Top 100 songs for March 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 “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel. Meanwhile, “Tennessee Bird Walk” by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan rises from No. 84 to No. 47. 16 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Tennessee Bird Walk — Jack Blanchard & Misty Morganup 37 places, No. 84 → No. 47
- Reflections Of My Life — The Marmaladeup 36 places, No. 96 → No. 60
- ABC — Jackson 5up 27 places, No. 41 → No. 14
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- ABC — Jackson 5No. 14
- Love Or Let Me Be Lonely — The Friends Of DistinctionNo. 38
- Shilo — Neil DiamondNo. 39
First-week entries
- Let It Be — The BeatlesNo. 6
- American Woman/No Sugar Tonight — The Guess WhoNo. 46
- Turn Back The Hands Of Time — Tyrone DavisNo. 72
- Little Green Bag — George Baker SelectionNo. 82
- I Could Write A Book — Jerry ButlerNo. 84
- Dear Prudence — The 5 StairstepsNo. 85
- Funky Drummer (Part 1) — James BrownNo. 86
- You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You) — Gladys Knight And The PipsNo. 87
- Nothing Succeeds Like Success — Bill Deal & The RhondelsNo. 88
- I Would Be In Love (Anyway) — Frank SinatraNo. 89
- Funky Chicken (Part 1) — Willie Henderson And The Soul ExplosionsNo. 91
- You Keep Tightening Up On Me — The Box TopsNo. 92
- Hitchin' A Ride — Vanity FareNo. 93
- Children — Joe SouthNo. 95
- Time To Get It Together — Country CoalitionNo. 99
- I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody's Got A Thing — FunkadelicNo. 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.