35 43 AFTER MIDNIGHT –•– Eric Clapton (Atco)-5 (35) 47 57 MY MARIE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-4 (47) 27 14 LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG MA –•– The New Seekers (Elektra)-10 (14) 46 53 PART TIME LOVE –•– Ann Peebles (Hi)-7 (46) 22 19 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-14 (1) 3 3 GYPSY WOMAN –•– Brian Hyland (Uni)-15 (3) 88 — HUMMINGBIRD –•– B.B. 2 2 LET IT BE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-3 (2) 90 — WHEN WE GET MARRIED –•– The Intruders (Gamble)-1 (90) 17 20 CELEBRATE –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-4 (17) 29 18 COME AND GET IT –•– Badfinger (Apple)-15 (7) 47 53 NO TIME –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-4 (47) 97 — CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU –•– Andy Williams (Columbia)-1 (97) 46 53 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-7 (46) 12 9 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-13 (5) 14 22 HI-DE-HO –•– Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)-5 (14) 48 45 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-8 (37) 35 45 INDIANA WANTS ME –•– R. Dean Taylor (Rare Earth)-3 (35) 9 10 EVIL WAYS –•– Santana (Columbia)-9 (9) 14 19 SNOWBIRD –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-9 (14) 91 — COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER –•– Loretta Lynn (Decca)-1 (91) 89 — COME ON AND SAY IT –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-1 (89) 30 20 I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-11 (6), 31 35 DO THE FUNKY CHICKEN –•– Rufus Thomas (Stax)-5 (31) 14 17 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-9 (14) 18 26 RUBBER DUCKIE –•– Ernie (Jim Henson) (Columbia)-5 (18) 8 7 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-18 (3) King (BluesWay)-14 (15), 41 87 YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (Don’t You) –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-2 (41) 30 31 LONG LONG TIME –•– Linda Ronstadt (Capitol)-6 (30), 31 33 CLOSER TO HOME –•– Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)-6 (31) 100 — FREEDOM BLUES –•– Little Richard (Reprise)-1 (100), 1 4 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-9 (1 week at #1) (1) 48 73 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY –•– The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (London)-4 (48) 6 5 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-11 (5) 86 — IF I DIDN’T CARE –•– The Moments (Stang)-1 (86) 24 32 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-6 (24) 93 — YOU BETTER THINK TWICE –•– Poco (Epic)-1 (93) 38 36 IT’S A NEW DAY (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-8 (32) 33 57 SOOLAIMON (African Trilogy II) –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-3 (33) 5 6 MA BELLE AMIE –•– The Tee Set (Colossus)-8 (5) The Top 80 Songs of 1970 80. 42 52 HEY, MISTER SUN –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-3 (42) 42 22 DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-9 (13), 43 43 I CAN’T LEAVE YOUR LOVE ALONE –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-12 (43) 91 — THE CAT WALK –•– The Village Soul Choir (Abbott)-1 (91) 50 63 LET’S GIVE ADAM AND EVE ANOTHER CHANCE –•– Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)-3 (50), 6 — LET IT BE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-1 (6) 34 35 I’M NOT MY BROTHER’S KEEPER –•– The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-11 (34) 99 — MESSAGE FROM A BLACK MAN –•– Whatnauts and the Whatnaut Band (A&I)-1 (99) 32 32 I’VE LOST YOU / THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-6 (32) 4 2 SOMEDAY WE’LL BE TOGETHER –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-11 (1) 83 — BORN TO WANDER –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-1 (83) 29 40 CRACKLIN’ ROSIE –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-3 (29) 43 43 TAKE A LOOK AROUND –•– Smith (Dunhill)-5 (43) 6 11 WAR –•– Edwin Starr (Gordy)-6 (6) 5 9 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-6 (5) 27 18 MAKE ME SMILE –•– Chicago (Columbia)-14 (9) 7 5 BAND OF GOLD –•– Freda Payne (Invictus)-17 (3) 24 38 SPILL THE WINE –•– Eric Burdon and War (MGM)-9 (24) 17 20 LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG MA –•– The New Seekers (Elektra)-7 (17) 2 2 TRAVELIN’ BAND / WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-7 (2) 36 48 ONE TIN SOLDIER –•– The Original Caste (T-A)-13 (36) 14 13 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE –•– Marmalade (London)-13 (10) 95 — GAS LAMPS AND CLAY –•– Blues Image (Atco)-1 (95) 32 21 (I Know) I’M LOSING YOU –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-14 (7) 38 43 MAYBE –•– The Three Degrees (Roulette)-8 (38) 38 50 25 OR 6 TO 4 –•– Chicago (Columbia)-2 (38) 46 49 I’VE GOTTA MAKE YOU LOVE ME –•– Steam (Mercury)-6 (46) 7 14 SPILL THE WINE –•– Eric Burdon and War (MGM)-11 (7) 36 40 MONTEGO BAY –•– Bobby Bloom (MGM / L&R)-7 (36) 9 10 LA LA LA (If I Had You) –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-8 (9) 95 — IF YOU DO BELIEVE IN LOVE –•– The Tee Set (Colossus)-1 (95) 15 17 AMERICAN WOMAN / NO SUGAR TONIGHT –•– The Guess Who (RCA)-4 (15) 50 58 HEED THE CALL –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-3 (50), 79 — NO MATTER WHAT –•– Badfinger (Apple)-1 (79) 47 53 IF I NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME –•– Vic Dana (Liberty)-9 (47) 75 — EASY COME, EASY GO –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-1 (75) 88 — THIS IS MY LOVE SONG –•– The Intruders (Gamble)-1 (88) 38 33 LONG LONESOME HIGHWAY –•– Michael Parks (MGM)-12 (20) 36 53 I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING –•– B.J. 5 3 GREEN-EYED LADY –•– Sugarloaf (Liberty)-12 (3) 8 19 VENUS –•– The Shocking Blue (Colossus)-4 (8) 5 9 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-15 (5) 16 18 LOVE LAND –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-15 (16) Paul Simon - Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover 47. 24 25 GROOVY SITUATION –•– Gene Chandler (Mercury)-9 (24) In this hour at #32 in the countdown, a song that's been a hit 4 different times in 19 years! 17 19 TELL IT ALL BROTHER –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-9 (17) 22 22 NEANDERTHAL MAN –•– Hotlegs (Capitol)-7 (22) 28 68 LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) –•– Edison Lighthouse (Bell)-2 (28) 24 41 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What the World Is Today) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-3 (24) 37 31 AIRPORT LOVE THEME (Gwen and Vern) –•– Vincent Bell (Decca)-7 (31) 34 35 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO –•– Lenny Welch (Commonwealth United)-7 (34) Thomas (Scepter)-5 (26) 32 34 PEACE WILL COME (According To Plan) –•– Melanie (Buddah)-5 (32) 26 35 INDIANA WANTS ME –•– R. Dean Taylor (Rare Earth)-4 (26) 13 27 STONEY END –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-9 (13) 95 — I’LL BE RIGHT HERE –•– Tyrone Davis (Dakar)-1 (95) 16 15 WOODSTOCK –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (Atlantic)-10 (11) 48 49 WE’RE ALL PLAYING IN THE SAME BAND –•– Bert Sommer (Eleuthera)-6 (48) 14 13 UNITED WE STAND –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-13 (13) 19 28 CRY ME A RIVER –•– Joe Cocker (A&M)-4 (19) 19 16 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ –•– White Plains (Deram)-14 (13) 8 13 SPIRIT IN THE SKY –•– Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)-5 (8) 25 12 SEE ME, FEEL ME –•– The Who (Decca)-12 (12) 39 44 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-12 (39) 90 — KNOCK THREE TIMES –•– Dawn (Bell)-1 (90) 19 33 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-4 (19) 19 10 (I Know) I’M LOSING YOU –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-12 (7) 84 — LET’S WORK TOGETHER –•– Canned Heat (Liberty)-1 (84) 20 15 CELEBRATE –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-7 (15), 21 24 SOMETHING’S BURNING –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-9 (21) 37 48 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME –•– Robin McNamara (Steed)-8 (37) 28 33 SUMMERTIME BLUES –•– The Who (Decca)-5 (28) 48 51 AMERICA, COMMUNICATE WITH ME –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-3 (48) 4 3 INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) –•– John Ono Lennon (Apple)-8 (3) 25 25 IT’S ALL IN THE GAME –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-10 (25) 5 4 CECILIA –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-9 (4) 37 37 POINT IT OUT / DARLING DEAR –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-6 (37) 45 54 EL CONDOR PASA –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-2 (45) 37 45 LET’S WORK TOGETHER (Part 1) –•– Wilbert Harrison (Sue)-8 (37) 35 36 GET READY –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-5 (35) Greaves (Atco)-14 (2) 3 8 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME –•– Tyrone Davis (Dakar)-10 (3) 97 — ANIMAL ZOO –•– Spirit (Epic)-1 (97) 28 28 WALKIN’ IN THE RAIN –•– Jay and the Americans (United Artists)-14 (19) 14 28 SOMEBODY’S BEEN SLEEPING –•– 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) (Hot Wax)-8 (14) 82 — LITTLE GREEN BAG –•– The George Baker Selection (Colossus)-1 (82) 40 41 COME SATURDAY MORNING –•– The Sandpipers (A&M)-12 (40), 41 46 THE LETTER –•– Joe Cocker (A&M)-3 (41) 36 40 LOLA –•– The Kinks (Reprise)-4 (36) 32 24 IT’S ALL IN THE GAME –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-12 (24) 9 10 COME AND GET IT –•– Badfinger (Apple)-9 (9) 49 — REACH OUT AND TOUCH (Somebody’s Hand) –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-1 (49) 89 — SOUL SHAKE / FREE THE PEOPLE –•– Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (Atco)-5 (75) 47 46 WALKING THROUGH THE COUNTRY –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-8 (44) 32 23 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-15 (5) 4 4 PATCHES –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-11 (4) 25 34 SUPER BAD (Parts 1 and 2) –•– James Brown (King)-4 (25) 100 — RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA –•– Brook Benton (Cotillion)-1 (100), 1 1 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD –•– B.J. 98 — LOVE LIKE A MAN –•– Ten Years After (Deram)-1 (98) 82 — BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO –•– Lenny Welch (Commonwealth United)-1 (82) 74 — MY HONEY AND ME –•– Luther Ingram (KoKo)-1 (74) 8 8 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE –•– The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)-17 (8) 8 16 GREEN-EYED LADY –•– Sugarloaf (Liberty)-9 (8) 23 48 DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (You Lied) –•– Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers (Atlantic)-3 (23) 8 12 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU –•– Ronnie Dyson (Columbia)-11 (8) 93 — HANG ON SLOOPY –•– The Lettermen (Capitol)-1 (93) 81 — GONNA GIVE HER ALL THE LOVE I’VE GOT –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-8 (41) 39 43 FOR THE LOVE OF HIM –•– Bobbi Martin (United Artists)-5 (39) 17 24 KENTUCKY RAIN –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-5 (17) 33 24 I WANT YOU BACK –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-19 (1) 39 43 EXPRESS YOURSELF –•– Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Brothers)-5 (39) 19 25 OVERTURE FROM TOMMY (A Rock Opera) –•– The Assembled Multitude (Atlantic)-8 (19) 7 13 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-7 (7) 84 — THE TOUCH OF YOU –•– Brenda and the Tabulations (Top and Bottom)-1 (84) 23 24 FOR THE GOOD TIMES –•– Ray Price (Columbia)-16 (23) 77 — WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO MY LOVE –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)-1 (77) 77 — I AM SOMEBODY (Part 2) –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-1 (77) 85 — DOMINO –•– Van Morrison (Warner Brothers)-1 (85) 2 2 WAR –•– Edwin Starr (Gordy)-12 (1) 34 36 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM –•– Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell (Capitol)-6 (34) 8 9 UP AROUND THE BEND / RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-5 (8) 85 — TEACH YOUR CHILDREN –•– Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Atlantic)-1 (85) 16 16 KENTUCKY RAIN –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-7 (16) 99 — I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS –•– Turley Richards (Warner