Editing 1975 in music (section)

==Billboard Top popular records of 1975==
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<u>"TOP RECORDS OF 1975 (from Billboard December 27, 1975)</u><br><br />
''The information compiled for the top records survey is based on the weekly chart positioning and length of time records were on the respective charts from the issue dates of November 2, 1974 through November 1, 1975. These recaps, as well as the weekly charts, do not reflect actual sales figures. The ratings take into account the number of weeks the disk was on the chart, plus the weekly positions it held during its chart life. Each disk was given points accordingly for its respective chart, and in addition, the number one disk each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective charts." ''<br />

Unfortunately, Billboard's late December print deadline prevented approximately 60 records from completing their full chart runs, and includes data of approximately 50 records from 1976, some of which have enough points to rank in the current years chart. In contrast with the [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975]], the chart below does not truncate or split chart runs between years. It does not add two months from 1974, delete two months from 1975 and then call itself the "Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975", which it is obviously not. Joel Whitburn's Records Research books, archived issues of Billboard for November–December 1974 and December 1975 – March 1976, and Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the year-end chart [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975|reprinted here]]. 

The completed Billboard year-end list for 1975 is composed of records that entered the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Billboard Hot 100]] between November 1974 and December 1975. Records with chart runs that started in 1974 and ended in 1975, or started in 1975 and ended in 1976, '''made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in 1975'''. If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for 1974 or 1976. If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered. Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks on Hot 100 chart, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks in top ten. All chart rankings represented below for the Top Soul Singles, Top Country Singles, Top Easy Listening Singles, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202010202/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1975YESP.html Top CashBox pop singles] were all calculated in the same manner.

