Month: July 2022

All tracks released in November/December 1974 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
	Releases November 22 & 29
1	Christmas presents	Andy Williams
2	In the bleak mid-winter	Bert Jansch
3	Christmas dream	Maynard Williams
4	Without a song	Gary Shearston
5	Get dancing (10/74)	Disco Tex & Sex-o-lettes	*
6	Zing went the strings of my heart (RR – 1972)	Trammps	*
7	Undecided love	Chequers
8	Sound your funky horn (04/74)	KC & Sunshine band	*
9	Hey mister Christmas	Showaddywaddy	*
10	Gonna make you a star (09/74)	David Essex	# 1
11	Tonight	Lindisfarne
12	Friday on my mind	Earth quake
13	Tell me why	Alvin Stardust	*
14	Only you	Ringo Starr	*
15	Ire feelings (Skanga)	Rupie Edwards	*
16	Oh yes! you're beautiful	Gary Glitter	*
17	You got the love	Rufus
18	Life of the party	Jackson 5
19	Under my thumb (RR – 1966)	Wayne Gibson	*
20	So long	ABBA
21	The three bells	Nana Mouskouri
22	Lucy in the sky with diamonds	Elton John	*
23	Roxette	Dr. Feelgood
24	Dance the kung fu	Carl Douglas	*
25	What a wonderful thing we have	Ralfi Pagan
26	Don't let it die	Jimmy Cliff
27	Don't worry baby	California music
28	The Zoo (Human zoo)	Commodores	*
29	Cheri Babe	Hot Chocolate	*
30	Lonely woman	Horace Andy
31	The man with the golden gun [James Bond]	Lulu
32	Lonely this Christmas	Mud	# 1
	Releases December 6 & 13
33	Is it only love	Pretty things
34	You can make me dance, sing or anything (11/74)	Rod Stewart & Faces	*
35	Ali shuffle	Georgie Fame
36	Crying over you	Ken Boothe	*
37	Everybody plays the fool	Chosen few
38	My melody of love	Bobby Vinton
39	If we make it through December	Merle Haggard
40	Christmas dream	Perry Como
41	Morning side of the mountain (11/74)	Donny & Marie Osmond	*
42	Christmas song (11/74)	Gilbert O'Sullivan	*
43	Having a party	H.B. Barnum
44	Are you ready to rock	Wizzard	*
45	Down Down (11/74)	Status Quo	*
46	The bump (10/74)	Kenny	*
47	The In Betweenies (11/74)	Goodies	*
48	Je t'aime… moi non plus (RR – 1969)	Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg	*
49	Help me make it through the night	John Holt	*
50	Never can say goodbye (10/74)	Gloria Gaynor	*
51	Doctor's orders	Carol Douglas
52	You're the first, the last, my everything (10/74)	Barry White	# 1
53	You can have it all (11/74)	George McCrae	*
54	Stardust (11/74)	David Essex	*
55	Ms Grace (11/74)	Tymes	*
56	Wombling Merry Christmas (11/74)	Wombles	*
57	I can help (11/74)	Billy Swan	*
58	Streets of London (11/74)	Ralph McTell	*
59	Ding Dong	George Harrison	*

All tracks released in November 1974 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1977

(releases Nov. 1, 8 & 15 used)

