“A month in a life” – July 1970

All tracks released in July 1970 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart in 1971

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Long and winding road Baskin & Copperfield
2 Apartment 21 John Buck Wilkin
3 Skyline pigeon Deep feeling
4 Where are you going to my love (06/70) Brotherhood of man *
5 I can fly Pattersons
6 Nothing special Trees
7 Down by the river Brooklyn bridge
8 Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9 Sugar bee (06/70) Canned heat *
10 Natural sinner Fair weather *
11 Neanderthal man (06/70) Hotlegs *
12 In the summertime (05/70) Mungo Jerry # 1
13 But you know I love you Ray Stevens
14 Break another dawn Hank Marvin
15 Crickets Peter Cowap
16 Too late Labi Siffre
17 Surprise, surprise Butterscotch
18 Go away 1910 Fruitgum company
19 Helllo everyone Sir Ching I
20 Hey, that's no way to say goodbye Vogues
21 Robin's world Cuff links
22 Sunny honey girl Fluff
23 Sing out love (in my heart) Arkade
24 Hey Mister Sun Bobby Sherman
25 Sad old kinda movie (06/70) Pickettywitch *
26 Never an everyday thing Eli Bonaparte
27 Honey man Sweet salvation
28 Overture from "Tommy" Assembled Multitude
29 Keep on smiling James Lloyd
30 Get out of the kitchen Peter Gordeno
31 Azzurro (Blue skies) Ken Dodd
32 Dancing in the sun (Un rayo de sol) Los Diablos
33 Lollipop and goody man Jigsaw
34 Yo Yo Chris Andrews
35 Susie is sorrow Horace Faith
36 Stone cold dead in the market Bedrocks
37 Walking on the shores of nowhere Helen Shapiro
38 Melody man Petula Clark
39 The wonder of you Elvis Presley *
40 Let me find love Judith Durham
41 Reach out and touch (06/70) Diana Ross *
42 I love you Otis Leaville
43 Trying to make a fool of me Delfonics
44 Everybody's got the right to love Supremes
45 Signed, sealed and delivered (06/70) Stevie Wonder *
46 Sweet inspiration (05/70) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon *
47 I want to give you my everything Newby & Johnson
48 I'll say forever my love (RR – 1968) Jimmy Ruffin *
49 Save the country 5th Dimension
50 Pearl Tommy Roe
51 Sunshine Archies
52 Lady Ladybird Dr. Z
53 Vietnam Rose Tramp
54 25 or 6 to 4 Chicago *
55 Sing a song for freedom Frijid Pink
56 In a gadda da vida Iron Butterfly
57 Lola (06/70) Kinks *
58 Tell the world we're not in Peddlers
59 Boys in the band the Wake
60 Teasin King Curtis & Friends
61 Wigwam Bob Dylan
62 Alan's song Jade
63 Forever Strawbs
64 Watch this space Cochise
65 The letter (05/70) Joe Cocker *
66 Tonight your love is over Julie Covington
67 Sad clown Chicken shack
68 Don't leave me now Jimmy Campbell
69 A song of joy (02/70) Miguel Rios *
70 Heighdy ho princess Neon Philharmonic
71 If I ever get to Saginaw Leapy Lee
72 Rainbow (06/70) Marmalade *
73 If there ever is a next time Matt Monro
74 Long and winding road Ray Morgan *
75 Dear mother loves Albert Rodney Bewes
76 Day by day Lois Lane
77 Candida Dawn [*]
78 Willow stream Design
79 Here comes summer (06/70) Dave Clark five *
80 Spill the wine Eric Burdon & War
81 Jelly on the bread Orange bicycle
82 Canned ham Norman Greenbaum
83 You're my baby now Toomorrow (& Olivia Newton John)
84 Some things a man's gotta do Shango
85 Never marry a railroad man Shocking blue
86 You can get it if you really want it Jimmy Cliff
87 Leaving Rome Jo Jo Bennett

