Top 100 songs for April 18, 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 “Let It Be” by The Beatles. Meanwhile, “Airport Love Theme (Gwen And Vern)” by Vincent Bell rises from No. 90 to No. 44. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Airport Love Theme (Gwen And Vern) — Vincent Bellup 46 places, No. 90 → No. 44
- Oh Happy Day — Glen Campbellup 43 places, No. 95 → No. 52
- Cecilia — Simon & Garfunkelup 30 places, No. 68 → No. 38
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Everything Is Beautiful — Ray StevensNo. 37
- Cecilia — Simon & GarfunkelNo. 38
- Love On A Two-Way Street — The MomentsNo. 40
First-week entries
- The Letter — Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter PeopleNo. 72
- I Who Have Nothing — Liquid SmokeNo. 83
- Puppet Man — The 5th DimensionNo. 86
- Let Me Go To Him — Dionne WarwickNo. 88
- Farther On Down The Road — Joe SimonNo. 89
- The Seeker — The WhoNo. 90
- My Baby Loves Lovin' — White PlainsNo. 91
- United We Stand — The Brotherhood Of ManNo. 93
- A Little Bit Of Soap — Paul DavisNo. 94
- Open Up My Heart/Nadine — The DellsNo. 95
- The Onion Song/California Soul — Marvin Gaye & Tammi TerrellNo. 96
- My Way — Brook BentonNo. 97
- Cinnamon Girl — The GentrysNo. 98
- Don't Let The Music Slip Away — Archie Bell & The DrellsNo. 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.