01 Jan 2002
Some UK Hits: Jan 1974
| 1 |
You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me |
| New Seekers |
| 2 |
The Show Must Go On |
| Leo Sayer |
| 3 |
Merry Xmas Everybody |
| Slade |
| 4 |
My Coo-Ca-Choo |
| Alvin Stardust |
| 5 |
Dance With The Devil |
| Cozy Powell |
| 6 |
I Love You Love Me Love |
| Gary Glitter |
| 7 |
Forever |
| Roy Wood |
| 8 |
Paper Roses |
| Marie Osmond |
| 9 |
Radar Love |
| Golden Earring |
| 10 |
I Wish It Could Be Xmas Every Day |
| Wizzard |
| 11 |
Pool Hall Richard / I Wish It Would Rain |
| Faces |
| 12 |
Love On A Mountain Top |
| Robert Knight |
| 13 |
Lamplight |
| David Essex |
| 14 |
Teenage Rampage |
| Sweet |
| 15 |
Tiger Feet |
| Mud |
| 16 |
Roll Away The Stone |
| Mott The Hoople |
| 17 |
Solitaire |
| Andy Williams |
| 18 |
Street Life |
| Roxy Music |
| 19 |
Why Oh Why Oh Why |
| Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| 20 |
Truck On (Tyke) |
| T Rex |
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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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Middle
of the road stuff at No. 1, but a more interesting personality in Leo
Sayer at No. 2. Co-writing songs with David Courtney,
ex-drummer for Adam Faith, his work came to Faith's attention in
1970, with whom he started a long-term business relationship (it was
Adam's wife Jackie who christened him Leo after his mane of curly
hair). The arrangement was very successful, with Leo
gaining a worldwide reputation, and having eleven top 20 hits in the
years up to 1982. In 1985 his marriage failed and in the
same year he split with Adam Faith, leading to some lukewarm years
for him. But he remains popular in other countries, and a
comeback cannot be ruled out.
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Can't
move for Roy Wood singles in this chart, with at No. 10 the
permanent hit for Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Xmas Every
Day. One of Wizzard's six hits in the 70's, this Xmas
favourite was re-released in 1981 and 1984, and also by The Roy Wood
Big Band in 1985. Roy himself has formed many bands over the
years, and if rarely seen in the charts in recent years, is still
working in music - and still touring.
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Un-not-danceable-to
Tiger Feet was the first of three No. 1's for Mud, who
comprised Les Gray, Rob Davis, Ray Stiles and Dave Mount.
According to one Rock encyclopaedia the boys spent four weeks at the
top, before being "knocked off by Suzi Quatro". Fair
compensation, you might think. All told Mud had twelve top 20
hits in four years, spending 139 weeks in the Top 100.
After 1976 they had no chart success, being reduced to the cabaret
circuit. Ray Stiles is now a member of the Hollies.
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Truck
on (Tyke) was the twelfth Top Twenty hit for T Rex,
fronted by Marc Bolan. Tyrannosaurus Rex was founded in
1967, the name being shortened to T Rex in 1970. The
band(s) had various lineups, but in 1974, it comprised six
members. Marc was killed in a road accident in 1977, but large
sales over the years of re-releases and posthumous works testified
to the continuing popularity of his music. In 1980 Steve
Peregrin Took, his first performing partner, choked to death on a
cherry, after taking morphine and magic mushrooms; the following
year bassist Steve Currie died when his car left the road. In
1997, Marc's son Rolan unveiled a permanent memorial to his father.
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