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Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1970

1969 <-1970-> 1971
    

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1.
02/1970
430

✫1
US
✫1
AC




✫1
UK
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1971]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #47]
[Columbia 45079]
written by Paul Simon
2.
11/1970
427

✫1
US
2
AC




✫1
UK
[Bell 938]
written by Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
3.
11/1970
413

✫1
US
10
AC




✫1
UK
[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
4.
03/1970
402

✫1
US
✫1
AC




2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #20]
[Apple 2764]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
5.
09/1970
373

✫1
US
24
AC


✫1
R&B
4
UK
[Motown 1171]
written by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
6.
08/1970
370

✫1
US
2
AC




3
UK
[Uni 55250]
written by Neil Diamond
7.
08/1970
359

✫1
US
6
AC


✫1
R&B
6
UK
[Motown 1169]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
8.
06/1970
350

3
US
30
AC




✫1
UK
[Janus 125]
written by Ray Dorset
9.
06/1970
345

✫1
US
4
AC




5
UK
[Elektra 45686]
written by David Gates
10.
04/1970
344

✫1
US
✫1
AC
39
country


6
UK
[Barnaby 2011]
written by Ray Stevens (as Harold Ragsdale)
11.
06/1970
344

✫1
US
✫1
AC




6
UK
[A&M 1183]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
12.
01/1970
330

5
US
20
AC




✫1
UK
[Bell 858]
written by Tony Macaulay & Barry Mason
13.
11/1970
330

3
US
5
AC
✫1
country


3
UK
[Columbia 4-45252]
written by Joe South
14.
05/1970
317

9
US
✫1
AC
37
country


✫1
UK
[live]
[RCA Victor 47-9835]
written by Baker Knight
15.
03/1970
291

2
US
6
AC




7
UK
featuring Susan Jacks
[London 129]
written by Terry Jacks
16.
11/1970
280

7
US
24
AC


✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Motown 1172]
written by Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson
17.
10/1970
271

✫1
US
8
AC




18
UK
starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy
[Bell 910]
written by Tony Romeo
18.
09/1970
253

10
US
2
AC
3
country


4
UK
[Capitol 2905]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty
19.
09/1970
247

23
US
17
AC




✫1
UK
[Decca 32774]
written by Joni Mitchell
20.
07/1970

Candida by Dawn

from Candida   Candida
246

3
US
8
AC




9
UK
[Bell 903]
written by Toni Wine & Irwin Levine
21.
05/1970
245

23
US
22
AC




✫1
UK
[Epic 10626]
written by Jeff Christie
22.
08/1970
245

8
US
18
AC




3
UK
[L & R 157]
written by Bobby Bloom & Jeff Barry
23.
10/1970
244

10
US
✫1
AC




4
UK
[RCA 74-0387]
written by Armando Manzanero & Sid Wayne
24.
09/1970
237

2
US
✫1
AC




28
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #405]
[A&M 1217]
written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols
25.
05/1970
228

✫1
US
2
AC






[Apple 2832]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
26.
10/1970
225

2
US
✫1
AC


4
R&B


[Bell 940]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
27.
01/1970
223

19
US
4
AC
2
country


4
UK
[Capitol 2718]
written by Jimmy Webb
28.
04/1970
217

13
US
✫1
AC




5
UK
[Parrot 40048]
written by Geoff Stephens & Les Reed
29.
03/1970
212

10
US
28
AC


5
R&B
6
UK
[Motown 1162]
written by Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco
30.
11/1970
207

8
US
9
AC




7
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #136]
[Uni 55265]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
31.
03/1970
204

9
US
20
AC




6
UK
[novelty]
[Capitol 2819]
written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood
32.
12/1970
202

15
US
5
AC




5
UK
[recorded at st. paul's chapel, columbia university]
[Elektra 45709]
written by traditional & John Newton
33.
01/1970
192

4
US
2
AC


✫1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #498]
[Cotillion 44057]
written by Tony Joe White
34.
12/1970
190

21
US
2
AC
9
country


6
UK
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
35.
10/1970
189

11
US
✫1
AC
56
country


9
UK
36.
08/1970
183

5
US
2
AC




28
UK
[Metromedia 194]
written by Tom Bahler
37.
12/1970
183

5
US
✫1
AC




30
UK
[Reprise 0974]
written by Gordon Lightfoot
38.
09/1970
182

3
US
7
AC




42
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #227]
[Warner 7423]
written by James Taylor
39.
04/1970
180

24
US
39
AC


6
R&B
5
UK
[Motown 1164]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
40.
12/1970
178

3
US
28
AC




33
UK
[Atco 6795]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
41.
12/1970
176

16
US
20
AC


10
R&B
7
UK
[Motown 1176]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
42.
10/1970
174

6
US
2
AC




27
UK
[Columbia 45236]
written by Laura Nyro
43.
07/1970
172

8
US
✫1
AC
10
country


23
UK
[Capitol 2738]
written by Gene MacLellan
44.
07/1970
171

51
US
7
AC




3
UK
[London 20059]
written by Junior Campbell & Thomas McAleese
45.
06/1970
162

55
US
6
AC




4
UK
[United Artists 50698]
written by George Harrison
46.
02/1970
161

26
US
31
AC


11
R&B
6
UK
[Tamla 54191]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
47.
04/1970
158

4
US
31
AC




51
UK
[Columbia 45133]
written by Paul Simon
48.
02/1970
154

13
US
15
AC




10
UK
[Deram 85059]
written by John Goodison (as Peter Simons) & Tony Hiller
49.
02/1970
153

88
US
28
AC




3
UK
[Columbia 45094]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
50.
06/1970
150

14
US
✫1
AC




16
UK
based on the last movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony
[A&M 1193]
written by Ludwig van Beethoven & Waldo De Los Rios
51.
01/1970
149

