Cashbox Top 100 Singles
Week Ending July 11, 1970
| TW | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME |
2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |
| Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4239) | ||||||
| 2 | BALL OF CONFUSION |
3 | 9 | 17 | 8 | |
| Temptations (Gordy 7099) | ||||||
| 3 | LAY DOWN |
4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Melanie (Buddah 167) | ||||||
| 4 | THE LOVE YOU SAVE |
1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Jackson Five (Motown 1166) | ||||||
| 5 | RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE |
5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | |
| Blues Image (Atco 6746) | ||||||
| 6 | BAND OF GOLD |
9 | 18 | 21 | 11 | |
| Freda Payne (Invictus 9075) | ||||||
| 7 | GIMME DAT DING |
14 | 15 | 23 | 9 | |
| Pipkins (Capitol 2819) | ||||||
| 8 | HITCHIN' A RIDE |
6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Vanity Fare (Page One 21029) | ||||||
| 9 | A SONG OF JOY (HIMNO A LA ALEGRIA) |
15 | 20 | 38 | 6 | |
| Miguel Rios (A&M 1193) | ||||||
| 10 | OOH CHILD |
16 | 22 | 28 | 6 | |
| Five Stairsteps (Buddah 165) | ||||||
| 11 | CLOSE TO YOU |
18 | 56 | 70 | 5 | |
| Carpenters (A&M 1183) | ||||||
| 12 | LONG AND WINDING ROAD |
8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Beatles (Apple 2832) | ||||||
| 13 | UNITED WE STAND |
13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | |
| Brotherhood Of Man (Deram 85059) | ||||||
| 14 | GET READY |
7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
| Rare Earth (Rare Earth 5012) | ||||||
| 15 | THE WONDER OF YOU |
10 | 11 | 15 | 10 | |
| Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-9835) | ||||||
| 16 | LOVE LAND |
17 | 17 | 19 | 16 | |
| Charles Wright-Watts 103rd St. Band (Warner Bros. 7365) | ||||||
| 17 | SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED |
23 | 58 | 79 | 4 | |
| Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196) | ||||||
| 18 | TEACH YOUR CHILDREN |
21 | 26 | 33 | 6 | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2735) | ||||||
| 19 | TIGHTER, TIGHTER |
31 | 43 | 61 | 7 |  |
| Alive & Kicking (Roulette 7078) | ||||||
| 20 | OHIO |
24 | 55 | 76 | 4 | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2740) | ||||||
| 21 | ARE YOU READY |
25 | 30 | 40 | 8 | |
| Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia 45158) | ||||||
| 22 | MY BABY LOVES LOVIN' |
12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | |
| White Plains (Deram 85058) | ||||||
| 23 | MAKE IT WITH YOU |
39 | 65 | 80 | 5 | |
| Bread (Elektra 45686) | ||||||
| 24 | SAVE THE COUNTRY |
28 | 32 | 52 | 6 | |
| 5th Dimension (Bell 895) | ||||||
| 25 | CHECK OUT YOUR MIND |
26 | 29 | 35 | 9 | |
| Impressions (Curtom 1951) | ||||||
| 26 | MISSISSIPPI QUEEN |
27 | 28 | 31 | 10 | |
| Mountain (Windfall 532) | ||||||
| 27 | WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY? |
11 | 7 | 2 | 18 |  |
| Poppy Family (London 129) | ||||||
| 28 | SILVER BIRD |
29 | 35 | 43 | 5 | |
| Mark Lindsay (Columbia 45180) | ||||||
| 29 | WESTBOUND #9 |
30 | 38 | 42 | 9 | |
| Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7003) | ||||||
| 30 | THE END OF OUR ROAD |
38 | 41 | 50 | 6 | |
| Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54195) | ||||||
| 31 | GO BACK |
32 | 34 | 36 | 11 | |
| Crabby Appleton (Elektra 45687) | ||||||
| 32 | QUESTION |
19 | 19 | 20 | 11 | |
| Moody Blues (Threshold 67004) | ||||||
