POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1, 1970
1

(They Long To Be) Close To You

Carpenters

—

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 1

2

Make It With You

Bread

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

3

Mama Told Me (Not To Come)

Three Dog Night

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

4

Band Of Gold

Freda Payne

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 3

5

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

Stevie Wonder

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

6

The Love You Save/I Found That Girl

Jackson 5

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 4

7

Spill The Wine

Eric Burdon And War

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 14

8

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

The Temptations

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

9

Tighter, Tighter

Alive & Kicking

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

10

O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence

The 5 Stairsteps

↓ 2

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

11

Ride Captain Ride

Blues Image

↓ 4

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

12

War

Edwin Starr

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

13

Hitchin' A Ride

Vanity Fare

↓ 1

Peak: 5 • 22 wks • Prev: 12

14

Are You Ready?

Pacific Gas And Electric

↑ 1

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

15

Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)

Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers

↓ 5

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 10

16

Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

17

Ohio

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

↑ 1

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 18

18

I Just Can't Help Believing

B.J. Thomas

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

19

Lay A Little Lovin' On Me

Robin McNamara

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

20

A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria)

Miguel Rios

↓ 1

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 19

21

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

Ronnie Dyson

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

22

In The Summertime

Mungo Jerry

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

23

Gimme Dat Ding

The Pipkins

↓ 10

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 13

24

The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked The Roses

Elvis Presley

↓ 7

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

25

Silver Bird

Mark Lindsay

↑ 3

Peak: 25 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

26

Westbound #9

The Flaming Ember

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

27

Tell It All Brother

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

↑ 12

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

28

Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)

The Assembled Multitude

↑ 13

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

29

Patches

Clarence Carter

↑ 31

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 60

30

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

James Brown

↑ 27

Peak: 15 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

31

Mississippi Queen

Mountain

↓ 2

Peak: 21 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

32

Love Land

Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

↓ 1

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

33

Summertime Blues

The Who

↑ 14

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

34

The Sly, Slick, And The Wicked

The Lost Generation

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

35

Maybe

The Three Degrees

↑ 3

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 38

36

Mississippi

John Phillips

↓ 1

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

37

Everybody's Got The Right To Love

The Supremes

↑ 6

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

38

25 Or 6 To 4

Chicago

↑ 12

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 50

39

Do You See My Love (For You Growing)

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↑ 17

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

40

Check Out Your Mind

The Impressions

↓ 6

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

41

Save The Country

The 5th Dimension

↓ 14

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 27

42

Big Yellow Taxi

The Neighborhood

↑ 9

Peak: 29 • 11 wks • Prev: 51

43

My Marie

Engelbert Humperdinck

↑ 3

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

44

Go Back

Crabby Appleton

↓ 8

Peak: 36 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

45

Paper Mache

Dionne Warwick

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 7 wks • Prev: 49

46

Steal Away

Johnnie Taylor

↓ 9

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 37

47

I Want To Take You Higher

Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes

↑ 5

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 52

48

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

The Boys In The Band

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Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

49

Hand Me Down World

The Guess Who

↑ 20

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 69

50

Pearl

Tommy Roe

↑ 3

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

51

America, Communicate With Me

Ray Stevens

↑ 20

Peak: 45 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

52

When We Get Married

The Intruders

↓ 7

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 45

53

I'll Be Right Here

Tyrone Davis

↑ 1

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

54

Everything A Man Could Ever Need

Glen Campbell

↑ 7

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

55

Cinnamon Girl

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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Peak: 55 • 9 wks • Prev: 55

56

Cottage Cheese

CROW

↑ 3

Peak: 56 • 14 wks • Prev: 59

57

Sunshine

The Archies

↑ 5

Peak: 57 • 7 wks • Prev: 62

58

Trying To Make A Fool Of Me

The Delfonics

↓ 18

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

59

Wigwam

Bob Dylan

↑ 15

Peak: 41 • 7 wks • Prev: 74

60

Solitary Man

Neil Diamond

↑ 4

Peak: 21 • 24 wks • Prev: 64

61

(I Know) I'm Losing You

Rare Earth

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 14 wks

62

Groovy Situation

Gene Chandler

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 65

63

Stealing In The Name Of The Lord

Paul Kelly

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Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 63

64

You've Been My Inspiration

The Main Ingredient

↑ 3

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 67

65

Hello Darlin'

Conway Twitty

↑ 7

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

66

Glory Glory

The Rascals

↑ 11

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 77

67

Sing A Song For Freedom

Frijid Pink

↑ 23

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 90

68

That Same Old Feeling

Pickettywitch

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Peak: 67 • 12 wks • Prev: 68

69

Snowbird

Anne Murray

↑ 11

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 80

70

Song From M*A*S*H

Al DeLory

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Peak: 70 • 12 wks • Prev: 70

71

Julie, Do Ya Love Me

Bobby Sherman

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 15 wks

72

Hi-De-Ho

Blood, Sweat & Tears

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 8 wks

73

Superman

The Ides Of March

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Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 73

74

Long Lonely Nights

The Dells

↑ 1

Peak: 74 • 4 wks • Prev: 75

75

Girls Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys

The Isley Brothers

↑ 1

Peak: 75 • 2 wks • Prev: 76

76

It's A Shame

The Spinners

↑ 23

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 99

77

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

Mary Hopkin

↑ 9

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

78

Humphrey The Camel

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan

↑ 7

Peak: 78 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

79

Hummingbird

B.B. King

↑ 9

Peak: 48 • 7 wks • Prev: 88

80

Down By The River

Buddy Miles

↑ 3

Peak: 68 • 7 wks • Prev: 83

81

Apartment 21

Bobbie Gentry

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Peak: 81 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

82

Drop By My Place

Little Carl Carlton

—

Peak: 78 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

83

Black Fox

Freddy Robinson

↑ 1

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 84

84

Let The Music Take Your Mind

Kool & The Gang

↓ 6

Peak: 78 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

85

I've Lost You/The Next Step Is Love

Elvis Presley

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 9 wks

86

Something

Booker T. & The MG's

↑ 1

Peak: 76 • 4 wks • Prev: 87

87

Yellow River

Christie

↑ 9

Peak: 23 • 23 wks • Prev: 96

88

Candida

Dawn

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 97

89

Morning Much Better

Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan

↑ 9

Peak: 74 • 7 wks • Prev: 98

90

It's Your Life

Andy Kim

↑ 2

Peak: 85 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

91

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

↑ 9

Peak: 24 • 16 wks • Prev: 100

92

Mill Valley

Miss Abrams And The Strawberry Point School Third Grade Class

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 3 wks

93

No Arms Can Ever Hold You

Bobby Vinton

↑ 1

Peak: 93 • 4 wks • Prev: 94

94

Black Hands White Cotton

The Caboose

★ NEW

Peak: 79 • 3 wks

95

Only You Know And I Know

Dave Mason

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 10 wks

96

Everything's Tuesday

Chairman Of The Board

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 9 wks

97

Yours Love

Joe Simon

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 7 wks

98

Ball And Chain

Tommy James

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 7 wks

99

A Song That Never Comes

Mama Cass Elliot

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 2 wks

100

Bring It On Home

Lou Rawls

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 5 wks

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