US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 8th August, 1970
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US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 8th August, 1970

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending August 8th, 1970.

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

You can also view the entire 1970 chart here.

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TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-8 (3 weeks at #1)
2 2 MAKE IT WITH YOU –•– Bread (Elektra)-9
3 5 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I’m Yours) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-7
4 7 SPILL THE WINE –•– Eric Burdon and War (MGM)-12
5 4 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-16
6 3 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-12
7 9 TIGHTER, TIGHTER –•– Alive and Kicking (Roulette)-10
8 6 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I FOUND THAT GIRL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-11
9 8 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What the World Is Today) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-12
10 10 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE –•– The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)-19

11 12 WAR –•– Edwin Starr (Gordy)-5
12 22 IN THE SUMMERTIME –•– Mungo Jerry (Janus)-5
13 18 I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-8
14 17 OHIO –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-7
15 30 GET UP I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE (Parts 1 and 2) –•– James Brown (King)-4
16 21 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU –•– Ronnie Dyson (Columbia)-8
17 19 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME –•– Robin McNamara (Steed)-11
18 14 ARE YOU READY –•– Pacific Gas and Electric (Columbia)-11
19 13 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-21
20 15 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) –•– Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah)-16

21 16 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-10
22 27 TELL IT ALL BROTHER –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-6
23 29 PATCHES –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-4
24 26 WESTBOUND #9 –•– The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-12
25 28 OVERTURE FROM TOMMY (A Rock Opera) –•– The Assembled Multitude (Atlantic)-7
26 11 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE –•– Blues Image (Atco)-14
27 38 25 OR 6 TO 4 –•– Chicago (Columbia)-3
28 33 SUMMERTIME BLUES –•– The Who (Decca)-5
29 35 MAYBE –•– The Three Degrees (Roulette)-10
30 42 BIG YELLOW TAXI –•– Neighborhood (Big Tree)-7

31 34 THE SLY, SLICK, AND THE WICKED –•– The Lost Generation (Brunswick)-10
32 37 EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-4
33 25 SILVER BIRD –•– Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-9
34 31 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN –•– Mountain (Windfall)-17
35 49 HAND ME DOWN WORLD –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-4
36 39 DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (For You Growing) –•– Jr. Walker and the All Stars (Soul)-5
37 20 A SONG OF JOY –•– Miguel Rios (A&M)-9
38 47 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER –•– Ike and Tina Turner and the Ikettes (Liberty)-12
39 23 GIMME DAT DING –•– The Pipkins (Capitol)-12
40 62 GROOVY SITUATION –•– Gene Chandler (Mercury)-5

POWER PLAYS

41 72 HI-DE-HO –•– Blood, Sweat, and Tears (Columbia)-2
42 59 WIGWAM –•– Bob Dylan (Columbia)-3
43 45 PAPER MACHE –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-5
44 60 SOLITARY MAN –•– Neil Diamond (Bang)-15
45 69 SNOWBIRD –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-4
46 — AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-1
47 85 I’VE LOST YOU / THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-2
48 51 AMERICA, COMMUNICATE WITH ME –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-3
49 71 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-2
50 50 PEARL –•– Tommy Roe (ABC)-8

NEW THIS WEEK

46 — AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-1
56 — LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR / LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-1
59 — DON’T PLAY THAT SONG –•– Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers (Atlantic)-1
86 — JOANNE –•– Michael Nesmith and the First National Band (RCA)-1
87 — IT’S SO NICE –•– Jackie DeShannon (Liberty)-1
88 — MONGOOSE –•– Elephant’s Memory (Metromedia)-1
90 — WE’RE ALL PLAYING IN THE SAME BAND –•– Bert Sommer (Eleuthra)-1
94 — SAVE YOUR SUGAR FOR ME –•– Tony Joe White (Monument)-1
96 — RAINBOW –•– Marmalade (London)-1
97 — UNCLE JOHN’S BAND –•– The Grateful Dead (Warner Brothers)-1
100 — THAT’S WHERE I WENT WRONG –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-1

Compiled from national sales and CHR (Top 40) radio station airplay by Billboard
Copyright © 1970 Billboard Publications

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