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Overview of the events of 1975 in British music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a summary of 1975 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) |
---|---|---|
11 January | "Lonely This Christmas" | Mud |
18 January | "Down Down" | Status Quo |
25 January | "Ms Grace" | The Tymes |
1 February | "January" | Pilot |
8 February | ||
15 February | ||
22 February | "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" | Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel |
1 March | ||
8 March | "If" | Telly Savalas |
15 March | ||
22 March | "Bye Bye Baby" | Bay City Rollers |
29 March | ||
6 April | ||
13 April | ||
20 April | ||
27 April | ||
3 May | "Oh Boy!" | Mud |
10 May | ||
17 May | "Stand by Your Man" | Tammy Wynette |
24 May | ||
31 May | ||
7 June | "Whispering Grass" | Windsor Davies and Don Estelle |
14 June | ||
21 June | ||
28 June | "I'm Not in Love" | 10cc |
5 July | ||
12 July | "Tears on My Pillow" | Johnny Nash |
19 July | "Give a Little Love" | Bay City Rollers |
26 July | ||
2 August | ||
9 August | "Barbados" | Typically Tropical |
16 August | "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" | The Stylistics |
23 August | ||
30 August | ||
6 September | "Sailing" | Rod Stewart |
13 September | ||
20 September | ||
27 September | ||
4 October | "Hold Me Close" | David Essex |
11 October | ||
18 October | ||
25 October | "I Only Have Eyes for You" | Art Garfunkel |
1 November | ||
8 November | "Space Oddity" | David Bowie |
15 November | ||
22 November | "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." | Billy Connolly |
29 November | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen |
6 December | ||
13 December | ||
20 December | ||
27 December | ||
3 January | ||
Date[2] | Single | Artist | Weeks |
---|---|---|---|
11 January | Greatest Hits | Elton John | 4 |
18 January | |||
25 January | |||
1 February | |||
8 February | His Greatest Hits | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3 |
15 February | |||
22 February | |||
1 March | On the Level | Status Quo | 2 |
8 March | |||
15 March | Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin | 1 |
22 March | 20 Greatest Hits | Tom Jones | 4 |
29 March | |||
5 April | |||
12 April | |||
19 April | The Best of the Stylistics | The Stylistics | 2 |
26 April | |||
3 May | Once Upon a Star | Bay City Rollers | 3 |
10 May | |||
17 May | |||
24 May | The Best of the Stylistics | The Stylistics | 5 |
31 May | |||
7 June | |||
14 June | |||
21 June | |||
28 June | Venus and Mars | Wings | 1 |
5 July | Horizon | The Carpenters | 2 |
12 July | |||
19 July | Venus and Mars | Wings | 1 |
26 July | Horizon | The Carpenters | 3 |
2 August | |||
9 August | |||
16 August | The Best of the Stylistics | The Stylistics | 2 |
23 August | |||
30 August | Atlantic Crossing | Rod Stewart | 5 |
6 September | |||
13 September | |||
20 September | |||
27 September | |||
4 October | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | 1 |
11 October | Atlantic Crossing | Rod Stewart | 2 |
18 October | |||
25 October | 40 Golden Greats | Jim Reeves | 3 |
1 November | |||
8 November | |||
15 November | We All Had Doctors' Papers | Max Boyce | 1 |
22 November | 40 Greatest Hits | Perry Como | 5 |
29 November | |||
6 December | |||
13 December | |||
20 December | |||
27 December | A Night at the Opera | Queen | 2 |
3 January | |||
Sales between 30 December 1974 and 5 December 1975.[3][4]
The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1975 was published in Music Week in the issue dated 27 December 1975 and in Record Mirror & Disc magazine in the issue dated 10 January 1976, and reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1975 is shown below.[5]
No. | Title | Artist | Peak position |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Best of the Stylistics | The Stylistics | 1 |
2 | Once Upon a Star | Bay City Rollers | 1 |
3 | Atlantic Crossing | Rod Stewart | 1 |
4 | 40 Golden Greats | Jim Reeves | 1 |
5 | Venus and Mars | Wings | 1 |
6 | 40 Greatest Hits | Elvis Presley | 16[lower-alpha 1] |
7 | Greatest Hits | Elton John | 1 |
8 | Horizon | The Carpenters | 1 |
9 | Tubular Bells | Mike Oldfield | 2[lower-alpha 2] |
10 | 40 Greatest Hits | Perry Como | 1 |
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