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Music History Events: Charts

June 7, 1975 John Denver scores his third US #1 hit with "Thank God I'm A Country Boy."

May 31, 1975 Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" hits #1 in America.

May 24, 1975 Earth, Wind & Fire's "Shining Star," a song celebrating the band's credo of clean living and spiritual health, hits #1 in America.

May 17, 1975 Earth, Wind & Fire's LP That's The Way Of The World hits #1.

May 3, 1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn's "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" hits #1.

May 3, 1975 Chicago's LP Chicago VIII hits #1.

April 26, 1975 B.J. Thomas' "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" goes to #1 in America.

April 5, 1975 Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You," with the most famous high note of the '70s, is the #1 hit in America.

March 22, 1975 Frankie Valli's unrequited love ballad "My Eyes Adored You" hits #1 in the US.

March 22, 1975 Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album hits #1, where it will stay for six weeks.

March 15, 1975 Olivia Newton-John's album Have You Never Been Mellow hits #1 in the US.

March 15, 1975 "Black Water," the Doobie Brothers ode to the Mississippi River, hits #1 in America. The Brothers didn't think it had hit potential, so it wasn't released as a single until waves of radio stations started playing it.

March 8, 1975 Olivia Newton-John's "Have You Never Been Mellow" hits #1 in the US.

March 8, 1975 "Lady" by Styx, written and sung by the band's keyboardist, Dennis DeYoung, as a tribute to his wife, Suzanne, rises to #6, the group's first Top 10 single in America. The song was first released in 1973 but didn't get much attention until a DJ on WLS in Chicago started playing it a year later.

March 1, 1975 The Eagles' "Best Of My Love" hits #1 in America.

March 1, 1975 Bob Dylan's album Blood On The Tracks hits #1 in America, where it stays for two weeks before getting bumped by Olivia Newton-John's Have You Never Been Mellow.

February 22, 1975 Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces" hits #1.

February 22, 1975 The Average White Band LP AWB hits #1.

February 8, 1975 The Ohio Players' "Fire" hits #1.

February 1, 1975 Neil Sedaka's "Laughter In The Rain" hits #1.

January 25, 1975 "Please Mr. Postman" hits #1 in America for the second time when The Carpenters' version goes to the top. The song was a #1 for The Marvelettes in 1961.

January 18, 1975 Barry Manilow's "Mandy" hits #1 in America. The song was written as "Brandy" but changed to avoid confusion with the Looking Glass hit "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)."

December 28, 1974 Helen Reddy lands her third #1 hit in America when "Angie Baby" goes to the top.

December 7, 1974 Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks.

November 9, 1974 Carole King's album Wrap Around Joy, featuring the hit "Jazzman," goes to #1 in America.

November 2, 1974 Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'," a dig on President Richard Nixon, hits #1 in America.

November 2, 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's greatest hits album So Far goes to #1 in America. The group hasn't released a studio album since 1970 but has reunited for a tour and plans to start recording again. Unfortunately, longstanding squabbles resurface and the new album doesn't materialize.

October 26, 1974 "Then Came You," a duet between The Spinners and Dionne Warwick, goes to #1 in America. It's the only chart-topper for either act.

October 26, 1974 Barry White's album Can't Get Enough hits #1 in America.

October 19, 1974 Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" hits #1.