"I listen to CHUM."

In the early '70s, my local Top 40 outlet had a contest whereby if you answered your phone in this way and they were the caller, you'd win $1,000. It struck me as ill-mannered to say anything other than "hello" when picking up the phone, and anyway, CHUM never called. But despite my reluctance to give them free advertising whenever the phone rang, I certainly spent 1972 listening to CHUM. So, for the final instalment in the music-of-my-youth trilogy, I present my Top 100 of 1972, the last great year of the Top 40 era. And as good as 1972 is, intimations of the decay to come were already festering. To be blunt, the goop was overtaking the gold, and things would only get worse from here.

Now, I'll be the first to admit that the charts of 1973—and to a lesser extent, '74 and '75—contain many great songs. However, the goop-to-gold ratio had definitively tipped in the wrong direction, and by 1976 my Top 40 party was over. "Soft rock," an oxymoron if ever there was one, now dominated the airwaves, making them unbearably saccharine. If I recall, the last 45 I ever bought was "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band and I recall giving it a spin and asking, "Why did I buy this?" Sadder still, the dynamite, socially conscious soul and funk of the early '70s had now devolved into disco, which managed to dumb down the groove and the words. I suppose by then I had moved on in other ways, too. Like any self-respecting teenager in the mid-'70s, I'd discovered album rock and FM radio. Which, from this distance—scouring my collection for the Foreigner albums I parted with long ago—was no better than the Top 40; just a different flavour of slick, soppy pablum. All these years later, to paraphrase Mr. Johnny Nash, I can see clearly now why punk had to happen. That, though, is another post for another day.

If you've read this far, you may have noticed several number-one songs missing from my Top 100 of 1970, '71 and '72. I have nothing against chart-toppers as such, but especially then it seemed that the dreck rose to the top far too often. Countless killer songs stalled at #2 because The Osmonds, Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Bee Gees, Bread and their ilk hogged the top spot. When CHUM played any of these (and boy, they did), I changed the station, and you won't find them within miles of my Top 100. Anyway, for what it's worth, this time out I've bunched together five of 1972's number-one songs on my Top 100 below to give you a sense of what CHUM considered the crème de la crème, non-Osmond genus.

The songs are in no particular order, other than what makes sense to me as a playlist. Several singles released in 1972 didn't chart until 1973 on CHUM, and some very late in that year, too. Regardless, they properly belong to 1972 and so are included here. In brackets is the date the song debuted on the CHUM chart, followed by its peak chart position. Chart-topping songs are in bold. A few worthy songs didn't make the CHUM chart, but I heard them somehow. They may have charted on other regional stations I listened to. As for the rest, they're worthy tunes I encountered later that deserved a better fate. Explore, discover and enjoy the very best of 1972!

