In 1970, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the easy listening market.
[3] It remained atop the Easy Listening chart for the first four weeks of the year before being replaced by "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" by the Welsh singer Tom Jones.
Elvis Presley reached the top spot with both "The Wonder of You" and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" and the Carpenters had number ones with both "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun".
The former song was the breakthrough release for the Carpenters, also topping the Hot 100 and launching a period of international stardom for the brother-sister duo.
[9][10][11] "Let It Be" also topped the Hot 100, as did "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel and "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens.