Number 1 Singles in Ireland 1970 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of singles which topped the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

in 1970.

Note that prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales.

Issue Date	Song	Artist
2 January	Two Little Boys Two Little Boys "Two Little Boys" is a song written by American composer Theodore Morse and lyricist Edward Madden. It was written in 1902 and became a popular music hall song of the time, made popular by Harry Lauder. It describes the story of two boys who grow up to fight in the American Civil War. In 1969, it...	Rolf Harris Rolf Harris Rolf Harris, CBE, AM is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, painter and television personality.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Harris was a champion swimmer before studying art. He moved to England in 1952, where he started to appear on television programmes on which he drew the...
9 January	Two Little Boys	Rolf Harris
16 January	Two Little Boys	Rolf Harris
23 January	Two Little Boys	Rolf Harris
30 January	Two Little Boys	Rolf Harris
6 February	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) "Love Grows " is a popular song by "one-hit wonder" Edison Lighthouse. The single hit the number one spot on the UK singles chart on the week ending on 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks.- Song profile :...	Edison Lighthouse Edison Lighthouse Edison Lighthouse was a UK pop group, initially a studio-only assemblage that served as a vehicle for session vocalist Tony Burrows and songwriter/record producers Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason, are best known for their 1970 UK chart-topper and million-selling record, "Love Grows ".-Career:The...
13 February	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)	Edison Lighthouse
20 February	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)	Edison Lighthouse
27 February	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)	Edison Lighthouse
6 March	Wand'rin' Star Wand'rin' Star "Wand'rin' Star" was a UK number one single for Lee Marvin for three weeks in March 1970.It was originally written by Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe for the stage musical Paint Your Wagon in 1951. When the film of the musical was made in 1969, Lee Marvin took the role of prospector Ben Rumson...	Lee Marvin Lee Marvin Lee Marvin was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6' 2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou , he landed more...
13 March	Wand'rin' Star	Lee Marvin
20 March	All Kinds of Everything All Kinds Of Everything "All Kinds of Everything" is a song written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith which as performed by Dana won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970. "All Kinds of Everything" represented a return to the ballad form from the more energetic performances which had dominated Eurovision the previous years...	Dana Dana Rosemary Scallon Dana Rosemary Scallon , known in her singing career simply as Dana, is an Irish singer and former Member of the European Parliament ....
27 March	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
3 April	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
10 April	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
17 April	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
24 April	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
1 May	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
8 May	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
15 May	All Kinds of Everything	Dana
22 May	Spirit in the Sky Spirit in the Sky "Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in 1969. The single sold two million copies in 1969 and 1970 and reached number three in the U.S. Billboard chart, as well as number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone...	Norman Greenbaum Norman Greenbaum Norman Greenbaum is an American singer-songwriter. He was raised in a traditional Jewish household and went to Hebrew school. His initial interest in music was sparked by Southern blues music and the folk music that was hugely popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s...
29 May	Question	Moody Blues
5 Jun	Yellow River Yellow River (song) "Yellow River" is a popular song recorded by the British band Christie. Written by band leader Jeff Christie, the song was offered to The Tremeloes, who recorded it with the intention of releasing it as a single early in 1970...	Christie Christie (band) Christie were an English rock band formed at the end of the 1960s. They are best remembered for their UK chart-topping hit single, "Yellow River" released in 1970.-Career:...
12 Jun	Yellow River	Christie
19 Jun	21 Years	Dermot Hegarty
26 Jun	21 Years	Dermot Hegarty
3 Jul	In the Summertime	Mungo Jerry Mungo Jerry Mungo Jerry is an English rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most...
10 Jul	Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha	Cliff Richard Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
17 Jul	In the Summertime	Mungo Jerry
24 Jul	In the Summertime	Mungo Jerry
31 Jul	The Wonder of You The Wonder of You "The Wonder of You" is a song written by Baker Knight. In 1959, Ray Peterson released it as a single. The song became a Top 40 hit for him on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #25. That same year it was recorded by Ronnie Hilton in the United Kingdom, his version reaching #22 on the UK Singles...	Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
7 Aug	Lola Lola (song) "Lola" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks which details a romantic encounter between a young man and a transvestite he meets in a club in Soho, London....	The Kinks The Kinks The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
14 Aug	The Wonder of You	Elvis Presley
21 Aug	The Wonder of You	Elvis Presley
28 Aug	The Wonder of You	Elvis Presley
4 Sep	21 Years	Dermot Hegarty
11 Sep	21 Years	Dermot Hegarty
18 Sep	21 Years	Dermot Hegarty
25 Sep	Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy? Which Way You Goin' Billy?, released in 1969, was the first album from Vancouver, British Columbia band The Poppy Family. They scored their biggest hit with title track "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" which went to #1 in Canada and #2 on the Billboard charts in the U.S...	The Poppy Family The Poppy Family The Poppy Family was a late 1960s and early 1970s Canadian pop music group, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Career:Seventeen year old Susan Pesklevits met Terry Jacks in the middle 1960s while she was a regular performer on a national teen TV show called Music Hop as well as many other...
2 Oct	Band of Gold Band Of Gold (Freda Payne song) "Band of Gold" is a popular song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland under the pseudonym Edythe Wayne, and Ron Dunbar, and first recorded by Freda Payne...	Freda Payne Freda Payne Freda Charcilia Payne Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944. is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in...
9 Oct	Band of Gold	Freda Payne
16 Oct	Band of Gold	Freda Payne
23 Oct	Band of Gold	Freda Payne
30 Oct	Band of Gold	Freda Payne
6 Nov	Band of Gold	Freda Payne
13 Nov	New World In The Morning New World In The Morning New World in the Morning is a studio album by Roger Whittaker released in 1971. It featured some of his most popular songs including "The Last Farewell", "A Special Kind of Man", the title track "New World in the Morning" and "Streets of London".-History:...	Roger Whittaker Roger Whittaker Roger Whittaker is an Anglo-Kenyan singer-songwriter and musician with worldwide record sales of over 55 million. His music can be described as easy listening. He is best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability...
20 Nov	New World In The Morning	Roger Whittaker
27 Nov	I'll Forgive And I'll Try To Forget	Margo
4 Dec	New World in the Morning	Roger Whittaker
11 Dec	New World in the Morning	Roger Whittaker
18 Dec	If Those Lips Could Only Speak	Dermot Henry
25 Dec	I Hear You Knocking I Hear You Knocking "I Hear You Knocking" is a popular rhythm and blues song with emphatic syncopation, written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King and published in 1955. The original recording was made by Smiley Lewis, reaching #2 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.The lyrics concern a former lover whose knocking at...	Dave Edmunds Dave Edmunds David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

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