The top 40 from Billboard's Hot 100 for the week ending July 12, 1975. What's the good and bad?


This Week * Last Week * Weeks on Chart * Song * Performer

01 * 01 * 13 * Love Will Keep Us Together * The Captain & Tennille
02 * 02 * 13 * The Hustle * Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
03 * 03 * 07 * Listen to What the Man Said * Paul McCartney & Wings
04 * 04 * 16 * Wildfire * Michael Murphey
05 * 06 * 15 * Magic * Pilot
06 * 10 * 06 * Please Mr. Please * Olivia Newton-John
07 * 09 * 07 * One of These Nights * The Eagles
08 * 12 * 09 * Swearin' to God * Frankie Valli
09 * 08 * 14 * When Will I Be Loved * Linda Ronstadt
10 * 11 * 09 * I'm Not in Love * 10cc
11 * 13 * 09 * Rockin' Chair * Gwen McCrae
12 * 05 * 16 * Love Won't Let Me Wait * Major Harris
13 * 15 * 12 * The Way We Were/Try to Remember * Gladys Knight & The Pips
14 * 16 * 12 * Misty * Ray Stevens
15 * 17 * 10 * Midnight Blue * Melissa Manchester
16 * 19 * 14 * Dynomite * Bazuka
17 * 20 * 11 * Why Can't We Be Friends? * War
18 * 07 * 15 * I'm Not Lisa * Jessi Colter
19 * 23 * 12 * I'm on Fire * Dwight Twilley Band
20 * 24 * 07 * Rhinestone Cowboy * Glen Campbell
21 * 26 * 09 * Rockford Files * Mike Post
22 * 27 * 07 * Jive Talkin' * Bee Gees
23 * 14 * 15 * Only Women * Alice Cooper
24 * 18 * 15 * Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor) * Joe Simon
25 * 51 * 02 * Someone Saved My Life Tonight * Elton John
26 * 33 * 07 * Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) * Charlie Rich
27 * 21 * 09 * He You * Bachman-Turner Overdrive
28 * 32 * 10 * Slippery When Wet * Commodores
29 * 28 * 15 * Sister Golden Hair * America
30 * 22 * 14 * Cut the Cake * Average White Band
31 * 39 * 05 * It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna/Oo-Wee * Ringo Starr
32 * 40 * 07 * Disco Queen * Hot Chocolate
33 * 25 * 11 * Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me) * Doobie Brothers
34 * 48 * 04 * Mornin' Beautiful * Tony Orlando & Dawn
35 * 38 * 15 * Spirit of the Boogie/Summer Madness * Kool & The Gang
36 * 43 * 04 * Fight the Power Pt. 1 * Isley Bros.
37 * 30 * 17 * Thank God I'm a Country Boy * John Denver
38 * 49 * 06 * Just a Little Bit of You * Michael Jackson
39 * 55 * 05 * At Seventeen * Janis Ian
40 * 50 * 05 * Sweet Emotion * Aerosmith



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[Edited 7/7/06 6:00am]

Oh oh oh,it's magic...you know
never believe it's not so
it's magic...you know
never believe it's not sooooo

One of my top 10 favorite songs of all time is in there - 10cc's I'm Not in Love. It never made it to #1 thanks, in part, to that terrible Jive Talkin'. I like Bee Gees, but not that song.

Best songs on this chart:

"One Of These Nights" by the Eagles
"Cut The Cake" Average White Band
"Magic" by Pilot
"Wildfire" by Michael Murphey
"I'm Not In Love" by 10cc
"Slippery When Wet" by the Commodores
"Rockin' Chair" by Gwen McCrae
"Why Can't We Be Friends" by War
"Jive Talkin" by The Bee Gees
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John
"Sister Golden Hair" by America
"Midnight Blue" by Melissa Manchester
"Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain and Tennille
"Listen To What The Man Said" by Paul McCartney and Wings

RipHer2Shreds said:

DavidEye said:

I've never liked it. Sorry, homie. Why can't we be friends?

DavidEye said:

You forgot

"Spirit of the Boogie/Summer Madness" by Kool & The Gang (more for the b-side)
"Just a Little Bit of You" by Michael Jackson

and, of course,

"Fight the Power Pt. 1" by The Isley Brothers

AlexdeParis said:

I have a Soul Train clip of MJ performing that song I don't think that was one of his bigger hits

My favorites...

The Hustle * Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
Listen to What the Man Said * Paul McCartney & Wings
Please Mr. Please * Olivia Newton-John
One of These Nights * The Eagles (just bought the album a few weeks ago)
I'm Not in Love * 10cc (dreamiest song ever )
Rockin' Chair * Gwen McCrae
Why Can't We Be Friends? * War
Rhinestone Cowboy * Glen Campbell
Only Women * Alice Cooper
Someone Saved My Life Tonight * Elton John
Sister Golden Hair * America
Spirit of the Boogie/Summer Madness * Kool & The Gang
Fight the Power Pt. 1 * Isley Bros.
At Seventeen * Janis Ian
Sweet Emotion * Aerosmith

RipHer2Shreds said:

I`m so ashamed, i only know half of these songs
BUT, i do know the BEAUTIFUL "Way we were/Try to remember"
It`s so much better than Streisand`s version, Gladys Knight puts so much soul into everything she sings

RipHer2Shreds said:

"I'm not in Love", "At Seventeen" and "Someone Saved my Life Tonight" were three VERY poignant songs for my situation at the time....
Thanks for this list...it brought back some memories needed to be re-visited!

cubic61052 said:

Most welcome! At Seventeen is a deep song. I love it. Oooh, I must alert an Orger I know is fond of that one...

RipHer2Shreds said:

It is deep....I was not the kid she described on the exterior, nor was I socially.....however internally I identified with ALL of it!
Great list.....keep 'em coming!

RipHer2Shreds said:

FunkMistress said:

Shut it!

RipHer2Shreds said:

Homophobe!

FunkMistress said:

RipHer2Shreds said:

That.

Is Not. Real.