“A month in a life” – June 1970

All tracks released in June 1970 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Lady D'Arbanville Cat Stevens *
2 It's only me John Hetherington
3 Yesterday's hero English rose
4 Awake in a dream Critters
5 Come to me Tommy James & Shondells
6 Tighter and tighter Alive and kicking
7 I will survive (05/70) Arrival *
8 Free the people Delaney, Bonnie & Friends
9 Children of the world Quiet world
10 Sweet dreams Yes
11 Midnight mistress Paul Anka
12 I just can't help believing B.J. Thomas
13 Song from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is painless) Al de Lory
14 If you let me make love to you Ronnie Dyson
15 In the summertime (05/70) Mungo Jerry # 1
16 Vehicle (05/70) Ides of March *
17 Hum a song Lulu
18 Help for my waiting Dorians
19 Maybe the next time Pat Rhoden
20 Are you ready (single edit) Pacific, Gas & Electric
21 Get ready Rare earth
22 Up around the bend Creedence Clearwater Revival *
23 I want to take you higher Ike & Tina Turner
24 What am I to do Black velvet
25 Walking through the country Grass roots
26 Oh my my Monkees
27 Good good Cliff Aungier
28 Rock 'n' roll madonna Elton John
29 Let's make each other happy Illusion
30 Love like a man (05/70) Ten years after *
31 Tell me Skin Alley
32 Silver bird Mark Lindsay
33 Annabella Dave Dee
34 Hang around Schadel
35 Dancing in the moonlight Boffalongo
36 Somebody stole my thunder Georgie Fame
37 Everybody's going to the love-in Bob Brady & Con chords
38 I'm gonna give you all my love Garrett Scott
39 I'll kiss your memory Barry Gibb
40 My name is woman Ann Booth
41 Fire and rain R. B. Greaves
42 Wolf Clodagh Rodgers
43 Rose garden 3rd avenue blues band
44 Spinning, spinning, spinning Simple image
45 Accidents (05/70) Thunderclap newman *
46 Surfin' soul Beachcomber
47 Yellow river (04/70) Christie # 1
48 Monday after Sunday Chicory tip
49 No, no you don't know Bennett & Evans
50 Natural day Accolade
51 Groupy girl (03/70) Tony Joe White *
52 Viva tirado El Chicano
53 My soul's got a hole in it Howard Tate
54 She didn't know Dee Dee Warwick
55 Sweet feeling Candi Staton
56 Get ready for love Paintbox
57 Jumping Jehosaphat Mud
58 Get on the line Sweet
59 I'm gonna be a rich man Foundations
60 Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha (03/70) Cliff Richard *
61 Lay a little lovin' on me Robin McNamara
62 When Evelyn was mine Graham Bonney
63 In the morning Bitter Almond
64 We're gonna change the world Matt Monro
65 Mae West Ken Moule's London Jazz Chamber group
66 Something Shirley Bassey *
67 God is on my side Tony Christie
68 Won't you join me Emil Dean Zoghby
69 Timothy Dolly Mixture
70 Big yellow taxi (05/70) Joni Mitchell *
71 Message from a black man Derrick Harriott
72 Check out your mind Impressions
73 Psychedelic shack Temptations *
74 Tears of joy Ray Merrell
75 Soon is slipping away Francoise Hardy
76 Peace in the end Fotheringay
77 Air Ekseption
78 Come to the sabbat Black widow
79 Ride captain ride Blues Image
80 I feel like I'm fixing to die rag (UK single version) Country Joe & the Fish
81 All right now (05/70) Free *
82 Mississippi queen Mountain
83 Road house blues Doors
84 Bridge over troubled water Harold & Ted
85 It takes a thief Des Champ orchestra
86 Turn me on Nina Simone
87 Love of the common people Nicky Thomas *
88 Man of action Les Reed orchestra

“A month in a life” – May 1970

All tracks released in May 1970 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart as re-issue in 1971

