| CASH BOX Top 100 Singles | ||||||
| Blue square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending JULY 4, 1970 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist–Label | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | THE LOVE YOU SAVE Jackson 5 (Motown 1166) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | |
| 2 | MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4239) | 5 | 10 | 26 | 7 | |
| 3 | BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) Temptations (Gordy 7099) | 9 | 17 | 22 | 7 | |
| 4 | LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) Melanie with Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah 167) | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | |
| 5 | RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE Blues Image (Atco 6746) | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | |
| 6 | HITCHIN’ A RIDE Vanity Fare (Page One 21,029) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| 7 | GET READY Rare Earth (Rare Earth 5012) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| 8 | THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD Beatles (Apple 2832) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 9 | BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (Invictus 9075) | 18 | 21 | 24 | 10 | |
| 10 | THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-9835) | 11 | 15 | 18 | 9 | |
| 11 | WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY? Poppy Family (London 129) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 12 | MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ White Plains (Deram 85058) | 10 | 11 | 16 | 13 | |
| 13 | UNITED WE STAND Brotherhood Of Man (Deram 85059) | 13 | 16 | 20 | 12 | |
| 14 | GIMME DAT DING Pipkins (Capitol 2819) | 15 | 23 | 28 | 8 | |
| 15 | A SONG OF JOY (Himno A La Alegria) Miguel Rios (A&M 1193) | 20 | 38 | 47 | 5 | |
| 16 | O-O-H CHILD Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Buddah 165) | 22 | 28 | 35 | 5 | |
| 17 | LOVE LAND Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros. 7365) | 17 | 19 | 23 | 15 | |
| 18 | (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters (A&M 1183) | 56 | 70 | 81 | 4 | |
| 19 | QUESTION Moody Blues (Threshold 67004) | 19 | 20 | 25 | 10 | |
| 20 | IT’S ALL IN THE GAME Four Tops (Motown 1164) | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | |
| 21 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2735) | 26 | 33 | 43 | 5 | |
| 22 | SUGAR SUGAR Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2722) | 16 | 18 | 21 | 10 | |
| 23 | SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196) | 58 | 79 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | OHIO Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2740) | 55 | 76 | — | 3 | |
| 25 | ARE YOU READY? Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia 45158) | 30 | 40 | 55 | 7 | |
| 26 | CHECK OUT YOUR MIND Impressions (Curtom 1951) | 29 | 35 | 39 | 8 | |
| 27 | MISSISSIPPI QUEEN Mountain (Windfall 532) | 28 | 31 | 34 | 9 | |
| 28 | SAVE THE COUNTRY 5th Dimension (Bell 895) | 32 | 52 | 66 | 5 | |
| 29 | SILVER BIRD Mark Lindsay (Columbia 45180) | 35 | 43 | 67 | 4 | |
| 30 | WESTBOUND #9 Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7003) | 38 | 42 | 49 | 8 | |
| 31 | TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive And Kicking (Roulette 7078) | 43 | 61 | 77 | 6 | |
| 32 | GO BACK Crabby Appleton (Elektra 45687) | 34 | 36 | 40 | 10 | |
| 33 | THE LETTER Joe Cocker (A&M 1174) | 12 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| 34 | CANNED HAM Norman Greenbaum (Reprise 0919) | 37 | 45 | 65 | 5 | |
| 35 | LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET Moments (Stang 5012) | 24 | 22 | 8 | 12 | |
| 36 | SO MUCH LOVE Faith, Hope & Charity (Maxwell 805) | 39 | 41 | 46 | 7 | |
| 37 | HEY, MISTER SUN Bobby Sherman (Metromedia 188) | 23 | 26 | 29 | 8 | |
| 38 | THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54195) | 41 | 50 | 60 | 5 | |
| 39 | MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread (Elektra 45686) | 65 | 80 | 89 | 4 | |
| 40 | MISSISSIPPI John Phillips (Dunhill 4236) | 46 | 54 | 57 | 9 | |
| 41 | I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10450) | 40 | 44 | 63 | 9 | |
| 42 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2731) | 25 | 27 | 30 | 7 | |
| 43 | DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS Tom Jones (Parrot 40048) | 27 | 12 | 10 | 11 | |
| 44 | STEAL AWAY Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068) | 53 | 59 | 62 | 7 | |
| 45 | TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME Delfonics (Philly Groove 162) | 47 | 48 | 51 | 6 | |
| 46 | I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12283) | 57 | 73 | — | 3 | |
| 47 | THAT SAME OLD FEELING Pickettywitch (Janus 118) | 51 | 62 | 68 | 8 | |
| 48 | EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens (Barnaby 2011) | 21 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |
