Top 100 songs for December 26, 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 “My Sweet Lord/Isn't It A Pity” by George Harrison. Meanwhile, “They Can't Take Away Our Music” by Eric Burdon And War rises from No. 88 to No. 69. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- They Can't Take Away Our Music — Eric Burdon And Warup 19 places, No. 88 → No. 69
- Flesh And Blood — Johnny Cashup 16 places, No. 76 → No. 60
- Lonely Days — Bee Geesup 15 places, No. 41 → No. 26
New to this week’s Top 40
- Lonely Days — Bee GeesNo. 26
- Games — RedeyeNo. 39
- We Gotta Get You A Woman — RuntNo. 40
First-week entries
- I Really Don't Want To Know/There Goes My Everything — Elvis PresleyNo. 56
- Temptation Eyes — The Grass RootsNo. 68
- Remember Me — Diana RossNo. 74
- If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon LightfootNo. 76
- 1900 Yesterday — Liz Damon's Orient ExpressNo. 78
- Watching Scotty Grow — Bobby GoldsboroNo. 79
- Holly Holy — Jr. Walker & The All StarsNo. 87
- I Hear You Knocking — Dave EdmundsNo. 90
- Shoes — Brook Benton With The Dixie FlyersNo. 96
- Sweet Mary — Wadsworth MansionNo. 98
- Way Back Home — The Jazz CrusadersNo. 99
- I Got To Tell Somebody — Betty EverettNo. 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.