1
record label: Tamla 54199
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson
album: Make It Happen / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Tears of a Clown
1970
Tamla
2
record label: Motown 1171
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
written by: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Jackson 5
I'll Be There
1970
Motown
3
record label: Motown 1169
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #6
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
1970
Motown
4
record label: Gordy 7101
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #3
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: War and Peace / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr
War
1970
Gordy
5
record label: Invictus 9075
chart position: UK #1, RandB #20, US #3
written by: Brian Holand, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Rolland Dunbar
album: Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
Band of Gold
1970
Invictus
6
record label: Motown 1166
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
written by: Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, & Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Jackson 5
The Love You Save
1970
Motown
7
record label: Motown 1163
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Jackson 5
ABC
1970
Motown
8
record label: Atlantic 2748
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #2
written by: General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar
album: Patches / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: (southern soul)
Clarence Carter
Patches
1970
Atlantic
9
record label: Gordy 7099
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #7
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
1970
Gordy
10
record label: Invictus 9074
chart position: RandB #8, US #3, UK #3
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
Chairmen of the Board
Give Me Just a Little More Time
1970
Invictus
11
record label: Bell 940
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Portrait
comments: [pop soul ballad]
The 5th Dimension
One Less Bell to Answer
1970
Bell
12
record label: Epic 510555
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: S. Stewart
album: Greatest Hits
comments: Double-sided hit with Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
Sly & the Family Stone
Everybody Is A Star
1970
Epic
13
record label: Epic 510555
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Sly Stone
album: Greatest Hits
comments: Double-sided hit with Everybody Is A Star
Sly & the Family Stone
Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
1970
Epic
14
record label: Motown 1166
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: The Corporation
album: ABC
comments: [Motown Sound] (B side of The Love You Save charted in US from Aug 1970)
The Jackson 5
I Found That Girl
1970
Motown
15
record label: Motown 1172
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #3, US AC #24
written by: Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson
album: New Ways But Love Stays / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes
Stoned Love
1970
Motown
16
record label: Tamla 54196
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #15
written by: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta & Lula Mae Hardaway
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
1970
Tamla
17
record label: Cotillion 44057
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #2
written by: Tony Joe White
album: Brook Benton Today
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton
Rainy Night in Georgia
1970
Cotillion
18
record label: Stang 5012
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Sylvia Robinson & Bert Keyes
album: Not On The Outside, But On The Inside, Strong!
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Moments
Love on a Two-Way Street
1970
Stang
19
record label: Dakar 616
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Jack Daniels & Bonnie Thompson
album: Turn Back the Hands of Time / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
Tyrone Davis
Turn Back the Hands of Time
1970
Dakar
20
record label: Chimneyville 435
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #51
written by: King Floyd
album: King Floyd
comments: [southern soul funk]
King Floyd
Groove Me
1970
Chimneyville
21
record label: Motown 1162
chart position: RandB #5, US #10, UK #6, US AC #28
written by: Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco
album: Right On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes
Up the Ladder to the Roof
1970
Motown
22
record label: Tamla Motown 54 (UK)
chart position: US #5, UK #2
written by: R. Dean Taylor
album: I Think, Therefore I Am / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [pop, rock, soul]
R. Dean Taylor
Indiana Wants Me
1970
Tamla Motown
23
record label: Tamla Motown 742
chart position: RandB #20, US #4
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Get Ready
comments: [rock soul] [Motown Sound]
Rare Earth
Get Ready
1970
Tamla Motown
24
record label: Gordy 7096
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Psychedelic Shack / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Psychedelic Shack
1970
Gordy
25
record label: Motown 1170
chart position: RandB #4, US #11, UK #10
written by: Smokey Robinson & Frank Wilson
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Four Tops
Still Water (Love)
1970
Motown
26
record label: RCA 0319
chart position: RandB #13, US #6, US AC #9
written by: Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters & Anita Poree
album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends
comments: [pop soul]
The Friends of Distinction
Love or Let Me Be Lonely
1970
RCA
27
record label: Motown 1164
chart position: RandB #6, US #24, UK #5, US AC #39
written by: Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
Four Tops
It's All in the Game
1970
Motown
28
record label: Atlantic 2751
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #13
written by: Ahmet Ertegun & Betty Nelson
album: Spirit In The Dark
Aretha Franklin
Don't Play That Song
1970
Atlantic
29
record label: Motown 1176
chart position: RandB #10, US #16, UK #7, US AC #20
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross
Remember Me
1970
Motown
30
record label: Tamla 54200
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #29
written by: Ronald Miller (as Ron Miller)
