Billboard Hot 100 — December 19, 1970
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 19, 1970. "The Tears Of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 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 "Stop The War Now" by Edwin Starr at #62, which would go on to peak at #26. The biggest climber was "Love The One You're With" by Stephen Stills, up 28 places from #67 to #39.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "The Tears Of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles — 2 weeks at the top so far, 10 weeks on the chart since debuting October 17, 1970.
- New in the top 10: "Knock Three Times" by Dawn (up from #20 to #6); "Stoned Love" by The Supremes (up from #12 to #7).
- Biggest fall: "Let's Work Together" by Canned Heat, down 26 places from #31 to #57.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Yellow River" by Christie, 23 weeks and counting (peak #23).
- Gone from the chart: "Indiana Wants Me" by R. Dean Taylor after 15 weeks (peak #5).
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 | 10 | The Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | My Sweet Lord/Isn't It A Pity George Harrison |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | One Less Bell To Answer The 5th Dimension |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | I Think I Love You The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | Black Magic Woman Santana |
| 6 | 20 | 6 | 5 | Knock Three Times Dawn |
| 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | Stoned Love The Supremes |
| 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Chicago |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 16 | Gypsy Woman Brian Hyland |
| 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | No Matter What Badfinger |
| 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Share The Land The Guess Who |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 15 | We've Only Just Begun Carpenters |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love) The Presidents |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 14 | I'll Be There Jackson 5 |
| 15 | 22 | 15 | 6 | Domino Van Morrison |
| 16 | 16 | 9 | 10 | Heaven Help Us All Stevie Wonder |
| 17 | 19 | 17 | 7 | Be My Baby Andy Kim |
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 10 | After Midnight Eric Clapton |
| 19 | 23 | 19 | 17 | For The Good Times Ray Price |
| 20 | 21 | 20 | 7 | He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother Neil Diamond |
| 21 | 15 | 3 | 15 | Fire And Rain James Taylor |
| 22 | 17 | 8 | 15 | Montego Bay Bobby Bloom |
| 23 | 28 | 23 | 5 | One Man Band Three Dog Night |
| 24 | 14 | 11 | 9 | You Don't Have To Say You Love Me/Patch It Up Elvis Presley |
| 25 | 32 | 25 | 6 | Pay To The Piper Chairman Of The Board |
| 26 | 29 | 26 | 5 | Can't Stop Loving You Tom Jones |
| 27 | 40 | 27 | 8 | Stoney End Barbra Streisand |
| 28 | 30 | 28 | 9 | Groove Me King Floyd |
| 29 | 34 | 29 | 6 | It's Impossible Perry Como |
| 30 | 35 | 30 | 4 | River Deep - Mountain High The Supremes & Four Tops |
| 31 | 36 | 31 | 5 | Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin |
| 32 | 42 | 32 | 4 | If I Were Your Woman Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 33 | 33 | 33 | 9 | Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young |
| 34 | 26 | 14 | 13 | Engine Number 9 Wilson Pickett |
| 35 | 38 | 35 | 10 | I'm Not My Brothers Keeper The Flaming Ember |
| 36 | 39 | 36 | 7 | Do It Neil Diamond |
| 37 | 41 | 37 | 5 | Border Song (Holy Moses)/You And Me Aretha Franklin |
| 38 | 49 | 38 | 4 | Your Song Elton John |
| 39 | 67 | 39 | 2 | Love The One You're With Stephen Stills |
| 40 | 48 | 40 | 4 | Rose Garden Lynn Anderson |
