POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1974
1

Seasons In The Sun

Terry Jacks

—

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 1

2

Boogie Down

Eddie Kendricks

—

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

3

Dark Lady

Cher

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

4

Sunshine On My Shoulders

John Denver

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

5

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 3

6

Mockingbird

Carly Simon & James Taylor

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

7

Jungle Boogie

Kool & The Gang

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 22 wks • Prev: 4

8

Rock On

David Essex

↓ 3

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 5

9

Spiders & Snakes

Jim Stafford

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 7

10

Jet

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

11

Eres Tu (Touch The Wind)

Mocedades

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

12

Bennie And The Jets

Elton John

↑ 11

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 23

13

Come And Get Your Love

Redbone

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 17

14

Hooked On A Feeling

Blue Swede

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 21

15

Love's Theme

Love Unlimited Orchestra

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 11

16

Trying To Hold On To My Woman

Lamont Dozier

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

17

Sexy Mama

Moments

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

18

My Sweet Lady

Cliff DeYoung

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 22

19

Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

Aretha Franklin

↓ 10

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 9

20

The Lord's Prayer

Sister Janet Mead

↑ 11

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

21

Mighty Love - Pt. 1

The Spinners

↑ 3

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

22

Love Song

Anne Murray

↓ 10

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

23

There Won't Be Anymore

Charlie Rich

↑ 3

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

24

Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

25

TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)

MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees

↑ 17

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 42

26

Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo

Rick Derringer

↑ 3

Peak: 23 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

27

Put Your Hands Together

The O'Jays

↓ 12

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

28

I Love

Tom T. Hall

↓ 12

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 16

29

A Very Special Love Song

Charlie Rich

↑ 7

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

30

Lookin' For A Love

Bobby Womack

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

31

Star

Stealers Wheel

↑ 2

Peak: 29 • 14 wks • Prev: 33

32

I Like To Live The Love

B.B. King

↓ 4

Peak: 28 • 16 wks • Prev: 28

33

Last Time I Saw Him

Diana Ross

↓ 6

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

34

You're Sixteen

Ringo Starr

↓ 14

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

35

Energy Crisis '74

Dickie Goodman

—

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 35

36

We're Getting Careless With Our Love

Johnnie Taylor

↑ 7

Peak: 34 • 10 wks • Prev: 43

37

Just Don't Want To Be Lonely

The Main Ingredient

↑ 10

Peak: 10 • 20 wks • Prev: 47

38

I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

Jim Croce

↑ 20

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 58

39

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

↓ 14

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 25

40

WOLD

Harry Chapin

↑ 4

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

41

Touch A Hand, Make A Friend

The Staple Singers

↑ 12

Peak: 23 • 13 wks • Prev: 53

42

I've Got A Thing About You Baby/Take Good Care Of Her

Elvis Presley

↑ 3

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 45

43

I'll Be The Other Woman

The Soul Children

↑ 3

Peak: 36 • 9 wks • Prev: 46

44

Oh My My

Ringo Starr

↑ 21

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 65

45

Let It Ride

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

↑ 10

Peak: 23 • 15 wks • Prev: 55

46

Tell Me A Lie

Sami Jo

↑ 10

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 56

47

On A Night Like This

Bob Dylan

↑ 5

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 52

48

Thanks For Saving My Life

Billy Paul

↑ 3

Peak: 37 • 17 wks • Prev: 51

49

Americans

Byron MacGregor

↓ 19

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 30

50

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (heartbreaker)

The Rolling Stones

↓ 16

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 34

51

Last Kiss

Wednesday

↓ 13

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 38

52

Honey Please, Can't Ya See

Barry White

↑ 11

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 63

53

Show And Tell

Al Wilson

↓ 14

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 39

54

Abra-Ca-Dabra

The De Franco Family

↓ 5

Peak: 32 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

55

My Mistake (Was To Love You)

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

↑ 12

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 67

56

Homely Girl

The Chi-lites

↑ 3

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

57

Life Is A Song Worth Singing

Johnny Mathis

↓ 3

Peak: 54 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

58

Keep On Singing

Helen Reddy

↑ 28

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 86

59

I Wish It Was Me

Tyrone Davis

↑ 2

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 61

60

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

↑ 14

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 74

61

Piano Man

Billy Joel

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 71

62

Would You Lay With Me (in A Field Of Stone)

Tanya Tucker

↑ 10

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

63

Jolene

Dolly Parton

↓ 3

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

64

Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash

The Steve Miller Band

↑ 12

Peak: 51 • 7 wks • Prev: 76

65

Outside Woman

Bloodstone

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 75

66

She's Gone

Daryl Hall & John Oates

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 28 wks • Prev: 69

67

Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do)

Bill Amesbury

↑ 10

Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 77

68

It's Been A Long Time

The New Birth

↓ 2

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 66

69

The Loco-Motion

Grand Funk

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 82

70

Must Be Love

The James Gang

↑ 3

Peak: 54 • 11 wks • Prev: 73

71

Star Baby

The Guess Who

↑ 7

Peak: 39 • 19 wks • Prev: 78

72

I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

Four Tops

↓ 10

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

73

Midnight At The Oasis

Maria Muldaur

↑ 10

Peak: 6 • 24 wks • Prev: 83

74

I'm A Train

Albert Hammond

↑ 10

Peak: 31 • 12 wks • Prev: 84

75

Houston (I'm Comin' To See You)

Glen Campbell

↓ 7

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

76

Touch And Go

Al Wilson

↑ 14

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

77

That's The Sound That Lonely Makes

Tavares

↓ 7

Peak: 70 • 7 wks • Prev: 70

78

Watching The River Run

Loggins & Messina

↑ 3

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

79

Dancing Machine

Jackson 5

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 22 wks

80

(i've Been) Searchin' So Long

Chicago

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 15 wks

81

Unborn Child

Seals & Crofts

↑ 4

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

82

She

Southcote

↑ 7

Peak: 80 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

83

Goin' Down Slow

Bobby "Blue" Bland

↑ 9

Peak: 69 • 6 wks • Prev: 92

84

Skybird

Neil Diamond

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 4 wks

85

Once You Understand

Think

↑ 15

Peak: 23 • 10 wks • Prev: 100

86

Mighty Mighty

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 9

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 95

87

Help Me

Joni Mitchell

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 19 wks

88

Oh Very Young

Cat Stevens

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 17 wks

89

Dance With The Devil

Cozy Powell

★ NEW

Peak: 49 • 9 wks

90

The Show Must Go On

Three Dog Night

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 19 wks

91

Pepper Box

The Peppers

↑ 5

Peak: 76 • 7 wks • Prev: 96

92

Beyond The Blue Horizon

Lou Christie

↓ 12

Peak: 80 • 10 wks • Prev: 80

93

Quick, Fast, In A Hurry

New York City

↓ 14

Peak: 79 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

94

Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

The Persuaders

—

Peak: 85 • 6 wks • Prev: 94

95

Mr. Natural

Bee Gees

↑ 3

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

96

Heavenly

The Temptations

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 9 wks

97

Music Eyes

Heartsfield

↑ 2

Peak: 95 • 5 wks • Prev: 99

98

There's Got To Be Rain In Your Life (To Appreciate The Sunshine)

Dorothy Norwood

↓ 10

Peak: 88 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

99

Rock Around The Clock

Bill Haley And His Comets

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 14 wks

100

The Crude Oil Blues

Jerry Reed

↓ 9

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

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