Statistics for Every Billboard #1 Hit of the 1970s

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Answer Stats

DateArtist# of Weeks at # 1Song% Correct
The Jackson 52ABC
79%
October 1972Michael Jackson1Ben
70%
January 1972Don McLean4American Pie
67%
Simon & Garfunkel6Bridge Over Troubled Water
67%
May 1977Eagles1Hotel California
67%
The Jackson 51I Want You Back
67%
April 1970The Beatles2Let It Be
64%
October 1971Rod Stewart5Maggie May / Reason To Believe
64%
America3A Horse with No Name
61%
February 1973Elton John3Crocodile Rock
61%
Barry Manilow1Mandy
61%
Stevie Wonder1Superstition
61%
The Rolling Stones1Angie
58%
Helen Reddy1I Am Woman
58%
January 1971Tony Orlando & Dawn3Knock Three Times
58%
Gladys Knight & The Pips2Midnight Train to Georgia
58%
February 1970Shocking Blue1Venus
58%
June 1974Paul McCartney & Wings1Band on the Run
55%
Melanie3Brand New Key
55%
August 1976Elton John & Kiki Dee4Don't Go Breaking My Heart
55%
George Harrison4My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity
55%
January 1976Bay City Rollers1Saturday Night
55%
Edwin Starr3War
55%
Jim Croce2Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
52%
March 1972Neil Young1Heart of Gold
52%
February 1971Al Green1Let's Stay Together
52%
Chuck Berry2My Ding-a-Ling
52%
March 1974Terry Jacks3Seasons in the Sun
52%
February 1978Bee Gees4Stayin' Alive
52%
January 1973Carly Simon3You're So Vain
52%
Three Dog Night6Joy To The World
48%
Sammy Davis Jr.3Candy Man
48%
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots1Disco Duck
48%
November 1970The Partridge Family3I Think I Love You
48%
Bill Withers3Lean On Me
48%
March 1971Janis Joplin2Me and Bobby McGee
48%
September 1975Glen Campbell2Rhinestone Cowboy
48%
Jim Croce2Time in a Bottle
48%
James Taylor1You've Got a Friend
48%
April 1972Roberta Flack6The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
45%
Frankie Valli2Grease
45%
December 1974Carl Douglas2Kung Fu Fighting
45%
February 1975Neil Sedaka1Laughter in the Rain
45%
March 1973The O'Jays1Love Train
45%
July 1974The Hues Corporation1Rock the Boat
45%
Paper Lace1The Night Chicago Died
45%
April 1973Vicki Lawrence2The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
45%
Nilsson4Without You
45%
May 1970The Guess Who3American Woman / No Sugar Tonight
42%
Helen Reddy1Angie Baby
42%
John Denver2Annie's Song
42%
The Doobie Brothers1Black Water
42%
Captain & Tenille4Love Will Keep Us Together
42%
May 1971The Rolling Stones2Brown Sugar
42%
April 1977ABBA1Dancing Queen
42%
December 1971Sly and the Family Stone3Family Affair
42%
Ohio Players1Fire
42%
November 1972Johnny Nash4I Can See Clearly Now
42%
October 1974Olivia Newton-John2I Honestly Love You
42%
June 1972The Staple Singers1I'll Take You There
42%
Carole King5It's Too Late / I Feel the Earth Move
42%
LaBelle1Lady Marmalade
42%
April 1975Minnie Riperton1Lovin' You
42%
Ringo Starr1Photograph
42%
Average White Band1Pick Up the Pieces
42%
Gordon Lightfoot1Sundown
42%
Isaac Hayes2Theme from Shaft
42%
Ray Stevens3The Streak
42%
December 1970Smokey Robinson & The Miracles2The Tears of a Clown
42%
July 1976Starland Vocal Band2Afternoon Delight
39%
September 1970Diana Ross3Ain't No Mountain High Enough
39%
August 1972Looking Glass1Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
39%
Andy Gibb7Shadow Dancing
39%
February 1974Barbara Streisand3The Way We Were
39%
Helen Reddy1Delta Dawn
39%
April 1974Blue Swede1Hooked on a Feeling
39%
The Jackson 55I'll Be There
39%
November 1973Eddie Kendricks2Keep On Truckin
39%
September 1973Marvin Gaye2Let's Get It On
39%
The Carpenters1Please Mr. Postman
39%
Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony1The Hustle
39%
Debby Boone10You Light Up My Life
39%
Gilbert O'Sullivan6Alone Again (Naturally)
36%
Mac Davis3Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me
36%
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods2Billy Don't Be a Hero
36%
Rose Royce1Car Wash
36%
Harry Chapin1Cat's in the Cradle
36%
October 1970Neil Diamond1Cracklin' Rosie
