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Abra-Ca-Dabra - DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco   (#32)
After the Goldrush - Prelude   (#22)
Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Rolling Stones   (#17)
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies   (#6)
Already Gone - Eagles   (#32)
Americans - Byron MacGregor   (#4)
The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion) - Gordon Sinclair   (#24)
Angie Baby - Helen Reddy   (#1)
Annie's Song - John Denver   (#1)
Another Park, Another Sunday - The Doobie Brothers   (#32)
Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens   (#6)
Back Home Again - John Denver   (#5)
Ballero - War   (#33)  (instrumental)
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings   (#1)
Be Thankful for What You Got - William DeVaughn   (#4)
Beach Baby - First Class   (#4)
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John   (#1)
The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips   (#3)
Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods   (#1)
The Bitch is Back - Elton John   (#4)
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers   (#1)
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks   (#2)
Boogie on Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder   (#3)
Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull   (#12)
Call on Me - Chicago   (#6)
Can This Be Real - Natural Four   (#31)
Can't Get Enough - Bad Company   (#5)
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White   (#1)
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot   (#10)
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin   (#1)
Clap for the Wolfman - The Guess Who   (#6)
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone   (#5)
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett   (#30)
Coutry Bumpkin - Cal Smith   (#1)
Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5   (#2)
Dark Lady - Cher   (#1)
Daybreak - Nilsson   (#39)
Devotion - Earth, Wind & Fire   (#33)
Distant Lover - Marvin Gaye   (#28)
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express   (#2)
Do It Baby - The Miracles   (#13)
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf & Jerry Corbetta   (#9)
Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream) - Tower of Power   (#26)
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John   (#2)
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder   (#16)
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones   (#15)
Doraville - Atlanta Rhythm Section   (#35)
Dream On - The Righteous Brothers   (#32)
Earache My Eye (Featuring Alice Bowie) - Cheech & Chong   (#9)
Energy Crisis '74 - Dickie Goodman   (#33)
The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch   (#3)  (instrumental)
The Entertainer - Billy Joel   (#34)
Eres Tu (Touch the Wind) - Mocedades   (#9)
Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton   (#6)
Fairytale - Pointer Sisters   (#13)
Fallin' In Love - Souther/Hillman/Furay Band   (#27)
Feel Like Makin' Love - Roberta Flack   (#1)
Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man) - The Impressions   (#17)
Fire, Baby I'm on Fire - Andy Kim   (#28)
Fish Ain't Bitin' - Lamont Dozier   (#26)
For the Love of Money - The O'Jays   (#9)
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd   (#19)
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell   (#22)
From His Woman to You - Barbara Mason   (#28)
Give It to the People - The Righteous Brothers   (#20)
Hang on in There Baby - Johnny Bristol   (#8)
Happiness Is Just Around the Bend - The Main Ingredient   (#35)
Happy People - The Temptations   (#40)
Haven't Got Time For the Pain - Carly Simon   (#14)
The Heartbreak Kid - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods   (#39)
Help Me - Joni Mitchell   (#7)
Higher Plane - Kool & The Gang   (#37)
Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang   (#6)
Honey, Honey - Abba   (#27)
Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede   (#1)
I Belong To You - Love Unlimited   (#27)
I Can Help - Billy Swan   (#1)
I Feel a Song (in My Heart) - Gladys Knight & The Pips   (#21)
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John   (#1)
I Love - Tom T. Hall   (#12)
I Love My Friend - Charlie Rich   (#24)
I Shall Sing - Art Garfunkel   (#38)
I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton   (#1)
I Won't Last A Day Without You - Carpenters   (#11)
I'll Be the Other Woman - The Soul Children   (#36)
I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce   (#9)
I'm A Train - Albert Hammond   (#31)
I'm a Woman - Maria Muldaur   (#12)
I'm Coming Home - Spinners   (#18)
I'm in Love - Aretha Franklin   (#19)
I'm Leaving It All Up to You - Donny & Marie Osmond   (#4)
(I've Been) Searchin' So Long - Chicago   (#9)
I've Got a Thing About You Baby - Elvis Presley   (#39)
I've Got the Music in Me - The Kiki Dee Band   (#12)
If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard   (#28)
If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - Olivia Newton-John   (#5)
If You Talk in Your Sleep - Elvis Presley   (#17)
If You Wanna Get to Heaven - Ozark Mountain Daredevils   (#25)
It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It) - The Rolling Stones   (#16)
Jazzman - Carole King   (#2)
Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings   (#7)
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas   (#25)
Joy (Pt. 1) - Isaac Hayes   (#30)
Junior's Farm - Paul McCartney & Wings   (#3)
Just Don't Want to Be Lonely - The Main Ingredient   (#10)
Keep on Singing - Helen Reddy   (#15)
Keep on Smilin' - Wet Willie   (#10)
Kings of the Party - Brownsville Station   (#31)
Kung Fu - Curtis Mayfield   (#40)
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas   (#1)
La La Peace Song - Al Wilson   (#30)
Lady - Styx   (#6)
Last Time I Saw Him - Diana Ross   (#14)
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka   (#1)
Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive   (#23)
Let's Get Married - Al Green   (#32)
Let's Put It All Together - The Stylistics   (#18)
Let's Straighten It Out - Latimore   (#31)
Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) - Reunion   (#8)
Livin' for You - Al Green   (#19)
The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk Railroad   (#1)
Longfellow Serenade - Neil Diamond   (#5)
Lookin' for a Love - Bobby Womack   (#10)
