POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 17, 1970
1

I'll Be There

Jackson 5

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

2

Cracklin' Rosie

Neil Diamond

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

3

Green-Eyed Lady

Sugarloaf

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 8

4

All Right Now

Free

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

5

We've Only Just Begun

Carpenters

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

6

Candida

Dawn

↓ 3

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

7

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Diana Ross

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

8

Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

9

Julie, Do Ya Love Me

Bobby Sherman

↓ 3

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

10

Fire And Rain

James Taylor

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

11

Indiana Wants Me

R. Dean Taylor

↑ 11

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 22

12

Lola

The Kinks

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 13

13

Express Yourself

Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

14

It's A Shame

The Spinners

↑ 1

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

15

Out In The Country

Three Dog Night

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 18

16

Snowbird

Anne Murray

↓ 5

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

17

Look What They've Done To My Song Ma

The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

18

Still Water (Love)

Four Tops

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

19

(I Know) I'm Losing You

Rare Earth

↓ 9

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 10

20

It's Only Make Believe

Glen Campbell

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

21

El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

Simon & Garfunkel

↑ 8

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 29

22

War

Edwin Starr

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

23

Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain)

Grand Funk Railroad

↑ 4

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

24

Patches

Clarence Carter

↓ 8

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

25

Long Long Time

Linda Ronstadt

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Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

26

Groovy Situation

Gene Chandler

↓ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

27

Joanne

Michael Nesmith & The First National Band

↓ 6

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

28

Somebody's Been Sleeping

100 Proof Aged in Soul

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

29

That's Where I Went Wrong

The Poppy Family (Featuring Susan Jacks)

↑ 1

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

30

God, Love And Rock & Roll

Teegarden & Van Winkle

↑ 11

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

31

It Don't Matter To Me

Bread

↑ 5

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 36

32

Our House

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 35

33

Lucretia Mac Evil

Blood, Sweat & Tears

↑ 4

Peak: 29 • 7 wks • Prev: 37

34

Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)

James Brown

↑ 20

Peak: 13 • 10 wks • Prev: 54

35

Stand By Your Man

Candi Staton

↑ 5

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

36

Deeper & Deeper

Freda Payne

↑ 3

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

37

Do What You Wanna Do

Five Flights Up

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

38

Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World)

The Temptations

↑ 5

Peak: 33 • 7 wks • Prev: 43

39

See Me, Feel Me

The Who

↑ 12

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 51

40

Montego Bay

Bobby Bloom

↑ 7

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 47

41

Gypsy Woman

Brian Hyland

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 46

42

Yellow River

Christie

↑ 8

Peak: 23 • 23 wks • Prev: 50

43

As The Years Go By

Mashmakhan

↑ 2

Peak: 31 • 18 wks • Prev: 45

44

I Stand Accused

Isaac Hayes

↓ 2

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 42

45

Engine Number 9

Wilson Pickett

↑ 14

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 59

46

Cry Me A River

Joe Cocker

↑ 16

Peak: 11 • 9 wks • Prev: 62

47

Make It Easy On Yourself

Dionne Warwick

↑ 16

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 63

48

For The Good Times

Ray Price

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 24 wks • Prev: 58

49

Neanderthal Man

Hotlegs

↓ 15

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

50

Mongoose

Elephant's Memory

↑ 2

Peak: 50 • 14 wks • Prev: 52

51

I Do Take You

The Three Degrees

↑ 4

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 55

52

Baby, I Need Your Loving

O.C. Smith

↑ 8

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 60

53

I Just Wanna Keep It Together

Paul Davis

↑ 13

Peak: 51 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

54

We Can Make Music

Tommy Roe

↓ 5

Peak: 49 • 6 wks • Prev: 49

55

When You Get Right Down To It

The Delfonics

↑ 9

Peak: 53 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

56

Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong

The Whispers

↑ 12

Peak: 50 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

57

And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind

Mark Lindsay

↑ 10

Peak: 44 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

58

(Baby) Turn On To Me

The Impressions

↓ 2

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 56

59

Fresh Air

Quicksilver Messenger Service

↑ 21

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

60

I Think I Love You

The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy

↑ 15

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 75

61

Come On And Say It

The Grass Roots

↑ 4

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 65

62

Funk # 49

James Gang

↑ 11

Peak: 59 • 10 wks • Prev: 73

63

Something

Shirley Bassey

↑ 6

Peak: 55 • 9 wks • Prev: 69

64

Sweetheart

Engelbert Humperdinck

↑ 6

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

65

Our World

Blue Mink

↑ 6

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

66

Let's Work Together

Canned Heat

↑ 18

Peak: 26 • 11 wks • Prev: 84

67

Heed The Call

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 10 wks

68

The Tears Of A Clown

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 16 wks

69

Holy Man

Diane Kolby

↑ 9

Peak: 67 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

70

Just Let It Come

Alive 'N Kickin'

↑ 7

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

71

So Close

Jake Holmes

↑ 10

Peak: 49 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

72

5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love)

The Presidents

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 74

73

Part Time Love

Ann Peebles

↑ 6

Peak: 45 • 11 wks • Prev: 79

74

Let Me Back In

Tyrone Davis

↑ 9

Peak: 58 • 8 wks • Prev: 83

75

After Midnight

Eric Clapton

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 12 wks

76

Love Uprising

Otis Leaville

—

Peak: 72 • 7 wks • Prev: 76

77

I Am Somebody Part II

Johnnie Taylor

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 9 wks

78

Heaven Help Us All

Stevie Wonder

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 11 wks

79

Time Waits For No One

The Friends Of Distinction

↑ 6

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

80

Woodstock

The Assembled Multitude

↑ 8

Peak: 79 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

81

Gas Lamps And Clay

Blues Image

↑ 1

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 82

82

Got To Believe In Love

Robin McNamara

↑ 15

Peak: 80 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

83

America/Standing/Because I Love You

The Five Stairsteps

↑ 3

Peak: 83 • 2 wks • Prev: 86

84

I'm Not My Brothers Keeper

The Flaming Ember

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 13 wks

85

If You Were Mine

Ray Charles

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 18 wks • Prev: 89

86

Stoned Cowboy

Fantasy

↑ 1

Peak: 77 • 11 wks • Prev: 87

87

Funky Man

Kool & The Gang

↑ 7

Peak: 87 • 4 wks • Prev: 94

88

Dreams

Buddy Miles

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 3 wks • Prev: 90

89

Time To Kill

The Band

↑ 7

Peak: 77 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

90

You Better Think Twice

Poco

↑ 3

Peak: 72 • 8 wks • Prev: 93

91

I'm Better Off Without You

The Main Ingredient

↑ 8

Peak: 91 • 2 wks • Prev: 99

92

Up On The Roof

Laura Nyro

—

Peak: 92 • 2 wks • Prev: 92

93

Empty Pages

Traffic

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 8 wks

94

The Taker

Waylon Jennings

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 1 wks

95

Father Come On Home

Pacific Gas And Electric

—

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

96

Get Into Something

The Isley Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 3 wks

97

Losers Weepers - Part I

Etta James

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 3 wks

98

I Don't Wanna Cry

Ronnie Dyson

★ NEW

Peak: 50 • 8 wks

99

Jerusalem

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 4 wks

100

Listen Here

Brian Auger & The Trinity

—

Peak: 100 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

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