CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending MAY 23, 1970
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1AMERICAN WOMAN
    Guess Who (RCA Victor 74-0325)
  1  2  310
  2CECILIA
    Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia 45133)
  71218  7
  3UP AROUND THE BEND
    Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 641)
  51317  6
  4TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME
    Tyrone Davis (Dakar 616)
  4  7  912
  5SPIRIT IN THE SKY
    Norman Greenbaum (Reprise 0885)
  2  1  114
  6ABC
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1163)
  3  3  211
  7REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE
    Marmalade (London 20058)
  8  91213
  8EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL
    Ray Stevens (Barnaby 2011)
  91623  9
  9FOR THE LOVE OF HIM
    Bobbi Martin (United Artists 50602)
10101111
10VEHICLE
    Ides of March (Warner Bros. 7378)
  6  61010
11WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY?
    Poppy Family (London 129)
15182211
12GET READY
    Rare Earth (Rare Earth 5012)
19232911
13THE LETTER
    Joe Cocker (A&M 1174)
202536  6
14REACH OUT AND TOUCH (Somebody’s Hand)
    Diana Ross (Motown 1165)
232632  6
15DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS
    Tom Jones (Parrot 40048)
222740  5
16LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET
    Moments (Stang 5012)
182439  6
17MAKE ME SMILE
    Chicago (Columbia 45127)
172126  9
18LITTLE GREEN BAG
    George Baker Selection (Colossus 112)
16171911
19THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
    Beatles (Apple 2832)
38  2
20LET IT BE
    Beatles (Apple 2764)
12  4  411
21WHAT IS TRUTH
    Johnny Cash (Columbia 45134)
111113  7
22WOODSTOCK
    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2723)
13151610
23LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY
    Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor 74-0319)
14  8  812
24IT’S ALL IN THE GAME
    Four Tops (Motown 1164)
335061  5
25PUPPET MAN
    5th Dimension (Bell 880)
283143  7
26HITCHIN’ A RIDE
    Vanity Fare (Page One 21029)
31375510
27COME SATURDAY MORNING
    Sandpipers (A&M 1134)
29354412
28SOOLAIMON (African Trilogy II)
    Neil Diamond (Uni 55224)
354656  5
29MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’
    White Plains (Deram 85058)
364251  7
30SOMETHING’S BURNING
    Kenny Rogers & First Edition (Reprise 0888)
12  5  616
31AIRPORT LOVE THEME (Gwen And Vern)
    Vincent Bell (Decca 32659)
272933  9
32LET ME GO TO HIM
    Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12276)
262835  6
33LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain)
    Melanie with Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah 167)
375167  6
34BROTHER RAPP (pts. 1 & 2)
    James Brown (King 6310)
425364  4
35VIVA TIRADO (pt. 1)
    El Chicano (Kapp 2085)
404753  8
36UNITED WE STAND
    Brotherhood Of Man (Deram 85059)
435666  6
37THE WONDER OF YOU
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-9835)
4769  3
38TENNESSEE BIRD WALK
    Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (Wayside 010)
24141511
39OH HAPPY DAY
    Glen Campbell (Capitol 2787)
344145  7
40BABY HOLD ON
    Grass Roots (Dunhill 4237)
506173  4
41HUM A SONG (From Your Heart)
    Lulu with Dixie Flyers (Atco 6749)
455262  6
42THE SEEKER
    The Who (Decca 32670)
303237  7
43QUESTION
    Moody Blues (Threshold 67004)
526778  4
44(You’ve Got Me) DANGLING ON A STRING
    Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 9078)
547086  4
45INTO THE MYSTIC
    Johnny Rivers (Imperial 66448)
567181  4
46BAND OF GOLD
    Freda Payne (Invictus 9075)
556475  4
47LOVE LAND
    Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros. 7365)
515760  9
48SUGAR SUGAR
    Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2722)
587383  4
