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| Number 2: The Beatles: Let It Be |
- 01 (01) Lee Marvin - Wand'rin' Star
- 02 (---) Beatles - Let It Be
- 03 (07) Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
- 04 (02) Jackson Five - I Want You Back
- 05 (04) Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
- 06 (05) John Lennon/Yoko Ono/The Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma!
- 07 (03) Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
- 08 (19) Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling
- 09 (08) Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go
- 10 (15) Sacha Distel - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
- 11 (18) Elvis Presley - Don't Cry Daddy
- 12 (11) Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand
- 13 (13) Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
- 14 (09) White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin'
- 15 (06) Peter, Paul And Mary - Leavin' On A Jet Plane
- 16 (12) Shocking Blue - Venus
- 17 (---) Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love
- 18 (16) Kenny Rogers And The First Edition - Something's Burning
- 19 (10) Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour
- 20 (28) Dave Clark Five - Everybody Get Together
Image: The Beatles Let it Be: Poster/Print
Lee Marvin remained at Number 1 for a second week, but some classic tracks were lining up behind him to try and claim the top spot this week in 1970.
The first is the highest new entry, not only to the Top 20, but also into the entire chart. Jumping straight in at Number 2 is the final single from The Beatles to reach the Top 10 from the era of the band's new releases while all of the members were still alive. Let It Be has become one of the band's best loved songs, but it was famously kept off the top spot by Lee Marvin:
Recorded by a multitude of acts, the Andy Williams version of Can't Help Falling in Love was a brand new entry into this week's Top 20 at Number 17. It was among a handful of singles that became a bigger hit in the UK than in his homeland, where it only just managed to scrape into the Top 100. Of course, this is an Elvis song and ironically The King appears in this week's Top 20 as well:
While we were witnessing the final Top 10 single (of sorts) from The Beatles, this week also saw the last British Top 10 from the legendary Dave Clark Five. Everybody Get Together had actually been recorded six years earlier by The Kingston Trio under the title Let's Get Together. However, it was far more successful in the States when The Youngbloods re-released it in 1969 with another slight title change: Get Together. But, this is the version that was big in the UK (and watch out for Madeleine Bell on the video):
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| Andy Williams at Number 17 |
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