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1975	Billboard	Cashbox
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
1	Love Will Keep Us Together ●	Captain & Tennille	1(4)	06/21-07/14	1*
2	Rhinestone Cowboy ●	Glen Campbell	1(2)	09/06-09/13	2*
3	Philadelphia Freedom ▲	Elton John	1(2)	04/12-04/19	22*
4	Before The Next Teardrop Falls ●	Freddy Fender	1	05/31	40*
5	My Eyes Adored You ●	Frankie Valli	1	03/22	12*
6	Shining Star ●	Earth, Wind & Fire	1	05/24	7*
7	Fame ●	David Bowie	1(2)	09/20 10/04	5*
8	Laughter In The Rain	Neil Sedaka	1	02/01	20*
9	One Of These Nights	Eagles	1	08/02	15*
10	Thank God I'm A Country Boy ●	John Denver	1	06/07	8*
11	Jive Talkin' ●	Bee Gees	1(2)	08/09-08/16	43*
12	Best Of My Love	Eagles	1	03/01	28
13	Lovin' You	Minnie Ripperton	1	04/05	38*
14	Kung Fu Fighting ●	Carl Douglas	1(2)	74/12/07-12/14	11*
15	Black Water ●	Doobie Brothers	1	03/15	13
16	Ballroom Blitz	Sweet	5		46
17	(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song ●	B.J. Thomas	1	04/26	57*
18	He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) ●	Tony Orlando & Dawn	1(3)	05/03-05/27	65*
19	At Seventeen	Janis Ian	3(2)		6*
20	Pick Up The Pieces ●	Average White Band	1	02/22	4*
21	The Hustle	Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony	1	07/26	18*
22	Lady Marmalade ●	Patti Labelle	1	03/29	9*
23	Why Can't We Be Friends? ●	War	6		14
24	Love Won't Let Me Wait ●	Major Harris	5		55
25	Boogie On Reggae Woman	Stevie Wonder	3(2)		3*
26	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights ●	Freddy Fender	8		16
27	Fight The Power (Part 1) ●	Isley Brothers	4		77
28	Angie Baby ●	Helen Reddy	1	74/12/28	68*
29	Jackie Blue	Ozark Mountain Daredevil	3(2)		27*
30	Fire	Ohio Players	1	02/08	42*
31	Magic ●	Pilot	5		75
32	Please Mr Postman ●	Carpenters	1	01/25	21*
33	Sister Golden Hair	America	1	06/14	61
34	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ●	Elton John	1(2)	01/04-01/11	48*
35	Mandy ●	Barry Manilow	1	01/18	17*
36	Have You Never Been Mellow? ●	Olivia Newton-John	1	03/08	19*
37	Could It Be Magic?	Barry Manilow	6		37
38	Cat's In The Cradle ●	Harry Chapin	1	74/12/21	35*
39	Wildfire	Michael Murphy	3(2)		54
40	I'm Not Lisa	Jessi Colter	4		63
41	Listen To What The Man Said ●	Paul McCartney & Wings	1	07/19	45*
42	I'm Not In Love	10cc	2(3)		24
43	I Can Help ●	Billy Swan	1(2)	74/11/23-11/30	64*
44	Fallin' In Love ●	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	1	08/23	32*
45	Feelings ●	Morris Albert	6		23
46	Chevy Van ●	Sammy Johns	5		72
47	When Will I Be Loved?	Linda Ronstadt	2(2)		39*
48	You're The First, The Last, My Everything ●	Barry White	2(2)		31
49	Please Mr Please ●	Olivia Newton-John	3(2)		26*
50	You're No Good	Linda Ronstadt	1	02/15	69*
51	Dynomite (Pt. 1)	Bazuka	10		/
52	Walking In Rhythm ▲	Blackbyrds	6		/
53	The Way We Were / Try To Remember	Gladys Knight & The Pips	11		62
54	Midnight Blue	Melissa Manchester	6		59
55	Don't Call Us, We'll Call You	Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta	9	03	/
56	Poetry Man	Phoebe Snow	5		66
57	How Long	Ace	3(2)		47*
58	Express ●	B.T. Express	4		/
59	That's The Way Of The World	Earth, Wind & Fire	12		/
60	Lady	Styx	6	03	30
61	Bad Time	Grand Funk	4		76
62	Only Women Bleed	Alice Cooper	12		82
63	Doctor's Orders	Carol Douglas	11		91
64	Get Down Tonight	K.C. & The Sunshine Band	1	08/30	33*
65	You Are So Beautiful / It's A Sin When You Love Somebody	Joe Cocker	5		/
66	One Man Woman-One Woman Man	Paul Anka & Odia Coates	7		67
67	Feel Like Makin' Love	Bad Company	10		84
