List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1970 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1970.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1969 |
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November 29 |
"Midnight Cowboy" |
Ferrante & Teicher |
2 |
January 10 |
10 |
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December 13 |
"A Brand New Me" |
Dusty Springfield |
3 |
January 10 |
6 |
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December 20 |
"Winter World of Love" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
3 |
February 7 |
10 |
|
"Don't Cry Daddy" |
Elvis Presley |
3 |
January 17 |
8 |
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December 27 |
"Come Saturday Morning" |
The Sandpipers |
8 |
May 30 |
6 |
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Singles from 1970 |
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January 3 |
"Traces/Memories Medley" |
The Lettermen |
3 |
January 24 |
6 |
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"Tonight I'll Say a Prayer" |
Eydie Gorme |
8 |
January 10 |
3 |
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January 10 |
"Without Love" |
Tom Jones |
1 |
January 31 |
8 |
|
January 17 |
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" |
Dionne Warwick |
1 |
February 7 |
8 |
|
"Walkin' in the Rain" |
Jay & the Americans |
8 |
January 31 |
4 |
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January 24 |
"Honey Come Back" |
Glen Campbell |
4 |
February 7 |
6 |
|
February 7 |
"Walk a Mile in My Shoes" |
Joe South |
3 |
February 14 |
4 |
|
"Blowing Away" |
The 5th Dimension |
7 |
February 7 |
2 |
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"Rainy Night in Georgia" |
Brook Benton |
2 |
March 7 |
9 |
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February 14 |
"New World Coming" |
Cass Elliot |
4 |
February 28 |
6 |
|
"Always Something There to Remind Me" |
R.B. Greaves |
3 |
February 28 |
4 |
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"Breaking Up is Hard to Do" |
Lenny Welch |
8 |
February 21 |
3 |
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February 21 |
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1 |
February 28 |
8 |
|
February 28 |
"If I Were a Carpenter" |
Johnny Cash & June Carter |
9 |
February 28 |
3 |
|
March 7 |
"Can't Help Falling in Love" |
Al Martino |
5 |
March 14 |
3 |
|
"Temma Harbour" |
Mary Hopkin |
4 |
April 11 |
7 |
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"All I Have to Do Is Dream" |
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell |
4 |
March 14 |
5 |
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"Kentucky Rain" |
Elvis Presley |
3 |
March 14 |
6 |
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March 14 |
"Easy Come, Easy Go" |
Bobby Sherman |
2 |
March 28 |
7 |
|
"My Elusive Dreams" |
Bobby Vinton |
7 |
March 21 |
3 |
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March 21 |
"Brighton Hill" |
Jackie DeShannon |
9 |
March 28 |
3 |
|
March 28 |
"Long Lonesome Highway" |
Michael Parks |
5 |
April 25 |
5 |
|
"I Would Be in Love" |
Frank Sinatra |
4 |
April 18 |
5 |
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April 4 |
"Let It Be" |
The Beatles |
1 |
April 11 |
6 |
|
April 11 |
"For the Love of Him" |
Bobbi Martin |
1 |
May 9 |
8 |
|
"Shilo" |
Neil Diamond |
8 |
April 18 |
2 |
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"Love or Let Me Be Lonely" |
The Friends of Distinction |
9 |
April 18 |
2 |
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April 18 |
"Everybody's Out of Town" |
B.J. Thomas |
3 |
April 25 |
4 |
|
"But for Love" |
Jerry Naylor |
5 |
May 2 |
3 |
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April 25 |
"Airport Love Theme" |
Vincent Bell |
2 |
May 9 |
8 |
|
"What is Truth" |
Johnny Cash |
4 |
May 9 |
5 |
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"Oh Happy Day" |
Glen Campbell |
7 |
May 16 |
6 |
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May 2 |
"The Girls' Song" |
The 5th Dimension |
6 |
May 9 |
3 |
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"Let Me Go to Him" |
Dionne Warwick |
5 |
May 9 |
6 |
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"Everything is Beautiful" |
Ray Stevens |
1 |
May 23 |
8 |
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May 9 |
"Daughter of Darkness" |
Tom Jones |
1 |
June 13 |
7 |
|
May 16 |
"Can You Feel It" |
Bobby Goldsboro |
8 |
May 16 |
1 |
|
"Viva Tirado Part 1" |
El Chicano |
10 |
May 16 |
2 |
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May 23 |
"Soolaim=n (African Trilogy 2)" |
Neil Diamond |
5 |
May 23 |
3 |
|
"Which Way You Goin' Billy?" |
The Poppy Family |
6 |
May 30 |
4 |
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May 30 |
"The Wonder of You" |
Elvis Presley |
1 |
June 20 |
6 |
|
June 6 |
"The Long and Winding Road" |
The Beatles |
2 |
June 20 |
3 |
|
"Primrose Lane" |
O.C. Smith |
4 |
June 13 |
6 |
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June 13 |
"Hey, Mister Sun" |
Bobby Sherman |
3 |
June 20 |
4 |
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"Song from Mash" |
Al DeLory |
7 |
July 4 |
6 |
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June 20 |
"A Song of Joy" |
Miguel Rios |
1 |
June 27 |
7 |
|
"Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" |
Brook Benton |
4 |
June 27 |
4 |
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"One Day of Your Life" |
Andy Williams |
2 |
July 4 |
6 |
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June 27 |
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
July 11 |
11 |
|
"Walking in the Sand" |
Al Martino |
9 |
June 27 |
2 |
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"She Cried" |
The Lettermen |
6 |
July 4 |
4 |
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July 11 |
"I Just Can't Help Believing" |
B.J. Thomas |
1 |
August 22 |
10 |
|
"My Marie" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
2 |
July 18 |
7 |
