List of NME number-one singles of the 1970s
Number-one singles

List of NME number-one singles of the 1970s

Section Title: Number-one singles
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No.	Artist	Single	Reached number one	Weeks at number one

1970

280	Rolf Harris	"Two Little Boys"	20 December 1969	6

281	Marmalade	"Reflections of My Life" ‡	28 January 1970	1

282	Edison Lighthouse	"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"	4 February 1970	3

283	The Jackson 5	"I Want You Back" ‡	25 February 1970	1

284	Lee Marvin	"Wand'rin' Star"	4 March 1970	3

285	Simon & Garfunkel	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	25 March 1970	4

286	Norman Greenbaum	"Spirit in the Sky"	22 April 1970	2

287	England World Cup Squad "70"	"Back Home"	6 May 1970	3

288	The Moody Blues	"Question" ‡	27 May 1970	1

289	Christie	"Yellow River"	3 June 1970	1

290	Mungo Jerry	"In the Summertime"	10 June 1970	4

291	Free	"All Right Now" ‡	8 July 1970	3

292	The Kinks	"Lola" ‡	29 July 1970	1

293	Elvis Presley	"The Wonder of You"	5 August 1970	3

294	Smokey Robinson and The Miracles	"The Tears of a Clown"	26 August 1970	4

295	Freda Payne	"Band of Gold"	23 September 1970	5

296	Deep Purple	"Black Night" ‡	28 October 1970	1

297	Matthews' Southern Comfort	"Woodstock"	4 November 1970	3

298	Jimi Hendrix Experience	"Voodoo Chile"	25 November 1970	1

299	Dave Edmunds's Rockpile	"I Hear You Knocking"	2 December 1970	3

300	McGuinness Flint	"When I'm Dead and Gone" ‡	23 December 1970	1

301	Clive Dunn	"Grandad"	30 December 1970	4

1971

302	George Harrison	"My Sweet Lord"	27 January 1971	6

303	Mungo Jerry	"Baby Jump"	10 March 1971	1

304	Paul McCartney	"Another Day" ‡	17 March 1971	1

305	T. Rex	"Hot Love"	24 March 1971	5

306	Dave and Ansel Collins	"Double Barrel"	28 April 1971	2

307	The Rolling Stones	"Brown Sugar" ‡	12 May 1971	1

308	Dawn	"Knock Three Times"	19 May 1971	3

309	Free	"My Brother Jake" ‡	9 June 1971	1

310	Tony Christie	"I Did What I Did for Maria" ‡	16 June 1971	1

311	Middle of the Road	"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"	23 June 1971	5

312	T. Rex	"Get It On"	28 July 1971	3

313	The New Seekers	"Never Ending Song of Love" ‡	18 August 1971	1

314	Diana Ross	"I'm Still Waiting"	25 August 1971	3

315	The Tams	"Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"	15 September 1971	2

316	Rod Stewart	"Maggie May"	29 September 1971	6

317	Slade	"Coz I Luv You"	10 November 1971	3

318	Benny Hill	"Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"	1 December 1971	5

1972

319	The New Seekers	"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"	5 January 1972	4

320	America	"A Horse with No Name" ‡	2 February 1972	1

321	T. Rex	"Telegram Sam"	9 February 1972	1

322	Chicory Tip	"Son of My Father"	16 February 1972	2

323	Don McLean	"American Pie" ‡	1 March 1972	1

324	Nilsson	"Without You"	8 March 1972	6

325	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	"Amazing Grace"	19 April 1972	4

