Hot Country Songs

Week of August 15, 1970

Hot Country Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Don't Keep Me Hangin' On

Sonny James

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Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

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Hot Country Songs

Week of August 15, 1970

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1
- Don't Keep Me Hangin' On
  Sonny James
- 1
- 1
- 7
- - 1
  - 1
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

2
- Wonder Could I Live There Anymore
  Charley Pride
- 2
- 1
- 10
- - 2
  - 1
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sugar Hill

3
- For The Good Times/Grazin' In Greener Pastures
  Ray Price
- 7
- 3
- 6
- - 7
  - 3
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

4
- The Kansas City Song
  Buck Owens
- 3
- 2
- 11
- - 3
  - 2
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

5
- Humphrey The Camel
  Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
- 5
- 5
- 9
- - 5
  - 5
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Wayside

6
- When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)
  Billy Walker
- 6
- 6
- 8
- - 6
  - 6
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

7
- You Wanna Give Me A Lift
  Loretta Lynn
- 10
- 7
- 8
- - 10
  - 7
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

8
- Someday We'll Be Together
  Bill Anderson
- 4
- 4
- 9
- - 4
  - 4
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

9
- Salute To A Switchblade
  Tom T. Hall
- 9
- 9
- 6
- - 9
  - 9
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

10
- Everything A Man Could Ever Need
  Glen Campbell
- 13
- 10
- 5
- - 13
  - 10
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

11
- Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
  Dolly Parton
- 11
- 11
- 7
- - 11
  - 11
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

12
- Jesus, Take A Hold
  Merle Haggard And The Strangers
- 8
- 3
- 10
- - 8
  - 3
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

13
- Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong
  George Jones
- 17
- 13
- 7
- - 17
  - 13
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Musicor

14
- The Whole World Comes To Me/If This Is Love
  Jack Greene
- 15
- 14
- 5
- - 15
  - 14
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

15
- He Loves Me All The Way
  Tammy Wynette
- 14
- 1
- 13
- - 14
  - 1
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

16
- I Never Picked Cotton
  Roy Clark
- 12
- 5
- 11
- - 12
  - 5
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dot

17
- Heaven Everyday
  Mel Tillis
- 24
- 17
- 4
- - 24
  - 17
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

18
- One Song Away
  Tommy Cash
- 19
- 18
- 5
- - 19
  - 18
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

19
- A Perfect Mountain
  Don Gibson
- 16
- 16
- 8
- - 16
  - 16
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hickory

20
- Do It To Someone You Love
  Norro Wilson
- 20
- 20
- 7
- - 20
  - 20
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

21
- If I Ever Fall In Love (With A Honky Tonk Girl)
  Faron Young
- 18
- 4
- 12
- - 18
  - 4
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

22
- Biloxi
  Kenny Price
- 22
- 22
- 5
- - 22
  - 22
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

23
- Removing The Shadow
  Hank Williams, Jr. & Lois Johnson
- 39
- 23
- 7
- - 39
  - 23
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

24
- Duty Not Desire
  Jeannie C. Riley
- 21
- 21
- 8
- - 21
  - 21
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Plantation

25
- Honky Tonk Man
  Bob Luman
- 28
- 25
- 6
- - 28
  - 25
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

26
- Hello Darlin'
  Conway Twitty
- 25
- 1
- 17
- - 25
  - 1
  - 17

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

27
- Hello Mary Lou
  Bobby Lewis
- 23
- 14
- 12
- - 23
  - 14
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

28
- All For The Love Of Sunshine
  Hank Williams, Jr. & Mike Curb Congregation
- 30
- 28
- 3
- - 30
  - 28
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

29
- Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man
  Porter Wagoner And Dolly Parton
- 40
- 29
- 3
- - 40
  - 29
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

30
- Long Long Texas Road
  Roy Drusky
- 26
- 5
- 15
- - 26
  - 5
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

31
- Baby, I Tried
  Jim Ed Brown
- 32
- 31
- 6
- - 32
  - 31
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

32
- No Love At All/I Found You Just In Time
  Lynn Anderson
- 33
- 32
- 3
- - 33
  - 32
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

33
- She's A Little Bit Country
  George Hamilton IV
- 29
- 3
- 16
- - 29
  - 3
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

34
- Marty Gray
  Billie Jo Spears
- 36
- 34
- 4
- - 36
  - 34
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

35
- I Never Once Stopped Loving You
  Connie Smith
- 27
- 5
- 14
- - 27
  - 5
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

36
- This Night (Ain't Fit For Nothing But Drinking)
  Dave Dudley
- 43
- 36
- 3
- - 43
  - 36
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

37
- All American Husband
  Peggy Sue
- 44
- 37
- 6
- - 44
  - 37
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

38
- One Night Stand
  Susan Raye
- 38
- 35
- 7
- - 38
  - 35
  - 7

Hot Country Songs

Week of August 15, 1970

Hot Country Songs

Don't Keep Me Hangin' On

Imprint/Promotion Label:

From Johnny Cash to Taylor Swift, The Stars' Most Memorable CMA Moments Across the Decades

Hot Country Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Don't Keep Me Hangin' On

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Wonder Could I Live There Anymore

Imprint/Promotion Label:

For The Good Times/Grazin' In Greener Pastures

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Kansas City Song

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Humphrey The Camel

Imprint/Promotion Label:

When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You Wanna Give Me A Lift

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Someday We'll Be Together

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Salute To A Switchblade

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Everything A Man Could Ever Need

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jesus, Take A Hold

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Whole World Comes To Me/If This Is Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

He Loves Me All The Way

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Never Picked Cotton

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Heaven Everyday

Imprint/Promotion Label:

One Song Away

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A Perfect Mountain

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Do It To Someone You Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

If I Ever Fall In Love (With A Honky Tonk Girl)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Biloxi

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Removing The Shadow

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Duty Not Desire

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Honky Tonk Man

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hello Darlin'

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hello Mary Lou

Imprint/Promotion Label:

All For The Love Of Sunshine

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Long Long Texas Road

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Baby, I Tried

Imprint/Promotion Label:

No Love At All/I Found You Just In Time

Imprint/Promotion Label:

She's A Little Bit Country

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Marty Gray

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Never Once Stopped Loving You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

This Night (Ain't Fit For Nothing But Drinking)