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Kudi's CD Tipps

Kult-Schlager Of The 70's

 Best Sounds Of The 70's
 
 
  Mud :  Tiger Feet
  January 1974
  Label: RAK / single 006-95 062
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Mud's Greatest Hits"  1975
  Charts: UK  1  D  6  CH  5
 
  The Sweet :  Teenage Rampage
  January 1974
  Label: RCA / single 74-16 394
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Sweet's Golden Greats"  1977
  Charts: UK  2  D  1  CH  2
 
  Suzi Quatro :  Devil Gate Drive
  January 1974
  Label: RAK / single RAK 006-95 129
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Quatro"  1974
  Charts: UK 1  D  2  CH  2
 
  Rick Derringer :  Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo
  January 1974
  Label: Blue Sky / single 2751
  Music / Text: Rick Derringer
  from album: "All American Boy"  1974
  Charts: US 23
 
 
  Carly Simon :  Mockingbird
  January 1974
  Label: Elektra / single EK 45 880
  Music / Text: James Taylor - Inez Foxx - Charles Fox - Charlie Foxxx
  from album: "Hot Cakes"  1974
  Charts: US  5  UK 34
 
 
  Gram Parsons :  Return Of The Grievous Angel  /  $1,000 Wedding
  January 1974
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Gram Parsons
  from album: "Grievous Angel"  1974
  Charts:
 
  The Who :  The Real Me
  January 1974
  Label: Track / single 2094 118
  Music / Text: Pete Townshend
  from album: "Quadrophenia"  1973
  Charts:
 
  Redbone :  Come And Get Your Love
  January 1974
  Label: Epic / single 1944
  Music / Text: Lolly Vegas
  from album: "Wovoka"  1973
  Charts: US  5
 
  The Allman Brothers Band :  Jessica
  January 1974
  Label: Capricorn / single 0036
  Music / Text: Dickey Betts
  from album: "Brothers And Sisters"  1975
  Charts: US 65
 
  The Rolling Stones :  Star Star
  January 1974
  Label: Rolling Stones / single
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "Goat's Head Soup"  1973
  Charts: CH  7  D 32
 

  Dolly Parton :  Jolene
  January 1974
  Label: RCA / single 0145
  Music / Text: Dolly Parton
  from album: "Jolene"  1973
  Charts: US 60   1976  UK  7
 
  Lynyrd Skynyrd :  Don't Ask Me No Questions
  January 1974
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Gary Rossington - Ronnie Van Zant
  from album: "Second Helping"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Lulu :  The Man Who Sold The World
  January 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 490
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Portrait"  1976
  Charts: UK  3  D 13
 
  Brian Eno :  Baby's On Fire  /  Needles In The Camel's Eye
  January 1974
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Brian Eno  /  Brian Eno - Phil Manzanera
  from album: "Here Come The Warm Jets"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Montrose  :  Rock The Nation
  January 1974
  Label: Warner / single
  Music / Text: Sam Hagar - Ronnie Montrose
  from album: "Montrose"  1973
  Charts:
 
  John Denver :  Sunshine On My Shoulders
  January 1974
  Label: RCA / single 0213
  Music / Text: Denver - Kniss - Taylor
  from album: "Poems, Prayers & Promises"  1971
  Charts: US  1
 
  Middle Of The Road :  Honey No
  February 1974
  Label: RCA / single 74-16395
  Music / Text: Mike Shepstone - Mario Capuano - Giosy Capuano
  from album: "Drive On"  1973
  Charts: D 31  CH  5
 
  Kiss :  Deuce
  February 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Gene Simmons
  from album: "Kiss"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Elvis Presley :  I've Got A Thing About You Baby
  February 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Tony Joe White
  from album: "Good Times"  1974
  Charts: US 39  UK 33
 
  Cash And Carry :  Tschip Tschip
  February 1974
  Label: Barcley / single 61888
  Music / Text: Werner Thomas
  from album: -
  Charts: CH  1
 
  Les Humphries Singers :  Kansas City
  February 1974
  Label: Decca / single D 29 224
  Music / Text: Humphries - Bilsbury
  from album: "Kansas City"  1974
  Charts: D  2  CH  1
 
  Gladys Knight and The Pips :  Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
  February 1974
  Label: Buddah / single 403
  Music / Text: Jim Weatherly
  from album: "Imagination"  1973
  Charts: US  3  1975  UK  7
 
