Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1970 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1971 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #47]
[Columbia 45079]
written by Paul Simon

[Bell 938]
written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #454] charted as My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity in US charts
[Apple 2995]
written by George Harrison

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #20]
[Apple 2764]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Motown 1171]
written by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch

[Uni 55250]
written by Neil Diamond

[Motown 1169]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

[Janus 125]
written by Ray Dorset

[Elektra 45686]
written by David Gates

[Barnaby 2011]
written by Harold Ragsdale

[A&M 1183]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[Bell 858]
written by Tony Macaulay & Barry Mason

[Columbia 4-45252]
written by Joe South

live
[RCA Victor 47-9835]
written by Baker Knight

featuring Susan Jacks
[London 129]
written by Terry Jacks

[Motown 1172]
written by Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson

starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy
[Bell 910]
written by Tony Romeo

[Capitol 2905]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty

[Decca 32774]
written by Joni Mitchell

[Bell 903]
written by Toni Wine & Irwin Levine

[Epic 10626]
written by Jeff Christie

[L & R 157]
written by Bobby Bloom & Jeff Barry

[RCA 74-0387]
written by Armando Manzanero & Sid Wayne

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #405]
[A&M 1217]
written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols

[Apple 2832]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Bell 940]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[Capitol 2718]
written by Jimmy Webb

[Parrot 40048]
written by Geoff Stephens & Les Reed

[Motown 1162]
written by Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #136]
[Uni 55265]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

[novelty]
[Capitol 2819]
written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood

[recorded at st. paul's chapel, columbia university]
[Elektra 45709]
written by traditional & John Newton

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #498]
[Cotillion 44057]
written by Tony Joe White

US B-side to I Really Don't Want to Know ; charted as I Really Don't Want to Know / There Goes My Everything in US AC and US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Victor 47-9960]
written by Dallas Frazier

[RCA Victor 47-9916]
written by Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham & Simon Napier-Bell

[Metromedia 194]
written by Tom Bahler

[Reprise 0974]
written by Gordon Lightfoot

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #227]
[Warner 7423]
written by James Taylor

[Motown 1164]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes

[Atco 6795]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

[Motown 1176]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

[Columbia 45236]
written by Laura Nyro

[Capitol 2738]
written by Gene MacLellan

[London 20059]
written by Junior Campbell & Thomas McAleese

[United Artists 50698]
written by George Harrison

[Tamla 54191]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy

[Columbia 45133]
written by Paul Simon

[Deram 85059]
written by Peter Simons & Tony Hiller

[Columbia 45094]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

based on the last movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony
[A&M 1193]
written by Ludwig van Beethoven & Waldo De Los Rios

[Apple 1816]
written by Philamore Lincoln

[Parrot 40051]
written by Carlo Donida, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Columbia 45270]
written by Peter Green

[Mega 0015]
written by Kris Kristofferson

[RCA Victor 0319]
written by Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters & Anita Poree

[Janus 118]
written by Tony Macaulay & John Macleod

[spoken]
[Columbia 4-45134]
written by Johnny Cash

charted as I've Lost You / The Next Step Is Love in US AC charts
[RCA 47-9873]
written by Alan Blaikley & Ken Howard

[RCA Victor 47-9791]
written by Eddie Rabbitt & Dick Heard

[Columbia 45264]
written by Robert Lamm

[United Artists 50727]
written by Mac Davis

[Scepter 12283]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

[Metromedia 177]
written by Jack Keller & Diane Hilderbrand

B-side Grazin' In Greener Pastures charted in country charts during 18 weeks
[Columbia 45178]
written by Kris Kristofferson

[Columbia 45246]
written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay

[Sussex 209]
written by Steve Jablecki

[Elektra 45701]
written by David Gates

featuring Eva Graham
[Elektra 45699]
written by Melanie Safka

as Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
[Liberty 56197]
written by Jerry Jeff Walker

[RCA 74-0355]
written by Roger Whittaker

[Columbia 45069]
written by Clarence Henry

[Motown 1165]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

as Joe South and The Believers
[Capitol 2704]
written by Joe South

instrumental
[RCA 47-9927]
written by Francis Lai

[Atlantic 2778]
written by Stephen Stills

[Reprise 0906]
written by Joni Mitchell

[Parrot 40054]
written by Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb

hit for Les Paul & Mary Ford in 1954 ; charted as I Really Don't Want to Know / There Goes My Everything in US AC and US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Victor 47-9960]
written by Don Robertson & Howard Barnes

[Capitol 2843]
written by Mac Davis

[Wayside 010]
written by Jack Blanchard

[Dunhill/ABC 4250]
written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols

[Columbia 45204]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

instrumental
[Atlantic 2737]
written by Pete Townshend

[Columbia 45237]
written by Daniel Alomía Robles & Paul Simon

as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[Reprise 0923]
written by Alex Harvey

[Parrot 40049]
written by Barry Mason & Tony Macaulay

[MGM 14104]
written by James Hendricks

[Uni 55264]
written by Bob Russell & Bobby Scott

[Deram 85065]
written by Billy Day, Mike Leslie, John Goodison & Tony Hiller

as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
[Atlantic 2735]
written by Graham Nash

[RCA 74-0320]
written by Roger Whittaker

R
[Bang 578]
written by Neil Diamond

as Ernie
[novelty]
[Columbia 45207]
written by Jeff Moss

as Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
[RCA Victor 74-0368]
written by Michael Nesmith

[Steed 729]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector

[Motown 1167]
written by Lou Stallman

[Metromedia 188]
written by Danny Janssen

[Apple 1825]
written by Errol Brown, Margaret Wilson & Tony Wilson

[Soul City 780]
written by Laura Nyro

[Parrot 40056]
written by Wayne Bickerton & Tony Waddington