American Top 40 Replay this week on the 70’s on 7- the week of March 1, 1975. Every time they play a Top 40 from 1975- I am reminded how this may have been the worst year for music in the 1970’s.
1 2 BEST OF MY LOVE –•– Eagles (Asylum)-14 (1 week at #1) (1) C+
2 5 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW –•– Olivia Newton-John (MCA)-6 (2) B
3 4 BLACK WATER –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-11 (3) B
4 7 MY EYES ADORED YOU –•– Frankie Valli (Private Stock)-15 (4) B
5 3 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL –•– Grand Funk (Capitol)-12 (3) C
6 6 LONELY PEOPLE –•– America (Warner Brothers)-10 (6) B
7 1 PICK UP THE PIECES –•– The Average White Band (AWB) (Atlantic)-13 (1) A
8 17 LADY MARMALADE (Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi) –•– LaBelle (Epic)-9 (8) A
9 10 NIGHTINGALE –•– Carole King (Ode)-9 (9)B
10 14 LADY –•– Styx (Wooden Nickel)-12 (10) D
11 15 CAN’T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD –•– Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists)-11 (11)A
12 16 I’M A WOMAN –•– Maria Muldaur (Reprise)-10 (12)B-
13 9 #9 DREAM –•– John Lennon (Apple)-11 (9) A+
14 18 ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY –•– Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury)-7 (14) B
15 19 DON’T CALL US, WE’LL CALL YOU –•– Sugarloaf / Jerry Corbetta (Claridge)-13 (15)B+
16 20 EXPRESS –•– B.T. Express (Roadshow)-6 (16) C
17 23 POETRY MAN –•– Phoebe Snow (Shelter)-9 (17) B+
18 8 YOU’RE NO GOOD –•– Linda Ronstadt (Capitol)-12 (1) A
19 25 MOVIN’ ON –•– Bad Company (Swan Song)-7 (19) B
20 24 UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE –•– Polly Brown (GTO)-9 (20) B-
21 26 TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN (Alle Porte Del Sole) –•– Al Martino (Capitol)-11 (21)C
22 30 LOVIN’ YOU –•– Minnie Riperton (Epic)-7 (22) D
23 27 MY BOY –•– Elvis Presley (RCA)-6 (23) B
24 28 YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL / IT’S A SIN WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY –•– Joe Cocker (A&M)-8 (24) A
25 31 SAD SWEET DREAMER –•– Sweet Sensation (Pye)-8 (25) C
26 34 I AM LOVE (Parts 1 & 2) –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-7 (26) C
27 35 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME –•– Shirley (and Company) (Vibration)-8 (27) B
28 12 FIRE –•– The Ohio Players (Mercury)-12 (1) B
29 13 SWEET SURRENDER –•– John Denver (RCA)-10 (13)B-
30 32 NEVER LET HER GO –•– David Gates (Elektra)-7 (30) B-
31 40 NO NO SONG / SNOOKEROO –•– Ringo Starr (Apple)-4 (31) A
32 11 LOOK IN MY EYES PRETTY WOMAN –•– Tony Orlando and Dawn (Bell)-11 (11)C
33 21 DOCTOR’S ORDERS –•– Carol Douglas (Midland International)-14 (11) D
34 42 I’VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE –•– Neil Diamond (Columbia)-5 (34) B-
35 22 BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-16 (3) A+
36 44 (Hey Won’t You Play) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG –•– B.J. Thomas (ABC)-5 (36) B
37 45 I GET LIFTED / I CAN’T LEAVE YOU ALONE –•– George McCrae (T.K.)-12 (37) C
38 46 CHEVY VAN –•– Sammy Johns (GRC)-5 (38) B
39 49 EMOTION –•– Helen Reddy (Capitol)-4 (39) B-
40 48 PART OF THE PLAN –•– Dan Fogelberg (Epic)-5 (40) A
I have to agree…this could be the weakest top 10 I’ve seen yet. Even the good songs are low keyed.
a lot of easy listening MOR type stuff. Is there a classic in the bunch?- outside of John and Ringo of course!
Just looked over it again…no nothing else but those!
It’s pretty amazing that it was this dull.
Most of the Top 40’s seem to have some classics in them- no matter how bad- this one- exactly as you said- dull- is the word.
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I like the ELO song and first time seeing a Dan Fogelberg tune in awhile. I enjoyed his music. The rest of the list is pretty blah, I agree.