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This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1970s. The source for this decade is the ''Record Retailer''/''Music Week'' chart (''Record Retailer'' was renamed ''Music Week'').
''Continued from List of number-one singles from the 1960s''

Contents
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
See also

1970

# Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"
#:January 27 for 5 weeks
# Lee Marvin - "Wand'rin' Star"
#:March 3 for 3 weeks
# Simon and Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
#:March 24 for 3 weeks
# Dana - "All Kinds of Everything"
#:April 14 for 2 weeks
# Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky"
#:April 28 for 2 weeks
# England World Cup Squad - "Back Home"
#:May 12 for 3 weeks
# Christie - "Yellow River"
#:June 2 for 1 week
# Mungo Jerry - "In the Summertime"
#:June 9 for 7 weeks
# Elvis Presley - "The Wonder of You (Live)"
#:July 28 for 6 weeks
# Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "The Tears of a Clown"
#:September 8 for 1 week
# Freda Payne - "Band Of Gold"
#:September 15 for 6 weeks
# Matthews Southern Comfort - "Woodstock"
#:October 27 for 3 weeks
# The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Voodoo Child"
#:November 17 for 1 week
# Dave Edmunds - "I Hear You Knocking"
#:November 24 for 6 weeks

1971

# Clive Dunn - "Grandad"
#:January 5 for 3 weeks
# George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord"
#:January 26 for 5 weeks
# Mungo Jerry - "Baby Jump"
#:March 2 for 2 weeks
# T. Rex - "Hot Love"
#:March 16 for 6 weeks
# Dave and Ansil Collins - "Double Barrel"
#:April 27 for 2 weeks
# Dawn - "Knock Three Times"
#:May 11 for 5 weeks
# Middle of the Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
#:June 15 for 5 weeks
# T. Rex - "Get It On"
#:July 20 for 4 weeks
# Diana Ross - "I'm Still Waiting"
#:August 17 for 4 weeks
# Tams - "Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me"
#:September 14 for 3 weeks
# Rod Stewart - "Maggie May" (actually the B-side; A-side was "Reason to Believe")
#:October 5 for 5 weeks
# Slade - "Coz I Luv You"
#:November 9 for 4 weeks
# Benny Hill - "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)"
#:December 7 for 4 weeks

1972

# The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"
#:January 4 for 4 weeks
# T. Rex - "Telegram Sam"
#:February 1 for 2 weeks
# Chicory Tip - "Son of My Father"
#:February 15 for 3 weeks
# Harry Nilsson - "Without You"
#:March 7 for 5 weeks
# The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - "Amazing Grace"
#:April 11 for 5 weeks
# T. Rex - "Metal Guru"
#:May 16 for 4 weeks
# Don McLean - "Vincent"
#:June 13 for 2 weeks
# Slade - "Take Me Bak 'Ome"
#:June 27 for 1 week
# Donny Osmond - "Puppy Love"
#:July 4 for 5 weeks
# Alice Cooper - "School's Out!"
#:August 8 for 3 weeks
# Rod Stewart - "You Wear It Well"
#:August 29 for 1 week
# Slade - "Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
#:September 5 for 3 weeks
# David Cassidy - "How Can I Be Sure?"
#:September 26 for 2 weeks
# Lieutenant Pigeon - "Mouldy Old Dough"
#:October 10 for 4 weeks
# Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Clair"
#:November 7 for 2 weeks
# Chuck Berry - "My Ding-a-Ling"
#:November 21 for 4 weeks
# Little Jimmy Osmond - "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool"
#:December 19 for 5 weeks

1973

# The Sweet - "Block Buster"
#:January 23 for 5 weeks
# Slade - "Cum on Feel the Noize"
#:February 26 for 4 weeks
# Donny Osmond - "The Twelfth of Never"
#:March 26 for 1 week
# Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Get Down"
#:April 3 for 2 weeks
# Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree'"
#:April 15 for 4 weeks
# Wizzard - "See My Baby Jive"
#:May 13 for 4 weeks
# Suzi Quatro - "Can the Can"
#:June 12 for 1 week
# 10cc - "Rubber Bullets"
#:June 19 for 1 week
# Slade - "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me"
#:June 26 for 3 weeks
# Peters and Lee - "Welcome Home"
#:July 17 for 1 week
# Gary Glitter - "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)"
#:July 24 for 4 weeks
# Donny Osmond - "Young love"
#:August 21 for 4 weeks
# Wizzard - "Angel Fingers"
#:September 18 for 1 week
# Simon Park Orchestra - "Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series "Van Der Valk")"
#:September 25 for 4 weeks
# David Cassidy - "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song"
#:October 23 for 3 weeks
# Gary Glitter - "I Love You Love Me Love"
#:November 13 for 4 weeks
# Slade - "Merry Xmas Everybody"
#:December 11 for 5 weeks

