

-

Out In The Country

Three Dog Night

15

86

-

Westbound #9

The Flaming Ember

24

89

-

That's Where I Went Wrong

The Poppy Family

29

91

-

Silver Bird

Mark Lindsay

25

94

-

Hi-De-Ho

Blood, Sweat & Tears

14

96

-

Walkin' In The Rain

Jay & The Americans

19

97

-

Kentucky Rain

Elvis Presley

16

99

-

El Condor Pasa

Simon & Garfunkel

18

100

Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

I Think I Love You ●

Partridge Family

1(3)

11/21-12/05

/*

-

The Tears Of A Clown

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

1(2)

12/12-12/19

/*

-

Someday We'll Be Together ▲

Diana Ross & The Supremes

1

69/12/27

/*

-

Gypsy Woman ●

Brian Hyland

3(2)

12

/

-

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

Chicago

7

/

-

Montego Bay

Bobby Bloom

8

/

-

No Matter What

Badfinger

8

/

-

La La La (If I Had You) ●

Bobby Sherman

9

/

-

Heaven Help Us All

Stevie Wonder

9

/

-

Domino

Van Morrison

9

12

/

-

Share The Land

The Guess Who

10

/

-

Midnight Cowboy

Ferrante & Teicher

10

/

-

It Don't Matter To Me

Bread

10

/

-

For The Good Times

Ray Price

11

/

-

5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love)

The Presidents

11

/

-

Don't Play That Song ●

Aretha Franklin

11

/

-

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me ●

Elvis Presley

11

/

-

Early In The Morning

Vanity Fare

12

/

-

See Me, Feel Me

The Who

12

/

-

Engine Number 9

Wilson Pickett

14

/

-

Winter World Of Love

Engelbert Humperdinck

16

/

Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s).
Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position).
* = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart.
Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs.
●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units
▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.