| 33 | IT'S ALL IN THE GAME |
20 | 14 | 14 | 12 | |
| Four Tops (Motown 1164) | ||||||
| 34 | CANNED HAM |
34 | 37 | 45 | 6 | |
| Norman Greenbaum (Reprise 0919) | ||||||
| 35 | STEAL AWAY |
44 | 53 | 59 | 8 | |
| Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068) | ||||||
| 36 | SO MUCH LOVE |
36 | 39 | 41 | 8 | |
| Faith, Hope & Charity (Maxwell 805) | ||||||
| 37 | SUGAR SUGAR |
22 | 16 | 18 | 11 | |
| Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2722) | ||||||
| 38 | THE LETTER |
33 | 12 | 5 | 13 | |
| Joe Cocker (A&M 1174) | ||||||
| 39 | MISSISSIPPI |
40 | 46 | 54 | 10 | |
| John Phillips (Dunhill 4236) | ||||||
| 40 | I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING |
46 | 57 | 73 | 4 | |
| B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12283) | ||||||
| 41 | TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME |
45 | 47 | 48 | 7 | |
| Delfonics (Philly Groove 162) | ||||||
| 42 | SPILL THE WINE |
57 | 67 | 69 | 7 | |
| War (MGM 14118) | ||||||
| 43 | THAT SAME OLD FEELING |
47 | 51 | 62 | 9 | |
| Pickettywitch (Janus 118) | ||||||
| 44 | LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME |
54 | 63 | 66 | 8 | |
| Robin McNamara (Steed 724) | ||||||
| 45 | MY MARIE |
53 | 76 | -- | 3 | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot 40049) | ||||||
| 46 | MAYBE |
55 | 78 | 90 | 5 | |
| Three Degrees (Roulette 7079) | ||||||
| 47 | (HOW BOUT A LITTLE HAND FOR) THE BOYS IN THE BAND |
56 | 61 | 64 | 8 | |
| Boys In The Band (Spring 103) | ||||||
| 48 | I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER |
41 | 40 | 44 | 10 | |
| Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10450) | ||||||
| 49 | (IF YOU LET ME MAKE LOVE TO YOU THEN) WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU? |
59 | 72 | 91 | 5 | |
| Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45110) | ||||||
| 50 | HEY, MISTER SUN |
37 | 23 | 26 | 9 | |
| Bobby Sherman (Metromedia 188) | ||||||
| 51 | PEARL |
60 | 70 | 82 | 4 | |
| Tommy Roe (ABC 11266) | ||||||
| 52 | LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET |
35 | 24 | 22 | 13 | |
| Moments (Stang 5012) | ||||||
| 53 | SUNSHINE |
62 | 73 | -- | 3 | |
| Archies (Kirshner 1009) | ||||||
| 54 | I'LL BE RIGHT HERE |
64 | 74 | 85 | 4 | |
| Tyrone Davis (Dakar 618) | ||||||
| 55 | QUE SERA, SERA (WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE) |
61 | 81 | -- | 3 | |
| Mary Hopkin (Apple 1823) | ||||||
| 56 | SUPERMAN |
63 | 80 | -- | 3 | |
| Ides Of March (Warner Bros. 7403) | ||||||
| 57 | SHE CRIED |
58 | 60 | 72 | 6 | |
| Lettermen (Capitol 2820) | ||||||
| 58 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK |
42 | 25 | 27 | 8 | |
| Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2731) | ||||||
| 59 | MAKE ME SMILE |
52 | 42 | 29 | 16 | |
| Chicago (Columbia 45127) | ||||||
| 60 | OVERTURE FROM TOMMY |
70 | 79 | 81 | 5 | |
| Assembled Multitude (Atlantic 2737) | ||||||
| 61 | TELL IT ALL BROTHER |
72 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| First Edition (Reprise 0923) | ||||||
| 62 | A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP |
66 | 71 | 74 | 6 | |
| Paul Davis (Bang 576) | ||||||
| 63 | WHEN WE GET MARRIED |
73 | 88 | 100 | 4 | |
| Intruders (Gamble 4004) | ||||||
| 64 | SUMMERTIME BLUES |
80 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Who (Decca 32708) | ||||||
| 65 | GIVE A WOMAN LOVE |
