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Music History Events: Charts

October 5, 1974 The Beach Boys' LP Endless Summer hits #1.

October 5, 1974 Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" hits #1 for the first of two weeks, making it her first chart-topper in the US.

September 28, 1974 Andy Kim's "Rock Me Gently" hits #1 in America.

September 28, 1974 Bad Company's self-titled album hits #1 in America.

September 21, 1974 Barry White hits #1 in America with "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe."

August 17, 1974 Paper Lace's "The Night Chicago Died" hits #1, where it will stay for one week.

August 17, 1974 Eric Clapton's album 461 Ocean Boulevard hits #1 in America.

August 10, 1974 Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Makin' Love" hits #1 in America, becoming the first song produced solo by a woman to top the chart. Flack produced it herself under the name Rubina Flake.

August 10, 1974 John Denver's album Back Home Again hits #1 in America.

August 3, 1974 Bad Company's Bad Company LP hits #1.

July 27, 1974 John Denver's "Annie's Song" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

July 13, 1974 George McRae's "Rock Your Baby" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

June 29, 1974 Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" hits #1 in America. He's the second Canadian artist to top the US chart in 1974, following Terry Jacks with "Seasons In The Sun."

June 8, 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings' "Band On The Run" hits #1.

April 13, 1974 "Bennie And The Jets," Elton John's song about a glam-rock goddess who wears electric boots and a mohair suit, hits #1 in America.

April 13, 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings' album Band On The Run hits #1.

April 6, 1974 Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling" hits #1.

March 30, 1974 John Denver's "Sunshine On My Shoulders" hits #1 in the US. The song first appeared on his 1971 album Poems, Prayers & Promises; it came to prominence after featuring in the made-for-TV movie Sunshine in 1973.

February 9, 1974 "Love's Theme," a groovy instrumental composed by Barry White for his Love Unlimited Orchestra, hits #1 in the US.

January 26, 1974 Ringo Starr's "You're Sixteen" hits #1 in America.

January 19, 1974 Al Wilson's "Show And Tell" hits #1.

January 12, 1974 Jim Croce's album You Don't Mess Around with Jim, the one with "Time In A Bottle" and "Operator," hits #1 in America three months after his death in a plane crash.

January 5, 1974 The Carpenters' compilation album The Singles 1969-1973 hits #1.

December 15, 1973 Charlie Rich's "The Most Beautiful Girl" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

December 1, 1973 The Carpenters "Top Of The World" hits #1 in America. The song is also a #1 Country hit for Lynn Anderson.

November 24, 1973 Ringo Starr's "Photograph" hits #1.

November 10, 1973 Elton John's album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road hits #1 in America, where it stays for eight weeks.

November 10, 1973 Eddie Kendricks' "Keep On Truckin'" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

October 27, 1973 Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train To Georgia" hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks.

October 6, 1973 Cher's "Half-Breed" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.