The Number One Hits of 1975

Posted Thu May 15, 2008 6:37pm PDT by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

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This playlist contains the songs that made it to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1975. The Hot 100 ranks singles based on both sales and airplay, so it’s a good measure of the music that was the most popular for a moment in time. If you were alive in 1975 you should be very familiar with of all the tracks in this playlist. (Please note: this is a list of number one songs, not albums. Where possible I tried to use the original albums on which the songs appeared. If the origianl album was not available in full for streaming on the YMU subscription music service at the time the list was created I pulled the track from a greatest hits, compilation or alternate release)

As you reminisce about 1975 with the help of this playlist you may remember some of the following key events of said year:

-The Vietnam war ends

-The game show Wheel of Fortune debuts on NBC

-The domestic terrorist group The Weather Underground bombs the US state department

-Pink Floyd releases the album Wish You Were Here

-Queen releases the album A Night At The Opera featuring the biggest hit of their career, "Bohemian Rhapsody"

-Bill Gates founds a company called Microsoft

-NASA launches the Viking 1 Mars probe

-Bruce Springsteen releases the album Born To Run

-Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis

-Elizabeth Seton becomes the first American born saint canonized by the Roman Catholic Church

-Geroge Carlin hosts the first episode of Saturday Night Live

-The Steven Spielberg film Jaws is released

-The film version of Tommy by The Who debuts

-Peter Ham of Badfinger commits suicide by hanging

The Ramones release their debut single "Blitzkrieg Bop"

-Bob Dylan releases the album Blood On The Tracks

The Number One Hits of 1975

Also: "Jive Talkin'" by the Bee Gees, "Fallin' In Love" by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka and "Fly Robin Fly" by Silver Connection, "Have You Never Been Mellow?" by Olivia Newton John.

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1. Yahoo! Music User - Thu May 15, 2008 10:34pm PDT

YA1YA1 YU R RITE

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2. Stormy - Fri May 16, 2008 7:20am PDT

Thanks for this blog...you've caused me to reminisce and recall what I was doing as each of these top songs played on my Panasonic Blue Ball & Chain AM radio... I also remember what it was like to turn on the radio every week and hear NEW song hits, cranked out continually, which became instant classics (and still are, even today!!)
Rock on!!

3. mamalou39574 - Fri May 16, 2008 3:00pm PDT

i love theses songs.Brings me back to my good old days.When I was young and free.
mamamlou39574

4. Kim W - Fri May 16, 2008 10:21pm PDT

Ahhh...I was only 5 at this time but I grew up to all of these song's. I loved them then and I still listen to some of them now and still love all of them today. These song's bring back so many memories for me and I thank you for posting this blog...I had actually forgotten some of these.

5. BARDACHONE - Sat May 17, 2008 4:49pm PDT

ALL YOUR BLOGS ARE RIGHT ON MY CHOICE RADIO WAS YELLOW PLUNGER 8 TRACK / RADIO I STILL HAVE IT. THOSE WERE GREAT DAYS IN MY LIFE. ITS GOOD TO HERE THEM AGAIN. AND TRY TO TURN THIS GENERATION ON TO IT.BELLBOTTOMS/ 8 TRACKS AND ROCK N ROLL.

6. Barb - Sat May 17, 2008 4:51pm PDT

These songs played at the dances we went to every weekend, where everyone danced and talked and laughed. Yes all of these songs brings back wonderful memories. And the Parties, wow. Thanks.

7. James A. D - Sat May 17, 2008 4:53pm PDT

that's a lotta cheese.

8. j.r. r - Sat May 17, 2008 4:55pm PDT

the 70`s were the best of times,bring back the 70`s!!!!

9. j.r. r - Sat May 17, 2008 4:57pm PDT

93.3 out of columbus,ohio plays the 70`s songs every sat night from 7 to 10 pm,its great.

10. No - Sat May 17, 2008 5:05pm PDT

Ahhhhh 1975. Man how magical life seemed to me back then and even now when I think about it. I was 10 years old, and I was on my bike riding all around the neighborhood. No worrying about tons of traffic at that time. I also had a radio strapped to my bike so I could listen to music while riding. Ha....I also used to tape these certain types of fireworks that acted like tiny rocket when lit. I thought it gave me a small extra boost when going fast. There were some guys who were around 7 to 8 years older than me that lived across the street from me. They tried to convince me that being "hip" meant that I was not cool. But I didn't fall for it. I also remember asking for a 10 speed sometime around then for christmas. I had an all-in-one stereo complete with turntable, 8-track, AM-FM tuner and detachable speakers!
The next year ('76) I bought Boston's first album with lawn mowing money I had earned and I loved how that album sounded. It seemed to me that it sounded better than a lot of the recordings from that time.

.......rob

11. Yahoo! Music User - Sat May 17, 2008 5:06pm PDT

Philadelphia Freedom was released as a 45 and was not on the original Captain Fantastic album.

12. bodie1411 a - Sat May 17, 2008 5:11pm PDT

first of all xanadu came out in 1980 not 1975and the song have you ever been mellow was not on the soundtrack only missed it byu 5 years

13. No - Sat May 17, 2008 5:11pm PDT

Dang!! Fly Robin Fly! I forgot that song. Man how cool....haha.

Am I getting old?

NO.

14. pacrules777 - Sat May 17, 2008 5:22pm PDT

Man i thought Led Zeppelin would have had at least one number one in 75.....guess not

15. Nicole W - Sat May 17, 2008 5:24pm PDT

Bo Rhap was like heaven on your ears...so good!

16. caifanta99 - Sat May 17, 2008 5:24pm PDT

and FYI "have you never been mellow" wasn't from the xanadu soundtrack either. xanadu didn't come out til much later.
does anyone truly research this info before they list it as "fact"?!
sheesh.

17. Patrick P - Sat May 17, 2008 5:24pm PDT

I listened to all of these and still have most of the vinyl. It was my freshman year of college, I started to date the woman that has been my wife for the last 30 years and I worked full time. Does this bring back the memories!! Thanks

18. wiseman - Sat May 17, 2008 5:32pm PDT

"Xanadu" was released in 1980. "Have You Never Been Mellow" was from the album of the same title.

19. rpons79 - Sat May 17, 2008 5:32pm PDT

I love 70s music even though Im only 29. People can make fun of disco all they want but it's hard for me to stay in a bad mood when I hear those tunes.


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