36%
Cher1Dark Lady
36%
Ray Stevens2Everything Is Beautiful
36%
October 1973Cher2Half-Breed
36%
Billy Swan2I Can Help
36%
Bee Gees2Jive Talkin'
36%
Love Unlimited Orchestra1Love's Theme
36%
July 1970Three Dog Night2Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
36%
Billy Paul3Me and Mrs. Jones
36%
Eagles1New Kid in Town
36%
Bee Gees8Night Fever
36%
May 1972The Chi-Lites1Oh Girl
36%
George McCrae2Rock Your Baby
36%
August 1973Maureen McGovern2The Morning After
36%
Grand Funk1We're an American Band
36%
July 1973Billy Preston2Will It Go Round in Circles
36%
Bachman-Turner Overdrive1You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
36%
Linda Ronstadt1You're No Good
36%
Ringo Starr1You're Sixteen
36%
March 1975Eagles1Best of My Love
33%
August 1977The Emotions5Best of My Love
33%
Wings5Silly Love Songs
33%
C.W. McCall1Convoy
33%
Silver Convention3Fly, Robin, Fly
33%
September 1974Eric Claption1I Shot the Sheriff
33%
Barry Manilow1I Write the Songs
33%
January 1975Elton John2Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
33%
Billy Preston1Nothing from Nothing
33%
February 1971The Osmonds5One Bad Apple
33%
Elton John2Philadelphia Freedom
33%
Wild Cherry3Play That Funky Music
33%
January 1970B.J Thomas4Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
33%
Andy Kim1Rock Me Gently
33%
Stevie Wonder3Sir Duke
33%
May 1974Grand Funk2The Loco-Motion
33%
June 1970The Beatles2The Long and Winding Road / For You Blue
33%
Dionne Warwick and The Spinners1Then Came You
33%
Paul Anka and Odia Coates3(You're) Having My Baby
33%
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John1You're the One That I Want
33%
Manfred Mann's Earth Band1Blinded by the Light
30%
Stories2Brother Louie
30%
David Bowie2Fame
30%
Diana Ross2Love Hangover
30%
August 1970Bread1Make It With You
30%
Frankie Valli1My Eyes Adored You
30%
Al Wilson1Show and Tell
30%
July 1972Niel Diamond1Song Sung Blue
30%
The Carpenters4(They Long to Be) Close To You
30%
Diana Ross1Touch Me in the Morning
30%
MFSB and The Third Degrees2TSOP
30%
John Sebastian1Welcome Back
30%
February 1976Paul Simon350 Ways to Leave Your Lover
27%
October 1975Neil Sedaka3Bad Blood
27%
Freddy Fender1Before the Next Teardrop Falls
27%
Barry White1Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
27%
April 1976Johnnie Taylor4Disco Lady
27%
Thelma Houston1Don't Leave Me This Way
27%
August 1974Roberta Flack1Feel Like Makin' Love
27%
The Edgar Winter Group1Frankenstein
27%
May 1975Tony Orlando and Dawn3He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
27%
August 1971The Bee Gees4How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
27%
May 1978Yvonne Elliman1If I Can't Have You
27%
Andy Gibb4I Just Want to Be Your Everything
27%
The Manhattans2Kiss and Say Goodbye
27%
December 1975The Staple Singers1Let's Do It Again
27%
May 1976The Bellamy Brothers1Let Your Love Flow
27%
Ohio Players1Love Rollercoaster
27%
August 1978The Rolling Stones1Miss You
27%
The Knack6My Sharona
27%
December 1972The Temptations1Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
27%
January 1974Steve Miller Band1The Joker
27%
The Jackson 52The Love You Save
27%
Charlie Rich2The Most Beautiful Girl
27%
December 1973The Carpenters2Top of the World
27%
Bee Gees2Tragedy
27%
September 1971Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney1Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
27%
May 1973Stevie Wonder1You Are the Sunshine of My Life
27%
December 1978Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond2You Don't Bring Me Flowers
27%
October 1976Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band1A Fifth of Beethoven
24%
Tony Orlando & Dawn4Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
24%
The Four Seasons3December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
24%
Hamilton, Joe, Franklin & Reynolds1Fallin' in Love
24%
Donny Osmond3Go Away Little Girl
24%
John Denver1I'm Sorry
24%
March 1976The Miracles1Love Machine
24%
May 1979Peaches & Herb4Reunited
24%
