Category: A month in a life 1974

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	*

All tracks released in July 1974 unless otherwise indicated

[*] : will chart in 1975

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Hey babe (Part 1)	Joneses
2	Both ends against the middle	Jackie Moore
3	Good things don't last forever	Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
4	When will I see you again (06/74)	Three degrees	*
5	Sticks and stones	Moon Williams
6	If you're gonna break another heart	Cass Elliot
7	I don't know why	Alaska
8	Come Monday	Jimmy Buffett
9	It's all up to you (06/74)	Jim Capaldi	*
10	Grave concern	Graham Nash
11	I shot the sheriff	Eric Clapton	*
12	Sweet bitter love	Marcia Griffiths
13	Delta Dawn	Scott Walker
14	American lovers	Thomas Jefferson Kaye
15	You're baby ain't your baby anymore (06/74)	Paul Da Vinci	*
16	Honey Honey (05/74)	Sweet dreams	*
17	Annie get your yo yo	Cordells
18	Esmeralda	Rescue co. no. 1
19	Summerlove sensation	Bay city rollers	*
20	I found sunshine (06/74)	Chi-Lites	*
21	Wasn't it nice	Trax
22	Dancing shoes	B.B. Seaton
23	Can't get enough of you	Tyrone Edwards
24	Fish ain't bitin'	Lamont Dozier
25	Don't you worry 'bout a thing	Stevie Wonder
26	Just as bad as you	Shawne Jackson
27	Rock your baby (06/74)	George McCrae	# 1
28	Money won't save you	Jimmy Cliff
29	Love is the message	MFSB & Three Degrees
30	Lovers cross	Melanie
31	Make it easy for me	Andy Williams
32	Without you	Janis Ian
33	You and me against the world	Helen Reddy
34	Wishing you were here	Chicago
35	For the peace of all mankind	Terry Sylvester
36	He did with me	Frances Yip
37	Stop look listen (to your heart) (06/74)	Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye	*
38	You make me feel brand new (06/74)	Stylistics	*
39	Comin' home	Duster Bennett
40	What becomes of the broken hearted (RR – 1966)	Jimmy Ruffin	*
41	Secretary	Betty Wight
42	Main line	Ashford & Simpson
43	Rock the boat	Hues Corporation	*
44	Pick up the pieces	Average White Band	[*]
45	Oh my (don't it make you want to cry)	Sassafras
46	Hideway	Sweet wine
47	Tonight	Rubettes	*
48	Ring Ring (06/74)	Abba	*
49	You're not the only girl	Jigsaw
50	Rocket	Mud	*
51	The sixteens	Sweet	*
52	Lakonga	Vivian Stanshall
53	Put out the light	Joe Cocker
54	Keep on smiling	Wet Willie
55	Light of love	T.Rex	*
56	Take your time Caroline	Chicory Tip
57	Please please me	David Cassidy	*
58	Mad dog	America
59	Water in my wine	Fogg
60	Loaves and fishes	Willow
61	Branch	Rab Noakes
62	Fuel to burn	Mike D'Abo
63	She (06/74)	Charles Aznavour	# 1
64	A little love and understanding	Gilbert Becaud	[*]
65	To the door of the sun	Gigliola Cinquetti
66	My girl Bill (06/74)	Jim Stafford	*
67	Have love will travel	Denise Keene & Happy
68	Born with a smile on my face (06/74)	Stephanie De Sykes	*
69	(Win, place or show) She's a winner (06/74)	Intruders	*
70	I love you	Terry Collins
71	Everybody party all night	Chairmen of the board
72	Funky party	Clarence Reid
73	Hollywood swinging	Kool & the gang
74	Band on the run (06/74)	Paul McCartney & Wings	*
75	Bangin' man (06/74)	Slade	*
76	New York satyricon zany	Andy Bown
77	Amateur hour	Sparks	*
78	After the show	Kevin Ayers
79	Fog on the Tyne	Lindisfarne
80	Here comes the sun	Prelude
81	If you talk in your sleep	Elvis Presley	*
82	Be thankful for what you've got (05/74)	William De Vaughn	*
83	Midnight and you	Solomon Burke
84	Sweet surrender	Margie Joseph
85	Mike Oldfield's single (Theme from Tubular Bells)	Mike Oldfield	*

