Pop Music - February 1974

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Looking at American Top 40 charts for February, 1974...  40 years ago this month: What songs made there Top 40 debut?  What was new and trending?  There were 18 songs entering the Top 40, here they are, ranked by eventual peak:

• Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks (#1, 21 wks on charts)
• Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver (#1, 18 wks on charts)
• Dark Lady  - Cher (#1, 16 wks on charts)
• Come And Get Your Love - Redbone (#5, 23 wks)
• Mockingbird  - Carly Simon, w/ James Taylor (#5, 16 wks)
• Jet  - Paul McCartney (#7, 14 wks)
• Eres Tu (Touch The Wind)  - Mocedades (#9, 17 wks)
• Trying To Hold On To My Woman  - Lamont Dozier (#15, 18 wks)
• Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)  - Rolling Stones (#15, 11 wks)
• My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung (#17, 15 wks)
• Sexy Mama - Moments (#17, 13 wks)
• There Won't Be Anymore  - Charlie Rich (#18, 15 wks)
• Mighty Love - Spinners (#20, 15 wks)
• I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King (#28, 16 wks)
• Can This Be Real  - Natural Four (#31, 10 wks)
• Energy Crisis '74  - Dickie Goodman (#33, 8 wks)
• Last Kiss  - Wednesday (#34, 18 wks)
• I Shall Sing  - Art Garfunkel (#38, 9 wks)

I was actually able to find 16 of these 18 songs on Spotify.  I've made a playlist, which I hope to update month by month through the year.  Right now it includes 31 of the 35 songs which entered the Top 40 in January or February.  

Check it out:  http://open.spotify.com/user/lsqrd42/playlist/23G0cY9o6mflTaGwievQ9z