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Top 20 Song Chart for August 1, 1970

LW TW       peak  
1 1   (They Long To Be) Close To You  
  Carpenters
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6 2   War 1  
  Edwin Starr
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4 3   Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 2  
  Stevie Wonder
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3 4   Make It With You 1  
  Bread
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5 5   Band Of Gold 1  
  Freda Payne
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10 6   Spill The Wine 1  
  Eric Burdon And War
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- 7   In The Summertime 5  
  Mungo Jerry
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11 8   (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? 7  
  Ronnie Dyson
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9 9   Tighter, Tighter 8  
  Alive And Kicking
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17 10   25 Or 6 To 4 6  
  Chicago
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2 11   Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 1  
  Three Dog Night
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20 12   Everybody's Got The Right To Love 11  
  The Supremes
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13 13   Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) 3  
  The Temptations
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7 14   The Love You Save 1  
  The Jackson 5
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18 15   Ohio 11  
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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- 16   I Just Can't Help Believing 9  
  B.J. Thomas
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- 17   Hi-De-Ho 11  
  Blood, Sweat & Tears
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12 18   Teach Your Children 12  
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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- 19   Lookin' Out My Back Door 1  
  Creedence Clearwater Revival
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8 20   A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) 8  
  Miguel Rios
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Carpenters and (They Long To Be) Close To You finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Edwin Starr is at number two this week with War. At number three this week is Stevie Wonder with Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours.


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