Glen Campbell1Southern Nights
24%
Rhythm Heritage1Theme From S.W.A.T
24%
June 1971The Honey Cone1Want Ads
24%
September 1972Three Dog Night1Black and White
21%
The Sylvers1Boogie Fever
21%
Chicago2If You Leave Me Now
21%
March 1979Gloria Gaynor3I Will Survive
21%
Roberta Flack5Killing Me Softly with His Song
21%
July 1975Paul McCartney & Wings1Listen to What the Man Said
21%
August 1975Eagles1One of These Nights
21%
America1Sister Golden Hair
21%
June 1975John Denver1Thank God I'm a Country Boy
21%
KC and the Sunshine Band2That's the Way (I Like It)
21%
January 1979Bee Gees2Too Much Heaven
21%
February 1977Mary MacGregor2Torn Between Two Lovers
21%
David Soul1Don't Give Up on Us
18%
Fleetwood Mac1Dreams
18%
George Harrison1Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
18%
Olivia Newton-John1Have You Never Been Mellow
18%
Blondie1Heart of Glass
18%
December 1977Bee Gees3How Deep Is Your Love
18%
Exile4Kiss You All Over
18%
Chic6Le Freak
18%
June 1978Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams1Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
18%
Leo Sayer1You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
18%
September 1978A Taste of Honey3Boogie Oogie Oogie
15%
October 1978Nick Gilder1Hot Child in the City
15%
November 1975Elton John3Island Girl
15%
Amii Stewart1Knock on Wood
15%
June 1973Paul McCartney & Wings4My Love
15%
Anita Ward2Ring My Bell
15%
October 1979Robert John1Sad Eyes
15%
Earth, Wind & Fire1Shining Star
15%
October 1977Meco2Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band
15%
Alan O'Day1Undercover Angel
15%
November 1974Stevie Wonder1You Haven't Done Nothin'
15%
January 1978Player3Baby Come Back
12%
KC and the Sunshine Band1Get Down Tonight
12%
November 1971Cher2Gypsys, Tramps, & Thieves
12%
June 1979Donna Summer3Hot Stuff
12%
November 1979M1Pop Muzik
12%
Herb Alpert2Rise
12%
November 1978Anne Murray1You Needed Me
12%
December 1979Styx2Babe
9%
July 1979Donna Summer5Bad Girls
9%
Elton John1Bennie and the Jets
9%
Michael Jackson1Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
9%
June 1977KC and The Sunshine Band1I'm Your Boogie Man
9%
Stevie Wonder1I Wish
9%
Donna Summer3MacArthur Park
9%
Daryl Hall and John Oates2Rich Girl
9%
Commodores1Still
9%
April 1979The Doobie Brothers1What a Fool Believes
9%
Leo Sayer1When I Need You
9%
September 1976Bee Gees1You Should Be Dancing
9%
Shaun Cassidy1Da Doo Ron Ron
6%
February 1979Rod Stewart4Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
6%
Rupert Holmes3Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
6%
Eagles1Heartache Tonight
6%
July 1971Paul Revere & the Raiders1Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)
6%
April 1971The Temptations2Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
6%
Barry Manilow1Looks Like We Made It
6%
Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer2No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
6%
Sly & The Family Stone2Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again / Everybody Is A Star)
6%
Commodores2Three Times a Lady
6%
Wings2With a Little Luck
6%
January 1977Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.1You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in my Show)
6%
Rod Stewart6Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
3%
July 1977Bill Conti1Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)
3%
August 1979Chic1Good Times
3%
B.J. Thomas1(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
3%
March 1978Andy Gibb2(Love Is) Thicker Than Water
3%
Bee Gees1Love You Inside Out
3%
November 1976Steve Miller Band1Rock'n Me
3%
KC and The Sunshine Band1(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
3%
John Denver1Sunshine on My Shoulders
3%
Diana Ross1Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
3%
John Lennon1Whatever Gets You Thru the Night
3%
Marvin Gaye1Got to Give It Up (Part 1)
0%
March 1977Barbara Streisand3Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)
0%

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