Which record by Terry Jacks was Number One in 1974?
"copies. On the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart, where it was then referred to as the Easy Listening chart, it reached the number one spot on January 12, 1974 and held that position for two weeks. Outside of Streisand's native country, the single found similar commercial success. In Canada, ""The Way We Were"" entered the chart compiled by ""RPM"" at number 45, where it was the week's third-highest debut. On its seventh week, it reached the top position that was previously held by Terry Jacks' cover of ""Seasons in the Sun"" (1973). It spent a total of 13 weeks in Canada"
"single, ""Farewell Aunty Jack"" (a version of the closing theme of the series) and a best-selling album ""Aunty Jack Sings Wollongong"", released in early 1974. ""Farewell Aunty Jack"" was released as a single in December 1973, reached Number 1 on the Australian charts a week later, where it stayed for 10 weeks. It was the first single to debut in Australia at Number 1, the first Australian single to debut at Number 1 and also the first Australian single in picture-disc form, reputedly being the first disc of its kind in the world. By the time Series 2 was underway"
"Number One All Time Requested Song in 1971 and 1973 by the American Radio Broadcasters Association. A version recorded by Guy Chandler (titled ""One Tin Soldier [The Legend of Billy Jack]"") was released in the summer of 1973. A version of the song was done, sung by singer/actress Cher, with a video created by animator John David Wilson for ""The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour"", which started with It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. Roseanne Barr parodied the song on her 1990 album ""I Enjoy Being a Girl"". The song has been covered by other artists, including Mad Parade, Gimp,"
"and this was the third disco song to hit number one; ""TSOP"" was written as the theme song for ""Soul Train"". The Hues Corporation's 1974 ""Rock the Boat"", a US number-one single and million-seller, was one of the early disco songs to reach number one. The same year saw the release of ""Kung Fu Fighting"", performed by Carl Douglas and produced by Biddu, which reached number one in both the UK and US, and became the best-selling single of the year and one of the best-selling singles of all time with eleven million records sold worldwide, helping to popularize disco"
"them. Jack and Jill (Raydio song) ""Jack and Jill"" is a 1978 hit song by R&B vocal group Raydio. It was the first single from their eponymous debut album ""Raydio"", and became an international top 10 hit. It reached number eight on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number six on the ""Cashbox"" Top 100. It reached number five in Canada, number four in Australia, and the top 20 in UK. It was the first of five U.S. top 10 singles by Ray Parker Jr. and/or Raydio. The song describes how ""Jack"" is lonely and so, in spite of his"
"the song began a three-week run at number one atop the Hot 100, and remained in the top 40 until almost Memorial Day weekend. Jacks's version also spent one week on the Easy Listening charts. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the number two song for 1974. Although he released several other singles that were moderately successful in Canada, ""Seasons in the Sun"" would become Jacks's only major solo hit in the United States. In Canada, the single (Gold Fish GF 100) reached number one on the RPM Magazine charts January 26, 1974, and remained there four weeks. Though the song enjoyed"
"Happy Jack (song) ""Happy Jack"" is a song by the British rock band the Who. It was released as a single in December 1966 in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 3 in the charts. It peaked at No. 1 in Canada. It was also their first top 40 hit in the United States, where it was released in March 1967 and peaked at No. 24. It was included on the American version of their second album, ""Happy Jack"", originally titled ""A Quick One"" in the UK. The song features Roger Daltrey on lead vocals with John Entwistle singing the"
"in 1972), ""Got the All Overs For You (All Over Me)"" (No. 1 in 1972), ""If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)"" (1973), ""Super Kind of Woman"" (No. 1 in 1973), ""Trip to Heaven"" (No. 1 in 1973), ""Hang In There Girl"" (1974), ""The Want-To's"" (1974), ""My Woman's Man"" (1975), ""The First Time"" (1975), ""I'd Like To Sleep Till I Get Over You"" (1975) and ""The Warm Side of You"" (1975). He has been called by many fans as ""The Heart and Soul of Country Music"". With the success of ""Easy Loving"" and other songs he wrote, plus a"
