List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1975 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1975.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1974 |
||||||
December 14 |
"Only You" |
Ringo Starr |
1 |
January 11 |
7 |
|
"One Man Woman/One Woman Man" |
Paul Anka featuring Odia Coates |
5 |
January 4 |
6 |
||
December 21 |
"Please Mr. Postman" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
January 18 |
7 |
|
December 28 |
"Dream On" |
The Righteous Brothers |
6 |
January 4 |
3 |
|
Singles from 1975 |
||||||
January 4 |
"Morning Side of the Mountain" |
Donny & Marie Osmond |
1 |
January 25 |
7 |
|
January 11 |
"Rock N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" |
Mac Davis |
4 |
January 18 |
5 |
|
"When a Child Is Born" |
Michael Holm |
7 |
January 11 |
3 |
||
"Best of My Love" |
Eagles |
1 |
February 1 |
7 |
||
January 18 |
"Look in My Eyes Pretty Woman" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
6 |
January 25 |
3 |
|
January 25 |
"Sweet Surrender" |
John Denver |
1 |
February 8 |
6 |
|
"Lonely People" |
America |
1 |
February 15 |
8 |
||
February 1 |
"Nightingale" |
Carole King |
1 |
February 22 |
6 |
|
"Sally G" |
Wings |
7 |
February 8 |
2 |
||
"I'm a Woman" |
Maria Muldaur |
4 |
February 15 |
5 |
||
February 8 |
"To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte del Sole)" |
Al Martino |
7 |
February 15 |
2 |
|
"Poetry Man" |
Phoebe Snow |
1 |
March 1 |
7 |
||
February 15 |
"Have You Never Been Mellow" |
Olivia Newton-John |
1 |
March 8 |
7 |
|
"Like a Sunday Morning" |
Lana Cantrell |
8 |
February 22 |
2 |
||
February 22 |
"Never Let Her Go" |
David Gates |
3 |
March 1 |
5 |
|
"You're No Good" |
Linda Ronstadt |
10 |
February 22 |
1 |
||
March 1 |
"I've Been This Way Before" |
Neil Diamond |
1 |
March 15 |
4 |
|
"My Boy" |
Elvis Presley |
1 |
April 5 |
7 |
||
"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" |
B.J. Thomas |
1 |
March 22 |
8 |
||
March 8 |
"Emotion " |
Helen Reddy |
1 |
March 29 |
6 |
|
"Lovin' You" |
Minnie Riperton |
4 |
March 29 |
5 |
||
March 15 |
"Walking in Rhythm" |
The Blackbyrds |
5 |
April 5 |
6 |
|
March 22 |
"I Wanna Learn a Love Song" |
Harry Chapin |
7 |
March 29 |
2 |
|
March 29 |
"The Last Farewell" |
Roger Whittaker |
1 |
April 12 |
6 |
|
"It's a Miracle" |
Barry Manilow |
1 |
April 26 |
7 |
||
"Hot Sauce" |
The Jan Davis Guitar |
9 |
April 5 |
2 |
||
April 5 |
"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
1 |
April 19 |
5 |
|
"Don't Tell Me Goodnight" |
Lobo |
2 |
April 26 |
7 |
||
April 12 |
"Beer Barrel Polka" |
Bobby Vinton |
5 |
April 26 |
4 |
|
"I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" |
Paul Anka featuring Odia Coates |
8 |
April 19 |
3 |
||
April 19 |
"Only Yesterday" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
May 3 |
8 |
|
"The Immigrant" |
Neil Sedaka |
1 |
May 10 |
5 |
||
April 26 |
"Rainy Day People" |
Gordon Lightfoot |
1 |
May 17 |
7 |
|
"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" |
John Denver |
5 |
May 24 |
6 |
||
May 3 |
"99 Miles from L.A." |
Albert Hammond |
1 |
May 24 |
5 |
|
May 10 |
"Wonderful Baby" |
Don McLean |
1 |
May 31 |
6 |
|
"Love Will Keep Us Together" |
Captain & Tennille |
1 |
June 7 |
7 |
||
"Misty" |
Ray Stevens |
8 |
May 17 |
3 |
||
May 17 |
"Wildfire" |
Michael Martin Murphey |
1 |
June 14 |
7 |
|
May 24 |
"I'll Play for You" |
Seals & Crofts |
4 |
June 7 |
4 |
|
"Anytime (I'll Be There)" |
Frank Sinatra |
10 |
May 24 |
1 |
||
May 31 |
"Midnight Blue" |
Melissa Manchester |
1 |
June 21 |
8 |
|
"Sister Golden Hair" |
America |
5 |
June 21 |
5 |
||
June 7 |
"Old Days" |
Chicago |
3 |
June 14 |
6 |
|
"When Will I Be Loved" |
Linda Ronstadt |
3 |
June 21 |
5 |
||
June 14 |
"Lizzie and the RAINMAN" |
Tanya Tucker |
7 |
June 28 |
3 |
|
"The Way We Were/Try to Remember" |
Gladys Knight & the Pips |
2 |
July 5 |
6 |
||
June 21 |
"Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" |
Charlie Rich |
1 |
July 5 |
8 |
|
"The Last Picasso" |
Neil Diamond |
7 |
July 5 |
3 |
||
June 28 |
"The Hustle" |
Van McCoy |
2 |
July 12 |
5 |
|
July 5 |
"Please Mr. Please" |
Olivia Newton-John |
1 |
July 12 |
6 |
|
"Feelings" |
Morris Albert |
2 |
August 2 |
7 |
||
"Swearin' to God" |
Frankie Valli |
9 |
July 5 |
1 |
||
July 12 |
"Rhinestone Cowboy" |
Glen Campbell |
1 |
August 2 |
7 |
|
"Send in the Clowns" |
Judy Collins |
8 |
July 12 |
1 |
||
"Listen to What the Man Said" |
Wings |
8 |
July 19 |
4 |
||
July 19 |
"At Seventeen" |
Janis Ian |
1 |
