AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1974*
No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-MY COO CA CHOO-ALVIN STARDUST-APRIL 968 2-THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED-PAPERLACE-October 944 3-EVIE-STEVIE WRIGHT-August 928 4-BILLY DON'T BE A HERO-PAPERLACE-July 916 5-CAN'T STOP MYSELF FROM LOVING YOU-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-October 870 6-SEASONS IN THE SUN-TERRY JACKS-May 828 7-I HONESTLY LOVE YOU-OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-November 760 8-FAREWELL AUNTY JACK-Grahame Bond-February 756 9-THE LORD'S PRAYER-Sister Janet Mead-March 744 10-THE ENTERTAINER-Marvin Hamlisch-July 736 11-Kung Fu Fighting-Carl Douglas-December 712 12-She(Didn't Remember My Name)-Osmosis-May 696 13-Devil Gate Drive-Suzi Quatro-June 684 14-Leave Me Alone-Helen Reddy-January 682 15-Hey Paula-Ernie Sigley & Denise Drysdale-November 680 16-I Love You Love Me Love-Gary Glitter-April 674 17-(You're)Having My Baby-Paul Anka-October 670 18-The Streak-Ray Stevens-July 660 19-48 Crash-Suzi Quatro-January 646 20-Sorrow-David Bowie-February 644 21-Sugar Baby Love-Rubettes-August 640 22-Rock Your Baby-George McCrae-September 618 23-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John-January 604 24-Bonaparte's Retreat-Glen Campbell-November 594 25-The Air That I Breathe-Hollies-May 580 26-You Make Me Feel Brand New-Stylistics-August 574 27-Hooked On A Feeling-Blue Swede-June 544 28-Photograph-Ringo Starr-January 528 29-I'll Take You Home Again,Kathleen-Lieutenant Pigeon-September 518 30-Daytona Demon-Suzi Quatro-April 508 31-Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone-Judy Stone-July 490 32-Bennie & The Jets/Candle In The Wind-Elton John-July 486 33-The Loco-Motion-Grand Funk Railroad-July 468 34-You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me-New Seekers-April 464 35-Waterloo-Abba-August 458 36-Ships In The Night-Vicki Lawrence-May 458 37-Emma-Hot Chocolate-September 446 38-Rock On-David Essex-January 444 39-Silvery Moon-Sherbet-November 422 40-Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot-August 410 41-Could You Ever Love Me Again-Gary & Dave-November 400 42-Good Morning(How Are You)-Moir Sisters-December 374 43-Room Full Of Roses-Mickey Gilley-October 372 44-Mama's Little Girl-Linda George-October 372 45-The Joker-Steve Miller Band-March 366 46-Theme From "Rush"-Brain May & The ABC Show Band-December 366 47-The Way We Were-Barbra Streisand-May 350 48-Annie's Song-John Denver-October 344 49-Star Of Mykonos-Katja Ebstein-March 318 50-Heartbeat It's A Love Beat-DeFranco Family-March 306 51-You're Sixteen-Ringo Starr-May 302 52-Let Me Be There-Olivia Newton-John-January 302 53-Longfellow Serenade-Neil Diamond-December 296 54-Love's Theme-Love Unlimited Orchestra-April 274 55-The Most Beautiful Girl-Charlie Rich-January 264 56-Slipstream-Sherbet-July 258 57-The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)-Bootleg Family Band-November 256 58-Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies-The Drifters-September 236 59-Mr.Natural-Bee Gees-December 222 60-Daydreamer/The Puppy Song-David Cassidy-March 190 61-Midnight At The Oasis-Maria Muldar-September 180 62-My Girl Bill-Cash Backman-July 166 63-Smokin' In The Boys Room-Brownsville Station-March 164 64-Radar Love-Golden Earring-September 156 65-Teenage Rampage-Sweet-April 156 66-You've Never Been This Far Before-Conway Twitty-January 146 67-I Get A Little Sentimental Over You-New Seekers-August 140 68-Mockingbird-Carly Simon & James Taylor-May 128 69-Let Go-Brian Cadd-November 124 70-Never,Never Gonna Give You Up-Barry White-May 122 71-TSOP-MFSB-June 114 72-My Girl Bill-Jim Stafford-July 112 73-Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield-June 110 74-The Show Must Go On-Leo Sayer-May 110 75-I Shot The Sherrif-Eric Clapton-November 78 76-Long Live Love-Olivia Newton-John-September 76 77-Amoureuse-Kiki Dee-September 76 78-Too Big-Suzi Quatro-November 72 79-Mockingbird-Johnny O'Keefe & Margaret McLaren-May 70 80-Eye Level-Simpson Park Orchestra-April 70 81-I'm Leaving It Up To You-Donny & Marie Osmond-November 68 82-Paper Roses-Marie Osmond-January 38 83-Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me-Elton John-September 36 84-Everyday/Good Time Gals-Slade-June 36 85-Feel Like Makin' Love-Roberta Flack-November 36 86-She's My Kind Of Woman-Johnny Chester-July 34 87-Takin' Care Of Business-Bachman Turner Overdrive-December 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.