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- Barbra Streisand scored a number one hit in 1974 with 'The Way We Were' from the film of the same name, becoming the #1 single of 1974 at year's end. Key The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard 's 1974 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
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Itriumph 2 0 1 – calendar contacts and journal. Icarefone 4 2 – system care for ios devices. These are the Billboard magazineHot 100 number one hits of 1974.
That year, 25 acts earn their first number one song, such as Steve Miller Band, Al Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Terry Jacks, John Denver, Blue Swede, MFSB, The Three Degrees, Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods, Gordon Lightfoot, The Hues Corporation, George McCrae, Paper Lace, Odia Coates, Eric Clapton, Barry White, Andy Kim, Olivia Newton-John, Dionne Warwick, The Spinners, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Billy Swan, Carl Douglas, and Harry Chapin. John Lennon, having already hit number one with The Beatles, earns his first number one song as a solo act. John Denver was the only act to have more than one song reach number one, with two.
1974 is tied with 1975 for scoring the most Hot 100 number ones, 35 each. The year would have more number ones than 1975, at 36, if including 'Time in a Bottle' by Jim Croce, which initially topped the Hot 100 on December 29, 1973, and stayed atop the chart to start 1974.
Barbra Streisand scored a number one hit in 1974 with 'The Way We Were' from the film of the same name, becoming the #1 single of 1974 at year's end.
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1974 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
No. | Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
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313 | January 5 | 'Time in a Bottle' | Jim Croce | |
314 | January 12 | 'The Joker' | Steve Miller Band | |
315 | January 19 | 'Show and Tell' | Al Wilson | |
316 | January 26 | 'You're Sixteen' | Ringo Starr | |
317 | February 2 | 'The Way We Were' | Barbra Streisand | |
318 | February 9 | 'Love's Theme' | Love Unlimited Orchestra | |
re | February 16 | 'The Way We Were' | Barbra Streisand | |
February 23 | ||||
319 | March 2 | 'Seasons in the Sun' | Terry Jacks | |
March 9 | ||||
March 16 | ||||
320 | March 23 | 'Dark Lady' | Cher | |
321 | March 30 | 'Sunshine on My Shoulders' | John Denver | |
322 | April 6 | 'Hooked on a Feeling' | Blue Swede | |
323 | April 13 | 'Bennie and the Jets' | Elton John | |
324 | April 20 | 'TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)' | MFSB and The Three Degrees | |
April 27 | ||||
325 | May 4 | 'The Loco-Motion' | Grand Funk | |
May 11 | ||||
326 | May 18 | 'The Streak' | Ray Stevens | |
May 25 | ||||
June 1 | ||||
327 | June 8 | 'Band on the Run' | Paul McCartney & Wings | |
328 | June 15 | 'Billy Don't Be a Hero' | Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods | |
June 22 | ||||
329 | June 29 | 'Sundown' | Gordon Lightfoot | |
330 | July 6 | 'Rock the Boat' | The Hues Corporation | |
331 | July 13 | 'Rock Your Baby' | George McCrae | |
July 20 | ||||
332 | July 27 | 'Annie's Song' | John Denver | |
August 3 | ||||
333 | August 10 | 'Feel Like Makin' Love' | Roberta Flack | |
334 | August 17 | 'The Night Chicago Died' | Paper Lace | |
335 | August 24 | '(You're) Having My Baby' | Paul Anka and Odia Coates | |
August 31 | ||||
September 7 | ||||
336 | September 14 | 'I Shot the Sheriff' | Eric Clapton | |
337 | September 21 | 'Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe' | Barry White | |
338 | September 28 | 'Rock Me Gently' | Andy Kim | |
339 | October 5 | 'I Honestly Love You' | Olivia Newton-John | |
October 12 | ||||
340 | October 19 | 'Nothing From Nothing' | Billy Preston | |
341 | October 26 | 'Then Came You' | Dionne Warwick and The Spinners | |
342 | November 2 | 'You Haven't Done Nothin' | Stevie Wonder | |
343 | November 9 | 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | [1] |
344 | November 16 | 'Whatever Gets You thru the Night' | John Lennon | |
345 | November 23 | 'I Can Help' | Billy Swan | |
November 30 | ||||
346 | December 7 | 'Kung Fu Fighting' | Carl Douglas | |
December 14 | ||||
347 | December 21 | 'Cat's in the Cradle' | Harry Chapin | |
348 | December 28 | 'Angie Baby' | Helen Reddy |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Hot 100 - For week ending November 9, 1974'. Billboard. Vol. 86 no. 45. November 9, 1974. p. 60.
Sources[edit]
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN0-89820-076-8)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard'sonline archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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