US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 27th June, 1970

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending June 27th, 1970.

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

Make sure to also check the 1970’s Top 40 Singles here.

TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 2 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I FOUND THAT GIRL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-5 (1 week at #1)
2 5 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-6
3 6 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What the World Is Today) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-6
4 1 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-6
5 9 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-15
6 11 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE –•– Blues Image (Atco)-8
7 4 GET READY –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-16
8 10 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) –•– Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah)-10
9 15 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-7
10 3 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-14

11 17 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-10
12 7 LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET –•– The Moments (Stang)-12
13 14 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ –•– White Plains (Deram)-11
14 18 UNITED WE STAND –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-11
15 13 UP AROUND THE BEND / RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-10
16 8 THE LETTER –•– Joe Cocker (A&M)-11
17 23 GIMME DAT DING –•– The Pipkins (Capitol)-6
18 16 MAKE ME SMILE –•– Chicago (Columbia)-13
19 12 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-13
20 20 CECELIA –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-12

21 21 QUESTION –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-9
22 32 A SONG OF JOY –•– Miguel Rios (A&M)-3
23 26 SPIRIT IN THE DARK –•– Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers (Atlantic)-6
24 24 HEY, MISTER SUN –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-7
25 25 IT’S ALL IN THE GAME –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-10
26 29 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN –•– Mountain (Windfall)-11
27 28 SUGAR SUGAR / COLE, COOKE AND REDDING –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-13
28 19 AMERICAN WOMAN / NO SUGAR TONIGHT –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-15
29 31 LOVE LAND –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-12
30 30 CHECK OUT YOUR MIND –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-7

31 34 ARE YOU READY –•– Pacific Gas and Electric (Columbia)-5
32 35 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE –•– The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)-13
33 38 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Atlantic)-4
34 37 WESTBOUND #9 –•– The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-6
35 36 BABY HOLD ON –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-8
36 42 SAVE THE COUNTRY –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-3
37 56 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-2
38 39 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-6
39 40 MISSISSIPPI –•– John Phillips (Dunhill)-7
40 49 GO BACK –•– Crabby Appleton (Elektra)-8

OFF THE CHARTS

41 27 COME SATURDAY MORNING –•– The Sandpipers (A&M)-12
42 22 DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-9

POWER PLAYS

43 43 I CAN’T LEAVE YOUR LOVE ALONE –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-12
44 47 TIGHTER, TIGHTER –•– Alive and Kicking (Roulette)-4
45 46 DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME –•– Brook Benton with the Dixie Flyers (Cotillion)-5
46 50 AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) –•– Luther Ingram (KoKo)-6
47 48 COME TO ME –•– Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-7
48 52 CANNED HAM –•– Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)-3
49 — SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I’m Yours) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-1
50 45 (You’ve Got Me) DANGLING ON A STRING –•– The Chairmen of the Board (Invictus)-9

NEW THIS WEEK

49 — SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I’m Yours) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-1
58 — OHIO –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-1
82 — OVERTURE FROM TOMMY (A Rock Opera) –•– The Assembled Multitude (Atlantic)-1
83 — ONE DAY OF YOUR LIFE –•– Andy Williams (Columbia)-1
90 — MY MARIE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-1
91 — THE WITCH –•– The Rattles (Probe)-1
92 — BIG YELLOW TAXI –•– The Neighborhood (Big Tree)-1
94 — YOUR OWN BACK YARD –•– Dion (Warner Brothers)-1
95 — I’LL BE RIGHT HERE –•– Tyrone Davis (Dakar)-1
97 — YOU’VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION –•– The Main Ingredient (RCA)-1
98 — LET’S MAKE EACH OTHER HAPPY –•– Illusion (Steed)-1
99 — HUMPHREY THE CAMEL –•– Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan (Wayside)-1
100 — EVE OF DESTRUCTION –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-1

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