Billboard just ranked Top Summer Songs 1958-2023.

[goodjeans]

Here is 1970.

1970​

Rank, Title, Artist
1, (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU, Carpenters
2, MAMA TOLD ME (NOT TO COME), Three Dog Night
3, MAKE IT WITH YOU, Bread
4, THE LOVE YOU SAVE/I FOUND THAT GIRL, Jackson 5
5, WAR, Edwin Starr
6, BALL OF CONFUSION (THAT’S WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY), The Temptations
7, BAND OF GOLD, Freda Payne
8, SPILL THE WINE, Eric Burdon And War
9, SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS, Stevie Wonder
10, IN THE SUMMERTIME, Mungo Jerry

 

[Mark-T]

Here is 1973.

1973​

Rank, Title, Artist
1, BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN, Jim Croce
2, WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES, Billy Preston
3, BROTHER LOUIE, Stories
4, TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING, Diana Ross
5, THE MORNING AFTER, Maureen McGovern
6, LIVE AND LET DIE, Wings
7, GIVE ME LOVE – (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH), George Harrison
8, LET’S GET IT ON, Marvin Gaye
9, KODACHROME, Paul Simon
10, YESTERDAY ONCE MORE, Carpenters