POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 28, 1974
1

Rock Me Gently

Andy Kim

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

2

I Honestly Love You (David Foster Vers.)

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 1

Peak: 67 • 12 wks • Prev: 3

2

I Honestly Love You

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 3

3

Nothing From Nothing

Billy Preston

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

4

Then Came You

Dionne Warwicke & Spinners

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 6

5

Beach Baby

First Class

↑ 7

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

6

You Haven't Done Nothin

Stevie Wonder

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 9

7

Clap For The Wolfman

The Guess Who

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

8

Another Saturday Night

Cat Stevens

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

9

Hang On In There Baby

Johnny Bristol

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 10

10

Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

11

Earache My Eye

Cheech & Chong Featuring Alice Bowie

↑ 8

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

12

Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe

Barry White

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 1

13

I Shot The Sheriff

Eric Clapton

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

14

(You're) Having My Baby

Paul Anka with Odia Coates

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

15

Who Do You Think You Are

Bo Donaldson And The Heywoods

—

Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

16

Can't Get Enough

Bad Company

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

17

Never My Love

Blue Swede

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

18

You Little Trustmaker

The Tymes

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

19

Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)

Tony Orlando & Dawn

↑ 6

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

20

Stop And Smell The Roses

Mac Davis

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

21

Skin Tight

Ohio Players

↑ 6

Peak: 13 • 11 wks • Prev: 27

22

Free Man In Paris

Joni Mitchell

↑ 1

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

23

Jazzman

Carole King

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 29

24

The Bitch Is Back

Elton John

↑ 6

Peak: 4 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

25

I Love My Friend

Charlie Rich

↑ 3

Peak: 24 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

26

Do It Baby

The Miracles

↑ 6

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

27

Love Me For A Reason

The Osmonds

↑ 10

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

28

I'm Leaving It (All) Up To You

Donny & Marie Osmond

↓ 15

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 13

29

It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It)

The Rolling Stones

↓ 13

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

30

You And Me Against The World

Helen Reddy

↓ 13

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 17

31

Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part I)

James Brown

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

32

Tin Man

America

↑ 8

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 40

33

Fallin' In Love

The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band

↑ 6

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 39

34

Tell Me Something Good

Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan

↓ 10

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 24

35

Let's Put It All Together

The Stylistics

↓ 17

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

36

Surfin' U.S.A.

The Beach Boys

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 25 wks • Prev: 41

37

One Day At A Time

Marilyn Sellars

↑ 7

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

38

Feel Like Makin' Love

Roberta Flack

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

39

Wildwood Weed

Jim Stafford

↓ 3

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

40

Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)

Reunion

↑ 11

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 51

41

The Night Chicago Died

Paper Lace

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

42

Give It To The People

The Righteous Brothers

↑ 10

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 52

43

Rub It In

Billy "Crash" Craddock

↓ 9

Peak: 16 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

44

Wild Thing

Fancy

↓ 9

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 35

45

Straight Shootin' Woman

Steppenwolf

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 55

46

Carefree Highway

Gordon Lightfoot

↑ 10

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 56

47

Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

Aretha Franklin

↑ 6

Peak: 47 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

48

Kings Of The Party

Brownsville Station

↑ 11

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

49

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Free Wheelin'

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

↑ 16

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 65

50

Back Home Again

John Denver

↑ 20

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 70

51

Sideshow

Blue Magic

↓ 9

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 42

52

Live It Up Part 1

The Isley Brothers

↑ 2

Peak: 52 • 16 wks • Prev: 54

53

Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 15 wks

54

One Hell Of A Woman

Mac Davis

↓ 9

Peak: 11 • 28 wks • Prev: 45

55

Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need

Eddie Kendricks

↑ 3

Peak: 50 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

56

The Need To Be

Jim Weatherly

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 67

57

It Could Have Been Me

Sami Jo

↓ 11

Peak: 46 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

58

Higher Plane

Kool & The Gang

↑ 11

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

59

Devotion

Earth, Wind & Fire

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 7 wks

60

Do It ('til You're Satisfied)

B.T. Express

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 18 wks

61

Honey, Honey

ABBA

↑ 11

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

62

I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife

Cher

↓ 15

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

63

Everlasting Love

Carl Carlton

↑ 24

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 87

64

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

William DeVaughn

↑ 11

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 75

65

Second Avenue

Garfunkel

↑ 12

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

66

I've Got The Music In Me

The Kiki Dee Band

↑ 13

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 79

67

Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)

Raspberries

↑ 11

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 78

68

Up For The Down Stroke

Parliament

↑ 5

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 73

69

Do It, Fluid

The Blackbyrds

↑ 7

Peak: 69 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

70

Door To Your Heart

The Dramatics

↑ 4

Peak: 62 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

71

Honey Honey

Sweet Dreams

—

Peak: 68 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

72

Boogie Bands And One Night Stands

Kathy Dalton

↑ 9

Peak: 72 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

73

Love Don't Love Nobody - Pt. I

The Spinners

↑ 11

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 84

74

People Gotta Move

Gino Vannelli

↑ 15

Peak: 22 • 13 wks • Prev: 89

75

I'm A Ramblin' Man

Waylon Jennings

↑ 5

Peak: 75 • 7 wks • Prev: 80

76

So You Are A Star

The Hudson Brothers

↑ 10

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 86

77

My Melody Of Love

Bobby Vinton

↑ 11

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 88

78

The Player - Part 1

First Choice

↑ 4

Peak: 70 • 8 wks • Prev: 82

79

Second Avenue

Tim Moore

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

80

You Can Have Her

Sam Neely

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 11 wks • Prev: 90

81

My Country

Jud Strunk

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 4 wks

82

Virgin Man

Smokey Robinson

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 7 wks

83

Don't Send Nobody Else

Ace Spectrum

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 6 wks

84

Delta Dirt

Larry Gatlin

↑ 7

Peak: 84 • 4 wks • Prev: 91

85

Distant Lover

Marvin Gaye

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 9 wks

86

She Called Me Baby

Charlie Rich

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 7 wks

87

Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)

Al Green

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 19 wks

88

James Dean

Eagles

↑ 4

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

89

Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)

Three Dog Night

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 12 wks

90

I Can Help

Billy Swan

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 18 wks

91

La La Peace Song

O.C. Smith

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 7 wks

92

City In The Sky

The Staple Singers

↑ 2

Peak: 79 • 7 wks • Prev: 94

93

Please Come To Boston

Dave Loggins

↓ 50

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 43

94

When Will I See You Again

The Three Degrees

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 18 wks

95

Call On Me

Chicago

↓ 34

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 61

96

Takin' Care Of Business

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

↓ 34

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 62

97

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Elton John

↓ 34

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 63

98

Midnight Flower

Four Tops

↓ 32

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

99

Keep On Smilin'

Wet Willie

↓ 42

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 57

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