August 9 |
8 |
|
"Mornin' Beautiful" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
2 |
August 16 |
7 |
||
July 26 |
"Jive Talkin'" |
Bee Gees |
9 |
July 26 |
2 |
|
"Bluebird" |
Helen Reddy |
5 |
August 16 |
4 |
||
August 2 |
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" |
James Taylor |
1 |
August 23 |
7 |
|
August 9 |
"Fallin' in Love" |
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds |
1 |
August 30 |
6 |
|
"Could It Be Magic" |
Barry Manilow |
4 |
August 23 |
4 |
||
August 16 |
"That's When the Music Takes Me" |
Neil Sedaka |
7 |
August 23 |
2 |
|
"(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love" |
Paul Anka featuring Odia Coates |
3 |
August 30 |
6 |
||
August 23 |
"Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" |
Freddy Fender |
9 |
August 23 |
2 |
|
"I'm Not in Love" |
10cc |
10 |
August 23 |
1 |
||
August 30 |
"Solitaire" |
The Carpenters |
1 |
September 6 |
6 |
|
"The Proud One" |
The Osmonds |
1 |
September 13 |
5 |
||
"I Believe I'm Gonna Lose You" |
Frank Sinatra |
2 |
September 27 |
7 |
||
September 6 |
"I'm Sorry" |
John Denver |
1 |
September 20 |
8 |
|
"Daisy Jane" |
America |
4 |
September 20 |
5 |
||
"Dance With Me" |
Orleans |
6 |
September 27 |
4 |
||
September 13 |
"Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" |
Helen Reddy |
1 |
October 4 |
6 |
|
September 20 |
"I Only Have Eyes for You" |
Art Garfunkel |
1 |
October 11 |
8 |
|
"Like They Say in L.A." |
East L.A. Car Pool |
10 |
September 20 |
1 |
||
September 27 |
"Brazil" |
The Ritchie Family |
5 |
October 4 |
3 |
|
"I Don't Believe in if Anymore" |
Roger Whittaker |
10 |
September 27 |
1 |
||
October 4 |
"Games People Play" |
The Spinners |
2 |
October 25 |
5 |
|
"Ice Cream Sodas and Lollipops and a Red Hot Spinning Top" |
Paul Delicato |
7 |
October 4 |
1 |
||
"Carolina in the Pines" |
Michael Murphey |
4 |
October 25 |
5 |
||
October 11 |
"Something Better to Do" |
Olivia Newton-John |
1 |
October 18 |
8 |
|
"Help Me Make It (To My Rockin' Chair)" |
B.J. Thomas |
6 |
October 18 |
4 |
||
"Gone at Last" |
Paul Simon featuring Phoebe Snow |
9 |
October 11 |
2 |
||
October 18 |
"The Way I Want to Touch You" |
Captain & Tennille |
1 |
November 8 |
7 |
|
"I Go to Pieces" |
Cotton, Lloyd & Christian |
10 |
October 18 |
1 |
||
October 25 |
"Diamonds and Rust" |
Joan Baez |
5 |
November 1 |
4 |
|
"Who Loves You" |
The Four Seasons |
7 |
November 1 |
2 |
||
"Lyin' Eyes" |
Eagles |
3 |
November 8 |
5 |
||
November 1 |
"Just Too Many People" |
Melissa Manchester |
2 |
November 22 |
6 |
|
"Summer of '42" |
Biddu Orchestra |
10 |
November 1 |
2 |
||
November 8 |
"My Little Town" |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1 |
November 22 |
9 |
|
"Mexico" |
James Taylor |
5 |
November 15 |
3 |
||
"Volare" |
Al Martino |
9 |
November 8 |
2 |
||
November 15 |
"Our Day Will Come" |
Frankie Valli |
2 |
November 29 |
5 |
|
November 22 |
"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going to)" |
Diana Ross |
1 |
December 6 |
7 |
|
"Sky High" |
Jigsaw |
4 |
November 29 |
4 |
||
"I Write the Songs" |
Barry Manilow |
1 |
December 13 |
10 |
||
November 29 |
"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" |
Glen Campbell |
1 |
December 27 |
7 |
|
"Fly, Robin, Fly" |
Silver Convention |
6 |
December 13 |
4 |
||
December 6 |
"Skybird" |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
7 |
December 13 |
3 |
|
"Secret Love" |
Freddy Fender |
10 |
December 6 |
2 |
||
December 20 |
"The Homecoming" |
Hagood Hardy |
6 |
December 27 |
3 |
|
1974 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 16 |
"Angie Baby" |
Helen Reddy |
1 |
December 7 |
8 |
|
November 23 |
"Wishing You Were Here" |
Chicago |
1 |
December 21 |
7 |
|
November 30 |
"Ride 'em Cowboy" |
Paul Davis |
4 |
December 21 |
6 |
|
December 7 |
"Mandy" |
Barry Manilow |
1 |
December 28 |
8 |
|
"My Eyes Adored You" |
Frankie Valli |
2 |
December 28 |
7 |
1976 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 13 |
"Times of Your Life" |
Paul Anka |
1 |
January 3 |
8 |
|
December 27 |
"Fly Away" |
John Denver |
1 |
January 10 |
7 |
|
"Somewhere in the Night" |
Helen Reddy |
2 |
January 10 |
8 |
||
"Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" |
Olivia Newton-John |
1 |
January 17 |
7 |
||
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" |
Neil Sedaka |
1 |
February 7 |
9 |
Notes
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending November 15, 1975.
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)