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Rolling back the clock 39 years, the Carpenters had their FIRST NUMBER ONE single with "(They Long to Be) Close To You".



We can only imagine the happiness & joy they felt at the start of their success that summer of 1970.

CASHBOX MAGAZINE -Top 100 Singles -Week Ending August 08, 1970

1 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU
Carpenters (A&M 1183)
2 MAKE IT WITH YOU
Bread (Elektra 45686)
3 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS
Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196)
4 SPILL THE WINE
Eric Burdon & War (MGM 14118)
5 BAND OF GOLD
Freda Payne (Invictus 9075)
6 TIGHTER, TIGHTER
Alive And Kicking (Roulette 7078)
7 O-O-H CHILD
Five Stairsteps (Buddah 165)
8 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME
Robin McNamara (Steed 724)
9 WAR
Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101)
10 IN THE SUMMERTIME
Mungo Jerry (Janus 125)
11 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come)
Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4239)
12 BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today)
Temptations (Gordy 7099)
13 THE LOVE YOU SAVE
Jackson 5 (Motown 1166)
14 I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING
B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12283)
15 OHIO
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic 2740)