POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 25, 1970
1

(They Long To Be) Close To You

Carpenters

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

2

Mama Told Me (Not To Come)

Three Dog Night

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

3

Band Of Gold

Freda Payne

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 4

4

The Love You Save/I Found That Girl

Jackson 5

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 2

5

Make It With You

Bread

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 10

6

Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)

The Temptations

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

7

Ride Captain Ride

Blues Image

↓ 1

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

8

O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence

The 5 Stairsteps

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Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

9

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

Stevie Wonder

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

10

Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)

Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers

↓ 3

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 7

11

Tighter, Tighter

Alive & Kicking

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

12

Hitchin' A Ride

Vanity Fare

↓ 1

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 11

13

Gimme Dat Ding

The Pipkins

↓ 4

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

14

Spill The Wine

Eric Burdon And War

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 24

15

Are You Ready?

Pacific Gas And Electric

—

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

16

Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

↑ 6

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 22

17

The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked The Roses

Elvis Presley

↓ 4

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 13

18

Ohio

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

↑ 8

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 26

19

A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria)

Miguel Rios

↓ 5

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 14

20

I Just Can't Help Believing

B.J. Thomas

↑ 10

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

21

The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue

The Beatles

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 10 wks • Prev: 20

22

My Baby Loves Lovin'

White Plains

↓ 3

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

23

Get Ready

Rare Earth

↓ 6

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 17

24

Lay A Little Lovin' On Me

Robin McNamara

↑ 13

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

25

War

Edwin Starr

↑ 19

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 44

26

(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?

Ronnie Dyson

↑ 15

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

27

Save The Country

The 5th Dimension

—

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 27

28

Silver Bird

Mark Lindsay

↑ 1

Peak: 25 • 10 wks • Prev: 29

29

Mississippi Queen

Mountain

↓ 4

Peak: 21 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

30

Westbound #9

The Flaming Ember

↑ 1

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

31

Love Land

Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

↓ 15

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 16

32

In The Summertime

Mungo Jerry

↑ 36

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 68

33

United We Stand

The Brotherhood Of Man

↓ 12

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

34

Check Out Your Mind

The Impressions

↓ 6

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

35

Mississippi

John Phillips

↓ 3

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 32

36

Go Back

Crabby Appleton

—

Peak: 36 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

37

Steal Away

Johnnie Taylor

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 38

38

Maybe

The Three Degrees

↑ 5

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

39

Tell It All Brother

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

↑ 20

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 59

40

Trying To Make A Fool Of Me

The Delfonics

↑ 2

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 42

41

Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)

The Assembled Multitude

↑ 20

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 61

42

The End Of Our Road

Marvin Gaye

↓ 2

Peak: 40 • 7 wks • Prev: 40

43

Everybody's Got The Right To Love

The Supremes

↑ 31

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 74

44

The Sly, Slick, And The Wicked

The Lost Generation

↑ 1

Peak: 30 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

45

When We Get Married

The Intruders

↑ 1

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

46

My Marie

Engelbert Humperdinck

↑ 1

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

47

Summertime Blues

The Who

↑ 22

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 69

48

(How Bout A Little Hand For) The Boys In The Band

The Boys In The Band

—

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

49

Paper Mache

Dionne Warwick

↑ 16

Peak: 43 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

50

25 Or 6 To 4

Chicago

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 20 wks

51

Big Yellow Taxi

The Neighborhood

↑ 5

Peak: 29 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

52

I Want To Take You Higher

Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes

↑ 1

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 53

53

Pearl

Tommy Roe

↑ 5

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

54

I'll Be Right Here

Tyrone Davis

—

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

55

Cinnamon Girl

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

↑ 2

Peak: 55 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

56

Do You See My Love (For You Growing)

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↑ 10

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 66

57

Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1)

James Brown

↑ 15

Peak: 15 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

58

So Much Love

Faith, Hope And Charity

↓ 7

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 51

59

Cottage Cheese

CROW

↑ 3

Peak: 56 • 14 wks • Prev: 62

60

Patches

Clarence Carter

↑ 30

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 90

61

Everything A Man Could Ever Need

Glen Campbell

↑ 9

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

62

Sunshine

The Archies

↑ 1

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 63

63

Stealing In The Name Of The Lord

Paul Kelly

↑ 13

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 76

64

Solitary Man

Neil Diamond

↑ 16

Peak: 21 • 24 wks • Prev: 80

65

Groovy Situation

Gene Chandler

↑ 12

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 77

66

A Little Bit Of Soap

Paul Davis

↓ 14

Peak: 52 • 12 wks • Prev: 52

67

You've Been My Inspiration

The Main Ingredient

↑ 8

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 75

68

That Same Old Feeling

Pickettywitch

↓ 1

Peak: 67 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

69

Hand Me Down World

The Guess Who

↑ 20

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

70

Song From M*A*S*H

Al DeLory

↑ 1

Peak: 70 • 12 wks • Prev: 71

71

America, Communicate With Me

Ray Stevens

★ NEW

Peak: 45 • 6 wks

72

Hello Darlin'

Conway Twitty

↑ 6

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 78

73

Superman

The Ides Of March

↓ 9

Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 64

74

Wigwam

Bob Dylan

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 7 wks

75

Long Lonely Nights

The Dells

↑ 25

Peak: 74 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

76

Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys

The Isley Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 2 wks

77

Glory Glory

The Rascals

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 6 wks

78

Let The Music Take Your Mind

Kool & The Gang

↑ 1

Peak: 78 • 6 wks • Prev: 79

79

The Witch

The Rattles

↑ 2

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

80

Snowbird

Anne Murray

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 86

81

Apartment 21

Bobbie Gentry

↑ 2

Peak: 81 • 6 wks • Prev: 83

82

Drop By My Place

Little Carl Carlton

—

Peak: 78 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

83

Down By The River

Buddy Miles

↑ 11

Peak: 68 • 7 wks • Prev: 94

84

Black Fox

Freddy Robinson

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 9 wks

85

Humphrey The Camel

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan

—

Peak: 78 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

86

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

Mary Hopkin

↑ 9

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 95

87

Something

Booker T. & The MG's

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 4 wks

88

Hummingbird

B.B. King

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 7 wks

89

Hand Clapping Song

The Meters

↑ 3

Peak: 89 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

90

Sing A Song For Freedom

Frijid Pink

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 7 wks

91

Baby, Is There Something On Your Mind

McKinley Travis

↑ 2

Peak: 91 • 2 wks • Prev: 93

92

It's Your Life

Andy Kim

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 4 wks

93

The Lights Of Tucson

Jim Campbell

↑ 4

Peak: 93 • 2 wks • Prev: 97

94

No Arms Can Ever Hold You

Bobby Vinton

↑ 2

Peak: 93 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

95

I Can't Be You (You Can't Be Me)

The Glass House

↑ 4

Peak: 90 • 5 wks • Prev: 99

96

Yellow River

Christie

↑ 2

Peak: 23 • 23 wks • Prev: 98

97

Candida

Dawn

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 18 wks

98

Morning Much Better

Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 7 wks

99

It's A Shame

The Spinners

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 15 wks

100

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

★ NEW

Peak: 24 • 16 wks

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