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| 1970 | ||||
| 279 | 31 Jan | Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) | Edison Lighthouse | 5 |
| 280 | 7 Mar | Wand'rin' Star | Lee Marvin | 3 |
| 281 | 28 Mar | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | 3 |
| 282 | 18 Apr | All Kinds Of Everything | Dana | 2 |
| 283 | 2 May | Spirit In The Sky | Norman Greenbaum | 2 |
| 284 | 16 May | Back Home | England World Cup Squad | 3 |
| 285 | 6 Jun | Yellow River | Christie | 1 |
| 286 | 13 Jun | In The Summertime | Mungo Jerry | 7 |
| 287 | 1 Aug | The Wonder Of You | Elvis Presley | 6 |
| 288 | 12 Sep | Tears Of A Clown | Smokey Robinson And The Miracles | 1 |
| 289 | 19 Sep | Band Of Gold | Freda Payne | 6 |
| 290 | 31 Oct | Woodstock | Matthews Southern Comfort | 3 |
| 291 | 21 Nov | Voodoo Chile | Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1 |
| 292 | 28 Nov | I Hear You Knockin' | Dave Edmunds' Rockpile | 6 |
| 1971 | ||||
| 293 | 9 Jan | Grandad | Clive Dunn | 3 |
| 294 | 30 Jan | My Sweet Lord | George Harrison | 5 |
| 295 | 6 Mar | Baby Jump | Mungo Jerry | 2 |
| 296 | 20 Mar | Hot Love | T.Rex | 6 |
| 297 | 1 May | Double Barrel | Dave & Ansil Collins | 2 |
| 298 | 15 May | Knock Three Times | Dawn | 5 |
| 299 | 19 Jun | Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep | Middle Of The Road | 5 |
| 300 | 24 Jul | Get It On | T.Rex | 4 |
| 301 | 21 Aug | I'm Still Waiting | Diana Ross | 4 |
| 302 | 18 Sep | Hey Girl Don't Bother Me | The Tams | 3 |
| 303 | 9 Oct | Maggie May / Reason To Believe | Rod Stewart | 5 |
| 304 | 13 Nov | Cos I Luv You | Slade | 4 |
| 305 | 11 Dec | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) | Benny Hill | 4 |
| 1972 | ||||
| 306 | 8 Jan | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing | The New Seekers | 4 |
| 307 | 5 Feb | Telegram Sam | T.Rex | 2 |
| 308 | 19 Feb | Son Of My Father | Chicory Tip | 3 |
| 309 | 11 Mar | Without You | Nilsson | 5 |
| 310 | 15 Apr | Amazing Grace | The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
5 |
| 311 | 20 May | Metal Guru | T.Rex | 4 |
| 312 | 17 Jun | Vincent | Don McLean | 2 |
| 313 | 1 Jul | Take Me Bak Ome | Slade | 1 |
| 314 | 8 Jul | Puppy Love | Donny Osmond | 5 |
| 315 | 12 Aug | School's Out! | Alice Cooper | 3 |
| 316 | 2 Sep | You Wear It Well | Rod Stewart | 1 |
| 317 | 9 Sep | Mama Weer All Crazee Now | Slade | 3 |
| 318 | 30 Sep | How Can I Be Sure? | David Cassidy | 2 |
| 319 | 14 Oct | Mouldy Ole Dough | Lieutenant Pigeon | 4 |
| 320 | 11 Nov | Clair | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 2 |
| 321 | 25 Nov | My Ding A Ling | Chuck Berry | 4 |
| 322 | 23 Dec | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool | Little Jimmy Osmond | 5 |
| 1973 | ||||
| 323 | 27 Jan | Blockbuster | The Sweet | 5 |
| 324 | 3 Mar | Cum On Feel The Noize | Slade | 4 |
| 325 | 31 Mar | The Twelfth Of Never | Donny Osmond | 1 |
| 326 | 7 Apr | Get Down | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 2 |
| 327 | 21 Apr | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree | Dawn fetauring Tony Orlando | 4 |
| 328 | 19 May | See My Baby Jive | Wizzard | 4 |
| 329 | 16 Jun | Can The Can | Suzi Quatro | 3 |
| 330 | 23 Jun | Rubber Bullets | 10CC | 1 |
| 331 | 30 Jun | Skweeze Me Pleeze Me | Slade | 3 |
| 332 | 21 Jul | Welcome Home | Peters & Lee | 1 |
| 333 | 28 Jul | I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) | Gary Glitter | 4 |
| 334 | 25 Aug | Young Love | Donny Osmond | 4 |
| 335 | 22 Sep | Angel Fingers | Wizzard | 1 |
| 336 | 29 Sep | Eye Level | Simon Park Orchestra | 4 |
| 337 | 27 Oct | Daydreamer / The Puppy Song | David Cassidy | 3 |
| 338 | 17 Nov | I Love You Love Me Love | Gary Glitter | 4 |
| 339 | 15 Dec | Merry Xmas Everybody | Slade | 5 |
| 1974 | ||||
| 340 | 19 Jan | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | The New Seekers | 1 |
| 341 | 26 Jan | Tiger Feet | Mud | 4 |
