UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (14th December 1974)

UK Singles Chart 14th December 1974

• 01 (01) Barry White - You’re the First the Last My Everything
• 02 (04) Gary Glitter - Oh Yes! You’re Beautiful
• 03 (05) Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
• 04 (19) Mud - Lonely This Christmas
• 05 (02) David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
• 06 (08) Elvis Presley - My Boy
• 07 (06) Hello - Tell Him
• 08 (03) Rubettes - Juke Box Jive
• 09 (10) Rupie Edwards - Ire Feelings (Skanga)
• 10 (15) Elton John - Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds
• 11 (14) Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancing
• 12 (11) Pilot - Magic
• 13 (13) The Chi-Lites - Too Good to Be Forgotten
• 14 (39) Ralph McTell - Streets of London
• 15 (16) Suzi Quatro - The Wild One
• 16 (23) Paul McCartney & Wings - Junior’s Farm
• 17 (18) Splinter - Costafine Town
• 18 (21) Donny Osmond - Where Did All the Good Times Go
• 19 (24) Alvin Stardust - Tell Me Why
• 20 (34) Status Quo - Down Down

Barry White stays at number one with “You’re the First the Last My Everything” and Gary Glitter moves back up the chart from number four to number two. Five singles move into the top 20 this week, “Streets of London” by Ralph McTell, is at number 14, Paul McCartney & Wings with “Junior’s Farm”, which is at number 16, Donny Osmond with “Where Did All the Good Times Go”, is at number 18, Alvin Stardust is at number 19 with “Tell Me Why” and Status Quo at number 20 with “Down Down”.

The biggest climbers this week are Mud with “Lonely This Christmas”, which climbs 15 places to number 4.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (7th December 1974)

UK Singles Chart 7th December 1974

• 01 (02) Barry White - You’re the First the Last My Everything
• 02 (01) David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
• 03 (04) Rubettes - Juke Box Jive
• 04 (03) Gary Glitter - Oh Yes! You’re Beautiful
• 05 (06) Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
• 06 (12) Hello - Tell Him
• 07 (08) Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl
• 08 (15) Elvis Presley - My Boy
• 09 (05) Queen - Killer Queen
• 10 (20) Rupie Edwards - Ire Feelings (Skanga)
• 11 (11) Pilot - Magic
• 12 (09) Peppers - Pepper Box
• 13 (10) The Chi-Lites - Too Good to Be Forgotten
• 14 (28) Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancing
• 15 (18) Elton John - Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds
• 16 (07) Suzi Quatro - The Wild One
• 17 (13) Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly
• 18 (17) Splinter - Costafine Town
• 19 (34) Mud - Lonely This Christmas
• 20 (22) Ace - How Long

Barry White with “You’re the First the Last My Everything” climbs to number one, replacing David Essex. Just three singles move into the top twenty this week, Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes, with “Get Dancing”, who are at number 14, Mud with “Lonely This Christmas”, at number 19 and Ace with “How Long”, at number 20.

Rupie Edwards is this week’s biggest climber, with “Ire Feelings (Skanga)”, it climbs 10 places to number 10.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (30th November 1974)

UK Singles Chart 30th November 1974

• 01 (01) David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
• 02 (03) Barry White - You’re the First the Last My Everything
• 03 (16) Gary Glitter - Oh Yes! You’re Beautiful
• 04 (08) Rubettes - Juke Box Jive
• 05 (02) Queen - Killer Queen
• 06 (20) Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
• 07 (14) Suzi Quatro - The Wild One
• 08 (04) Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl
• 09 (06) Peppers - Pepper Box
• 10 (13) The Chi-Lites - Too Good to Be Forgotten
• 11 (15) Pilot - Magic
• 12 (23) Hello - Tell Him
• 13 (07) Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly
• 14 (09) The Stylistics - Let’s Put It All Together
• 15 (28) Elvis Presley - My Boy
• 16 (05) Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
• 17 (22) Splinter - Costafine Town
• 18 (34) Elton John - Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds
• 19 (17) Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
• 20 (38) Rupie Edwards - Ire Feelings (Skanga)

David Essex is number one for a third week with “Gonna Make You a Star”, with Gary Gitter set to take top spot next week, as his single “Oh Yes! You’re Beautiful”, climbs 13 places to number 3, but isn’t this week’s highest climber!

Four singles move into this week’s top 20, Hello with “Tell Him”, which is at number 12, Elvis Presley with “My Boy” at number 15, Splinter with “Costafine Town”, which is number 17 and Elton John is at number 18 with “Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds”.