Brothers)-2 (99), 1 2 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-8 (1 week at #1) (1) 26 30 WESTBOUND #9 –•– Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)-11 (26) 38 45 EL CONDOR PASA –•– Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)-3 (38) 32 33 GET READY –•– Rare Earth (Rare Earth)-7 (32) 97 — AMOS MOSES –•– Jerry Reed (RCA)-1 (97) 83 — TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME –•– The Delfonics (Philly Groove)-1 (83) 10 14 LA LA LA (If I Had You) –•– Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)-7 (10), 11 11 MIDNIGHT COWBOY –•– Ferrante and Teicher (United Artists)-10 (11) 85 — APARTMENT 21 –•– Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)-1 (85) 45 43 BROTHER RAPP (Parts 1 and 2) –•– James Brown (King)-7 (32) 38 61 LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY –•– The Friends Of Distinction (RCA)-3 (38) old radio shows from the 1970s and 1980s . 90 — INTO THE MYSTIC –•– Johnny Rivers (Imperial)-1 (90) 24 25 BABY TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS –•– Jefferson (Janus)-8 (24) 90 — SING A SONG OF FREEDOM –•– Frijid Pink (Parrot)-1 (90) Classic AT40 with Casey Kasem: July 4, 1970 through August 6, 1988 "American Top 40" debuted the weekend of July 4, 1970. 40 45 HEED THE CALL –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-5 (40), 43 39 UGENA ZA ULIMWENGU (Unite the World) –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-7 (33) 99 — LOOKY LOOKY (Look At Me Girl) –•– The O’Jays (Neptune)-1 (99) 94 — DOWN BY THE RIVER –•– Buddy Miles and the Freedom Express (Mercury)-1 (94) 89 — THE SLY, SLICK, AND THE WICKED –•– The Lost Generation (Brunswick)-1 (89) Thomas (Scepter)-4 (36) 16 14 RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA –•– Brook Benton (Cotillion)-14 (4) 16 11 SNOWBIRD –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-14 (8) 79 — SONG FROM M*A*S*H –•– Al DeLory (Capitol)-1 (79) 5 3 SPILL THE WINE –•– Eric Burdon and War (MGM)-15 (3) 20 29 I (Who Have Nothing) –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-3 (20), 21 23 EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-8 (21) 71 — AMERICA, COMMUNICATE WITH ME –•– Ray Stevens (Barnaby)-1 (71) 19 22 EVIL WOMAN DON’T PLAY YOUR GAMES WITH ME –•– Crow (Amaret)-12 (19) 9 9 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-8 (9) 76 — WHAT AM I GONNA DO –•– Smith (Dunhill)-1 (76) 47 47 IF I NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME –•– Vic Dana (Liberty)-10 (47) 50 51 CHICKEN STRUT –•– The Meters (Josie)-6 (50), 79 — BABY HOLD ON –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-1 (79) 30 35 VIVA TIRADO (Part 1) –•– El Chicano (Kapp)-6 (30), 31 32 AIRPORT LOVE THEME (Gwen and Vern) –•– Vincent Bell (Decca)-6 (31) 39 47 SILVER BIRD –•– Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-5 (39) 83 — MISSISSIPPI –•– John Phillips (Dunhill)-1 (83) 34 40 HEED THE CALL –•– Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (Reprise)-6 (34) 14 11 YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME / PATCH IT UP –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-8 (11) 48 — UP AROUND THE BEND / RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-1 (48) 95 — SO CLOSE –•– Jake Holmes (Polydor)-1 (95) 36 42 HITCHIN’ A RIDE –•– Vanity Fare (Page One)-9 (36) 9 3 MAKE IT WITH YOU –•– Bread (Elektra)-14 (1) 30 60 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN –•– Frijid Pink (Parrot)-3 (30), 31 26 WINTER WORLD OF LOVE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-12 (16) 29 23 BLOWING AWAY –•– The 5th Dimension (Soul City)-9 (21) 15 15 I (Who Have Nothing) –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-5 (15) 95 — THEN SHE’S A LOVER –•– Roy Clark (Dot)-1 (95) 3 5 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-7 (3) 24 18 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE –•– Steam (Fontana)-16 (1) 47 84 TENNESSEE BIRD WALK –•– Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan (Wayside)-4 (47) Thomas (Scepter)-8 (13) 100 — LONG LONELY NIGHTS –•– The Dells (Cadet)-1 (100), 1 3 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-6 (1 week at #1) (1)