The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. [https://www.billboard.com/charts/ Billboard also has chart summaries] on its website. Sales information was derived from the [https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ RIAA's Gold and Platinum database], the [https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BRIT Certified database]  and The Book of Golden Discs,<ref name=goldendiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref> but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] and [[National Recording Registry]] information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[Billboard Hot 100|Rank]] 
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Release Date
! CB
! Sales
! Charts, Awards
|-
| 1 || [[Glen Campbell]] || "[[Rhinestone Cowboy]]" || Capitol 4095 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 19, 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197505}}|May 26, 1975 || 3 || 3.25 || US Billboard 1975 #1, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 212 points, '''Top Country Singles 1975 #1''', Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 196 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 168 points
|-
| 2 || [[Elton John|The Elton John Band]] || "[[Philadelphia Freedom (song)|Philadelphia Freedom]]" || MCA 40364 || {{Date table sorting|197408}}|August 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197502}}|February 24, 1975 || 4 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #2, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 21 total weeks, 207 points
|-
| 3 || [[The Captain and Tennille]] || "[[Love Will Keep Us Together#Captain & Tennille version|Love Will Keep Us Together]]" || A&M 1672 || {{Date table sorting|197502}}|1975 || {{Date table sorting|197504}}|April 1975 || 7 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #3, US Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 204 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2022
|-
| 4 || [[John Denver]] || "[[I'm Sorry (John Denver song)|I'm Sorry/Calypso]]" || RCA 10353 || {{Date table sorting|197505}}|May 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197507}}|July 1975 || 36 || 5.00 || US Billboard 1975 #4, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 188 points, Top Country Singles 1975 #5, Country Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 142 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #4, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 172 points
|-
| 5 || [[Ohio Players]] || "[[Love Rollercoaster]]" || Mercury 73734 || {{Date table sorting|197507}}|1975 || {{Date table sorting|197511}}|November 9, 1975 || 16 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #5, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks, 188 points
|-
| 6 || [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] || "[[One of These Nights (Eagles song)|One of These Nights]]" || Asylum 45257 || {{Date table sorting|197502}}|1975 || {{Date table sorting|197505}}|May 19, 1975 || 15 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #6, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 179 points, Top Mainstream Rock 1975 #9
|-
| 7 || [[K.C. and the Sunshine Band]] || "[[That's The Way (I Like It)]]" || T.K. 1015 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|1975 || {{Date table sorting|197506}}|June 10, 1975 || 1 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #7, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 176 points
|-
| 8 || [[David Bowie]] || "[[Fame (David Bowie song)|Fame]]" || RCA Victor 10320 || {{Date table sorting|197501}}|January 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197506}}|June 1975 || 17 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #8, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 166 points
|-
| 9 || Elton John || "[[Island Girl]]" || MCA 40461 || {{Date table sorting|197507}}|July 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197509}}|September 29, 1975 || 9 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #9, US Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 163 points
|-
| 10 || [[The Bee Gees]] || "[[Jive Talkin']]" || RSO 510 || {{Date table sorting|197502}}|February 19, 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197505}}|May 1975 || 2 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1975 #10, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 162 points
|-
| 11 || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] || "[[Shining Star (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|Shining Star]]" || Columbia 10090 || {{Date table sorting|197410}}|October 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197501}}|January 21, 1975 || 11 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1975 #11, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 160 points, Top Soul Singles 1975 #8, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 144 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2008, from album "[[That's the Way of the World]]"-Columbia 33280, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004
|-
| 12 || [[Minnie Riperton]] || "[[Lovin' You]]" || Epic 50057 || {{Date table sorting|197410}}|October 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197501}}|January 1975 || 5 || 3.25 || US Billboard 1975 #12, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 159 points
|-
| 13 || [[Silver Convention]] || "[[Fly, Robin, Fly]]" || Midland Int'l. 10339 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197509}}|September 1975 || 14 || 2.25 || US Billboard 1975 #13, US Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 155 points
|-
| 14 || [[Tony Orlando and Dawn]] || "[[He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)]]" || Elektra 45240 || {{Date table sorting|197412}}|December 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 1975 || 34 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #14, US Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 152 points
|-
| 15 || [[Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony]] || "[[The Hustle (song)|The Hustle]]" || Avco 4653 || {{Date table sorting|197502}}|1975} || {{Date table sorting|197504}}|April 18, 1975 || 18 || 6.00 || US Billboard 1975 #15, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 151 points, Top Soul Singles 1975 #6, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 155 points
|-
| 16 || [[LaBelle]] || "[[Lady Marmalade|Lady Marmalade (Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi)]]" || Epic 50048 || {{Date table sorting|197505}}|May 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197506}}|June 10, 1975 || 6 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #16, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 151 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003, National Recording Registry 2020
|-
| 17 || [[Neil Sedaka]] || "[[Bad Blood (Neil Sedaka song)|Bad Blood]]" || Rocket 40460 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197509}}|September 2, 1975 || 13 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1975 #17, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 149 points
|-
| 18 || [[Diana Ross]] || "[[Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)]]" || Motown 1377 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197509}}|September 1975 || 41 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #18, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 148 points
|-
| 19 || [[The Doobie Brothers]] || "[[Black Water (song)|Black Water]]" || Warner Bros. 8062 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 18, 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197507}}|July 16, 1975 || 27 || 2.25 || US Billboard 1975 #19, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 148 points
|-
| 20 || [[Linda Ronstadt]] || "[[You're No Good]]" || Capitol 3990 || {{Date table sorting|197407}}|July 5, 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197411}}|November 19, 1974 || 24 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #20, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks, 135 points
|-
| 21 || [[Olivia Newton-John]] || "[[Have You Never Been Mellow (song)|Have You Never Been Mellow]]" || MCA 40349 || {{Date table sorting|197410}}|October 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197501}}|January 21, 1975 || 10 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #21, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks, 134
|-
| 22 || [[Freddy Fender]] || "[[Before the Next Teardrop Falls (song)|Before the Next Teardrop Falls]]" || Dot 17540 || {{Date table sorting|197410}}|October 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197501}}|January 1975 || 29 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #22, US Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 134 points, Top Country Singles 1975 #6, Country Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 124 points
|-
| 23 || Eagles || "[[Best of My Love (Eagles song)|Best Of My Love]]" || Asylum 45218 || {{Date table sorting|197402}}|1974 || {{Date table sorting|197411}}|November 5, 1974 || 47 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #23, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 134 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #10, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 146 points
|-
| 24 || Olivia Newton-John || "[[Please Mr. Please]]" || MCA 40418 || {{Date table sorting|197410}}|October 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197505}}|May 11, 1975 || 21 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #24, US Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 134 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #8, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 161 points
|-
| 25 || Elton John || "[[Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds]]" || MCA 40344 || {{Date table sorting|197406}}|June 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197411}}|November 18, 1974 || 35 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #25, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 133 points
|-
| 26 || [[The Miracles]] || "[[Love Machine (The Miracles song)|Love Machine (Part 1)]]" || United Artists 940 || {{Date table sorting|197506}}|June 13, 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197508}}|August 21, 1975 || 8 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1975 #25, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 28 total weeks, 133 points
|-
| 27 || [[Paul McCartney and Wings]] || "[[Listen to What the Man Said]]" || Capitol 4091 || {{Date table sorting|197502}}|February 20, 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 16, 1975 || 25 || 3.00 || US Billboard 1975 #26, US #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, 133 points
|-
| 28 || John Denver || "[[Thank God I'm A Country Boy]]" || RCA 10353 || {{Date table sorting|197408}}|August 26, 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197503}}|March 1975 || 22 || 5.00 || US Billboard 1975 #27, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 132 points
|-
| 29 || [[Morris Albert]] || "[[Feelings (Morris Albert song)|Feelings]]" || Arista 0244 || {{Date table sorting|197501}}|1975 || {{Date table sorting|197505}}|May 1975 || 57 || 2.00 || US Billboard 1975 #28, US Hot100 #6 for 1 weeks, 32 total weeks, 132 points
|-
| 30 || Ohio Players || "[[Fire (Ohio Players song)|Fire]]" || Mercury 73643 || {{Date table sorting|197408}}|Feb–Aug 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197411}}|November 1974 || 39 || 6.5 || US Billboard 1975 #30, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 130 points, '''Top Soul Singles 1975 #1''', Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 192 points
|-
| 31 || Eagles || "[[Lyin' Eyes]]" || Asylum 45279 || {{Date table sorting|197501}}|January 1975 || {{Date table sorting|197509}}|September 8, 1975 || 28 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1975 #29, US Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 130 points, Top Mainstream Rock 1975 #5
|-
| 32 || [[Average White Band|AWB]] || "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up The Pieces]]" || Atlantic 3229 || {{Date table sorting|197405}}|May 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197410}}|October 21, 1974 || 11 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1975 #30, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 129 points
|-
| 33 || [[The Staple Singers]] || "[[Let's Do It Again (song)|Let's Do It Again]]" || Curtom 0109 || {{Date table sorting|197405}}|1975 || {{Date table sorting|197410}}|October 1975 || 30 || 1.25 || US Billboard 1975 #31, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 129 points, Top Soul Singles 1975 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 174 points
|-
| 178 || [[Bruce Springsteen]] || "[[Born to Run (song)|Born to Run]]" || Columbia 10209 || {{Date table sorting|197408}}|Feb–Aug 1974 || {{Date table sorting|197508}}|August 25, 1975 || 94 || 6.5 || US Billboard 1975 #178, US Hot100 #23 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, '''Top Rock 1975 #1''', Grammy Hall of Fame 2003, National Recording Registry 2003, from album "[[Born to Run]]"-Columbia 33795, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003.
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