326	T.Rex	"Metal Guru"	17 May 1972	4

327	Don McLean	"Vincent"	14 June 1972	3

328	Slade	"Take Me Bak 'Ome"	5 July 1972	1

329	Donny Osmond	"Puppy Love"	12 July 1972	4

330	Alice Cooper	"School's Out"	9 August 1972	3

331	Rod Stewart	"You Wear It Well"	30 August 1972	2

332	Slade	"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"	13 September 1972	2

333	T. Rex	"Children of the Revolution" ‡	27 September 1972	1

334	David Cassidy	"How Can I Be Sure"	4 October 1972	1

335	Lieutenant Pigeon	"Mouldy Old Dough"	11 October 1972	4

336	Gilbert O'Sullivan	"Clair"	8 November 1972	2

337	Chuck Berry	"My Ding-a-Ling"	22 November 1972	3

338	Slade	"Gudbuy T'Jane" ‡	13 December 1972	1

339	Little Jimmy Osmond	"Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"	20 December 1972	4

1973

340	David Bowie	"The Jean Genie" ‡	17 January 1973	1

341	Sweet	"Blockbuster"	24 January 1973	4

342	Strawbs	"Part of the Union" ‡	21 February 1973	2

343	Slade	"Cum On Feel the Noize"	7 March 1973	3

344	Donny Osmond	"The Twelfth of Never"	28 March 1973	2

345	Gilbert O'Sullivan	"Get Down"	11 April 1973	1

346	Dawn featuring Tony Orlando	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"	18 April 1973	5

347	Wizzard	"See My Baby Jive"	23 May 1973	2

348	Suzi Quatro	"Can the Can"	6 June 1973	3

349	10cc	"Rubber Bullets"	27 June 1973	1

350	Slade	"Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me"	4 July 1973	2

351	Peters and Lee	"Welcome Home"	18 July 1973	2

352	Gary Glitter	"I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am!)"	1 August 1973	4

353	Donny Osmond	"Young Love"	29 August 1973	2

354	Wizzard	"Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)"	12 September 1973	1

355	David Essex	"Rock On" ‡	19 September 1973	1

356	Sweet	"The Ballroom Blitz" ‡	26 September 1973	1

357	Simon Park Orchestra	"Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series "Van Der Valk")"	3 October 1973	4

358	David Cassidy	"The Puppy Song" / "Daydreamer"	31 October 1973	2

359	The Osmonds	"Let Me In" ‡	14 November 1973	1

360	Gary Glitter	"I Love You Love Me Love"	21 November 1973	4

361	Slade	"Merry Christmas Everybody"	19 December 1973	21

1974

362	New Seekers feat. Lyn Paul	"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"	2 January 1974	22

363	Leo Sayer	"The Show Must Go On" ‡	16 January 1974	1

364	Sweet	"Teenage Rampage" ‡	23 January 1974	1

365	Mud	"Tiger Feet"	30 January 1974	3

366	Suzi Quatro	"Devil Gate Drive"	20 February 1974	2

367	Alvin Stardust	"Jealous Mind"	6 March 1974	2

368	Paper Lace	"Billy Don't Be a Hero"	20 March 1974	3

369	Terry Jacks	"Seasons in the Sun"	10 April 1974	2

370	Mud	"The Cat Crept In" ‡	24 April 1974	1

371	ABBA	"Waterloo"	1 May 1974	2

372	The Rubettes	"Sugar Baby Love"	15 May 1974	4

373	Ray Stevens	"The Streak"	12 June 1974	2

374	Gary Glitter	"Always Yours"	26 June 1974	1

375	Charles Aznavour	"She"	3 July 1974	3

376	George McCrae	"Rock Your Baby"	24 July 1974	3

377	The Three Degrees	"When Will I See You Again"	14 August 1974	3

378	The Osmonds	"Love Me for a Reason"	4 September 1974	2

379	Carl Douglas	"Kung Fu Fighting"	18 September 1974	4

380	Peter Shelley	"Gee Baby" ‡	16 October 1974	1

