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This is a summary of 1970 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Contents

Events

Number ones

Singles

Date [2] SingleArtist
10 January"Two Little Boys" Rolf Harris
17 January
24 January
31 January"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" Edison Lighthouse
7 February
14 February
21 February
28 February
7 March"Wand'rin' Star" Lee Marvin
14 March
21 March
28 March"Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
4 April
11 April
18 April"All Kinds of Everything" Dana
25 April
2 May"Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
9 May
16 May"Back Home" England World Cup Squad
23 May
30 May
6 June"Yellow River" Christie
13 June"In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry
20 June
27 June
3 July
10 July
17 July
24 July
1 August"The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley
8 August
15 August
22 August
29 August
5 September
12 September"The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
19 September"Band of Gold" Freda Payne
26 September
3 October
10 October
17 October
24 October
31 October"Woodstock" Matthews' Southern Comfort
7 November
14 November
21 November"Voodoo Chile" Jimi Hendrix Experience
28 November"I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds
5 December
12 December
19 December
26 December
2 January

Albums

[3]

DateAlbumArtist
10 January Abbey Road The Beatles
17 January
24 January
31 January
7 February Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
14 February Motown Chartbusters Vol.3 Various Artists
21 February Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
28 February
7 March
14 March
21 March
28 March
4 April
11 April
18 April
25 April
2 May
9 May
16 May
23 May Let It Be The Beatles
30 May
6 June
13 JuneBridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
20 June
27 June
4 July
11 July Self Portrait Bob Dylan
18 JulyBridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
25 July
1 August
8 August
15 August
22 August A Question of Balance The Moody Blues
29 August
5 September
12 September Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
19 September Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out The Rolling Stones
26 September
3 October 1970Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
10 October Paranoid Black Sabbath
17 OctoberBridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
24 October Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd
31 October Motown Chartbusters Vol.4 Various Artists
7 November Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
14 November
21 November
28 November New Morning Bob Dylan
5 December Greatest Hits Andy Williams
12 DecemberLed Zeppelin IIILed Zeppelin
19 DecemberGreatest HitsAndy Williams
26 December
2 January

Year-end charts

Best-selling singles (covering 17 Jan to 19 December 1970)

  1. "In the Summertime" – Mungo Jerry
  2. "The Wonder of You" – Elvis Presley
  3. "Band of Gold" – Freda Payne
  4. "Spirit in the Sky" – Norman Greenbaum
  5. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – Simon and Garfunkel
  6. "Back Home" – England World Cup Squad
  7. "All Right Now" – Free
  8. "Wand'rin' Star" – Lee Marvin
  9. "Yellow River" – Christie
  10. "The Tears of a Clown" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
  11. "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" – Edison Lighthouse
  12. "All Kinds of Everything" – Dana
  13. "Lola" – Kinks
  14. "Can't Help Falling In Love" – Andy Williams
  15. "Groovin' With Mr. Bloe" – Mr. Bloe
  16. "Something" – Shirley Bassey
  17. "Woodstock" – Matthews Southern Comfort
  18. "Black Night" – Deep Purple
  19. "Neanderthal Man" – Hotlegs
  20. "Cottonfields" – Beach Boys
  21. "Honey Come Back" – Glen Campbell
  22. "Question" – The Moody Blues
  23. "Knock, Knock Who's There?" – Mary Hopkin
  24. "Sally" – Gerry Monroe
  25. "Two Little Boys" – Rolf Harris
  26. "Patches" – Clarence Carter
  27. "You Can Get It If You Really Want" – Desmond Dekker
  28. "It's All in the Game" – Four Tops
  29. "I Hear You Knocking" – Dave Edmunds
  30. "Voodoo Chile" – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  31. "Give Me Just a Little More Time" – Chairmen of the Board
  32. "Me and My Life" – The Tremeloes
  33. "Mama Told Me Not to Come" – Three Dog Night
  34. "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" – Cliff Richard
  35. "I Want You Back" – The Jackson 5
  36. "Up Around the Bend" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  37. "Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
  38. "Let's Work Together" – Canned Heat
  39. "Rainbow" – Marmalade
  40. "Leaving On a Jet Plane" – Peter, Paul and Mary
  41. "Montego Bay" – Bobby Bloom
  42. "Indian Reservation" – Don Fardon
  43. "Daughter of Darkness" – Tom Jones
  44. "Everything Is Beautiful" – Ray Stevens
  45. "Young, Gifted and Black" – Bob and Marcia
  46. "Let It Be" – The Beatles
  47. "House of the Rising Sun" – Frijid Pink
  48. "I Don't Believe in If Anymore" – Roger Whittaker
  49. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – The Carpenters
  50. "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" – Poppy Family

Best-selling albums

The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1970 were published in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1970 is shown in the table below. [4]

No.TitleArtistPeak
position
1 Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1
2 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin 1
3 Easy Rider Original Soundtrack2
4 Paint Your Wagon Original Soundtrack2
5 Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 Various Artists1
6 Let It Be The Beatles 1
7 Abbey Road The Beatles 1
8 Greatest Hits Andy Williams 1
9 Deep Purple in Rock Deep Purple 4
10 McCartney Paul McCartney 2

Classical works

Opera

Film and incidental music

Musical films

Births

Deaths

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Kendall, Alan. The Chronicle of Classical Music. Thames & Hudson, 2000: p. 247
  2. ↑ "All the Number One Singles: 1970". The Official Charts Company . Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "All The Number 1 Albums". Official Charts Company.
  4. ↑ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1970". Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007.
  5. ↑ Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra – Mathias Harp Concerto Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 24 October 2014
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