March 16, 1974

----- DROPOUTS -----
Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman ----- 19 / 8
Show And Tell - Al Wilson ----- 1 (1) / 16    
Last Kiss - Wednesday ----- 34 / 4
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones ----- 15 / 6
Americans - Byron MacGregor ----- 4 / 9


 40 --- WOLD - Harry Chapin  (44)
25 39 --- Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John
 38 --- I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song - Jim Croce (58 )
 37 --- Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - The Main Ingredient (47)
 36 --- We're Getting Careless With Our Love - Johnnie Taylor (43)
35 35 --- Energy Crisis '74 - Dickie Goodman
20 34 --- You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr    
27 33 --- Last Time I Saw Him - Diana Ross
28 32 --- I Like To Live The Love - B.B. King
33 31 --- Star - Stealers Wheel

37 30 --- Lookin' For A Love - Bobby Womack
36 29 --- A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich
16 28 --- I Love - Tom T. Hall
15 27 --- Put Your Hands Together - The O'Jays
29 26 --- Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
 25 --- TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB feat. The Three Degrees (42)
32 24 --- Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips
26 23 --- There Won't Be Anymore - Charlie Rich
12 22 --- Love Song - Anne Murray
24 21 --- Mighty Love - Pt. 1 - The Spinners

31 20 --- The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead
09 19 --- Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin
22 18 --- My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung
18 17 --- Sexy Mama - Moments
19 16 --- Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier
11 15 --- Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra    
21 14 --- Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
17 13 --- Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
23 12 --- Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
13 11 --- Eres Tu (Touch The Wind) - Mocedades

14 10 --- Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings
07 09 --- Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
05 08 --- Rock On - David Essex
04 07 --- Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
08 06 --- Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor
03 05 --- The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand      
10 04 --- Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
06 03 --- Dark Lady - Cher
02 02 --- Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks
01 01 --- Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks      


Coming in this week are studio musicians MFSB.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 16-22 March 1974

01 08 BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO Paper Lace *
02 01 JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust *
03 03 THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
04 09 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL Charlie Rich
05 04 YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr
06 02 DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro **
07 06 REMEMBER (SHA-LA-LA-LA) Bay City Rollers
08 10 JET Paul McCartney and Wings
09 12 IT'S YOU Freddie Starr
10 07 THE WOMBLING SONG The Wombles

11 24 I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU The New Seekers
12 11 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
13 05 REBEL REBEL David Bowie
14 13 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME Lena Zavaroni
15 18 BURN, BABY, BURN Hudson-Ford
16 14 NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White
17 25 SCHOOL LOVE Barry Blue
18 15 LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra
19 40 JAMBALAYA The Carpenters
20 19 HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU Gilbert O'Sullivan

21 28 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Candlewick Green
22 16 TIGER FEET Mud ****
23 20 SOLITAIRE Andy Williams
24 35 EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
25 22 SLIP AND SLIDE Medicine Head
26 29 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Aretha Franklin
27 33 SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS' ROOM Brownsville Station
28 -- LONG LIVE LOVE Olivia Newton-John
29 21 AFTER THE GOLD RUSH Prelude
30 -- SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen

31 36 FUNKY NASSAU The Beginning Of The End
32 23 ALL OF MY LIFE Diana Ross
33 17 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD Lulu
34 -- LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers
35 38 JUST MY SOUL RESPONDING Smokey Robinson
36 -- EMMA Hot Chocolate
37 -- MA-MA-BELLE Electric Light Orchestra
38 RI ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and his Comets
39 RE WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME, TOMORROW? Melanie
40 -- I'VE GOT A THING ABOUT YOU, BABY Elvis Presley

-- 26 TEENAGE DREAM Marc Bolan and T-Rex
-- 27 ROCKIN' ROLL BABY The Stylistics
-- 30 DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Cozy Powell
-- 31 MY COO-CA-CHOO Alvin Stardust
-- 32 LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder
-- 34 TEENAGE RAMPAGE The Sweet
-- 37 WHO'S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY? Tony Orlando and Dawn
-- 39 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME The New Seekers *


Two big debuts this week, from The Doobie Brothers, and legends Queen