Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

10 good/ok from 1974:

27: Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
25: Piano Man - Billy Joel
24: Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
18: Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
14: Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
8: The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk
7: Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
6: Oh My My - Ringo Starr
3: Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
2: Bennie And The Jets - Elton John

 

[HecticArt]

36: Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
31: The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
27: Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
25: Piano Man - Billy Joel
24: Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
16: Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
14: Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks - Nostalgia
8: The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk
5: Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
3: Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
2: Bennie And The Jets - Elton John

 

[Channel98]

Remember, the Terry Jacks song came out in a year when streaking was a popular fad.

"We had joy, we had fun
We went streakin' in the sun
But the cops had their guns
And they shot us in the buns"

Terry Jacks' version is considerably different than the version by the Kingston Trio, from their 1963 album Time To Think. Rod McKuen, who co-wrote Seasons In The Sun with Jacques Brel, had recorded the song in 1961 but his version was not released (as the title track of an album) until after the Kingston Trio's version came out.

 

[scotchandcigar]

19 for 74

37: Oh Very Young - Cat Stevens
36: Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
33: Help Me - Joni Mitchell
31: The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch - nostalgia
28: Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
27: Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
25: Piano Man - Billy Joel
24: Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
20: (I've Been) Searchin' So Long - Chicago
18: Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
16: Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
14: Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks - The saddest song ever
13: Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5
10: I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song - Jim Croce
8: The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk
7: Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
6: Oh My My - Ringo Starr
3: Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
2: Bennie And The Jets - Elton John

 

[hwkn]

Tonight’s wheel is 2/2/74

 

[Channel98]

The Entertainer was written in 1902 by Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Known as "The King Of Ragtime," Joplin wrote or co-wrote 75 songs including Solace, Sugar Cane, Fig Leaf Rag, Wall Street Rag and Maple Leaf Rag. Joplin never made any phonograph records. The Entertainer was available only as sheet music or piano rolls until 1928 when The Blue Boys – guitarist Napoleon "Nap" Hayes and mandolinist Matthew Prater from Vicksburg, Mississippi – recorded the song as part of a medley with Jens Bodewalt Lange's Creole Bells. Here is Easy Winner: