AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK'S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1974*

 
No.Song-Artist-Peak Month
 1-MY COO CA CHOO-ALVIN STARDUST-APRIL                                    968
 2-THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED-PAPERLACE-October                               944
 3-EVIE-STEVIE WRIGHT-August                                              928
 4-BILLY DON'T BE A HERO-PAPERLACE-July                                   916
 5-CAN'T STOP MYSELF FROM LOVING YOU-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-October          870
 6-SEASONS IN THE SUN-TERRY JACKS-May                                     828
 7-I HONESTLY LOVE YOU-OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-November                        760
 8-FAREWELL AUNTY JACK-Grahame Bond-February                              756
 9-THE LORD'S PRAYER-Sister Janet Mead-March                              744 
10-THE ENTERTAINER-Marvin Hamlisch-July                                   736 
11-Kung Fu Fighting-Carl Douglas-December                                 712
12-She(Didn't Remember My Name)-Osmosis-May                               696
13-Devil Gate Drive-Suzi Quatro-June                                      684
14-Leave Me Alone-Helen Reddy-January                                     682
15-Hey Paula-Ernie Sigley & Denise Drysdale-November                      680
16-I Love You Love Me Love-Gary Glitter-April                             674
17-(You're)Having My Baby-Paul Anka-October                               670
18-The Streak-Ray Stevens-July                                            660
19-48 Crash-Suzi Quatro-January                                           646
20-Sorrow-David Bowie-February                                            644
21-Sugar Baby Love-Rubettes-August                                        640
22-Rock Your Baby-George McCrae-September                                 618  
23-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John-January                           604
24-Bonaparte's Retreat-Glen Campbell-November                             594
25-The Air That I Breathe-Hollies-May                                     580
26-You Make Me Feel Brand New-Stylistics-August                           574 
27-Hooked On A Feeling-Blue Swede-June                                    544
28-Photograph-Ringo Starr-January                                         528
29-I'll Take You Home Again,Kathleen-Lieutenant Pigeon-September          518
30-Daytona Demon-Suzi Quatro-April                                        508
31-Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone-Judy Stone-July              490
32-Bennie & The Jets/Candle In The Wind-Elton John-July                   486
33-The Loco-Motion-Grand Funk Railroad-July                               468
34-You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me-New Seekers-April                  464
35-Waterloo-Abba-August                                                   458
36-Ships In The Night-Vicki Lawrence-May                                  458
37-Emma-Hot Chocolate-September                                           446
38-Rock On-David Essex-January                                            444
39-Silvery Moon-Sherbet-November                                          422
40-Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot-August                                        410
41-Could You Ever Love Me Again-Gary & Dave-November                      400
42-Good Morning(How Are You)-Moir Sisters-December                        374
43-Room Full Of Roses-Mickey Gilley-October                               372
44-Mama's Little Girl-Linda George-October                                372
45-The Joker-Steve Miller Band-March                                      366
46-Theme From "Rush"-Brain May & The ABC Show Band-December               366
47-The Way We Were-Barbra Streisand-May                                   350
48-Annie's Song-John Denver-October                                       344
49-Star Of Mykonos-Katja Ebstein-March                                    318
50-Heartbeat It's A Love Beat-DeFranco Family-March                       306
51-You're Sixteen-Ringo Starr-May                                         302 
52-Let Me Be There-Olivia Newton-John-January                             302
53-Longfellow Serenade-Neil Diamond-December                              296
54-Love's Theme-Love Unlimited Orchestra-April                            274
55-The Most Beautiful Girl-Charlie Rich-January                           264
56-Slipstream-Sherbet-July                                                258
57-The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)-Bootleg Family Band-November   256
58-Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies-The Drifters-September           236
59-Mr.Natural-Bee Gees-December                                           222
60-Daydreamer/The Puppy Song-David Cassidy-March                          190
61-Midnight At The Oasis-Maria Muldar-September                           180 
62-My Girl Bill-Cash Backman-July                                         166
63-Smokin' In The Boys Room-Brownsville Station-March                     164
64-Radar Love-Golden Earring-September                                    156
65-Teenage Rampage-Sweet-April                                            156
66-You've Never Been This Far Before-Conway Twitty-January                146
67-I Get A Little Sentimental Over You-New Seekers-August                 140
68-Mockingbird-Carly Simon & James Taylor-May                             128
69-Let Go-Brian Cadd-November                                             124
70-Never,Never Gonna Give You Up-Barry White-May                          122
71-TSOP-MFSB-June                                                         114
72-My Girl Bill-Jim Stafford-July                                         112
73-Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield-June                                       110
74-The Show Must Go On-Leo Sayer-May                                      110
75-I Shot The Sherrif-Eric Clapton-November                                78
76-Long Live Love-Olivia Newton-John-September                             76
77-Amoureuse-Kiki Dee-September                                            76
78-Too Big-Suzi Quatro-November                                            72
79-Mockingbird-Johnny O'Keefe & Margaret McLaren-May                       70
80-Eye Level-Simpson Park Orchestra-April                                  70
81-I'm Leaving It Up To You-Donny & Marie Osmond-November                  68
82-Paper Roses-Marie Osmond-January                                        38
83-Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me-Elton John-September                    36
84-Everyday/Good Time Gals-Slade-June                                      36
85-Feel Like Makin' Love-Roberta Flack-November                            36
86-She's My Kind Of Woman-Johnny Chester-July                              34
87-Takin' Care Of Business-Bachman Turner Overdrive-December               34
* The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The 
Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.