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Tennessee woman Arizona swamp company
2 Make me smile Chicago
3 The green Manalishi Fleetwood Mac *
4 A hard way to go Savoy Brown
5 The river Octopus
6 Why are you leaving Billy Fury
7 In the city David and David
8 In somebody's memory Greenwich village
9 Julia Dave Clark five
10 Take to the mountains (03/70) Richard Barnes *
11 My name is love Casuals
12 You know how it is with a woman Jefferson
13 Loot Steve Ellis
14 El condor pasa Facio Santillan
15 Soolaimon Neil Diamond
16 Shining brightly Brinsley Schwarz
17 Big yellow taxi Ireen Sheer
18 I see a river Mayfield's mule
19 Yellow river (04/70) Christie *
20 Puppet man 5th Dimension
21 Since I don't have you Eddie Holman
22 I just wanna be me Thelma Houston
23 It's all in the game Four Tops *
24 Love or let me be lonely Friends of distinction
25 Kew gardens Ralph McTell
26 Follow me John Denver
27 Bitter green Ronnie Hawkins
28 Homeward bound Jack Jones
29 Honey come back (04/70) Glen Campbell *
30 Kentucky rain Elvis Presley *
31 The world at their feet John Shakespeare orchestra
32 Everything is beautiful 04/70) Ray Stevens *
33 Boulevard St. Michelle Arthur Wild
34 Don't you know (she said hello) (03/70) Butterscotch *
35 Chelsea (04/70) Stamford bridge *
36 Cottonfields Beach Boys *
37 Go back Crabby Appleton
38 Down the dustpipe (03/70) Status Quo *
39 Otaki Pipp (aka the Fourmyula)
40 Lucifer Bob Seger System
41 Spirit in the sky (02/70) Norman Greenbaum # 1
42 Some beautiful (03/70) Jack Wild *
43 Just about the same Association
44 Come running Van Morrison
45 Mississippi John Phillips
46 No dogs allowed Jose Feliciano
47 Sharkey Christopher (UK)
48 Row row row Peter Sully
49 Jig-a-jig East of Eden [*]
50 Keep the customer satisfied (03/70) Marsha Hunt *
51 Needle and thread Schadel
52 Gone movin' on Raiders
53 Abraham Martin & John (04/70) Marvin Gaye *
54 Up the ladder to the roof (04/70) Supremes *
55 ABC Jackson 5 *
56 So glad you chose me Marv Johnson
57 Turn back the hands of time Tyrone Davis
58 Can't stop loving you Flirtations
59 She looked my way Black abbots
60 The day will come between Sunday and Monday Kiki Dee
61 Kitsch (04/70) Barry Ryan & Paul Ryan orchestra *
62 Looking through cats eyes White mule
63 Raise the level of your conscious mind If
64 Inside Jethro Tull
65 Sunshine and rain Alan Price
66 Take a look around Deep water
67 Thinking about the good times New Inspiration
68 Question (04/70) Moody blues *
69 American woman (04/70) Guess who *
70 Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
71 Serenade Wallace collection
72 Toast and marmalade for tea Tin Tin
73 Dear Prudence Five stairsteps
74 The persuader Rosetta Hightower
75 Let her go Ed Evanko
76 Crowded by emptiness Ginette Reno
77 My Marie Engelbert Humperdinck *
78 For the love of him Lena Martell
79 Sally Gerry Monroe *
80 Bet yer life I do Herman's Hermits *
81 Mademoiselle Ninette Soulful dynamics
82 Back home (04/70) England World Cup Squad '70 # 1
83 Great big bundle of love Brenton Wood
84 Let me out Concorde
85 Traces Barron Knights
86 Don't worry baby Tokens
87 Antique Annie's magic lantern show Marian Henderson
88 What is truth Johnny Cash *
89 A matter of pride Raymond Froggatt
90 Something Des O'Connor
91 The cat walk Village soul choir
92 Groovin' with mr. Bloe (03/70) Mr. Bloe *

