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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1970.
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1970.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1969 | |||||
| November 29 | "Midnight Cowboy" | Ferrante & Teicher | 2 | January 10 | 10 |
| December 13 | "A Brand New Me" | Dusty Springfield | 3 | January 10 | 6 |
| December 20 | "Winter World of Love" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3 | February 7 | 10 |
| "Don't Cry Daddy" | Elvis Presley | 3 | January 17 | 8 | |
| December 27 | "Come Saturday Morning" [B] | The Sandpipers | 8 | May 30 | 6 |
| Singles from 1970 | |||||
| January 3 | "Traces/Memories Medley" | The Lettermen | 3 | January 24 | 6 |
| "Tonight I'll Say a Prayer" [A] | Eydie Gorme | 8 | January 10 | 3 | |
| January 10 | "Without Love" | Tom Jones | 1 | January 31 | 8 |
| January 17 | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | February 7 | 8 |
| "Walkin' in the Rain" | Jay & the Americans | 8 | January 31 | 4 | |
| January 24 | "Honey Come Back" | Glen Campbell | 4 | February 7 | 6 |
| February 7 | "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" | Joe South | 3 | February 14 | 4 |
| "Blowing Away" | The 5th Dimension | 7 | February 7 | 2 | |
| "Rainy Night in Georgia" | Brook Benton | 2 | March 7 | 9 | |
| February 14 | "New World Coming" | Cass Elliot | 4 | February 28 | 6 |
| "Always Something There to Remind Me" | R.B. Greaves | 3 | February 28 | 4 | |
| "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" | Lenny Welch | 8 | February 21 | 3 | |
| February 21 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | February 28 | 8 |
| February 28 | "If I Were a Carpenter" | Johnny Cash & June Carter | 9 | February 28 | 3 |
| March 7 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Al Martino | 5 | March 14 | 3 |
| "Temma Harbour" | Mary Hopkin | 4 | April 11 | 7 | |
| "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell | 4 | March 14 | 5 | |
| "Kentucky Rain" | Elvis Presley | 3 | March 14 | 6 | |
| March 14 | "Easy Come, Easy Go" | Bobby Sherman | 2 | March 28 | 7 |
| "My Elusive Dreams" | Bobby Vinton | 7 | March 21 | 3 | |
| March 21 | "Brighton Hill" | Jackie DeShannon | 9 | March 28 | 3 |
| March 28 | "Long Lonesome Highway" | Michael Parks | 5 | April 25 | 5 |
| "I Would Be in Love" | Frank Sinatra | 4 | April 18 | 5 | |
| April 4 | "Let It Be" | The Beatles | 1 | April 11 | 6 |
| April 11 | "For the Love of Him" | Bobbi Martin | 1 | May 9 | 8 |
| "Shilo" | Neil Diamond | 8 | April 18 | 2 | |
| "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" | The Friends of Distinction | 9 | April 18 | 2 | |
| April 18 | "Everybody's Out of Town" | B.J. Thomas | 3 | April 25 | 4 |
| "But for Love" | Jerry Naylor | 5 | May 2 | 3 | |
| April 25 | "Airport Love Theme" | Vincent Bell | 2 | May 9 | 8 |
| "What is Truth" | Johnny Cash | 4 | May 9 | 5 | |
| "Oh Happy Day" | Glen Campbell | 7 | May 16 | 6 | |
| May 2 | "The Girls' Song" | The 5th Dimension | 6 | May 9 | 3 |
| "Let Me Go to Him" | Dionne Warwick | 5 | May 9 | 6 | |
| "Everything is Beautiful" | Ray Stevens | 1 | May 23 | 8 | |
| May 9 | "Daughter of Darkness" | Tom Jones | 1 | June 13 | 7 |
| May 16 | "Can You Feel It" | Bobby Goldsboro | 8 | May 16 | 1 |
| "Viva Tirado Part 1" | El Chicano | 10 | May 16 | 2 | |
| May 23 | "Soolaimon (African Trilogy)" | Neil Diamond | 5 | May 23 | 3 |
| "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" | The Poppy Family | 6 | May 30 | 4 | |
| May 30 | "The Wonder of You" | Elvis Presley | 1 | June 20 | 6 |
| June 6 | "The Long and Winding Road" | The Beatles | 2 | June 20 | 3 |
| "Primrose Lane" | O.C. Smith | 4 | June 13 | 6 | |
| June 13 | "Hey, Mister Sun" | Bobby Sherman | 3 | June 20 | 4 |
| "Song from Mash" | Al DeLory | 7 | July 4 | 6 | |
| June 20 | "A Song of Joy" | Miguel Rios | 1 | June 27 | 7 |
| "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" | Brook Benton | 4 | June 27 | 4 | |
| "One Day of Your Life" | Andy Williams | 2 | July 4 | 6 | |
| June 27 | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | The Carpenters | 1 | July 11 | 11 |
| "Walking in the Sand" | Al Martino | 9 | June 27 | 2 | |
| "She Cried" | The Lettermen | 6 | July 4 | 4 | |
| July 11 | "I Just Can't Help Believing" | B.J. Thomas | 1 | August 22 | 10 |
| "My Marie" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 2 | July 18 | 7 | |