39
US
4
AC




6
UK
[Apple 1816]
written by Philamore Lincoln
52.
08/1970
146

14
US
2
AC




16
UK
[Parrot 40051]
written by Carlo Donida, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
53.
11/1970
144

4
US
29
AC






[Columbia 45270]
written by Peter Green
54.
12/1970
138

8
US
3
AC
✫1
country




[Mega 0015]
written by Kris Kristofferson
55.
03/1970
137

6
US
9
AC


13
R&B


[RCA Victor 0319]
written by Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters & Anita Poree
56.
02/1970
135

67
US
34
AC




5
UK
[Janus 118]
written by Tony Macaulay & John Macleod
57.
04/1970
131

19
US
4
AC
3
country


21
UK
[spoken]
[Columbia 4-45134]
written by Johnny Cash
58.
08/1970
129

32
US
5
AC
57
country


9
UK
charted as I've Lost You / The Next Step Is Love in US AC charts
[RCA 47-9873]
written by Alan Blaikley & Ken Howard
59.
02/1970
127

16
US
3
AC
31
country


21
UK
[RCA Victor 47-9791]
written by Eddie Rabbitt & Dick Heard
60.
11/1970
122

7
US
5
AC






[Columbia 45264]
written by Robert Lamm
61.
12/1970
115

11
US
✫1
AC
7
country




[United Artists 50727]
written by Mac Davis
62.
06/1970
115

9
US
✫1
AC






[Scepter 12283]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
63.
02/1970
112

9
US
2
AC






[Metromedia 177]
written by Jack Keller & Diane Hilderbrand
64.
08/1970
111

11
US
9
AC
✫1
country




[Columbia 45178]
written by Kris Kristofferson
65.
10/1970
110



10
AC




7
UK
[Columbia 45246]
written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay
66.
12/1970
107

7
US
35
AC






[Sussex 209]
written by Steve Jablecki
67.
09/1970
104

10
US
2
AC






[Elektra 45701]
written by David Gates
68.
01/1970
104

14
US
4
AC




39
UK
featuring Eva Graham
[Elektra 45699]
written by Melanie (as Melanie Safka)
69.
11/1970
100

9
US
10
AC






as Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
[Liberty 56197]
written by Jerry Jeff Walker
70.
04/1970
95



26
AC




8
UK
[RCA 74-0355]
written by Roger Whittaker
71.
04/1970
95

20
US
18
AC


7
R&B
33
UK
[Motown 1165]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
72.
01/1970
95

9
US
19
AC






[Columbia 45069]
written by Clarence Henry
73.
01/1970
94

12
US
3
AC
56
country




as Joe South and The Believers
[Capitol 2704]
written by Joe South
74.
12/1970
93

13
US
2
AC






[instrumental]
[RCA Victor 9927]
written by Francis Lai
75.
12/1970
90

14
US
32
AC




37
UK
[Atlantic 2778]
written by Stephen Stills
76.
06/1970
87

67
US
33
AC




11
UK
[Reprise 0906]
written by Joni Mitchell
77.
09/1970
83

47
US
2
AC




22
UK
[Parrot 40054]
written by Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb
78.
12/1970
75

21
US
2
AC
23
country




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
79.
07/1970
74

52
US
3
AC
5
country


32
UK
[Capitol 2843]
written by Mac Davis
80.
02/1970
74

23
US
15
AC
✫1
country




[Wayside 010]
written by Jack Blanchard
81.
08/1970
74

15
US
11
AC






[Dunhill/ABC 4250]
written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols
82.
08/1970
74

14
US
14
AC






[Columbia 45204]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
83.
06/1970
73

16
US
8
AC






[instrumental]
[Atlantic 2737]
written by Pete Townshend
84.
09/1970
70

18
US
6
AC






[Columbia 45237]
written by Daniel Alomía Robles & Paul Simon
85.
07/1970
69

17
US
8
AC






as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
[Reprise 0923]
written by Alex Harvey
86.
05/1970
69

43
US
2
AC




31
UK
[Parrot 40049]
written by Barry Mason & Tony Macaulay
87.
02/1970
68

20
US
5
AC
41
country




[MGM 14104]
written by Jim Hendricks (as James Hendricks)
88.
11/1970
68

20
US
4
AC






[Uni 55264]
written by Bob Russell & Bobby Scott
89.
07/1970
65

61
US
11
AC




22
UK
[Deram 85065]
written by Billy Day, Mike Leslie, John Goodison & Tony Hiller
90.
06/1970
64

16
US
28
AC






as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
[Atlantic 2735]
written by Graham Nash
91.
04/1970
63



12
AC




17
UK
[RCA 74-0320]
written by Roger Whittaker
92.
07/1970
63

21
US
6
AC






[R]
[Bang 578]
written by Neil Diamond
93.
08/1970
63

16
US
36
AC






as Ernie
[novelty]
[Columbia 45207]
written by Jeff Moss
94.
08/1970
63

21
US
6
AC






as Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
[RCA Victor 0368]
written by Michael Nesmith
95.
11/1970
62

17
US
24
AC






[Steed 729]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector
96.
07/1970
62

21
US
29
AC


11
R&B


[Motown 1167]
written by Lou Stallman
97.
05/1970
61

24
US
3
AC






[Metromedia 188]
written by Danny Janssen
98.
10/1970
61

87
US
27
AC




19
UK
[Apple 1825]
written by Errol Brown, Margaret Wilson & Tony Wilson
99.
01/1970
61

21
US
7
AC






[Soul City 780]
written by Laura Nyro
100.
11/1970
60

25
US
3
AC






[Parrot 40056]
written by Wayne Bickerton & Tony Waddington

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