Top 100 songs for September 28, 1974
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1974 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Rock Me Gently” by Andy Kim. Meanwhile, “Everlasting Love” by Carl Carlton rises from No. 87 to No. 63. 13 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Everlasting Love — Carl Carltonup 24 places, No. 87 → No. 63
- Back Home Again — John Denverup 20 places, No. 70 → No. 50
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Free Wheelin' — Bachman-Turner Overdriveup 16 places, No. 65 → No. 49
New to this week’s Top 10
- Beach Baby — First ClassNo. 5
- Another Saturday Night — Cat StevensNo. 8
- Sweet Home Alabama — Lynyrd SkynyrdNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Surfin' U.S.A. — The Beach BoysNo. 36
- One Day At A Time — Marilyn SellarsNo. 37
- Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) — ReunionNo. 40
First-week entries
- Whatever Gets You Thru The Night — John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Nuclear BandNo. 53
- Devotion — Earth, Wind & FireNo. 59
- Do It ('til You're Satisfied) — B.T. ExpressNo. 60
- My Country — Jud StrunkNo. 81
- Virgin Man — Smokey RobinsonNo. 82
- Don't Send Nobody Else — Ace SpectrumNo. 83
- Distant Lover — Marvin GayeNo. 85
- She Called Me Baby — Charlie RichNo. 86
- Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) — Al GreenNo. 87
- Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) — Three Dog NightNo. 89
- I Can Help — Billy SwanNo. 90
- La La Peace Song — O.C. SmithNo. 91
- When Will I See You Again — The Three DegreesNo. 94
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.