List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1970

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

The Jackson 5 scored four #1 hits with "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There" in 1970.

The Carpenters scored their first #1 hit with "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaching the top spot for four consecutive weeks in 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, Ross being the only single female to reach the top of the charts. The Jackson 5 and the Beatles had more than one song hit number one that year, the Jackson 5 having the most with four, while the Beatles had two.

Chart history

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	[1]
	January 10			[2]
	January 17			[3]
	January 24			[4]
228	January 31	"I Want You Back"	The Jackson 5	[5]
229	February 7	"Venus"	Shocking Blue	[6]
230	February 14	"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star"	Sly & the Family Stone	[7]
	February 21			[8]
231	February 28	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	Simon & Garfunkel	[9]
	March 7			[10]
	March 14			[11]
	March 21			[12]
	March 28			[13]
	April 4			[14]
232	April 11	"Let It Be"	The Beatles	[15]
	April 18			[16]
233	April 25	"ABC"	The Jackson 5	[17]
	May 2			[18]
234	May 9	"American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight"	The Guess Who	[19]
	May 16			[20]
	May 23			[21]
235	May 30	"Everything Is Beautiful"	Ray Stevens	[22]
	June 6			[23]
236	June 13	"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"	The Beatles	[24]
	June 20			[25]
237	June 27	"The Love You Save"	The Jackson 5	[26]
	July 4			[27]
238	July 11	"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"	Three Dog Night	[28]
	July 18			[29]
239	July 25	"(They Long to Be) Close to You"	The Carpenters	[30]
	August 1			[31]
	August 8			[32]
	August 15			[33]
240	August 22	"Make It with You"	Bread	[34]
241	August 29	"War"	Edwin Starr	[35]
	September 5			[36]
	September 12			[37]
242	September 19	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	Diana Ross	[38]
	September 26			[39]
	October 3			[40]
243	October 10	"Cracklin' Rosie"	Neil Diamond	[41]
244	October 17	"I'll Be There"	The Jackson 5	[42]
	October 24			[43]
	October 31			[44]
	November 7			[45]
	November 14			[46]
245	November 21	"I Think I Love You"	The Partridge Family	[47]
	November 28			[48]
	December 5			[49]
246	December 12	"The Tears of a Clown"	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	[50]
	December 19			[51]
247	December 26	"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity"	George Harrison	[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	The Jackson 5	10
2	Simon & Garfunkel	6
3	B.J. Thomas	4
	The Beatles
	The Carpenters
6	The Guess Who	3
	Edwin Starr
	Diana Ross
	The Partridge Family
10	Sly & the Family Stone	2
	Ray Stevens
	Three Dog Night
	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
14	Shocking Blue	1
	Bread
	Neil Diamond
	George Harrison

See also

• 1970 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1970
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s

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.

References

1. "January 3, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
2. "January 10, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
3. "January 17, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
4. "January 24, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
5. "January 31, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
6. "February 7, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
7. "February 14, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
8. "February 21, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
9. "February 28, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
10. "March 7, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
11. "March 14, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
12. "March 21, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
13. "March 28, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
14. "April 4, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
15. "April 11, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
16. "April 18, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
17. "April 25, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
18. "May 2, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
19. "May 9, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
20. "May 16, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
21. "May 23, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
22. "May 30, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
23. "June 6, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
24. "June 13, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
25. "June 20, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
26. "June 27, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
27. "July 4, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
28. "July 11, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
29. "July 18, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
30. "July 25, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
31. "August 1, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
32. "August 8, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
33. "August 15, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
34. "August 22, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
35. "August 29, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
36. "September 5, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
37. "September 12, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
38. "September 19, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
39. "September 26, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
40. "October 3, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
41. "October 10, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
42. "October 17, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
43. "October 24, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
44. "October 31, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
45. "November 7, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
46. "November 14, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
47. "November 21, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
48. "November 28, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
49. "December 5, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
50. "December 12, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
51. "December 19, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
52. "December 26, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.