The Hot 100 - 1970
Issue Date
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Chart No
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Title
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Singers
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Jan 3, 10, 17, 24
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1
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B.J. Thomas
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Jan 31
Feb 7, 14
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3
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Feb 21
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7
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Feb 28
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8
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Mar 7
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9
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Jan 3
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2
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Peter, Paul
& Mary
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Jan 10
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3
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Jan 17, 24
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6
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Jan 31
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10
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Jan 3
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3
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Diana Ross
& The Supremes
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Jan 10
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2
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Jan 17, 24
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4
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Jan 31
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9
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Jan 3
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4
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Creedence
Clearwater Revival
|
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Jan 10
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7
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Jan 17
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9
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Jan 3
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5
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Steam
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Jan 10
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8
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Jan 3
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6
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Led Zeppelin
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Jan 10, 17, 24
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5
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Jan 31
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4
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Feb 7
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8
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Jan 3
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7
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Jackson 5
|
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Jan 10
Feb 21
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4
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Jan 17, 24
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3
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Jan 31
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1
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||
Feb 7, 14
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2
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Jan 3
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8
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The Shocking
Blue
|
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Jan 10
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6
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Jan 17, 24, 31
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2
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Feb 7
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1
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Feb 14
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4
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Feb 21
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9
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Feb 28
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10
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Jan 3
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9
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Neil Diamond
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Jan 3
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10
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Bobby Sherman
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Jan 10
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9
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Jan 17, 24
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7
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Elvis Presley
|
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Jan 31
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6
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Jan 10
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10
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Tommy Roe
|
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Jan 17
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8
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Jan 24
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9
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Jan 17
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10
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Midnight Cowboy (instrumental)
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Ferrante
& Teicher
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Jan 17
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8
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Tom Jones
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Jan 31
Feb 7
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5
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Jan 10
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10
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Dionne
Warwick
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Jan 31
Feb 14
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7
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Feb 7
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6
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Jan 31
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8
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Sly & The
Family Stone
|
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Feb 7
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4
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Feb 14, 21
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1
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Feb 28
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2
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Mar 7
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3
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Mar 14
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7
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Feb 7
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7
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Eddie Holman
|
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Feb 14
Mar 7
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5
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Feb 21
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2
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Mar 14
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8
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Feb 7
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9
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The Guess Who
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Feb 14, 21
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6
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Feb 28
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5
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Feb 7
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10
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The Archies
|
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Feb 14, 21
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8
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The
Temptations
|
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Feb 28
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7
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Feb 14
|
9
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Creedence
Clearwater Revival
|
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Feb 21
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5
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Feb 28
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3
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Mar 7, 14
