UK TOP 20 SINGLES CHART W/E January 17th 1970
Rolf Harris hangs on to the top spot for an impressive fifth week. Paul McCartney provides Badfinger with their first UK hit with his very Beatles-esque composition ‘Come And Get It’.
The Full UK TOP 20 SINGLES CHART For The Week Ending January 17th 1970
TW | LW | SONG TITLE | ARTIST |
1 | 1 | Two Little Boys | Rolf Harris |
2 | 7 | Suspicious Minds | |
3 | 5 | All I Have To Do Is Dream | Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell |
4 | 2 | Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town | Kenny Rogers |
5 | 4 | Tracy | The Cufflinks |
6 | 6 | Sugar Sugar | The Archies |
7 | 3 | Melting Pot | Blue Mink |
8 | 8 | Good Old Rock ‘N’ Roll | The Dave Clark Five |
9 | 16 | Reflections Of My Life | Marmalade |
10 | - | Come And Get It | |
11 | 13 | Without Love | |
12 | 12 | Durham Town (The Leavin’) | Roger Whittaker |
13 | - | Someday We’ll Be Together | Diana Ross and the Supremes |
14 | 9 | Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday | |
15 | 17 | But You Love Me Daddy | Jim Reeves |
16 | 14 | Winter World Of Love | Engelbert Humperdinck |
17 | 10 | The Liquidator | The Harry J. All Stars |
18 | - | Arrival | Friends |
19 | 11 | The Onion Song | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terell |
20 | - | With The Eyes Of A Child |
THIS WEEK’S NEW ENTRIES
There are four new entries in this week’s top 20
Welsh band Badfinger enjoy their first of three visits to the UK top 20 chart with this week’s highest new entry at number 10.
The Supremes penultimate 7 inch with Diana Ross enters and peaks at number 13.
Liverpudlians Arrival score their first of only two UK top 20 hits at number 18 this week, while two places beneath them at number 20, Cliff Richard scrapes in for his 45th visit with his latest offering.
UK TOP 20 SINGLES CHART DEBUTANTES
This week the UK Top 20 Chart welcomes ‘Badfinger’ and ‘Arrival’ for the first time.
UK TOP 20 SINGLES CHART FOND FAREWELLS
None this week.
THIS WEEK ON TOP OF THE POPS
This week’s edition of Top Of The Pops was presented by Jimmy Savile and featured…
Friends by Arrival
Come And Get It by Badfinger
Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll by The Dave Clark Five
The Liquidator by Harry J and the All Stars
Something’s Burnin’ by Kenny Rogers
Girley by The Peddlers
I Can’t Get Next To You by The Temptations
Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris
If anyone knows of any other musical UK TV appearances that occurred this week, please let us all know about them by leaving a comment below.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED THIS WEEK?
On 14th January 1970, Diana Ross made her final appearance with The Supremes at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. She was replaced by Jean Terrell, younger sister of heavyweight boxing champion Ernie Terrell.
If anybody knows of any other interesting music events that took place this week in 1970, please let us all know about them by leaving a comment below.
Chart History 1970sJanuary 04, 2010
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