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The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

December 28th 1974


Angie Baby - Helen Reddy
(1 week at #1)

#1 Song of the Week

From 1994, Ace of Base out of Sweden with their smash single  "The Sign".  


6 non consecutive weeks at #1.

Billboard Top 100 singles of 1988 ( No.25 - No.1 ) - Billboard Year End ...

Original vs Remake #24

From 1972 Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes went to #3 on the Hot 100 and reached #1 on the R&B charts with "If You Don't Know Me By Now". Written and produced by music legends Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.

In 1986 the british group Simply Red had success with the song "Holding Back the Years", they reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the UK Charts, after 3 years of middling success they hit a veritable jackpot with the remake of "If You Don't Know Me By Now".  They reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary Charts, Australian Top 40, The Canadian Top 40 and New Zealand, while getting #2 again on the UK Top 100 singles chart.

Billboard Top 100 singles of 1979 ( No.25 - No.1 ) - Billboard Year End ...

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

December 21st 1974


Cat's In the Cradle - Harry Chapin
(1 week at #1)

Billboard Top 100 singles of 1980 ( No.25 - No.1 ) - Billboard Year End ...

Billboard Top 100 singles of 1989 ( No.25 - No.1 ) - Billboard Year End ...

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

December 7th 1974


Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
(2 weeks at #1)

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

November 23rd 1974


I Can Help - Billy Swan
(2 consecutive weeks at #1)
(2 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart, Dec 14th/21st)

Billboard Top Ten Singles 12/31/2011

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

November 16th 1974


Whatever Gets You Through the Night - John Lennon
(1 week at #1)

Billboard Hot Country Chart 12/24/2011

The Billboard Hot Country Chart for Singles and Albums for the Week ending December 24th 2011

The Top 20 Singles

20 -  Love's Gonna Make it Alright - George Strait
19 -  Bait a Hook - Justin Moore
18 -  Amen - Eden Edge
17 -  Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
16 -  Storm Warning- Hunter Hayes
15 -  Camouflage - Brad Paisley
14 -  Home - Dierks Bentley
13 -  You Gonna Fly - Keith Urban
12 -  I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride
11 -  Reality - Kenny Chesney
10 - All Your Life - The Band Perry
9  -  You - Chris Young
8  -  Baggage Claim - Miranda Lambert
7  -  I Don't Want This Night To End - Luke Bryan
6  -  Drink In My Hand - Eric Church
5  -  Let It Rain - David Nail
4  -  Easy - Rascal Flatts w/Natasha Bedingfield
3  -  We Owned The Night - Lady Antebellum
2  -  Tattoos On This Town - Jason Aldean
1  -  Keep Me In Mind - Zac Brown Band
(1st week at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
9  -  Four the Record - Miranda Lambert
8  -  Tailgates and Tanlines - Luke Bryan
7  -  The Band Perry - The Band Perry
6  -  Speak Now - Taylor Swift
5  -  Clancy's Tavern - Toby Keith
4  -  Speak Now :  World Tour Live - Taylor Swift
3  -  My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
2  -  Own The Night - Lady Antebellum
1  -  Clear as Day - Scotty McCreery
(6th non consecutive week at #1)

The UK Chart for Singles and Albums 12/24/2011

The Official UK Singles and Album charts for  the week ending December 24th 2011


The Top 20 Singles

20 - The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
19 - Cannonball - Damien Rice
18 - Mama Do the Hump - Rizzle Kicks
17 - Wishing on a Star - X Factor Finalists 2011
16 - Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
15 - Take Care - Drake w/Rihanna
14 - Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera
13 - Fairytale of New York - Pogues w/Kirsty McColl
12 - Earthquake - Labrinth w/Tinie Tempah
11 - All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey
10 - 5 O'Clock - T-Pain w/Wiz Kahlifa and Lily Allen
9  -  Lego House - Ed Sheeran
8  -  Hurt - Leona Lewis
7  -  Level - Avicii
6  -  Good Feeling - Flo Rida
5  -  We Found Love - Rihanna w/Calvin Harris
4  -  Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) - Lloyd w/Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne
3  -  Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs
2  -  Paradise - Coldplay
1  -  Cannonball - Little Mix
(Debut)



The Top Ten Albums

10 - Up All Night - One Direction
9  -  Greatest Hits - Westlife
8  -  + - Ed Sheeran
7  -  Heaven - Rebecca Ferguson
6  -  21 - Adele
5  -  Talk That Talk - Rihanna
4  -  In Case You Didnt Know - Olly Murs
3  -  Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
2  -  Lioness: Hidden Treasures - Amy Winehouse
1  -  Christmas - Michael Buble
(2nd of 2 non consecutive weeks at #1)

