List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1970

The following is a list of every single that peaked on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1970 (based on Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual 1955-1999 publication) and also includes the Top 40 hits Pat has included in the database based a composite of other music charts. Through extensive research (and the assistance of many, many posted contributions here on this message board from very helpful board members, especially my good friend Jim a.k.a. "jimct"), I've made my best efforts to determine whether the corresponding commercial 45 release for each single was issued in mono or stereo. This list only accounts for original 45 releases and not later re-issues.

I have posted a mono/stereo 45 list for each year from 1968-1975 (see links below) and hope forum members and fellow music collectors will find these lists to be a useful reference guide. I also highly encourage anyone to let me know if there are any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions so that I can make the necessary corrections.


Mono and Stereo Commercial 45 Releases of Top 40 Singles from 1970

Alive and Kicking - "Tighter, Tighter" (mono)
Archies, The - "Jingle Jangle" (stereo)
Archies, The - "Who's Your Baby" (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)
Assembled Multitude, The - "Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera)" (mono)
Badfinger - "Come and Get It" (stereo)
Badfinger - "No Matter What" (stereo)
Baker, George, Selection - "Little Green Bag" (mono)
Band, The - "Up on Cripple Creek" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "For You Blue" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "Let It Be" (stereo)
Beatles, The - "The Long and Winding Road" (stereo)
Bell, Vincent - "Airport Love Theme (Gwen and Vern)" (stereo)
Benton, Brook - "Rainy Night in Georgia" (mono)
Blanchard, Jack, & Misty Morgan - "Tennessee Bird Walk" (mono)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Hi-De-Ho" (stereo)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Lucretia Mac Evil" (stereo)
Bloom, Bobby - "Montego Bay" (mono and stereo)
Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride" (mono)
Bread - "It Don't Matter to Me" (mono)
Bread - "Make It with You" (mono)
Brotherhood of Man, The - "United We Stand" (mono)
Brown, James - "Ain't It Funky Now (Part 1)" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Brother Rapp (Part 1) & (Part 2)" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (Part 1)" (stereo)
Brown, James - "It's a New Day (Part 1) & (Part 2)" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Part Two (Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn)" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)" (mono)
Burdon, Eric, and War - "Spill the Wine" (mono and stereo)
Campbell, Glen - "Honey Come Back" (stereo)
Campbell, Glen - "It's Only Make Believe" (stereo)
Campbell, Glen - "Oh Happy Day" (stereo)
Canned Heat - "Let's Work Together" (mono)
Carpenters - "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (stereo)
Carpenters - "We've Only Just Begun" (stereo)
Carter, Clarence - "Patches" (mono)
Cash, Johnny - "What Is Truth" (stereo)
Cash, Johnny, & June Carter - "If I Were a Carpenter" (mono)
Chairman of the Board - "Everything's Tuesday" (mono)
Chairmen of the Board - "Give Me Just a Little More Time" (mono)
Chairmen of the Board - "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" (mono)
Chandler, Gene - "Groovy Situation" (mono)
Chicago - "Make Me Smile" (stereo)
Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4" (mono)
Christie - "Yellow River" (mono)
Clapton, Eric - "After Midnight" (mono)
Cliff, Jimmy - "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" (mono)
Cocker, Joe - "Cry Me a River" (stereo)
Cocker, Joe - "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (mono)
Cocker, Joe, with Leon Russell & The Shelter People - "The Letter" (mono)
Crabby Appleton - "Go Back" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Long as I Can See the Light" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Lookin' out My Back Door" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Run Through the Jungle" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Travelin' Band" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Who'll Stop the Rain" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Up Around the Bend" (mono)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Ohio" (mono)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Our House" (mono and stereo)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Teach Your Children" (mono)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Woodstock" (mono)
Crow - "Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games with Me" (mono)
Cuff Links, The - "When Julie Comes Around" (stereo)
Davis, Tyrone - "Turn Back the Hands of Time" (mono)
Dawn - "Candida" (mono)
Delfonics, The - "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" (mono)
Delfonics, The - "Trying to Make a Fool out of Me" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Cracklin' Rosie" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Do It" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Shilo" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Solitary Man" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Soolaimon (African Trilogy II)" (mono)
Dylan, Bob - "Wigwam" (stereo)
Dyson, Ronnie - "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" (stereo)
Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (mono)