1. Joy - Apollo 100 (1/15/72, #6)
2. You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart (9/23/72, #11)
3. Sweet Seasons - Carole King (1/29/72, #12)
4. Doctor, My Eyes - Jackson Browne (4/8/72, #2)
5. Treetrunk - The Doors (did not chart)
6. Black and White - Three Dog Night (8/19/72, #1)
7. I Believe in Music - Gallery (10/14/72, #12)
8. Roundabout - Yes (3/18/72, #5)
9. I Gotcha - Joe Tex (3/4/72, #7)
10. You're Still a Young Man - Tower of Power (7/15/72, #17)
11. I'm Still in Love with You - Al Green (8/5/72, #12)
12. Hold Your Head Up - Argent (8/5/72, #6)
13. Me and Julio down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon (5/13/72, #19)
14. Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren (11/17/73, #7)
15. Do It Again - Steely Dan (1/27/73, #7)
16. Cousin Mary - Fludd (11/3/73, #19)
17. Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce (12/2/72, #18)
18. Old Man - Neil Young (5/6/72, #11)
19. Ventura Highway - America (11/25/72, #5)
20. Go All the Way - Raspberries  (8/12/72, #9)
21. How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal (6/3/72, #3)
22. Saturday in the Park - Chicago (8/5/72, #2)
23. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed (4/14/73, #9)
24. School's Out - Alice Cooper (7/29/72, #1)
25. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple (6/30/73, #5)
26. Long John Silver - Jefferson Airplane (did not chart)
27. We've Got to Get It on Again - The Addrisi Brothers (1/22/72, #5)
28. Superstition - Stevie Wonder (12/30/72, #3)
29. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites (4/15/72, #1)
30. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love - The Spinners (2/3/73, #8)
31. Too Late to Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (6/10/72, #5)
32. Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers (10/21/72, #6)
33. Bad Side of the Moon - April Wine (7/8/72, #16)
34. Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone (7/15/72, #2)
35. Changes - David Bowie (did not chart)
36. Conquistador - Procol Harum (6/3/72, #7)
37. Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright (1/1/72, #4)
38. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield (did not chart)
39. Let's Stay Together - Al Green (1/1/72, #2)
40. Backstabbers - The O'Jays (8/19/72, #4)
41. The Cisco Kid - War (4/14/73, #4)
42. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers (4/29/72, #10)
43. Take It Easy - The Eagles (6/10/72, #12)
44. Dunrobin's Gone - Brave Belt (7/1/72, #23)
45. Guns, Guns, Guns - The Guess Who (did not chart)
46. The Family of Man - Three Dog Night (3/25/72, #2)
47. Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival (5/13/72, #15)
48. Long Cool Woman - The Hollies (6/24/72, #3)
49. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Robert John (1/22/72, #3)
50. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (10/28/72, #1)
51. Precious and Few - Climax (1/15/72, #1)
52. I'm Gonna Love You Too - Terry Jacks (12/16/72, #12)
53. Masquerade - Edward Bear (6/3/72, #14)
54. (Make Me Do) Anything You Want - A Foot in Coldwater (7/1/72, #21)
55. Rock and Roll Song - Valdy (10/21/72, #21)
56. Sun Goes By - Dr. Music (7/8/72, #17)
57. Day by Day - Godspell (7/8/72, #8)
58. Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce (12/15/73, #8)
59. Goodbye to Love - Carpenters (8/5/72, #6)
60. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (3/18/72, #1)
61. Betcha by Golly Wow - The Stylistics (3/18/72, #6)
62. Bang a Gong (Get It On) - T. Rex (2/5/72, #8)
63. Get Up, Get Out, Move On - Fludd (4/8/72, #18)
64. Rocket Man - Elton John (6/24/72, #7)
65. Beautiful - Gordon Lightfoot (5/27/72, #17)
66. Suavecito - Malo (3/18/72, #8)
67. If You Don't Know Me by Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (11/18/72, #4)
68. You Ought to Be with Me - Al Green (12/9/72, #20)
69. Lean on Me - Bill Withers (6/17/72, #1)
70. Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (1/6/73, #1)
71. Heart of Gold - Neil Young (2/12/72, #1)
72. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan (6/24/72, #1)
73. I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (10/14/72, #1) 
74. Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (4/15/72, #2)
75. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass (6/10/72, #3)
76. I Saw the Light - Todd Rundgren (5/6/72, #18)
77. Baby Blue - Badfinger (4/1/72, #12)
78. Drowning in the Sea of Love - Joe Simon (1/8/72, #17)
79. Get on the Good Foot - James Brown (did not chart)
80. Troglodyte (Cave Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (5/27/72, #3)
81. Runnin' Away - Sly & the Family Stone (2/19/72, #19)
82. Take the Blindness - Joey Gregorash (11/11/72, #17)
83. One More Chance - Ocean (9/16/72, #15)
84. Cotton Jenny - Anne Murray (2/12/72, #18)
85. Daytime Nighttime - Keith Hampshire (11/18/72, #6)
86. Runnin' Back to Saskatoon - The Guess Who (9/23/72, #5)
87. City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (10/14/72, #6)
88. Use Me - Bill Withers (9/23/72, #9)
89. Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient (8/26/72, #6)
90. Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones (4/22/72, #11)
91. You Could Have Been a Lady - April Wine (3/11/72, #6)
92. Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon (2/12/72, #4)
93. America - Yes (did not chart)
94. Isn't Life Strange - The Moody Blues (4/29/72, #17)
95. Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night (1/1/72, #4)
96. Look What You Done for Me - Al Green (4/29/72, #19)
97. Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield (11/11/72, #17)
98. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations (11/25/72, #1)
99. Vincent - Don McLean (4/22/72, #5)
100. Amazing Grace - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (5/20/72, #1)

In my previous post on 1970, I mentioned that the transistor radio I received at Christmas was nothing short of a revelation. By 1971, the artists were my prophets and local Top 40 outlet CHUM and its charts, my bible. Perhaps because 1971 was my first full year of tuning in and turning on, I run out of superlatives to describe this extraordinary year in the annals of popular music.