49HEY, MISTER SUN
    Bobby Sherman (Metromedia 188)
62  2
50I CAN’T LEAVE YOUR LOVE ALONE
    Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2726)
495558  6
51BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today)
    Temptations (Gordy 7099)
  1
52MISSISSIPPI QUEEN
    Mountain (Windfall 532)
6489  3
53PATCH OF BLUE
    Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons (Philips 40662)
576368  5
54OPEN UP MY HEART
    Dells (Cadet 5667)
606270  8
55KILLER JOE
    Quincy Jones (A&M 1163)
596669  5
56CINNAMON GIRL
    Gentrys (Sun 1114)
678293  7
57I CALL MY BABY CANDY
    Jaggerz (Kama Sutra 509)
6681  3
58FARTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD
    Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2656)
616571  6
59THE LOVE YOU SAVE
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1166)
  1
60RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE
    Blues Image (Atco 6746)
718495  4
61SPIRIT IN THE DARK
    Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2731)
  1
62GO BACK
    Crabby Appleton (Elektra 45687)
697680  4
63MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come)
    Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4239)
  1
64INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On)
    John Ono Lennon (Apple 1818)
2519  514
65IF YOU DO BELIEVE IN LOVE
    Tee Set (Colossus 114)
687989  4
66SWEET FEELING
    Candi Staton (Fame 1466)
758794  5
67GIMME DAT DING
    Pipkins (Capitol 2819)
77  2
68AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One)
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2105)
  1
69WESTBOUND #9
    Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7003)
79  2
70THAT SAME OLD FEELING
    Fortunes (World Pacific 77937)
80  2
71FOR YOU BLUE
    Beatles (Apple 2832)
74  2
72COME TO ME
    Tommy James & Shondells (Roulette 7076)
89  2
73WHAT AM I GONNA DO
    Smith (Dunhill 4238)
86  2
74SHE DIDN’T KNOW (She Kept On Talking)
    Dee Dee Warwick (Atco 6754)
83  2
75MISSISSIPPI
    John Phillips (Dunhill 4236)
85100   3
76LOVE LIKE A MAN
    Ten Years After (Deram 7529)
7885  3
77DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME
    Brook Benton with Dixie Flyers (Cotillion 44078)
  1
78AND MY HEART SANG (Tra La La)
    Brenda & Tabulations (Top & Bottom 403)
829091  4
79CHICKEN STRUT
    Meters (Josie 1018)
53545710
80WHOEVER FINDS THIS, I LOVE YOU
    Mac Davis (Columbia 45117)
818688  4
81CHECK OUT YOUR MIND
    Impressions (Curtom 1951)
99  2
82BABY I LOVE YOU
    Little Milton (Checker 1227)
849199  5
83WHO’S GONNA TAKE THE BLAME
    Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54194)
  1
84STEAL AWAY
    Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068)
  1
85THAT SAME OLD FEELING
    Pickettywitch (Janus 118)
88  2
86I CAN’T TELL THE BOTTOM FROM THE TOP
    Hollies (Epic 10613)
  1
87I WANT TO (Do Everything For You)
    Raeletts (Tangerine 1006)
9297  3
88ARE YOU READY?
    Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia 45158)
  1
89SO MUCH LOVE
    Faith, Hope & Charity (Maxwell 805)
  1
90FRIENDS
    Feather (White Whale 353)
93  2
91YOU, ME AND MEXICO
    Edward Bear (Capitol 2801)
95  2
92FEET START WALKING
    Doris Duke (Canyon 35)
  1
93I THINK I LOVE YOU AGAIN
    Brenda Lee (Decca 32675)
94  2
94RED RED WINE
    Vic Dana (Liberty 56163)
98  2
95(How Bout A Little Hand For) THE BOYS IN THE BAND
    Boys In The Band (Spring 103)
  1
96LET THIS BE A LETTER (To My Baby)
    Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55435)
100   2
97IF LOVE RULED THE WORLD
    Bobby Bland (Duke 460)
  1
98COTTAGE CHEESE
    Crow (Amaret 119)
  1
99LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME
    Robin McNamara (Steed 724)
  1
100 PRIMROSE LANE
    O.C. Smith (Columbia 45160)
  1
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