Top 10: 1974 #2 and #1

This week, the week of May 30-June 3, 2016, we'll look at the top 10 hits of 1974!

We call it:  "1974!"

June 3, 2016

Coming in at #2 is the sole top 40 hit for Terry Jacks.

Recorded in 1973 after the Beach Boys recorded a version with Jacks producing but decided to not use it.  Jacks' version reached number one in March of 1974 and spent 21 weeks on the charts.

Finally the number one song of all of 1974!

Hitting the top of the chart in February of 1974 "The Way We Were" was the title song from the movie of the same name starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford.  It was also Streisand's first number one single, spending three non-consecutive weeks there.

And that's another week!

Have a great weekend and there will be a new list next week!

~ Glenn

Top 10: 1974 #4 and #3

This week, the week of May 30-June 3, 2016, we'll look at the top 10 hits of 1974!

We call it:  "1974!"

June 2, 2016

The #4 song for the year reach number and spent 18 weeks in the top 40 alone.

Native America group Redbone members wrote and produced the song which was the group's second and final top 40 hit.

At #3 is the only instrumental on the list.

"Love's Theme", performed by Barry White & Love Unlimited Orchestra reached number one in February of 1974 and remained on the charts for 22 weeks.  It was also the second and final top 40 hit for this group.

~ Glenn 

Top 10: 1974 #6 and #5

This week, the week of May 30-June 3, 2016, we'll look at the top 10 hits of 1974!

We call it:  "1974!"

June 1, 2016

The #6 song for the year hit the Billboard top five three different times in three different decades...twice going to number one.

Grand Funk's remake of the Little Eva hit from 1962 duplicated her chart topping success while he Kylie Minouge version only went to number three in 1988.

At #5 is a song recorded in 1973 but released as a single in 1974 and marked a return to the top ten for the Jackson Five.

"Dancing Machine" only reached number two it spent an amazing 22 weeks on the chart.


(While doing this list I saw where this song was also listed as the number three song for the year, but I stuck with the original list I was using.)

~ Glenn

Top 10: 1974 #8 and #7!

This week, the week of May 30-June 3, 2016, we'll look at the top 10 hits of 1974!

We call it:  "1974!"

May 31, 2016

At #8 for the entire year was a cross over hit for Ray Stevens.

"The Streak" held the #1 spot for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 while also reaching #3 on the Country charts.

The #7 song of 1974 hit #1 on three different charts!

Performed by MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother) with vocals by the Third Degrees the song spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 and Easy Listen Charts and one week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

~ Glenn

Top 10: 1974 #10 and #9!

This week, the week of May 30-June 3, 2016, we'll look at the top 10 hits of 1974!

We call it:  "1974!"

May 30, 2016

Starting with #10:

Mac Davis' "One Hell of a Woman" only reached #11 during its run on the Billboard charts in 1974, but it stayed on the carts longer than his other top 20 hit "Baby Don't get Hooked on Me" which reached #1.

Oddly this song did NOT chart on the Country charts for Davis.

The #9 song went all the way to #1 in April of 1974.

"Bennie and the Jets" was Elton John's second #1 song int he US and remained on the charts for 18 weeks.

~ Glenn