  Bobby Womack :  Lookin' For A Love
  February 1974
  Label: United Artists / single 375
  Music / Text: J.W. Alexander - Z. Samuels
  from album: "Lookin' For Love Again"  1973
  Charts: US 10
 
  Aerosmith :  Same Old Song And Dance
  February 1974
  Label: Columbia / single
  Music / Text: Steven Tyler - Joe Perry
  from album: "Get Your Wings"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Elton John :  Bennie And The Jets
  February 1974
  Label: MCA / single 40198
  Music / Text: John - Taupin
  from album: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"  1973
  Charts: US  1
 
  Bay City Rollers :  Remember (Sha La La La)
  February 1974
  Label: Bell / single 2008 229
  Music / Text: Martin - Coulter
  from album: "Rollin'"  1974
  Charts: UK  6  D 37
 
  Billy Joel :  Piano Man
  February 1974
  Label: Columbia / single 45963
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "Piano Man"  1973
  Charts: US 25
 
  Bob Dylan :  On A Night Like This / You Angel You
  February 1974
  Label: Asylum / single 11033
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Planet Waves"  1974
  Charts: US 44
 
  Montrose  :  Space Station No. 5
  February 1974
  Label: Warner / single
  Music / Text: Sam Hagar - Ronnie Montrose
  from album: "Montrose"  1973
  Charts:
 
  Marc Bolan & T. Rex :  Teenage Dream
  February 1974
  Label: Ariola / single 13 197 AT
  Music / Text: Marc Bolan
  from album: "Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow"  1978
  Charts: UK 13  D 39
 
  Mike Oldfield :  Tubular Bells
  February 1974
  Label: Virgin / single
  Music / Text: Mike Oldfield
  from album: "Tubular Bells"  1973
  Charts: UK 31  US  7
 
  Elton John :  Candle In The Wind
  February 1974
  Label: DJM / single 13 223 AT
  Music / Text: John - Taupin
  from album: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"  1973
  Charts: UK 11
 
  Queen :  Seven Seas Of Rhye
  February 1974
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: Freddie Mercury
  from album: "Queen II"  1974
  Charts: UK 10
 
  David Bowie :  Rebel Rebel
  February 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Diamond Dogs"  1974
  Charts: UK  5  D 33
 
  Alvin Stardust :  Jealous Mind
  February 1974
  Label: Ariola / single 13 176 AT
  Music / Text: Peter Shelley
  from album: "The Untouchable"  1974
  Charts: UK  1  D  5
 
  Paper Lace :  Billy Don't Be A Hero
  February 1974
  Label: Philips / single 8000 139
  Music / Text: Peter Callander - Mitch Murray
  from album: "... And Other Bits Of Material"  1974
  Charts: UK  1  US 96  D 42
 
  Bob Dylan :  Forever Young
  February 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Planet Waves"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Barry Blue :  School Love
  March 1974
  Label: Bell / single 1345
  Music / Text: Lynsey De Paul - Barry Blue
  from album: "Hot Shots"  1974
  Charts: UK 11
 
  MFSB featuring The Three Degrees :  TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)
  March 1974
  Label: Philadelphia / single PIR 2128
  Music / Text: Leon Huff - Kenny Gamble
  from album: "The Sound Of Philadelpha"  1974
  Charts: US  1  UK 22  D  5  CH  3
 

  Dolly Parton :  I Will Always Love You
  March 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Dolly Parton
  from album: "Jolene"  1973
  Charts:
 
  Paul McCartney & Wings :  Jet
  March 1974
  Label: Apple / single 006-05 554
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "Band On The Run"  1973
  Charts: UK  7  US  7  D  6
 
  Carpenters :  Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  March 1974
  Label: A&M / single 13 126 AT
  Music / Text: Hank Williams
  from album: "Now & Then"  1973
  Charts: UK 12  D 50
 
  Albert Hammond :  I'm A Train
  March 1974
  Label: Epic / single EPC 2150
  Music / Text: Hammond - Hazlewood
  from album: "Albert Hammond"  1974
  Charts: US 31  D  2  CH  3
 
  Cat Stevens :  Oh Very Young
  March 1974
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Cat Stevens
  from album: "Buddah And The Chocolate Box"  1974
  Charts: US 10  D 47
 
