Last weekend the 70’s on 7 began playing the Top 100 Singles of 1974 and went from #100 to #51. Today Casey picked the countdown at #50 and took it to #1.

- 1. The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand A
- 2. Seasons In the Sun – Terry Jacks F-
- 3. Love’s Theme – Love Unlimited Orchestra B-
- 4. Come and Get Your Love – Redbone A
- 5. Dancing Machine – The Jackson 5 B-
- 6. The Loco-Motion – Grand Funk Railroad B-
- 7. T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) – MFSB B
- 8. The Streak – Ray Stevens D-
- 9. Bennie and the Jets – Elton John A
- 10. One Hell of a Woman – Mac Davis D
- 11. Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) – Aretha Franklin A
- 12. Jungle Boogie – Kool and The Gang A-
- 13. Midnight At the Oasis – Maria Muldaur A-
- 14. You Make Me Feel Brand New – The Stylistics A
- 15. Show and Tell – Al Wilson A
- 16. Spiders and Snakes – Jim Stafford D
- 17. Rock On – David Essex A
- 18. Sunshine On My Shoulders – John Denver B
- 19. Sideshow – Blue Magic A
- 20. Hooked On a Feeling – Blue Swede D
- 21. Billy, Don’t Be a Hero – Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods D
- 22. Band On the Run – Paul McCartney and Wings A+
- 23. The Most Beautiful Girl – Charlie Rich B
- 24. Time In a Bottle – Jim Croce A
- 25. Annie’s Song – John Denver B
- 26. Let Me Be There – Olivia Newton-John B
- 27. Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot A
- 28. (You’re) Having My Baby – Paul Anka F-
- 29. Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim B-
- 30. Boogie Down – Eddie Kendricks C
- 31. You’re Sixteen You’re Beautiful (And You’re Mine) – Ringo Starr B
- 32. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – Olivia Newton-John B-
- 33. Dark Lady – Cher B
- 34. Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me – Gladys Knight and The Pips A
- 35. Feel Like Makin’ Love – Roberta Flack B-
- 36. Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely – The Main Ingredient A
- 37. Nothing From Nothing- Billy Preston A
- 38. Rock Your Baby – George McCrae C
- 39. Top of the World – The Carpenters B
- 40. The Joker – The Steve Miller Band B
- 41. I’ve Got to Use My Imagination – Gladys Knight and The Pips B
- 42. The Show Must Go On – Three Dog Night B
- 43. Rock the Boat – The Hues Corporation D
- 44. Smokin’ In the Boys Room – Brownsville Station A
- 45. Living for the City – Stevie Wonder A+
- 46. The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace B
- 47. Then Came You – Dionne Warwick and The Spinners A-
- 48. The Entertainer – Marvin Hamlisch C
- 49. Waterloo – Abba A
- 50. The Air That I Breathe – The Hollies A
A lot of good songs in the list and some great ones. I love Band on the Run. Did you notice there were 4 songs with “Rock” in them? Unreal!
I didn’t notice that… I always knock 1974 but there were a lot of great songs in that year also.
“Love’s Theme”, “T.S.O.P.” & “Rock Your Baby” should all get A’s, and “The Night Chicago Died” a D at best.