Top 100 songs for April 4, 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, “Woodstock” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young rises from No. 68 to No. 35. 19 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Woodstock — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngup 33 places, No. 68 → No. 35
- Everybody's Out Of Town — B.J. Thomasup 32 places, No. 74 → No. 42
- For The Love Of Him — Bobbi Martinup 28 places, No. 71 → No. 43
New to this week’s Top 10
- House Of The Rising Sun — Frijid PinkNo. 7
- Easy Come, Easy Go — Bobby ShermanNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- The Girls' Song — The 5th DimensionNo. 69
- Deeper (In Love With You) — The O'JaysNo. 71
- Cryin' In The Streets (Part 1) — George Perkins & The Silver StarsNo. 72
- Everything Is Beautiful — Ray StevensNo. 74
- Come Running — Van MorrisonNo. 78
- Chicken Strut — The MetersNo. 82
- Can You Feel It — Bobby GoldsboroNo. 84
- Love Minus Zero-No Limit — Turley RichardsNo. 86
- Miss America — Mark LindsayNo. 87
- Buffalo Soldier — FlamingosNo. 88
- Make Me Smile — ChicagoNo. 89
- Don't Stop Now/Since I Don't Have You — Eddie HolmanNo. 90
- Mississippi Queen — MountainNo. 92
- Hang On Sloopy — The LettermenNo. 93
- My Wife, The Dancer — Eddie & DutchNo. 94
- Cole, Cooke & Redding — Wilson PickettNo. 95
- Lucifer — Bob Seger SystemNo. 98
- Lay Lady Lay — Ferrante & TeicherNo. 99
- My Soul's Got A Hole In It — Howard TateNo. 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.