  Grand Funk :  The Loco-Motion
  March 1974
  Label: Capitol / single 3840
  Music / Text: Gerry Goffin - Carole King
  from album: "Shinin' On"  1974
  Charts: US  1
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
  March 1974
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "On The Third Day"  1973
  Charts: UK 22
 
  Hot Chocolate :  Emma
  March 1974
  Label: RAK / single 006-95 260
  Music / Text: Brown - Wilson
  from album: "14 Greatest Hits"  1976
  Charts: UK  3  US  8  D 19
 
The Glitter Band :  Angel Face
  March 1974
  Label: Bell / single 1348
  Music / Text: Shephard - Rossall
  from album: "Hey"  1974
  Charts: UK  4  D  6
 
  Marvin Hamlisch :  The Entertainer
  March 1974
  Label: MCA / single MCS 7265
  Music / Text: Scott Joplin
  from album: "The Sting"  1973
  Charts: UK 25  US  3  D 15  CH  2
 
  Ennio Morricone :  Mein Name ist Nobody
  March 1974
  Label: Ariola / single 13 133 AU
  Music / Text: Ennio Morricone
  from album: "Mein Name ist Nobody (Filmsoundtrack)"  1973
  Charts: CH  2  D 44
 
  Terry Jacks :  Seasons In The Sun
  March 1974
  Label: Bell / single 2008 28
  Music / Text: Brel - Jacks - McKuen
  from album: "Seasons In The Sun - Greatest Hits"  1976
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  1  CH  1
 
  Olivia Newton-John :  Long Live Love
  March 1974
  Label: EMI / single 006-95 309
  Music / Text: Valerie Avon - Harold Spiro
  from album: "Long Live Love"  1974
  Charts: UK 11
 
  Jackson 5 :  Dancing Machine
  March 1974
  Label: Motown / single 1286
  Music / Text: Davis - Parks - Fletcher
  from album: "Dancing Machine"  1974
  Charts: US  2
 
  Ringo Starr :  Oh My My
  March 1974
  Label: Apple / single 006-05 617
  Music / Text: Vini Poncia - Richard Starkey
  from album: "Ringo"  1973
  Charts: US  5  D 34
 
Gary Glitter :  Remember Me This Way
  March 1974
  Label: Bell / single 1349
  Music / Text: Glitter - Leander
  from album: "Remember Me This Way - Live"  1974
  Charts: UK  3  D 50
 
 
  Joni Mitchell :  Help Me
  March 1974
  Label: Asylum / single 11034
  Music / Text: Joni Mitchell
  from album: "Court And Spark"  1974
  Charts: US  7
 
 
 
  Herbie Hancock :  Chameleon
  March 1974
  Label: Columbia / single 46002
  Music / Text: Hancock - Maupin - Jackson - Mason
  from album: "Head Hunters" 1973
  Charts: US 42
 
 
  Chicago :  (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
  March 1974
  Label: CBS / single 2245
  Music / Text: James Pankow
  from album: "Chicago VII"  1974
  Charts: US  9
 
  The New Seekers :  I Get A Little Sentimental Over You
  March 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 439
  Music / Text: Tony Macaulay - Geoff Stephens
  from album: "Together"  1974
  Charts: UK  5
 
  Bill Haley And The Comets :  Rock Around The Clock
  March 1974
  Label: MCA / single 128
  Music / Text: Jimmy DeKnight - Max C. Freedman
  from album: "Rock Around The Clock"  1954
  Charts: 1955 US  1  UK  1   re-issue 1974: US 39  UK 12
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  Father Of Day, Father Of Night
  March 1974
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Solar Fire"  1973
  Charts:
 
  Alice Cooper :  Muscle Of Love
  March 1974
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 7783
  Music / Text: Cooper - Bruce
  from album: "Muscle Of Love"  1973
  Charts:
 
  Queen :  Father To Son
  March 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Brian May
  from album: "Queen II"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Deep Purple :  Might Just Take Your Life
  March 1974
  Label: Purple / single 006-95 246
  Music / Text: Blackmore - Lord - Paice - Coverdale
  from album: "Burn"  1974
  Charts:
 
  ZZ Top  :  La Grange
  March 1974
  Label: London / single 203
  Music / Text: Gibbons - Hill - Beard
  from album: "Tres Hombres"  1974
  Charts: US 41
 
