UK Singles 1972-1989 (25th May 1974)

 UK Singles Chart 25th May 1974

• 01 (01) Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
• 02 (04) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
• 03 (09) Sparks - This Town Ain’t Big Enough for The Both of Us
• 04 (03) Peters and Lee - Don’t Stay Away Too Long
• 05 (07) Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
• 06 (02) ABBA - Waterloo
• 07 (10) Alvin Stardust - Red Dress
• 08 (18) Status Quo - Break the Rules
• 09 (24) R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House
• 10 (21) David Cassidy - If I Didn’t Care
• 11 (06) Wizzard - Rock and Roll Winter
• 12 (15) The Osmonds - I Can’t Stop
• 13 (05) Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble
• 14 (14) Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes
• 15 (08) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl
• 16 (22) Gigliola Cinquetti - Go (Before You Break My Heart)
• 17 (11) Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know-It-All
• 18 (29) Mouth and Macneal - I See a Star
• 19 (13) The Three Degrees - Year of Decision
• 20 (19) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black

The Rubettes stay at number one with “Sugar Baby Love”, as the Bay City Rollers climb to number two, with “Shang-A-Lang” and Sparks move up 6 places to number three with “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for The Both of Us”.

This week four singles move into the top 20, R. Dean Taylor with “There’s A Ghost in My House”, which is number 9, David Cassidy with “If I Didn’t Care”, at number 10, Gigliola Cinquetti with “Go (Before You Break My Heart)”, at number 16 and Mouth and Macneal with “I See a Star”, which is number 18.

Status Quo are this week’s biggest climbers in the top 20, they move up 10 places to number 8.

UK Singles 1972-1989 (18th May 1974)

UK Singles Chart 18th May 1974

• 01 (02) Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
• 02 (01) ABBA - Waterloo
• 03 (04) Peters and Lee - Don’t Stay Away Too Long
• 04 (05) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
• 05 (03) Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble
• 06 (06) Wizzard - Rock and Roll Winter
• 07 (14) Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
• 08 (07) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl
• 09 (27) Sparks - This Town Ain’t Big Enough for The Both of Us
• 10 (11) Alvin Stardust - Red Dress
• 11 (10) Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know-It-All
• 12 (08) Limmie & The Family Cookin’ - A Walkin’ Miracle
• 13 (20) The Three Degrees - Year of Decision
• 14 (18) Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes
• 15 (16) The Osmonds - I Can’t Stop
• 16 (23) Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
• 17 (12) Mud - The Cat Crept In
• 18 (26) Status Quo - Break the Rules
• 19 (13) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
• 20 (09) Terry Jacks - Seasons in The Sun

The Rubettes climb above ABBA to reach number one, with “Sugar Baby Love” and we have three singles moving into the top 20, Sparks with “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for The Both of Us”, who are at number 9, Charlie Rich with “Behind Closed Doors”, which is number 16 and Status Quo with “Break the Rules”, at number 18.

This week’s biggest climbers are Paper Lace with “The Night Chicago Died”, which climbs 7 places to number 7 and The Three Degrees with “Year of Decision”, which also climbs 7 places to number 13.

 

UK Singles 1972-1989 (11th May 1974)

UK Singles Chart 11th May 1974

• 01 (01) ABBA - Waterloo
• 02 (27) Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
• 03 (04) Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble
• 04 (11) Peters and Lee - Don’t Stay Away Too Long
• 05 (12) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
• 06 (09) Wizzard - Rock and Roll Winter
• 07 (05) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl
• 08 (06) Limmie & The Family Cookin’ - A Walkin’ Miracle
• 09 (03) Terry Jacks - Seasons in The Sun
• 10 (17) Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know-It-All
• 11 (42) Alvin Stardust - Red Dress
• 12 (02) Mud - The Cat Crept In
• 13 (14) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
• 14 (39) Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
• 15 (08) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
• 16 (24) The Osmonds - I Can’t Stop
• 17 (07) Sunny - Doctor’s Orders
• 18 (28) Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes
• 19 (10) Glitter Band - Angel Face
• 20 (16) The Three Degrees - Year of Decision

ABBA are number one for a second week in a row, as The Rubettes, with “Sugar Baby Love” move into the top 20 at number two. Four other singles move into the top 20 this week, “Red Dress” by Alvin Stardust, who is at number 11, “The Night Chicago Died” by Paper Lace, which is number 14, “I Can’t Stop” by The Osmonds, which is number 16 and “Spiders and Snakes” by Jim Stafford, who is number 18.

Three records share the honour of being this week’s biggest climbers, “Don’t Stay Away Too Long” by Peters and Lee, climb 7 places to number 4, “Shang-A-Lang” by the Bay City Rollers, which climbs 7 places to number 5 and “He’s Misstra Know-It-All” by Stevie wonder, again up 7 places to number 10.

 

UK Singles 1972-1989 (4th May 1974)

UK Singles Chart 4th May 1974

• 01 (02) ABBA - Waterloo
• 02 (03) Mud - The Cat Crept In
• 03 (01) Terry Jacks - Seasons in The Sun
• 04 (04) Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble
• 05 (09) The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl
• 06 (10) Limmie & The Family Cookin’ - A Walkin’ Miracle
• 07 (08) Sunny - Doctor’s Orders
• 08 (06) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
• 09 (26) Wizzard - Rock and Roll Winter
• 10 (05) The Glitter Band - Angel Face
• 11 (19) Peters and Lee - Don’t Stay Away Too Long
• 12 (35) Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang
• 13 (07) Slade - Everyday
• 14 (18) Mungo Jerry - Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black
• 15 (11) Jimmy Osmond - I’m Gonna Knock on Your Door
• 16 (28) The Three Degrees - Year of Decision
• 17 (20) Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know-It-All
• 18 (14) Hot Chocolate - Emma
• 19 (13) Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around the Clock
• 20 (12) Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way

The 1974 Eurovision winners ABBA hit the number one spot with “Waterloo” and Mud climb back up a place to number 2, with “The Cat Crept In”.

Three singles move into the top 20 this week, “Rock and Roll Winter” by Wizzard, who are at number 9, “Shang-A-Lang” by the Bay City Rollers, is number 12 and The Three Degrees with “Year of Decision” is number 16.

The biggest climber in the top 20 this week is “Don’t Stay Away Too Long” by Peters and Lee, which climbs 8 places to number 11.