"Hi-Jack (1974 song) ""Hi-Jack"" is a 1974 song written by Spanish musician Fernando Arbex and originally recorded by the group Barrabás for their album ""¡Soltad a Barrabás!"". It was later a hit single for jazz flautist Herbie Mann. Mann's recording of the song featured Cissy Houston on vocals and hit number one on the US Disco Action chart for three weeks in early 1975 and made the top 30 on the R&B and pop singles charts. In addition to Mann's version, the song has been covered many other artists (notably by Enoch Light) and the various versions have been sampled"
"Jack and Jill (Raydio song) ""Jack and Jill"" is a 1978 hit song by R&B vocal group Raydio. It was the first single from their eponymous debut album ""Raydio"", and became an international top 10 hit. It reached number eight on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number six on the ""Cashbox"" Top 100. It reached number five in Canada, number four in Australia, and the top 20 in UK. It was the first of five U.S. top 10 singles by Ray Parker Jr. and/or Raydio. The song describes how ""Jack"" is lonely and so, in spite of his good"
"The Streak ""The Streak"" is a popular country/novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens. It was released in March 1974 as the lead single to his album ""Boogity Boogity"". ""The Streak"" capitalized on the then-popular craze of streaking. In 2007 Cledus T. Judd covered ""The Streak"" on his album ""Boogity Boogity - A Tribute to the Comic Genius of Ray Stevens"". One of Stevens' most successful recordings, ""The Streak"" was his second number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, spending three weeks at the top in May 1974 and reached #3 on the"
"10 more songs reaching the top five, including three number 1 hits with ""Green Door"", ""Oh Julie"" and ""Merry Christmas Everyone"", while ""You Drive Me Crazy"" and ""A Love Worth Waiting For"" reached number 2 in 1981 and 1984 respectively. His 1984 hit ""Teardrops"", which reached No. 5 in the UK, featured Hank Marvin on guitar, and since then, Stevens has often featured famous musicians such as Albert Lee, Roger Taylor, Bonnie Tyler and more recently Tony Joe White on his recordings. Chart successes also included his album ""Shaky"" reaching number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. In the mid-1980s,"
"Thought of You Again"", ""Anna Marie"", ""Forever"", ""All The Tea in China"", ""Evergreen"", ""You Don't Know What Love Is"", ""I Want You To Love Me"", ""Build A Tower"", ""Love Has No Pride"", and ""Another Woman's Man"". With the release of her ""Dream"" album in 1975, Susan was nominated for her single ""Anna Marie"". In 1976, Jacks signed with Polydor Records. Her 1980 ""Ghosts"" album garnered her a Juno nomination with her single ""All The Tea in China"". In 1982 her ""Forever"" album was released. As a solo artist, she appeared regularly on tour as well as television shows including ""The"
"introduction to the first episode of ""Legion (TV series). Happy Jack (song) ""Happy Jack"" is a song by the British rock band the Who. It was released as a single in December 1966 in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 3 in the charts. It peaked at No. 1 in Canada. It was also their first top 40 hit in the United States, where it was released in March 1967 and peaked at No. 24. It was included on the American version of their second album, ""Happy Jack"", originally titled ""A Quick One"" in the UK. The song features Roger"
"of ""Aunty Jack"". In collaboration with writer Geoffrey Atherden, McDonald took the character to national stardom in Australia in the late 1970s. Rory's biggest popular music success was the singer and co-composer (with Grahame) on the Aunty Jack Show closing theme, ""Farewell Aunty Jack"" which was released as a single (and Australia's first picture-disc) in 1974; it became an Australian No. 1 hit single for three weeks. During this hectic period O'Donoghue collaborated on a string of ventures with Bond, both on and off-screen, and also worked on projects outside their long-running partnership. Concurrent with his work in Aunty Jack"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100 charts and No. 49 on Hot Country Songs. This disc sold over one million copies in just four days, and received a gold disc awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America on 15 April 1971. It went on to sell nearly two million copies. That same year, C. Company and Terry Nelson released an album, ""Wake Up America"", also on Plantation. Terry Nelson (musician) Terry Nelson Skinner (born August 24, 1947) was an American disc jockey from Russellville, Alabama, United States. Together with a group of studio musicians, Nelson released a single in 1971 under the"
"I-40 Country I-40 Country is an album by Jerry Lee Lewis, released on the Mercury label in 1974. By 1974, Lewis's remarkable hot streak on the country charts began to cool. Although the single ""He Can't Fill My Shoes"" would make the Top 10, a second single, the foreboding ""Tell Tale Signs,"" only made it to number 18, and Lewis would not see the Top 10 again until 1976. The LP peaked at number 25 on ""Billboard""'s country albums chart, whereas his previous country album, 1973's ""Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough"", had risen to number 6. Part of the problem"
