Top 100 songs for February 21, 1970
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1970 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody Is A Star” by Sly & The Family Stone. Meanwhile, “Kentucky Rain” by Elvis Presley rises from No. 96 to No. 40. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Kentucky Rain — Elvis Presleyup 56 places, No. 96 → No. 40
- All I Have To Do Is Dream — Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbellup 42 places, No. 95 → No. 53
- Come And Get It — Badfingerup 35 places, No. 89 → No. 54
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- House Of The Rising Sun — Frijid PinkNo. 30
- Never Had A Dream Come True — Stevie WonderNo. 37
- If I Were A Carpenter — Johnny Cash & June CarterNo. 38
- Jennifer Tomkins — Street PeopleNo. 39
- Kentucky Rain — Elvis PresleyNo. 40
First-week entries
- Gotta Hold On To This Feeling — Jr. Walker & The All StarsNo. 64
- Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) — Edison LighthouseNo. 68
- Gotta Get Back To You — Tommy James And The ShondellsNo. 79
- A Change Is Gonna Come & People Gotta Be Free/The Declaration — The 5th DimensionNo. 80
- Until It's Time For You To Go — Neil DiamondNo. 87
- Take A Look Around — SmithNo. 88
- The Cat Walk — The Village Soul ChoirNo. 91
- California Girl — Eddie FloydNo. 93
- Just Seventeen — The RaidersNo. 94
- Baby Make It Soon — The Flying MachineNo. 95
- Temma Harbour — Mary HopkinNo. 97
- Comin' Home — Delaney & Bonnie & Friends/Eric ClaptonNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.