| 342 | 23 Feb | Devil Gate Drive | Suzi Quatro | 2 |
| 343 | 9 Mar | Jealous Mind | Alvin Stardust | 1 |
| 344 | 16 Mar | Billy Don't Be A Hero | Paper Lace | 3 |
| 345 | 6 Apr | Seasons In The Sun | Terry Jacks | 4 |
| 346 | 4 May | Waterloo | Abba | 2 |
| 347 | 18 May | Sugar Baby Love | The Rubettes | 4 |
| 348 | 15 Jun | The Streak | Ray Stevens | 1 |
| 349 | 22 Jun | Always Yours | Gary Glitter | 1 |
| 350 | 29 Jun | She | Charles Aznavour | 4 |
| 351 | 27 Jul | Rock Your Baby | George McCrae | 3 |
| 352 | 17 Aug | When Will I See You Again | The Three Degrees | 2 |
| 353 | 31 Aug | Love Me For A Reason | The Osmonds | 3 |
| 354 | 21 Sep | Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas | 3 |
| 355 | 12 Oct | Annie's Song | John Denver | 1 |
| 356 | 19 Oct | Sad Sweet Dreamer | Sweet Sensation | 1 |
| 357 | 26 Oct | Everything I Own | Ken Boothe | 3 |
| 358 | 16 Nov | Gonna Make You A Star | David Essex | 3 |
| 359 | 7 Dec | You're The First, The Last, My Everything | Barry White | 2 |
| 360 | 21 Dec | Lonely This Christmas | Mud | 4 |
| 1975 | ||||
| 361 | 18 Jan | Down Down | Status Quo | 1 |
| 362 | 25 Jan | Ms Grace | The Tymes | 1 |
| 363 | 1 Feb | January | Pilot | 3 |
| 364 | 22 Feb | Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) | Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel | 2 |
| 365 | 8 Mar | If | Telly Savalas | 2 |
| 366 | 22 Mar | Bye Bye Baby | The Bay City Rollers | 6 |
| 367 | 3 May | Oh Boy | Mud | 2 |
| 368 | 17 May | Stand By Your Man | Tammy Wynette | 3 |
| 369 | 7 Jun | Whispering Grass | Windsor Davies and Don Estelle | 3 |
| 370 | 28 Jun | I'm Not In Love | 10cc | 2 |
| 371 | 12 Jul | Tears On My Pillow | Johnny Nash | 1 |
| 372 | 19 Jul | Give A Little Love | Bay City Rollers | 3 |
| 373 | 9 Aug | Barbados | Typically Tropical | 1 |
| 374 | 16 Aug | Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) | Stylistics | 3 |
| 375 | 6 Sep | Sailing | Rod Stewart | 4 |
| 376 | 4 Oct | Hold Me Close | David Essex | 3 |
| 377 | 25 Oct | I Only Have Eyes For You | Art Garfunkel | 2 |
| 378 | 8 Nov | Space Oddity | David Bowie | 2 |
| 379 | 22 Nov | D.I.V.O.R.C.E. | Billy Connolly | 1 |
| 380 | 29 Nov | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | 9 |
| 1976 | ||||
| 381 | 31 Jan | Mamma Mia | Abba | 2 |
| 382 | 14 Feb | Forever And Ever | Slik | 1 |
| 383 | 21 Feb | December '63 (Oh What A Night) | Four Seasons | 2 |
| Due to a computer fault, Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjez by Manuel and his Music Of The Mountains (a pseudonym for conductor/arranger Geoff Love) was initially announced as the number one single for the week ending 28 February. A corrected chart was issued later the same afternoon, thus denying Love a place on the exclusive and utterly swanky list of instrumental number ones. | ||||
| 384 | 6 Mar | I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance) | Tina Charles | 3 |
| 385 | 27 Mar | Save Your Kisses For Me | Brotherhood Of Man | 6 |
| 386 | 8 May | Fernando | Abba | 4 |
| 387 | 5 Jun | No Charge | J.J. Barrie | 1 |
| 388 | 12 Jun | Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) | The Wurzels | 2 |
| 389 | 26 Jun | You To Me Are Everything | The Real Thing | 3 |
| 390 | 17 Jul | The Roussos Phenomenon EP | Demis Roussos | 1 |
| 391 | 24 Jul | Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Elton John & Kiki Dee | 6 |
| 392 | 4 Sep | Dancing Queen | Abba | 6 |
| 393 | 11 Oct | Mississippi | Pussycat | 4 |
| 394 | 13 Nov | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | 3 |
| 395 | 4 Dec | Under The Moon Of Love | Showaddywaddy | 3 |
| 396 | 25 Dec | When A Child Is Born | Johnny Mathis | 3 |
| 1977 | ||||
| 397 | 15 Jan | Don't Give Up On Us | David Soul | 4 |
| 398 | 12 Feb | Don't Cry For Me Argentina | Julie Covington | 1 |
| 399 | 19 Feb | When I Need You | Leo Sayer | 3 |
| 400 | 12 Mar | Chanson D'Amour | Manhattan Transfer | 3 |
