List of number-one singles of 1974 (Canada)
This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1974.[n 2][n 3]
| Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Song | Artist |
| 20:21&22 | 12 January | "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce |
| 20:23 | 19 January | ||
| 20:24 | 26 January | "Seasons in the Sun" | Terry Jacks |
| 20:25 | 2 February | ||
| 20:26 | 9 February | ||
| 21:1 | 16 February | ||
| 21:2 | 23 February | "The Way We Were" | Barbra Streisand |
| 21:3 | 2 March | "Love's Theme" | Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| 21:4 | 9 March | "Spiders and Snakes" | Jim Stafford |
| 21:5 | 16 March | "A Love Song" | Anne Murray |
| 21:6 | 23 March | ||
| 21:7 | 30 March | "Rock On" | David Essex |
| 21:8 | 6 April | "Sunshine on My Shoulders" | John Denver |
| 21:9 | 13 April | "Bennie and the Jets" | Elton John |
| 21:10 | 20 April | ||
| 21:11[n 4] | 27 April | "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" | MFSB featuring The Three Degrees |
| 4 May | |||
| 21:12 | 11 May | "The Loco-Motion" | Grand Funk |
| 21:13 | 18 May | ||
| 21:14 | 25 May | "The Entertainer" | Marvin Hamlisch |
| 21:15 | 1 June | "The Streak" | Ray Stevens |
| 21:16 | 8 June | "Band on the Run" | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| 21:17 | 15 June | "Sundown" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 21:18 | 22 June | ||
| 21:19 | 29 June | ||
| 21:20 | 6 July | "Billy Don't Be a Hero" | Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods |
| 21:21 | 13 July | "Rock the Boat" | The Hues Corporation |
| 21:22 | 20 July | ||
| 21:23 | 27 July | "Rock Your Baby" | George McCrae |
| 21:24 | 3 August | "Annie's Song" | John Denver |
| 21:25 | 10 August | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Elton John |
| 21:26 | 17 August | ||
| 22:1 | 24 August | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | Roberta Flack |
| 22:2 | 31 August | "(You're) Having My Baby" | Paul Anka |
| 22:3 | 7 September | "I Shot the Sheriff" | Eric Clapton |
| 22:4 | 14 September | ||
| 22:5 | 21 September | "Rock Me Gently" | Andy Kim |
| 22:6 | 28 September | "Another Saturday Night" | Cat Stevens |
| 22:7 | 5 October | "I Honestly Love You" | Olivia Newton-John |
| 22:8 | 12 October | "Beach Baby" | The First Class |
| 22:9 | 19 October | "Another Saturday Night" | Cat Stevens |
| 22:10 | 26 October | "You Haven't Done Nothin'" | Stevie Wonder |
| 22:11 | 2 November | "The Bitch is Back" | Elton John |
| 22:12 | 9 November | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| 22:13 | 16 November | ||
| 22:14 | 23 November | ||
| 22:15 | 30 November | "My Melody of Love" | Bobby Vinton |
| 22:16 | 7 December | ||
| 22:17 | 14 December | ||
| 22:18 | 21 December | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Carl Douglas |
| 28:19[n 5] | 28 December |
See also
[edit]- 1974 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1974
- List of Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1974
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^
The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match. - ^ A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
- ^ On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
- ^ 4 May 1974 is inferred as no issue was published that week.
- ^ 4 January 1975 is inferred as no issue was published that week.
External links
[edit]- Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
- Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada