September 12, 1970

----- DROPOUTS -----
Summertime Blues - The Who ----- 27 (2) / 6
I've Lost You / The Next Step Is Love - Elvis Presley ----- 32 (2) / 3
Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara ----- 11 / 8
Tighter, Tighter - Alive & Kicking ----- 7 / 10
Band Of Gold - Freda Payne ----- 3 / 15


 40 --- Lola - The Kinks (60)
 39 --- Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (43)
 38 --- Everything's Tuesday - Chairman Of The Board (46)
34 37 --- I Want To Take You Higher - Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes
25 36 --- Tell It All Brother - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
 35 --- Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (68 )
37 34 --- Peace Will Come (According To Plan) - Melanie
35 33 --- Closer To Home (I'm Your Captain) Grand Funk Railroad
31 32 --- Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Part 1) - James Brown
 31 --- Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt (50)

36 30 --- Joanne - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
38 29 --- Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs
16 28 --- Overture From Tommy (A Rock Opera) - The Assembled Multitude
21 27 --- Everybody's Got The Right To Love - The Supremes
40 26 --- All Right Now - Free
33 25 --- It's A Shame - The Spinners
15 24 --- I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas
08 23 --- (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? - Ronnie Dyson
29 22 --- Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
23 21 --- Solitary Man - Neil Diamond

24 20 --- Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler
14 19 --- Hi-De-Ho - Blood, Sweat & Tears
26 18 --- Rubber Duckie - Ernie (Jim Henson)
17 17 --- Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who
27 16 --- (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth
20 15 --- I (Who Have Nothing) - Tom Jones
19 14 --- Snowbird - Anne Murray
11 13 --- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
12 12 --- Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin w/ The Dixie Flyers
18 11 --- Candida - Dawn

09 10 --- Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
03 09 --- Make It With You - Bread    
05 08 --- (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters          
13 07 --- Julie, Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
07 06 --- Patches - Clarence Carter
10 05 --- Lookin' Out My Back Door / Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival
06 04 --- 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
04 03 --- In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
02 02 --- Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
01 01 --- War - Edwin Starr        

R1 SINGLES CHART - 12-18 September 1970

01 02 TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson and the Miracles *
02 01 THE WONDER OF YOU Elvis Presley ******
03 03 MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME Three Dog Night
04 05 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Chairmen of the Board
05 07 MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread
06 36 BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne
07 08 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago
08 13 WILD WORLD Jimmy Cliff
09 04 RAINBOW Marmalade
10 15 LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate

11 24 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN', BILLY? The Poppy Family
12 10 SWEET INSPIRATION Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon
13 06 NEANDERTHAL MAN Hotlegs
14 20 YOU CAN GET IT, IF YOU REALLY WANT Desmond Dekker
15 09 SOMETHING Shirley Bassey
16 17 IT'S SO EASY Andy Williams
17 11 NATURAL SINNER Fair Weather
18 12 LOLA The Kinks
19 29 DON'T PLAY THAT SONG Aretha Franklin
20 30 MONTEGO BAY Bobby Bloom

21 16 I (WHO HAVE NOTHING) Tom Jones
22 26 STRANGE BAND The Family
23 27 JIMMY MACK Martha and the Vandellas
24 39 I AIN'T GOT TIME ANY MORE Cliff Richard
25 14 THE LOVE YOU SAVE The Jackson Five
26 18 LOVE LIKE A MAN Ten Years After
27 21 SONG OF JOY Miguel Rios
28 22 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry *******
29 -- LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT Creedence Clearwater Revival
30 23 ALL RIGHT NOW Free

31 19 I'LL SAY FOREVER, MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
32 -- AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
33 28 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED - I'M YOURS Stevie Wonder
34 32 BLACK NIGHT Deep Purple
35 31 YELLOW RIVER Christie *
36 25 BIG, YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell
37 -- PARANOID Black Sabbath
38 -- (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters
39 -- ME AND MY LIFE The Tremeloes
40 -- BLACK PEARL Horace Faith

-- 33 MR PRESIDENT D, B, M & T
-- 34 LADY D'ARBANVILLE Cat Stevens
-- 35 SALLY Gerry Monroe
-- 37 COTTONFIELDS The Beach Boys
-- 38 GOODBYE SAM, HELLO SAMANTHA Cliff Richard
-- 40 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE Nicky Thomas


A one-hit wonder from Horace Faith, and more enduring success from The Carpenters, and Black Sabbath