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Top 20 Song Chart for May 16, 1970

LW TW       peak  
4 1   American Woman  
  The Guess Who
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1 2   Turn Back The Hands Of Time 1  
  Tyrone Davis
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11 3   Everything Is Beautiful 1  
  Ray Stevens
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5 4   Reflections Of My Life  
  The Marmalade
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6 5   Cecilia 4  
  Simon & Garfunkel
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2 6   For The Love Of Him 1  
  Bobbi Martin
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8 7   Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) 5  
  Melanie With The Edwin Hawkins Singers
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12 8   Vehicle  
  The Ides Of March
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3 9   Spirit In The Sky 2  
  Norman Greenbaum
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15 10   Make Me Smile  
  Chicago
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9 11   ABC 1  
  The Jackson 5
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7 12   Love On A Two-Way Street 6  
  The Moments
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13 13   Love Or Let Me Be Lonely 9  
  The Friends Of Distinction
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14 14   Something's Burning  
  Kenny Rogers And The First Edition
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- 15   Come Saturday Morning 11  
  The Sandpipers
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18 16   Up Around The Bend 10  
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
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16 17   Daughter Of Darkness 13  
  Tom Jones
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20 18   United We Stand 8  
  Brotherhood Of Man
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10 19   Let It Be 1  
  The Beatles
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- 20   What Is Truth  
  Johnny Cash
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The Guess Who holds the top position this week with American Woman. Turn Back The Hands Of Time by Tyrone Davis is at number two on the chart. Ray Stevens finds the number three this week with Everything Is Beautiful.


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