these were the top 40 songs -- what was the year?

[Briar Rose 7457]

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 ***** 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)

 

[browneyes]

1972

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

nope.

 

[Saffron]

1974

 

[paras4ri]

1974 works for me too

 

[Disneyaholic]

1970

 

[browneyes]

74 was my 2nd guess. Those songs have an even year feel.

 

[Tulirose]

1970.

(Or 1971)

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

hint: it was the year Nixon resigned.

 

[Tulirose]

I could have sworn these were songs while I was still in H.S.

1974

 

[janette]

I'd say 1975. I'm pretty sure it would be between 1973-77. I don't think we forget the songs from HS years

 

[bumcat]

1973

 

[Disneyaholic]

Originally posted by Tulirose
I could have sworn these were songs while I was still in H.S.

1974

me too!!

It's 1974

 

[bumcat]

I think Janette is right because i think nixon resigned in my sr yr 75?

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

Match Game, $10,000 Pyramid, Hollywood Squares and The New Price Is Right were all on the air.

 

[paras4ri]

Nixon resigned August 8, 1974......just before I began my sophomore year in H.S.

 

[paras4ri]

Nixon resigned August 8, 1974......just before I began my sophomore year in H.S. I believe it was effective at noon the following day. I remember watching the Watergate hearings in class.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

bingo.

 

[Tulirose]

I knew it was the summer of 1974. I started my first "real" job and was working the 4-12 shift. I was only on the job for a month and didn't feel confident enough to leave my desk (as others did) and go to a room to watch the resignation speech live. I always regretted that - missing history in the making.

 

[paras4ri]

I'd like to thank the Academy.......