1974

# The New Seekers - "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"
#:January 15 for 1 week
# Mud - "Tiger Feet"
#:January 22 for 4 weeks
# Suzi Quatro - "Devil Gate Drive"
#:February 19 for 2 weeks
# Alvin Stardust - "Jealous Mind"
#:March 5 for 1 week
# Paper Lace - "Billy Don't Be a Hero"
#:March 12 for 3 weeks
# Terry Jacks - "Seasons in the Sun"
#:April 2 for 4 weeks
# ABBA - "Waterloo"
#:April 30 for 2 weeks
# The Rubettes - "Sugar Baby Love"
#:May 14 for 4 weeks
# Ray Stevens - "The Streak"
#:June 11 for 1 week
# Gary Glitter - "Always Yours"
#:June 18 for 1 week
# Charles Aznavour - "She"
#:June 25 for 4 weeks
# George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby"
#:July 23 for 3 weeks
# The Three Degrees - "When Will I See You Again"
#:August 13 for 2 weeks
# The Osmonds - "Love Me For A Reason"
#:August 27 for 3 weeks
# Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"
#:September 17 for 3 weeks
# John Denver - "Annie's Song"
#:October 8 for 1 week
# Sweet Sensation - "Sad Sweet Dreamer"
#:October 15 for 1 week
# Ken Boothe - "Everything I Own"
#:October 22 for 3 weeks
# David Essex - "Gonna Make You A Star"
#:November 12 for 3 weeks
# Barry White - "You're the First, the Last, My Everything"
#:December 3 for 2 weeks
# Mud - "Lonely This Christmas"
#:December 17 for 4 weeks

1975

# Status Quo - "Down Down"
#:January 18 for 1 week
# The Tymes - "Ms Grace"
#:January 25 for 1 week
# Pilot - "January"
#:February 1 for 3 weeks
# Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
#:February 22 for 2 weeks
# Telly Savalas - "If"
#:March 8 for 2 weeks
# Bay City Rollers - "Bye Bye Baby"
#:March 22 for 6 weeks
# Mud - "Oh Boy"
#:May 3 for 2 weeks
# Tammy Wynette - "Stand by Your Man"
#:May 17 for 3 weeks
# Windsor Davies & Don Estelle - "Whispering Grass"
#:June 7 for 3 weeks
# 10cc - "I'm Not in Love"
#:June 28 for 2 weeks
# Johnny Nash - "Tears on My Pillow"
#:July 12 for 1 week
# Bay City Rollers - "Give a Little Love"
#:July 19 for 3 weeks
# Typically Tropical - "Barbados"
#:August 9 for 1 week
# The Stylistics - "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
#:August 16 for 3 weeks
# Rod Stewart - "Sailing"
#:September 6 for 4 weeks
# David Essex - "Hold Me Close"
#:October 4 for 3 weeks
# Art Garfunkel - "I Only Have Eyes for You"
#:October 25 for 2 weeks
# David Bowie - "Space Oddity"
#:November 8 for 2 weeks
# Billy Connolly - "D.I.V.O.R.C.E."
#:November 22 for 1 week
# Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
#:November 29 for 9 weeks

1976

# ABBA - "Mamma Mia"
#:January 31 for 2 weeks
# Slik - "Forever and Ever"
#:February 14 for 1 week
# The Four Seasons - "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
#:February 21 for 2 weeks
# Tina Charles - "I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance)"
#:March 6 for 3 weeks
# Brotherhood of Man - "Save Your Kisses for Me"
#:March 27 for 6 weeks
# ABBA - "Fernando"
#:May 8 for 4 weeks
# J.J. Barrie - "No Charge"
#:June 5 for 1 week
# The Wurzels - "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)"
#:June 12 for 2 weeks
# The Real Thing - "You to me are Everything"
#:June 26 for 3 weeks
# Demis Roussos - "The Roussos Phenomenon EP"
#:July 17 for 1 week
# Elton John & Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
#:July 24 for 6 weeks
# ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
#:September 4 for 6 weeks
# Pussycat - "Mississippi"
#:October 11 for 4 weeks
# Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now"
#:November 13 for 3 weeks
# Showaddywaddy - "Under the Moon of Love"
#:December 4 for 3 weeks
# Johnny Mathis - "When a Child is Born (Soleado)"
#:December 25 for 3 weeks