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Heaven Help Us All
1970
Tamla
31
record label: Philly Groove 161
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #22
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
The Delfonics
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
1970
Philly Groove
32
record label: Motown 1173
chart position: RandB #7, US #14, UK #11
written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
album: The Magnificent 7 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes & Four Tops
River Deep, Mountain High
1970
Motown
33
record label: Soul 35078
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Gloria Jones, Clay McMurray & Pam Sawyer
album: If I Were Your Woman
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
If I Were Your Woman
1970
Soul
34
record label: Columbia 469
chart position: UK #2, US #103
written by: Jimmy Cliff
album: You Can Get It If You Really Want
comments: [Reggae]
Desmond Dekker
You Can Get It If You Really Want
1970
Columbia
35
record label: Buddah 165
chart position: RandB #14, US #8
written by: Stan Vincent
album: Stairsteps
The Five Stairsteps
O-o-h Child
1970
Buddah
36
record label: VIP 25057
chart position: RandB #4, UK #20, US #14
written by: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett & Syreeta (as Syreeta Wright)
album: 2nd Time Around / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [motown sound]
The Spinners
It's a Shame
1970
VIP
37
record label: Tamla 54191
chart position: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Never Had a Dream Come True
1970
Tamla
38
record label: Hot Wax 7004
chart position: RandB #6, US #8
written by: General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond
album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
1970
Hot Wax
39
record label: Columbia 45110
chart position: RandB #9, US #8
written by: Charles Courtney & Peter Link
album: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
Ronnie Dyson
(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
1970
Columbia
40
record label: Invictus 9081
chart position: RandB #4, US #13, UK #34
written by: Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Gerard Johnson & Greg Perry
album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
Chairmen of the Board
Pay to the Piper
1970
Invictus
41
record label: Invictus 9078
chart position: UK #5, RandB #19, US #38
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
Chairmen of the Board
(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String
1970
Invictus
42
record label: King 6318
chart position: RandB #2, US #15, UK #32
written by: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff
album: Sex Machine
comments: [funk]
James Brown
Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine
1970
King
43
record label: MGM 14118
chart position: US #3
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard Scott
album: Eric Burdon Declares 'War'
comments: [jazz, funk, rock]
Eric Burdon & War
Spill the Wine
1970
MGM
44
record label: Atlantic 2706
chart position: RandB #1, US #13
written by: Aretha Franklin
album: This Girl's In Love With You
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin
Call Me
1970
Atlantic
45
record label: Warner 7417
chart position: RandB #3, US #12
written by: Charles Wright
album: Express Yourself
comments: [funk]
Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
Express Yourself
1970
Warner
46
record label: Sussex 207
chart position: RandB #5, US #11
written by: Tony Boyd & Archie Powell
album: 5 10 15 20 25 30 Years of Love
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Presidents
5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)
1970
Sussex
47
record label: King 6329
chart position: RandB #1, US #13
written by: James Brown
album: Super Bad
comments: [funk]
James Brown
Super Bad
1970
King
48
record label: Soul 35069
chart position: RandB #4, US #12
written by: Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy & Elgie Stover
album: Portrait of the Originals / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [sweet soul ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Originals
The Bells
1970
Soul
49
record label: Stax 0059
chart position: RandB #5, US #28, UK #18
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Do the Funky Chicken / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul funk]
Rufus Thomas
Do the Funky Chicken
1970
Stax
50
record label: Harry J 6605
chart position: UK #5
written by: Nina Simone and Master Wel (as Weldon Irvine)
album: Young Gifted And Black
comments: [Reggae]
Bob & Marcia
Young, Gifted and Black
1970
Harry J
51
record label: Mercury 73083
chart position: RandB #8, US #12
written by: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis
album: The Gene Chandler Situation
Gene Chandler
Groovy Situation
1970
Mercury
52
record label: Atlantic 2765
chart position: RandB #3, US #14
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
Wilson Pickett
Engine Number 9
1970
Atlantic
53
record label: Motown 1165
chart position: RandB #7, US #20, UK #33, US AC #18
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
1970
Motown
54
record label: Invictus 9080
chart position: RandB #9, US #24, UK #33
written by: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
Deeper and Deeper
1970
Invictus
55
record label: Philips 320226(UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
comments: [northern soul]
Frankie Valli
You're Ready Now
1970
Philips
56
record label: Warner/Seven Arts 7365
chart position: RandB #23, US #16
written by: Charles Wright & Don Trotter
album: In the Jungle, Babe
Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
Love Land
1970
Warner/Seven Arts
57
record label: Soul 35070
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: Pam Sawyer, Joe Hinton & Johnny Bristol
album: What Does It Take To Win Your Love / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Gotta Hold On To This Feeling
1970
Soul
58
record label: Invictus 9079
chart position: UK #12, RandB #14, US #38
written by: Daphne Dumas, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. , Ronald Dunbar
album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
Chairmen of the Board
Everything's Tuesday
1970
Invictus
59
record label: Stax 0079
chart position: RandB #1, US #25
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Did You Heard Me?