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Goodbye Suzie	John Howard
2	I’m down	Hollies
3	Grace darling	Strawbs
4	Only one woman	Nigel Olsson (& Elton John)
5	Overnight sensation	Raspberries
6	Junior’s farm	Paul McCartney & Wings	*
7	Magic (09/74)	Pilot	*
8	What went down (that night with you)	Ronnie Lane
9	Meet me at the corner at Joe’s cafe	Peter Noone
10	Bye bye	Peter Shelley
11	New love	Diana Solomon
12	Is it in?	Eddie Harris
13	Love looks good on you	Blood sweat & tears
14	Sugar pie guy	Joneses
15	Do it, fluid	Blackbyrds
16	Out of darkness	Natural essence
17	Tell me what you want (10/74)	Jimmy Ruffin	*
18	Too good to be forgotten (09/74)	Chi-Lites	*
19	Gangster boogie bump	Willie Henderson
20	We got love	Buddy Miles
21	No honestly (10/74)	Lynsey De Paul	*
22	Love is all (Butterfly ball)	Roger Glover & Guests
23	Street corner music	Dave Jordan
24	Blue angel	Gene Pitney	*
25	Fire, baby I’m on fire	Andy Kim
26	Everything I want to do	Albert Hammond
27	Bungle in the jungle	Jethro Tull
28	Zip gun boogie	T. Rex	*
29	Anything I want to	Albatross
30	Right on running man	Stephen
31	Tell him (08/74)	Hello	*
32	Jukebox jive	Rubettes	*
33	Gonna make you a star (09/74)	David Essex	# 1
34	Bad blood	Neil Sedaka
35	You are	Philip Goodhand Tait
36	She’s gone	Lou Rawls
37	Boogie on reggae woman	Pat Rhoden
38	Welcome to the club	Blue magic
39	Kalimba story	Earth, wind & fire
40	Goodbye nothing to say (10/74)	Javells feat. Nosmo King	*
41	I got to find me somebody	Vel-vettes
42	Need a little taste of love	Isley brothers
43	I’m going left	Syreeta
44	Grasshopper	Doris Duke
45	Sha la la (make me happy) (10/74)	Al Green	*
46	When will I see you again	Marcia Griffiths
47	How long (10/74)	Ace	*
48	Farewell is a lonely sound (RR – 1970)	Jimmy Ruffin	*
49	Peace	O’Jays
50	Magic man	Sweet rain
51	I’ve got to go on without you	Al Brown
52	Ride ’em cowboy	Paul Davis
53	Carefree highway	Gordon Lightfoot
54	Costafine town (09/74)	Splinter	*
55	The wild one	Suzi Quatro	*
56	Turn it down	Sweet	*
57	You ain’t seen nothing yet (10/74)	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	*
58	Lover, lover, lover	Leonard Cohen
59	Longfellow serenade	Neil Diamond
60	In the bottle	Brother to brother
61	Ask me	Ecstacy, passion & pain
62	You believed in me (Part 1)	Executive suite
63	Get your love back (10/74)	Three Degrees	*
64	Love hurts	Nazareth	[*]
65	Saturday gig	Mott the hoople	*
66	Counting out time	Genesis
67	Everything I own (05/74)	Ken Boothe	# 1
68	My boy	Elvis Presley	*
69	Where did all the good times go	Donny Osmond	*
70	Crazy idea	Patty Pravo
71	Pledging my love	Tom Jones
72	I’ll be your everything	Percy Sledge
73	You’re the first, the last, my everything (10/74)	Barry White	*

All tracks released in October 1974 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1975
[**] : will chart on re-release in 1976

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Blow your whistle	Soul searchers
2	Cleopatra Jones	Bobby Harrison
3	Boogie ain't nuttin'	Rufus Thomas
4	Party freaks (part 1)	Miami
5	Keep on dancing	Hamilton Bohannon
6	I can't fight your love	Modulations
7	Rockin' soul	Hues Corporation	*
8	Dancing to the music of love	Jimmy James & Vagabonds
9	Then came you (09/74)	Detroit Spinners & Dionne Warwick	*
10	Hey there lonely girl (RR – 1970)	Eddie Holman	*
11	Sad sweet dreamer (07/74)	Sweet Sensation	# 1
12	Spinning top	Moving violation
13	Best time of my life	Pat Kelly
14	The Chinese	Janne Schaffer
15	People gotta move	Gino Vanelli
16	Call on me	Chicago
17	Willy and the hand jive	Eric Clapton
18	Philomena	Thin Lizzy
19	All I want is you	Roxy Music	*
20	Far far away	Slade	*
21	Touch me	Fancy
22	The last word	Adam Miller
23	The need to be	Jim Weatherly
24	I honestly love you (09/74)	Olivia Newton-John	*
25	Goodbye is just another word	Lobo
26	Annie's song (07/74)	John Denver	# 1
27	I feel a song in my heart	Gladys Knight & Pips
28	Nice girl like you	Intruders
29	Leon	Michael de Barres
30	Lie down and be counted	Neil Innes
31	Never turn your back on mother Earth	Sparks	*
32	The hostage	Donna Summer
33	One more time	Redbone
34	Sweet home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd	[**]
35	Money is no friend of mine	Starry eyed & Laughing
36	Da doo ron ron (RR – 1963)	Crystals	*
37	Never my love	Blue swede
38	All of me loves all of you	Bay city rollers	*
39	Hot shot	Barry Blue	*
40	Baby blue	Micky Moonshine
41	Yeah tonight	Ariel
42	Wake up and start standing	Younghearts
43	Do it (till you're satisfied)	B.T. Express
44	You haven't done nothin'	Stevie Wonder	*
45	Let's straighten it out	Latimore
46	She's gone	Tavares
47	My mistake (was to love you)	Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
48	Headline news	Sunny
49	Kung fu fighting (06/74)	Carl Douglas	# 1
50	On the real side	Larry Saunders
51	Eyes in the back of my head	Neil Harrison
52	And the music plays on	Del Shannon
53	Let's sing a love song	Petula Clark
54	Wherever love takes me	Maureen McGovern
55	With you	Demis Roussos
56	Happy anniversary (09/74)	Slim Whitman	*
57	Stop and smell the roses	Mac Davis
58	Pepper box (RR – 1973)	Peppers	*
59	Let's put it all together	Stylistics	*
60	Down on the beach tonight	Drifters	*
61	I can't leave you alone (09/74)	George McCrae	*
62	Charmer	Tim Moore
63	Leave it (09/74)	Mike McGear	*
64	Whatever gets you through the night	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Nuclear Band	*
65	Holiday romance	Kinks
66	Walking in the park with Eloise	Country Hams [Paul McCartney]
67	Minuetto Allegretto	Wombles	*
68	Prince of heaven	Fruupp
69	Love's melody	Ducks Deluxe
70	Love ship	Kenny Young
71	I get a kick out of you (09/74)	Gary Shearston	*
72	California dreamin'	Winston Francis
73	I'm so glad	Brian Holland
74	I want to take you home	Syl Johnson
75	Gonna make you a star (09/74)	David Essex	*
76	Ol' Virginia	Junior Campbell
77	Let's get together again (09/74)	Glitter Band	*
78	Killer Queen	Queen	*
79	Farewell (09/74)	Rod Stewart	*
80	Wind it up	Fogg
81	On the run	Scorched earth
82	If you get hurt	Paul Da Vinci
83	Everything I own (05/74)	Ken Boothe	# 1
84	Gone but not forgotten	Kristine Sparkle
85	El Bimbo	Bimbo jet	[*]