71 | 82 | -- | 3 | |
| Bobbi Martin (United Artists 50687) | ||||||
| 66 | PAPER MACHE |
-- | -- | -- | 1 |  |
| Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12285) | ||||||
| 67 | NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU |
75 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Bobby Vinton (Epic 10629) | ||||||
| 68 | AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU (FOR MORE REASONS THAN ONE) |
69 | 45 | 47 | 8 | |
| Luther Ingram (KoKo 2105) | ||||||
| 69 | EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED |
79 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Glen Campbell (Capitol 2843) | ||||||
| 70 | THE SLY, SLICK AND THE WICKED |
81 | 92 | -- | 3 | |
| Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436) | ||||||
| 71 | CINNAMON GIRL |
90 | 90 | 97 | 4 | |
| Neil Young (Reprise 0911) | ||||||
| 72 | PRIMROSE LANE |
76 | 77 | 78 | 8 | |
| O.C. Smith (Columbia 45160) | ||||||
| 73 | APARTMENT 21 |
77 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Bobbie Gentry (Capitol 2849) | ||||||
| 74 | YOUR OWN BACK YARD |
87 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Dion (Warner Bros. 7401) | ||||||
| 75 | DESTINY |
78 | 83 | -- | 3 | |
| Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor 74-0358) | ||||||
| 76 | YELLOW RIVER |
89 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Christie (Epic 10626) | ||||||
| 77 | BIG YELLOW TAXI |
94 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Neighborhood (Big Tree 102) | ||||||
| 78 | SIXTY MINUTE MAN |
83 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Rufus Thomas (Stax 0071) | ||||||
| 79 | WAR |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101) | ||||||
| 80 | COTTAGE CHEESE |
88 | 68 | 71 | 8 | |
| Crow (Amaret 119) | ||||||
| 81 | HUMPHREY THE CAMEL |
82 | 89 | -- | 3 | |
| Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (Wayside 013) | ||||||
| 82 | GIMME SHELTER |
86 | 87 | 84 | 6 | |
| Merry Clayton (Ode '70 66003) | ||||||
| 83 | GOOD MORNING FREEDOM |
85 | 86 | 92 | 4 | |
| Daybreak (Uni 55234) | ||||||
| 84 | IN THE SUMMERTIME |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Mungo Jerry (Janus 125) | ||||||
| 85 | EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Supremes (Motown 1167) | ||||||
| 86 | I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER |
84 | 66 | 68 | 6 | |
| Ike & Tina Turner & Ikettes (Liberty 56177) | ||||||
| 87 | THAT SAME OLD FEELING |
74 | 59 | 60 | 9 | |
| Fortunes (World Pacific 77937) | ||||||
| 88 | LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOUR MIND |
92 | 97 | -- | 4 | |
| Kool & Gang (De-Lite 529) | ||||||
| 89 | MONSTER MASH |
-- | -- | -- | 17 | |
| Bobby (Boris) Pickett (Parrot 348) | ||||||
| 90 | HELLO DARLIN' |
91 | 93 | -- | 3 | |
| Conway Twitty (Decca 32661) | ||||||
| 91 | STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD |
95 | -- | 95 | 4 | |
| Paul Kelly (Happy Tiger 541) | ||||||
| 92 | YOU'VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION |
93 | 96 | -- | 3 | |
| Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0340) | ||||||
| 93 | THIS BITTER EARTH |
98 | 99 | -- | 3 | |
| Satisfactions (Lionel 3201) | ||||||
| 94 | GROOVY SITUATION |
100 | 100 | -- | 3 | |
| Gene Chandler (Mercury 73083) | ||||||
| 95 | AFTER THE FEELING IS GONE |
97 | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Lulu (Atco 6761) | ||||||
