So I'm gonna put a tentative top thirteen (because I'm not limited to base 10) for each year, and hope people will suggest songs I've somehow left out because this is a long-haul task to fine tune it to the ones which meant the most to me. The numbers at the end are month/year just for completeness.
Here they are:
- Mungo Jerry – In The Summertime – 06-70
- The Carpenters – (They Long To Be) Close To You – 10-70
- Badfinger – Come And Get It – 01-70
- Bread – Make It With You – 09-70
- White Plains – Julie, Do Ya Love Me – 11-70
- Neil Diamond – Cracklin' Rosie – 11-70
- The Kinks – Lola – 07-70
- Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours – 08-70
- The Jackson Five – ABC – 06-70
- Gilbert O'Sullivan – Nothing Rhymed – 12-70
- Freda Payne – Band Of Gold – 09-70
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tears Of A Clown – 08-70
- Diana Ross – Ain't No Mountain High Enough – 10-70
And a few which deserve an honorary mention:
The Beatles – Let It Be – 03-70
Chicago – 25 Or 6 To 4 – 08-70
Clarence Carter – Patches – 10-70
Sacha Distel – Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head – 03-70
Lee Marvin – Wand'rin' Star – 02-70
Matthews Southern Comfort – Woodstock – 10-70
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water – 03-70
As you can see, a lot of my choices were proper "bubble-gum" tracks, but in my defence, I was only 10 years old for the majority of the year.
Huge thanks to this fab website for taking a lot of the research strain out of it for me: http://www.severing.nu/music/1970UK.html
