List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1974

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Neil Sedaka topped the chart with "Laughter in the Rain".

Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1974, 35 songs topped the chart, then published under the title Easy Listening, based on playlists submitted by easy listening radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.[1]

The first number one of the year was "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce. It was a posthumous chart-topper for the singer, who had died in an airplane crash in September of the previous year.[2] Croce achieved a second posthumous number one in April with "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song". Chicago, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray and Charlie Rich also achieved two number ones in 1974, as did The Three Degrees, who had one chart-topper in their own right and another as featured vocalists on the song "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB. John Denver and Helen Reddy each had three number ones during 1974, with Denver's total of seven weeks in the top spot being the highest by any act. Country-rock singer Denver was at the peak of his career in 1974, selling millions of records and achieving number ones on the Hot 100, easy listening and country charts.[3]

Many of 1974's Easy Listening number ones also topped Billboard's all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100, reflecting the fact that at the time mellower styles were popular across a range of demographics and on pop music radio as well as the easy listening format.[4] Songs by Jim Croce, Barbra Streisand, The Love Unlimited Orchestra, Terry Jacks, MFSB featuring The Three Degrees, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Olivia Newton-John and Helen Reddy all topped both listings.[5] The final number one of the year was "Mandy" by Barry Manilow, which would go on to top the Hot 100 in 1975 and prove to be the breakthrough song for an artist who would become one of the most successful acts in the AC field.[6]

Chart history

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John Denver had three number ones and spent seven weeks in the top spot.
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Jim Croce had two posthumous number ones in 1974; he had died in September of the previous year.
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Helen Reddy had three number ones during the year.
Key
Best performing easy listening song of 1974 Indicates best-performing easy listening song of 1974[7]


Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 5 "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce [8]
January 12 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand [9]
January 19 [10]
January 26 "Love's Theme" The Love Unlimited Orchestra [11]
February 2 [12]
February 9 "A Love Song" Anne Murray [13]
February 16 "Last Time I Saw Him" dagger Diana Ross [14]
February 23 [15]
March 2 [16]
March 9 "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks [17]
March 16 "Sunshine on My Shoulders" John Denver [18]
March 23 [19]
March 30 "A Very Special Love Song" Charlie Rich [20]
April 6 [21]
April 13 "Keep On Singing" Helen Reddy [22]
April 20 [23]
April 27 "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" Jim Croce [24]
May 4 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" MFSB featuring The Three Degrees [25]
May 11 [26]
May 18 "The Entertainer" Marvin Hamlisch [27]
May 25 "Help Me" Joni Mitchell [28]
June 1 "I Won't Last a Day Without You" The Carpenters [29]
June 8 "Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot [30]
June 15 [31]
June 22 "You Won't See Me" Anne Murray [32]
June 29 [33]
July 6 "Annie's Song" John Denver [34]
July 13 [35]
July 20 [36]
July 27 "You and Me Against the World" Helen Reddy [37]
August 3 "Please Come to Boston" Dave Loggins [38]
August 10 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Roberta Flack [39]
August 17 [40]
August 24 "Call on Me" Chicago [41]
August 31 "I'm Leaving It Up to You" Donny and Marie Osmond [42]
September 7 "I Love My Friend" Charlie Rich [43]
September 14 "I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton-John [44]
September 21 [45]
September 28 [46]
October 5 "Tin Man" America [47]
October 12 "Stop and Smell the Roses" Mac Davis [48]
October 19 "Carefree Highway" Gordon Lightfoot [49]
October 26 "Back Home Again" John Denver [50]
November 2 [51]
November 9 "My Melody of Love" Bobby Vinton [52]
November 16 "Longfellow Serenade" Neil Diamond [53]
November 23 "Laughter in the Rain" Neil Sedaka [54]
November 30 [55]
December 7 "Angie Baby" Helen Reddy [56]
December 14 "When Will I See You Again" The Three Degrees [57]
December 21 "Wishing You Were Here" Chicago [58]
December 28 "Mandy" Barry Manilow [59]

See also

References

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