68	How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)	James Taylor	5		98
69	Dance With Me ●	Orleans	6		/
70	Cut The Cake	Average White Band	10		83
71	Never Can Say Goodbye	Gloria Gaynor	9		79
72	I Don't Like To Sleep Alone	Paul Anka	8		71
73	Morning Side Of The Mountain	Donny & Marie Osmond	8		90
74	Some Kind Of Wonderful	Grand Funk	3		80
75	When Will I See You Again ▲	Three Degrees	2	74/12	93*
76	Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor)	Joe Simon	8		/
77	I'm Sorry / Calypso ●	John Denver	1	09/27	29*
78	Killer Queen	Queen	12		/
79	Shoeshine Boy	Eddie Kendricks	18		/
80	Do It (Til You're Satisfied) ●	B.T. Express	2	74/12	99
81	Can't Get It Out Of My Head	Electric Light Orchestra	9		/
82	Sha-La-La (Makes Me Happy) ●	Al Green	7		89
83	Lonely People	America	5		95
84	You Got The Love	Rufus	11	74/12	/
85	The Rockford Files	Mike Post	10		/
86	It Only Takes A Minute	Tavares	10		70
87	No No Song / Snookeroo	Ringo Starr	3(2)		73*
88	Junior's FarmSally G	Paul McCartney & Wings	3		92
89	Bungle In The Jungle	Jethro Tull	12	01	/
90	Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)	Leo Sayer	9		/
91	Someone Saved My Life Tonight ●	Elton John	4		50*
92	Misty	Ray Stevens	14		/
93	Bad Blood ●	Neil Sedaka	1(3)	10/11-10/25	34*
94	Only Yesterday	Carpenters	4		/
95	I'm On Fire	Dwight Twilley Band	16		/
96	Only You	Ringo Starr	6	01	78
97	Third Rate Romance	Amazing Rhythm Aces	14		/
98	You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet / Free Wheelin' ●	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	1	74/11/09	/*
99	Swearin' To God	Frankie Valli	6		52
100	Get Dancin'	Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes	10		/
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play) ●	The Spinners	5	11	25
-	Miracles	Jefferson Starship	3(3)	11	41
-	Lyin' Eyes	Eagles	2(2)	10	51
-	The Way I Want To Touch You ●	The Captain & Tennille	4	11	53
-	Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady	Helen Reddy	8		56
-	Nights On Broadway	The Bee Gees	7		58
-	This Will Be	Natalie Cole	6		60
-	Low Rider	War	7		74
-	Run Joey Run	David Geddes	4	10	81*
-	Heat Wave	Linda Ronstadt	5		85
-	Emma	Hot Chocolate	8		87
-	I Feel A Song (In My Heart)	Gladys Knight & The Pips	21		88
-	Mr. Jaws ●	Dickie Goodman	4	10	94*
-	Rockin' Chair	Gwen McCrae	9		96
Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	Who Loves You	The Four Seasons	3	11	/
-	Sky High	Jigsaw	3	12	/
-	Old Days	Chicago	5		/
-	Supernatural Thing (Pt. 1)	Ben E. King	5		/
-	What Am I Gonna Do With You	Barry White	8		/
-	My Little Town	Simon & Garfunkel	9		/
-	Rocky	Austin Roberts	9		/
-	#9 Dream	John Lennon	9		/
-	Nightingale	Carole King	9		/
-	Once You Get Started	Rufus	10		/
-	Do It Any Way You Wanna	People's Choice	11		/
-	Brazil	The Ritchie Family	11		/
-	Our Day Will Come	Frankie Valli	11		/
-	Shame, Shame, Shame	Shirley & Company	12		/
-	Lady Blue	Leon Russell	14		/
-	Bad Luck (Pt. 1)	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	15		/
-	(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love	Paul Anka With Odia Coates	15		/
-	I Only Have Eyes For You	Art Garfunkel	18		/
Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s). Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position). * = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart. Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs. ●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units ▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.

