01 Feb 2002
Some UK Hits: Feb 1975
| 1 |
January |
| Pilot |
| 2 |
Goodbye My Love |
| Glitter Band |
| 3 |
Sugar Candy Kisses |
| Mac & Katie Kissoon |
| 4 |
Please Mr Postman |
| Carpenters |
| 5 |
The Bump |
| Kenny |
| 6 |
Morning Side of the Mountain |
| Donny and Marie Osmond |
| 7 |
Angie Baby |
| Helen Reddy |
| 8 |
Ms Grace |
| Tymes |
| 9 |
Never Can Say Goodbye |
| Gloria Gaynor |
| 10 |
Make Me Smile |
| Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel |
| 11 |
Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) |
| Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band |
| 12 |
Promised Land |
| Elvis Presley |
| 13 |
Help Me Make It Through The Night |
| John Holt |
| 14 |
Footsie |
| Wigan's Chosen Few |
| 15 |
Now I'm Here |
| Queen |
| 16 |
Shame, Shame, Shame |
| Shirley and Company |
| 17 |
Purely By Coincidence |
| Sweet Sensation |
| 18 |
Star On A TV Show |
| Stylistics |
| 19 |
Boogie on Reggae Woman |
| Stevie Wonder |
| 20 |
The Secrets That You Keep |
| Mud |
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 We
have been refused permission to reproduce charts from this era,
so please note that the list of singles on this page does not
represent any one UK chart; compiled from many different
sources, the list is a general guide to the most popular singles of
the month, ordered loosely by sales and peak chart position.
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A
No. 1 for Scottish teeny band Pilot, who had two or three
hits in the years 1974-1977. Formed around early Bay
City Rollers David Paton and Billy Lyall, Pilot came together when
David Tosh and Ian Bairnson joined the other two. Since the
split, Bairnston and Tosh have become session musicians.
Billy Lyall died of AIDS in 1989.
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At
No. 4 this month, the most successful Brother / Sister duo of all
time. They first teamed up in 1963,when Richard was 17 and
Karen 13. The Carpenters had nine UK hits in the
Seventies, including this cover of the 1961 Marvelettes U.S.
hit. Later in 1975, Karen was taken ill with exhaustion
aggravated by unwise dieting, and had to rest for two
months. Four years later, Richard too was to have his
problems - with pills taken quite legally for insomnia. This
caused him to take a year off, but he got back with Karen in
1980. Success was still there, but Karen always had
problems with Anorexia Nervosa, and in February 1983 died from
cardiac failure brought on by chemical imbalances caused by the
condition. Richard is now a solo performer and arranger,
while Karen is remembered in re-issues which have never failed to
sell.
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Angie
Baby was the only UK Top Ten hit for Helen Reddy, who was
always more successful in the States than in this country.
Originally Australian, she has lived in the U.S. for many years, and
now concentrates mainly on theatre work. Helen has other
talents too; she has always involved herself with public issues, and
for three years was Commissioner for Parks for California.
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Formed
in 1968, The Stylistics did not achieve immediate or
spectacular success, and it took a year or two for their soft-soul
talent to be recognised. The fivesome were fronted by Russell
Thompkins Jnr, with his distinctive high-tenor voice, and Star On
A TV Show was one of 12 hits here between 1972 and
1976. This was their best era, and in 1975 their album The
Best Of The Stylistics became the biggest-selling UK album of
the year. Up against the disco fever of the late 70's,
they faded quite a bit, and nowadays the three remaining Stylistics
only perform occasionally.
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