Thank you for your votes for the Top 20 singles in Australia for the week of 27 July 1974. This is how you ranked the 20 songs:
Redsong titles link to that song on our website….
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1.. Evie (Pts 1, 2 & 3) – Stevie Wright – 350 votes
2.. The Air That I Breathe – The Hollies – 324
3.. Candle in the Wind / Bennie and the Jets – Elton John – 313
4.. Devil Gate Drive – Suzi Quatro – 305
5.. Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede – 288
6.. Billy Don’t Be a Hero – Paper Lace – 240
7.. Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot – 236
8.. Sugar Baby Love – The Rubettes – 218
9.. Waterloo – ABBA – 202
10.. Emma – Hot Chocolate – 202
11.. Midnight at the Oasis – Maria Muldaur – 177
12.. The Loco-Motion – Grand Funk Railroad – 168
13.. Slipstream – Sherbet – 161
14.. You Make Me Feel Brand New – The Stylistics – 139
15.. The Streak – Ray Stevens – 128
16.. The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand – 117
17.. The Entertainer – Marvin Hamlisch – 97
18.. Long Live Love – Olivia Newton-John – 72
19.. Would You Lay With Me in a Field of Stone – Judy Stone – 68
20.. My Girl Bill – Cash Backman – 67
Voting was open for 25 hours, from 11am Monday to 12pm Tuesday AEST.
The Top 20 Song Poll is published at 11am AEST Mondays on our website, with a link in our weekly email that is sent to subscribers at that time.
A link is then published on our Facebook pages: 20 Years of #1s and Top 10 hits: 1965-1984 at 11.30am AEST and on Bang a Gong: Australia’s radio hits of the 60s & 70s at 12pm AEST.
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We have another poll this Thursday: The Top 20 Singles of 1981
Our Facebook page 20 years of #1s and Top 10 hits: 1965-1984 pushes into the ‘80s a bit, so we’re adding occasional extra polls from that decade.
This Thursday, you can vote for the 20 biggest singles in Australia for the year 1981, which includes two songs by Men at Work, along with The Rolling Stones, Rick Springfield and even Slim Dusty!
Look for the poll after 11.30am AEST Thursday on this Facebook page: 20 years of #1s and Top 10 hits: 1965-1984
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Chart source: Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book
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