The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead   (#4)
Love Don't Love Nobody (Part 1) - Spinners   (#15)
Love Me for a Reason - The Osmonds   (#10)
Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds - Elton John   (#1)
Machine Gun - Commodores   (#22)  (instrumental)
Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur   (#6)
Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman   (#19)
Mighty Love (Part 1) - Spinners   (#20)
Mighty Mighty - Earth, Wind & Fire   (#29)
Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor   (#5)
The Morning Side of the Mountain - Donny & Marie Osmond   (#8)
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford   (#12)
My Melody of Love - Bobby Vinton   (#3)
My Mistake (Was to Love You) - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye   (#19)
My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung   (#17)
My Thang - James Brown   (#29)
The Need to Be - Jim Weatherly   (#11)
Never My Love - Blue Swede   (#7)
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace   (#1)
No Charge - Melba Montgomery   (#39)
Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston   (#1)
Oh My My - Ringo Starr   (#5)
Oh Very Young - Cat Stevens   (#10)
On and On - Gladys Knight & The Pips   (#5)
One Day at a Time - Marilyn Sellars   (#37)
One Hell of a Woman - Mac Davis   (#11)
Only You - Ringo Starr   (#6)
Outside Woman - Bloodstone   (#34)
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) - Raspberries   (#18)
Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1) - James Brown   (#31)
The Payback (Part 1) - James Brown   (#26)
People Gotta Move - Gino Vannelli   (#22)
Piano Man - Billy Joel   (#25)
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) - Three Dog Night   (#33)
Please Come To Boston - Dave Loggins   (#5)
Promised Land - Elvis Presley   (#14)
Radar Love - Golden Earring   (#13)
Ready - Cat Stevens   (#26)
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan   (#4)
River's Risin' - Edgar Winter Group   (#33)
Rock and Roll Heaven - The Righteous Brothers   (#3)
Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer   (#23)
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim   (#1)
Rock On - David Essex   (#5)
Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation   (#1)
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae   (#1)
Rockin' Soul - The Hues Corporation   (#18)
Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock   (#16)
Sally G - Paul McCartney & Wings   (#17)
Save the Last Dance for Me - DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco   (#18)
Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks   (#1)
Second Avenue - Art Garfunkel   (#34)
Sexy Mama - The Moments   (#17)
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) - Al Green   (#7)
Shinin' On - Grand Funk Railroad   (#11)
The Show Must Go On - Three Dog Night   (#4)
Sideshow - Blue Magic   (#8)
Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!) - Cheech & Chong   (#24)
Skin Tight - Ohio Players   (#13)
Smokin' in the Boys' Room - Brownsville Station   (#3)
So You Are a Star - Hudson Brothers   (#21)
Son of Sagittarius - Eddie Kendricks   (#28)
Standing at the End of the Line - Lobo   (#37)
Star - Stealer's Wheel   (#29)
Star Baby - The Guess Who   (#39)
Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) - Tony Orlando & Dawn   (#7)
Stop and Smell the Roses - Mac Davis   (#9)
Straight Shootin' Woman - Steppenwolf   (#29)
The Streak - Ray Stevens   (#1)
Struttin' - Billy Preston   (#22)  (instrumental)
Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes   (#37)
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot   (#1)
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver   (#1)
Sure As I'm Sittin' Here - Three Dog Night   (#16)
Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys   (#36)
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd   (#8)
Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive   (#12)
Tell Me a Lie - Sami Jo   (#21)
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus   (#3)
Thanks For Saving My Life - Billy Paul   (#37)
Then Came You - Dionne Warwick & The Spinners   (#1)
There Won't Be Anymore - Charlie Rich   (#18)
This Heart - Gene Redding   (#24)
Three Ring Circus - Blue Magic   (#36)
Time for Livin' - Sly & The Family Stone   (#32)
Tin Man - America   (#4)
To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte Del Sol) - Al Martino   (#17)
Touch a Hand, Make a Friend - The Staple Singers   (#23)
Touch Me - Fancy   (#19)
Train of Thought - Cher   (#27)
Trying to Hold On to My Woman - Lamont Dozier   (#15)
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees   (#1)  (instrumental)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield   (#7)  (instrumental)
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin   (#3)
A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich   (#11)
Walk Like A Man - Grand Funk Railroad   (#19)
Waterloo - Abba   (#6)
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand   (#1)
We're Getting Careless with Our Love - Johnnie Taylor   (#34)
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets   (#39)
Whatever Gets You Thru the Night - John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band   (#1)
Whatever You Got, I Want - The Jackson 5   (#38)
When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees   (#2)
Who Do You Think You Are - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods   (#15)
Wild Thing - Fancy   (#14)
Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford   (#7)
Willie and the Hand Jive - Eric Clapton   (#26)
Wishing You Were Here - Chicago   (#11)
WOLD - Harry Chapin   (#36)
Woman to Woman - Shirley Brown   (#22)
Workin' at the Car Wash Blues - Jim Croce   (#32)
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive   (#1)
You and Me Against the World - Helen Reddy   (#9)
You Can Have Her - Sam Neely   (#34)
You Got the Love - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan   (#11)
You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder   (#1)
You Little Trustmaker - The Tymes   (#12)
You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics   (#2)
You Won't See Me - Anne Murray   (#8)
(You're) Having My Baby - Paul Anka with Odia Coates   (#1)
You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White   (#2)
Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne - Jim Stafford   (#24)