| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead |
| Week ending JULY 4, 1970 |
| TW | TITLE Artist (Label) | LW | WKS |
| 1 | RUNAWAY PEOPLE
Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 96) | — | 1 |
| 2 | WAR
Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101) | — | 1 |
| 3 | DOWN BY THE RIVER
Brooklyn Bridge (Buddah 179) | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | SONG FROM M*A*S*H
Al DeLory (Capitol 2811) | 18 | 4 |
| 5 | I.O.I.O.
Bee Gees (Atco 6752) | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | CAN’T STOP LOVIN’ YOU
Flirtations (Deram 85062) | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | I’LL BE THERE
Eddie Holman (ABC 11265) | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | BIG YELLOW TAXI
Joni Mitchell (Reprise 0906) | 10 | 5 |
| 9 | IF MY HEART COULD SPEAK
Manhattans (DeLuxe 122) | — | 5 |
| 10 | THE LIGHTS OF TUCSON
Jim Campbell (Laurie 3546) | 19 | 3 |
| 11 | JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
Intrigues (Yew 1007) | 17 | 8 |
| 12 | EVE OF DESTRUCTION
Turtles (White Whale 355) | — | 3 |
| 13 | THE WITCH
Rattles (Probe 480) | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | MONSTER MASH
Bobby (Boris) Pickett & Crypt-Kickers (Parrot 348) | — | 1 |
| 15 | IN THE SUMMERTIME
Mungo Jerry (Janus 125) | — | 1 |
| 16 | DOWN BY THE RIVER
Buddy Miles (Mercury 73086) | 25 | 2 |
| 17 | MR. BALLOON MAN
Ray Hildebrand (Metromedia 175) | 11 | 6 |
| 18 | LET’S MAKE EACH OTHER HAPPY
Illusion (Steed 726) | 30 | 3 |
| 19 | ROLL AWAY THE STONE
Leon Russell (Shelter 301) | — | 4 |
| 20 | LET ME LOVE YOU ONE MORE TIME (Un Poquito Mas)
Jerry Ross Symposium
(Colossus 119) | — | 1 |
| 21 | LOVE IS THERE
Bridge (Roulette 7081) | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | FORGET IT, I GOT IT
Ambergris (Paramount 0027) | 9 | 5 |
| 23 | IT’S YOUR LIFE
Andy Kim (Steed 727) | — | 1 |
| 24 | SOLITARY MAN
Neil Diamond (Bang 578) | 15 | 3 |
| 25 | TWO LITTLE ROOMS
Janet Lawson (United Artists 50671) | — | 1 |
| 26 | SNOWBIRD
Anne Murray (Capitol 2738) | — | 1 |
| 27 | CIRCLES IN THE SAND
Frankie Valli (Philips 40680) | 12 | 3 |
| 28 | WHEREFORE AND WHY
Johnny Mathis (Columbia 45183) | 35 | 3 |
| 29 | DO I LOVE YOU?
Jay & Americans (United Artists 50683) | 23 | 4 |
| 30 | EXUMA, THE OBEAH MAN
Exuma (Mercury 73084) | 40 | 2 |
| 31 | I GOTTA GET AWAY (From My Own Self)
Ray Godfrey (Spring 104) | — | 1 |
| 32 | IF JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME
Goliath (ABC 11267) | — | 1 |
| 33 | NEVER GOIN’ HOME
Owen B. (Janus 123) | 28 | 5 |
| 34 | IF YOU KNEW HIM LIKE I DO
Barbara Mason (National General 005) | 21 | 4 |
| 35 | THE THRILL IS GONE
Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2731) | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
Lena Horne (Skye 4523) | 29 | 3 |
| 37 | WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN
Peggy Lipton (Ode ’70 66001) | 32 | 2 |
| 38 | I SHALL BE RELEASED
Freddie Scott (Probe 481) | 14 | 7 |
| 39 | SUSIE-Q
Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor 74-0358) | 37 | 2 |
| 40 | CALIFORNIA ROCK’N ROLL
Crowfoot (Paramount 0029) | 39 | 5 |