My Top 100 Singles of 1974
Here's the Spotify playlist:
1. Golden Earring - "Radar Love"
2. Elton John - "Bennie And The Jets"
3. Steely Dan - "Rikki Don't Lose That
Number"
4. Dolly Parton – “Jolene”
5. Paul McCartney & Wings - "Band On
The Run"
6. James Brown - "The Payback"
7. Stevie Wonder - "Living For The
City"
8. Billy Joel - "Piano Man"
9. David Bowie - "Rebel Rebel"
10. Barry White - "Can't Get Enough Of Your
Love, Babe"
11. Bad Company - "Can't Get Enough"
12. Kool & The Gang - "Jungle
Boogie"
13. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
14. Gregg Allman - "Midnight Rider"
15. Elton John - "The Bitch Is Back"
16. Queen - "Killer Queen"
17. Joni Mitchell – “Help Me”
18. Billy Swan – “I Can Help”
19. Rufus and Chaka Khan - "Tell Me
Something Good"
20. Linda Ronstadt - "You're No Good"
21. George Jones - "The Grand Tour"
22. The Rolling Stones - "Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo (Heartbreaker)"
23. Dolly Parton – “I Will Always Love You”
24. Rush - "Working Man"
25. The Eagles - "Already Gone"
26. Roberta Flack - "Feel Like Makin'
Love"
27. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home
Alabama"
28. Bachman-Turner Overdrive -"You Ain't
Seen Nothing Yet"
29. Pink Floyd - "Time / Breathe
(Reprise)"
30. Barry White - "Never, Never Gonna Give
Ya Up"
31. The Hues Corporation - "Rock The
Boat"
32. George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby"
33. Aerosmith - "Train Kept A Rollin'"
34. Redbone - "Come And Get Your Love"
35. The Steve Miller Band - "The
Joker"
36. Robert Palmer – “Sneakin’ Sally Through The
Alley”
37. Lou Reed – “Sally Can’t Dance”
38. Stevie Wonder - "Don't You Worry 'Bout
A Thing"
39. Marvin Gaye - "Distant Lover
(live)"
40. Jimmy Buffett – “A Pirate Looks At Forty”
41. Dionne Warwick and The Spinners – “Then Came
You”
42. Willie Nelson - "Bloody Mary
Morning"
43. B.T. Express – “Do It (‘Til You’re
Satisfied)”
44. The O'Jays - "For The Love Of
Money"
45. Big Star – “September Gurls”
46. Al Green – “Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)”
47. Carl Carlton – “Everlasting Love”
48. The Jackson 5 - "Dancing Machine"
49. Queen - "Liar"
50. The Who - "The Real Me"
51. Paper Lace – “The Night Chicago Died”
52. Stevie Wonder - "You Haven't Done
Nothin'"
53. Moe Bandy – “I Just Started Hatin’ Cheatin’
Songs Today”
54. Billy Joel - "The Entertainer"
55. Cheech & Chong - "Earache My
Eye"
56. George Jones - 'These Days (I Barely Get
By)"
57. Kool & The Gang - "Hollywood
Swinging"
58. The Love Unlimited Orchestra - "Love's
Theme"
59. Elton John - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down
On Me"
60. Bad Company - "Bad Company"
61. Steely Dan - "Pretzel Logic"
62. David Bowie – “Diamond Dogs”
63. Aerosmith - "Same Old Song And
Dance"
64. Little Feat - "Oh Atlanta"
65. Bobby Bland – “Ain’t No Love In The Heart of
The City”
66. The Isley Brothers - "Summer
Breeze"
67. Henry Chapin - "Cat's In The
Cradle"
68. Brian Protheroe – “Pinball”
69. Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"
70. Earth, Wind & Fire – “Devotion”
71. George Jones - "The Door"
72. The Kiki Dee Band – “I’ve Got The Music In
Me”
73. Marvin Gaye - "You Sure Love To
Ball"
74. Queen - "Now I'm Here"
75. Daryl Hall & John Oates - "When The
Morning Comes"
76. Jimmy Buffett – “Come Monday”
77. Carly Simon - “Haven’t Got Time For The
Pain”
78. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Call Me The
Breeze"
79. The Rolling Stones - "It's Only Rock 'n
Roll (But I Like It)"
80. David Essex - "Rock On"
81. Curtis Mayfield – “Sweet Exorcist”
82. Rufus & Chaka Khan – “You Got The Love”
83. Stevie Wonder - "He's Misstra
Know-It-All"
84. Carole King - "Jazzman"
85. Frank Zappa – “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow”
86. Electric Light Orchestra – “Can’t Get It Out
Of My Head”
87. John Lennon - "Whatever Gets You Thru
The Night"
88. Bill Withers – “The Same Love That Made Me
Laugh”
89. America – “Tin Man”
90. The Rolling Stones - "Ain't Too Proud
To Beg"
91. Billy Joel - "Captain Jack"
92. Carly Simon & James Taylor -
"Mockingbird"
93. Terry Jacks - "Seasons In The Sun"
94. Neil Young – “Walk On”
95. T. Rex - "Teenage Dream"
96. The Three Degrees – “When Will I See You
Again”
97. Leonard Cohen – “Lover Lover Lover”
98. Chicago – “Wishing You Were Here”
99. Eric Clapton - "I Shot The
Sheriff"
100. John Denver – “Back Home Again”
The only song not on the playlist is "Earache My Eye." I see ads for Cheech & Chong's cannabis gummies every single time I look at Twitter, but their biggest song isn't on Spotify? Priorities, guys! I was fascinated to learn that Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" and Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough" were both in the top 20 of the Hot 100 at the same time. America couldn't get enough of "can't get enough of your love" choruses in the fall of 1974.
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