El Chicano - "Viva Tirado - Part 1/Part 2" (stereo)
Ernie (Jim Henson) - "Rubber Duckie" (mono)
Ferrante & Teicher - "Midnight Cowboy" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Blowing Away" (stereo)
5th Dimension, The - "One Less Bell to Answer" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Puppet Man" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Save the Country" (mono)
Five Flights Up, The - "Do What You Wanna Do" (mono)
5 Stairsteps, The - "O-o-h Child" (mono)
Flaming Ember, The - "I'm Not My Brother's Keeper" (mono)
Flaming Ember, The - "Westbound #9" (mono)
Four Tops - "It's All in the Game" (mono)
Four Tops - "Still Water (Love)" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Border Song (Holy Moses)" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Call Me" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Don't Play That Song" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Spirit in the Dark" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "You and Me" (mono)
Free - "All Right Now" (stereo - some 45 copies incorrectly state "mono" on the label)
Friends of Distinction - "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" (stereo)
Frijid Pink - "House of the Rising Sun" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "The End of Our Road" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "How Can I Forget" (mono)
Gentry, Bobbie - "Fancy" (mono)
Gentry, Bobbie, & Glen Campbell - "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (stereo)
Grand Funk Railroad - "Closer to Home" (stereo)
Grass Roots, The - "Baby Hold On" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "Come on and Say It" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "Walking Through the Country" (mono)
Greaves, R.B. - "Always Something There to Remind Me" (mono)
Greenbaum, Norman - "Canned Ham" (mono)
Greenbaum, Norman - "Spirit in the Sky" (mono)
Guess Who, The - "American Woman" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "Hand Me Down World (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "No Sugar Tonight" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "No Time" (stereo)
Guess Who, The - "Share the Land" (stereo)
Harrison, George - "Isn't It a Pity" (stereo)
Harrison, George - "My Sweet Lord" (stereo)
Harrison, Wilbert - "Let's Work Together (Part 1)" (mono)
Hollies, The - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (mono)
Holman, Eddie - "Hey There Lonely Girl" (mono)
Hopkin, Mary - "Temma Harbour" (mono)
Hotlegs - "Neanderthal Man" (mono)
Humperdinck, Engelbert - "My Marie" (mono)
Humperdinck, Engelbert - "Winter World of Love" (mono)
Hyland, Brian - "Gypsy Woman" (mono)
Ides of March, The - "Vehicle" (mono)
Impressions, The - "Check out Your Mind" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "ABC" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "I Found That Girl" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "I Want You Back" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "I'll Be There" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "The Love You Save" (mono)
Jaggerz, The - "The Rapper (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Come to Me" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Gotta Get Back to You" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "She" (mono)
Jay & the Americans - "Walkin' in the Rain" (mono)
Jefferson - "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Can't Stop Loving You" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Daughter of Darkness" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "I (Who Have Nothing)" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" (mono)
Kim, Andy - "Be My Baby" (stereo)
King, B.B. - "The Thrill Is Gone" (mono)
Kinks, The - "Lola" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)" (mono)
Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love" (mono)
Lennon, John [Plastic Ono Band] - "Cold Turkey" (stereo)
Lennon, John Ono - "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" (stereo)
Lindsay, Mark - "Arizona" (mono)
Lindsay, Mark - "Miss America" (stereo)
Lindsay, Mark - "Silver Bird" (stereo)
Little Sister - "You're the One-Part I/Part II" (mono)
Lost Generation, The - "The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked" (stereo)
Lulu - "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" (mono)
Mama Cass Elliot - "New World Coming" (mono)
Marmalade - "Reflections of My Life" (mono)
Martin, Bobbi - "For the Love of Him" (mono)
Mashmakhan - "As the Years Go By" (stereo)
Mason, Dave - "Only You Know and I Know" (stereo)
McNamara, Robin - "Lay a Little Lovin' on me" (stereo)
Melanie - "Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" (mono)
Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers - "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (mono and stereo)
Moments, The - "Love on a Two-Way Street" (mono)
Moody Blues, The - "Question" (mono)
Morrison, Van - "Come Running" (mono)
Mountain - "Mississippi Queen" (mono)
Mungo Jerry - "In the Summertime" (stereo)
Murray, Anne - "Snowbird" (stereo)
Nash, Johnny - "Cupid" (mono)
Neighborhood, The - "Big Yellow Taxi" (mono)
Nelson, Rick, & the Stone Canyon Band - "She Belongs to Me" (stereo)
Nesmith, Michael, & the First National Band - "Joanne" (stereo)
New Seekers, The - "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" (stereo)
100 Proof Aged in Soul - "Somebody's Been Sleeping" (mono)
Original Caste, The - "One Tin Soldier" (mono)
Originals, The - "The Bells" (mono)
Pacific Gas & Electric - "Are You Ready?" (stereo)