1

Love Will Keep Us Together ●

Captain & Tennille

1(4)

06/21-07/14

1*

2

Rhinestone Cowboy ●

Glen Campbell

1(2)

09/06-09/13

2*

3

Philadelphia Freedom ▲

Elton John

1(2)

04/12-04/19

22*

4

Before The Next Teardrop Falls ●

Freddy Fender

1

05/31

40*

5

My Eyes Adored You ●

Frankie Valli

1

03/22

12*

6

Shining Star ●

Earth, Wind & Fire

1

05/24

7*

7

Fame ●

David Bowie

1(2)

09/20 10/04

5*

8

Laughter In The Rain

Neil Sedaka

1

02/01

20*

9

One Of These Nights

Eagles

1

08/02

15*

10

Thank God I'm A Country Boy ●

John Denver

1

06/07

8*

11

Jive Talkin' ●

Bee Gees

1(2)

08/09-08/16

43*

12

Best Of My Love

Eagles

1

03/01

28

13

Lovin' You

Minnie Ripperton

1

04/05

38*

14

Kung Fu Fighting ●

Carl Douglas

1(2)

74/12/07-12/14

11*

15

Black Water ●

Doobie Brothers

1

03/15

13

16

Ballroom Blitz

Sweet

5

46

17

(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody
Done Somebody Wrong Song ●

B.J. Thomas

1

04/26

57*

18

He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) ●

Tony Orlando & Dawn

1(3)

05/03-05/27

65*

19

At Seventeen

Janis Ian

3(2)

6*

20

Pick Up The Pieces ●

Average White Band

1

02/22

4*

21

The Hustle

Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony

1

07/26

18*

22

Lady Marmalade ●

Patti Labelle

1

03/29

9*

23

Why Can't We Be Friends? ●

War

6

14

24

Love Won't Let Me Wait ●

Major Harris

5

55

25

Boogie On Reggae Woman

Stevie Wonder

3(2)

3*

26

Wasted Days And Wasted Nights ●

Freddy Fender

8

16

27

Fight The Power (Part 1) ●

Isley Brothers

4

77

28

Angie Baby ●

Helen Reddy

1

74/12/28

68*

29

Jackie Blue

Ozark Mountain Daredevil

3(2)

27*

30

Fire

Ohio Players

1

02/08

42*

31

Magic ●

Pilot

5

75

32

Please Mr Postman ●

Carpenters

1

01/25

21*

33

Sister Golden Hair

America

1

06/14

61

34

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ●

Elton John

1(2)

01/04-01/11

48*

35

Mandy ●

Barry Manilow

1

01/18

17*

36

Have You Never Been Mellow? ●

Olivia Newton-John

1

03/08

19*

37

Could It Be Magic?

Barry Manilow

6

37

38

Cat's In The Cradle ●

Harry Chapin

1

74/12/21

35*

39

Wildfire

Michael Murphy

3(2)

54

40

I'm Not Lisa

Jessi Colter

4

63

41

Listen To What The Man Said ●

Paul McCartney & Wings

1

07/19

45*

42

I'm Not In Love

10cc

2(3)

24

43

I Can Help ●

Billy Swan

1(2)

74/11/23-11/30

64*

44

Fallin' In Love ●

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

1

08/23

32*

45

Feelings ●

Morris Albert

6

23

46

Chevy Van ●

Sammy Johns

5

72

47

When Will I Be Loved?

Linda Ronstadt

2(2)

39*

48

You're The First, The Last, My Everything ●

Barry White

2(2)

31

49

Please Mr Please ●

Olivia Newton-John

3(2)

26*

50

You're No Good

Linda Ronstadt

1

02/15

69*

51

Dynomite (Pt. 1)

Bazuka

10

/

52

Walking In Rhythm ▲

Blackbyrds

6

/

53

The Way We Were / Try To Remember

Gladys Knight & The Pips

11

62

54

Midnight Blue

Melissa Manchester

6

59

55

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta

9

03

/

56

Poetry Man

Phoebe Snow

5

66

57

How Long

Ace

3(2)

