Top 40 Hits of Early October 1970
 | 1 | Freda Payne | Band Of Gold |
 | 2 | Desmond Dekker | You Can Get It If You Really Want |
 | 3 | Deep Purple | Black Night |
 | 4 | Bobby Bloom | Montego Bay |
 | 5 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid |
 | 6 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | Tears Of A Clown |
 | 7 | Chairmen Of The Board | Give Me Just A Little More Time |
 | 8 | Poppy Family featuring Susan Jacks | Which Way You Goin' Billy? |
 | 9 | The Carpenters | (They Long To Be) Close To You |
 | 10 | Diana Ross | Ain't No Mountain High Enough |
 | 11 | Elvis Presley | The Wonder Of You |
 | 12 | The Tremeloes | Me And My Life |
 | 13 | Family | Strange Band |
 | 14 | Hot Chocolate | Love Is Life |
 | 15 | Three Dog Night | Mama Told Me (Not To Come) |
 | 16 | Aretha Franklin | Don't Play That Song |
 | 17 | Horace Faith | Black Pearl |
 | 18 | Bread | Make It With You |
 | 19 | The Temptations | Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) |
 | 20 | Jimmy Cliff | Wild World |
 | 21 | Blue Mink | Our World |
 | 22 | Martha & The Vandellas | Jimmy Mack |
 | 23 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Long As I Can See The Light |
 | 24 | Andy Williams | It's So Easy |
 | 25 | Engelbert Humperdinck | Sweetheart |
 | 26 | The Hollies | Gasoline Alley Bred |
 | 27 | Shirley Bassey | Something |
 | 28 | Matthew's Southern Comfort | Woodstock |
 | 29 | Chicago | 25 Or 6 To 4 |
 | 30 | Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon | Sweet Inspiration |
 | 31 | Cliff Richard | I Ain't Got Time Any More |
 | 32 | Melanie | Ruby Tuesday |
 | 33 | Glen Campbell | Everything A Man Could Ever Need |
 | 34 | Des O'Connor | The Tip Of My Fingers |
 | 35 | Dorothy Squires | My Way |
 | 36 | Jim Reeves | Angels Don't Lie |
 | 37 | The Four Tops | Still Water |
 | 38 | Dusty Springfield | How Can I Be Sure |
 | 39 | Marmalade | Rainbow |
 | 40 | Gene Pitney | Shady Lady |