| 96 | CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Flirtations (Deram 85062) | ||||||
| 97 | SONG FROM M*A*S*H |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Al DeLory (Capitol 2811) | ||||||
| 98 | LONG LONELY NIGHTS |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Dells (Cadet 5672) | ||||||
| 99 | DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (FOR YOU GROWING) |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35073) | ||||||
| 100 | BIG YELLOW TAXI |
-- | -- | -- | 1 | |
| Joni Mitchell (Reprise 0906) | ||||||
designates a song that was up more than 10 spots this week
designates a song that was down more than 10 spots this week
designates a song that entered the chart this week
Songs which dropped out of the Top 100 this week:
• "Daughter Of Darkness" by Tom Jones (# 43)
• "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens (# 48)
• "Sweet Feeling" by Candi Staton (# 49)
• "Up Around The Bend" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (# 50)
• "Come Saturday Morning" by Sandpipers (# 51)
• "Come To Me" by Tommy James & Shondells (# 65)
• "Don't It Make You Want To Go Home" by Brook Benton with Dixie Flyers (# 67)
• "Baby Hold On" by Grass Roots (# 68)
• "Melanie Makes Me Smile" by Tony Burrows (# 96)
• "Drivin' Home" by Jerry Smith (# 99)
Cashbox "Looking Ahead" chart for this week:
| Rank | Song | Artist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | HAND CLAPPING SONG |
Meters | ||||
| 102 | MY GIRL |
Eddie Floyd | ||||
| 103 | MONGOOSE |
Elephant's Memory | ||||
| 104 | DOWN BY THE RIVER |
Buddy Miles | ||||
| 105 | EVE OF DESTRUCTION |
Turtles | ||||
| 106 | I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS |
Turley Richards | ||||
| 107 | THE LIGHTS OF TUCSON |
Jim Campbell | ||||
| 108 | RUNAWAY PEOPLE |
Dyke & Blazers | ||||
| 109 | THE WITCH |
Rattles | ||||
| 110 | SNOWBIRD |
Anne Murray | ||||
| 111 | IT'S YOUR LIFE |
Andy Kim | ||||
| 112 | SOLITARY MAN |
Neil Diamond | ||||
| 113 | I.O.I.O. |
Bee Gees | ||||
| 114 | DOWN TO THE VALLEY |
Nilsson | ||||
| 115 | CRAZY LOVE |
Happenings | ||||
| 116 | HUMMINGBIRD |
B.B. King | ||||
| 117 | I'LL BE THERE |
Eddie Holman | ||||
| 118 | LET ME LOVE YOU ONE MORE TIME |
Jerry Ross Symposium | ||||
| 119 | MR. BALLOON MAN |
Ray Hildebrand | ||||
| 120 | TWO LITTLE ROOMS |
Janet Lawson | ||||
| 121 | LET'S MAKE EACH OTHER HAPPY |
Illusion | ||||
| 122 | WONDER COULD I LIVE THERE ANYMORE |
Charley Pride | ||||
| 123 | ? |
? | ||||
| 124 | MILL VALLEY |
Miss Abrams Third Grade Class | ||||
| 125 | SAVE YOUR SUGAR FOR ME |
Tony Joe White | ||||
| 126 | LOVE IS THERE |
Bridge | ||||
| 127 | I GOTTA GET AWAY FROM MY OWN SELF |
Ray Godfrey | ||||
| 128 | IF JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME |
Goliath | ||||
| 129 | WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN |
Peggy Lipton | ||||
| 130 | DOWN BY THE RIVER |
Brooklyn Bridge | ||||
| 131 | WHEREFORE AND WHY |
Johnny Mathis | ||||
| 132 | NEVER GOIN' HOME |
Owen B. | ||||
| 133 | HIGHER & HIGHER |
Canada Goose | ||||
| 134 | ROLL AWAY THE STONE |
Leon Russell | ||||
| 135 | CIRCLES IN THE SAND |
Frankie Valli | ||||
| 136 | WATCH WHAT HAPPENS |
Lena Horne | ||||
| 137 | IF MY HEART COULD SPEAK |
Manhattans | ||||
| 138 | JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE |
Intrigues | ||||
| 139 | CAPTAIN BOBBY STOUT |
Jerry Hahn Brotherhood | ||||
| 140 | SING A SONG FOR FREEDOM |
Frijid Pink | ||||