All tracks released in June 1974 unless otherwise indicated

[*] : will chart on re-release in 1975

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Liverpool Lou (05/74)	Scaffold	*
2	Singapore girl	Kings singers
3	Sing hallelujah	New Seekers
4	Have you had a little happiness lately	Tony Burrows
5	Love song	Susan Cope
6	Baby let your long hair down	Don Adams
7	Joanne	Frank Ifield
8	If you love me	Olivia Newton John
9	She	Charles Aznavour	# 1
10	I won't last a day without you (05/74)	Carpenters	*
11	Long after tonight is all over	Julie Rogers
12	Midnight at the oasis	Maria Muldaur	*
13	Sweet lady love	Junior Campball
14	When the morning comes	Hall & Oates
15	Me and my stone	Stampeders
16	Alright	Merlin
17	Rebels rule	Iron virgin
18	Foxy Foxy	Mott the hoople	*
19	Always yours	Gary Glitter	# 1
20	The Wall street shuffle (05/74)	10 cc	*
21	The Poacher	Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance	*
22	Going down the road	Roy Wood	*
23	Tell me that I am wrong	Blood, sweat & tears
24	Run back to mama	Chase
25	If you're ready (come go with me) (04/74)	Staple Singers	*
26	It's worth the hurt	Gwen McCrae
27	Brothers on the slide	Cymande
28	Love is a playground	Chants
29	Central Park arrest (05/74)	Thunderthighs	*
30	Ice	Paul Osborne
31	4th of July	John Christie
32	Don't let the sun go down on me (05/74)	Elton John	*
33	Laughter in the rain	Neil Sedaka	*
34	Beach baby (05/74)	First Class	*
35	Young girl (RR 1968)	Gary Puckett & Union Gap	*
36	What shall I do	Frankie & Classicals
37	If you ask me (USA 1966)	Jerry Williams
38	Dancing machine	Jackson 5
39	Son of Sagittarius	Eddie Kendricks
40	Honey bee (MGM release)	Gloria Gaynor
41	Where do we go from here	Trammps
42	Shout	Trammps
43	Nice time	Johnny Nash
44	Gimme little sign	Major Lance
45	We can make it last forever	Ronnie Dyson
46	I'm so glad	Fuzz
47	Run to the nearest exit	Viola Wills
48	Just don't want to be lonely (04/74)	Main Ingredient	*
49	Rock your baby	George McCrae	*
50	Cajun moon	J.J. Cale
51	Floating on the wind (05/74)	Hudson-Ford	*
52	Met her on a plane	Ian Matthews
53	One night stand	Rick Nelson
54	Painted ladies	Ian Thomas
55	Swallow wind	Al Stewart
56	Jet silver	Be bop deluxe
57	Banana rock	Wombles	*
58	Easy easy (03/74)	Scotland World Cup Squad	*
59	O.K. Chicago	Resonance
60	The streak (05/74)	Ray Stevens	# 1
61	Personality (05/74)	Lena Zavaroni	*
62	You're ready now	Guy Darrell
63	Guilty (05/74)	Pearls	*
64	Kissin' in the back row of the movies	Drifters	*
65	Lady	Brotherhood of man
66	My man	Barry St. John
67	Some guys have all the luck	Derrick Harriott
68	Arrest that man	Compass
69	Peace, love & understanding	Brinsley Schwartz
70	Just a smile	Pilot	[*]
71	Can't get enough (05/74)	Bad Company	*
72	Diamond Dogs	David Bowie	*
73	Man for all reasons	Argent
74	Too big	Suzi Quatro	*
75	Getting hungry	Big boy blue
76	One man band	Leo Sayer	*
77	Ooh mother	Unicorn
78	One hell of a woman	Mac Davis
79	If you go away	Terry Jacks	*
80	I'd love you to want me (RR 1972)	Lobo	*
81	That's the way I've always heard it should be	Clodagh Rodgers
82	Ooh I do (05/74)	Lynsey De Paul	*
83	Judy played the jukebox	Scott Fitzgerald
84	Sugar baby love (03/74)	Rubettes	# 1
85	Classical gas	Beggars opera

