Pop Music - October 1974

Wordle from lyrics of You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet

October, 1974...  Racial strife in Boston, IRA Bombings in Guildford England. Unrest and turmoil

Looking at American Top 40 charts for October, 1974... 40 years ago this month: What songs made their Top 40 debut? What was new and trending?

Well, there were 27 songs entering the Top 40 during September (4 weeks).  And three (3) eventual #1s!  Here they are, ranked by eventual peak:

• I Can Help  - Billy Swan - #1
• You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet  - Bachman-Turner Overdrive - #1
• Whatever Gets You Thru The Night  - John Lennon - #1
• Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)  - B.T. Express - #2
• When Will I See You Again  - Three Degrees - #2
• My Melody Of Love  - Bobby Vinton - #3
• Back Home Again  - John Denver - #5
• Longfellow Serenade  - Neil Diamond - #5
• Everlasting Love  - Little Carl Carlton - #6
• Carefree Highway  - Gordon Lightfoot - #10
• The Need To Be  - Jim Weatherly - #11
• Wishing You Were Here  - Chicago - #11
• I've Got The Music In Me  - Kiki Dee - #12
• Love Don't Love Nobody  - Spinners - #15
• Rockin' Soul  - Hues Corporation - #18
• Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)  - Raspberries - #18
• Give It To The People  - Righteous Brothers - #20
• So You Are A Star  - Hudson Brothers - #21
• People Gotta Move  - Gino Vannelli - #22
• Honey, Honey  - ABBA - #27
• Distant Lover  - Marvin Gaye - #28
• Straight Shootin' Woman  - Steppenwolf - #29
• Papa Don't Take No Mess  - James Brown - #31
• Kings Of The Party  - Brownsville Station - #31
• Devotion  - Earth, Wind & Fire - #33
• Second Avenue  - Art Garfunkel - #34
• Higher Plane  - Kool & The Gang - #37

I was actually able to find 20 of these 27 songs on Spotify.  And added to a playlist covering all of 1974.  It includes 228 of the 251 songs which entered the Top 40 in the entirety of 1974. I'm pretty impressed that they have over 90% of these songs...
Check it out: http://open.spotify.com/user/lsqrd42/playlist/23G0cY9o6mflTaGwievQ9z