1) Three Dog Night

2) The Turtles

3) The Grass Roots

Tommy James And The Shondells

Three Dog Night

Credence

Beatles

Monkees

Steppenwolf

Beatles
CCR
BTO
Bee Gees

CCR
Beatles
Four Tops (not technically a band, but love 'em, great radio music)
Tommy James and the Shondells
Beach Boys
Lovin' Spoonful

The Left Banke

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The Left Banke

Pretty Ballerina and Don't Walk Away Renee Right?


The Guess Who

The Monkees

Three Dog Night

America

CCR

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The Left Banke

Pretty Ballerina and Don't Walk Away Renee Right?


The Guess Who

The Monkees

Three Dog Night

America

CCR

I listed them because Pretty Ballerina always made me stop in my tracks. (Like Desperado on Seinfeld). Of course I loved the bands you and others listed, but the Left Banke had an entirely different sound.

Badfinger and Sweet come to mind.

It's hard to say. The great thing about AM radio in those days was that, theoretically, every band (including The Rolling Stones) could be an AM Top 40 band. On 77 WABC in New York, there was no telling what you might hear. You might hear "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" or you might hear "Whole Lotta Love." Incidentally, those were the #3 and #4 songs on the Billboard Top 40 chart for January 31, 1970.

Paul Revere & The Raiders

Monkees

The Association

The Turtles

For good measure:

The 5 Americans ( 'Western Union")
Strawberry Alarm Clock ( "Incense & Peppermints" )
Grass Roots
Buckinghams

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It's hard to say. The great thing about AM radio in those days was that, theoretically, every band (including The Rolling Stones) could be an AM Top 40 band. On 77 WABC in New York, there was no telling what you might hear. You might hear "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" or you might hear "Whole Lotta Love." Incidentally, those were the #3 and #4 songs on the Billboard Top 40 chart for January 31, 1970.

That's exactly what made this period of music the best off all time.