Pop Music - April 1974

 

April 1974, "The Sting" received the Best Picture Oscar

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 17 songs entering the Top 40 during March (4 weeks). Here they are, ranked by eventual peak:

• The Streak  - Ray Stevens - 1
• You Make Me Feel Brand New  - Stylistics - 2
• The Entertainer  - Marvin Hamlisch - 3
• The Show Must Go On  - Three Dog Night - 4
• Midnight At The Oasis  - Maria Muldaur - 6
• Help Me  - Joni Mitchell - 7
• (I've Been) Searchin' So Long  - Chicago - 9
• Oh Very Young  - Cat Stevens - 10
• I Won't Last A Day Without You  - Carpenters - 11
• Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing  - Stevie Wonder - 16
• Piano Man  - Billy Joel - 25
• The Payback  - James Brown - 26
• Mighty Mighty  - Earth, Wind & Fire - 29
• I'm A Train  - Albert Hammond - 31
• Outside Woman  - Bloodstone - 34
• Thanks For Saving My Life  - Billy Paul - 37
• Star Baby  - Guess Who - 39

I was actually able to find all 17 of these songs on Spotify. And added to a playlist. 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