List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1970

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970.

That year, 14 acts earned their first number one, such as B. J. Thomas, The Jackson 5, Shocking Blue, The Guess Who, Ray Stevens, Three Dog Night, The Carpenters, Bread, Edwin Starr, Neil Diamond, The Partridge Family, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Diana Ross and George Harrison, having already hit number one with The Supremes and The Beatles, respectively, hit number one for the first time as solo acts. The Jackson 5 and The Beatles had more than one song hit number one that year, with The Jackson 5 having the most with four, while The Beatles had two.

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1970 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue Date Song Artist(s) Reference
227 January 3 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas
January 10
January 17
January 24
228 January 31 "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5
229 February 7 "Venus" Shocking Blue
230 February 14 "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star" Sly & the Family Stone
February 21
231 February 28 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
232 April 11 "Let It Be" The Beatles
April 18
233 April 25 "ABC" The Jackson 5
May 2
234 May 9 "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" The Guess Who
May 16
May 23
235 May 30 "Everything Is Beautiful" Ray Stevens
June 6
236 June 13 "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" The Beatles
June 20
237 June 27 "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5
July 4
238 July 11 "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Three Dog Night
July 18
239 July 25 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters
August 1
August 8
August 15
240 August 22 "Make It with You" Bread
241 August 29 "War" Edwin Starr
September 5
September 12
242 September 19 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross
September 26
October 3
243 October 10 "Cracklin' Rosie" Neil Diamond
244 October 17 "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
245 November 21 "I Think I Love You" The Partridge Family
November 28
December 5
246 December 12 "The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
December 19
247 December 26 "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" George Harrison

Sources

  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

See also

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