“A month in a life” – April 1970

All tracks released in April 1970 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Sea and sand Shirley Bassey
2 It will soon be spring Cleo Laine
3 El condor pasa (If I could) (03/70) Julie Felix *
4 I don’t believe in “if” anymore (03/70) Roger Whittaker *
5 Streets of London Johnstons
6 Do you love me (02/70) Deep feeling *
7 All that keeps ya goin’ Tompall & Glaser brothers
8 Fairy tales John Edmond
9 Come on down Dean Martin
10 Sweet London lady Lou Christie
11 Cold wind Dando Shaft
12 Everybody go home, the party’s over (03/70) Clodagh Rodgers *
13 It can happen to you Sasha Distel
14 Live for tomorrow Harry Jones Barrie Webb (O.P.M.C.)
15 Belfast boy Don Fardon *
16 Working in the city Chain reaction
17 Lady Pearl Currant Kraze
18 I am the one Bruce Ruffin
19 Dr. Handy’s dandy candy Harlan county
20 Royal International Love in Hairpower
21 Love as high as a mountain Ladybirds
22 Million dollar bash Jonathan King
23 You make me real Doors
24 Squadron leader Johnson Rumplestiltskin
25 Tired of waiting for you (single edit) Flock
26 The Seeker (03/70) Who *
27 The good mr. Square Pretty things
28 I want to take you higher Brian Auger & the Trinity
29 Out demons out Edgar Broughton band *
30 Lay down Melanie & Edwin Hawkins singers
31 Take a look around Smith
32 I’ve got you on my mind White plains *
33 Knowing you are there Western Union
34 Who are my friends J. Vincent Edwards
35 Free as the wind Brooklyn bridge
36 Since I met you baby Paula Dean & Nyah shuffle
37 I’m too far gone (to turn around) Christine Perfect
38 I don’t wanna be left outside Ellie Greenwich
39 Never ever leave me Geraldine Hunt
40 Let’s get a little sentimental Montanas
41 It’s for you Three dog night
42 Back home England World Cup Squad ’70 *
43 Travellin’ band Creedence Clearwater Revival *
44 Who’ll stop the rain Creedence Clearwater Revival *
45 Rag mama rag (02/70) Band *
46 II x II Cowsills
47 Give a damn Pythagoras Theorem
48 Railroad Maurice Gibb
49 Maybe we can get it together Bob Darin
50 Where did all the good times go Dee Clark
51 All kinds of everything (03/70) Dana # 1
52 So young Roy Orbison
53 Bordeaux Rose Fairfield Parlour
54 Come tomorrow Vanity fare
55 Peace Peter
56 I can’t tell the bottom from the top Hollies *
57 Let’s give Adam and Eve another chance Gary Puckett & Union gap
58 Let no man put asunder Warm expression
59 Who are my friends Easybeats
60 Castles in the sky Blonde on blonde
61 Son of a gun Mapleoak
62 Brontosaurus (03/70) Move *
63 Runnin’ wild Gun
64 Pirate Moon
65 Teach your children Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
66 Take me back Granny’s intentions
67 World in changes Dave Mason
68 That’s all a man can say David Lincoln
69 Love is a beautiful song Dave Mills
70 We’re on our way Teresa Graves
71 You, me and Mexico Edward Bear
72 Light of love Kindness
73 Little green bag George Baker selection
74 Monkey man (02/70) Toots & the Maytals *
75 Evil ways Santana
76 Mighty Joe (03/70) Shocking blue *
77 Melanie makes me smile Tony Burrows
78 Heartbreak house Penny Lane
79 Daughter of darkness Tom Jones *
80 Bridge over troubled water (02/70) Simon & Garfunkel # 1
81 Loneliness remembers what happiness forgets Dionne Warwick
82 Peace of mind Paula Parfitt
83 So far away Root & Jenny Jackson
84 Do the funky chicken (02/70) Rufus Thomas *
85 I got a thing, you got a thing Funkadelic
86 At the sign of the swinging cymbal Brass incorporated