List of number-one singles of 1970 (Ireland)

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This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1970.

Note that prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales.

Issue DateSongArtistRef.
2 January"Two Little Boys" Rolf Harris
9 January
16 January
23 January
30 January
6 February"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" Edison Lighthouse
13 February
20 February
27 February
6 March"Wanderin' Star" Lee Marvin
13 March
20 March"All Kinds of Everything" Dana
27 March
3 April
10 April
17 April
24 April
1 May
8 May
15 May
22 May"Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
29 May"Question" The Moody Blues
5 June"Yellow River" Christie
12 June
19 June"Twenty One Years" Dermot Hegarty and the Plainsmen
26 June
3 July"In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry [1]
10 July"Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" Cliff Richard
17 July"In the Summertime"Mungo Jerry
24 July
31 July"The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley
7 August"Lola" The Kinks
14 August"The Wonder of You"Elvis Presley
21 August
28 August
4 September"Twenty One Years"Dermot Hegarty and the Plainsmen
11 September
18 September
25 September"Which Way You Goin' Billy?" The Poppy Family
2 October"Band of Gold" Freda Payne
9 October
16 October
23 October
30 October
6 November
13 November"New World in the Morning" Roger Whittaker
20 November
27 November"I'll Forgive and I'll Try to Forget" Margo
4 December"New World in the Morning"Roger Whittaker
11 December
18 December"If Those Lips Could Only Speak" Dermot Henry
25 December"I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds

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References

  1. "Top Tens - This Week in 1970". Irish Independent. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2024.