Top 100 songs for May 9, 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 “American Woman/No Sugar Tonight” by The Guess Who. Meanwhile, “Mississippi Queen” by Mountain rises from No. 88 to No. 65. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Mississippi Queen — Mountainup 23 places, No. 88 → No. 65
- Daughter Of Darkness — Tom Jonesup 18 places, No. 49 → No. 31
- Up Around The Bend/Run Through The Jungle — Creedence Clearwater Revivalup 17 places, No. 30 → No. 13
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- The Letter — Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter PeopleNo. 26
- Daughter Of Darkness — Tom JonesNo. 31
- Hey Lawdy Mama — SteppenwolfNo. 38
- Let Me Go To Him — Dionne WarwickNo. 39
- Oh Happy Day — Glen CampbellNo. 40
First-week entries
- Baby Hold On — The Grass RootsNo. 79
- Ride Captain Ride — Blues ImageNo. 85
- Go Back — Crabby AppletonNo. 86
- Into The Mystic — Johnny RiversNo. 90
- Baby I Love You — Little MiltonNo. 91
- I Call My Baby Candy — The JaggerzNo. 92
- Tobacco Road — JamulNo. 93
- Patch Of Blue — Frankie Valli & The 4 SeasonsNo. 94
- If You Do Believe In Love — The Tee SetNo. 95
- Sweet Feeling — Candi StatonNo. 96
- She Didn't Know (She Kept On Talking) — Dee Dee WarwickNo. 99
- And My Heart Sang (Tra La La) — Brenda & The TabulationsNo. 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.