March 1, 1975

----- DROPOUTS -----
Junior's Farm / Sally G - Paul McCartney & Wings ----- 3 / 11
Please Mr. Postman - Carpenters ----- 1 (1) / 12    
Don't Take Your Love - The Manhattans ----- 37 (2) / 2
Mandy - Barry Manilow ----- 1 (1) / 12    
Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka ----- 1 (1) / 15    
Get Dancin' - Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes feat. Sir Monti Rock III ----- 10 / 9


 40 --- Part Of The Plan - Dan Fogelberg (48 )
 39 --- Emotion - Helen Reddy (49)
 38 --- Chevy Van - Sammy Johns (46)
 37 --- I Get Lifted - George McCrae (45)
 36 --- (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - B.J. Thomas (44)
22 35 --- Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
 34 --- I've Been This Way Before - Neil Diamond (42)
21 33 --- Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
11 32 --- Look In My Eyes Pretty Woman - Tony Orlando & Dawn
40 31 --- No No Song / snookeroo - Ringo Starr

32 30 --- Never Let Her Go - David Gates
13 29 --- Sweet Surrender - John Denver
12 28 --- Fire - Ohio Players    
35 27 --- Shame, Shame, Shame - Shirley And Company
34 26 --- I Am Love (Parts I & II) - Jackson 5
31 25 --- Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation
28 24 --- You Are So Beautiful / It's A Sin When You Love Somebody - Joe Cocker
27 23 --- My Boy - Elvis Presley
30 22 --- Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
26 21 --- To The Door Of The Sun (Alle Porte Del Sole) - Al Martino

24 20 --- Up In A Puff Of Smoke - Polly Brown
25 19 --- Movin' On - Bad Company
08 18 --- You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt    
23 17 --- Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow
20 16 --- Express - B.T. Express
19 15 --- Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf / Jerry Corbetta
18 14 --- Roll On Down The Highway - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
09 13 --- #9 Dream - John Lennon
16 12 --- I'm A Woman - Maria Muldaur
15 11 --- Can't Get It Out Of My Head - Electric Light Orchestra

14 10 --- Lady - Styx
10 09 --- Nightingale - Carole King
17 08 --- Lady Marmalade - Labelle
01 07 --- Pick Up The Pieces - AWB    
06 06 --- Lonely People - America
03 05 --- Some Kind Of Wonderful - Grand Funk
07 04 --- My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
04 03 --- Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
05 02 --- Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
02 01 --- Best Of My Love - Eagles    


This week begins the Top 40 career of Dan Fogelberg. Also, coming in is one-hit wonder Sammy Johns.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 1-7 March 1975

01 01 MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel **
02 23 IF Telly Savalas
03 03 PLEASE, MR POSTMAN The Carpenters
04 05 THE SECRETS THAT YOU KEEP Mud
05 19 ONLY YOU CAN Fox
06 07 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME Shirley and Company
07 12 MY EYES ADORED YOU Frankie Valli
08 04 SUGAR CANDY KISSES Mac & Katie Kissoon
09 02 JANUARY Pilot ***
10 09 FOOTSEE Wigan's Chosen Few

11 15 IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE Love Unlimited
12 13 YOUR KISS IS SWEET Syreeta
13 11 GOOD LOVE CAN NEVER DIE Alvin Stardust
14 08 ANGIE BABY Helen Reddy
15 10 BLACK SUPERMAN (MUHAMMAD ALI) Johnny Wakelin and the Kinshasa Band
16 06 GOODBYE, MY LOVE The Glitter Band
17 18 PLEASE TELL HIM THAT I SAID 'HELLO' Dana
18 14 STAR ON A TV SHOW The Stylistics
19 17 I'M STONE IN LOVE WITH YOU Johnny Mathis
20 16 NOW, I'M HERE Queen

21 24 HOW DOES IT FEEL? Slade
22 32 PICK UP THE PIECES Average White Band
23 29 SOUTH AFRICAN MAN Hamilton Bohannon
24 36 DREAMER Supertramp
25 26 MY LAST NIGHT WITH YOU The Arrows
26 -- MANDY Barry Manilow
27 35 #9 DREAM John Lennon
28 21 THE BUMP Kenny
29 -- YOUNG AMERICANS David Bowie
30 -- SWEET MUSIC Showaddywaddy

31 31 SHOORAH! SHOORAH! Betty Wright
32 30 ROLL ON, DOWN THE HIGHWAY Bachman-Turner Overdrive
33 34 LOVE GAMES The Drifters
34 20 PROMISED LAND Elvis Presley
35 27 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT John Holt
36 38 MY HEART'S SYMPHONY Gary Lewis and the Playboys
37 25 THE MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Donny & Marie Osmond
38 -- I'M ON MY WAY Dean Parrish
39 40 YOUR MAMA WON'T LIKE ME Suzi Quatro
40 22 PURELY BY COINCIDENCE Sweet Sensation

-- 28 SOMETHING FOR THE GIRL WITH EVERYTHING Sparks
-- 33 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Gloria Gaynor
-- 37 BOOGIE ON, REGGAE WOMAN Stevie Wonder
-- 39 MS GRACE The Tymes *


Middle of the road legend Barry Manilow lands in the charts