All tracks released in May 1974 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1976
[**] : will chart on re-release in 1979

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Help yourself	Undisputed truth
2	Stretchin' out	Doris Troy
3	One chain don't make no prison	Four Tops
4	Better get ready for love	Robert Knight
5	We can't get enough	Bingo
6	Mighty mighty	Earth, wind & fire
7	So good	Eleventh hour
8	Heartaches	Annetta Jackson & Bobby Stephen
9	Sound of silence (live version)	Paul Simon & Jesse Dixon Singers
10	Go (before you break my heart) (04/74)	Gigliola Cinquetti	*
11	Do you love me	Sharif Dean
12	She knows	James Griffin
13	Tell me a lie	Sami Joe
14	Getting over you (03/74)	Andy Williams	*
15	Baby let your long hair down	Don Adams & Greenfield express
16	In my little corner of the world	Marie Osmond
17	The streak	Ray Stevens	*
18	Hey rock & roll (04/74)	Showaddywaddy	*
19	Good time Fanny	Angel
20	Let your yeah be yeah	Brownsville station
21	Sugar baby love (03/74)	Rubettes	# 1
22	Red dress (04/74)	Alvin Stardust	*
23	Morning bird	Damned
24	If you wanna get to heaven	Ozark mountain daredevils
25	Body and soul	Rare bird
26	Break the rules	Status Quo	*
27	Sweet transvestite	Tim Curry
28	Psychomodo	Cockney Rebel
29	The man in black	Cozy Powell	*
30	I know I'm losing you (USA 1970)	Rare earth
31	Locomotion	Grand funk
32	Something or nothing	Uriah heep
33	Pursuit on 53rd street	Doobie brothers
34	James Dean	Eagles
35	Judy Teen (03/74)	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	*
36	Don't ask me no questions	Lynyrd Skynyrd
37	Put a record on	Tramp
38	Molly	Bearfoot
39	W.O.L.D. (03/74)	Harry Chapin	*
40	Everything changes	Lesley Duncan
41	Sail the summer winds	Lyn Paul
42	Sailing homeward	Donovan
43	Son of a rotten gambler	Hollies
44	Rhinestone cowboy	Larry Weiss
45	(You keep me) Hangin' on (04/74)	Cliff Richard	*
46	If I didn't care	David Cassidy	*
47	I want to give (04/74)	Perry Como	*
48	A very special love song	Charlie Rich
49	Jolene	Dolly Parton	[*]
50	Dream goes on forever	Todd Rundgren
51	Flamenco fever	Carmen
52	America	David Essex	*
53	The In Crowd	Bryan Ferry	*
54	Touch too much (04/74)	Arrows	*
55	When you close your eyes	Tim Moore
56	Rikki don't lose that number	Steely dan	[**]
57	Daybreak	Nilsson
58	Summer breeze Part 1 (04/74)	Isley Brothers	*
59	That's not how it goes	Bloodstone
60	(Don't get fooled) by the pander man	Brinkley & Parker
61	Don't change horses	Tower of power
62	I lied	Bunny Sigler
63	Music and me	Michael Jackson
64	Last time I saw him (04/74)	Diana Ross	*
65	You make it so hard (to say no)	Boz Scaggs
66	Homely girl	Jackie Robinson
67	For old time's sake	Millican & Nesbitt	*
68	Jarrow song (03/74)	Alan Price	*
69	Hot rod Banjo	Dillards
70	Shilo (USA 1968)	Neil Diamond
71	I see a star (03/74)	Mouth & MacNeal	*
72	When you walk in the room	Michelle Fisher
73	Feet in the sunshine	Jimmy Webb
74	So much love	Chris Rea
75	Cigarette ashes	Jimmy Conwell
76	There's a ghost in my house	R. Dean Taylor	*
77	(Hey babe) Follow me	Grumbleweeds
78	Mony mony	Cool breeze
79	This town ain't big enough for both us (04/74)	Sparks	*
80	Waterloo (04/74)	Abba	# 1
81	The night Chicago died	Paper Lace	*
82	Fallen teen angels	Mouse
83	Tom the peeper (04/74)	Act One	*
84	Hot line	Philadelphia flyers
85	Thrill is gone	Oscar Toney Jr
86	Rhapsody in white	Love unlimited orchestra

