Billboard Hot 100 - No. 1 Song of 1974

Billboard Hot 100

No. 1 Songs of 1974

Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

The Joker - Steve Miller Band

Show and Tell - Al Wilson

You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr

The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand

Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra

Season's in the Sun - Terry Jacks

Dark Lady - Cher

Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver

Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede

Bennie and the Jets - Elton John

TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB and The Three Degrees

The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk

The Streak - Ray Stevens

Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings

Billy Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods

Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot

Rock The Boat - Hues Corp

Rock Your Baby - George McCrae

Annie's Song - John Denver

Feel Like Makin' Love - Roberta Flack

The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

(You're) Having My Baby - Paul Anka and Odia Coates

I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton

Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe - Barry White

Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim

I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John

Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston

Then Came You - Dionne Warwick and The Spinners

You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon

I Can Help - Billy Swan

Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

Angie Baby - Helen Reddy

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

December 7th 1974


Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
(2 weeks 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