POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 16, 1970
1

American Woman/No Sugar Tonight

The Guess Who

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Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

2

ABC

Jackson 5

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Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 2

3

Vehicle

The Ides Of March

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 12 wks • Prev: 4

4

Let It Be

The Beatles

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

5

Cecilia

Simon & Garfunkel

↑ 9

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 14

6

Spirit In The Sky

Norman Greenbaum

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

7

Everything Is Beautiful

Ray Stevens

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Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

8

Turn Back The Hands Of Time

Tyrone Davis

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 9

9

Up Around The Bend/Run Through The Jungle

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 11 wks • Prev: 13

10

Reflections Of My Life

The Marmalade

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Peak: 10 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

11

Woodstock

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 11

12

Love On A Two-Way Street

The Moments

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

13

For The Love Of Him

Bobbi Martin

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 15

14

Something's Burning

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

↓ 2

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

15

Love Or Let Me Be Lonely

The Friends Of Distinction

↓ 9

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

16

Get Ready

Rare Earth

↑ 3

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 19

17

Which Way You Goin' Billy?

The Poppy Family (Featuring Susan Jacks)

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

18

Instant Karma (We All Shine On)

John Ono Lennon

↓ 10

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

19

Make Me Smile

Chicago

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 25

20

What Is Truth

Johnny Cash

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Peak: 19 • 8 wks • Prev: 20

21

The Letter

Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter People

↑ 5

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

22

Up The Ladder To The Roof

The Supremes

↓ 5

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 17

23

Daughter Of Darkness

Tom Jones

↑ 8

Peak: 13 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

24

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

Edison Lighthouse

↓ 2

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

25

Come Saturday Morning

The Sandpipers

↑ 11

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 36

26

Puppet Man

The 5th Dimension

↑ 8

Peak: 24 • 8 wks • Prev: 34

27

Little Green Bag

George Baker Selection

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Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

28

Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)

Diana Ross

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 30

29

Come And Get It

Badfinger

↓ 11

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

30

Viva Tirado - Part I

El Chicano

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 9 wks • Prev: 35

31

Airport Love Theme (Gwen And Vern)

Vincent Bell

↑ 1

Peak: 31 • 8 wks • Prev: 32

32

Everybody's Out Of Town

B.J. Thomas

↓ 3

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 29

34

Tennessee Bird Walk

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan

↓ 6

Peak: 23 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

35

Hey Lawdy Mama

Steppenwolf

↑ 3

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 38

36

Hitchin' A Ride

Vanity Fare

↑ 6

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 42

37

Let Me Go To Him

Dionne Warwick

↑ 2

Peak: 32 • 7 wks • Prev: 39

38

Long Lonesome Highway

Michael Parks

↓ 5

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

39

Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)

Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers

↑ 23

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 62

40

Oh Happy Day

Glen Campbell

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Peak: 40 • 8 wks • Prev: 40

41

My Baby Loves Lovin'

White Plains

↑ 17

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 58

42

United We Stand

The Brotherhood Of Man

↑ 9

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 51

43

Brother Rapp (Part 1)

James Brown

↑ 17

Peak: 32 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

44

The Girls' Song

The 5th Dimension

↓ 1

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

45

The Seeker

The Who

↑ 2

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 47

46

Miss America

Mark Lindsay

↓ 2

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

47

It's All In The Game

Four Tops

↑ 29

Peak: 24 • 13 wks • Prev: 76

48

Don't Stop Now/Since I Don't Have You

Eddie Holman

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Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

49

Sugar Sugar/Cole, Cooke & Redding

Wilson Pickett

↑ 18

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

50

Come Running

Van Morrison

↓ 1

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

51

Love Land

Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 53

52

Chicken Strut

The Meters

↓ 2

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

53

Question

The Moody Blues

↑ 25

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 78

54

Hum A Song (From Your Heart)