| "Overture from Tommy" | The Assembled Multitude | 8 | July 18 | 4 | |
| July 18 | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be" [C] | Mary Hopkin | 7 | July 18 | 2 |
| "Make It with You" | Bread | 4 | August 22 | 8 | |
| July 25 | "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" | Glen Campbell | 3 | August 8 | 5 |
| "Silver Bird" | Mark Lindsay | 7 | July 25 | 4 | |
| "Paper Mache" | Dionne Warwick | 6 | August 1 | 5 | |
| August 1 | "Save the Country" | The 5th Dimension | 10 | August 1 | 1 |
| August 8 | "Snowbird" | Anne Murray | 1 | August 29 | 11 |
| "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" | Bobby Vinton | 8 | August 15 | 2 | |
| August 15 | "Solitary Man" | Neil Diamond | 6 | August 15 | 3 |
| August 22 | "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" | Bobby Sherman | 2 | September 26 | 8 |
| "Rainbow" | Marmalade | 7 | August 29 | 3 | |
| August 29 | "I've Lost You" | Elvis Presley | 5 | September 12 | 3 |
| "Tell It All Brother" | Kenny Rogers & the First Edition | 8 | August 29 | 2 | |
| "Summer Symphony" | The Jack Gold Sound | 10 | August 29 | 2 | |
| September 5 | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Tom Jones | 2 | September 5 | 5 |
| September 12 | "Cracklin' Rosie" | Neil Diamond | 2 | October 10 | 7 |
| "Joanne" | Michael Nesmith | 6 | September 12 | 5 | |
| "That's Where I Went Wrong" | The Poppy Family | 7 | September 12 | 2 | |
| "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" | The New Seekers | 4 | September 26 | 8 | |
| September 19 | "It's Only Make Believe" | Glen Campbell | 2 | October 17 | 9 |
| "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Diana Ross | 6 | October 3 | 3 | |
| "For What It's Worth" | Sergio Mendes | 10 | September 19 | 2 | |
| September 26 | "We've Only Just Begun" | The Carpenters | 1 | October 10 | 12 |
| October 3 | "Candida" | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 8 | October 3 | 2 |
| October 10 | "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" | Simon & Garfunkel | 6 | October 17 | 3 |
| "Pieces of My Heart" | Johnny Mathis | 9 | October 10 | 2 | |
| October 17 | "Sweetheart" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 2 | October 31 | 4 |
| "Something" | Shirley Bassey | 6 | October 24 | 3 | |
| "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" | Mark Lindsay | 5 | November 7 | 6 | |
| October 24 | "Make It Easy on Yourself" | Dionne Warwick | 2 | November 7 | 5 |
| "It Don't Matter to Me" | Bread | 2 | November 21 | 5 | |
| October 31 | "Fire and Rain" | James Taylor | 7 | November 7 | 5 |
| "Home Lovin' Man" | Andy Williams | 10 | October 31 | 2 | |
| November 7 | "Stoney End" | Barbara Streisand | 2 | December 12 | 7 |
| November 14 | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" | Elvis Presley | 1 | November 28 | 5 |
| "It's Impossible" | Perry Como | 1 | December 5 | 11 | |
| "Jerusalem" | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | 6 | November 28 | 4 | |
| November 21 | "I Think I Love You" | The Partridge Family | 8 | December 5 | 2 |
| November 28 | "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" | Neil Diamond | 4 | November 28 | 5 |
| December 5 | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | Chicago | 5 | December 12 | 5 |
| December 12 | "Can't Stop Loving You" | Tom Jones | 3 | December 12 | 5 |
| "Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson | 5 | December 26 | 9 | |
| December 19 | "Silver Moon" | Michael Nesmith | 7 | December 26 | 2 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | "Leaving on a Jet Plane" | Peter, Paul & Mary | 1 | November 22 | 8 |
| November 22 | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | B.J. Thomas | 1 | December 13 | 11 |
| December 6 | "Early in the Morning" | Vanity Fare | 4 | December 13 | 8 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 28 | "One Less Bell to Answer" | The 5th Dimension | 1 | January 2 | 10 |
| December 12 | "Most of All" | B.J. Thomas | 2 | January 9 | 7 |
| December 19 | "Knock Three Times" | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 2 | February 6 | 4 |
| December 26 | "The Green Grass Starts to Grow" | Dionne Warwick | 2 | January 16 | 6 |
AThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending January 31, 1970.
BThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 30, 1970.
CThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending August 8, 1970.