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Number
1

War
Edwin Starr
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 7

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross
From the album: Diana Ross
Peak
2
Weeks
4
Number
3 Down by 1

Make It With You
Bread
From the album: On the Waters
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
4

In the Summertime
Mungo Jerry
From the album: In the Summertime
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Down by 2

(They Long to Be) Close to You
Carpenters
From the album: Close to You
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 4

25 or 6 to 4
Chicago
From the album: Chicago II
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7

Patches
Clarence Carter
From the album: Patches
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8

(If You Let Me Make Love to You) Why Can't I Touch You?
Ronnie Dyson
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Down by 4

Spill the Wine
Eric Burdon & War
From the album: Eric Burdon Declares War
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
10 Up by 2

Lookin' Out My Back Door
Creedence Clearwater Revival
From the album: Cosmo's Factory
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11 Down by 5

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

Don't Play That Song
Aretha Franklin
From the album: Spirit in the Dark
Peak
12
Weeks
3
Number
13 Up by 7

Julie, Do Ya Love Me
Bobby Sherman
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14

Hi-De-Ho
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Down by 4

I Just Can't Help Believing
B.J. Thomas
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
16

Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)
The Assembled Multitude
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 2

Hand Me Down World
The Guess Who
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 15

Candida
Dawn
Peak
18
Weeks
2
Number
19 Up by 7

Snowbird
Anne Murray
From the album: This Way Is My Way
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 9

I (Who Have Nothing)
Tom Jones
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Up by 2

Everybody's Got The Right To Love
The Supremes
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Down by 9

Band of Gold
Freda Payne
From the album: Band of Gold
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
23 Up by 1

Solitary Man
Neil Diamond
From the album: The Feel of Neil Diamond
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 1

Groovy Situation
Gene Chandler
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 8

Tell It All Brother
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
26 Up by 10

Rubber Duckie
Ernie
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Up by 4

(I Know) I'm Losing You
Rare Earth
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Down by 13

Tighter, Tighter
Alive and Kicking
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
29 Up by 11

Cracklin' Rosie
Neil Diamond
From the album: Tap Root Manuscript
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 12

Lay a Little Lovin' on Me
Robin McNamara
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
31 Down by 9

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
James Brown
From the album: Sex Machine
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
32

I've Lost You
Elvis Presley
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Up by 5

It's a Shame
The Spinners
From the album: 2nd Time Around
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34

I Want to Take You Higher
Ike & Tina Turner
From the album: Come Together
Peak
34
Weeks
5
Number
35 Debut

Closer To Home
Grand Funk Railroad
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Debut

Joanne
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Peace Will Come (According To Plan)
Melanie
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Neanderthal Man
Hotlegs
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 4

Summertime Blues
The Who
Peak
27
Weeks
6
Number
40 Debut

All Right Now
Free
From the album: Fire and Water
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
27 Dropout

Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Three Dog Night
From the album: It Ain't Easy
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
28 Dropout

O-o-h Child
The Five Stairsteps
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
30 Dropout

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
The Temptations
From the album: Greatest Hits II
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
37 Dropout

The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked
The Lost Generation
Peak
30
Weeks
5
Number
39 Dropout

Big Yellow Taxi
The Neighborhood
Peak
29
Weeks
4

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Date

September 5, 1970

Songs

40

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1 1 Edwin Starr – “War ” 1(×2) 7

9 2 Diana Ross – “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” 2 4

2 3 Bread – “Make It With You” 1(×1) 9

4 4 Mungo Jerry – “In the Summertime” 4 7

3 5 Carpenters – “(They Long to Be) Close to You” 1(×4) 9

10 6 Chicago – “25 or 6 to 4” 6 6

7 7 Clarence Carter – “Patches” 7 6

8 8 Ronnie Dyson – “(If You Let Me Make Love to You) Why Can't I Touch You?” 8 7

5 9 Eric Burdon & War – “Spill the Wine” 3 9

12 10 Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Lookin' Out My Back Door” 10 4

6 11 Stevie Wonder – “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)” 3 9

21 12 Aretha Franklin – “Don't Play That Song” 12 3

20 13 Bobby Sherman – “Julie, Do Ya Love Me” 13 4

14 14 Blood, Sweat & Tears – “Hi-De-Ho” 14 4

11 15 B.J. Thomas – “I Just Can't Help Believing” 9 9

16 16 The Assembled Multitude – “Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera)” 16 6

19 17 The Guess Who – “Hand Me Down World” 17 5

33 18 Dawn – “Candida” 18 2

26 19 Anne Murray – “Snowbird” 19 3

29 20 Tom Jones – “I (Who Have Nothing)” 20 2

23 21 The Supremes – “Everybody's Got The Right To Love” 21 6

13 22 Freda Payne – “Band of Gold” 3 9

24 23 Neil Diamond – “Solitary Man” 23 4

25 24 Gene Chandler – “Groovy Situation” 24 5

17 25 Kenny Rogers and the First Edition – “Tell It All Brother” 17 7

36 26 Ernie – “Rubber Duckie” 26 2

31 27 Rare Earth – “(I Know) I'm Losing You” 27 3

15 28 Alive and Kicking – “Tighter, Tighter” 7 9

40 29 Neil Diamond – “Cracklin' Rosie” 29 2

18 30 Robin McNamara – “Lay a Little Lovin' on Me” 11 8

22 31 James Brown – “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” 15 6

32 32 Elvis Presley – “I've Lost You” 32 3

38 33 The Spinners – “It's a Shame” 33 3

34 34 Ike & Tina Turner – “I Want to Take You Higher” 34 5

NE 35 Grand Funk Railroad – “Closer To Home” 35 1

NE 36 Michael Nesmith & The First National Band – “Joanne” 36 1

NE 37 Melanie – “Peace Will Come (According To Plan)” 37 1

NE 38 Hotlegs – “Neanderthal Man” 38 1

35 39 The Who – “Summertime Blues” 27 6

NE 40 Free – “All Right Now” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

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

28 -- The Five Stairsteps – “O-o-h Child” 8 8

30 -- The Temptations – “Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)” 3 8

37 -- The Lost Generation – “The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked” 30 5

39 -- The Neighborhood – “Big Yellow Taxi” 29 4

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