47*

58

Express ●

B.T. Express

4

/

59

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

12

/

60

Lady

Styx

6

03

30

61

Bad Time

Grand Funk

4

76

62

Only Women Bleed

Alice Cooper

12

82

63

Doctor's Orders

Carol Douglas

11

91

64

Get Down Tonight

K.C. & The Sunshine Band

1

08/30

33*

65

You Are So Beautiful / It's A Sin When You Love Somebody

Joe Cocker

5

/

66

One Man Woman-One Woman Man

Paul Anka & Odia Coates

7

67

Feel Like Makin' Love

Bad Company

10

84

68

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

James Taylor

5

98

69

Dance With Me ●

Orleans

6

/

70

Cut The Cake

Average White Band

10

83

71

Never Can Say Goodbye

Gloria Gaynor

9

79

72

I Don't Like To Sleep Alone

Paul Anka

8

71

73

Morning Side Of The Mountain

Donny & Marie Osmond

8

90

74

Some Kind Of Wonderful

Grand Funk

3

80

75

When Will I See You Again ▲

Three Degrees

2

74/12

93*

76

Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor)

Joe Simon

8

/

77

I'm Sorry / Calypso ●

John Denver

1

09/27

29*

78

Killer Queen

Queen

12

/

79

Shoeshine Boy

Eddie Kendricks

18

/

80

Do It (Til You're Satisfied) ●

B.T. Express

2

74/12

99

81

Can't Get It Out Of My Head

Electric Light Orchestra

9

/

82

Sha-La-La (Makes Me Happy) ●

Al Green

7

89

83

Lonely People

America

5

95

84

You Got The Love

Rufus

11

74/12

/

85

The Rockford Files

Mike Post

10

/

86

It Only Takes A Minute

Tavares

10

70

87

No No Song / Snookeroo

Ringo Starr

3(2)

73*

88

Junior's FarmSally G

Paul McCartney & Wings

3

92

89

Bungle In The Jungle

Jethro Tull

12

01

/

90

Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)

Leo Sayer

9

/

91

Someone Saved My Life Tonight ●

Elton John

4

50*

92

Misty

Ray Stevens

14

/

93

Bad Blood ●

Neil Sedaka

1(3)

10/11-10/25

34*

94

Only Yesterday

Carpenters

4

/

95

I'm On Fire

Dwight Twilley Band

16

/

96

Only You

Ringo Starr

6

01

78

97

Third Rate Romance

Amazing Rhythm Aces

14

/

98

You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet / Free Wheelin' ●

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

1

74/11/09

/*

99

Swearin' To God

Frankie Valli

6

52

100

Get Dancin'

Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes

10

/

Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play) ●

The Spinners

5

11

25

-

Miracles

Jefferson Starship

3(3)

11

41

-

Lyin' Eyes

Eagles

2(2)

10

51

-

The Way I Want To Touch You ●

The Captain & Tennille

4

11

53

-

Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady

Helen Reddy

8

56

-

Nights On Broadway

The Bee Gees

7

58

-

This Will Be

Natalie Cole

6

60

-

Low Rider

War

7

74

-

Run Joey Run

David Geddes

4

10

81*

-

Heat Wave

Linda Ronstadt

5

85

-

Emma

Hot Chocolate

8

87

-

I Feel A Song (In My Heart)

Gladys Knight & The Pips

21

88

-

Mr. Jaws ●

Dickie Goodman

4

10

94*

-

Rockin' Chair

Gwen McCrae

9

96

Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

Who Loves You

The Four Seasons

3

11

/

-

Sky High

Jigsaw

3

12

/

-

Old Days

Chicago

5

/

-

Supernatural Thing (Pt. 1)

Ben E. King

5

/

-

What Am I Gonna Do With You

Barry White

8

/

-

My Little Town

Simon & Garfunkel

9

/

-

Rocky

Austin Roberts

9

/

-

#9 Dream

John Lennon

9

/

-

Nightingale

Carole King

9

/

-

Once You Get Started

Rufus

10

/

-

Do It Any Way You Wanna

People's Choice

11

/

-

Brazil

The Ritchie Family

11

/

-

Our Day Will Come

Frankie Valli

11

/

-

Shame, Shame, Shame

Shirley & Company

12

/

-

Lady Blue

Leon Russell

14

/

-

Bad Luck (Pt. 1)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

15

/

-

(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love

Paul Anka With Odia Coates

15

/

-

I Only Have Eyes For You

Art Garfunkel

18

/

Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s).
Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position).
* = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart.
Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs.
●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units
▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.