comments: (southern soul funk)
Rufus Thomas
(Do the) Push and Pull
1970
Stax
60
record label: Tamla Motown 734 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Dick Holler
album: That's The Way Love Is
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye
Abraham, Martin and John
1970
Tamla Motown
61
record label: Atlantic 2722
chart position: RandB #4, US #25
written by: Andy Kim & Jeff Barry
album: Right On
Wilson Pickett
Sugar, Sugar
1970
Atlantic
62
record label: Fame 1472
chart position: RandB #4, US #24
written by: Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette
album: Stand by Your Man
comments: [southern soul]
Candi Staton
Stand by Your Man
1970
Fame
63
record label: Gordy 7104
chart position: RandB #5, US #26, UK #33
written by: Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: Involved
comments: [Motown Sound]
Edwin Starr
Stop the War Now
1970
Gordy
64
record label: Tamla Motown 747(UK)
chart position: RandB #11, US #21, US AC #29
written by: Lou Stallman
album: Right On / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes
Everybody's Got the Right to Love
1970
Tamla Motown
65
record label: Stone Flower 9000
chart position: RandB #4, US #22
written by: S. Stewart
comments: [funk]
Little Sister
You're the One
1970
Stone Flower
66
record label: Curtom 1951
chart position: RandB #3, US #28
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Check Out Your Mind
The Impressions
Check Out Your Mind
1970
Curtom
67
record label: Tamla Motown 753(UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: James Dean and William Witherspoon
album: Ruff'n Ready / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jimmy Ruffin
It's Wonderful (To Be Loved by You)
1970
Tamla Motown
68
record label: Hot Wax 7003
chart position: RandB #15, US #24
written by: Daphne Dumas, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Westbound #9
comments: [rock soul]
The Flaming Ember
Westbound Number 9
1970
Hot Wax
69
record label: Atlantic 2731
chart position: RandB #3, US #23
written by: Aretha Franklin
album: Spirit In The Dark
Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark
1970
Atlantic
70
record label: Soul 35071
chart position: RandB #3, US #25
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
1970
Soul
71
record label: Soul 35073
chart position: RandB #3, US #32, UK #51
written by: Johnny Bristol & Robert Beavers
album: A Gassssss / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Do You See My Love (For You Growing)
1970
Soul
72
record label: Curtom 1955
chart position: RandB #3, US #29
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Curtis
Curtis Mayfield
(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
1970
Curtom
73
record label: Roulette 7079
chart position: RandB #4, US #29
written by: Richard Barrett
album: Maybe
comments: [ballad]
The Three Degrees
Maybe
1970
Roulette
74
record label: Kapp 2085
chart position: RandB #20, US #28, US AC #10
written by: Gerald Wilson
album: Viva Tirado
comments: Instrumental
El Chicano
Viva Tirado
1970
Kapp
75
record label: Atlantic 452681
chart position: RandB #12, US #30
written by: Dave Crawford & Jackie Moore
comments: [southern soul]
Jackie Moore
Precious, Precious
1970
Atlantic
76
record label: Tamla Motown 740(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: James Dean, William Weatherspoon and Stephen Bowden
album: Ruff'n Ready / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound] (re release}
Jimmy Ruffin
I'll Say Forever My Love
1970
Tamla Motown
77
record label: King 6292
chart position: RandB #3, US #32
written by: James Brown
album: It's A New Day Let A Man Come In
comments: [funk]
James Brown
It's a New Day
1970
King
78
record label: Bell 1128 (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [northern soul]
Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon
(Blame It) On the Pony Express
1970
Bell
79
record label: King 6310
chart position: RandB #2, US #32
written by: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
James Brown
Brother Rapp
1970
King
80
record label: Scepter 12294
chart position: RandB #26, US #37, US AC #2
