August 8, 1970

----- DROPOUTS -----
Check Out Your Mind - The Impressions ----- 28 (3) / 8
Mississippi - John Phillips ----- 32 / 7
Love Land - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band ----- 16 / 10
The Wonder Of You / Mama Liked The Roses - Elvis Presley ----- 9 (3) / 11


 40 --- Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler (62)
23 39 --- Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins
 38 --- I Want To Take You Higher - Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes (47)
20 37 --- A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) - Miguel Rios
39 36 --- Do You See My Love (For You Growing) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
 35 --- Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who (49)
31 34 --- Mississippi Queen - Mountain
25 33 --- Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay
37 32 --- Everybody's Got The Right To Love - The Supremes
34 31 --- The Sly, Slick And The Wicked - The Lost Generation

 30 --- Big Yellow Taxi - The Neighborhood (42)
35 29 --- Maybe - The Three Degrees
33 28 --- Summertime Blues - The Who
38 27 --- 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
11 26 --- Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
28 25 --- Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera) - The Assembled Multitude
26 24 --- Westbound #9 - The Flaming Ember
29 23 --- Patches - Clarence Carter
27 22 --- Tell It All Brother - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
16 21 --- Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

15 20 --- Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie w/ The Edwin Hawkins Singers
13 19 --- Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare
14 18 --- Are You Ready? - Pacific Gas And Electric
19 17 --- Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara
21 16 --- (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? - Ronnie Dyson
30 15 --- Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Part 1) - James Brown
17 14 --- Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
18 13 --- I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas
22 12 --- In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
12 11 --- War - Edwin Starr

10 10 --- O-o-h Child / Dear Prudence - The 5 Stairsteps
08 09 --- Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations
06 08 --- The Love You Save / I Found That Girl - Jackson 5      
09 07 --- Tighter, Tighter - Alive & Kicking
03 06 --- Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night      
04 05 --- Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
07 04 --- Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
05 03 --- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
02 02 --- Make It With You - Bread
01 01 --- (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters      


New this week are The Neighborhood.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 8-14 August 1970

01 01 THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley **
02 03 LOLA The Kinks
03 06 NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs
04 02 ALL RIGHT NOW Free
05 05 SOMETHING Shirley Bassey
06 04 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry *******
07 09 I'LL SAY FOREVER, MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
08 10 LADY D'ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens
09 07 IT'S ALL IN THE GAME The Four Tops
10 12 LOVE LIKE A MAN Ten Years After

11 08 UP AROUND THE BEND Creedence Clearwater Revival
12 17 BIG, YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell
13 11 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE Nicky Thomas
14 20 RAINBOW Marmalade
15 18 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED - I'M YOURS Stevie Wonder
16 22 SONG OF JOY Miguel Rios
17 23 NATURAL SINNER Fair Weather
18 13 GOODBYE SAM, HELLO SAMANTHA Cliff Richard
19 14 COTTONFIELDS The Beach Boys
20 15 SALLY Gerry Monroe

21 25 YELLOW RIVER Christie *
22 26 WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO, MY LOVE? Brotherhood of Man
23 16 (IT'S LIKE A) SAD, OLD KINDA MOVIE Pickettywitch
24 37 THE LOVE YOU SAVE The Jackson Five
25 29 TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
26 21 HONEY, COME BACK Glen Campbell
27 19 GROOVIN' WITH MR BLOE Mr Bloe
28 30 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago
29 36 SWEET INSPIRATION Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon
30 27 THE GREEN MANALISHI (WITH THE TWO-PRONG CROWN) Fleetwood Mac

31 28 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens
32 24 DOWN THE DUSTPIPE Status Quo
33 32 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD Ray Morgan
34 -- MR PRESIDENT D, B, M & T
35 RE I DON'T BELIEVE IN IF, ANYMORE Roger Whittaker
36 33 REACH OUT AND TOUCH Diana Ross
37 -- MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread
38 40 I WILL SURVIVE Arrival
39 31 AMERICAN WOMAN Guess Who
40 -- SUMMERTIME BLUES The Who

-- 34 UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF The Supremes
-- 35 MY WAY Frank Sinatra
-- 38 ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN Marvin Gaye
-- 39 GROUPIE GIRL Tony Joe White


Making their debut are Bread