All tracks released in September 1974 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	If you change with the seasons	Julian Brook
2	Pinball (07/74)	Brian Protheroe	*
3	Second avenue	Art Garfunkel
4	5:30 plane	Margie Miller
5	Best of my love	John Lees
6	Having my baby (07/74)	Paul Anka & Odia Coates	*
7	Gee baby (08/74)	Peter Shelley	*
8	Give me what I cry for	Chris Rainbow
9	Make me a dollar, make me a dime	Brendon
10	The best time of my life	Joe Simon
11	Short stopping	Veda Brown
12	Breaking up a happy home	Barbara Jean English
13	Happiness is just around the bend	Main Ingredient
14	Play de music	Tinga Stewart
15	Reggae tune (08/74)	Andy Fairweather-Low	*
16	Hey y'all	Black oak Arkansas
17	Do ya	Move
18	Knock on wood	David Bowie	*
19	Roll and roll with me	Donovan
20	Shot of rhythm and blues	Dave Edmunds
21	The power and the glory	Gentle giant
22	She's gone	Hall & Oates
23	(You keep me) hanging on	Ann Peebles
24	Love train	Bunny Sigler
25	Love makes it right	Soul children
26	Last day of summer	Velvet glove
27	Another "without you" day	Blue mink
28	I'm a believer	Robert Wyatt	*
29	Girl, you need a change of mind (Part 1)	Eddie Kendricks
30	Move me baby	Gwen McCrae
31	Who is he and what is he to you	Creative source
32	I'm a fool for you	Undisputed truth
33	I'll be holding on (Janus version)	Al Downing
34	Outsiders point of view	Barry Reynolds
35	Life is a rock (but the radio rolled me)	Reunion	*
36	What good is "I love you"	Emmaline Jones
37	You bring out the best in me	Derek & Cyndi
38	Sad sweet dreamer (07/74)	Sweet Sensation	*
39	The finger pointers (Part 1)	Choice four
40	Family affair	MFSB
41	Love me for a reason	Osmonds	# 1
42	She let's her hair down (Early in the morning)	Pastors
43	La la la at the end	Little Anthony & Imperials
44	Spinnin' and spinnin' (08/74)	Syreeta	*
45	Love me	Diana Ross	*
46	Love song	Severin Browne
47	Sense of direction	Climax Blues Band
48	Free man in Paris	Joni Mitchell
49	Long tall glasses	Leo Sayer	*
50	Something 'bout you baby I like (08/74)	Tom Jones	*
51	Who's sorry now	Lyn Paul
52	Sunday won't be Sunday anymore	Butterscotch
53	Surrounded by a ray of sunshine	Playthings
54	Peace on you	Roger McGuinn
55	Glory glory	Tommy James
56	Blowing up my mind	Exciters
57	Up in a puff of smoke (07/74)	Polly Brown	*
58	I hate hate	Razzy
59	Once more with feeling	Whispers
60	I'm so glad	Brian Holland
61	You little trust maker (08/74)	Tymes	*
62	Cracked up over you [USA 1966]	Danny White
63	Jump back	Tom Scott & L.A. Express
64	Gotta see Jane (RR-1968)	R. Dean Taylor	*
65	I've got the music in me (07/74)	Kiki Dee	*
66	It's better to have (07/74)	Don Covay	*
67	Sexy Ida	Ike & Tina Turner
68	Jamaican farewell	Ariel
69	Higher plane	Kool & Gang
70	Need your love tonight	Eli Culbertson
71	Crazy eyes	Rocky Rhodes
72	Oh man	Slowbone
73	Changing partners	Barbara Jones
74	Everything I own (05/74)	Ken Boothe	*
75	Party down	Little Beaver
76	People say	Meters
77	The devil made me do it	Robert Upchurch
78	Soul street	Eddie Floyd
79	Kung fu fighting	Carl Douglas	# 1
80	Danny teach me to dance	Vicky Leandros
81	Happy birthday baby	Tony Christie
82	The bitch is back (08/74)	Elton John	*
83	Silly love (08/74)	10CC	*
84	Samba pa ti (1971 B side / first time A side)	Santana	*

