WHOT - 1330AM Youngstown Ohio Top 40 Music Survey Countdown 08-17-1970

This Top-40 music survey comes from WHOT-1330AM in Youngstown, Ohio from August 17th, 1970, features Bobby Sherman's, "Julie Do You Love Me", at #1, moving all the way up from #16. Edwin Starr's protest song "War", drops to #2, while Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4", makes a big leap into the top 5 at #3. The Guess Who's "Hand Me Down World", at #6, Clarence Carter's "Patches" #8, and Assembled Multitude's "Overture From Tommy" at #10, debut in the top 10. Biggest movers for the week are, "Candida" by Dawn (29-12), "Looking Out My Back Door" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (36-13), "Rubber Duckie" Ernie from Sesame Street (33-14), "Ain't No Mountain High enough" by Diana Ross (35-17), "Hi De Ho" by Blood Sweat & Tears (28-18), "I Remember Summer Morning" by Vanity Fair (38-25) and "Groovy Situation" by Gene Chandler (46-28) round out the top 30. Up and coming hits by Frijid Pink, Aretha Franklin and Michael Nesmith enter the top 40. 11 new chart entries this week, The Moments "If I Didn't Care" at #29, "Peace Will Come" by Melanie at #36 and Steppenwolf's "Screaming Night Hog" at #40 are the highest debut singles of the week. Other Add-ons include Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Band, "Express Yourself" at #41, Dave Mason, "Only You Know And I Know" at #43, from his Headhunter LP and "Neanderthal Man" by Hotlegs at #47. A very diverse top 50 survey of rock, jazz, pop, r&b, soul, prog and psych genres represented. No local or regional artists are reflected in the survey.

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#1 Bobby Sherman- Julie Do You Love Me

#2 War - Edwin Starr

#3 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4

#4 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime

#5 Bread - Make It With You (N/A)

#6 Guess Who - Hand Me Down World

#7 Eric Burden & War - Spill The Wine

#8 Clarence Carter - Patches

#9 B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing

#10 Assembled Multitude - Overture From Tommy

#11 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Tell It All Brother

#12 Dawn - Candida

#13 Creedence Clearwater Revival - lookin' Out My Back Door

#14 Ernie - Rubber Duckie

#15 Supremes - Everybody Has The Right To Love

#16 Poppy Family - That's Where I Went Wrong

#17 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

#18 Blood Sweat & Tears - Hi De Ho

#19 Neighborhood - Big Yellow Taxi

#20 Anne Murray - Snowbird

#21 Stevie Wonder - Signed  Sealed Delivered

#22 The Who - Summertime Blues

#23 Lost Generation - Sly Slick & Wicked

#24 Elvis Presley - I've Lost You

#25 Vanity Fair - (I Remember) Summer Morning

#26 Junior Walker - Do You See My Love

#27 The Three Degrees - Maybe

#28 Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation

#29 Moments - If I Didn't Care

#30 Tommy James - Ball & Chain

#31 Marmalade - Rainbow 

#32 Frijid Pink - Sing A Song For Freedom

#33 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song

#34 Bob Dylan - Wigwam

#35 Michael Nesmith - Jo Anne

#36 Melanie - Peace Will Come

#37 Mashmakhan - As Years Go By

#38 Neil Diamond - Solitary Man

#39 Ronnie Dyson - Why Can't I Touch You

#40 Steppenwolf - Screaming Night Hog

#41 Charles Wright Watts 103rd Street Band - Express Yourself (N/A)

#42 Jackie DeShannon - It's So Nice

#43 Dave Mason - Only You Know And I know

#44 Spinners - It's A Shame

#45 Sandpipers - Santo Domingo

#46 Smith - Comin' Back To Me

#47 Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man

#48 Guess Who - Friends Of Mine

#49 Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down

#50 Carpenters - Close To You