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Music History Events: Charts

April 5, 1975 Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You," with the most famous high note of the '70s, is the #1 hit in America.

March 22, 1975 Frankie Valli's unrequited love ballad "My Eyes Adored You" hits #1 in the US.

March 22, 1975 Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album hits #1, where it will stay for six weeks.

March 15, 1975 Olivia Newton-John's album Have You Never Been Mellow hits #1 in the US.

March 15, 1975 "Black Water," the Doobie Brothers ode to the Mississippi River, hits #1 in America. The Brothers didn't think it had hit potential, so it wasn't released as a single until waves of radio stations started playing it.

March 8, 1975 Olivia Newton-John's "Have You Never Been Mellow" hits #1 in the US.

March 8, 1975 "Lady" by Styx, written and sung by the band's keyboardist, Dennis DeYoung, as a tribute to his wife, Suzanne, rises to #6, the group's first Top 10 single in America. The song was first released in 1973 but didn't get much attention until a DJ on WLS in Chicago started playing it a year later.

March 1, 1975 The Eagles' "Best Of My Love" hits #1 in America.

March 1, 1975 Bob Dylan's album Blood On The Tracks hits #1 in America, where it stays for two weeks before getting bumped by Olivia Newton-John's Have You Never Been Mellow.

February 22, 1975 Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces" hits #1.

February 22, 1975 The Average White Band LP AWB hits #1.

February 8, 1975 The Ohio Players' "Fire" hits #1.

February 1, 1975 Neil Sedaka's "Laughter In The Rain" hits #1.

January 25, 1975 "Please Mr. Postman" hits #1 in America for the second time when The Carpenters' version goes to the top. The song was a #1 for The Marvelettes in 1961.

January 18, 1975 Barry Manilow's "Mandy" hits #1 in America. The song was written as "Brandy" but changed to avoid confusion with the Looking Glass hit "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)."

December 28, 1974 Helen Reddy lands her third #1 hit in America when "Angie Baby" goes to the top.

December 7, 1974 Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks.

November 9, 1974 Carole King's album Wrap Around Joy, featuring the hit "Jazzman," goes to #1 in America.

November 2, 1974 Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'," a dig on President Richard Nixon, hits #1 in America.

November 2, 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's greatest hits album So Far goes to #1 in America. The group hasn't released a studio album since 1970 but has reunited for a tour and plans to start recording again. Unfortunately, longstanding squabbles resurface and the new album doesn't materialize.

October 26, 1974 "Then Came You," a duet between The Spinners and Dionne Warwick, goes to #1 in America. It's the only chart-topper for either act.

October 26, 1974 Barry White's album Can't Get Enough hits #1 in America.

October 19, 1974 Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" hits #1.

October 19, 1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit #1 in America with the album Not Fragile, the title a play on the Yes album Fragile. Hits from the set include "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and "Roll On Down the Highway."

October 12, 1974 "Rollermania" takes hold as the Bay City Rollers' debut album, Rollin', hits #1 in the UK.

October 12, 1974 Olivia Newton-John's LP If You Love Me, Let Me Know hits #1.

October 5, 1974 The Beach Boys' LP Endless Summer hits #1.

October 5, 1974 Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" hits #1 for the first of two weeks, making it her first chart-topper in the US.

September 28, 1974 Andy Kim's "Rock Me Gently" hits #1 in America.

September 28, 1974 Bad Company's self-titled album hits #1 in America.