All tracks released in April 1974 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : charts in november 1974

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	White lady	Badger
2	Let it ride	Bachman Turner Overdrive
3	Rock & roll hoochy koo	Rick Derringer
4	Harem scarem	Focus
5	Rock & roll suicide	David Bowie	*
6	I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (01/74)	Genesis	*
7	Madelaine	Stu Nunnery
8	The lonely one	Dave Mason
9	Let's love and find together	Invitations
10	Making up for lost time	Montclairs
11	He's misstra know it all (03/74)	Stevie Wonder	*
12	Get up	Blue mink
13	Do it over	Olympic runners
14	Jungle boogie	Kool & the gang
15	Stop I don't need no sympathy	Lyn Roman
16	Honey please can't you see	Barry White
17	Satisfaction guaranteed (03/74)	Harold Melvin & Bluenotes	*
18	Got to get you back	Sons of Robin Stone
19	Sidewalks of America	Isaac Guillory
20	Skybird	Neil Diamond
21	Going nowhere	Neil Sedaka
22	Losing you	Design
23	You've only been a stranger	David McWilliams
24	Come home my love	Jackie Trent
25	What's your name	Andy & David Williams
26	Don't stay away too long	Peters & Lee	*
27	Remember you're a womble (03/74)	Wombles	*
28	House of the king	Jan Akkerman
29	I've been searching so long	Chicago
30	Sympathy for the devil	Linda Kendrick
31	Putting me down	Axe
32	Shang-a-lang	Bay City Rollers	*
33	Suzie	Guy Darrell
34	Everyday (03/74)	Slade	*
35	Instant poetry	Golden earring
36	The world became the world	P.F.M.
37	Waterloo	Abba	*
38	The cat crept in	Mud	*
39	Don't let me down again	Nicks & Buckingham
40	Stone county	Johnny Winter
41	Boogie man	Jackson 5
42	You're getting a little too smart	Detroit Emeralds
43	Without a doubt	Major Lance
44	Only for the children	Stylistics
45	The whole town is talking	Billy Paul
46	I'll always love my mama (RR – 1973)	Intruders	*
47	Love to lose again	Melanie
48	If I were a carpenter	Leon Russell
49	Rock & roll winter (03/74)	Wizzard	*
50	Long legged woman dressed in black (03/74)	Mungo Jerry	*
51	Little darling	Thin Lizzy
52	Hero & heroine	Strawbs
53	Macumba	Titanic
54	Zoom club	Budgie
55	I can't stand the rain (03/74)	Ann Peebles	*
56	La la peace song	O.C. Smith
57	I told you so	Delfonics
58	Year of decision (03/74)	Three Degrees	*
59	Sound your funky horn	KC & Sunshine band	[*]
60	Stone to the bone	James Brown
61	Gotta hold on to this feeling	Jr. Walker & All stars
62	Behind closed doors (RR – 1973)	Charlie Rich	*
63	Watching the river run	Loggins & Messina
64	Drift away	Narvel Felps
65	Please mister please	Bruce Welch
66	Take it easy	Jackson Browne
67	Spiders and snakes (03/74)	Jim Stafford	*
68	Play me	Marcia Griffiths
69	Touch the wind	Wheeler St. James
70	Someday I will return	Ruby
71	Ain't it a beautiful morning	Danny Ray
72	The same love that made me laugh	Bill Withers
73	So in love with you (01/74)	Freddy Breck	*
74	I can't stop	Osmonds	*
75	Slow fizz	Sapphires
76	A walkin' miracle (03/74)	Limmie & Family Cookin'	*
77	Prisencolinensinaincuisol	Mike Reid
78	Come and get your love (RR – 1973)	Redbone
79	Sweet Rhode Island Red	Ike & Tina Turner
80	The song has ended	Salena Jones
81	When you smile	Shirley Bassey
82	Seasons in the sun (03/74)	Terry Jacks	# 1
83	TSOP (The sound of Philadelphia) (03/74)	MFSB	*

