December 20, 1975

----- DROPOUTS -----
This Will Be - Natalie Cole ----- 6 / 11
I Only Have Eyes For You - Art Garfunkel ----- 18 / 12
I'm On Fire - 5000 Volts ----- 26 / 5
Secret Love - Freddy Fender ----- 20 (2) / 6
Eighteen With A Bullet - Pete Wingfield ----- 15 (2) / 8


 40 --- Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (50)
 39 --- Fire On The Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band (42)
 38 --- Baby Face - The Wing And A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps. (43)
 37 --- School Boy Crush - AWB (41)
12 36 --- Venus And Mars Rock Show - Wings
39 35 --- Winners And Losers - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
38 34 --- Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
35 33 --- Volare - Al Martino
36 32 --- Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac
18 31 --- Low Rider - War

31 30 --- Full Of Fire - Al Green
37 29 --- Fly Away - John Denver
40 28 --- Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
 27 --- Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer (45)
33 26 --- Sing A Song - Earth, Wind & Fire
30 25 --- Rock And Roll All Nite (live) - KISS
32 24 --- You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
27 23 --- Part Time Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips
23 22 --- For The Love Of You (Part 1&2) - The Isley Brothers
25 21 --- Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin

24 20 --- Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) - Glen Campbell
17 19 --- The Way I Want To Touch You - Captain & Tennille
22 18 --- The Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers) - David Geddes
21 17 --- Times Of Your Life - Paul Anka
16 16 --- Island Girl - Elton John        
15 15 --- I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You - Leon Haywood
29 14 --- Convoy - C.W. McCall
09 13 --- My Little Town - Simon & Garfunkel
14 12 --- I Love Music (Part 1) - The O'Jays
13 11 --- Our Day Will Come - Frankie Valli

07 10 --- Nights On Broadway - Bee Gees
10 09 --- Fox On The Run - Sweet
11 08 --- I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow
03 07 --- Sky High - Jigsaw
08 06 --- Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
06 05 --- Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
05 04 --- Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
01 03 --- Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention        
02 02 --- Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers
04 01 --- That's The Way (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band      


Historical week as the queen of disco herself, Donna Summer scores her first hit. Other newbies include The Marshall Tucker Band and  Wing And A Prayer Fife And Drums Corps..

R1 SINGLES CHART - 20-26 December 1975

01 01 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen ****
02 03 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE Laurel & Hardy
03 16 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake
04 02 YOU SEXY THING Hot Chocolate
05 13 HAPPY TO BE ON AN ISLAND IN THE SUN Demis Roussos
06 09 LET'S TWIST AGAIN / THE TWIST Chubby Checker
07 05 NA NA IS THE SADDEST WORD The Stylistics
08 15 GOLDEN YEARS David Bowie
09 06 ALL AROUND MY HAT Steeleye Span
10 08 SHOW ME YOU'RE A WOMAN Mud

11 22 RENTA SANTA Chris Hill
12 04 MONEY, HONEY Bay City Rollers
13 21 CAN I TAKE YOU HOME, LITTLE GIRL? The Drifters
14 07 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart
15 26 WIDE-EYED AND LEGLESS Andy Fairweather-Low
16 23 FIRST IMPRESSIONS The Impressions
17 24 CHRISTMAS IN DREADLAND / COME OUTSIDE Judge Dread
18 -- IT'S GONNA BE A COLD, COLD CHRISTMAS Dana
19 27 ART FOR ART'S SAKE 10cc
20 32 GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE Sailor

21 25 IF I COULD David Essex
22 11 SKY HIGH Jigsaw
23 17 IN FOR A PENNY Slade
24 28 (THINK OF ME) WHEREVER YOU ARE Ken Dodd
25 19 WHY DID YOU DO IT? Stretch
26 12 LOVE HURTS Jim Capaldi
27 -- MAKE A DAFT NOISE FOR CHRISTMAS The Goodies
28 RI ITCHYCOO PARK The Small Faces
29 34 DO THE BUS STOP The Fatback Band
30 29 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Elvis Presley

31 10 IMAGINE John Lennon
32 -- MAMMA MIA ABBA
33 -- KING OF THE COPS Billy Howard
34 33 FLY, ROBIN, FLY Silver Convention
35 18 D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Billy Connolly *
36 20 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Maxine Nightingale
37 -- DANCE FOR THE CUCKOOS The Band of the Black Watch
38 14 LET'S TWIST AGAIN John Asher
39 31 RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell
40 35 LITTLE DARLING The Rubettes

-- 30 DARLIN' David Cassidy
-- 36 LYIN' EYES The Eagles
-- 37 NEW YORK GROOVE Hello
-- 38 SPACE ODDITY David Bowie **
-- 39 PART-TIME LOVE Gladys Knight and the Pips
-- 40 LOVE IS THE DRUG Roxy Music



Making a one-hit wonder out of the trend for cop shows is Billy Howard