All tracks released in August 1974 unless otherwise indicated

[*] : will chart in 1975

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	You keep coming back	100% pure poison
2	Now that we've found love	O'Jays
3	When will I see you again (06/74)	Three degrees	# 1
4	I'm coming home	Detroit Spinners
5	Take your pleasure where you find it	Wilson Pickett
6	It wouldn't have made any difference	Tom Middleton
7	I've got you on my mind again	Billy Joe Young
8	Don't call it love	Bo Cooper
9	Rock me gently (06/74)	Andy Kim	*
10	Miss hit & run (07/74)	Barry Blue	*
11	Eyes of silver	Doobie brothers
12	Already gone	Eagles
13	Fallin' in love	Souther Hillman Furay band
14	Grave concern	Graham Nash
15	Walk on	Neil Young
16	Free spirit	Hudson-Ford
17	Andy Warhol	Dana Gillespie
18	Smoke gets in your eyes	Bryan Ferry	*
19	Tomorrow's song	Arnold Martin Morrow
20	Round and round	Nutz
21	Mr Soft (07/74)	Cockney rebel	*
22	Do me good	Yellowstone & Voice
23	Cats in the cradle	Harry Chapin
24	Please come to Boston	Dave Loggins
25	Sundown (04/74)	Gordon Lightfoot	*
26	Sing the world a song	Design
27	Love me for a reason	Osmonds	# 1
28	Sideshow	Blue magic
29	Tubelar bells	101 Strings
30	They don't make days like this any more	Gerry Marsden
31	What's happening to old London town	Harry Fowler
32	Summer girl	Craig Ruhnke
33	God only knows	Henson
34	Rainbow	Peters & Lee	*
35	Time after time	Vic Damone
36	Play it again	Wilma Reading
37	Traffic jam	Sailor
38	Clap for the Wolfman	Guess who
39	Just for you (07/74)	Glitter Band	*
40	Na na na (07/74)	Cozy Powell	*
41	Sex appeal	Simon Turner
42	Rock & roll lady	Showaddywaddy	*
43	Toughen up	Arrows
44	Window shopping (07/74)	R. Dean Taylor	*
45	You make me feel brand new	Inner circles
46	After loving you	Linda Clifford
47	Hang on in there baby (07/74)	Johnny Bristol	*
48	Can't get enough of your love babe	Barry White	*
49	Paint yourself in a the corner	Classic Sullivans
50	Love is the answer	Van McCoy & Soul city symphony
51	Rock your baby (06/74)	George McCrae	# 1
52	Rings	Rueben Howell
53	Annie's song (07/74)	John Denver	*
54	Everyday of my life	Candlewick green
55	Hello summertime (07/74)	Bobby Goldsboro	*
56	Happiness is	New York city
57	Feel like making love (06/74)	Roberta Flack	*
58	What goes around (comes around)	Black Ivory
59	Midnight rider	Gregg Allman
60	Another saturday night	Cat Stevens	*
61	It's only rock and roll	Rolling Stones	*
62	Takin' care of business	Bachman-Turner overdrive
63	You you you	Alvin Stardust	*
64	Only you can	Fox	[*]
65	Bobby Dazzler	First class
66	Only a child	Nicky Thomas
67	Tell me something good	Rufus
68	Pack it up	Gonzales
69	Baby love (RR -1964)	Supremes	*
70	Kung fu	Curtis Mayfield
71	Kung fu fighting (06/74)	Carl Douglas	*
72	Time	Mighty clouds of joy
73	Live it up	Isley brothers
74	Queen of clubs	KC & Sunshine band	*
75	Clique	Con funk shun
76	Nothing from nothing	Billy Preston
77	In times like these	Alan Price
78	I'm leaving it all up to you (07/74)	Donny & Marie Osmond	*
79	A woman's place	Gilbert O'Sullivan	*
80	Y Viva Espana (01/74)	Sylvia	*
81	Harlem song	Fady el Koury
82	Summer love	Horizon
83	Rub it in	Billy "Crash" Craddock
84	The black eyed boys	Paper Lace	*
85	This is the story of my love (07/74)	Wizzard	*
86	Machine gun (07/74)	Commodores	*