  Mott The Hoople :  The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll
  April 1974
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Ian Hunter
  from album: "The Hoople"  1974
  Charts: UK 16  CH  3
 
  Slade :  Everyday
  April 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 453
  Music / Text: Holder - Lea
  from album: "Old New Borrowed And Blue"  1974
  Charts: UK  3  CH  7  D 17
 
  Robin Trower :  Day Of The Eagle  /  Bridge Of Sighs
  April 1974
  Label: Chrysalis  -  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Robin Trower
  from album: "Bridge Of Sighs"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Rick Derringer :  Teenage Love Affair
  April 1974
  Label: Blue Sky / single 2752
  Music / Text: Rick Derringer
  from album: "All American Boy"  1974
  Charts: US 80
 
  Montrose  :  Bad Motor Scooter
  April 1974
  Label: Warner / single
  Music / Text: Sam Hagar - Ronnie Montrose
  from album: "Montrose"  1973
  Charts:
 
  Mud :  The Cat Crept In
  April 1974
  Label: RAK / single 006-95 342
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Mud's Greatest Hits"  1975
  Charts: UK  2  D  5
 
  Aretha Franklin :  I'm In Love
  April 1974
  Label: Atlantic / single 2999
  Music / Text: Bobby Womack
  from album: "Let Me In Your Life"  1974
  Charts: US 19
 
  David Bowie :  Rock'n'Roll Suicide
  April 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Ziggy Stardust"  1972
  Charts: UK 22
 
  The Sweet :  Set Me Free
  April 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Andy Scott
  from album: "Sweet Fanny Adams"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Abba :  Waterloo
  April 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2040 114
  Music / Text: Andersson - Anderson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Waterloo"  1974
  Charts: UK  1  US  6  D  1  CH  1
 
  Genesis :  I Know What I Like
  April 1974
  Label: Charisma / single 6023 347
  Music / Text: Banks - Collins - Rutherford - Gabriel - Hackett
  from album: "Selling England By The Pound"  1973
  Charts: UK 21
 
  Paul McCartney & Wings :  Band On The Run
  April 1974
  Label: Apple / single 006-05 635
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "Band On The Run"  1973
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D 22
 
  Richard And Linda Thompson :  I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
  April 1974
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Richard Thompson
  from album: "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Eagles :  James Dean
  April 1974
  Label: Asylum / single
  Music / Text: Frey - Souther - Browne - Henley
  from album: "On The Border"  1974
  Charts:
 
 
  Lou Reed :  Sweet Jane (live)
  April 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Lou Reed
  from album: "Rock'n'Roll Animal" (live)  1974
  Charts:
 
 
  The Hollies :  The Air That I Breathe
  April 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 435
  Music / Text: Hammond - Hazlewood
  from album: "20 Golden Greats"  1978
  Charts: UK  2  US  6  D  4
 
  Ike & Tina Turner :  Sweet Rhode Island Red
  April 1974
  Label: United Artists / single 35 650
  Music / Text: Tina Turner
  from album: "Sweet Rhode Island Red"  1974
  Charts: D 43
 
  Stevie Wonder :  Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing
  April 1974
  Label: Tamla Motown / single 54245
  Music / Text: Stevie Wonder
  from album: "Innervisions"  1973
  Charts: US 16
 
  Olivia Newton-John :  If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
  April 1974
  Label: EMI / single 006-95 506
  Music / Text: John Rostill
  from album: "First Impressions"  1974
  Charts: US  5  D 37
 

  Gordon Lightfoot :  Sundown
  April 1974
  Label: Reprise / single 1194
  Music / Text: Gordon Lightfoot
  from album: "Sundown"  1974
  Charts:  US  1  UK 33
 
  Wizzard :  Rock 'n' Roll Winter
  April 1974
  Label: Warner Bros. / single K 16357
  Music / Text: Roy Wood
  from album: "The Singles"  1982
  Charts: UK  6
 
  The Sweet :  Peppermint Twist
  April 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Joey Dee
  from album: "Sweet Fanny Adams"  1974
  Charts: Australia  1
 
