List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1974

These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1974.

That year, 25 acts earn their first number one song, such as Steve Miller Band, Al Wilson, Barbra Streisand, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Terry Jacks, John Denver, Blue Swede, MFSB, The Three Degrees, Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods, Gordon Lightfoot, The Hues Corporation, George McCrae, Paper Lace, Odia Coates, Eric Clapton, Barry White, Andy Kim, Olivia Newton-John, Dionne Warwick, The Spinners, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Billy Swan, Carl Douglas, and Harry Chapin. John Lennon, having already hit number one with The Beatles, earns his first number one song as a solo act. John Denver was the only act to have more than one song reach number one, with two.

1974 is tied with 1975 for scoring the most Hot 100 number ones, 35 each. The year would have more number ones than 1975, at 36, if including "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce, which initially topped the Hot 100 on December 29, 1973, and stayed atop the chart to start 1974.

Chart history

Barbra Streisand scored a number one hit in 1974 with "The Way We Were" from the film of the same name, becoming the #1 single of 1974 at year's end.
Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1974 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Reference
313 January 5 "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce
314 January 12 "The Joker" Steve Miller Band
315 January 19 "Show and Tell" Al Wilson
316 January 26 "You're Sixteen" Ringo Starr
317 February 2 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand
318 February 9 "Love's Theme" Love Unlimited Orchestra
re February 16 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand
February 23
319 March 2 "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks
March 9
March 16
320 March 23 "Dark Lady" Cher
321 March 30 "Sunshine on My Shoulders" John Denver
322 April 6 "Hooked on a Feeling" Blue Swede
323 April 13 "Bennie and the Jets" Elton John
324 April 20 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" MFSB and The Three Degrees
April 27
325 May 4 "The Loco-Motion" Grand Funk
May 11
326 May 18 "The Streak" Ray Stevens
May 25
June 1
327 June 8 "Band on the Run" Paul McCartney & Wings
328 June 15 "Billy Don't Be a Hero" Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
June 22
329 June 29 "Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot
330 July 6 "Rock the Boat" The Hues Corporation
331 July 13 "Rock Your Baby" George McCrae
July 20
332 July 27 "Annie's Song" John Denver
August 3
333 August 10 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Roberta Flack
334 August 17 "The Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace
335 August 24 "(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka and Odia Coates
August 31
September 7
336 September 14 "I Shot the Sheriff" Eric Clapton
337 September 21 "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" Barry White
338 September 28 "Rock Me Gently" Andy Kim
339 October 5 "I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton-John
October 12
340 October 19 "Nothing From Nothing" Billy Preston
341 October 26 "Then Came You" Dionne Warwick and The Spinners
342 November 2 "You Haven't Done Nothin'" Stevie Wonder
343 November 9 "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Bachman–Turner Overdrive
344 November 16 "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" John Lennon
345 November 23 "I Can Help" Billy Swan
November 30
346 December 7 "Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas
December 14
347 December 21 "Cat's in the Cradle" Harry Chapin
348 December 28 "Angie Baby" Helen Reddy

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Barbra Streisand 3
Terry Jacks
Ray Stevens
John Denver
Paul Anka
Odia Coates
7 MFSB 2
The Three Degrees
Grand Funk
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
George McRae
Olivia Newton-John
Billy Swan
Carl Douglas
15 Jim Croce 1
Steve Miller Band
Al Wilson
Ringo Starr
Love Unlimited Orchestra
Cher
Blue Swede
Elton John
Paul McCartney & Wings
Gordon Lightfoot
The Hues Corporation
Roberta Flack
Paper Lace
Eric Clapton
Barry White
Andy Kim
Billy Preston
Dionne Warwick
The Spinners
Stevie Wonder
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
John Lennon
Harry Chapin
Helen Reddy

See also


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