Music Charts
Music Charts including Norman Greenbaum’s song Spirit In The Sky, starting in 1969. See the song’s rankings over the years.
WKNR Music Guide
Detroit Michigan
April 1970
Music Charts Week of
| 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | Title/Artist |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | Let It Be Beatles |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | Turn Back the Hands of Time Tyronne Davis |
| 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | ABC Jackson Five |
| 5 | 8 | 16 | 26 | Which Way You Going Billy Poppy Family |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | American Women / No Sugar Tonight Guess Who |
Cash Box Top 100 Singles
Week Ending May 9, 1970
| LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | Title/Artist |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum (Reprise 0885) |
| 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | American Woman Guess Who (RCA Victor 74-0325) |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ABC Jackson Five (Motown 1163) |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Let It Be The Beatles (Apple 2764) |
| 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | Something’s Burning Kenny Rogers & First Edition (Reprise 0888) |
| 10 | 11 | 15 | 8 | Vehicle Ides of March (Warner Bros. 7378) |
WABC Music Power Survey For Week of May 12th 1970
| LW | Title / Artist |
| 1 | Spirit In The Sky – Norman Greenbaum (Reprise) |
| 4 | American Woman (RCA) |
| 8 | Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia) |
| 1 | Let It Be – The Beatles (Apple) |
Cash Box Top 100 Singles
Week Ending May 2, 1970
| LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | Title/Artist |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum (Reprise 0885) |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ABC Jackson Five (Motown 1163) |
| 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | American Woman Guess Who (RCA Victor 74-0325) |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Let It Be The Beatles (Apple 2764) |
| Instant Karma (We All Shine On) |
U.K. Number Ones 1970-1979
This list of number one singles is based on charts published in New Muscial Express. The dates given are for the publication of the magazine, the Saturday following the actual publication on a Wednesday. The music chart would then be the current one at the time of it going to press.
The New Muscial Express has been used as it has provided the most consistent charts since the magazine first published a British “Hit Parade” in 1952.
03:01:70. Rolf Harris. Two Little Boys.
10:01:70. Rolf Harris. Two Little Boys.
17:01:70. Rolf Harris. Two Little Boys.
24:01:70. Rolf Harris. Two Little Boys.
31:01:70. Marmalade. Reflections Of My Life.
07:02:70. Edison Lighthouse. Love Grows.
14:02:70. Edison Lighthouse. Love Grows.
21:02:70. Edison Lighthouse. Love Grows.
28:02:70. The Jackson Five. I Want You Back.
07:03:70. Lee Marvin. Wand’rin’ Star.
14:03:70. Lee Marvin. Wand’rin’ Star.
21:03:70. Lee Marvin. Wand’rin’ Star.
28:03:70. Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water.
04:04:70. Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water.
11:04:70. Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water.
18:04:70. Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water.
25:04:70. Norman Greenbaum. Spirit In The Sky.
02:05:70. Norman Greenbaum. Spirit In The Sky.
(I don’t mind being topped by Simon & Garfunkel, BUT, Lee Marvin?)
Releases By Warner Bros.
October 10th 1969
Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum
Reflections Levitt & McClure
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Denny Brooks
People Ruthann Friedman
Shangri-la The Kinks
Peaches en Regalia Frank Zappa
Rattlesnake Shake Fleetwood Mac
Lie with Me Eric Andersen
Band Fast Freight The Fifth Avenue
Bubble Gum Breakthrough The Mike Post Coalition
THE MBG TOP FORTY’S
1970’s Summer Song Results
FINAL
POSITION SONG TITLE/ARTIST
12th: “War” by Edwin Starr, July #24
11th: “Julie Do Ya Love Me” by Bobby Sherman, August #33
10th: “Snowbird” by Anne Murray, August #37
9th: “In The Summertime” by Mungo Jerry, August #31
8th: “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” by Diana Ross, May #4
7th: “I’ll Be There” by the Jackson 5, August #40
6th: “Patches” by Clarence Carter, August #32
5th: “Band Of Gold” by Freda Payne, June #18
4th: “The Long And Winding Road” by the Beatles, May #3
3rd: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Diana Ross, July #25
2nd: “Spirit In The Sky” by Norman Greenbaum, May #1
Summer Song 1970
Summer Song 1970
“(They Long To Be) Close To You”
by the Carpenters, June #11
