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WRKO's Number One Songs of 1970
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Item

Title Artist

Date
Charted

Date
Peaked

1

No Time The Guess Who

01-15-1970

01-29-1970

2

Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel

01-22-1970

02-05-1970

3

Instant Karma (We All Shine On) John Lennon

02-12-1970

03-05-1970

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Let It Be The Beatles

02-26-1970

03-12-1970

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Come And Get It Badfinger

03-05-1970

04-16-1970

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Which Way You Goin' Billy The Poppy Family

03-26-1970

04-30-1970

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Get Ready Rare Earth

04-02-1970

05-07-1970

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Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) Melanie

04-23-1970

05-21-1970

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Love On A Two-Way Street The Moments

05-07-1970

06-11-1970

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(They Long To Be) Close To You The Carpenters

05-28-1970

06-25-1970

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Make It With You Bread

06-18-1970

07-16-1970

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Tell It All Brother Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

07-16-1970

08-13-1970

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War Edwin Starr

07-30-1970

08-20-1970

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Cracklin' Rosie Neil Diamond

07-30-1970

09-10-1970

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We've Only Just Begun The Carpenters

09-03-1970

09-24-1970

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I'll Be There The Jackson 5

09-10-1970

10-08-1970

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Fire And Rain James Taylor

09-24-1970

10-22-1970

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I Think I Love You The Partridge Family

10-22-1970

11-12-1970

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One Less Bell To Answer The 5th Dimension

11-05-1970

12-03-1970

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My Sweet Lord George Harrison

11-12-1970

12-10-1970

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Knock Three Times Dawn

11-19-1970

12-24-1970