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Jan 1975

Apr 1975

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10

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Sad Sweet Dreamer

Sweet Sensation

Although Sad Sweet Dreamer was the only top 20 hit by Sweet Sensation, the group received minor radio airplay for other songs like Purely By Coincidence. This group Sweet Sensation was from the UK. In the 1980s, another unrelated group also called Sweet Sensation had a string of popular songs. This second group was from New York City.

Feb 1975

Apr 1975

5

3

2

Chevy Van

Sammy Johns

Chevy Van was the only top 20 hit for Sammy Johns. He followed-up with Rag Doll, and had a few other songs that received some radio airplay.

Mar 1975

May 1975

30

18

3

Shaving Cream

Benny Bell

Shaving Cream was originally released in 1946. The song was banned from some radio stations, but a following of Benny Bell developed. In 1975, as a result of exposure on by Dr. Demento, the song became popular. Benny Bell also received some radio airplay and jukebox play in the 1940s with songs like Sweet Violets and Take A Ship For Yourself.

Apr 1975

May 1975

4

Ease On Down The Road

Consumer Rapport

Ease On Down The Road was the only top 20 hit, and the only song that received mentionable airplay, for Consumer Rapport. In 1978, The version of this song by Diana Ross & Michael Jackson became a number 18 hit. The song was from the show The Wiz.

Mar 1975

May 1975

3

1

5

How Long

Ace

How Long was the only top 20 hit for Ace. The group followed-up with Rock And Roll Runaway, which received minor radio play. In 1982, Rod Stewart remade the song and it became popular again. Ace featured lead singer Paul Carrack, who also sang with Squeeze and Mike + The Mechanics. The song was from the original album Five-A-Side (An Ace Album).

Apr 1975

Jun 1975

4

4

6

I'm Not Lisa

Jessi Colter

Although I'm Not Lisa was the only top 20 hit for Jessi Colter, she had a string of songs that were popular on country stations like her 1970 duet with Waylon Jennings, Suspicious Minds. That song was a 1969 number one hit for Elvis Presley.

Nov 1974

Jul 1975

5

2

7

Magic

Pilot

Although Magic was the only top 20 hit for Pilot, the group had a string of songs that received some radio airplay, like January. Pilot was led by singer and multi-instrumentalist David Paton, who also sang and played extensively for The Alan Parsons Project and Camel.

Apr 1975

Jul 1975

1

1

8

The Hustle

Van McCoy And The Soul City Symphony

The instrumental song The Hustle was a number one song and the only top 20 hit for Van McCoy. He followed up with a string of fairly popular dance and soul songs like Change With The Times.

Apr 1975

Jul 1975

10

10

9

Dynomite

Tony Camillo's Bazuka

Dynomite was a popular saying of J.J. Walker on the comedy TV show Good Times. The group, sometimes called Tony Camillo's Bazuka, Bazuka Featuring Tony Camillo, or simply Bazuka, had a few other songs that received slight radio airplay like Love Explosion.

Mar 1975

Jul 1975

9

11

10

Rockin' Chair

Gwen McCrae

Although Rockin' Chair was the only top 20 hit for Gwen McCrae, she had a string of popular soul and dance songs like Funky Sensation. Rockin' Chair was from the original album Rockin' Chair.

Jun 1975

Oct 1975

6

3

11

Feelings

Morris Albert

Feelings was a slow riser on the top 20. The song spent 12 weeks in the top 20--a very long time for a song in the 1970s. The song continued to receive extensive radio airplay for months after, and became an all time classic. Morris Albert was eventually sued for stealing Feelings from another song. He lost the lawsuit, and 88 percent of the royalties. Although Morris Albert never had another top 20 song, he followed up with Sweet Loving Man, which received slight radio airplay.

Aug 1975

Dec 1975

15

12

12

Eighteen With A Bullet

Pete Wingfield

Eighteen With A Bullet was the only top 20 song by Pete Wingfield. He received slight radio airplay with other songs too like Lovin' As You Wanna Be.