Billboard Hot 100 — June 20, 1970
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 20, 1970. "The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue" by The Beatles held #1 for a 2nd straight week, the last week of its run. 10 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "(They Long To Be) Close To You" by Carpenters at #56, which would go on to peak at #1. The biggest climber was "Save The Country" by The 5th Dimension, up 48 places from #90 to #42.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue" by The Beatles — 2 weeks at the top so far, 5 weeks on the chart since debuting May 23, 1970.
- New in the top 10: "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" by Three Dog Night (up from #19 to #5); "Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)" by The Temptations (up from #20 to #6); "Hitchin' A Ride" by Vanity Fare (up from #16 to #9); "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" by Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers (up from #11 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Let It Be" by The Beatles, down 21 places from #23 to #44.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Come Saturday Morning" by The Sandpipers, 19 weeks and counting (peak #17).
- Gone from the chart: "Vehicle" by The Ides Of March after 12 weeks (peak #2); "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" by Tyrone Davis after 13 weeks (peak #3).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | The Long And Winding Road/For You Blue The Beatles |
| 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | The Love You Save/I Found That Girl Jackson 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Which Way You Goin' Billy? The Poppy Family (Featuring Susan Jacks) |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Get Ready Rare Earth |
| 5 | 19 | 5 | 5 | Mama Told Me (Not To Come) Three Dog Night |
| 6 | 20 | 6 | 5 | Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) The Temptations |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | Love On A Two-Way Street The Moments |
| 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | The Letter Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter People |
| 9 | 16 | 9 | 14 | Hitchin' A Ride Vanity Fare |
| 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers |
| 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | Ride Captain Ride Blues Image |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 12 | Everything Is Beautiful Ray Stevens |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | 9 | Up Around The Bend/Run Through The Jungle Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | My Baby Loves Lovin' White Plains |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 6 | The Wonder Of You/Mama Liked The Roses Elvis Presley |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | 12 | Make Me Smile Chicago |
| 17 | 27 | 17 | 9 | Band Of Gold Freda Payne |
| 18 | 22 | 18 | 10 | United We Stand The Brotherhood Of Man |
| 19 | 18 | 1 | 14 | American Woman/No Sugar Tonight The Guess Who |
| 20 | 6 | 4 | 11 | Cecilia Simon & Garfunkel |
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 8 | Question The Moody Blues |
| 22 | 13 | 13 | 8 | Daughter Of Darkness Tom Jones |
| 23 | 31 | 23 | 5 | Gimme Dat Ding The Pipkins |
| 24 | 32 | 24 | 6 | Hey, Mister Sun Bobby Sherman |
| 25 | 26 | 25 | 9 | It's All In The Game Four Tops |
| 26 | 34 | 26 | 5 | Spirit In The Dark Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers |
| 27 | 17 | 17 | 19 | Come Saturday Morning The Sandpipers |
| 28 | 35 | 28 | 8 | Sugar Sugar/Cole, Cooke & Redding Wilson Pickett |
| 29 | 37 | 29 | 10 | Mississippi Queen Mountain |
| 30 | 39 | 30 | 6 | Check Out Your Mind The Impressions |
| 31 | 33 | 31 | 11 | Love Land Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |
| 32 | 49 | 32 | 2 | A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) Miguel Rios |
| 33 | 30 | 20 | 9 | Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) Diana Ross |
| 34 | 43 | 34 | 4 | Are You Ready? Pacific Gas And Electric |
| 35 | 47 | 35 | 6 | O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence The 5 Stairsteps |
