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Number
1 Up by 1

Make It With You
Bread
From the album: On the Waters
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Down by 1

(They Long to Be) Close to You
Carpenters
From the album: Close to You
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
3 Up by 1

Spill the Wine
Eric Burdon & War
From the album: Eric Burdon Declares War
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 2

War
Edwin Starr
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5

In the Summertime
Mungo Jerry
From the album: In the Summertime
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
6 Down by 3

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
Stevie Wonder
From the album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
7 Up by 9

Patches
Clarence Carter
From the album: Patches
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Down by 1

Band of Gold
Freda Payne
From the album: Band of Gold
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 3

I Just Can't Help Believing
B.J. Thomas
Peak
9
Weeks
7
Number
10 Down by 1

Tighter, Tighter
Alive and Kicking
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
11 Up by 2

Lay a Little Lovin' on Me
Robin McNamara
Peak
11
Weeks
6
Number
12 Up by 2

(If You Let Me Make Love to You) Why Can't I Touch You?
Ronnie Dyson
Peak
12
Weeks
5
Number
13 Up by 5

25 or 6 to 4
Chicago
From the album: Chicago II
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Down by 4

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
The Temptations
From the album: Greatest Hits II
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 7

Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Three Dog Night
From the album: It Ain't Easy
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
16 Down by 5

O-o-h Child
The Five Stairsteps
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 9

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana Ross
Peak
17
Weeks
2
Number
18 Up by 1

Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)
The Assembled Multitude
Peak
18
Weeks
4
Number
19 Up by 1

Tell It All Brother
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Up by 3

Lookin' Out My Back Door
Creedence Clearwater Revival
From the album: Cosmo's Factory
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Down by 6

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
James Brown
From the album: Sex Machine
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
22 Up by 3

Hi-De-Ho
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Debut

Don't Play That Song
Aretha Franklin
From the album: Spirit in the Dark
Peak
23
Weeks
1
Number
24 Down by 3

Ohio
Crosby, Stills, & Nash & Young
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
25 Up by 3

Everybody's Got The Right To Love
The Supremes
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 3

Hand Me Down World
The Guess Who
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27

Summertime Blues
The Who
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 6

Solitary Man
Neil Diamond
From the album: The Feel of Neil Diamond
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Up by 1

Big Yellow Taxi
The Neighborhood
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Up by 1

The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked
The Lost Generation
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 14

The Love You Save
The Jackson 5
From the album: ABC
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
32 Up by 3

Do You See My Love (For You Growing)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 5

Julie, Do Ya Love Me
Bobby Sherman
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 2

Groovy Situation
Gene Chandler
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
35 Up by 2

I Want to Take You Higher
Ike & Tina Turner
From the album: Come Together
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Debut

I've Lost You
Elvis Presley
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

(I Know) I'm Losing You
Rare Earth
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Snowbird
Anne Murray
From the album: This Way Is My Way
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 15

Westbound No. 9
The Flaming Ember
Peak
24
Weeks
7
Number
40 Debut

It's a Shame
The Spinners
From the album: 2nd Time Around
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
22 Dropout

Are You Ready?
Pacific Gas and Electric
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
32 Dropout

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Melanie
From the album: Candles in the Rain
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
33 Dropout

Teach Your Children
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
From the album: Déjà Vu
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
39 Dropout

Hitchin' a Ride
Vanity Fare
Peak
10
Weeks
6
Number
40 Dropout

Maybe
The Three Degrees
Peak
29
Weeks
4

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Date

August 22, 1970

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2 1 Bread – “Make It With You” 1(×1) 7

1 2 Carpenters – “(They Long to Be) Close to You” 1(×4) 7

4 3 Eric Burdon & War – “Spill the Wine” 3 7

6 4 Edwin Starr – “War ” 4 5

5 5 Mungo Jerry – “In the Summertime” 5 5

3 6 Stevie Wonder – “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)” 3 7

16 7 Clarence Carter – “Patches” 7 4

7 8 Freda Payne – “Band of Gold” 3 7

12 9 B.J. Thomas – “I Just Can't Help Believing” 9 7

9 10 Alive and Kicking – “Tighter, Tighter” 7 7

13 11 Robin McNamara – “Lay a Little Lovin' on Me” 11 6

14 12 Ronnie Dyson – “(If You Let Me Make Love to You) Why Can't I Touch You?” 12 5

18 13 Chicago – “25 or 6 to 4” 13 4

10 14 The Temptations – “Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)” 3 7

8 15 Three Dog Night – “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)” 1(×2) 7

11 16 The Five Stairsteps – “O-o-h Child” 8 7

26 17 Diana Ross – “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” 17 2

19 18 The Assembled Multitude – “Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)” 18 4

20 19 Kenny Rogers and the First Edition – “Tell It All Brother” 19 5

23 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Lookin' Out My Back Door” 20 2

15 21 James Brown – “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” 15 4

25 22 Blood, Sweat & Tears – “Hi-De-Ho” 22 2

NE 23 Aretha Franklin – “Don't Play That Song” 23 1

21 24 Crosby, Stills, & Nash & Young – “Ohio” 14 7

28 25 The Supremes – “Everybody's Got The Right To Love” 25 4

29 26 The Guess Who – “Hand Me Down World” 26 3

27 27 The Who – “Summertime Blues” 27 4

34 28 Neil Diamond – “Solitary Man” 28 2

30 29 The Neighborhood – “Big Yellow Taxi” 29 3

31 30 The Lost Generation – “The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked” 30 4

17 31 The Jackson 5 – “The Love You Save” 2 7

35 32 Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Do You See My Love (For You Growing)” 32 4

38 33 Bobby Sherman – “Julie, Do Ya Love Me” 33 2

36 34 Gene Chandler – “Groovy Situation” 34 3

37 35 Ike & Tina Turner – “I Want to Take You Higher” 35 3

NE 36 Elvis Presley – “I've Lost You” 36 1

NE 37 Rare Earth – “(I Know) I'm Losing You” 37 1

NE 38 Anne Murray – “Snowbird” 38 1

24 39 The Flaming Ember – “Westbound No. 9” 24 7

NE 40 The Spinners – “It's a Shame” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

22 -- Pacific Gas and Electric – “Are You Ready?” 14 6

32 -- Melanie – “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” 6 6

33 -- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – “Teach Your Children” 16 6

39 -- Vanity Fare – “Hitchin' a Ride” 10 6

40 -- The Three Degrees – “Maybe” 29 4

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