  Mick Ronson :  Slaughter On 10th Avenue
  April 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Richard Rodgers
  from album: "Slaughter On 10th Avenue"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Bay City Rollers :  Shang-A-Lang
  April 1974
  Label: Bell / single 2008 246
  Music / Text: Martin - Coulter
  from album: "Rollin'"  1974
  Charts: UK  2  D 41
 
  Sparks :  This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
  May 1974
  Label: Island / single 13 263 AT
  Music / Text: Ron Mael
  from album: "Kimono My House"  1974
  Charts: UK  2  CH  7  D 12
 
  Gigliola Cinquetti :  Si
  May 1974
  Label: CBS / single 2247
  Music / Text: Daniele Pace - Mario Panzeri - Laurenzo Piat - Carrado Conti
  from album: "Alle porte del sole"  1982
  Charts: D 13
 
  Bryan Ferry :  The In-Crowd
  May 1974
  Label: Island / single 13 386 AT
  Music / Text: Billy Page
  from album: "Another Time, Another Place"  1974
  Charts: UK 13
 
  David Essex :  America
  May 1974
  Label: CBS / single 2176
  Music / Text: David Essex
  from album: "David Essex"  1974
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Alvin Stardust :  Red Dress
  May 1974
  Label: Ariola / single 13 375 AT
  Music / Text: Peter Shelley
  from album: "Alvin Stardust"  1974
  Charts: UK  7  D 14
 
  Rubettes :  Sugar Baby Love
  May 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 442
  Music / Text: Bickerton - Waddington
  from album: "The Best Of Rubettes"  1976
  Charts: UK  1   D  1  CH  1
 
  Paper Lace :  The Night Chicago Died
  May 1974
  Label: Philips / single 6000 147
  Music / Text: Peter Callander - Mitch Murray
  from album: "... And Other Bits Of Material"  1974
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D  3
 
  Gil Scott-Heron /  Brian Jackson :  Back Home  /  The Bottle
  May 1974
  Label: Strata East Records / single
  Music / Text: Gil Scott-Heron - Brian Jackson  /  Gil Scott-Heron
  from album: "Winter In America"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Showaddywaddy :  Hey Rock And Roll
  May 1974
  Label: Bell / single 2008 261
  Music / Text: Showaddywaddy
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1976
  Charts: UK  2  D 13
 
  Steely Dan :  Rikki Don't Lose That Number
  May 1974
  Label: Probe / single 006-95 438
  Music / Text: Fagen - Becker
  from album: "Pretzel Logic"  1974
  Charts: US  4
 
  Udo Lindenberg :  Candy Jane
  May 1974
  Label: Telefunken / single
  Music / Text: Udo Lindenberg
  from album: "Ball Bompös"  1974
  Charts:
 
  David Bowie :  1984
  May 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Diamond Dogs"  1974
  Charts:
 
 
  Status Quo :  Break The Rules
  May 1974
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 101
  Music / Text: Rossi - Young - Lancaster - Parfitt - Coghlan
  from album: "Quo"  1974
  Charts: UK  8  D 18
 
 
  Stevie Wright :  Evie
  May 1974
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Harry Vanda - George Young
  from album: "Hard Road"  1974
  Charts: Australia  2
 
  Deep Purple :  Burn
  May 1974
  great album track - released as a single in some countries
  Music / Text: Blackmore - Lord - Paice - Coverdale
  from album: "Burn"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Nazareth :  Shanghai'd In Shanghai
  May 1974
  Label: Vertigo / single 6078 203
  Music / Text: McCafferty - Agnew - Charlton - Sweet
  from album: "Rampant"  1974
  Charts: UK 41  CH  4  D 14
 
  David Cassidy :  If I Didn't Care
  May 1974
  Label: Bell / single
  Music / Text: J. Lawrence
  from album: "If I Didn't Care"  1974
  Charts: UK  9  D 43
 
  John Denver :  Annie's Song
  May 1974
  Label: RCA / single 0295
  Music / Text: John Denver
  from album: "Back Home Again"  1974
  Charts: UK  1  US  1
 
  Cozy Powell :  The Man In Black
  May 1974
  Label: RAK / single 006-95 491
  Music / Text: Phil Dennys - Michael Hayes
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 18  D 24
 
 
  Big Star :  September Girls
  May 1974
  Label: Ardent / single
  Music / Text: Alex Chilton
  from album: "Radio City"  1974
  Charts:
 
