March 2, 1974

----- DROPOUTS -----
Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White ----- 7 / 15
Baby Come Close - Smokey Robinson ----- 27 / 6
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder ----- 8 (2) / 14


26 40 --- Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station
28 39 --- Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas
 38 --- Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede (59)
25 37 --- I've Got To Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips
 36 --- Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer (42)
31 35 --- Can This Be Real - Natural Four
38 34 --- Last Kiss - Wednesday
40 33 --- Energy Crisis '74 - Dickie Goodman
 32 --- Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (51)
23 31 --- The Joker - The Steve Miller Band    

37 30 --- Mighty Love - Pt. 1 - The Spinners
35 29 --- I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King
36 28 --- There Won't Be Anymore - Charlie Rich
19 27 --- Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman
18 26 --- Show And Tell - Al Wilson    
15 25 --- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones
32 24 --- Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
29 23 --- Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier
30 22 --- My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung
12 21 --- Americans - Byron MacGregor

27 20 --- Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
20 19 --- Sexy Mama - Moments
22 18 --- Eres Tu (Touch The Wind) - Mocedades
24 17 --- Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
14 16 --- Last Time I Saw Him - Diana Ross
10 15 --- Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John
17 14 --- Love Song - Anne Murray
21 13 --- Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
13 12 --- I Love - Tom T. Hall
09 11 --- You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr    

11 10 --- Put Your Hands Together - The O'Jays
16 09 --- Dark Lady - Cher
05 08 --- Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra    
03 07 --- Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin
08 06 --- Rock On - David Essex
06 05 --- Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
07 04 --- Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
04 03 --- Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
01 02 --- The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand        
02 01 --- Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks    


First hit this week for Swedish band Blue Swede as well as the first solo hit for Rick Derringer.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 2-8 March 1974

01 01 DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro **
02 03 JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
03 08 THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
04 04 THE WOMBLING SONG The Wombles
05 06 REBEL REBEL David Bowie
06 02 TIGER FEET Mud ****
07 15 YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
08 18 REMEMBER (SHA-LA-LA-LA) Bay City Rollers
09 05 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Lulu
10 13 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME Lena Zavaroni

11 20 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL Charlie Rich
12 10 LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
13 07 SOLITAIRE Andy Williams
14 14 NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White
15 38 BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace
16 39 IT'S YOU Freddie Starr
17 -- JET Paul McCartney and Wings
18 12 ROCKIN' ROLL BABY The Stylistics
19 21 HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU Gilbert O'Sullivan
20 30 BURN, BABY, BURN Hudson-Ford

21 16 TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T-Rex
22 09 ALL OF MY LIFE Diana Ross
23 17 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell
24 11 TEENAGE RAMPAGE The Sweet
25 19 LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder
26 25 SLIP AND SLIDE Medicine Head
27 23 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Prelude
28 -- CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
29 22 TEENAGE LAMENT '74 Alice Cooper
30 28 MY COO-CA-CHOO Alvin Stardust

31 26 HIGHWAY OF MY LIFE The Isley Brothers
32 40 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin
33 27 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers *
34 35 GALLOPING HOME London String Chorale
35 34 A LITTLE LOVIN' Neil Sedaka
36 -- DARK LADY Cher
37 -- WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME, TOMORROW? Melanie
38 37 BABY, WE CAN'T GO WRONG Cilla Black
39 29 STAR Stealer's Wheel
40 32 HOW COME? Ronnie Lane

-- 24 THE LOVE I LOST Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
-- 31 THE SHOW MUST GO ON Leo Sayer
-- 33 LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight
-- 36 RADAR LOVE Golden Earring