This week’s biggest mover in the top 20 is Bachman-Turner Overdrive with “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”, which climbs 14 places to number 6.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (23rd November 1974)

UK Singles Chart 23rd November 1974

• 01 (01) David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
• 02 (02) Queen - Killer Queen
• 03 (05) Barry White - You’re the First the Last My Everything
• 04 (04) Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl
• 05 (03) Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
• 06 (10) Peppers - Pepper Box
• 07 (20) Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly
• 08 (23) Rubettes - Juke Box Jive
• 09 (09) The Stylistics - Let’s Put It All Together
• 10 (07) Bay City Rollers - All of Me Loves All of You
• 11 (08) The Drifters - Down on the Beach Tonight
• 12 (11) Glitter Band - Let’s Get Together Again
• 13 (21) The Chi-Lites - Too Good to Be Forgotten
• 14 (18) Suzi Quatro - The Wild One
• 15 (17) Pilot - Magic
• 16 (ne) Gary Glitter - Oh Yes! You’re Beautiful
• 17 (15) Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
• 18 (13) Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
• 19 (14) Roxy Music - All I Want Is You
• 20 (34) Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

David Essex is number one for the second week, with “Gonna Make You a Star” and Queen stay at number two with “Killer Queen”. Gary Glitter enters the charts, straight in at number 16 with “Oh Yes! You’re Beautiful”.

Three singles move into this week’s top 20, the Rubettes with “Juke Box Jive”, which is number 8, The Chi-Lites with “Too Good to Be Forgotten”, who are number 13 and Bachman-Turner Overdrive are number 20 with “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”.

Lynsey De Paul is this week’s biggest climber in the top 20 with “No Honestly”, which climbs 13 places to number 7.

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (16th November 1974)

UK Singles Chart 16th November 1974

• 01 (02) David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
• 02 (03) Queen - Killer Queen
• 03 (01) Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
• 04 (06) Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl
• 05 (20) Barry White - You’re the First the Last My Everything
• 06 (05) Slade - Far Far Away
• 07 (04) Bay City Rollers - All of Me Loves All of You
• 08 (07) The Drifters - Down on the Beach Tonight
• 09 (10) The Stylistics - Let’s Put It All Together
• 10 (17) Peppers - Pepper Box
• 11 (08) Glitter Band - Let’s Get Together Again
• 12 (09) Paul Anka (You’re) Having My Baby
• 13 (15) Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
• 14 (12) Roxy Music - All I Want Is You
• 15 (19) Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
• 16 (11) George McCrae - I Can’t Leave You Alone
• 17 (30) Pilot - Magic
• 18 (37) Suzi Quatro - The Wild One
• 19 (16) Wombles - Minuetto Allegretto
• 20 (22) Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly

David Essex finally makes the number one position on this week’s chart, with “Gonna Make You a Star”, Queen moves up a place to number two with “Killer Queen”. Three singles move into the top 20, Pilot with “Magic”, who are at number 17, Suzi Quatro with “The Wild One”, is at number 18 and Lynsey De Paul is number 20 with “No Honestly”.

Barry White is this week’s big mover in the top 20, with “You’re the First the Last My Everything”, it climbs a massive 15 places to number 5.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (9th November 1974)

UK Singles Chart 9th November 1974

• 01 (01) Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
• 02 (03) David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
• 03 (05) Queen - Killer Queen
• 04 (04) Bay City Rollers - All of Me Loves All of You
• 05 (02) Slade - Far Far Away
• 06 (11) Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl
• 07 (08) The Drifters - Down on The Beach Tonight
• 08 (10) Glitter Band - Let’s Get Together Again
• 09 (07) Paul Anka - (You’re) Having My Baby
• 10 (14) The Stylistics - Let’s Put It All Together
• 11 (09) George McCrae - I Can’t Leave You Alone
• 12 (15) Roxy Music - All I Want Is You
• 13 (12) Gary Shearston - I Get a Kick Out of You
• 14 (21) Slim Whitman - Happy Anniversary
• 15 (16) Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
• 16 (17) Wombles - Minuetto Allegretto
• 17 (26) Peppers - Pepper Box
• 18 (06) Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer
• 19 (23) Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
• 20 (38) Barry White - You’re the First the Last My Everything

It’s a third week at number one for Ken Boothe, with “Everything I Own”. Three records move into the top 20 this week, Peppers with “Pepper Box” are at number 17, the Crystals are at number 19 with “Da Doo Ron Ron” and Barry White is number 20 with “You’re the First the Last My Everything”.

Slim Whitman re-enters the top 20 at number 14, with “Happy Anniversary”.

Eddie Holman with “(Hey There) Lonely Girl”, is this week’s biggest climber, moving up 5 places to number 6.