Hills Top 40 Pops & Best Selling LP's for April 20, 1970

 

On this date:

National "High Five" Day

- The 74th Boston Marathon was won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30
- Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria
- Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new US marathon record

Birthdays:
- Actor Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds) was born this day.

The following top movies and books are still the same as the previous posts.
They are subject to change as the weeks pass on.
(I'm good on these Hills lists 'till 1974.)

Top Movies: 

•  "A Man Called Horse" starring Richard Harris
•  "Colossus: The Forbin Project" starring Eric Braeden (Victor Newman on Young and Restless)
•  "The Sicilian Clan"
•  "Women in Love" directed by Ken Russell, starring: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
•  "Bloody Mama" directed by Roger Corman, starring Shelley Winters

Top Books:

•  "Islands in the Stream" by Ernest Hemingway
•  "The Crystal Cave" by Mary Stewart
• "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by John Fowles
•  "Love Story" by Erich Segal

AS FOR THE MUSIC -

The Beatles beat out The Jackson Five and Simon and Garfunkel for top single and LP.

ALSO

Diana Ross instructs The Supremes how to get to the top of a house.
Johnny Cash is not sure of who is lying.
George Baker Selection has a bag of a particular color.
Jerry Lee Lewis sings about a proud chicken.

Remember Tyrone Davis? Bobbi Martin? Bill Deal and Rhonels??? (I don't...)
They all have songs in this Top 40.

Here is the complete Hills Department Store Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for April 20, 1970:

Number 1 single for this date - "Let It Be" by The Beatles

Coming next:
Hills Top 40 Pops and 10 Best Selling LP's for May 4, 1970


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