| 49 | SWEET FEELING Candi Staton (Fame 1466) | 44 | 46 | 50 | 11 | |
| 50 | UP AROUND THE BEND Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 641) | 33 | 24 | 6 | 12 | |
| 51 | COME SATURDAY MORNING Sandpipers (A&M 1134) | 31 | 13 | 14 | 18 | |
| 52 | MAKE ME SMILE Chicago (Columbia 45127) | 42 | 29 | 11 | 15 | |
| 53 | MY MARIE Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot 40049) | 76 | — | — | 2 | |
| 54 | LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME Robin McNamara (Steed 724) | 63 | 66 | 72 | 7 | |
| 55 | MAYBE Three Degrees (Roulette 7079) | 78 | 90 | 92 | 4 | |
| 56 | (How Bout A Little Hand For) THE BOYS IN THE BAND Boys In The Band (Spring 103) | 61 | 64 | 73 | 7 | |
| 57 | SPILL THE WINE Eric Burdon & War (MGM 14118) | 67 | 69 | 80 | 6 | |
| 58 | SHE CRIED Lettermen (Capitol 2820) | 60 | 72 | 79 | 5 | |
| 59 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU? Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45110) | 72 | 91 | 98 | 4 | |
| 60 | PEARL Tommy Roe (ABC 11266) | 70 | 82 | — | 3 | |
| 61 | QUE SERA, SERA (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) Mary Hopkin (Apple 1823) | 81 | — | — | 2 | |
| 62 | SUNSHINE Archies (Kirshner 1009) | 73 | — | — | 2 | |
| 63 | SUPERMAN Ides Of March (Warner Bros. 7403) | 80 | — | — | 2 | |
| 64 | I’LL BE RIGHT HERE Tyrone Davis (Dakar 618) | 74 | 85 | — | 3 | |
| 65 | COME TO ME Tommy James & Shondells (Roulette 7076) | 36 | 37 | 41 | 8 | |
| 66 | A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP Paul Davis (Bang 576) | 71 | 74 | 83 | 5 | |
| 67 | DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME Brook Benton with Dixie Flyers (Cotillion 44078) | 48 | 49 | 53 | 7 | |
| 68 | BABY HOLD ON Grass Roots (Dunhill 4237) | 49 | 25 | 27 | 10 | |
| 69 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) Luther Ingram (KoKo 2105) | 45 | 47 | 48 | 7 | |
| 70 | OVERTURE FROM TOMMY (A Rock Opera) Assembled Multitude (Atlantic 2737) | 79 | 81 | 97 | 4 | |
| 71 | GIVE A WOMAN LOVE Bobbi Martin (United Artists 50687) | 82 | — | — | 2 | |
| 72 | TELL IT ALL BROTHER Kenny Rogers & First Edition (Reprise 0923) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 73 | WHEN WE GET MARRIED Intruders (Gamble 4004) | 88 | 100 | — | 3 | |
| 74 | THAT SAME OLD FEELING Fortunes (World Pacific 77937) | 59 | 60 | 64 | 8 | |
| 75 | NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU Bobby Vinton (Epic 10629) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 76 | PRIMROSE LANE O.C. Smith (Columbia 45160) | 77 | 78 | 85 | 7 | |
| 77 | APARTMENT 21 Bobbie Gentry (Capitol 2849) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 78 | DESTINY Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor 74-0358) | 83 | — | — | 2 | |
| 79 | EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED Glen Campbell (Capitol 2843) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 80 | SUMMERTIME BLUES The Who (Decca 32708) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 81 | THE SLY, SLICK, AND THE WICKED Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436) | 92 | — | — | 2 | |
| 82 | HUMPHREY THE CAMEL Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (Wayside 013) | 89 | — | — | 2 | |
| 83 | SIXTY MINUTE MAN (pt. 2) Rufus Thomas (Stax 0071) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 84 | I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER Ike & Tina Turner & Ikettes (Liberty 56177) | 66 | 68 | 75 | 5 | |
| 85 | GOOD MORNING FREEDOM Daybreak (Uni 55234) | 86 | 92 | — | 3 | |
| 86 | GIMME SHELTER Merry Clayton (Ode ’70 66003) | 87 | 84 | 90 | 5 | |
| 87 | YOUR OWN BACK YARD Dion (Warner Bros. 7401) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 88 | COTTAGE CHEESE Crow (Amaret 119) | 68 | 71 | 82 | 7 | |
| 89 | YELLOW RIVER Christie (Epic 10626) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 90 | CINNAMON GIRL Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Reprise 0911) | 90 | 97 | — | 3 | |
| 91 | HELLO DARLIN’ Conway Twitty (Decca 32661) | 93 | — | — | 2 | |
| 92 | LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOUR MIND Kool & Gang (De-Lite 529) | 97 | — | 95 | 3 | |
| 93 | YOU’VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0340) | 96 | — | — | 2 | |
| 94 | BIG YELLOW TAXI Neighborhood (Big Tree 102) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 95 | STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD Paul Kelly (Happy Tiger 541) | — | 95 | 100 | 3 | |
| 96 | MELANIE MAKES ME SMILE Tony Burrows (Bell 884) | 95 | 98 | — | 3 | |
| 97 | AFTER THE FEELING IS GONE Lulu with Dixie Flyers (Atco 6761) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 98 | THIS BITTER EARTH Satisfactions (Lionel 3201) | 99 | — | — | 2 | |
| 99 | DRIVIN’ HOME Jerry Smith (Decca 32679) | 98 | — | — | 2 | |
| 100 | GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (Mercury 73083) | 100 | — | — | 2 | |
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