| 401 | 2 Apr | Knowing Me, Knowing You | Abba | 5 |
| 402 | 7 May | Free | Deniece Williams | 2 |
| 403 | 21 May | I Don't Want To Talk About It / First Cut Is The Deepest | Rod Stewart | 4 |
| It has often been claimed that for the week ending 11 June, the chart was "fixed" to prevent God Save The Queen by the Sex Pistols from taking the number one spot, these claims being supported at the time by both Virgin and CBS, the record companies behind, respectively, the Sex Pistols and Rod Stewart singles. However, it now seems that the truth or otherwise of the claims is hopelessly buried amid the legend, so though it is quite possible that God Save The Queen was indeed the rightful chart topper for that week - and in fact it was listed as such by the NME - I have chosen not to include it in this listing. | ||||
| 404 | 18 Jun | Lucille | Kenny Rogers | 1 |
| 405 | 25 Jun | Show You The Way To Go | The Jacksons | 1 |
| 406 | 2 Jul | So You Win Again | Hot Chocolate | 3 |
| 407 | 23 Jul | I Feel Love | Donna Summer | 4 |
| 408 | 20 Aug | Angelo | Brotherhood Of Man | 1 |
| 409 | 27 Aug | Float On | The Floaters | 1 |
| 410 | 3 Sep | Way Down | Elvis Presley | 5 |
| 411 | 8 Oct | Silver Lady | David Soul | 3 |
| 412 | 29 Oct | Yes Sir, I Can Boogie | Baccara | 1 |
| 413 | 5 Nov | The Name Of The Game | Abba | 4 |
| 414 | 3 Dec | Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School | Wings | 9 |
| 1978 | ||||
| 415 | 4 Feb | Up Town Top Ranking | Althia & Donna | 1 |
| 416 | 11 Feb | Figaro | Brotherhood Of Man | 1 |
| 417 | 18 Feb | Take A Chance On Me | Abba | 3 |
| 418 | 11 Mar | Wuthering Heights | Kate Bush | 4 |
| 419 | 8 Apr | Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs | Brian & Michael | 3 |
| 420 | 29 Apr | Night Fever | Bee Gees | 2 |
| 421 | 13 May | Rivers Of Babylon | Boney M | 5 |
| 422 | 17 Jun | You're The One That I Want | John Travolta & Olivia Newton John | 9 |
| 423 | 19 Aug | Three Times A Lady | The Commodores | 5 |
| 424 | 23 Sep | Dreadlock Holiday | 10cc | 1 |
| 425 | 30 Sep | Summer Nights | John Travolta & Olivia Newton John | 7 |
| 426 | 18 Nov | Rat Trap | The Boomtown Rats | 2 |
| 427 | 2 Dec | Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? | Rod Stewart | 1 |
| 428 | 9 Dec | Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord (medley) | Boney M | 3 |
| 429 | 30 Dec | Y.M.C.A. | The Village People | 4 |
| The chart for week ending 30 December was compiled but not officially published, therefore Mary's Boy Child remains the de facto christmas number one. | ||||
| 1979 | ||||
| 430 | 27 Jan | Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick | Ian And The Blockheads | 1 |
| 431 | 3 Feb | Heart Of Glass | Blondie | 4 |
| 432 | 3 Mar | Tragedy | Bee Gees | 2 |
| 433 | 17 Mar | I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor | 4 |
| 434 | 14 Apr | Bright Eyes (From The Motion Picture Soundtrack "Watership Down") | Art Garfunkel | 6 |
| 435 | 26 May | Sunday Girl | Blondie | 3 |
| 436 | 16 Jun | Ring My Bell | Anita Ward | 2 |
| 437 | 30 Jun | Are Friends Electric? | Tubeway Army | 4 |
| 438 | 28 Jul | I Don't Like Mondays | The Boomtown Rats | 4 |
| 439 | 25 Aug | We Don't Talk Anymore | Cliff Richard | 4 |
| 440 | 22 Sep | Cars | Gary Numan | 1 |
| 441 | 29 Sep | Message In A Bottle | The Police | 3 |
| 442 | 20 Oct | Video Killed The Radio Star | The Buggles | 1 |
| 443 | 27 Oct | One Day At A Time | Lena Martell | 3 |
| A compilation error led to Dr Hook's When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman being initially credited with the number one position for the week ending 10 November. The mistake was corrected the following day but not before some newspapers had published the incorrect chart. | ||||
| 444 | 17 Nov | When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman | Dr Hook | 3 |
| 445 | 8 Dec | Walking On The Moon | The Police | 1 |
| 446 | 15 Dec | Another Brick In The Wall | Pink Floyd | 5 |