RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE'S (DUCKHEAD/popradiotop20.com) TOP POP SINGLES OF 1975 |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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Sep 01, 2017 at 09:11 PM |
RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE'S (DUCKHEAD/popradiotop20.com) TOP POP SINGLES OF 1975*
Pos.-Title-Artist-Label-Peak Month
1 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER-CAPTAIN & TENNILLE-JUNE
2 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM-ELTON JOHN-April
3 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW-OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-February
4 BAD BLOOD-NEIL SEDAKA-October
5 JIVE TALKIN'-BEE GEES-July
6 I'M SORRY/CALYPSO-JOHN DENVER-October
7 I WRITE THE SONGS-BARRY MANILOW-December
8 ISLAND GIRL-Elton John-October
9 GET DOWN TONIGHT-K.C. & The Sunshine Band-September
10 FAME-David Bowie-September
11 Listen To What The Man Said-Paul McCartney & Wings-July
12 Black Water-Doobie Brothers-February
13 Lovin' You-Minnie Riperton-March
14 Lady Marmalade-LaBelle-March
15 That's The Way (I Like It)-K.C. & The Sunshine Band -November
16 Someone Saved My Life Tonight-Elton John-August
17 Wildfire-Michael Murphy-June
18 One Of These Nights-Eagles-July
19 Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song-B.J. Thomas-April
20 My Eyes Adored You-Frankie Valli-February
21 Mandy-Barry Manilow-January
22 The Hustle-Van McCoy-July
23 Lyin' Eyes-Eagles-October
24 Best Of My Love-Eagles-February
25 Pick Up The Pieces-Average White Band-January
26 Please,Mr.Postman-Carpenters-January
27 Miracles-Jefferson Starship-October
28 Sister Golden Hair-America-May
29 He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)-Tony Orlando & Dawn-May
30 Fallin' In Love-Hamilton,Joe,Frank & Reynolds-August
31 Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell-September
32 How Long-Ace-May
33 Games People Play-Spinners-October
34 The Way That I Want To Touch You-Captain & Tennille-November
35 Thank God,I'm A Country Boy-John Denver-May
36 You're No Good-Linda Ronstadt-January
37 Saturday Night-Bay City Rollers-December
38 Magic-Pilot-June
39 Fly Robin Fly-Silver Convention-December
40 I'm Not In Love-10cc-July
41 Feelings-Morris Albert-September
42 Laughter In The Rain-Neil Sedaka-January
43 Jackie Blue-Ozark Mountain Daredevils-April
44 Shining Star-Earth,Wind & Fire-May
45 Chevy Van-Sammy Johns-April
46 Dance With Me-Orleans-September
47 When Will I Be Loved-Linda Ronstadt-May
48 Heat Wave-Linda Ronstadt-November
49 Fire-Ohio Players-February
50 Nights On Broadway-Bee Gees-November
51 At Seventeen-Janis Ian-August
52 Midnight Blue-Melissa Manchester-August
53 How Sweet It Is-James Taylor-August
54 Who Loves You-Four Seasons-October
55 Lady-Styx-February
56 You Are So Beautiful-Joe Cocker-March
57 Please, Mr.Please-Olivia Newton-John-July
58 Bad Time-Grand Funk Railroad-May
59 Why Can't We Be Friends-War-August
60 Only Women Bleed-Alice Cooper-May
61 The No No Song-Ringo Starr-March
62 Long Tall Glasses-Leo Sayer-April
63 Take Me In Your Arms-Doobie Brothers-June
64 Run Joey Run-David Geddes-September
65 Could It Be Magic-Barry Manilow-September
66 Let's Do It Again-Staple Singers-December
67 Sky High-Jigsaw-November
68 Ballroom Blitz-Sweet-September
69 Love Won't Let Me Wait-Major Harris-June
70 Some Kind Of Wonderful-Grand Funk-February
71 Emma-Hot Chocolate-March
72 Only Yesterday-Carpenters-May
73 Rockin' Chair Song-Gwen McCrae-July
74 Boogie On Reggae Woman-Stevie Wonder-January
75 SOS-Abba-October
76 Low Rider-War-November
77 Rocky-Austin Roberts-September
78 Don't Call Us, We'll Call You-Sugarloaf-March
79 Pinball Wizard-Elton John-May
80 Killer Queen-Queen-May
81 Swearin'To God-Frankie Valli-July
82 Old Days-Chicago-May
83 I'm Not Lisa-Jessi Colter-June
84 Ain't No way To Treat A Lady-Helen Reddy-September
85 Lonely People-America-January
86 My Little Town-Simon & Garfunkel-November
87 Poetry Man-Phoebe Snow-March
88 It's A Miracle-Barry Manilow-April
89 Express-B.T. Express-March
90 It Only Takes A Minute-Tavares-October
91 Dynomite-Tony Camillo's Bazuka-July
92 Rockford Files-Mike Post-July
93 Bungle In The Jungle-Jethro Tull-January
94 Third Rate Romance-Amazing Rhythm Aces-August
95 Before The Next Teardrop Falls-Freddy Fender-May
96 Doctor's Orders-Carol Douglas-January
97 This Will Be-Natalie Cole-November
98 Lady Blue-Leon Russell-October
98 Wasted Days And Wasted Nights-Freddy Fender-September
100 The Way We Were/Try To Remember-Gladys Knight & The Pips-July
101 Mr. Jaws-Dickie Goodman-September
102 Roll On Down The Highway-Bachman-Turner Overdrive-February
103 One Man Woman/One Woman Man-Paul Anka/Odia Coates-January
104 Shame,Shame,Shame-Shirley & Company-March
105 Tush-ZZ Top-August
106 Never Can Say Goodbye-Gloria Gaynor-January
107 Morning Side Of The Mountain-Donny & Marie Osmond-January
108 I Don't Like To Sleep Alone-Paul Anka-May
109 Hey You-Bachman Turner Overdrive-June
110 Brazil-Ritchie Family-October
111 Feel Like Makin' Love-Bad Company-September
112 Get Down,Get Down (On The Floor)-Joe Simon-June
113 Once You Get Started-Rufus-April
114 Daisy Jane-America-September
115 Over My Head-Fleetwood Mac-December
116 Walking In Rhythm-Blackbyrds-May
117 18 With A Bullet-Pete Wingfield-November
118 There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love-Paul Anka & Odia Coates-September
119 Supernatural Thing-Ben E. King-April
120 Get Dancin'-Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes-February
121 I Only Have Eyes For You-Art Garfunkel-November
122 What Am I Gonna Do With You-Barry White-April
123 The South's Gonna Do It Again-Charlie Daniels Band-February
124A My Boy-Elvis Presley-February
124B The Last Farewell-Roger Whittaker-June
126A How Long-Pointer Sisters-September
126B Venus And Mars/Rock Show-Paul McCartney & Wings-November
*Here is how Duckhead calculated this chart from Radio and Record charts.
Points
Points for the yearly charts are calculated using inverse points from the weekly charts.
Each week, the # 1 song gets 20 points, the # 2 song gets 19 points, # 3 gets 18, and so on.
The # 20 song gets 1 point.
Each song's points are added up for each week to reach the total.
A song's entire chart run will be used for the yearly chart.
Songs appear on the yearly chart corresponding to the year they peak on the weekly charts.
Tie-Breakers
For songs that tie in points on the yearly charts, the following tie-breakers are used:
1. Most weeks at # 1
2. Most weeks at # 2
3. Most weeks at # 3
4. Most weeks at # 4
5. Etc.
If songs remain tied after all 20 tie-breakers, then they will be listed as tied on the yearly chart.
Tied songs appear in alphabetical order, and are marked by letters, for example: 99A and 99B.
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