UK Top 10 June 6 1975

Michael Fish rains on someone's parade

Van McCoy : The Hustle

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If you want to know why Punk Rock was inevitable, look no further than the UK top ten this week in 1975. Yes, 10cc's "I'm Not in Love" is one of the most extraordinary tunes of the entire year, but the rest of this list is filigree and fluff. 

1. 10CC : I'm Not in Love 

2. WINDSOR DAVIES AND DON ESTELLE: Whispering Grass 

3. SHOWADDYWADDY: Three Steps to Heaven 

4. VAN MCCOY: The Hustle 

5. JOHNNY NASH : Tears on My Pillow 

6. GARY GLITTER: Doing Alright With the Boys 

7. THE OSMONDS: The Proud One 

8. HAMILTON BOHANNON: Disco Stomp 

9. WINGS: : Listen to What the Man Said 

10. RAY STEVENS : Misty

UK Top 20 April 6, 1975

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  Until he scored this UK#4/US R and B #10 hit, Jim Gilstrap was best known as the first voice on the Stevie Wonder smash, " You Are the Sunshine of My Life". He would also co-sing the title cut to the TV series "Good Times". The top spot belonged to the Bay City Rollers, heralded at the time as the "biggest group since The Beatles".



1 BYE BYE BABY by BAY CITY ROLLERS






 2 FOX ON THE RUN by THE SWEET
 3 THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF LOVING by GUYS AND DOLLS

 4 THE FUNKY GIBBON/SICK MAN BLUES by GOODIES BRADLEY'S





 5 FANCY PANTS by KENNY
 6 GIRLS by MOMENTS AND WHATNAUTS

 7 SWING YOUR DADDY by JIM GILSTRAP




 8 LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG by PETER SHELLEY
 9 I CAN DO IT by RUBETTES

 10 PLAY ME LIKE YOU PLAY YOUR GUITAR by DUANE EDDY




 11 THE UGLY DUCKLING by MIKE REID
 12 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM by ELTON JOHN BAND

 13 LET ME BE THE ONE by THE SHADOWS



 14 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE by GLORIA GAYNOR
 15 WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH YOU by BARRY WHITE

 16 SKIING IN THE SNOW by WIGAN'S OVATION




 17 LADY MARMALADE by LABELLE
 18 IF by TELLY SAVALAS
 19 HONEY {1975} by BOBBY GOLDSBORO

 20 A LITTLE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING by GILBERT BECAUD

UK Top 10 December 7, 1974

1. David Essex : Gonna Make You a Star

2. Barry White : You're The First the Last, My Everything

3. Gary Glitter : Oh Yes! You're Beautiful

4. Rubettes : Juke Box Jive

5. Queen : Killer Queen

6. Bachman-Turner Overdrive : You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

7. Suzi Quatro : The Wild One

8. Eddie Holman : Hey There Lonely Girl

9. The Peppers : Pepper Box

10. Chi-Lites : Too Good To Be Forgotten