CASH BOX Top 100 Singles
Blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending AUGUST 8, 1970
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1(They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU
    Carpenters (A&M 1183)
  1  2  3  9
  2MAKE IT WITH YOU
    Bread (Elektra 45686)
  3  510  9
  3SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196)
  5  715  8
  4SPILL THE WINE
    Eric Burdon & War (MGM 14118)
  9142611
  5BAND OF GOLD
    Freda Payne (Invictus 9075)
  2  3  415
  6TIGHTER, TIGHTER
    Alive And Kicking (Roulette 7078)
  8  91211
  7O-O-H CHILD
    Five Stairsteps (Buddah 165)
  4  6  810
  8LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME
    Robin McNamara (Steed 724)
15243512
  9WAR
    Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101)
182849  5
10IN THE SUMMERTIME
    Mungo Jerry (Janus 125)
134261  5
11MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come)
    Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4239)
  7  4  112
12BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today)
    Temptations (Gordy 7099)
  6  1  212
13THE LOVE YOU SAVE
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1166)
1110  912
14I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING
    B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12283)
212731  8
15OHIO
    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2740)
141516  8
16(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU?
    Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45110)
193038  9
17TEACH YOUR CHILDREN
    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2735)
16161710
18RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE
    Blues Image (Atco 6746)
10  8  615
19SUMMERTIME BLUES
    The Who (Decca 32708)
253350  6
20SILVER BIRD
    Mark Lindsay (Columbia 45180)
202325  9
21GET UP (I Feel Like Being Like A) SEX MACHINE (pt. 1)
    James Brown (King 6318)
263757  4
2225 OR 6 TO 4
    Chicago (Columbia 45194)
375767  4
23WESTBOUND #9
    Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7003)
24262913
24OVERTURE FROM TOMMY (A Rock Opera)
    Assembled Multitude (Atlantic 2737)
323948  9
25TELL IT ALL BROTHER
    Kenny Rogers & First Edition (Reprise 0923)
293847  6
26MAYBE
    Three Degrees (Roulette 7079)
283236  9
27PATCHES
    Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2748)
384771  4
28EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE
    Supremes (Motown 1167)
344360  5
29DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (For You Growing)
    Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35073)
364677  5
30SUNSHINE
    Archies (Kirshner 1009)
313442  7
31PAPER MACHE
    Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12285)
354455  5
32BIG YELLOW TAXI
    Neighborhood (Big Tree 102)
415258  6
33I’LL BE RIGHT HERE
    Tyrone Davis (Dakar 618)
333645  8
34MY MARIE
    Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot 40049)
272934  7
35HAND ME DOWN WORLD
    Guess Who (RCA Victor 74-0367)
435365  4
36PEARL
    Tommy Roe (ABC 11266)
303540  8
37HI-DE-HO
    Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia 45204)
49  2
38WIGWAM
    Bob Dylan (Columbia 45199)
516276  4
39ARE YOU READY?
    Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia 45158)
12131412
40JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME
    Bobby Sherman (Metromedia 194)
5369  3
41LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain)
    Melanie with Edwin Hawkins Singers (Buddah 167)
1712  517
42LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR
    Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 645)
  1
43I’VE LOST YOU
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-9873)
60  2
44GLORY GLORY
    Rascals (Atlantic 2743)
546473  4
45EVERYTHING A MAN COULD EVER NEED
    Glen Campbell (Capitol 2843)
475162  6
46THE SLY, SLICK, AND THE WICKED
    Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436)
505468  7
47AMERICA, COMMUNICATE WITH ME
    Ray Stevens (Barnaby 2016)
597889  4
48HUMMINGBIRD
    B.B. King (ABC 11268)
576679  4
49GROOVY SITUATION
    Gene Chandler (Mercury 73083)
617084  7
50THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-9873)
74  2
51SOLITARY MAN
    Neil Diamond (Bang 578)
65849815
52(I Know) I’M LOSING YOU
    Rare Earth (Rare Earth 5017)
68  2
53DON’T PLAY THAT SONG
    Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2751)
  1
54SING A SONG FOR FREEDOM
    Frijid Pink (Parrot 349)
6476  3
55AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
    Diana Ross (Motown 1169)
  1
56CINNAMON GIRL
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Reprise 0911)
565866  8
57CHECK OUT YOUR MIND
    Impressions (Curtom 1951)
22212313
58GIMME DAT DING
    Pipkins (Capitol 2819)
3911  713
59STEAL AWAY
    Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068)
23253312
60STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
    Paul Kelly (Happy Tiger 541)
667180  8
61I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER
    Ike & Tina Turner & Ikettes (Liberty 56177)
70778310
62YOU’VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION
    Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0340)
677281  7
63A SONG OF JOY (Himno A La Alegria)
    Miguel Rios (A&M 1193)
40171110
64QUE SERA, SERA (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
    Mary Hopkin (Apple 1823)
634951  7
65NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU
    Bobby Vinton (Epic 10629)
586164  6
66SNOWBIRD
    Anne Murray (Capitol 2738)
768093  4
67HITCHIN’ A RIDE
    Vanity Fare (Page One 21029)
42181321
68BALL AND CHAIN
    Tommy James (Roulette 7084)
79  2
69MY GIRL
    Eddie Floyd (Stax 0072)
717485  4
70LONG LONELY NIGHTS
    Dells (Cadet 5672)
758188  5
71BLACK FOX
    Freddy Robinson (World Pacific 88155)
85  2
72COTTAGE CHEESE
    Crow (Amaret 119)
78859012
73RAINBOW
    Marmalade (London 20059)
83  2
74LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT
    Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy 645)
  1
75GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, BOYS WILL BE BOYS
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 921)
8087  3
76IT’S A SHAME
    Spinners (V.I.P. 25057)
878995  4
77YOURS LOVE
    Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2664)
8186  3
78DOWN BY THE RIVER
    Buddy Miles (Mercury 73086)
8495  3
79ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW
    Dave Mason (Blue Thumb 114)
86  2
80EVERYTHING’S TUESDAY
    Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 9079)
  1
81BLACK HANDS WHITE COTTON
    Caboose (Enterprise 9015)
8288100   4
82IT’S YOUR LIFE
    Andy Kim (Steed 727)
8894  3
83THAT’S WHERE I WENT WRONG
    Poppy Family (London 139)
89  2
84RUBBER DUCKIE
    Ernie (Columbia 45207)
  1
85DROP BY MY PLACE
    Little Carl Carlton (Back Beat 613)
778387  4
86MORNING MUCH BETTER
    Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan (Polydor 14037)
92  2
87LOVE LAND
    Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros. 7365)
46191820
88CANDIDA
    Dawn (Bell 903)
94  2
89COMIN’ BACK TO ME (Ooh Baby)
    Smith (Dunhill 4246)
  1
90I CAN’T BE YOU (You Can’t Be Me)
    Glass House (Invictus 9076)
9196  3
91HELLO DARLIN’
    Conway Twitty (Decca 32661)
8286  6
92MONGOOSE
    Elephant’s Memory (Metromedia 182)
96  2
93SONG FROM M*A*S*H
    Al DeLory (Capitol 2811)
  2
94SOMETHING
    Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0073)
93  2
95THE WITCH
    Rattles (Probe 480)
98  3
96YELLOW RIVER
    Christie (Epic 10626)
737375  6
97GREEN-EYED LADY
    Sugarloaf (Liberty 56183)
  1
98CLOSER TO HOME
    Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol 2877)
  1
99LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOUR MIND
    Kool & Gang (De-Lite 529)
100   6
100 STAY AWAY FROM ME (I Love You Too Much)
    Major Lance (Curtom 1953)
9598  3
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