The 5th best selling album of the 1970’s was Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells and we heard an extract from this just after 3pm
Today we continued our countdown of the top selling singles of the 1970’s –
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65 |
“So You Win Again” | Hot Chocolate |
1977 |
740,000 |
1 |
|
66 |
“See My Baby Jive” their first to reach number one in the UK, spending four weeks at the top of the chart during May and June 1973. | Wizzard |
1973 |
740,000 |
1 |
|
67 |
“Take a Chance on Me” proved to be one of ABBA’s most successful chart hits. It was released in January 1978 and spent 3 weeks at number 1 in the United Kingdom, becoming their third consecutive UK #1 | ABBA |
1978 |
740,000 |
1 |
|
68 |
“Block Buster!” the band’s sole UK #1 hit. Released in January 1973, it spent five weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, | Sweet |
1973 |
735,000 |
1 |
|
69 |
“Maggie May” / “Reason to Believe” Maggie May was initially released as the B-side of the single “Reason to Believe,” but DJs in the USA became fonder of the B-side and the song was reclassified, with “Maggie May” becoming the A-side. | Rod Stewart |
1971/6 |
735,000 |
1 |
|
70 |
“The Wonder of You” one of Elvis’s most successful records in the UK ever, topping the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in the summer of 1970, and was an even bigger success than Jailhouse Rock. | Elvis Presley |
1970 |
735,000 |
1 |
|
71 |
“I Hear You Knocking” took the coveted Christmas number one slot in 1970, topping the UK singles chart for six weeks. | Dave Edmunds |
1970 |
735,000 |
1 |
|
72 |
“Yes Sir I Can Boogie” Baccara were two Spanish flamenco dancers, who were dancing flamenco and singing traditional songs for tourists on the island of Fuerteventura when RCA executive Leon Deane signed them up. | Baccara |
1977 |
730,000 |
1 |
|
73 |
“Tiger Feet” featured on the Mr Bean episode “Mind the baby, Mr. Bean” Tiger Feet was a huge success, it was number #1 in the UK charts for 4 weeks in 1974. It sold over 700,000 copies in the UK alone and over a million sales globally. It was also the best selling single in Britain that year. | Mud |
1974 |
730,000 |
1 |
|
74 |
“Angelo” Released as a single in June 1977, it became the group’s second UK number one hit. | Brotherhood of Man |
1977 |
725,000 |
1 |
|
75 |
“Love Me for a Reason” released in 1974. Twenty years later, Boyzone covered the song. Both versions were successful, reaching the top ten of the charts in many countries. | The Osmonds |
1974 |
725,000 |
1 |
|
76 |
“Chanson D’Amour” a number one hit in the UK and Australia in 1977 | The Manhattan Transfer |
1977 |
720,000 |
1 |
|
77 |
“Rockin’ All Over the World” Written by John Fogerty, formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song that opened Live Aid | Status Quo |
1977 |
715,000 |
3 |
|
78 |
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in the Grammy Awards of 1971 The single has sold 6 million copies worldwide. | Simon & Garfunkel |
1970 |
710,000 |
1 |
|
79 |
“Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” reached #1 in the UK for five weeks in June 1971 | Middle of the Road |
1971 |
710,000 |
1 |
|
80 |
“Seasons in the Sun” Sold over 14 million copies worldwide. | Terry Jacks |
1974 |
700,000 |
1 |
