Last updated 11/9/2021
Song 69
Peaked at #7 on 8/8/70.
Their only Top 40 hit. Co-written by Tommy James.
Keyboard player Bruce Sudano later married Donna Summer.
#69 – “Tighter, Tighter” by Alive & Kicking
Song 70
Peaked at #7 on 10/3/70.
Peaked at #8 for The Temptations in 1966. This was the group’s second Top 10 hit to cover a Temptations record.
This is the mono single version, which was edited down from the 10:56 album version.
#70 – “(I Know) I’m Losing You” by Rare Earth
Song 71
Peaked at #7 on 2/28/70. S #2.
It’s hard to tell what’s happening unless you listen closely, but at the start of this record, someone enters the shack and plays the beginning of the previous Temptations hit, “I Can’t Get Next To You.” You hear the needle being placed on the record. None of this could be heard clearly on AM radio. This is actually an early example of the now-common practice of sampling.
#71 – “Psychedelic Shack” by The Temptations
Song 72
Peaked at #8 on 7/18/70 for two weeks.
Their only Top 40 hit.
#72 – “O-o-h Child” by The 5 Stairsteps
Song 73
Peaked at #8 on 12/5/70 for two weeks.
Second of their four Top 20 hits.
#73 – “No Matter What” by Badfinger
Song 74
Peaked at #8 on 9/26/70 for two weeks. EL #1, HC #10.
First of her 11 Top 40 hits, 54 Country hits, and 41 Adult Contemporary hits.
#74 – “Snowbird” by Anne Murray
Song 75
Peaked at #8 on 11/14/70 for two weeks. S #6.
Their only Top 40 hit, this record is rare on CD.
Features Joe Stubbs, brother of Levi Stubbs, lead singer of Four Tops.
#75 – “Somebody’s Been Sleeping” by 100 Proof Aged In Soul
Song 76
Peaked at #8 on 8/29/70 for two weeks. S #9.
He sang “Aquarius” in the original cast of “Hair,” but only managed one other Top 40 record.
#76 – “(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You?” by Ronnie Dyson
Song 77
Peaked at #8 on 1/17/70.
Last of his six Top 20 records.
#77 – “Jam Up Jelly Tight” by Tommy Roe
Song 78
Peaked at #8 on 11/28/70.
Mostly known as a songwriter, this was his only Top 40 hit.
This is the edited single version.
#78 – “Montego Bay” by Bobby Bloom
Song 79
Peaked at #9 on 6/27/70 for three weeks. EL #1.
Peaked at #25 for Ray Peterson in 1959. One of my favorite Elvis records.
Transferred from a 24/96 high-res download.
#79 – “The Wonder Of You” by Elvis Presley
Song 80
Peaked at #9 on 10/24/70 for two weeks.
Their first Top 10 record in five years. They would not have another until 1983.
This is the single version, with the “cherry cola” lyrics.
#80 – “Lola” by The Kinks
Song 81
Peaked at #9 on 6/6/70.
Their first Top 10 record.
This is the edited single version in stereo.
#81 – “Make Me Smile” by Chicago
Song 82
Peaked at #9 on 11/28/70 for two weeks. S #2.
His eleventh Top 10 record.
#82 – “Heaven Help Us All” by Stevie Wonder
Song 83
Peaked at #9 on 4/11/70. EL #2.
First of his three Top 10 hits for the year.
#83 – “Easy Come, Easy Go” by Bobby Sherman
Song 84
Peaked at #9 on 3/21/70.
First of two Top 10 hits for the original group.
This is the edited single version in stereo.
#84 – “Evil Ways” by Santana
Song 85
Peaked at #9 on 1/10/70.
Second of his five Top 20 hits.
#85 – “La La La (If I Had You)” by Bobby Sherman
Song 86
Peaked at #9 on 8/22/70. EL #1.
Fourth of his eight Top 20 hits.
#86 – “I Just Can’t Help Believing” by B.J. Thomas
Song 87
Peaked at #9 on 7/18/70.
A lot of information for a dopey song.
This song comes from a British children’s TV show that was hosted by Freddie and the Dreamers(!).
It was written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, who later wrote Hammond’s “It Never Rains In Southern California.”
Tony Burrows, the lower vocalist, was the lead singer on four Top 15 U.S. hits in 1970, including #53.
Roger Greenaway, the higher voice, was a successful songwriter and singer.
#87 – “Gimme Dat Ding” by The Pipkins
Song 88
Peaked at #10 on 5/9/70 for three weeks.
Their only Top 40 hit.
Radio stations often played an edited version with the instrumental section in the middle removed.
#88 – “Reflections Of My Life” by The Marmalade
Song 89
Peaked at #10 on 12/5/70 for two weeks.
Fifth of their six Top 10 hits.
#89 – “Share The Land” by The Guess Who
Song 90
Peaked at #10 on 2/14/70.
Lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders. His only Top 20 hit.
#90 – “Arizona” by Mark Lindsay
Song 91
Peaked at #10 on 1/17/70. EL #2.
Their last Top 10 hit and their first in nine years.
#91 – “Midnight Cowboy” by Ferrante and Teicher
Song 92
Peaked at #10 on 3/21/70. S #10.
Their second and last Top 30 hit.
#92 – “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” by The Delfonics
Song 93
Peaked at #10 on 2/7/70.
Second and last Top 20 hit.
#93 – “Jingle Jangle” by The Archies
Song 94
Peaked at #10 on 4/18/70. S #5.
The first Supremes record with Jean Terrell as lead singer.
#94 – “Up The Ladder To The Roof” by The Supremes
Song 95
Peaked at #10 on 10/31/70. EL #2, HC #3.
Peaked at #1 for Conway Twitty in 1958.
#95 – “It’s Only Make Believe” by Glen Campbell
Song 96
Peaked at #10 on 11/14/70. EL #2.
#96 – “It Don’t Matter To Me” by Bread
Song 97
Peaked at #11 on 10/24/70 for two weeks. S #4.
Their last Top 20 hit before leaving Motown.
#97 – “Still Water (Love)” by Four Tops
Song 98
Peaked at #11 on 5/9/70 for two weeks.
Written by Joni Mitchell, who was still four years away from her only Top 20 hit.
Transferred from a 24/192 high-res download.
#98 – “Woodstock” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Song 99
Peaked at #11 on 11/28/70 for two weeks. EL #1.
Peaked at #4 for Dusty Springfield in 1966.
#99 – “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” by Elvis Presley
Song 100
Peaked at #11 on 9/19/70 for two weeks. S #1.
Also peaked at #11 for Ben E. King in 1962.
Transferred from a 24/192 high-res download.
#100 – “Don’t Play That Song” by Aretha Franklin