#1 Southern Gospel Hit Songs of The 1970s

(According to The Singing News Top 40 monthly chart)

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Song Title	Group	Month/Year (start/end)
Jesus Is Coming Soon	Oak Ridge Boys / Inspirations / Thrasher Bros / Eleventh Hour Singers	Feb. 1970
Jesus Is Coming Soon	Oak Ridge Boys / Florida Boys / Inspirations	Mar. 1970
Thank God I'm Free	Happy Goodmans/ Galileans	Apr. 1970
Jesus Is Coming Soon	Oak Ridge Boys/ Inspirations	June 1970 - Aug. 1970
Thank God I'm Free	Happy Goodmans/ Hemphills	Sept. 1970
Sheltered In The Arms of God	Oak Ridge Boys/ Downings	Oct 1970
Rattlesnakes Story	Wendy Bagwell	Nov 1970 - Jan 1971
I Know	Oak Ridge Boys/ Blue Ridge Qt.	Feb. 1971- Nov. 1971
That Day Is Almost Here	Blue Ridge Qt.	Dec. 1971 - Feb. 1972
Tiny	Rambos	Mar. 1972
Flowers Kissed the Shoes Jesus Wore	Oak Ridge Boys	Apr. 1972
Tiny	Rambos	May 1972
Lighthouse	Happy Goodmans	June 1972
There Is A River	Jimmy Swaggart	July 1972
Lighthouse	Happy Goodmans	Aug. 1972 - Sept. 1972
After Calvary	Blue Ridge Qt.	Oct. 1972 - Nov. 1972
Lighthouse	Happy Goodmans	Dec. 1972 - Jan. 1973
There Is A River	Jimmy Swaggart	Feb. 1973
Lighthouse	Happy Goodmans	Mar. 1973
He Pilots My Ship	Happy Goodmans	Apr. 1973
Lighthouse	Happy Goodmans	May 1973 - June 1973
There Is A River	Jimmy Swaggart	July 1973 - Aug. 1973
He Pilots My Ship	Happy Goodmans	Sept. 1973
King Jesus	Oak Ridge Boys	Oct. 1973
Touring That City	Inspirations	Nov. 1973 - Mar. 1974
When I Wake Up To Sleep No More	Inspirations	Apr. 1974 - Oct. 1974
One Day At A Time	Thrasher Brothers	Nov. 1974
When I Wake Up To Sleep No More	Inspirations	Dec. 1974
One Day At A Time	Thrasher Brothers	Jan. 1975 - Feb. 1975
What A Beautiful Day For    The Lord To Come Again	Happy Goodmans	Mar. 1975 - Jan. 1976
Jesus Is Mine	Inspirations	Feb. 1976 - May 1976
Please Search The Book Again	Jerry & The Singing Goffs	June 1976 - July 1976
Learning To Lean	Blackwood Brothers	Aug. 1976 - Oct. 1977
I've Never Been This Homesick Before	Rambos	Nov. 1977
Rise Again	Dallas Holm	Dec. 1977 - May 1978
I'm Standing On The Solid Rock	Florida Boys	June 1978 - Feb. 1979
What Sins Are You Talking About?	Speers	Mar. 1979 - Aug. 1979
Oh Buddha	Imperials	Sept. 1979 - Dec. 1979

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