381	Ken Boothe	"Everything I Own"	23 October 1974	2

382	David Essex	"Gonna Make You a Star"	6 November 1974	5

383	Barry White	"You're the First, the Last, My Everything"	11 December 1974	1

384	Mud	"Lonely This Christmas"	18 December 1974	3

1975

385	Ralph McTell	"Streets of London" ‡	8 January 1975	2

386	Status Quo	"Down Down"	22 January 1975	1

387	The Tymes	"Ms Grace"	29 January 1975	1

388	Pilot	"January"	5 February 1975	2

389	The Carpenters	"Please Mr. Postman" ‡	19 February 1975	1

390	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"	26 February 1975	1

391	Telly Savalas	"If"	5 March 1975	2

392	Bay City Rollers	"Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)"	19 March 1975	6

393	Bobby Goldsboro	"Honey" ‡	30 April 1975	1

394	Minnie Riperton	"Lovin' You" ‡	7 May 1975	1

395	Tammy Wynette	"Stand by Your Man"	14 May 1975	3

396	Windsor Davies and Don Estelle	"Whispering Grass"	4 June 1975	1

397	Showaddywaddy	"Three Steps to Heaven" ‡	11 June 1975	1

re	Windsor Davies and Don Estelle	"Whispering Grass"	18 June 1975	1

398	10cc	"I'm Not in Love"	25 June 1975	2

399	Johnny Nash	"Tears on My Pillow"	9 July 1975	2

400	Bay City Rollers	"Give a Little Love"	23 July 1975	1

401	Typically Tropical	"Barbados"	30 July 1975	2

402	The Stylistics	"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"	13 August 1975	2

403	Rod Stewart	"Sailing"	27 August 1975	4

404	Leo Sayer	"Moonlighting" ‡	24 September 1975	1

405	David Essex	"Hold Me Close"	1 October 1975	3

406	Art Garfunkel	"I Only Have Eyes for You"	22 October 1975	2

407	David Bowie	"Space Oddity"	5 November 1975	2

408	Billy Connolly	"D.I.V.O.R.C.E."	19 November 1975	1

409	Hot Chocolate	"You Sexy Thing" ‡	26 November 1975	1

410	Queen	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	3 December 1975	6

1976

411	Sailor	"A Glass of Champagne" ‡	21 January 1976	1

412	ABBA	"Mamma Mia"	28 January 1976	2

413	Slik	"Forever and Ever"	11 February 1976	1

414	The Four Seasons	"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"	18 February 1976	2

415	Tina Charles	"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)"	3 March 1976	3

416	Brotherhood of Man	"Save Your Kisses for Me"	24 March 1976	5

417	ABBA	"Fernando"	28 April 1976	6

418	J. J. Barrie	"No Charge"	9 June 1976	1

419	Wings	"Silly Love Songs" ‡	16 June 1976	1

420	The Real Thing	"You to Me Are Everything"	23 June 1976	2

421	Candi Staton	"Young Hearts Run Free" ‡	7 July 1976	1

422	Demis Roussos	"The Roussos Phenomenon"	14 July 1976	1

423	Elton John & Kiki Dee	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	21 July 1976	7

424	ABBA	"Dancing Queen"	8 September 1976	5

425	Pussycat	"Mississippi"	13 October 1976	3

426	Chicago	"If You Leave Me Now"	3 November 1976	4

427	Showaddywaddy	"Under the Moon of Love"	1 December 1976	3

428	Johnny Mathis	"When a Child Is Born"	22 December 1976	32

1977

429	David Soul	"Don't Give Up on Us"	12 January 1977	2

430	Julie Covington	"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"	26 January 1977	1

re	David Soul	"Don't Give Up on Us"	2 February 1977	1

re	Julie Covington	"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"	9 February 1977	2

431	Leo Sayer	"When I Need You"	23 February 1977	2

432	The Manhattan Transfer	"Chanson D'Amour"	9 March 1977	2

433	ABBA	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	23 March 1977	6

434	Deniece Williams	"Free"	4 May 1977	3

435	Rod Stewart	"I Don't Want to Talk About It" / "The First Cut Is the Deepest"	25 May 1977	3

436	Sex Pistols	"God Save the Queen" ‡	15 June 1977	1

437	The Jacksons	"Show You the Way to Go"	22 June 1977	2

438	Hot Chocolate	"So You Win Again"	6 July 1977	1

439	Boney M.	"Ma Baker" ‡	13 July 1977	1

440	Donna Summer	"I Feel Love"	20 July 1977	5

441	Brotherhood of Man	"Angelo"	24 August 1977	1

442	Elvis Presley	"Way Down"	31 August 1977	1

443	Space	"Magic Fly" ‡	7 September 1977	3

re	Elvis Presley	"Way Down"	28 September 1977	2

444	David Soul	"Silver Lady"	12 October 1977	1

445	Baccara	"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"	19 October 1977	1

446	Rod Stewart	"You're in My Heart" ‡	26 October 1977	1

re	Baccara	"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"	2 November 1977	1

447	ABBA	"The Name of the Game"	9 November 1977	2

448	Status Quo	"Rockin' All Over the World" ‡	23 November 1977	1

449	Wings	"Mull of Kintyre"	30 November 1977	98

1978

450	Althea & Donna	"Uptown Top Ranking"	1 February 1978	2

451	ABBA	"Take a Chance on Me"	15 February 1978	3

452	Kate Bush	"Wuthering Heights"	8 March 1978	3

453	Blondie	"Denis" ‡	29 March 1978	2

454	Showaddywaddy	"I Wonder Why" ‡	12 April 1978	1

455	Bee Gees	"Night Fever"	19 April 1978	4

456	Boney M.	"Rivers of Babylon"	17 May 1978	4

457	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	"You're the One That I Want"	14 June 1978	10

458	Commodores	"Three Times a Lady"	23 August 1978	4

459	10cc	"Dreadlock Holiday"	20 September 1978	2

460	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	"Summer Nights"	4 October 1978	6

461	The Boomtown Rats	"Rat Trap"	8 November 1978	3

462	Rod Stewart	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	29 November 1978	1

463	Boney M.	"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"	6 December 1978	42

1979

464	Village People	"Y.M.C.A."	3 January 1979	33

465	Ian Dury	"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"	24 January 1979	2

466	Blondie	"Heart of Glass"	7 February 1979	1

467	ABBA	"Chiquitita" ‡	14 February 1979	1

re	Blondie	"Heart of Glass"	21 February 1979	2

468	Bee Gees	"Tragedy"	7 March 1979	1

469	Elvis Costello	"Oliver's Army" ‡	14 March 1979	1

470	Gloria Gaynor	"I Will Survive"	21 March 1979	2

471	Village People	"In the Navy" ‡	4 April 1979	1

472	Art Garfunkel	"Bright Eyes"	11 April 1979	5

473	M	"Pop Muzik" ‡	16 May 1979	1

re	Art Garfunkel	"Bright Eyes"	23 May 1979	1

474	Blondie	"Sunday Girl"	30 May 1979	1

475	Roxy Music	"Dance Away" ‡	6 June 1979	1

476	Anita Ward	"Ring My Bell"	13 June 1979	3

477	Tubeway Army	"Are "Friends" Electric?"	4 July 1979	2

478	Janet Kay	"Silly Games" ‡	18 July 1979	1

re	Tubeway Army	"Are "Friends" Electric?"	25 July 1979	2

479	The Boomtown Rats	"I Don't Like Mondays"	8 August 1979	4

480	Cliff Richard	"We Don't Talk Anymore"	5 September 1979	3

481	Gary Numan	"Cars"	26 September 1979	2

482	The Police	"Message in a Bottle"	10 October 1979	2

483	The Buggles	"Video Killed the Radio Star"	24 October 1979	2

484	Lena Martell	"One Day at a Time"	7 November 1979	1

485	Dr. Hook	"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"	14 November 1979	4

486	The Police	"Walking on the Moon"	12 December 1979	1

487	Pink Floyd	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"	19 December 1979	44

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