Parks, Michael - "Long Lonesome Highway" (mono)
Partridge Family, The, starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy - "I Think I Love You" (mono)
Payne, Freda - "Band of Gold" (mono)
Payne, Freda - "Deeper & Deeper" (mono)
Peebles, Ann - "Part Time Love" (mono)
Phillips, John - "Mississippi" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "Engine Number 9" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "Sugar Sugar" (mono)
Pipkins, The - "Gimme Dat Ding" (mono)
Poppy Family, The - "That's Where I Went Wrong" (mono)
Poppy Family, The - "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" (mono)
Presidents, The - "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Don't Cry Daddy" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "I've Lost You" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Kentucky Rain" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Mama Liked the Roses" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "The Next Step Is Love" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Patch It Up" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Rubberneckin'" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "The Wonder of You" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (mono)
Puckett, Gary, and the Union Gap - "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance" (stereo)
Rare Earth - "Get Ready" (mono)
Rare Earth - "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (mono)
Rios, Miguel - "A Song of Joy (Himno a La Alegria)" (stereo)
Robbins, Marty - "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "Point It Out" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "The Tears of a Clown" (mono)
Roe, Tommy - "Jam up Jelly Tight" (mono)
Rogers, Kenny, and the First Edition - "Heed the Call" (mono)
Rogers, Kenny, and the First Edition - "Something's Burning" (mono)
Rogers, Kenny, and the First Edition - "Tell It All Brother" (mono)
Ronstadt, Linda - "Long Long Time" (mono)
Ross, Diana - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (mono)
Ross, Diana - "Reach out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (mono)
Sandpipers, The - "Come Saturday Morning" (mono)
Santana - "Evil Ways" (mono)
Sherman, Bobby - "Easy Come, Easy Go" (stereo)
Sherman, Bobby - "Hey, Mister Sun" (stereo)
Sherman, Bobby - "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" (stereo)
Sherman, Bobby - "La La La (If I Had You)" (stereo)
Shocking Blue, The - "Mighty Joe" (mono)
Shocking Blue, The - "Venus" (mono)
Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water" (mono)
Simon & Garfunkel - "Cecilia" (mono)
Simon & Garfunkel - "El Condor Pasa" (stereo)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Everybody Is a Star" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "I Want to Take You Higher" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" (mono)
Smith - "Take a Look Around" (mono)
South, Joe, and the Believers - "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" (stereo)
Spinners, The - "It's a Shame" (mono)
Starr, Edwin - "War" (mono)
Staton, Candi - "Stand by Your Man" (mono)
Steppenwolf - "Hey Lawdy Mama" (mono)
Steppenwolf - "Monster" (mono)
Stevens, Ray - "Everything Is Beautiful" (mono)
Street People - "Jennifer Tomkins" (mono)
Sugarloaf - "Green-Eyed Lady" (stereo)
Supremes, The - "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" (mono)
Supremes, The - "Stoned Love" (mono)
Supremes, The - "Up the Ladder to the Roof" (mono)
Taylor, R. Dean - "Indiana Wants Me" (mono)
Taylor, James - "Fire and Rain" (stereo)
Taylor, Johnnie - "I Am Somebody Part II" (mono)
Taylor, Johnnie - "Love Bones" (mono)
Taylor, Johnnie - "Steal Away" (mono)
Tee Set, The - "Ma Belle Amie" (stereo)
Teegarden & Van Winkle - "God, Love and Rock & Roll" (stereo)
Temptations, The - "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Psychedelic Shack" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "Everybody's out of Town" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "I Just Can't Help Believing" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (mono)
Thomas, Rufus - "Do the Funky Chicken" (mono)
Three Degrees, The - "Maybe" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Celebrate" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Out in the Country" (mono)
Turner, Ike & Tina, & the Ikettes - "I Want to Take You Higher" (stereo)
Vanity Fare - "Early in the Morning" (mono)
Vanity Fare - "Hitchin' a Ride" (mono)
Vinton, Bobby - "My Elusive Dreams" (mono)
Walker, Jr., & the All Stars - "Do You See My Love (for You Growing)" (mono)
Walker, Jr., & the All Stars - "Gotta Hold on to This Feeling" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "Let Me Go to Him" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "Make It Easy on Yourself" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "Paper Mache" (mono)
Welch, Lenny - "Breaking up Is Hard to Do" (mono)
White Plains, The - "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (mono)
Who, The - "See Me, Feel Me" (stereo)
Who, The - "The Seeker" (stereo)
Who, The - "Summertime Blues" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "Heaven Help Us All" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "Never Had a Dream Come True" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (mono)
Wright, Charles, and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - "Express Yourself" (mono)
Wright, Charles, and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - "Love Land" (mono)
Young, Neil - "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)


