March 9, 1974

----- DROPOUTS -----
Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station ----- 3 / 13
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas ----- 25 / 6
I've Got To Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips ----- 4 (2) / 13
Can This Be Real - Natural Four ----- 31 (2) / 4
The Joker - The Steve Miller Band ----- 1 (1) / 16    


27 40 --- Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman
26 39 --- Show And Tell - Al Wilson    
34 38 --- Last Kiss - Wednesday
 37 --- Lookin' For A Love - Bobby Womack (46)
 36 --- A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich (51)
33 35 --- Energy Crisis '74 - Dickie Goodman
25 34 --- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones
 33 --- Star - Stealers Wheel (41)
 32 --- Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips (44)
 31 --- The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead (50)

21 30 --- Americans - Byron MacGregor
36 29 --- Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
29 28 --- I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King
16 27 --- Last Time I Saw Him - Diana Ross
28 26 --- There Won't Be Anymore - Charlie Rich
15 25 --- Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John
30 24 --- Mighty Love - Pt. 1 - The Spinners
32 23 --- Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
22 22 --- My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung
38 21 --- Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede

11 20 --- You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr    
23 19 --- Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier
19 18 --- Sexy Mama - Moments
24 17 --- Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
12 16 --- I Love - Tom T. Hall
10 15 --- Put Your Hands Together - The O'Jays
20 14 --- Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
18 13 --- Eres Tu (Touch The Wind) - Mocedades
14 12 --- Love Song - Anne Murray
08 11 --- Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra    

17 10 --- Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
07 09 --- Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin
13 08 --- Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
03 07 --- Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
09 06 --- Dark Lady - Cher
06 05 --- Rock On - David Essex
05 04 --- Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
02 03 --- The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand      
04 02 --- Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
01 01 --- Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks      


Making her debut this week is Sister Janet Mead.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 9-15 March 1974

01 02 JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust *
02 01 DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro **
03 03 THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
04 07 YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
05 05 REBEL REBEL David Bowie
06 08 REMEMBER (SHA-LA-LA-LA) Bay City Rollers
07 04 THE WOMBLING SONG The Wombles
08 15 BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace
09 11 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL Charlie Rich
10 17 JET Paul McCartney and Wings

11 28 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
12 16 IT'S YOU Freddie Starr
13 10 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME Lena Zavaroni
14 14 NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White
15 12 LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
16 06 TIGER FEET Mud ****
17 09 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Lulu
18 20 BURN, BABY, BURN Hudson-Ford
19 19 HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU Gilbert O'Sullivan
20 13 SOLITAIRE Andy Williams

21 27 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Prelude
22 26 SLIP AND SLIDE Medicine Head
23 22 ALL OF MY LIFE Diana Ross
24 -- I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU The New Seekers
25 -- SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
26 21 TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T-Rex
27 18 ROCKIN' ROLL BABY The Stylistics
28 -- WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Candlewick Green
29 32 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin
30 23 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell

31 30 MY COO-CA-CHOO Alvin Stardust
32 25 LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder
33 -- SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS' ROOM Brownsville Station
34 24 TEENAGE RAMPAGE The Sweet
35 -- EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
36 -- FUNKY NASSAU The Beginning Of The End
37 -- WHO'S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? Tony Orlando and Dawn
38 -- JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson
39 33 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers *
40 -- JAMBALAYA The Carpenters

-- 29 TEENAGE LAMENT '74 Alice Cooper
-- 31 HIGHWAY OF MY LIFE The Isley Brothers
-- 34 GALLOPING HOME London String Chorale
-- 35 A LITTLE LOVIN' Neil Sedaka
-- 36 DARK LADY Cher
-- 37 WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME, TOMORROW? Melanie
-- 38 BABY, WE CAN'T GO WRONG Cilla Black
-- 39 STAR Stealer's Wheel
-- 40 HOW COME? Ronnie Lane