List of number-one singles of 1970 (Canada)
This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1970.[n 2][n 3]
| Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Song | Artist |
| 12:20[n 4] | 3 January | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | B. J. Thomas |
| 12:21 | 10 January | ||
| 12:22 | 17 January | ||
| 12:23 | 24 January | "Jingle Jangle" | The Archies |
| 12:24 | 31 January | "Venus" | Shocking Blue |
| 12:25 | 7 February | ||
| 12:26 | 14 February | "Without Love" | Tom Jones |
| 13:1 | 21 February | "Hey There Lonely Girl" | Eddie Holman |
| 13:2 | 28 February | "No Time" | Guess Who |
| 13:3 | 7 March | ||
| 13:4 | 14 March | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 13:5 | 21 March | ||
| 13:6 | 28 March | ||
| 13:7 | 4 April | ||
| 13:8 | 11 April | "Let It Be" | The Beatles |
| 13:9 | 18 April | ||
| 13:10 | 25 April | ||
| 13:11 | 2 May | "Spirit In the Sky" | Norman Greenbaum |
| 13:12 | 9 May | "American Woman" | Guess Who |
| 13:13 | 16 May | ||
| 13:14 | 23 May | ||
| 13:15 | 30 May | "Up Around the Bend" | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 13:16 | 6 June | ||
| 13:17 | 13 June | "Everything Is Beautiful" | Ray Stevens |
| 13:18 | 20 June | "The Long and Winding Road" | The Beatles |
| 13:19 | 27 June | ||
| 13:20 | 4 July | "Get Ready" | Rare Earth |
| 13:21 | 11 July | "Lay Down" | Melanie feat. the Edwin Hawkins Singers |
| 13:22 | 18 July | ||
| 13:23 | 25 July | "A Song of Joy" | Miguel Ríos |
| 13:24 | 1 August | ||
| 13:25 | 8 August | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | The Carpenters |
| 13:26 | 15 August | ||
| 14:1 | 22 August | "As the Years Go By" | Mashmakhan |
| 14:2 | 29 August | ||
| 14:3 | 5 September | "In the Summertime" | Mungo Jerry |
| 14:4 | 12 September | ||
| 14:5 | 19 September | "War" | Edwin Starr |
| 14:6 | 26 September | "Lookin' Out My Back Door" | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 14:7 | 3 October | ||
| 14:8 | 10 October | ||
| 14:9 | 17 October | "Cracklin' Rosie" | Neil Diamond |
| 14:10 | 24 October | ||
| 14:11 | 31 October | "Green-Eyed Lady" | Sugar Loaf |
| 14:12 | 7 November | ||
| 14:13 | 14 November | "We've Only Just Begun" | The Carpenters |
| 14:14 | 21 November | "I Think I Love You" | The Partridge Family |
| 14:15 | 28 November | ||
| 14:16 | 5 December | ||
| 14:17 | 12 December | ||
| 14:18 | 19 December | "Isn't It a Pity" | George Harrison |
| 14:19 | 26 December |
See also
[edit]- 1970 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1970
- List of Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1970
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^
The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match. - ^ A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
- ^ On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
- ^ The first issue of 1970 was a single issue combining two weeks (3 January and 10 January).
External links
[edit]- Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
- Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada