Some real big hitters this year, with Queen and 10CC, but the Glam Rockers are defo giving way and the epic Jive Talkin’ foreshadows the Bee Gees chart takeover a couple of years down the line.
1) Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 11-1975
2) Helen Reddy – Angie Baby – 02-1975
3) 10CC – I’m Not In Love – 06-1975
4) Minnie Riperton – Loving You – 04-1975
5) Slade – How Does it Feel – 02-1975
6) Billy Swan – I Can Help – 01-1975
7) The Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces – 03-1975
8) The Bee Gees – Jive Talkin’ – 06-1975
9) Gloria Gaynor – Never Can Say Goodbye – 01-1975
10) Supertramp – Dreamer – 03-1975
11) Leo Sayer – Moonlighting – 09-1975
12) The Chi-Lites – Have You Seen Her/Oh Girl – 07-1975
13) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) – 02-1975
And, as ever, the ones bubbling under – still the odd novelty song creeping up on my blind side.
David Bowie – Space Oddity – 10-1975
The Eagles –Lyin’ Eyes – 06-1975
Pilot – January – 02-1975
Greg Lake – I Believe In Father Christmas – 12-1975
Slade – In For A Penny – 12 -1975
The Four Seasons – Who Loves You? – 10-1975
Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing – 11-1975
Andy Fairweather-Low – Wide Eyed And Legless – 12-1975
Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug – 11-1975
David Essex – Hold Me Close – 09-1975
Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman – 02-1975
John Lennon – Imagine – 11-1975
Linda Lewis – It’s In His Kiss – 08-1975
The Stylistics – Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love) – 08-1975
Shirley & Company – Shame, Shame, Shame – 02-1975
Peter Wingfield – Eighteen With A Bullet – 07-1975
Moments & Whatnauts – Girls – 03-1975
The Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby – 03-1975
Peter Shelley – Love Me Love My Dog – 04-1975
Typically Tropical – Barbados – 07-1975
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