 
  The Hues Corporation :  Rock The Boat
  May 1974
  Label: RCA / single APBO-0232
  Music / Text: Wally Holmes
  from album: "Freedom For The Stallion"  1974
  Charts: US  1  UK  6  D  7
 
  Alan Price :  Jarrow Song
  May 1974
  Label: Warner Bros. / single K 16372
  Music / Text: Alan Price
  from album: "Between Today And Yesterday"  1974
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Arrows :  Touch Too Much
  May 1974
  Label: RAK / single 171
  Music / Text: Nicky Chinn / Mike Chapman
  from album: "First Hit" CD 2000
  Charts: UK  8
 
  Bad Company :  Can't Get Enough
  June 1974
  Label: Swan Song / single 70015
  Music / Text: Mick Ralphs
  from album: "Bad Co."  1974
  Charts: UK 15  US  5
 
  Mott The Hoople :  Foxy Foxy
  June 1974
  Label: CBS / single 2439
  Music / Text: Ian Hunter
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: UK 33
 
  George McCrae :  Rock Your Baby
  June 1974
  Label: RCA / single KPBO-1004
  Music / Text: Casey - Finch
  from album: "Rock Your Baby"  1974
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  1  CH  1
 
  Rufus :  Tell Me Something Good
  June 1974
  Label: ABC / single 11427
  Music / Text: Stevie Wonder
  from album: "Rags To Rufus"  1974
  Charts: US  3
 
Gary Glitter :  Always Yours
  June 1974
  Label: Bell / single 1359
  Music / Text: Glitter - Leander
  from album: "Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits"  1975
  Charts: UK  1  D 14
 
  Chicago :  Call On Me
  June 1974
  Label: Columbia / single 46062
  Music / Text: Lee Loughnane
  from album: "Chicogo IX Greatest Hits "  1975
  Charts: US  6
 
  Elvis Presley :  If You Talk In Your Sleep
  June 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: John Christopher - Red West
  from album: "Promised Land"  1975
  Charts: US 17  UK 40
 
  David Bowie :  Diamond Dogs
  June 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Diamond Dogs"  1974
  Charts: UK 21
 
  Joe Cocker :  Put Out The Light
  June 1974
  Label: Cube / single 2016 073
  Music / Text: Daniel Moore
  from album: "I Can Stand A Little Rain"  1974
  Charts: US 46
 
  Udo Lindenberg :  Rudi Ratlos
  June 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Udo Lindenberg
  from album: "Ball Bompös"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Budgie :  In For The Kill  /  Crash Course In Brain Surgery
  June 1974
  Label: MCA / great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Budgie
  from album: "In For The Kill"  1974
  Charts:
 
  10cc :  The Wall Street Shuffle
  June 1974
  Label: Decca / single DL 25 640
  Music / Text: Stewart - Gouldman - Gouldman
  from album: "Sheet Music"  1974
  Charts: UK 10  D 43
 
  Elton John :  Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  June 1974
  Label: DJM / single
  Music / Text: John - Taupin
  from album: "Caribou"  1974
  Charts: UK 16  US  2
 
  Andy Kim :  Rock Me Gently
  June 1974
  Label: Capitol / single 006-81 681
  Music / Text: Andy Kim
  from album: "Rock Me Gently"  1974
  Charts: UK  2  US  1  D 33
 
  Suzi Quatro :  Too Big
  June 1974
  Label: RAK / single RAK/006-95 617
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Quatro"  1974
  Charts: UK 14  D  6
 
  Slade :  The Bangin' Man
  July 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 492
  Music / Text: Holder - Lea
  from album: "Slade Smashes"  1980
  Charts: UK  3  D  7
 
  Rubettes :  Tonight
  July 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 499
  Music / Text: Bickerton - Waddington
  from album: "Wear It's At"  1974
  Charts: UK 12   D  4
 
  Donny & Marie Osmond :  I'm Leaving It (All) Up To You
  July 1974
  Label: MGM / single 2006 446
  Music / Text: Harris / Terry Jr.
  from album: "Donny's 20 Greatest Hits"  1978
  Charts: UK  2  US  4  D  4  CH  1
 
  Abba :  Ring Ring
  July 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2041 422
  Music / Text: Sedaka - Andersson - Anderson - Ulvaeus - Cody
  from album: "Ring Ring"  1973
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Mud :  Rocket
  July 1974
  Label: RAK / single 006-95 707
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Mud Rock"  1974
  Charts: UK  6  D  8
 