"1975; Vesta Williams, who made a rendition of ""Make It with You"" in 1988; the band CAKE, which covered ""The Guitar Man"" in 2004; Ray Parker Jr, who also recorded ""The Guitar Man"" in 2006; and Boy George, who took ""Everything I Own"" to No. 1 on the UK chart, when he covered the Ken Boothe reggae version of Gates's song, which itself had been a UK No. 1 in 1974. Jack Jones recorded a Bread tribute album, ""Bread Winners"" (1972) including the Gates' standard, ""If"", which has long been a staple of Jones' live performances. According to a 1996"
"continent. For a number of South African music fans, the enduring memory of Syd Kitchen will be his performances at Splashy Fen each year from 1990–2010. Around this time David Marks, a local music veteran (who in 1968 had written ""Master Jack"", the first South African recorded song to reach the US Top 20), released the live album, Warts 'n All, on his Third Ear Music label in 1992. It was an honest and captivating demonstration of the attraction of a Syd Kitchen gig. In 1995 Kitchen released his second album entitled City Child. The creation of City Child was"
"Number Ones. ""If I Were You"", ""Poor Poor Pitiful Me"", ""Emotional Girl"" and ""In My Next Life"" all topped the country charts in Canada, ""Girls Lie Too"" reached Number One only in the U.S., and ""You're Easy on the Eyes"" was a Number One in both countries. Terri Clark was born on August 5, 1968, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Clark's family eventually settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she was raised. She is the third of four children: she has a younger brother, Peter, and two older sisters, Kim and Tina. Clark's grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both noted"
"number 34 on the American pop charts in early 1970. It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 25 U.S. AC and number 5 Canada AC. In 1971, a cover was a hit in the U.S. for Coven, whose re-recording only featuring its lead singer Jinx Dawson was featured in the film ""Billy Jack"". The single went to number 26 on the ""Billboard"" pop chart before it was pulled from radio by the film's producer. On November 20, 1971, Coven performed ""One Tin Soldier"" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program ""American Bandstand"". A re-recorded version by Coven made"
"respectively on the consolidated MCA Records label in the U.S., replacing MCA's other labels including Uni. ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"", released in October 1973, gained instant critical acclaim and topped the chart on both sides of the Atlantic, remaining at number one for two months. It also temporarily established John as a glam rock star. It contained the U.S. number 1 ""Bennie and the Jets"", along with other hits, ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"", ""Candle in the Wind"", ""Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"" and ""Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"". ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"" is included in the VH1 Classic Albums"
"Tracks chart. His highest charting single, ""(Who's Gonna Sing) The Last Country Song,"" peaked at No. 41 in 1982. He also reached the Top 10 on the ""RPM"" Country Tracks chart in Canada with the song ""You Are My Angel"" in 1988. Billy Parker (singer) Billy Parker (born July 19, 1939 in Okemah, Oklahoma) is an American country music disc jockey and singer. Parker was named Disc Jockey of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1974 and by the Academy of Country Music in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1984. He was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey"
"Farewell Aunty Jack ""Farewell Aunty Jack"" was the closing theme to ""The Aunty Jack Show"", played at the end of each episode. It was re-recorded and released as a hit single in late 1973 and spent 3 weeks at number one in the charts in Australia in March 1974. The music was written by Rory O'Donoghue, who also did the singing as the character ""Thin Arthur"", whereas ""Aunty Jack"" (Grahame Bond) provided wise-cracks and other spoken commentary to the lyrics, addressed to the listener and the singer. The single had Aunty Jack demanding that listeners ""listen to this song real"
"were less than three months before his untimely death. Both shows were complete sell-outs. The Grateful Dead's performance on September 17, 1972, was recorded and later released as ""Dick's Picks Volume 23"". It contains the complete concert, except for the encore, which was ""One More Saturday Night"". It contains the longest CD version of ""The Other One"", to date, at nearly 40 minutes long. In 1974, the World Team Tennis (WTT) Baltimore Banners played their home games there. Number 1 in the world Jimmy Connors was on that team. After Connors defeated Ken Roswall in Wimbledon they played each other"
