Saturday, March 15, 2014

Pop Music - March 1974

Yep, the 1974 Pinto was the best-selling American car in 1974

Looking at American Top 40 charts for March, 1974...  40 years ago this month: What songs made their Top 40 debut?  What was new and trending?  Well, there were 24 songs entering the Top 40 during March (5 weeks).  Here they are, ranked by eventual peak:
  • The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk Railroad  (#1, 20 wks in the Hot 100)
  • TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) – MFSB  (#1, 18 wks)
  • Bennie And The Jets - Elton John  (#1, 18 wks)
  • Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede  (#1, 17 wks)
  • Dancing Machine - Jackson 5  (#2, 22 wks)
  • Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips  (#3, 17 wks)
  • The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead  (#4, 13 wks)
  • Oh My My - Ringo Starr (#5, 14 wks)
  • Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield  (#7, 16 wks)
  • I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song - Jim Croce  (#9, 14 wks)
  • Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Main Ingredient  (#10, 20 wks)
  • Lookin' For A Love - Bobby Womack  (#10, 17 wks)
  • A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich  (#11, 14 wks)
  • Keep On Singing - Helen Reddy  (#15, 13wks)
  • My Mistake (Was To Love You) - Diana Ross  (#19, 16 wks)
  • Tell Me A Lie - Sami Jo  (#21, 14 wks)
  • Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive  (#23, 15 wks)
  • Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer  (#23, 14 wks)
  • Touch A Hand, Make A Friend - Staple Singers  (#23, 13 wks)
  • Star - Stealers Wheel  (#29, 14 wks)
  • We're Getting Careless With Our Love - Johnnie Taylor  (#34, 10 wks)
  • WOLD - Harry Chapin  (#36, 13 wks)
  • I'll Be The Other Woman - Soul Children  (#36, 9 wks)
  • I've Got A Thing About You Baby - Elvis Presley  (#39, 12 wks)
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I was actually able to find 20 of these 24 songs on Spotify.  I've made a playlist, which I hope to update month by month through the year.  Right now it includes through June 1974, and 106 of the 115 songs which entered the Top 40 in the 1st half on 1974.   I'm pretty impressed that they have over 92% of these songs...

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

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