1977

# David Soul - "Don't Give Up on Us"
#:January 15 for 4 weeks
# Julie Covington - "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
#:February 12 for 1 week
# Leo Sayer - "When I Need You"
#:February 19 for 3 weeks
# The Manhattan Transfer - "Chanson D'Amour"
#:March 12 for 3 weeks
# ABBA - "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
#:April 2 for 5 weeks
# Deniece Williams - "Free"
#:May 7 for 2 weeks
# Rod Stewart - "I Don't Want to Talk About It /The First Cut is the Deepest"
#:May 21 for 4 weeks
# Kenny Rogers - "Lucille"
#:June 18 for 1 week
# The Jacksons - "Show You the Way to Go"
#:June 25 for 1 week
# Hot Chocolate - "So You Win Again"
#:July 2 for 3 weeks
# Donna Summer - "I Feel Love"
#:July 23 for 4 weeks
# Brotherhood of Man - "Angelo"
#:August 20 for 1 week
# The Floaters - "Float On"
#:August 27 for 1 week
# Elvis Presley - "Way Down"
#:September 3 for 5 weeks
# David Soul - "Silver Lady"
#:October 8 for 3 weeks
# Baccara - "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"
#:October 29 for 1 week
# ABBA - "The Name Of The Game"
#:November 5 for 4 weeks
# Wings - "Mull of Kintyre / Girls' School"
#:December 3 for 9 weeks

1978

# Althia & Donna - "Up Town Top Ranking"
#:February 4 for 1 week
# Brotherhood of Man - "Figaro"
#:February 11 for 1 week
# ABBA - "Take A Chance On Me"
#:February 18 for 3 weeks
# Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights"
#:March 11 for 4 weeks
# Brian and Michael - "Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs (Lowry's Song)"
#:April 8 for 3 weeks
# The Bee Gees - "Night Fever"
#:April 29 for 2 weeks
# Boney M - "Rivers of Babylon"
#:May 13 for 5 weeks
# John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - "You're the One That I Want"
#:June 17 for 9 weeks
# The Commodores - "Three Times A Lady"
#:August 19 for 5 weeks
# 10cc - "Dreadlock Holiday"
#:September 23 for 1 week
# John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - "Summer Nights"
#:September 30 for 7 weeks
# The Boomtown Rats - "Rat Trap"
#:November 18 for 2 weeks
# Rod Stewart - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
#:December 2 for 1 week
# Boney M - "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"
#:December 9 for 4 weeks

1979

# The Village People - "Y.M.C.A."
#:January 6 for 3 weeks
# Ian Dury & The Blockheads - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"
#:January 27 for 1 week
# Blondie - "Heart of Glass"
#:February 3 for 4 weeks
# The Bee Gees - "Tragedy"
#:March 3 for 2 weeks
# Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"
#:March 17 for 4 weeks
# Art Garfunkel - "Bright Eyes"
#:April 14 for 6 weeks
# Blondie - "Sunday Girl"
#:May 26 for 3 weeks
# Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell"
#:June 16 for 2 weeks
# Tubeway Army - "Are "Friends" Electric?"
#:June 30 for 4 weeks
# The Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays"
#:July 28 for 4 weeks
# Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore"
#:August 25 for 4 weeks
# Gary Numan - "Cars"
#:September 22 for 1 week
# The Police - "Message In A Bottle"
#:September 29 for 3 weeks
# The Buggles - "Video Killed the Radio Star"
#:October 20 for 1 week
# Lena Martell - "One Day At A Time"
#:October 27 for 3 weeks
# Dr Hook - "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"
#:November 17 for 3 weeks
# The Police - "Walking on the Moon"
#:December 8 for 1 week
# Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall"
#:December 15 for 5 weeks
List corrected with reference to the "Guinness book of British Hit Singles"
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Continues to List of number-one singles from the 1980s''

See also

★ List of Number 1 singles (UK)

★ UK Singles Chart

★ The official UK charts http://www.theofficialcharts.com