And yeah, I know: everyone believes the music of their youth is the greatest music ever made. Fair enough, but dip into the hundred awesome songs below and tell me I'm wrong. If you're still unconvinced, David Hepworth's Never a Dull Moment: 1971—Rock's Golden Year might sway you. I mean, come on: what other year in rock history has its own book? Now, Hepworth's 1971 is, on the surface, not much like mine. He's a Brit, and as a 21-year-old then, his album-oriented listening overlapped little with that of a nine-year-old Canadian kid grooving to Top 40 radio. Still, we agree that in his words, "1971 saw an unrepeatable surge of musical creativity, technological innovation, naked ambition and outrageous good fortune that combined to produce music that still crackles with relevance today." Right on, brother.

In a more esoteric way, you know a year is special when three distinct songs named "Superstar" hit the charts within seven months. Of course, I couldn't resist placing them back-to-back-to-back on my Top 100, for they showcase the diversity and raw creativity that exemplifies 1971. And locally at least, the introduction of Canadian content regulations (CanCon) that January was to influence the CHUM charts in 1971 and beyond. Canadian radio now had to play at least 30% homegrown music, and as a result a few fabulous obscurities charted, if just barely. (Example: "You're Gonna Miss Me" by Toronto band Wishbone, which should have been a bigger hit and not just in Canada.) In tribute, I've sprinkled my Top 100 with a few CanCon clumps.

As is customary for the early '70s, 1971's charts are graced with some spectacular one-hit wonders. Say hello/goodbye to Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, King Floyd, The Beginning of the End, Wadsworth Mansion, The 8th Day, The Glass Bottle and Daddy Dewdrop. And as someone who heard King Floyd long before Pink Floyd, I should note that at this point I still hadn't heard The Beatles. Fortunately, the music that came in their immediate wake was so stunning that had I known about them, I'd not have missed them much. Nor would I have fretted over hearing Richie Havens' "Here Comes the Sun" (April 1971, #8 on CHUM) well before encountering the original on Abbey Road. Regardless, the individual Beatles arguably peaked as solo artists this year as well, and you'll find all four in their very own John, Paul, George and Ringo section of my Top 100 of 1971.

The songs are in no particular order, other than what makes sense to me as a playlist. A few songs released in 1971 didn't chart until early 1972 on CHUM. Regardless, they properly belong to 1971 and so are included here. For similar reasons, "Your Song," released in late 1970, has been bumped into 1971. In brackets is the date the song debuted on the CHUM chart, followed by its peak chart position. Chart-topping songs are in bold. A few worthy songs didn't make the CHUM chart, but I heard them somehow. Some were double-A sides; others probably charted on regional Top 40 stations I listened to. Come explore, discover and enjoy the sweet sounds of rock's golden year, 1971!

1. Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival (7/17/71, #8)
2. Joy to the World - Three Dog Night (4/3/71, #1)
3. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones (5/1/71, #1)
4. You're Gonna Miss Me - Wishbone (6/5/71, #22)
5. Broken - The Guess Who (did not chart)
6. Woodstock - Matthews' Southern Comfort (3/20/71, #4)
7. Draggin' the Line - Tommy James (6/19/71, #2)
8. Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes (10/2/71, #2)
9. For All We Know - Carpenters (2/27/71, #7)
10. Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards (11/20/71, #2)
11. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers (7/31/71, #6)
12. Here Comes the Sun - Richie Havens (4/21/71, #8)
13. Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens (4/22/72, #2)
14. Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (6/12/71, #1)
15. Groove Me - King Floyd (1/2/71, #5)
16. Want Ads - Honey Cone (5/1/71, #4)
17. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (11/6/71, #4)
18. Funky Nassau (Pt. 1) - The Beginning of the End (5/15/71, #8)
19. Get It On - Chase (7/3/71, #16)
20. Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (7/10/71, #7)
21. Everybody's Everything - Santana (10/30/71, #10)
22. It's Too Late - Carole King (5/22/71, #5)
23. Anticipation - Carly Simon (12/18/71, #7)
24. You've Got a Friend - James Taylor (6/26/71, #2)
25. Signs - Five Man Electrical Band (5/29/71, #3)
26. I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After (10/9/71, #4)
27. Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion (1/9/71, #2)
28. Hey Big Brother - Rare Earth (12/11/71, #8)
29. (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People - The Chi-Lites (5/29/71, #12)
30. Imagine - John Lennon (9/11/71, #3)
31. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney (7/17/71, #1)
32. What Is Life - George Harrison (2/27/71, #5)
33. It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr (5/8/71, #5)
34. Albert Flasher - The Guess Who (4/24/71, #5)
35. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night (10/30/71, #5)
36. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo (4/24/71, #7)
37. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (3/13/71, #10)
38. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers (11/20/71, #12)
39. Turned 21 - Fludd (11/27/71, #16)
40. Lovin' You Ain't Easy - Pagliaro (11/6/71, #9)
41. Ain't It a Sad Thing - R. Dean Taylor (1/30/71, #21)
42. Carry Me - The Stampeders (3/6/71, #10)
43. Amos Moses - Jerry Reed (1/23/71, #5)
44. It's a Cryin' Shame - Gayle McCormick (11/13/71, #22)
45. Stay with Me - Faces (12/25/71, #7)
46. One Fine Morning - Lighthouse (9/4/71, #13)
47. Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone (11/13/71, #8)
48. If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder (9/4/71, #4)
49. She's Not Just Another Woman - The 8th Day (6/19/71, #14)
50. Treat Her Like a Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (4/24/71, #13)
51. She's a Lady - Tom Jones (2/13/71, #1)
52. Love Her Madly - The Doors (4/17/71, #7)
53. Two Divided by Love - The Grass Roots (10/2/71, #3)
54. The Story in Your Eyes - The Moody Blues (8/28/71, #14)
55. Day After Day - Badfinger (12/4/71, #3)
56. So Far Away - Carole King (9/4/71, #12)
57. Fly Across the Sea - Edward Bear (12/25/71, #22)
58. Carey - Joni Mitchell (did not chart)
59. Fast Train - April Wine (6/12/71, #23)
60. Rain Dance - The Guess Who (8/7/71, #3)
61. Indian Reservation - Raiders (5/29/71, #1)
62. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels (8/21/71, #7)
63. Superstar - Carpenters (9/4/71, #3)
64. Superstar - Murray Head (5/8/71, #1)
65. Superstar - The Temptations (12/4/71, #13)
66. Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1/23/71, #10)
67. One Toke over the Line - Brewer & Shipley (2/27/71, #11)
68. Moonshadow - Cat Stevens (8/7/71, #23)
69. Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop (4/3/71, #3)
70. Trapped by a Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle (10/9/71, #21)
71. Have You Seen Her - The Chi-Lites (11/13/71, #1)
72. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner (2/27/71, #3)
73. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (1/2/71, #6)
74. Jodie - Joey Gregorash (4/10/71, #11)
75. Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band (10/9/71, #6)
76. Oh What a Feeling - Crowbar (3/27/71, #14)
77. I Ain't Got Time Anymore - The Glass Bottle (8/14/71, #17)
78. Maggie May - Rod Stewart (8/21/71, #1)
79. I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth (8/7/71, #13)
80. Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders (7/10/71, #1)
81. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez (8/21/71, #2)
82. Wild Night - Van Morrison (10/30/71, #17)
83. Your Song - Elton John (12/26/70, #4)
84. Sour Suite - The Guess Who (10/30/71, #7)
85. Liar - Three Dog Night (7/10/71, #4)
86. Peace Train - Cat Stevens (10/9/71, #7)
87. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green (10/2/71, #8)
88. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (8/21/71, #6)
89. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (5/8/71, #7)
90. American Pie - Don McLean (11/27/71, #1)
91. I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King (did not chart)
92. Heavy Makes You Happy - The Staple Singers (3/6/71, #19)
93. You Are Everything - The Stylistics (12/25/71, #4)
94. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - The Temptations (2/20/71, #13)
95. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth (7/31/71, #4)
96. Slippin' into Darkness - War (4/15/72, #4)
97. Riders on the Storm - The Doors (7/24/71, #1)
98. Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean (1/23/71, #1)
99. One More Mountain to Climb - Dr. Music (did not chart)
100. Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Paul Stookey (9/18/71, #7)

On Christmas Day, 1970, I received a Westinghouse transistor radio as a gift from my grandparents. I was nine years old, and little did they know what they were about to unleash. I inserted the supplied AA batteries, turned it on and tuned in 1050 CHUM, Toronto's Top 40 powerhouse. I discovered rock 'n' roll, and my life would never be the same.

