Top 100 songs for September 19, 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 “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” by Diana Ross. Meanwhile, “Fire And Rain” by James Taylor rises from No. 83 to No. 50. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Fire And Rain — James Taylorup 33 places, No. 83 → No. 50
- Somebody's Been Sleeping — 100 Proof Aged in Soulup 23 places, No. 75 → No. 52
- We've Only Just Begun — Carpentersup 19 places, No. 84 → No. 65
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- I'll Be There — Jackson 5No. 40
- When You Get Right Down To It — The DelfonicsNo. 83
- Our House — Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungNo. 84
- Holy Man — Diane KolbyNo. 86
- Georgia Took Her Back — R.B. GreavesNo. 88
- Come On And Say It — The Grass RootsNo. 89
- God, Love And Rock & Roll — Teegarden & Van WinkleNo. 90
- Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong — The WhispersNo. 92
- Something — Shirley BasseyNo. 94
- Love Uprising — Otis LeavilleNo. 95
- And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind — Mark LindsayNo. 96
- Stoned Cowboy — FantasyNo. 99
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.