US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 20th June, 1970

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending June 20th, 1970.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1970 here and the top 100 songs of 1970 here.

You can also check the complete 1970 Top Singles here.

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-5 (2 weeks at #1)
2 10 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / FOUND THAT GIRL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-4
3 2 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-13
4 4 GET READY –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-15
5 19 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-5
6 20 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What the World Is Today) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-5
7 5 LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET –•– The Moments (Stang)-11
8 7 THE LETTER –•– Joe Cocker (A&M)-10
9 16 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-14
10 11 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) –•– Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah)-9

11 12 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE –•– Blues Image (Atco)-7
12 3 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-12
13 8 UP AROUND THE BEND / RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-9
14 14 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ –•– White Plains (Deram)-10
15 15 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-6
16 9 MAKE ME SMILE –•– Chicago (Columbia)-12
17 27 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-9
18 22 UNITED WE STAND –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-10
19 18 AMERICAN WOMAN / NO SUGAR TONIGHT –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-14
20 6 CECELIA –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-11

21 21 QUESTION –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-8
22 13 DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-8
23 31 GIMME DAT DING –•– The Pipkins (Capitol)-5
24 32 HEY, MISTER SUN –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-6
25 26 IT’S ALL IN THE GAME –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-9
26 34 SPIRIT IN THE DARK –•– Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers (Atlantic)-5
27 17 COME SATURDAY MORNING –•– The Sandpipers (A&M)-11
28 35 SUGAR SUGAR / COLE, COOKE AND REDDING –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-12
29 37 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN –•– Mountain (Windfall)-10
30 39 CHECK OUT YOUR MIND –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-6

31 33 LOVE LAND –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-11
32 49 A SONG OF JOY –•– Miguel Rios (A&M)-2
33 30 REACH OUT AND TOUCH (Somebody’s Hand) –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-9
34 43 ARE YOU READY –•– Pacific Gas and Electric (Columbia)-4
35 47 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE –•– The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)-12
36 40 BABY HOLD ON –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-7
37 54 WESTBOUND #9 –•– The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-5
38 56 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Atlantic)-3
39 44 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-5
40 42 MISSISSIPPI –•– John Phillips (Dunhill)-6

OFF THE CHARTS

41 25 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE –•– Marmalade (London)-15
44 23 LET IT BE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-14
45 38 (You’ve Got Me) DANGLING ON A STRING –•– The Chairmen of the Board (Invictus)-8

POWER PLAYS

42 90 SAVE THE COUNTRY –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-2
43 57 I CAN’T LEAVE YOUR LOVE ALONE –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-11
46 55 DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME –•– Brook Benton with the Dixie Flyers (Cotillion)-4
47 58 TIGHTER, TIGHTER –•– Alive and Kicking (Roulette)-3
48 48 COME TO ME –•– Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-6
49 50 GO BACK –•– Crabby Appleton (Elektra)-7
50 66 AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) –•– Luther Ingram (KoKo)-5

NEW THIS WEEK

56 — (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-1
82 — I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-1
89 — (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU –•– Ronnie Dyson (Columbia)-1
90 — WHEN WE GET MARRIED –•– The Intruders (Gamble)-1
91 — PEARL –•– Tommy Roe (ABC)-1
93 — DEAR ANN –•– The George Baker Selection (Colossus)-1
95 — CINNAMON GIRL –•– Neil Young with Crazy Horse (Reprise)-1
98 — IF MY HEART COULD SPEAK –•– The Manhattans (Deluxe)-1
99 — THIS BITTER EARTH –•– The Satisfactions (Lionel)-1
100 — I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS –•– Turley Richards (Warner Brothers)-1

Compiled from national sales and CHR (Top 40) radio station airplay by Billboard
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