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2
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Feb 14
|
10
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Mark Lindsay
|
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Feb 21
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3
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Simon &
Garfunkel
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Feb 28
Mar 7, 14, 21, 28
Apr 4
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1
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Apr 11
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5
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Apr 18
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6
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Apr 25
|
9
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Feb 21
|
10
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Brook Benton
|
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Feb 28
|
9
|
||
Mar 7, 14
|
4
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Mar 21
|
5
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Feb 28
Mar 7
|
6
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The Tee Set
|
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Mar 14
|
5
|
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Mar 7
|
7
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The Jaggerz
|
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Mar 14
|
3
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Mar 21
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2
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Mar 28
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4
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Apr 4
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8
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||
Apr 11
|
10
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Mar 7
|
8
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Chairmen Of
The Board
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Mar 14
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6
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Mar 21
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3
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Mar 28
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9
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Mar 7
|
10
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The Hollies
|
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Mar 14
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9
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Mar 21, 28
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7
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Mar 21
Apr 18, 25
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4
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John Ono
Lennon
|
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Mar 28
Apr 4, 11
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3
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May 2
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5
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May 9
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8
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Mar 21
May 23
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6
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The Beatles
|
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Mar 28
Apr 4, 25
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2
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Apr 11, 18
May 2
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1
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May 9
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3
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May 16
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4
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May 30
|
10
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Mar 21
|
8
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Edison
Lighthouse
|
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Mar 28
Apr 4, 18
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5
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Apr 11, 25
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6
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May 2
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7
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Mar 21
|
9
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Santana
|
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Mar 21
|
10
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The Delfonics
|
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Mar 28
|
6
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Jackson 5
|
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Apr 4
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4
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Apr 11, 18
May 9, 16
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2
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Apr 25
May 2
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1
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May 23
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9
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Mar 28
|
8
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Norman
Greenbaum
|
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Apr 4
May 16
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6
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Apr 11
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4
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Apr 18, 25
May 2, 9
|
3
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Mar 28
|
10
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Badfinger
|
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Apr 4
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9
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||
Apr 11
May 2
|
8
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Apr 18, 25
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7
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Apr 4, 11
|
7
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Frijid Pink
|
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Apr 4
|
10
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Bobby Sherman
|
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Apr 18, 25
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8
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The Friends
Of Distinction
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May 2, 9
|
6
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Apr 18
|
9
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The Guess Who
|
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Apr 25
|
5
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May 2
|
4
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May 9, 16, 23
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1
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May 30
|
2
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Jun 6
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8
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Apr 18
|
10
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The Supremes
|
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Apr 25
May 2
|
10
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Tyrone Davis
|
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May 9
|
9
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May 16, 30
|
8
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May 23
|
3
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May 2, 30
|
9
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The Ides Of
March
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May 9, 16
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3
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May 23
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2
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May 9, 16
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7
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Ray Stevens
|
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May 23
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4
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May 30
Jun 6
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1
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Jun 13
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3
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May 9, 16, 23
|
10
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The Marmalade
|
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May 16, 23
Jun 6
|
5
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Simon &
Garfunkel
|
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May 30
|
4
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Jun 13
|
6
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May 16
|
9
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Creedence
Clearwater Revival
|
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May 23
Jun 13
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8
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May 30
|
5
|
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Jun 6
