NO. 1 HITS
1970
 
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3 Jan 1970 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(B J Thomas)		 Suspicious Minds
(Elvis Presley)		 Two Little Boys
(Rolf Harris)
10 Jan 1970 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(B J Thomas)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Two Little Boys
(Rolf Harris)
17 Jan 1970 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(B J Thomas)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Two Little Boys
(Rolf Harris)
24 Jan 1970 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(B J Thomas)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Two Little Boys
(Rolf Harris)
31 Jan 1970 I Want You Back
(Jackson 5)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Edison Lighthouse
7 Feb 1970 Venus
(Shocking Blue)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Edison Lighthouse
14 Feb 1970 Thank You/Everybody Is a Star
(Sly & the Family Stone)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Edison Lighthouse
21 Feb 1970 Thank You/Everybody Is a Star
(Sly & the Family Stone)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Edison Lighthouse
28 Feb 1970 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Edison Lighthouse
7 Mar 1970 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)		 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
(Johnny Farnham)		 Wanderin' Star
(Lee Marvin)
14 Mar 1970 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)		 Venus
(Shocking Blue)		 Wanderin' Star
(Lee Marvin)
21 Mar 1970 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)		 Venus
(Shocking Blue)		 Wanderin' Star
(Lee Marvin)
28 Mar 1970 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)
4 Apr 1970 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)
11 Apr 1970 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Bridge over Troubled Water
(Simon & Garfunkel)
18 Apr 1970 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 All Kinds of Everything
(Dana)
25 Apr 1970 ABC
(Jackson 5)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 All Kinds of Everything
(Dana)
2 May 1970 ABC
(Jackson 5)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Spirit in the Sky
(Norman Greenbaum)
9 May 1970 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight
(Guess Who)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Spirit in the Sky
(Norman Greenbaum)
16 May 1970 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight
(Guess Who)		 Let It Be
(Beatles)		 Back Home
(England World Cup Squad)
23 May 1970 American Woman/No Sugar Tonight
(Guess Who)		 Spirit in the Sky
(Norman Greenbaum)		 Back Home
(England World Cup Squad)
30 May 1970 Everything Is Beautiful
(Ray Stevens)		 Spirit in the Sky
(Norman Greenbaum)		 Back Home
(England World Cup Squad)
6 June 1970 Everything Is Beautiful
(Ray Stevens)		 Spirit in the Sky
(Norman Greenbaum)		 Yellow River
(Christire)
13 June 1970 The Long & Winding Road/For You Blue
(Beatles)		 Spirit in the Sky
(Norman Greenbaum)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
20 June 1970 The Long & Winding Road/For You Blue
(Beatles)		 Spirit in the Sky
(Norman Greenbaum)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
27 June 1970 The Love You Save
(Jackson 5)		 Everything Is Beautiful
(Ray Stevens)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
4 July 1970 The Love You Save
(Jackson 5)		 Everything Is Beautiful
(Ray Stevens)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
11 July 1970 Mama Told Me Not to Come
(Three Dog Night)		 Cottonfields
(Beach Boys)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
28 July 1970 Mama Told Me Not to Come
(Three Dog Night)		 Up around the Bend
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
25 July 1970 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Up around the Bend
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
31 Jul 1970 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Up around the Bend
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 In the Summertime
(Mungo Jerry)
1 Aug 1970 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Up around the Bend
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 The Wonder of You
(Elvis Presley)
8 Aug 1970 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Up around the Bend
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 The Wonder of You
(Elvis Presley)
15 Aug 1970 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Up around the Bend
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 The Wonder of You
(Elvis Presley)
22 Aug 1970 Make It with You
(Bread)		 Up around the Bend
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 The Wonder of You
(Elvis Presley)
29 Aug 1970 War
(Edwin Starr)		 El Condor Pasa
(Simon & Garfunkel)		 The Wonder of You
(Elvis Presley)
5 Sept 1970 War
(Edwin Starr)		 In the Summertime
(Mixtures)		 The Wonder of You
(Elvis Presley)
12 Sept 1970 War
(Edwin Starr)		 In the Summertime
(Mixtures)		 Tears of a Clown
(Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
19 Sept 1970 Ain't No Mountain High Enough
(Diana Ross)		 In the Summertime
(Mixtures)		 Band of Gold
(Freda Payne)
26 Sept 1970 Ain't No Mountain High Enough
(Diana Ross)		 In the Summertime
(Mixtures)		 Band of Gold
(Freda Payne)
3 Oct 1970 Ain't No Mountain High Enough
(Diana Ross)		 In the Summertime
(Mixtures)		 Band of Gold
(Freda Payne)
10 Oct 1970 Cracklin' Rosie
(Neil Diamond)		 In the Summertime
(Mixtures)		 Band of Gold
(Freda Payne)
17 Oct 1970 I'll Be There
)Jackson 5)		 In the Summertime
(Mixtures)		 Band of Gold
(Freda Payne)
24 Oct 1970 I'll Be There
)Jackson 5)		 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Band of Gold
(Freda Payne)
31 Oct 1970 I'll Be There
)Jackson 5)		 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Woodstock
(Mathews' Southern Comfort)
7 Nov 1970 I'll Be There
)Jackson 5)		 Close to You
(Carpenters)		 Woodstock
(Mathews' Southern Comfort)
14 Nov 1970 I'll Be There
)Jackson 5)		 Lookin' out My Backdoor
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 Woodstock
(Mathews' Southern Comfort)
21 Nov 1970 I Think I Love You
(Partridge Family)		 Lookin' out My Backdoor
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 Voodoo Chile
(Jimi Hendrix)
28 Nov 1970 I Think I Love You
(Partridge Family)		 Lookin' out My Backdoor
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 I Hear You Knockin'
(Dave Edmunds)
6 Dec 1970 I Think I Love You
(Partridge Family)		 Lookin' out My Backdoor
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)		 I Hear You Knockin'
(Dave Edmunds)
12 Dec 1970 Tears of a Clown
(Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)		 Song of Joy
(Miguel Rios)		 I Hear You Knockin'
(Dave Edmunds)
19 Dec 1970 Tears of a Clown
(Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)		 Song of Joy
(Miguel Rios)		 I Hear You Knockin'
(Dave Edmunds)
26 Dec 1970 My Sweet Lord/Isn't It a Pity
(George Harrison)		 Song of Joy
(Miguel Rios)		 I Hear You Knockin'
(Dave Edmunds)

   

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