All tracks released in March 1974 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Lookin' for a love	Bobby Womack
2	Dream world	Don Downing
3	I wouldn't give you up	Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
4	Love epidemic	Trammps
5	Candle in the wind (02/74)	Elton John	*
6	England	Brian Farrell
7	Simone	Henry Gross
8	Taking care of business	Lindisfarne
9	Take it easy	Ralph McTell
10	Teach your children	Country Gazette
11	Father of day, father of night	Manfred Mann's earth band
12	Seven seas of rhye (02/74)	Queen	*
13	Might just take your life	Deep purple
14	Jet (02/74)	Paul McCartney & Wings	*
15	Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle (02/74)	Electric Light Orchestra	*
16	Shanghai'd in Shanghai	Nazareth	*
17	Burning love	Dennis Linde
18	Jealous mind	Alvin Stardust	# 1
19	Hot rod banjo	Dillards
20	Madolin	Fable
21	Bad bad Leroy Brown	Frank Sinatra
22	The Sting (02/74)	Ragtimers	*
23	Didn't I	Brown sugar
24	Sideway shuffle	Linda Lewis
25	For the love of money	O'Jays
26	I miss you	Dells
27	Trying to hold on to my woman	Lamont Dozier
28	Have you tried it	Ashford & Simpson
29	Who's in the strawberry patch with Sally (02/74)	Dawn & Tony Orlando	*
30	I get a little sentimental over you	New Seekers	*
31	Touch the wind (Eres tu)	Landscape
32	Mr. Natural	Bee Gees
33	Kiss and make it better	Mac Davis
34	River of love	B.W. Stevenson
35	I've got a thing about you baby	Elvis Presley	*
36	I'm a train	Albert Hammond
37	Windfall	Rick Nelson
38	Listen to the music (RR – 1972)	Doobie Brothers	*
39	Help me	Joni Mitchell
40	Can't believe the feeling when you're gone	Buffy St. Marie
41	Dancing on the moon	Judi Pulver
42	Soul train	Manhattans
43	When the fuel runs out	Executive suite
44	I've got to use my imagination	Gladys Knight & Pips
45	Boogie down (02/74)	Eddie Kendricks	*
46	Mighty love (part 1)	Detroit Spinners
47	Homely girl	Chi-Lites	*
48	You are everything	Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye	*
49	If you could read my mind	Gordon Lightfoot
50	Oh very young	Cat Stevens
51	Breakin' up is easy	James Griffin
52	Seasons in the sun	Terry Jacks	*
53	Let's spend the night together	Deep feeling
54	Smokin' in the boys' room	Brownsville Station	*
55	Mockingbird	Carly Simon & James Taylor	*
56	Oh my my	Maggie Bell
57	Hooked on a feeling	Blue swede
58	School love (02/74)	Barry Blue	*
59	Remember me this way	Gary Glitter	*
60	So many faces	Legs
61	Tell your story (sing your song)	Atomic Rooster
62	Golden age of Rock & Roll	Mott The Hoople	*
63	Rock around the clock (RR – 1955)	Bill Haley & Comets	*
64	I'm gonna knock on your door	Little Jimmy Osmond	*
65	Devil gate drive	Suzi Quatro	# 1
66	Angel face	Glitter Band	*
67	I wish it was me	Tyrone Davis
68	I can't break away	Chuck Jackson
69	River	Joe Simon
70	I need you	Temptations
71	Marble and iron	Jimmy James & the Vagabonds
72	Now that I've found a good thing	Fontella Bass
73	Long live love	Olivia Newton-John	*
74	There won't be anyore	Charlie Rich
75	Sunshine on my shoulder	John Denver
76	The way we were (02/74)	Barbra Streisand	*
77	The entertainer (02/74)	Marvin Hamlisch	*
78	Jambalaya (on the Bayou) (02/74)	Carpenters	*
79	Everlasting love (RR – 1967)	Robert Knight	*
80	Landslide [USA 1966]	Tony Clarke
81	Doctor's orders (02/74)	Sunny	*
82	Emma	Hot Chocolate	*
83	I'm the midnight special	Clarence Carter
84	Power of love	Martha Reeves
85	Stormy Monday	Latimore
86	Billy don't be a hero	Paper Lace	# 1
87	Do me right	Armada orchestra