What I heard that afternoon was probably something like this J. Michael Wilson aircheck from December 23. And if perchance CHUM was playing something drippy like The Partridge Family, four alternatives were on offer: 790 CHIC (Brampton), 1150 CKOC (Hamilton), 1280 CHAM (Hamilton) and 1430 CKFH (Toronto).

Fast forward 49 years and with the help of the CHUM Tribute site, I'm rediscovering the music of my youth, creating my personal Top 100 for 1970, 1971 and 1972. I consider these the prime years. From 1973 onward, the music grew increasingly saccharine. Then came disco. Regardless, I just downloaded every CHUM chart from January 3, 1970 till they stopped publishing them in mid-1975. I consider them pure gold: touchstones of my youth that I never expected to see again. I've been scouring the charts, especially their lower reaches, for obscurities I missed when I first assembled my playlists for the big three years, and I found some gems that fleshed out my Top 100.

So ... what can I say about 1970? I feel rather unqualified to discuss the year as a whole because I only signed up in the last week. I'm in the strange position of having heard The Beatles' debut solo singles before I'd heard of The Beatles. I remember thinking, sometime in 1973 maybe, "You mean John, Paul, George and Ringo were all in the same band once? Wow. I should check them out." And that, of course, sent me on another wonderful journey. Certainly, the breakup of The Beatles is the single biggest musical story of the year, followed by the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. But 1970 is, as you'll discover below, so much more than that. Here you'll find pile-driving rockers, bubblegum classics, killer pop songs and the first stirrings of soul mutating into funk, not to mention a few oddball novelties. This was a time when white and black musics sat side by side on the charts in their many guises: soul, funk, rock, gospel, pop, folk, country and more. Music wasn't segregated and segmented as it is now. From fuzzed-out guitars to funky grooves to lush orchestral passages, 1970 has it all.

My Top 100 is in no particular order, other than what makes sense to me as a playlist. The nine songs that kick it off are among the first I ever heard, which is why I've given them prominence. A few songs released in 1970 didn't chart until early or even mid-1971 on CHUM. Regardless, they properly belong to 1970 and so are included here. In brackets is the date the song debuted on the CHUM chart, followed by its peak chart position. Chart-topping songs are in bold. You'll note that a few songs in my Top 100 didn't chart at all. Some may have charted on the other Top 40 stations mentioned above; as for the rest, they're worthy tunes I encountered later that deserved a better fate.

But enough rambling—here's my Top 100 of 1970. Explore, discover, and enjoy the great sounds of a terrific year!