Your Country Classic Video of the Week

Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash
(2 weeks at #1 on the Hot Country Chart in October 1970)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - December 18th 2011

AT40 the 70s this week is from December 20th 1975


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Country Boy - Glenn Campbell
19 - The Way I Want To Touch You - Captain and Tennille
18 - The Last Game of the Season - David Geddes
17 - Times of Your Life - Paul Anka
16 - Island Girl - Elton John
15 - I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You - Leon Haywood
14 - Convoy - C.W. McCall
13 - My Little Town - Simon and Garfunkel
12 - I Love Music - O'Jays
11 - Our Day Will Come - Frankie Valli
10 - Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
9  -  Fox on the Run - Sweet
8  -  I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
7  -  Sky High - Jigsaw
6  -  Theme from "Mahogany" - Diana Ross
5  -  Love Roller Coaster - Ohio Players
4  -  Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
3  -  Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention
2  -  Let's Do It Again - Staple Singers
1  -  That's The Way I Like It - KC and The Sunshine Band
(2nd of 2 non consecutive weeks at #1)


The #1 Album this week 


Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits
(5 consecutive weeks at #1)

This album covered the first 8 of Chicago's albums and included all of the group's Top Ten singles but not including the 1975 hit from Chicago VIII "Old Days" which reached #5.  Chicago would not hit #1 on the Hot 100 until July of 1976 with "If You Leave Me Now" from Chicago X

The Track Listing

Side one

1. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 4:51 4
2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 3:20 7
   • This has most of the instrumental intro cut off. On the original LP (and cassette) version of IX, more of the intro was cut off and the spoken part in the last verse was omitted.
3. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 2:59 7
4. "Just You 'N' Me" (James Pankow) – 3:42 4
5. "Saturday in the Park" (Robert Lamm) – 3:54 3
6. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Peter Cetera/James Pankow) – 4:14 10

[edit]Side two

1. "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) – 2:59 9
   • This is the single edit that also includes parts of "Now More Than Ever".
2. "Wishing You Were Here" (Peter Cetera) – 4:34  11
3. "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) – 4:02 6
4. "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (James Pankow) – 4:29  9
5. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 7:51 7

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

November 9th 1974


You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
(1 week at #1)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 80s - December 17th 2011

AT40 the 80s this week December 14th 1985


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Wrap Her Up - Elton John
19 - Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks
18 - Walk of Life - Dire Straits
17 - You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
16 - Tonight She Comes - The Cars
15 - Lay Your Hands on Me - The Thompson Twins
14 - That's What Friends Are For - Dionne and Friends
13 - Perfect Way - Scritti Politti
12 - Small Town - John Cougar Mellencamp
11 - Who's Zoomin Who - Aretha Franklin
10 - We Built This City - Starship
9  -  I Miss You - Klymaxx
8  -  Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top
7  -  Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
6  -  Election Day - Arcadia
5  -  Never - Heart
4  -  Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy
3  -  Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
2  -  Separate Live - Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
1  -  Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
(2nd of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Power Windows - Rush
9  -  Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
8  -  Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
7  -  The Broadway Album - Barbara Streisand
6  -  In Square Circle - Stevie Wonder
5  -  Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
4  -  Afterburner - ZZ Top
3  - Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp
2  -  Heart - Heart
1  -  Miami Vice - Soundtrack
(7th of 11 non consecutive weeks at #1)

1982 Billboard Top 10 Singles - 12/11/1982 ( 29 years ago this week )

Original vs Remake #23

Last week on December 6th the music world lost Dobie Gray after a long battle with cancer.  Well tonight we give him the "O vs R" treatment for his trademark song "Drift Away" from 1973.
Dobie's original peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #5 and became a center piece for classic hits, oldies and classic rock stations ever since.

The most successful cover of "Drift Away" came in 2003 with a version by, of all people, Uncle Kracker. It reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 but set a record on the Adult Contemporary chart by staying at #1 for 28 nonconsecutive weeks, June to December of 2003.   Dobie made a special appearance and sang along with the last verse on the Uncle Kracker version.