  Nazareth :  Sunshine
  July 1974
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: McCafferty - Agnew - Charlton - Sweet
  from album: "Rampant"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Lynyrd Skynyrd :  Sweet Home Alabama
  July 1974
  Label: MCA / single 40258
  Music / Text: King - Rossington - Van Zant
  from album: "Second Helping"  1974
  Charts: US  8
 
  Paul Anka :  (You're) Having My Baby
  July 1974
  Label: United Artists / single 35713
  Music / Text: Paul Anka
  from album: "Anka"  1974
  Charts: UK  6  US  1  D 15
 
  Neil Young :  Walk On
  July 1974
  Label: Reprise / single
  Music / Text: Neil Young
  from album: "On The Beach"  1974
  Charts: US 69
 
  The Guess Who :  Clap For The Wolfman
  July 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Cummings - Wallace - Winter
  from album: "Road Food"  1974
  Charts: US  6
 
  Billy Preston :  Nothing From Nothing
  July 1974
  Label: A & M / single 1544
  Music / Text: Billy Preston - Bruce Fisher - Bob Fisher
  from album: "The Kids And Me"  1974
  Charts: US  1
 
  Sparks :  Amateur Hour
  July 1974
  Label: Island / single 13 488 AT
  Music / Text: Ron Mael - Russel Mael
  from album: "Kimono My House"  1974
  Charts: UK  7  D 12
 
  The Three Degrees :  When Will I See You Again
  July 1974
  Label: Philadelphia / single PIR 2155
  Music / Text: Leon Huff - Kenny Gamble
  from album: "The Three Degrees"  1977
  Charts: US  2  UK  1  D 27
 
  T. Rex :  Light Of Love
  July 1974
  Label: Ariola / single 13 565 AT
  Music / Text: Marc Bolan
  from album: "Bolan's Zip Gun"  1975
  Charts: UK 22
 
 
  Rory Gallagher :  Cradle Rock  /  Too Much Alcohol  (live)
  July 1974
  Label: Polydor  -  great album live tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Rory Gallagher
  from album: "Irish Tour '74" (live)  1974
  Charts:
 
 
  Robert Wyatt :  Sea Song  /  Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
  July 1974
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Robert Wyatt
  from album: "Rock Bottom"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Eric Clapton :  I Shot The Sheriff
  July 1974
  Label: RSO / single 2090 132
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "461 Ocean Boulevard"  1974
  Charts: UK  9  US  1  D  4
 
  Grand Funk :  Shinin' On
  July 1974
  Label: Capitol / single 3917
  Music / Text: Mark Farner - Don Brewer
  from album: "Shinin' On"  1974
  Charts: US 11
 
  Leonard Cohen :  Bird On The Wire (live)
  July 1974
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Leonard Cohen
  from album: "Live Songs" (live)  1973
  Charts:
 
  David Cassidy :  Please Please Me (live)
  July 1974
  Label: Bell / single
  Music / Text: Lennon / McCartney
  from album: "Cassady Live"  1974
  Charts: UK 16
 
  Bay City Rollers :  Summerlove Sensation
  July 1974
  Label: Bell / single 2008 274
  Music / Text: Martin - Coulter
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: UK  3
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Child Of The Universe
  July 1974
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: John Lees
  from album: "Everyone Is Everybody Else"  1971
  Charts:
 
  Cat Stevens :  Another Saturday Night
  August 1974
  Label: Island / single 13 544 AT
  Music / Text: Sam Cooke
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1975
  Charts: US  6  UK 19  D 37
 
The Glitter Band :  Just For You
  August 1974
  Label: Bell / single 1368
  Music / Text: Shephard - Rossall
  from album: "Hey"  1974
  Charts: UK 10  D 35
 
  Cozy Powell :  Na Na Na
  August 1974
  Label: RAK / single 006-95 743
  Music / Text: Cameron
  from album: "RAK Pack" various artists compilation  1988
  Charts: UK 10  D 16
 

  Gordon Lightfoot :  Carefree Highway
  August 1974
  Label: Reprise / single 1309
  Music / Text: Gordon Lightfoot
  from album: "Sundown"  1974
  Charts:  US 10
 