| 36 | 40 | 36 | 7 | Baby Hold On The Grass Roots |
| 37 | 54 | 37 | 5 | Westbound #9 The Flaming Ember |
| 38 | 56 | 38 | 3 | Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 39 | 44 | 39 | 12 | I Want To Take You Higher Sly & The Family Stone |
| 40 | 42 | 40 | 6 | Mississippi John Phillips |
| 41 | 25 | 10 | 15 | Reflections Of My Life The Marmalade |
| 42 | 90 | 42 | 2 | Save The Country The 5th Dimension |
| 43 | 57 | 43 | 11 | I Can't Leave Your Love Alone Clarence Carter |
| 44 | 23 | 1 | 14 | Let It Be The Beatles |
| 45 | 38 | 38 | 8 | (You've Got Me) Dangling On A String Chairman Of The Board |
| 46 | 55 | 46 | 4 | Don't It Make You Want To Go Home Brook Benton With The Dixie Flyers |
| 47 | 58 | 47 | 3 | Tighter, Tighter Alive & Kicking |
| 48 | 48 | 48 | 6 | Come To Me Tommy James And The Shondells |
| 49 | 50 | 49 | 7 | Go Back Crabby Appleton |
| 50 | 66 | 50 | 5 | Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) Luther Ingram |
| 51 | 45 | 32 | 8 | Brother Rapp (Part 1) James Brown |
| 52 | 84 | 52 | 2 | Canned Ham Norman Greenbaum |
| 53 | 53 | 53 | 6 | Whoever Finds This, I Love You Mac Davis |
| 54 | 64 | 54 | 5 | Freedom Blues Little Richard |
| 55 | 59 | 55 | 7 | A Little Bit Of Soap Paul Davis |
| 56 | NEW | 56 | 1 | (They Long To Be) Close To You Carpenters |
| 57 | 62 | 57 | 6 | So Much Love Faith, Hope And Charity |
| 58 | 51 | 51 | 7 | Into The Mystic Johnny Rivers |
| 59 | 60 | 59 | 5 | I Want To Take You Higher Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes |
| 60 | 61 | 60 | 7 | Sweet Feeling Candi Staton |
| 61 | 46 | 46 | 5 | Who's Gonna Take The Blame Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 62 | 63 | 62 | 6 | That Same Old Feeling The Fortunes |
| 63 | 52 | 52 | 10 | Cinnamon Girl The Gentrys |
| 64 | 65 | 64 | 7 | And My Heart Sang (Tra La La) Brenda & The Tabulations |
| 65 | 69 | 65 | 4 | Lay A Little Lovin' On Me Robin McNamara |
| 66 | 67 | 66 | 6 | Cottage Cheese CROW |
| 67 | 70 | 67 | 3 | Trying To Make A Fool Of Me The Delfonics |
| 68 | 85 | 68 | 2 | The End Of Our Road Marvin Gaye |
| 69 | 88 | 69 | 3 | Maybe The Three Degrees |
| 70 | 71 | 70 | 7 | She Didn't Know (She Kept On Talking) Dee Dee Warwick |
| 71 | 73 | 71 | 6 | That Same Old Feeling Pickettywitch |
| 72 | 72 | 72 | 6 | Red Red Wine Vic Dana |
| 73 | 74 | 73 | 3 | (How Bout A Little Hand For) The Boys In The Band The Boys In The Band |
| 74 | 76 | 74 | 3 | What Am I Gonna Do Smith |
| 75 | 77 | 75 | 3 | Long And Lonesome Road The Shocking Blue |
| 76 | 79 | 76 | 2 | Song From M*A*S*H Al DeLory |
| 77 | 78 | 77 | 3 | Steal Away Johnnie Taylor |
| 78 | 87 | 78 | 3 | The Sly, Slick, And The Wicked The Lost Generation |
| 79 | 80 | 79 | 4 | Friends Feather |
| 80 | 83 | 80 | 5 | Spill The Wine Eric Burdon And War |
| 81 | 81 | 81 | 6 | Them Changes Buddy Miles & The Freedom Express |
| 82 | NEW | 82 | 1 | I Just Can't Help Believing B.J. Thomas |
| 83 | 95 | 83 | 2 | Silver Bird Mark Lindsay |
| 84 | 68 | 68 | 4 | You, Me And Mexico Edward Bear |
| 85 | 82 | 82 | 4 | I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top The Hollies |
| 86 | 89 | 86 | 3 | She Cried The Lettermen |
| 87 | 96 | 87 | 2 | Make It With You Bread |
| 88 | 91 | 88 | 3 | Melanie Makes Me Smile Tony Burrows |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? Ronnie Dyson |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | When We Get Married The Intruders |
| 91 | NEW | 91 | 1 | Pearl Tommy Roe |
| 92 | 92 | 92 | 3 | Gimme Shelter Merry Clayton |
| 93 | NEW | 93 | 1 | Dear Ann George Baker Selection |
| 94 | 94 | 92 | 4 | Some Beautiful Jack Wild |
| 95 | NEW | 95 | 1 | Cinnamon Girl Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
| 96 | 97 | 96 | 2 | Good Morning Freedom Daybreak |
| 97 | 100 | 97 | 2 | He Loves Me All The Way Tammy Wynette |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | If My Heart Could Speak The Manhattans |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | This Bitter Earth The Satisfactions |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Turley Richards |
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