"it reached No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart the following year. The song reached number 8 in the Irish charts on its original release in 1974, returning to number 18 under the UK Records release in January 1975. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, it is one of the most covered songs written by an Australian with 27 different artists recording it in 1975 alone. Covers include fellow Australians, Col Joye and Digby Richards, and international artists, Mac Davis, Terry Jacks, Gary Glitter, Joe Dassin (in French), The Cats and Tom Jones. Some cover artists, including Davis, leave"
"scored a number one hit on the UK Singles chart in 1973. The recording by American country singer Sonny James was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 3602. It first reached the ""Billboard"" chart on January 5, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 1; on the Best Seller chart, at No. 2; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 2. On ""Billboard""'s country music charts, it was a No. 1 hit for nine weeks, and remained the longest-reigning of James' 23 chart-topping"
"The Grand Tour (song) ""The Grand Tour"" is a song made famous by country music singer George Jones. Originally released in 1974, the song was the title track to his album released that year. The song became Jones' sixth No. 1 song (fifth if only solo entries are considered) on ""Billboard's"" Hot Country Singles chart in August 1974, and was the fourth-biggest hit of the year. In 2014, Rolling Stone named the song number 38 on its ""40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time"". The song is widely hailed as one of the finest performances in country music history. Genre"
"Smackwater Jack (song) ""Smackwater Jack"" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was first released on King's 1971 album ""Tapestry"" and then on the second single from that album, along with ""So Far Away,"" charting at #14 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It was subsequently covered by many artists, most famously by Quincy Jones as the title song of his 1971 album ""Smackwater Jack"". ""Rolling Stone"" critic Jon Landau described ""Smackwater Jack"" as an ""uptempo shuffle."" The lyrics tell the story of a confrontation between the outlaw Smackwater Jack and Big Jim the Chief. In that"
"Country"", ""When Jerry Lee returned, he brought his London rhythm section of Tony Cotton, Albert Lee and Chas Hodges with him. They wrote a song about 'Jack Daniels Old No. 7,' a product they considered quintessentially American, and one near and dear to Jerry's heart."" It became the B-side of ""No Headstone On My Grave,"" Lewis's first record in several years to bomb completely. ""The Session"" would be Lewis's highest pop charting album since 1964's ""Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis"", hitting number 37. It did far better on the country albums chart, rising to number 4. In his ""Rolling"
"Boys, who had recorded a version with Terry Jacks producing, decided to abandon their recording. Jacks released his version as a single in 1973 on his own label, Goldfish Records. ""Put the Bone In"", an original composition about burying a deceased pet dog, was included as the B-side. The single soon topped the record charts in the U.S. (where it was released on Bell Records), in Canada, and the UK, selling over 14 million copies worldwide. Jacks's version was released in the United States in December 1973, and made the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 a month later. On March 2, 1974,"
"as Lewis told biographer Rick Bragg, ""Neither one of them could touch me."" I-40 Country I-40 Country is an album by Jerry Lee Lewis, released on the Mercury label in 1974. By 1974, Lewis's remarkable hot streak on the country charts began to cool. Although the single ""He Can't Fill My Shoes"" would make the Top 10, a second single, the foreboding ""Tell Tale Signs,"" only made it to number 18, and Lewis would not see the Top 10 again until 1976. The LP peaked at number 25 on ""Billboard""'s country albums chart, whereas his previous country album, 1973's ""Sometimes"
"1945 with ""Sentimental Journey"". Dean Martin had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Everybody Loves Somebody"" in 1964. The O'Jays had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Love Train"" in 1972. The Ohio Players had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including the funk song ""Love Rollercoaster"" in 1976. Wild Cherry had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Play That Funky Music"" also in 1976. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Tha Crossroads"" in 1996. John Legend had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""All of Me"" in 2014. Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods had a #1"