  Barry White :  Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
  August 1974
  Label: Pye / single 7N 25661
  Music / Text: Barry White
  from album: "Can't Get Enough"  1974
  Charts: US  1  UK  8  D 25
 
 
  Lou Reed :  Sally Can't Dance
  August 1974
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Lou Reed
  from album: "Sally Can't Dance"  1974
  Charts:
 
 
  The Rolling Stones :  It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
  August 1974
  Label: Rolling Stones / single
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "It's Only Rock'n'Roll"  1974
  Charts: UK 10  US 16  D 36
 
  Stevie Wonder :  You Haven't Done Nothin'
  August 1974
  Label: Motown / single
  Music / Text: Stevie Wonder
  from album: "Fulfillingness' First Finale"  1974
  Charts: UK 30  US  1  D 49
 
  Tina Turner :  Help Me Make It Through The Night
  August 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Kris Kristofferson
  from album: "Tina Turns The Country On"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Judas Priest :  Rocka Rolla
  August 1974
  Label: Gull / single
  Music / Text: K.K. Downing - Glenn Tipton - Rob Halford
  from album: "Rocka Rolla"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Uriah Heep :  Something Or Nothing
  August 1974
  Label: Island / single 12 196
  Music / Text: Thain - Box - Hensley
  from album: "Wonderworld"  1974
  Charts: D 45
 
  Eric Clapton :  Steady Rollin' Man
  August 1974
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Robert Johnson
  from album: "461 Ocean Boulevard"  1974
  Charts:
 
  Abba :  Honey Honey
  August 1974
  Label: Polydor / single 2040 120
  Music / Text: Andersson - Anderson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Waterloo"  1974
  Charts: US 27  D  2  CH  4
 
  Supertramp :  School
  August 1974
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 9718
  Music / Text: Hodgson - Davies
  from album: "Crime Of The Century"  1974
  Charts:
 
  The Sweet :  The Six Teens
  August 1974
  Label: RCA / single LPBO-5037
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Desolation Boulevard"  1974
  Charts: UK  2  D  4  CH  6
 
  The Osmonds :  Love Me For A Reason
  August 1974
  Label: MGM / single 2006 458
  Music / Text: Brown - Jones - Bristol
  from album: "Love Me For A Reason"  1974
  Charts: US 10  UK  1  D 39
 
  Bryan Ferry :  Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
  August 1974
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Kern - Harbach
  from album: "Another Time, Another Place"  1974
  Charts: UK 17
 
  Olivia Newton-John :  I Honestly Love You
  August 1974
  Label: MCA / single 40280
  Music / Text: Peter Allen - Jeff Barry
  from album: "If You Love Me, Let Me Know"  1974
  Charts: US  1  UK 22
 
  Arrows :  Toughen Up
  August 1974
  Label: RAK / single 182
  Music / Text: Nicky Chinn / Mike Chapman
  from album: "Frist Hit" CD 2000
  Charts:
 
 
  Carole King :  Jazzman
  August 1974
  Label: Capitol / single
  Music / Text: King - Palmer
  from album: "Wrap Around Joy"  1974
  Charts: US  2
 
 
  Frank Zappa :  Cosmik Debris  /  Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
  August 1974
  Label: CBS / UK-single 'Cosmik'  US-single 'Don't Eat'
  Music / Text: Frank Zappa
  from album: "Apostrophe"  1974
  Charts:  US 86
 
  Carl Douglas :  Kung Fu Fighting
  August 1974
  Label: PYE / single 7N 45377
  Music / Text: Douglas - Subiddu - Chappell
  from album: "Kung Fu Fighter"  1974
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  1  CH  2
 
  Paper Lace :  The Black-Eyed Boys
  August 1974
  Label: Philips / single 6000 155
  Music / Text: Peter Callander - Mitch Murray
  from album: "... And Other Bits Of Material"  1974
  Charts: UK 11  US 41  D 38
 
  Hawkwind :  Pyschedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)
  August 1974
  Label: United Artists / single 35 715
  Music / Text: Dave Brock
  from album: "Hall Of The Mountain Grill"  1974
  Charts:
 
 
  Dalida :  Gigi l'amoroso
  August 1974
  Label: Sonopresse / single IS 45 716
  Music / Text: Paul Sebastian - Lana Sebastian - Michaele
  from album: "Dalida"  1974
  Charts: CH  1