We’re running late this month, so let’s rush to the end of 1970 with the songs of December, 1970…
Songs of the month
- “5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love)” – Presidents
- “After Midnight” – Eric Clapton
- [new] “Be My Baby” – Andy Kim
- “Black Magic Woman” – Santana
- [new] “Can’t Stop Loving You” – Tom Jones
- “Cry Me A River” – Joe Cocker
- “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” – Chicago
- [new] “Domino” – Van Morrison
- “Engine Number 9” – Wilson Pickett
- “Fire And Rain” – James Taylor
- “For The Good Times” – Ray Price
- “Green-Eyed Lady” – Sugarloaf
- [new] “Groove Me” – King Floyd
- “Gypsy Woman” – Brian Hyland
- [new] “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” – Neil Diamond
- “Heaven Help Us All” – Stevie Wonder
- “I Think I Love You” – Partridge Family
- “I’ll Be There” – Jackson Five
- [new] “If I Were Your Woman” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
- [new] “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin
- “Indiana Wants Me” – R. Dean Taylor
- “It Don’t Matter To Me” – Bread
- [new] “It’s Impossible” – Perry Como
- [new] “Knock Three Times” – Dawn
- “Let’s Work Together” – Canned Heat
- [new] “Lonely Days” – Bee Gees
- “Montego Bay” – Bobby Bloom
- [new] “My Brother” – Neil Diamond
- [new] “My Sweet Lord / Isn’t It A Pity” – George Harrison
- “No Matter What” – Badfinger
- “One Less Bell To Answer” – 5Th Dimension
- [new] “One Man Band” – Three Dog Night
- [new] “Pay To The Piper” – Chairmen Of The Board
- [new] “River Deep Mountain High” – Supremes & The Four Tops
- “See Me Feel Me” – Who
- “Share The Land” – Guess Who
- “Somebody’s Been Sleeping” – 100 Proof Aged In Soul
- “Stoned Love” – Supremes
- [new] “Stoney End” – Barbra Streisand
- “Tears Of A Clown” – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- “We’ve Only Just Begun” – Carpenters
- “Yellow River” – Christie
- “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” – Elvis Presley
- [new] “Your Song” – Elton John
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On the 1st “What Color Is Your Parachute?”, an early example of the, now massive, self-help industry was first published by the author Richard Nelson Bolles . In 1991, the Library of Congress would name Bolles’ book as one of “25 books that have shaped readers’ lives”.
Then on the 21st Elvis Presley was welcomed to the White House by U.S. President Nixon. The meeting would become the subject of several books and two films, “Elvis Meets Nixon” in 1997 and “Elvis & Nixon” in 2016. Despite the fame of both Nixon and Presley, the meeting was not reported in the media at the time and went unnoticed for more than a year until Jack Anderson’s nationally syndicated newspaper column of January 27, 1972.
On the 31st Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit against John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in London to dissolve The Beatles’s legal partnership.
What’d Sadie think?
A week extra at the top for the Partridge Family with “I Think I Love You” before two for”Tears Of A Clown” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, with the month rounded out by the first hit for ex-Beatle George Harrison with “My Sweet Lord / Isn’t It A Pity”.
Loved ’em
- “Groove Me” – King Floyd
- “If I Were Your Woman” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
- “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin
- “Lonely Days” – Bee Gees
- “Pay To The Piper” – Chairmen Of The Board
- “Your Song” – Elton John
Liked ’em
- “Can’t Stop Loving You” – Tom Jones
- “Domino” – Van Morrison
- “It’s Impossible” – Perry Como
- “Knock Three Times” – Dawn
- “One Man Band” – Three Dog Night
- “River Deep Mountain High” – Supremes & The Four Tops
- “Stoney End” – Barbra Streisand
Leave ’em
- “He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother” – Neil Diamond
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.