Issue number
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Date
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Cover
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Top album
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Top single
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1199
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3 January 1970
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Love Affair, King Crimson, and Bonzo Dog Band
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Abbey Road by the Beatles
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'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris
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1200
|
10 January 1970
|
Rolf Harris, and Glen Campbell
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Abbey Road by the Beatles
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'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris
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1201
|
17 January 1970
|
Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and Led Zeppelin
|
Abbey Road by the Beatles
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'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris
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1202
|
24 January 1970
|
Fleetwood Mac
|
Abbey Road by the Beatles
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'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris
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1203
|
31 January 1970
|
Barry Ryan
|
Abbey Road by the Beatles
|
'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)' by Edison Lighthouse
|
1204
|
7 February 1970
|
Judith Durham
|
Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
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'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)' by Edison Lighthouse
|
1205
|
14 February 1970
|
Judas Jump
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Motown Chartbusters Volume 3 by various artists
|
'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)' by Edison Lighthouse
|
1206
|
21 February 1970
|
Fleetwood Mac, Ringo Starr, Chicago, and Shocking Blue
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
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'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)' by Edison Lighthouse
|
1207
|
28 February 1970
|
Viv Stanshall, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Gene Pitney, and the Cuff Links
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
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'I Want You Back' by Jackson 5
|
1208
|
7 March 1970
|
The Beatles
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Wand'rin' Star' by Lee Marvin
|
1209
|
14 March 1970
|
Russ Conway
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
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'Wand'rin' Star' by Lee Marvin
|
1210
|
21 March 1970
|
James Wilson, Jackie Trent, and Tony Hatch and the Cherry Children
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Wand'rin' Star' by Lee Marvin
|
1211
|
28 March 1970
|
Buck Owens' Country Music Caravan tour promotion
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Bridge over Troubled Water' by Simon and Garfunkel
|
1212
|
4 April 1970
|
Ringo Starr's Sentimental Journey
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Bridge over Troubled Water' by Simon and Garfunkel
|
1213
|
11 April 1970
|
Tom Jones
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Bridge over Troubled Water' by Simon and Garfunkel
|
1214
|
18 April 1970
|
Maurice Gibb
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'All Kinds of Everything' by Dana
|
1215
|
25 April 1970
|
Paul McCartney
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Spirit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum
|
1216
|
2 May 1970
|
Simon and Garfunkel
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Spirit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum
|
1217
|
9 May 1970
|
Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Back Home' by England World Cup Squad
|
1218
|
16 May 1970
|
Traffic, Mick Jagger, Christie, the Who, and Frank Sinatra
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Back Home' by England World Cup Squad
|
1219
|
23 May 1970
|
The Who
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Back Home' by England World Cup Squad
|
1220
|
30 May 1970
|
Les Reed
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Question' by the Moody Blues
|
1221
|
6 June 1970
|
Barry Gibb
|
Let It Be by the Beatles
|
'Yellow River' by Christie
|
1222
|
13 June 1970
|
Deep Purple
|
Let It Be by the Beatles
|
'In the Summertime' by Mungo Jerry
|
1223
|
20 June 1970
|
Raymond Froggatt
|
Let It Be by the Beatles
|
'In the Summertime' by Mungo Jerry
|
1224
|
27 June 1970
|
Led Zeppelin
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'In the Summertime' by Mungo Jerry
|
1225
|
4 July 1970
|
Dusty Springfield
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'In the Summertime' by Mungo Jerry
|
1226
|
11 July 1970
|
Jack Wild
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Alright Now' by Free
|
1227
|
18 July 1970
|
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
|
Let It Be by the Beatles
|
'Alright Now' by Free
|
1228
|
25 July 1970
|
Hyde Park Festival
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Alright Now' by Free
|
1229
|
1 August 1970
|
The Kinks, Mungo Jerry, Free, and Hotlegs
|
Let It Be by the Beatles
|
'Lola' by the Kinks
|
1230
|
8 August 1970
|
Isle of Wight Festival
|
Let It Be by the Beatles
|
'The Wonder of You' by Elvis Presley
|
1231
|
15 August 1970
|
The Moody Blues' A Question of Balance
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'The Wonder of You' by Elvis Presley
|
1232
|
22 August 1970
|
Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, and Free
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'The Wonder of You' by Elvis Presley
|
1233
|
29 August 1970
|
Bobby Bloom's 'Montego Bay'
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Tears of a Clown' by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
|
1234
|
5 September 1970
|
Isle of Wight Festival review
|
A Question of Balance by the Moody Blues
|
'Tears of a Clown' by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
|
1235
|
12 September 1970
|
Humble Pie
|
Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
'Tears of a Clown' by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
|
1236
|
19 September 1970
|
Eric Burdon & War, and the Rolling Stones
|
A Question of Balance by the Moody Blues
|
'Tears of a Clown' by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
|
1237
|
26 September 1970
|
Melanie's 'What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?'
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Band of Gold' by Freda Payne
|
1238
|
3 October 1970
|
Jethro Tull, Pentangle, and the Who
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Band of Gold' by Freda Payne
|
1239
|
10 October 1970
|
T.Rex's 'Ride a White Swan', and the Move's 'When Alice Comes Back to the Farm'
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Band of Gold' by Freda Payne
|
1240
|
17 October 1970
|
The Who's 'See Me, Feel Me'
|
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
|
'Band of Gold' by Freda Payne
|
1241
|
24 October 1970
|
James Brown's 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine)'
|
Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd
|
'Band of Gold' by Freda Payne
|
1242
|
31 October 1970
|
Tom Jones
|
Motown Chartbusters Volume 4 by various artists
|
'Woodstock' by Matthew's Southern Comfort
|
1243
|
7 November 1970
|
Matthews Southern Comfort
|
Motown Chartbusters Volume 4 by various artists
|
'Woodstock' by Matthew's Southern Comfort
|
1244
|
14 November 1970
|
Don Fardon, the Hollies, Roger Cook & Kenny Everett
|
Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
|
'Woodstock' by Matthew's Southern Comfort
|
1245
|
21 November 1970
|
Matthew's Southern Comfort
|
Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
|
'Voodoo Chile' by Jimi Hendrix
|
1246
|
28 November 1970
|
Elvis Presley, and Jimi Hendrix
|
New Morning by Bob Dylan
|
'I Hear You Knockin' by Dave Edmunds
|
1247
|
5 December 1970
|
George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Brian Wilson
|
Andy Williams' Greatest Hits by Andy Williams
|
'I Hear You Knockin' by Dave Edmunds
|
1248
|
12 December 1970
|
Dave Edmunds, McGuinness Flint, and Neil Diamond
|
Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
|
'I Hear You Knockin' by Dave Edmunds
|
1249
|
19 December 1970
|
Seasons greetings from NME
|
Motown Chartbusters Volume 4 by various artists
|
'I Hear You Knockin' by Dave Edmunds
|
1250
|
26 December 1970
|
The Who, and Canned Heat
|
Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
|
'When I'm Dead and Gone' by McGuinness Flint
|