Billboard Hot 100 — August 8, 1970
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 8, 1970. "(They Long To Be) Close To You" by Carpenters held the #1 spot this week. Below are all 100 songs on the chart, with links to listen on YouTube and Spotify.
| # | Song / Artist |
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| 1 | (They Long To Be) Close To You Carpenters
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| 2 | Make It With You Bread
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| 3 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder
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| 4 | Spill The Wine Eric Burdon And War
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| 5 | Band Of Gold Freda Payne
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| 6 | Mama Told Me (Not To Come) Three Dog Night
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| 7 | Tighter, Tighter Alive & Kicking
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| 8 | The Love You Save/I Found That Girl Jackson 5
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| 9 | Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) The Temptations
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| 10 | O-o-h Child/Dear Prudence The 5 Stairsteps
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| 11 | War Edwin Starr
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| 12 | In The Summertime Mungo Jerry
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| 13 | I Just Can't Help Believing B.J. Thomas
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| 14 | Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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| 15 | Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine (Part 1) James Brown
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| 16 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? Ronnie Dyson
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| 17 | Lay A Little Lovin' On Me Robin McNamara
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| 18 | Are You Ready? Pacific Gas And Electric
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| 19 | Hitchin' A Ride Vanity Fare
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| 20 | Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers
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| 21 | Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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| 22 | Tell It All Brother Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
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| 23 | Patches Clarence Carter
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| 24 | Westbound #9 The Flaming Ember
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| 25 | Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera) The Assembled Multitude
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| 26 | Ride Captain Ride Blues Image
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| 27 | 25 Or 6 To 4 Chicago
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| 28 | Summertime Blues The Who
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| 29 | Maybe The Three Degrees
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| 30 | Big Yellow Taxi The Neighborhood
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| 31 | The Sly, Slick, And The Wicked The Lost Generation
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| 32 | Everybody's Got The Right To Love The Supremes
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| 33 | Silver Bird Mark Lindsay
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| 34 | Mississippi Queen Mountain
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| 35 | Hand Me Down World The Guess Who
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| 36 | Do You See My Love (For You Growing) Jr. Walker & The All Stars
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| 37 | A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) Miguel Rios
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| 38 | I Want To Take You Higher Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes
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| 39 | Gimme Dat Ding The Pipkins
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| 40 | Groovy Situation Gene Chandler
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| 41 | Hi-De-Ho Blood, Sweat & Tears
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| 42 | Wigwam Bob Dylan
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| 43 | Paper Mache Dionne Warwick
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| 44 | Solitary Man Neil Diamond
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| 45 | Snowbird Anne Murray
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| 46 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross
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| 47 | I've Lost You/The Next Step Is Love Elvis Presley
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| 48 | America, Communicate With Me Ray Stevens
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| 49 | Julie, Do Ya Love Me Bobby Sherman
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| 50 | Pearl Tommy Roe
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| 51 | Stealing In The Name Of The Lord Paul Kelly
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| 52 | Steal Away Johnnie Taylor
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| 53 | I'll Be Right Here Tyrone Davis
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| 54 | Everything A Man Could Ever Need Glen Campbell
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| 55 | Cinnamon Girl Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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| 56 | Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light Creedence Clearwater Revival
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| 57 | Sunshine The Archies
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| 58 | (I Know) I'm Losing You Rare Earth
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| 59 | Don't Play That Song Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers
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| 60 | Go Back Crabby Appleton
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| 61 | My Marie Engelbert Humperdinck
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| 62 | Cottage Cheese CROW
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| 63 | Sing A Song For Freedom Frijid Pink
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| 64 | Glory Glory The Rascals
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| 65 | Hello Darlin' Conway Twitty
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| 66 | You've Been My Inspiration The Main Ingredient
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| 67 | It's A Shame The Spinners
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| 68 | (How Bout A Little Hand For) The Boys In The Band The Boys In The Band
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| 69 | When We Get Married The Intruders
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| 70 | Candida Dawn
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| 71 | Song From M*A*S*H Al DeLory
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| 72 | Black Fox Freddy Robinson
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| 73 | Hummingbird B.B. King
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| 74 | Long Lonely Nights The Dells
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| 75 | Down By The River Buddy Miles
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| 76 | Only You Know And I Know Dave Mason
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| 77 | Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) Mary Hopkin
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| 78 | Drop By My Place Little Carl Carlton
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| 79 | Black Hands White Cotton The Caboose
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| 80 | Yellow River Christie
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| 81 | Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell
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| 82 | Something Booker T. & The MG's
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| 83 | Apartment 21 Bobbie Gentry
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| 84 | Let The Music Take Your Mind Kool & The Gang
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| 85 | It's Your Life Andy Kim
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| 86 | Joanne Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
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| 87 | It's So Nice Jackie DeShannon
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| 88 | Mongoose Elephant's Memory
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| 89 | Morning Much Better Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan
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| 90 | We're All Playing In The Same Band Bert Sommer
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| 91 | Mill Valley Miss Abrams And The Strawberry Point School Third Grade Class
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| 92 | Ball And Chain Tommy James
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| 93 | Everything's Tuesday Chairman Of The Board
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| 94 | Save Your Sugar For Me Tony Joe White
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| 95 | Yours Love Joe Simon
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| 96 | Rainbow The Marmalade
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| 97 | Uncle John's Band The Grateful Dead
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| 98 | Bring It On Home Lou Rawls
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| 99 | A Song That Never Comes Mama Cass Elliot
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| 100 | That's Where I Went Wrong The Poppy Family (Featuring Susan Jacks)
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