The Top 20 Singles
20 - Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
19 - Top of the World - The Carpenters
18 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
17 - Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
16 - Me and Baby Brother - War
15 - When I Fall in Love - Donny Osmond
14 - Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy
13 - Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
12 - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World - Charlie Rich
11 - The Way We Were - Barbara Striesand
10 - Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney and Wings
9 - Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John
8 - Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
7 - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White
6 - You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
5 - I've Got To Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight and the Pips
4 - Smokin' in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
3 - Show and Tell - Al Wilson
2 - Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
1 - The Joker - Steve Miller Band
(1 week at #1)
The #1 Album This week in 1974
You Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce
(1st of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)
Originally released in 1972, his debut album didn't make it to the top until this week in 1974 after the tragic death of Jim Croce in 1973. Croce died in a small plane in September of 1973 crash on the way to a show in Texas His single "Time in a Bottle" became his posthumous #1 hit spent 2 weeks at the top.
The first single from the album in 1972 was the classic title cut "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
