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.