Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Top 20 Song Chart for May 9, 1970

LW TW       peak  
3 1   Turn Back The Hands Of Time  
  Tyrone Davis
    YouTube download at Amazon  

1 2   For The Love Of Him 1  
  Bobbi Martin
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2 3   Spirit In The Sky 2  
  Norman Greenbaum
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4 4   American Woman 1  
  The Guess Who
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6 5   Reflections Of My Life 4  
  The Marmalade
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7 6   Cecilia 4  
  Simon & Garfunkel
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8 7   Love On A Two-Way Street 6  
  The Moments
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13 8   Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) 5  
  Melanie With The Edwin Hawkins Singers
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5 9   ABC 1  
  The Jackson 5
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9 10   Let It Be 1  
  The Beatles
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16 11   Everything Is Beautiful 1  
  Ray Stevens
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- 12   Vehicle 8  
  The Ides Of March
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11 13   Love Or Let Me Be Lonely 9  
  The Friends Of Distinction
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15 14   Something's Burning  
  Kenny Rogers And The First Edition
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17 15   Make Me Smile 10  
  Chicago
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18 16   Daughter Of Darkness 13  
  Tom Jones
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12 17   Woodstock 12  
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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20 18   Up Around The Bend 10  
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
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- 19   Sugar Sugar  
  Wilson Pickett
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- 20   United We Stand 8  
  Brotherhood Of Man
    YouTube download at Amazon  

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Tyrone Davis has the number one hit this week with Turn Back The Hands Of Time. For The Love Of Him by Bobbi Martin is at number two on the chart. Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum comes in at number three.


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