Pop Music - November 1974

Wordle from lyrics of Kung Fu Fighting

October, 1974...   US files anti-trust suit to break up AT&T...  And the UN General Assembly granted  "Observer Status" to the PLO...

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

Well, there were 29 songs entering the Top 40 during November(5 weeks).  Includinf four (4)eventual #1s!  Here they are, ranked by eventual peak:

• Laughter In The Rain  - Neil Sedaka - #1
• Cat's In The Cradle  - Harry Chapin - #1
• Kung Fu Fighting  - Carl Douglas - #1
• Angie Baby  - Helen Reddy - #1
• You're The First, The Last, My Everything  - Barry White - #2
• Boogie On Reggae Woman  - Stevie Wonder - #3
• Junior's Farm  - Paul McCartney - #3
• Only You  - Ringo Starr - #6
• Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)  - Al Green - #7
• One Man Woman/One Woman Man  - Paul Anka - #7
• You Got The Love  - Rufus - #11
• Bungle In The Jungle  - Jethro Tull - #12
• Must Of Got Lost  - J. Geils Band - #12
• Fairytale  - Pointer Sisters - #13
• Promised Land  - Elvis Presley - #14
• Ain't Too Proud To Beg  - Rolling Stones - #17
• Touch Me  - Fancy - #19
• I Feel A Song (In My Heart)  - Gladys Knight & The Pips - #21
• Woman To Woman  - Shirley Brown - #22
• After The Goldrush  - Prelude - #22
• Willie And The Hand Jive  - Eric Clapton - #26
• Fire, Baby I'm On Fire  - Andy Kim - #28
• La La Peace Song  - Al Wilson - #30
• Let's Straighten It Out  - Latimore - #31
• Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)  - Three Dog Night - #33
• You Can Have Her  - Sam Neely - #34
• Doraville  - Atlanta Rhythm Section - #35
• Three Ring Circus  - Blue Magic - #36
• Whatever You Got, I Want  - Jackson 5 - 38

I was actually able to find 25 of these 29 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