|
4
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May 23
Jun 20
|
7
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The Moments
|
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May 30
Jun 6
|
3
|
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Jun 13
|
5
|
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May 30
|
6
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The Poppy
Family (Featuring Susan Jacks)
|
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Jun 6, 13
|
2
|
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Jun 20
|
3
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Jun 27
|
10
|
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May 30
Jun 6, 13
|
7
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Joe Cocker
with Leon Russell & The Shelter People
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Jun 20
|
8
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Jun 6
|
6
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Rare Earth
|
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Jun 13, 20
|
4
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Jun 27
|
7
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Jul 4
|
10
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Jun 6, 13
|
9
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Chicago
|
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Jun 6
|
10
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The Beatles
|
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Jun 13, 20
|
1
|
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Jun 27
Jul 4
|
4
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Jul 11
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8
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Jun 13
|
10
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Jackson 5
|
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Jun 20
Jul 11, 18
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2
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||
Jun 27
Jul 4
|
1
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||
Jul 25
|
4
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Aug 1
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6
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Aug 8
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8
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Jun 20
|
5
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Three Dog
Night
|
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Jun 27
Jul 4, 25
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2
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Jul 11, 18
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1
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Aug 1
|
3
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Aug 8
|
6
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Aug 15
|
8
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Jun 20
Jul 25
|
6
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The
Temptations
|
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Jun 27
Jul 4, 11
|
3
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Jul 18
|
5
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Aug 1
|
8
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Aug 8
|
9
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||
Aug 15
|
10
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Jun 20
|
9
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Vanity Fare
|
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Jun 27
Jul 4
|
5
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||
Jul 11
|
10
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||
Jun 20
Jul 25
|
10
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Melanie with
The Edwin Hawkins Singers
|
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Jun 27
Jul 4
|
8
|
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Jul 11
|
6
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||
Jul 18
|
7
|
||
Jun 27
Jul 4, 18
|
6
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Blues Image
|
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Jul 11
|
4
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||
Jul 25
|
7
|
||
Jun 27
Jul 4, 11
|
9
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Elvis Presley
|
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Jul 4
Aug 15
|
7
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Freda Payne
|
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Jul 11
Aug 8
|
5
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Jul 18
Aug 1
|
4
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Jul 25
|
3
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Aug 22
|
8
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Jul 11
|
7
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Carpenters
|
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Jul 18
Aug 29
|
3
|
||
Jul 25
Aug 1, 8, 15
|
1
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||
Aug 22
|
2
|
||
Sep 5
|
5
|
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Sep 12, 19
|
8
|
||
Jul 18, 25
|
8
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The 5
Stairsteps
|
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Aug 1, 8
|
10
|
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Jul 18
|
9
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The Pipkins
|
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Jul 18
Aug 19
|
10
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Bread
|
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Jul 25
|
5
|
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Aug 1, 8, 15, 29
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2
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||
Aug 22
|
1
|
||
Sep 5
|
3
|
||
Sep 12
|
9
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Jul 25
|
9
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Stevie Wonder
|
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Aug 1
|
5
|
||
Aug 8, 15
|
3
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||
Aug 22, 29
|
6
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Aug 1
|
7
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Eric Burdon
And War
|
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Aug 8, 15
|
4
|
||
Aug 22
|
3
|
||
Aug 29
|
5
|
||
Sep 5
|
9
|
||
Sep 12
|
10
|
||
Aug 1, 15
|
9
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Alive &
Kicking
|
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Aug 8
|
7
|
||
Aug 22
|
10
|
||
Aug 15, 22
|
5
|
Mungo Jerry
|
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Aug 29
Sep 5
|
4
|
||
Sep 12
|
3
|
||
Sep 19
|
7
|
||
Aug 15
|
6
|
Edwin Starr
|
|
Aug 22
|
4
|
||
Aug 29
Sep 5, 12
|
1
|
||
Sep 19, 26
|
2
|
||
Oct 3
|
9
|
||
Aug 22, 29
Sep 5
|
7
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Clarence
Carter
|
|
Sep 12
|
6
|
||
Sep 26
|
4
|
||
Aug 22
|
9
|
B.J. Thomas
|
|
Aug 29
Sep 5
|
8
|
Ronnie Dyson
|
|
Aug 29
|
9
|
Diana Ross
|
|
Sep 5, 12
|
2
|
||
Sep 19, 26
Oct 3
|
1
|
||
Oct 10
|
4
|
||
Oct 17
|
7
|
||
Oct 24
|
10
|
||
Aug 29
Sep 26
|
10
|
Chicago
|
|
Sep 5, 19
|
6
|
||
Sep 12
|
4
|
||
Sep 5
|
10
|
Creedence
Clearwater Revival
|
|
Sep 12
|
5
|
||
Sep 19, 26
|
3
|
||
Oct 3
|
2
|
||
Oct 10
|
7
|
||
Oct 17
|
8
|
||
Sep 12
|
7
|
Bobby Sherman
|
|
Sep 19, 26
Oct 3
|
5
|
||
Oct 10
|
6
|
||
Oct 17
|
9
|
||
Sep 19
Nov 7
|
9
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Dawn
|
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Sep 26
Oct 24
|
7
|
||
Oct 3, 10
|
3
|
||
Oct 17
|
6
|
||
Oct 31
|
8
|
||
Sep 26
|
6
|
Neil Diamond
|
|
Oct 3, 31
|
4
|
||
Oct 10
|
1
|
||
Oct 17, 24
|
2
|
||
Nov 7
|
8
|
||
Sep 26
Oct 3
|
8
|
Anne Murray
|
|
Sep 26
|
9
|
Rare Earth
|
|
Oct 3
|
7
|
||
Oct 10
|
10
|
||
Oct 3
|
6
|
Jackson 5
|
|
Oct 10
|
2
|
||
Oct 17, 24, 31
Nov 7, 14
|
1
|
||
Nov 21, 28
|
3
|
||
Dec 5
|
4
|
||
Dec 12
|
5
|
||
Oct 3
|
10
|
Free
|
|
Oct 10
|
5
|
||
Oct 17
|
4
|
||
Oct 31
Nov 7
|
6
|
||
Oct 10
|
8
|
Sugarloaf
|
|
Oct 17, 24
|
3
|
||
Oct 31
|
5
|
||
Nov 7
|
4
|
||
Nov 14
|
6
|
||
Nov 21
|
7
|
||
Nov 28
|
10
|
||
Oct 10
|
9
|
Carpenters
|
|
Oct 17
Dec 5
|
5
|
||
Oct 24
Nov 28
|
4
|
||
Oct 31
Nov 7, 14, 21
|
2
|
||
Oct 17
|
10
|
James Taylor
|
|
Oct 24
Dec 5
|
6
|
||
Oct 31
Nov 7, 14
|
3
|
||
Nov 21, 28
|
5
|
||
Oct 24
|
8
|
R. Dean
Taylor
|
|
Oct 31
Nov 28
|
7
|
||
Nov 7, 14
|
5
|
||
Nov 21
|
6
|
||
Oct 24, 31
|
9
|
The Kinks
|
|
Nov 7
|
10
|
||
Oct 31
|
10
|
Glen Campbell
|
|
Nov 7
|
7
|
The Partridge
Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy
|
|
Nov 7
Dec 19
|
4
|
||
Nov 21, 28
Dec 5
|
1
|
||
Dec 12
|
2
|
||
Dec 26
|
6
|
||
Nov 14
|
7
|
Smokey
Robinson & The Miracles
|
|
Nov 21
|
4
|
||
Nov 28
Dec 5
|
2
|
||
Dec 12, 19
|
1
|
||
Dec 26
|
3
|
||
Nov 14, 21
|
8
|
100 Proof
Aged in Soul
|
|
Nov 14, 21
Dec 19, 26
|
9
|
Brian Hyland
|
|
Nov 28
|
6
|
||
Dec 5, 12
|
3
|
||
Nov 14
|
10
|
Bread
|
|
Nov 21
|
10
|
Bobby Bloom
|
|
Nov 28
|
8
|
||
Nov 28
Dec 5
|
9
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
Dec 5
|
7
|
The 5th Dimension
|
|
Dec 12
|
4
|
||
Dec 19
|
3
|
||
Dec 26
|
2
|
||
Dec 5, 12
|
8
|
Badfinger
|
|
Dec 19, 26
|
10
|
||
Dec 5, 12
|
10
|
The Guess Who
|
|
Dec 12
|
6
|
George
Harrison
|
|
Dec 19
|
2
|
||
Dec 26
|
1
|
||
Dec 12
|
7
|
Santana
|
|
Dec 19, 26
|
5
|
||
Dec 12
|
9
|
Chicago
|
|
Dec 19, 26
|
8
|
||
Dec 19
|
6
|
Dawn
|
|
Dec 26
|
4
|
||
Dec 19, 26
|
7
|
The Supremes
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