1. Games - Redeye (12/12/70, #10)
2. Love the One You're With - Stephen Stills (12/19/70, #1)
3. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (11/28/70, #1)
4. Born to Wander - Rare Earth (1/9/71, #8)
5. I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper (3/27/71, #6)
6. Express Yourself - Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (9/26/70, #15)
7. Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (12/12/70, #6)
8. Hey Tonight - Creedence Clearwater Revival (did not chart)
9. We Gotta Get You a Woman - Runt (12/19/70, #7)
10. Evil Ways - Santana (2/7/70, #5)
11. Are You Ready - Pacific Gas & Electric (5/30/70, #24)
12. Celebrate - Three Dog Night (3/7/70, #16)
13. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown (did not chart)
14. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse (2/21/70, #3)
15. Make Me Smile - Chicago (4/18/70, #5)
16. Bus Rider - The Guess Who (did not chart)
17. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (2/28/70, #4)
18. The Witch's Promise - Jethro Tull (did not chart)
19. Do What You Wanna Do - Five Flights Up (10/10/70, #22)
20. Turn Back the Hands of Time - Tyrone Davis (4/4/70, #11)
21. Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (10/24/70, #3)
22. Blue Money - Van Morrison (2/27/71, #16)
23. Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1/31/70, #1)
24. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (7/25/70, #6)
25. Hitchin' a Ride - Vanity Fare (5/2/70, #4)
26. As the Years Go By - Mashmakan (7/4/70, #1)
27. We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters (9/26/70, #2)
28. Black Magic Woman - Santana (11/14/70, #2)
29. Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel (4/25/70, #2)
30. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (6/27/70, #3)
31. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry (7/18/70, #4)
32. ABC - The Jackson 5 (3/21/70, #3)
33. Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof Aged in Soul (11/14/70, #12)
34. Give Me Just a Little More Time - The Chairmen of the Board (1/24/70, #5)
35. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder (7/11/70, #14)
36. Mr. Monday - The Original Caste (4/25/70, #3)
37. No Time - The Guess Who (1/3/70, #9)
38. One Man Band - Three Dog Night (1/2/71, #20)
39. Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1/31/70, #1)
40. Who Needs Ya - Steppenwolf (1/16/71, #17)
41. Mexico - Jefferson Airplane (did not chart)
42. You, Me and Mexico - Edward Bear (3/14/70, #3)
43. Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots (2/20/71, #7)
44. My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains (4/11/70, #2)
45. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago (8/8/70, #1)
46. The Letter - Joe Cocker (5/2/70, #2)
47. Tighter, Tighter - Alive and Kicking (6/20/70, #6)
48. Corrina, Corrina - King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar (9/12/70, #23)
49. Band Bandit - Tundra (did not chart)
50. Yellow River - Christie (7/25/70, #5)
51. Wild World - Cat Stevens (did not chart)
52. All Right Now - Free (9/12/70, #2)
53. You're the One - Little Sister (4/11/70, #12)
54. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & the Family Stone (1/24/70, #1)
55. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles (5/23/70, #1)
56. No Sugar Tonight - The Guess Who (3/21/70, #1)
57. Reflections of My Life - The Marmalade (3/14/70, #7)
58. Question - The Moody Blues (5/9/70, #7)
59. Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (5/2/70, #16)
60. Come Running - Van Morrison (4/4/70, #8)
61. Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival (5/2/70, #1)
62. Fire and Rain - James Taylor (10/3/70, #6)
63. Love on a Two-Way Street - The Moments (5/16/70, #3)
64. Ball of Confusion - The Temptations (5/30/70, #7)
65. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 (9/26/70, #1)
66. O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps (6/28/70, #9)
67. Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Three Dog Night (5/30/70, #2)
68. American Woman - The Guess Who (3/21/70, #1)
69. Vehicle - The Ides of March (3/28/70, #2)
70. Lucretia MacEvil - Blood, Sweat & Tears (10/24/70, #11)
71. Up the Ladder to the Roof - The Supremes (3/14/70, #13)
72. Go Back - Crabby Appleton (8/15/70, #10)
73. Lola - The Kinks (10/3/70, #2)
74. Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (5/9/70, #8)
75. Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (6/13/70, #5)
76. Oye Como Va - Santana (3/13/71, #19)
77. No Matter What - Badfinger (11/21/70, #3)
78. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor (7/25/70, #4)
79. Joanne - Michael Nesmith and the First National Band (8/15/70, #6)
80. I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds (1/16/71, #3)
81. Instant Karma! - John Lennon (2/28/70, #1)
82. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (2/20/71, #9)
83. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (12/5/70, #2)
84. (They Long to Be) Close to You - Carpenters (6/28/70, #1)
85. Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who (7/11/70, #3)
86. Out in the Country - Three Dog Night (9/12/70, #11)
87. Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon & War (7/4/70, #4)
88. Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs (9/5/70, #18)
89. Hey Lawdy Mama - Steppenwolf (did not chart)
90. Venus - The Shocking Blue (1/3/70, #1)
91. If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & the Pips (12/26/70, #6)
92. 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love) - The Presidents (11/28/70, #7)
93. Colour My World - Chicago (7/7/71, #3)
94. One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste (1/3/70, #1)
95. War - Edwin Starr (7/18/70, #1)
96. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (2/20/71, #16)
97. Domino - Van Morrison (11/21/70, #4)
98. Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (2/7/70, #1)
99. Share the Land - The Guess Who (10/17/70, #3)
100. Let It Be - The Beatles (3/21/70, #1)