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Click this link for: List of Mono and Stereo 45s - 1975


Edited by Todd Ireland

Todd, I reported on 1970's 45 info a good while back, and at that time I
didn't include listed/actual time differences of less than :03. I do own all
of them and know all the relevant mono/stereo & listed/actual timing
info, however. So here it all is, taken from the Post-It notes I still have
attached to each 45:

-She Came In Through The Bathroom Window: (mono; L 2:37; A 2:36)
-Teach Your Children: (mono; L 2:53; A 2:52)
-Trying To Make A Fool Of You: (mono; L & A 2:58)
-O-o-h Child: (mono; L & A 3:11)
-Oh Me Oh My (mono; L & A 2:45)
-Dave Mason-Only You Know And I Know: (stereo; L & A 4:05)
-Look What They Done To My Song, Ma: (stereo; L & A 3:18)
-My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (mono; L 3:29; A 3:31)
-Heed The Call: (mono; L 3:17; A 3:19)
-Everybody's Out Of Town (mono; L & A 2:42)
-Three Degrees-Maybe (mono; L 4:06; A 4:07)
-Ike & Tina-I Want To Take You Higher (stereo; L 2:51; A 2:49)
-Bobby Vinton-My Elusive Dreams (mono; listed 2:00; actual 3:12) (only
picked this up in the last year or so, or I would've reported large L/A
difference; all current db CDs run either 3:12 or 3:13, so it's clearly just a
misprint on the 45 label itself.)

I think 1970's all set for you now, buddy. I'll try to pull 69 & 68 ASAP. -Jim



Edited by jimct

This is great. Thanks for the info.

I did a quick calculation of the percentage of Top 40 singles from 1970 released in stereo... Out of the 275 singles listed above, 71 were made available in stereo, which comes out to a percentage of 26.9% (rounded to the nearest tenth).

By comparison, approximately 19.1% of the 45s on the 1969 list were issued in stereo and just a mere 3.1% were stereophonic in 1968.

So even though stereo 45 releases saw steady growth through 1971, they were still outnumbered by their mono 45 counterparts by roughly a 3-to-1 margin. Evidently, record labels at this point were still by and large electing to issue commercial singles with the mixes that consumers were accustomed to hearing on AM radio.

Edited by Todd Ireland

Bill,

Your 45 is mono and pressed by Monarch Records in California.