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

November 2nd 1974


You Havent Done Nothing - Stevie Wonder
(1 week at #1)

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

October 26th 1974


Then Came You - Dionne Warwick and the Spinners
(1 week at #1)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - December 10th 2011

AT40 the 70s this week December 14th 1974


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Must of Got Lost - J. Geils Band
19 - My Melody of Love - Bobby Vinton
18 - Only You - Ringo Starr
17 - Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Rolling Stones
16 - Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
15 - Wishing You Were Here -  Chicago
14 - Promised Land - Elvis Presley
13 - Fairytale - Pointer Sisters
12 - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - BTO
11 - You Got the Love - Rufus feat Chaka Khan
10 - Junior's Farm - Paul McCartney and Wings
9  -  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Elton John
8  -  Sha La La (Makes Me Happy) - Al Green
7  -  You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
6  -  Do It (Til You're Satisfied) B.T. Express
5  -  Angie Baby - Helen Reddy
4  -  Cat's In the Cradle - Harry Chapin
3  -  I Can Help - Billy Swan
2  -  When Will I See You Again - Three Degrees
1  -  Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
(2nd of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)






The Top Ten Albums

10 - Fire - Ohio Players
9  -  Mother Lode - Loggins and Messina
8  -  Photographs and Memories (Greatest Hits) - Jim Croce
7  -  Verities and Balderdash - Harry Chapin
6  -  Back Home Again - John Denver
5  -  Serenade - Neil Diamond
4  -  War Child - Jethro Tull
3  -  Not Fragile - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
2  -  It's Only Rock N Roll - Rolling Stones
1  -  Greatest Hits - Elton John
(3rd of 10 consecutive weeks at #1)

This album contained 10 singles that spanned the years 1970-1974 and now are considered classics and all are well known hits.  To date this is Elton John's biggest selling of his career and the first of his albums to receive the diamond certification from the RIAA for US sales of 16 million and 32 million worldwide.  The album also topped the UK album charts for 11 weeks at the end of 1974 and beginning of 1975.

Track Listing  (Hot 100 peak)
Your Song (8)
Daniel (2)
Honky Cat  (8)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2)
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (12)
Rocket Man (6)
Bennie and the Jets (1) 1 week
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (2)
Border Song (92)
Crocodile Rock (1) 3 weeks

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

October 19th 1974


Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston
(1 week at #1)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 80s - December 10th 2011

AT40 the 80s this week from December 13th 1986


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Land of Confusion - Genesis
19 - You Know I Love You...Don't You - Howard Jones
18 - Is This Love? -  Whitesnake
17 - Control - Janet Jackson
16 - Human - The Human League
15 - War (Live) - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
14 - C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
13 - Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
12 - Word Up - Cameo
11 - Love Will Conquer All - Lionel Richie
10 - Stand By Me - Ben E. King
9  -  Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
8  -  Notorious - Duran Duran
7  -  To Be A Love - Billy Idol
6  -  You Give Love A Bad Name - Bono Jovi
5  -  Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
4  -  The Next Time I Fall - Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
3  -  Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis and The News
2  -  Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
1  -  The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
(1 week at #1)



The Top Ten Albums

10 - Every Breath You Take (The Singles) - The Police
9  -  Word Up - Cameo
8  -  Graceland - Paul Simon
7  -  Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
6  -  Whiplash Smile - Billy Idol
5  -  The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and The Range
4  -  Fore! - Huey Lewis and the News
3  -  Third Stage - Boston
2  -  Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
1  -  Live 1975-1985 - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
(3rd of 7 consecutive weeks at #1)

(from Wikipedia)
Springsteen's long-awaited and highly-anticipated live album generated advance orders of more than 1.5 million copies, making it the largest dollar-volume pre-order in the history of the record business at the time
Live/1975–85 is the second-best-selling live album in U.S. history based on RIAA certification. It has been certified by the RIAA for 13x platinum, trailing only Garth Brooks' Double Live. This figure reflects the RIAA practice of counting each disc in a multi-disc set as a separate unit sold; the actual number of copies sold is instead slightly over 4 million. Based on albums sold, Live/1975–85 also trails Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive! (6 million) and Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band's Live Bullet (5 million) among best-selling live albums. The box set's sales performance attracted considerable media attention at the time, first for setting records during the 1986 holiday shopping period, then later for fizzling out in sales in early 1987, leaving many retailers overstocked

America's Top 10 November 30, 1980 Casey Kasem

Original vs Remake #22

Today December 7th 2011 would have been the 69th birthday of singer/songwriter Harry Chapin.  Tragically he died in a car accident in July of 1981, leaving behind a great legacy of music for future generations to appreciate.


Here from 1974 is his only Billboard #1 single "Cat's In the Cradle" which he wrote about his son.   The song spent one week at #1 in December of that year.

