1 – “Bridge Over Troubled Water”; Simon & Garfunkel
2 – “(They Long to Be) Close to You”; The Carpenters
3 – “American Woman”; The Guess Who
4 – “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”; B.J. Thomas
5 – “War”; Edwin Starr
6 – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”; Diana Ross
7 – “I’ll Be There”; The Jackson 5
8 – “Get Ready”; Rare Earth
9 – “Let It Be”; The Beatles
10 – “Band of Gold”; Freda Payne
11 – “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)”; Three Dog Night
12 – “Everything Is Beautiful”; Ray Stevens
13 – “Make It with You”; Bread
14 – “Hitchin’ a Ride”; Vanity Fare
15 – “ABC”; The Jackson 5
16 – “The Love You Save”; The Jackson 5
17 – “Cracklin’ Rosie”; Neil Diamond
18 – “Candida”; Dawn
19 – “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”; Sly & the Family Stone
20 – “Spill the Wine”; Eric Burdon & War
21 – “O-o-h Child”; Five Stairsteps
22 – “Spirit in the Sky”; Norman Greenbaum
23 – “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)”; Melanie
24 – “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)”; The Temptations
25 – “Love on a Two-Way Street”; The Moments
26 – “Which Way You Goin’ Billy?”; The Poppy Family
27 – “All Right Now”; Free
28 – “I Want You Back”; The Jackson 5
29 – “Julie, Do Ya Love Me”; Bobby Sherman
30 – “Green-Eyed Lady”; Sugarloaf
31 – “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”; Stevie Wonder
32 – “Ride Captain Ride”; Blues Image
33 – “Venus”; Shocking Blue
34 – “Instant Karma!”; John Lennon
35 – “Patches”; Clarence Carter
36 – “Lookin’ out My Back Door” Creedence Clearwater Revival
37 – “Rainy Night in Georgia”; Brook Benton
38 – “Something’s Burning”; Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
39 – “Give Me Just a Little More Time”; Chairmen of the Board
40 – “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”; Edison Lighthouse
Category: Top 40
Beginning and The End
The decade of the seventies began with us listening to these Top 10 Songs:
1 – RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD –•– B.J. Thomas
2 – LEAVING ON A JET PLANE –•– Peter, Paul and Mary
3 – SOMEDAY WE’LL BE TOGETHER –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes
4 – DOWN ON THE CORNER / FORTUNATE SON –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 – NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE –•– Steam
6 – WHOLE LOTTA LOVE / LIVING LOVING MAID (She’s Just a Woman) –•– Led Zeppelin
7 – I WANT YOU BACK –•– Jackson 5
8 – VENUS –•– The Shocking Blue
9 – HOLLY HOLY –•– Neil Diamond
10 – LA LA LA (If I Had You) –•– Bobby Sherman
And it ended with these Top 10 Songs:
1 – ESCAPE (The Pina Colada Song) –•– Rupert Holmes
2 – PLEASE DON’T GO –•– K.C. and the Sunshine Band
3 – BABE –•– Styx
4 – SEND ONE YOUR LOVE –•– Stevie Wonder
5 – STILL –•– The Commodores
6 – DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME –•– The Captain and Tennille
7 – YOU’RE ONLY LONELY –•– J.D. Souther
8 – NO MORE TEARS (Enough Is Enough) –•– Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer
9 – LADIES NIGHT –•– Kool and the Gang
10 – TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME –•– Supertramp