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US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 18th July, 1970

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending July 18th, 1970.

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

For the US 1970 Top 40 Singles, you can also view it here.

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TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-9 (2 weeks at #1)
2 2 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I FOUND THAT GIRL –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-8
3 7 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-5
4 5 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-13
5 3 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What the World Is Today) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-9
6 4 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE –•– Blues Image (Atco)-11
7 6 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) –•– Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah)-13
8 12 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE –•– The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)-16
9 11 GIMME DAT DING –•– The Pipkins (Capitol)-9
10 20 MAKE IT WITH YOU –•– Bread (Elektra)-6

11 10 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-18
12 17 TIGHTER, TIGHTER –•– Alive and Kicking (Roulette)-7
13 9 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-10
14 15 A SONG OF JOY –•– Miguel Rios (A&M)-6
15 19 ARE YOU READY –•– Pacific Gas and Electric (Columbia)-8
16 18 LOVE LAND –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-15
17 13 GET READY –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-19
18 26 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I’m Yours) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-4
19 16 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ –•– White Plains (Deram)-14
20 8 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-9

21 14 UNITED WE STAND –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-14
22 24 TEACH YOUR CHILDREN –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Atlantic)-7
23 22 LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET –•– The Moments (Stang)-15
24 38 SPILL THE WINE –•– Eric Burdon and War (MGM)-9
25 21 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN –•– Mountain (Windfall)-14
26 30 OHIO –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-3
27 31 SAVE THE COUNTRY –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-6
28 28 CHECK OUT YOUR MIND –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-10
29 39 SILVER BIRD –•– Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-6
30 36 I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-5

31 33 WESTBOUND #9 –•– The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-9
32 34 MISSISSIPPI –•– John Phillips (Dunhill)-10
33 23 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-17
34 27 QUESTION –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-12
35 32 IT’S ALL IN THE GAME –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-13
36 37 GO BACK –•– Crabby Appleton (Elektra)-11
37 48 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME –•– Robin McNamara (Steed)-8
38 43 STEAL AWAY –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-7
39 25 SUGAR SUGAR / COLE, COOKE AND REDDING –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-16
40 40 THE END OF OUR ROAD –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-6

POWER PLAYS

41 49 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU –•– Ronnie Dyson (Columbia)-5
42 42 TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME –•– The Delfonics (Philly Groove)-7
43 44 MAYBE –•– The Three Degrees (Roulette)-7
44 72 WAR –•– Edwin Starr (Gordy)-2
45 56 THE SLY, SLICK, AND THE WICKED –•– The Lost Generation (Brunswick)-7
46 55 WHEN WE GET MARRIED –•– The Intruders (Gamble)-5
47 57 MY MARIE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-4
48 54 (How Bout a Little Hand For) THE BOYS IN THE BAND –•– The Boys In the Band (Spring)-7
49 45 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-9
50 50 AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) –•– Luther Ingram (KoKo)-9

NEW THIS WEEK

72 — GET UP I FEEL LIKE BEING LIKE A SEX MACHINE (Parts 1 and 2) –•– James Brown (King)-1
74 — EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-1
86 — SNOWBIRD –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-1
89 — HAND ME DOWN WORLD –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-1
90 — PATCHES –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-1
93 — BABY, IS THERE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND –•– McKinley Travis (Pride)-1
94 — DOWN BY THE RIVER –•– Buddy Miles and the Freedom Express (Mercury)-1
97 — THE LIGHTS OF TUCSON –•– Jim Campbell (Laurie)-1
98 — YELLOW RIVER –•– Christie (Epic)-1
99 — I CAN’T BE YOU (You Can’t Be Me) –•– The Glass House (Invictus)-1
100 — LONG LONELY NIGHTS –•– The Dells (Cadet)-1

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

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