In 1993 the american hard rock group Ugly Kid Joe covered "Cat's in the Cradle" and managed to take it to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 in the UK.  Strangely enough they topped the Australian Top 40 for one week in March of 1993.

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

October 5th 1974


I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

The UK Chart for Singles and Albums 12/03/2011

The Official UK Singles and Album charts for the week ending December 3rd 2011


The Top 20 Singles

20 - What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
19 - Wherever You Will Go - Charlene Soraia
18 - Marry the Night - Lady GaGa
17 - Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
16 - Gotta Be You - One Direction
15 - It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
14 - Without You - David Guetta w/Usher
13 - Read All About It - Professor Green w/Emeili Sande
12 - Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
11 - Paradise - Coldplay
10 - Nothing's Real But Love - Rebecca Ferguson
9  -  Take Care - Drake w/Rihanna
8  -  Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera
7  -  Lego House - Ed Sheeran
6  -  Down for Whatever - Kelly Rowland w/The Wavs
5  -  Earthquake - Labrinth w/Tinie Tempah
4  -  Levels - AVICII
3  -  Good Feeling - Flo Rida
2  -  Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs
1  -  We Found Love - Rihanna w/Calvin Harris
(6th non consecutive week at #1)


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Here and Now - Nickleback
9  -  21 - Adele
8  -  + - Ed Sheeran
7  -  Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay
6  -  Jukebox - JLS
5  -  50 Words for Snow - Kate Bush
4  -  Greatest Hits - Westlife
3  -  Christmas - Michael Buble
2  -  Up All Night - One Direction
1  -  Talk That Talk - Rihanna
(Debut)

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

September 28th 1974


Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
(1 week at #1)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 80s - December 3rd 2011

AT40 the 80s this week December 4th 1982


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Pressure - Billy Joel
19 - Down Under - Men At Work
18 - Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills and Nash
17 - Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick
16 - Heart Attack - Olivia Newton-John
15 - Nobody - Sylvia
14 - Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar
13 - It's Raining Again - Supertramp
12 - Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
11 - Rock This Town - Stray Cats
10 - Muscles - Diana Ross
9  -  Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
8  -  The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
7  -  Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
6  -  Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
5  -  Heartlight - Neil Diamond
4  -  Maneater - Hall and Oates
3  -  Mickey - Toni Basil
2  -  Gloria - Laura Branigan
1  -  Truly - Lionel Richie
(2nd of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Get Nervous - Pat Benatar
9  -  Heartlight - Neil Diamond
8  -  Midnight Love - Marvin Gaye
7  -  The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
6  -  H2O- Hall and Oates
5  -  Famous Last  Words - Supertramp
4  -  Night and Day - Joe Jackson
3  -  Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie
2  -  Built for Speed - The Stray Cats
1  -  Business As Usual - Men at Work
(4th of 15 consecutive weeks at #1)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - December 3rd 2011

AT40 the 70s this week from December 4th 1976


The Top 20 Singles

20 - After the Lovin' - Englebert Humperdinck
19 - Love Me -Yvonne Elliman
18 - Stand Tall - Burton Cummings
17 - The Best Disco in Town - Ritchie Family
16 - I Never Cry - Alice Cooper
15 - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
14 - Just To Be Close To You - Commodores
13 - Disco Duck - Rick Dee and His Cast of Idiots
12 - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
11 - Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan and John Ford Coley
10 - You Are the Woman - Firefall
9  -  Nadia's Theme - Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin Jr
8  -  More Than a Feeling - Boston
7  -  Beth - Kiss
6  -  You Don't Have To Be A Star - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr
5  -  The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
4  -  Muskrat Love - The Captain and Tennille
3  -  Love So Right - The Bee Gees
2  -  The Rubberband Man - The Spinners
1  -  Tonight's The Night - Rod Stewart
(4th of 8 consecutive weeks at #1)




The Top Ten Albums

10 - A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
9  -  The Pretender - Jackson Browne
8  -  Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
7  -  Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
6  -  Blue Moves - Elton John
5  -  The Song Remains The Same Soundtrack - Led Zeppelin
4  -  Spirit - Earth, Wind and Fire
3  -  Boston - Boston
2  -  A Night on the Town - Rod Stewart
1  -  Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
(8th of 14 consecutive weeks at #1)

#1 Song of the Week

Today in 1972 The Temptations hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their 4th and last #1 single,
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone".


This remake of a forgotten song Undisputed Truth single spent only one week at the top but this may be one of their most popular and enduring hits.   A winner of 3 Grammy awards, Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group, the B side instrumental won Best R&B Instrumental and the writers Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong won Best R&B Song.