| 41 | 56 | 41 | 3 | Lonely Days Bee Gees |
| 42 | 44 | 42 | 12 | If You Were Mine Ray Charles |
| 43 | 25 | 12 | 13 | See Me, Feel Me The Who |
| 44 | 46 | 44 | 6 | We Gotta Get You A Woman Runt |
| 45 | 50 | 45 | 7 | Games Redeye |
| 46 | 47 | 46 | 5 | Mr. Bojangles Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 47 | 27 | 23 | 23 | Yellow River Christie |
| 48 | 37 | 33 | 10 | Heed The Call Kenny Rogers & The First Edition |
| 49 | 53 | 49 | 6 | Morning Jim Ed Brown |
| 50 | 45 | 45 | 8 | Chains And Things B.B. King |
| 51 | 51 | 51 | 7 | It's All In Your Mind Clarence Carter |
| 52 | 66 | 52 | 4 | Stealer Free |
| 53 | 61 | 53 | 5 | (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go Curtis Mayfield |
| 54 | 55 | 54 | 6 | Ace Of Spade O.V. Wright |
| 55 | 60 | 55 | 4 | Most Of All B.J. Thomas |
| 56 | 59 | 56 | 4 | Silver Moon Michael Nesmith & The First National Band |
| 57 | 31 | 26 | 11 | Let's Work Together Canned Heat |
| 58 | 43 | 31 | 18 | As The Years Go By Mashmakhan |
| 59 | 65 | 59 | 3 | The Green Grass Starts To Grow Dionne Warwick |
| 60 | 62 | 60 | 8 | Amos Moses Jerry Reed |
| 61 | 63 | 61 | 8 | Big Leg Woman (With A Short Short Mini Skirt) Israel "Popper Stopper" Tolbert |
| 62 | NEW | 62 | 1 | Stop The War Now Edwin Starr |
| 63 | 83 | 63 | 2 | Born To Wander Rare Earth |
| 64 | 68 | 64 | 5 | All I Have The Moments |
| 65 | 71 | 65 | 4 | Paranoid Black Sabbath |
| 66 | 54 | 54 | 6 | Who Needs Ya Steppenwolf |
| 67 | 52 | 52 | 9 | Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The "King Of Rock & Roll" CROW |
| 68 | 74 | 68 | 3 | Ruby Tuesday Melanie |
| 69 | 78 | 69 | 3 | Precious, Precious Jackie Moore |
| 70 | 70 | 70 | 6 | Carolina In My Mind James Taylor |
| 71 | 72 | 71 | 4 | When The Party Is Over Robert John |
| 72 | 86 | 72 | 2 | Somebody's Watching You Little Sister |
| 73 | 76 | 73 | 2 | Amazing Grace Judy Collins |
| 74 | 77 | 74 | 3 | Gypsy Queen - Part 1 Gypsy |
| 75 | 75 | 75 | 3 | Black Night Deep Purple |
| 76 | 81 | 76 | 2 | Flesh And Blood Johnny Cash |
| 77 | 79 | 77 | 5 | I Can't Get Next To You Al Green |
| 78 | 85 | 78 | 2 | Mean Mistreater Grand Funk Railroad |
| 79 | 89 | 79 | 2 | Heartbreak Hotel Frijid Pink |
| 80 | NEW | 80 | 1 | Church Street Soul Revival Tommy James |
| 81 | NEW | 81 | 1 | Your Time To Cry Joe Simon |
| 82 | 82 | 82 | 2 | Whiter Shade Of Pale R.B. Greaves |
| 83 | 91 | 83 | 3 | Maggie Redbone |
| 84 | 84 | 84 | 3 | Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn |
| 85 | 88 | 85 | 3 | Sing High - Sing Low Anne Murray |
| 86 | NEW | 86 | 1 | Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues) Ray Stevens |
| 87 | 100 | 87 | 2 | Everything Is Going To Be Alright Teegarden & Van Winkle |
| 88 | NEW | 88 | 1 | They Can't Take Away Our Music Eric Burdon And War |
| 89 | 90 | 89 | 3 | Keep On Loving Me (You'll See The Change) Bobby Bland |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So) The Chi-lites |
| 91 | 92 | 91 | 2 | We Got To Live Together - Part I Buddy Miles |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | (Do The) Push And Pull Part I Rufus Thomas |
| 93 | 93 | 93 | 2 | Wrap It Up Archie Bell & The Drells |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | God Bless Whoever Sent You The Originals |
| 95 | 96 | 95 | 3 | Free To Carry On The Sandpipers |
| 96 | 98 | 96 | 2 | I'm So Proud The Main Ingredient |
| 97 | 97 | 97 | 2 | Satin Red And Black Velvet Woman Dave Mason |
| 98 | 99 | 98 | 2 | After The Feeling Is Gone Five Flights Up |
| 99 | NEW | 89 | 3 | Burning Bridges The Mike Curb Congregation |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real Jackie Wilson |
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