1975 in British music explained

This is a summary of 1975 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Events

Number-one records

Singles

Chart date
(week ending)
SongArtist(s)
11 January"Lonely This Christmas"Mud
18 January"Down Down"Status Quo
25 January"Ms Grace"The Tymes
1 February"January"Pilot
8 February
15 February
22 February"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
1 March
8 March"If"Telly Savalas
15 March
22 March"Bye Bye Baby"Bay City Rollers
29 March
6 April
13 April
20 April
27 April
3 May"Oh Boy!"Mud
10 May
17 May"Stand by Your Man"Tammy Wynette
24 May
31 May
7 June"Whispering Grass"Windsor Davies and Don Estelle
14 June
21 June
28 June"I'm Not in Love"10cc
5 July
12 July"Tears on My Pillow"Johnny Nash
19 July"Give a Little Love"Bay City Rollers
26 July
2 August
9 August"Barbados"Typically Tropical
16 August"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"The Stylistics
23 August
30 August
6 September"Sailing"Rod Stewart
13 September
20 September
27 September
4 October"Hold Me Close"David Essex
11 October
18 October
25 October"I Only Have Eyes for You"Art Garfunkel
1 November
8 November"Space Oddity"David Bowie
15 November
22 November"D.I.V.O.R.C.E."Billy Connolly
29 November"Bohemian Rhapsody"Queen
6 December
13 December
20 December
27 December
3 January

Albums

Date[2] SingleArtistWeeks
11 JanuaryGreatest HitsElton John4
18 January
25 January
1 February
8 FebruaryHis Greatest HitsEngelbert Humperdinck3
15 February
22 February
1 MarchOn the LevelStatus Quo2
8 March
15 MarchPhysical GraffitiLed Zeppelin1
22 March20 Greatest HitsTom Jones4
29 March
5 April
12 April
19 AprilThe Best of the StylisticsThe Stylistics2
26 April
3 MayOnce Upon a StarBay City Rollers3
10 May
17 May
24 MayThe Best of the StylisticsThe Stylistics5
31 May
7 June
14 June
21 June
28 JuneVenus and MarsWings1
5 JulyHorizonThe Carpenters2
12 July
19 JulyVenus and MarsWings1
26 JulyHorizonThe Carpenters3
2 August
9 August
16 AugustThe Best of the StylisticsThe Stylistics2
23 August
30 AugustAtlantic CrossingRod Stewart5
6 September
13 September
20 September
27 September
4 OctoberWish You Were HerePink Floyd1
11 OctoberAtlantic CrossingRod Stewart2
18 October
25 October40 Golden GreatsJim Reeves3
1 November
8 November
15 NovemberWe All Had Doctors' PapersMax Boyce1
22 November40 Greatest HitsPerry Como5
29 November
6 December
13 December
20 December
27 DecemberA Night at the OperaQueen2
3 January

Year-end charts

Best-selling singles

Sales between 30 December 1974 and 5 December 1975.[3] [4]

scope=colscope=colTitlescope=colArtistscope=colPeak
position
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1"Bye Bye Baby"Bay City Rollers1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2"Sailing"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"4"Whispering Grass" and Don Estelle1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"5"Stand by Your Man"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"6"Give a Little Love"Bay City Rollers1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"7"Hold Me Close"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"8"The Last Farewell"2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"9"I Only Have Eyes for You"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"10"Tears on My Pillow"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"11"I'm Not in Love"10cc1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"12"Barbados"Typically Tropical1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"13"If"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"14"There Goes My First Love"3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"15"Three Steps to Heaven"Showaddywaddy2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"16"The Hustle"3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"17"Space Oddity"1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"18"January"Pilot1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"19"Funky Moped"/"The Magic Roundabout"5
scope=row style="text-align:center;"20"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" and Cockney Rebel1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"21"Oh Boy"Mud1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"22"Bohemian Rhapsody"Queen1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"23"Misty"2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"24"Lovin' You"2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"25"The Way We Were"–"Try to Remember"4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"26"Sugar Candy Kisses"3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"27"There's a Whole Lot of Loving"Guys & Dolls2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"28"Please Mr. Postman"2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"29"Sing Baby Sing"3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"30"Love Is the Drug"Roxy Music2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"31"Rhinestone Cowboy"4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"32"Moonlighting"2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"33"D.I.V.O.R.C.E."1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"34"Hurt So Good"4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"35"Only You Can"Fox3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"36"Honey"2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"37"Fox on the Run"Sweet2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"38"Blanket on the Ground"6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"39"It's Been So Long"4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"40"Scotch on the Rocks"Band of the Black Watch8
scope=row style="text-align:center;"41"You Sexy Thing"Hot Chocolate2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"42"Feelings"4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"43"The Secrets That You Keep"Mud3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"44"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"Smokie3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"45"The Bump"Kenny3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"46"I'm on Fire"5000 Volts4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"47"Love Me Love My Dog"3
scope=row style="text-align:center;"48"SOS"ABBA6
scope=row style="text-align:center;"49"That's the Way (I Like It)"KC & the Sunshine Band4
scope=row style="text-align:center;"50"Disco Stomp"6

Best-selling albums

The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1975 was published in Music Week in the issue dated 27 December 1975 and in Record Mirror & Disc magazine in the issue dated 10 January 1976, and reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1975 is shown below.[5]

scope=colscope=colTitlescope=colArtistscope=colPeak
position
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1The Best of the Stylistics1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2Once Upon a StarBay City Rollers1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3Atlantic Crossing1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"440 Golden Greats1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"5Venus and MarsWings1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"640 Greatest Hits16
scope=row style="text-align:center;"7Greatest Hits1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"8Horizon1
scope=row style="text-align:center;"9Tubular Bells2
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1040 Greatest Hits1

Notes:

Classical music: new works

Film and incidental music

Musical films

Births

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

  1. Badfinger's Ham dies . . 5 . 3 May 1975.
  2. http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1970 Official Charts Company - Number One albums(Link redirected to OCC website)
  3. Top 50 Singles 1975 . . 25 . 27 December 1975 . World Radio History.
  4. 1975: The Year's Top Selling Records – Singles . . 13 . 10 January 1976 . World Radio History.
  5. Web site: Sharon . Mawer . Album Chart History: 1975 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071217020432/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1975.php . 17 December 2007.
  6. Hetherington, S. (2006) Muir Mathieson: A Life in Film Music, Scottish Cultural Press,