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"Overture from Tommy" |
The Assembled Multitude |
8 |
July 18 |
4 |
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July 18 |
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be" |
Mary Hopkin |
7 |
July 18 |
2 |
|
"Make It with You" |
Bread |
4 |
August 22 |
8 |
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July 25 |
"Everything a Man Could Ever Need" |
Glen Campbell |
3 |
August 8 |
5 |
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"Silver Bird" |
Mark Lindsay |
7 |
July 25 |
4 |
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"Paper Mache" |
Dionne Warwick |
6 |
August 1 |
5 |
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August 1 |
"Save the Country" |
The 5th Dimension |
10 |
August 1 |
1 |
|
August 8 |
"Snowbird" |
Anne Murray |
1 |
August 29 |
11 |
|
"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" |
Bobby Vinton |
8 |
August 15 |
2 |
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August 15 |
"Solitary Man" |
Neil Diamond |
6 |
August 15 |
3 |
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August 22 |
"Julie, Do Ya Love Me" |
Bobby Sherman |
2 |
September 26 |
8 |
|
"Rainbow" |
Marmalade |
7 |
August 29 |
3 |
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August 29 |
"I've Lost You" |
Elvis Presley |
5 |
September 12 |
3 |
|
"Tell It All Brother" |
Kenny Rogers & the First EDition |
8 |
August 29 |
2 |
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"Summer Symphony" |
The Jack Gold Sound |
10 |
August 29 |
2 |
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September 5 |
"I (Who Have Nothing)" |
Tom Jones |
2 |
September 5 |
5 |
|
September 12 |
"Cracklin' Rosie" |
Neil Diamond |
2 |
October 10 |
7 |
|
"Joanne" |
Michael Nesmith |
6 |
September 12 |
5 |
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"That's Where I Went Wrong" |
The Poppy Family |
7 |
September 12 |
2 |
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"Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" |
The New Seekers |
4 |
September 26 |
8 |
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September 19 |
"It's Only Make Believe" |
Glen Campbell |
2 |
October 17 |
9 |
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"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" |
Diana Ross |
6 |
October 3 |
3 |
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"For What It's Worth" |
Sergio Mendes |
10 |
September 19 |
2 |
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September 26 |
"We've Only Just Begun" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
October 10 |
12 |
|
October 3 |
"Candida" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
8 |
October 3 |
2 |
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October 10 |
"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" |
Simon & Garfunkel |
6 |
October 17 |
3 |
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"Pieces of My Heart" |
Johnny Mathis |
9 |
October 10 |
2 |
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October 17 |
"Sweetheart" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
2 |
October 31 |
4 |
|
"Something" |
Shirley Bassey |
6 |
October 24 |
3 |
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"And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" |
Mark Lindsay |
5 |
November 7 |
6 |
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October 24 |
"Make It Easy on Yourself" |
Dionne Warwick |
2 |
November 7 |
5 |
|
"It Don't Matter to Me" |
Bread |
2 |
November 21 |
5 |
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October 31 |
"Fire and Rain" |
James Taylor |
7 |
November 7 |
5 |
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"Home Lovin' Man" |
Andy Williams |
10 |
October 31 |
2 |
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November 7 |
"Stoney End" |
Barbara Streisand |
2 |
December 12 |
7 |
|
November 14 |
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" |
Elvis Presley |
1 |
November 28 |
5 |
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"It's Impossible" |
Perry Como |
1 |
December 5 |
11 |
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"Jerusalem" |
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
6 |
November 28 |
4 |
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November 21 |
"I Think I Love You" |
The Partridge Family |
8 |
December 5 |
2 |
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November 28 |
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" |
Neil Diamond |
4 |
November 28 |
5 |
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December 5 |
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" |
Chicago |
5 |
December 12 |
5 |
|
December 12 |
"Can't Stop Loving You" |
Tom Jones |
3 |
December 12 |
5 |
|
"Rose Garden" |
Lynn Anderson |
5 |
December 26 |
9 |
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December 19 |
"Silver Moon" |
Michael Nesmith |
7 |
December 26 |
2 |
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1969 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 15 |
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1 |
November 22 |
8 |
|
November 22 |
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" |
B.J. Thomas |
1 |
December 13 |
11 |
|
December 6 |
"Early in the Morning" |
Vanity Fare |
4 |
December 13 |
8 |
1971 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 28 |
"One Less Bell to Answer" |
The 5th Dimension |
1 |
January 2 |
10 |
|
December 12 |
"Most of All" |
B.J. Thomas |
2 |
January 9 |
7 |
|
December 19 |
"Knock Three Times" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
2 |
February 6 |
4 |
|
December 26 |
"The Green Grass Starts to Grow" |
Dionne Warwick |
2 |
January 16 |
6 |
Notes
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending January 31, 1970.
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 30, 1970.
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending August 8, 1970.
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1970 (U.S.)