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 |