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Very Dionne
comments: [ballad]
Dionne Warwick
Make It Easy on Yourself
1970
Scepter
81
record label: Brunswick 55436
chart position: RandB #14, US #30
written by: Gus Redmond, Larry Brownlee & Lowrell Simon
album: The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked
comments: [ballad]
The Lost Generation
The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked
1970
Brunswick
82
record label: Island 6087
chart position: UK #8
written by: Cat Stevens
comments: [reggae]
Jimmy Cliff
Wild World
1970
Island
83
record label: Spring 108
chart position: RandB #3, US #40
written by: Joe Simon, Raeford Gerald & Doc Price
album: The Power of Joe Simon
comments: [deep soul]
Joe Simon
Your Time to Cry
1970
Spring
84
record label: Liberty 56177
chart position: RandB #25, US #34
written by: Sylvester Stewart
album: Come Together
Ike & Tina Turner
I Want to Take You Higher
1970
Liberty
85
record label: Hot Wax 7006
chart position: RandB #12, US #34
written by: William Weatherspoon, Raynard Miner & Ronald Dunbar
album: Sunshine
The Flaming Ember
I'm Not My Brother's Keeper
1970
Hot Wax
86
record label: Stone Flower 9001
chart position: RandB #8, US #32
written by: Sly Stone
Little Sister
Somebody's Watching You
1970
Stone Flower
87
record label: Scepter 12276
chart position: RandB #45, US #32, US AC #5
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Very Dionne
comments: [ballad]
Dionne Warwick
Let Me Go to Him
1970
Scepter
88
record label: Stax 0068
chart position: RandB #3, US #37
written by: Jimmy Hughes
comments: [southern soul]
Johnnie Taylor
Steal Away
1970
Stax
89
record label: Trojan 7750
chart position: UK #9
written by: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins
comments: [reggae]
Nicky Thomas
Love of the Common People
1970
Trojan
90
record label: Gordy 7102
chart position: RandB #8, US #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)
1970
Gordy
91
record label: Stax 0078
chart position: RandB #4, US #39
written by: Arthur Snider
album: One Step Beyond
comments: [southern soul]
Johnnie Taylor
I Am Somebody
1970
Stax
92
record label: Atlantic 2772
chart position: RandB #5, US #37
written by: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
album: Young, Gifted and Black
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin
Border Song
1970
Atlantic
93
record label: Atlantic 2726
chart position: RandB #6, US #42
written by: Clarence Carter & George Jackson
album: Patches / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: [southern soul]
Clarence Carter
I Can't Leave Your Love Alone
1970
Atlantic
94
record label: Stateside 91734
chart position: UK #10
written by: John Cameron
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [northern soul]
Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon
Sweet Inspiration
1970
Stateside
95
record label: Tamla 54195
chart position: RandB #7, US #40
written by: Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: M.P.G.
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye
The End of Our Road
1970
Tamla
96
record label: Philly Groove 162
chart position: RandB #8, US #40
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
The Delfonics
Trying to Make a Fool of Me
1970
Philly Groove
97
record label: Hi 2178
chart position: RandB #7, US #45
written by: Clay Hammond
album: Part Time Love / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
Ann Peebles
Part Time Love
1970
Hi
98
record label: KoKo 2105
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: Allen Jones & Homer Banks
album: I've Been Here All The Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Luther Ingram
Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
1970
KoKo
99
record label: ABC 11280
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: B.B. King
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
comments: [blues soul]
B.B. King
Chains and Things
1970
ABC
100
record label: Cadet 5667
chart position: RandB #5, US #51
written by: Bobby Miller & Allen Freed
album: Like It Is, Like It Was / The Best of The Dells
comments: [love ballad]
The Dells
Nadine
1970
Cadet