Time goes by so slowly, and time can do so much ("Unchained Melody" from 1955), A quantum leap occurred sometime between the sixties and the seventies, but it didn't happen this year...well..er, maybe not! The Beat goes on! Omygod...the Jackson 5 and little Michael -- in 1970????
The Music Scene in 1970!
The HitThe ArtistsWhen you sang itThe labels....
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My HeadB. J. Thomas

after years of trying...

January and intoScepter
I Want You BackThe Jackson FiveFebruaryMotown
VenusThe Shocking Blue FeburaryColossus
Thank You (FaLettinMe Be Mice Elf Agin)Sly & The Family StoneFebruaryEpic
Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and GarfunkleMarchColumbia
Let It BeThe BeatlesMarch and AprilApple
A B C The Jackson Five April and MayMotown
American WomanThe Guess Who
, from Canada!
MayRCA
Everything Is BeautifulRay StevensJuneBarnaby
The Long And Winding Road The Beatles
their last song as a group, and last #1
JuneApple
The Love You SaveThe Jackson FiveJuneMotown
Mama Told Me (Not To Come) Three Dog Night
(how'd they get the name?)
JulyDunhill
(They Long To Be) Close To YouThe CarpentersJulyA & M
Make It With YouBread
(their first)
AugustElectra
War Edwin Starr AugustGordy
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross & The SupremesSeptemberMotown
Cracklin' RosieNeil DiamondOctoberBang
I'll Be ThereThe Jackson FiveOctoberMotown
I Think I Love You
It had a picture sleeve!
The Partridge FamilyNovemberBell
The Tears Of A ClownSmokey Robinson & The MiraclesDecemberTamla
My Sweet Lord George HarrisonDecemberApple


The song of the year was ABC...the hot group was undoubtedly the Jackson 5, with 4 Number 1 hits under their belt! Pop music reigns supreme...we lost the Beatles to the Jackson 5??? I'm outta here!