Lulu with The Dixie Flyers

↑ 1

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 55

55

Cinnamon Girl

The Gentrys

↑ 9

Peak: 52 • 12 wks • Prev: 64

56

The Onion Song/California Soul

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

↑ 3

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

57

Band Of Gold

Freda Payne

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 66

58

Ticket To Ride

Carpenters

↓ 4

Peak: 54 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

59

(You've Got Me) Dangling On A String

Chairman Of The Board

↑ 21

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

60

My Wife, The Dancer

Eddie & Dutch

↓ 8

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

61

Ride Captain Ride

Blues Image

↑ 24

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 85

62

Baby Hold On

The Grass Roots

↑ 17

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 79

63

Mississippi Queen

Mountain

↑ 2

Peak: 21 • 17 wks • Prev: 65

64

Farther On Down The Road

Joe Simon

↑ 10

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

65

Open Up My Heart/Nadine

The Dells

↑ 7

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

66

The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked The Roses

Elvis Presley

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 12 wks

67

You Make Me Real/Roadhouse Blues

The Doors

↓ 11

Peak: 50 • 6 wks • Prev: 56

68

So Excited

B.B. King

↓ 7

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 61

69

Deeper (In Love With You)

The O'Jays

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Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

70

Grover Henson Feels Forgotten

Bill Cosby

↑ 3

Peak: 70 • 3 wks • Prev: 73

71

Welfare Cadilac

Guy Drake

↑ 6

Peak: 63 • 14 wks • Prev: 77

72

Whoever Finds This, I Love You

Mac Davis

★ NEW

Peak: 53 • 8 wks

73

Into The Mystic

Johnny Rivers

↑ 17

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 90

74

My Way

Brook Benton

↑ 7

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

75

I Can't Leave Your Love Alone

Clarence Carter

↑ 8

Peak: 42 • 14 wks • Prev: 83

76

Check Out Your Mind

The Impressions

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 12 wks

77

Come To Me

Tommy James And The Shondells

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 8 wks

78

I Call My Baby Candy

The Jaggerz

↑ 14

Peak: 75 • 3 wks • Prev: 92

79

Killer Joe

Quincy Jones

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 3 wks

80

Go Back

Crabby Appleton

↑ 6

Peak: 36 • 14 wks • Prev: 86

81

Hey, Mister Sun

Bobby Sherman

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 9 wks

82

Baby I Love You

Little Milton

↑ 9

Peak: 82 • 3 wks • Prev: 91

83

Mississippi

John Phillips

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 12 wks

84

Lucifer

Bob Seger System

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Peak: 84 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

85

So Much Love

Faith, Hope And Charity

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 11 wks

86

Darkness, Darkness

The Youngbloods

↑ 3

Peak: 86 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

87

Red Red Wine

Vic Dana

★ NEW

Peak: 72 • 6 wks

88

Get Down People

Fabulous Counts

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Peak: 88 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

89

Them Changes

Buddy Miles & The Freedom Express

↓ 2

Peak: 62 • 17 wks • Prev: 87

90

And My Heart Sang (Tra La La)

Brenda & The Tabulations

↑ 10

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 100

91

Let This Be A Letter (To My Baby)

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 2 wks

92

Sweet Feeling

Candi Staton

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 96

93

Tobacco Road

Jamul

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Peak: 93 • 2 wks • Prev: 93

94

Patch Of Blue

Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons

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Peak: 94 • 2 wks • Prev: 94

95

If You Do Believe In Love

The Tee Set

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Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 95

96

She Didn't Know (She Kept On Talking)

Dee Dee Warwick

↑ 3

Peak: 70 • 8 wks • Prev: 99

97

I Want To (Do Everything For You)

Raeletts

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 2 wks

98

Cottage Cheese

CROW

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 14 wks

99

That Same Old Feeling

The Fortunes

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 8 wks

100

That Same Old Feeling

Pickettywitch

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 12 wks

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