5th April 1970.

In April 1970 RNI changed from using a Top 40 to the Nifty 50, a name suggested by DJ Duncan Johnson. Thanks to Per Arne Berggren for providing most of this chart. We have added a few positions (marked with *) from radiopedia.nl. Can anyone fill in the few remaining gaps?

 

Radio Northsea International  Nifty 50   5th April 1970
this
week


1
Knock Knock Who's There
 Mary Hopkin
2
Spirit In The Sky
 Norman Greenbaum
3
All Kinds Of Everything
 Dana
4
Govinda
 The Radha Krishna Temple
5
Good Morning Freedom
 Blue Mink
6
The Seeker
 The Who
7
Gimme Dat Ding
 The Pipkins
8
Morning Please Don't Come
 Dusty and Tom Springfield
9
Travelin' Band
 Creedence Clearwater Revival
10
Never Had a Dream Come True
 Stevie Wonder
11
Can't Help Falling In Love
 Andy Williams
12
 **
 I Can't Help Myself
 The Four Tops
13
 **

14
Young, Gifted and Black
 Bob & Marcia
15
El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
 Julie Felix
16
You Keep Tightening Up On Me
 The Box Tops
17
I.O.I.O.
 The Bee Gees
18
Who Do You Love?
 Juicy Lucy
19
Cecilia / Mrs. Richie
 Harmony Grass
20
 *
 Everybody Go Home, the Party's Over
 Clodagh Rodgers
21
 **
 I'll Be Home (In A Day Or So)
 Dream Police
22
By The Way
 The Tremeloes
23
Hanging On The Edge of Sadness
 The Flying Machine
24
The House of the Rising Sun
 Frijid Pink
25
Border Song
 Elton John
26
When Julie Comes Around
 The Cuff Links
27
Lords And Ladies
 Troy Dante
28
Mighty Joe
 Shocking Blue
29
My Baby Loves Lovin'
 White Plains
30
Rag Mama Rag
 The Band
31
Don't You Know (She Said Hello)
 Butterscotch
32
Groupy Girl
 Tony Joe White
33
I Love Them All (The Boys In The Band)
 Nancy Sinatra
34
Open Up Your Heart
 Almond Marzipan
35
A Street Called Hope
 Gene Pitney
36
New World Coming
 Mama Cass
37


38
 *
 Bridge Over Troubled Waters
 Simon & Garfunkel
39
Down The Dustpipe
 Status Quo
40
Million Dollar Bash
 Jonathan King
41
 *
 Let It Be
 The Beatles
42
 ***
 Just Seventeen
 The Raiders
43
Powerful Jim
 Serpentine
44
Farewell Is A Lonely Sound
 Jimmy Ruffin
45
Roll Over Mary
 The Locomotive
46
 *
 Man of Constant Sorrow
 Ginger Baker's Airforce
47


48
 *
 Are You Growing Tired of My Love
 Cupids Inspiration featuring Terry Rice-Milton
49
Why (Must We Fall In Love)
 Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations
50
Belfast Boy
 Don Fardon





* Information from Radiopedia.
 
** Radiopedia lists Dream Police at no.12 and the Four Tops at no.13. Per Arne has Dream Police at no.21. Radiopedia lists Nancy Sinatra at no.21 but also has the same record at no.33 which seems unlikely.
 
*** Thanks to Frans Klaasen for identifying number 42 in the chart. He heard it on a recording of the Andy Archer show of 10th April 1970 in which the chart position was given.

Our thanks to Per Arne Berggren.
 
The links from the songs on this page lead to the Amazon MP3 Store where you can hear short audio clips of the tracks and customers in the UK can buy downloads. Please see this note.
 
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