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- “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, where it was in its third week at the top. At No. 2 was “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, No. 3 was “Candida” by Dawn and No. 4 was “Cracklin’ Rosie” by Neil Diamond. Also in the Top 10 were “Julie, Do Ya’ Love Me” by Bobby Sherman, “I’ll Be There” by Jackson 5, “(I Know) I’m Losing You” by Rare Earth, “Snowbird” by Anne Murray, “War” by Edwin Starr and “All Right Now” by Free.
- The U.S. Top 5 singles consisted of “All Right Now” by Free at No. 5, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Diana Ross at No. 4, “Candida” by Dawn at No. 3, “I’ll Be There” by the Jackson Five at No. 2, and “Cracklin’ Rose” by Neil Diamond at No. 1.
- Black Sabbath went to #1 on the UK Album chart with Paranoid.
- Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Cosmo's Factory" remained at No. 1 on the US album chart for its eighth consecutive week. The Top 10 also included Joe Cocker, The Moody Blues, the Woodstock soundtrack, The Jackson 5, The Who, Chicago, Santana, Neil Young and James Taylor.
- Neil Diamond reached No. 1 with "Cracklin' Rosie". The rest of the US Top 10 included the Jackson 5, Dawn, Diana Ross, Free, Bobby Sherman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sugarloaf, The Carpenters and Rare Earth.
- The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" reached No. 1 on the US Easy Listening chart.
- The Jackson 5 reached No. 1 on the R&B chart with "I'll Be There," their first release.
- Black Sabbath reached number one on the UK album chart with their second album, Paranoid. The album contains some of the band's best-known songs, including the title track, “Iron Man” and “War Pigs,” and is now regarded as a heavy metal classic.
- Bobby Sherman's single “Julie, Do Ya Love Me” reached the U.S. Top 10.
- The double-sided single “Lookin' Out My Back Door” / “Long as I Can See the Light” by Creedence Clearwater Revival reached the U.S. Top 10.
- The single “Candida” by Dawn reached number three on the U.S. chart.
- Diana Ross's single “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” reached number four on the U.S. chart.
- The single “All Right Now” by Free rose from number ten to number five on the U.S. chart.
- Neil Diamond reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with “Cracklin' Rosie,” which remained at the top for one week. It was his first number-one single as a performer. The song was also a breakthrough in the UK, where it reached number three, and it entered the Top 10 in eight other countries. Diamond had previously achieved success primarily as a songwriter, including with “I'm a Believer” for The Monkees.
- The song “(I Know) I'm Losing You” by Rare Earth reached number ten on the U.S. chart.
- The song “Green-Eyed Lady” by Sugarloaf reached the U.S. Top 10.
- The Carpenters reached number two on the U.S. singles chart with “We've Only Just Begun.” The song was originally recorded by Smokey Roberds under the name Freddie Allen and was used in a television commercial for Crocker National Bank.
- The Jackson 5's single “I'll Be There” held at number two on the U.S. chart behind Neil Diamond's “Cracklin' Rosie.”
- Carole King's masterpiece "Tapestry" reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, beginning a historic 15-week consecutive run at the top. It remains the record for the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 by a female solo artist.
- Ringo Starr received a gold record for “It Don't Come Easy,” which reached No. 4 in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
- Kompilační album „Hot Hits 6“ od různých anonymních interpretů se dostalo na první místo britského albového žebříčku. Obsahovalo dvanáct coververzí populárních skladeb.
- James Taylor měl podle žebříčku Cashbox nejprodávanější singl v USA se skladbou „You've Got A Friend“ od Carole King. Skladba dosáhla 4. místa ve Velké Británii.
- Olivia Newton-John dosáhla se svou verzí skladby Boba Dylana „If Not for You“ prvního místa v Easy Listening chartu.
- Paul Revere & the Raiders byli se skladbou „Indian Reservation“ na druhém místě amerického singlového žebříčku.
- “If Not for You” reached number one on the US Billboard Easy Listening chart, later known as Adult Contemporary.
- Mercury Records officially changed the A-side of the single “Maggie May” from the original “Reason to Believe” after radio stations and listeners unexpectedly took a liking to “Maggie May”. The recording subsequently reached number one and became his first Billboard song.
- “Sweet City Woman” debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 8 in October. More than one million copies of the recording were sold, and it spent sixteen weeks on the chart.
- John Denver's song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was certified in the US for sales of one million copies. Although the song refers to West Virginia as “almost heaven,” Denver and co-writers Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert had never visited the state before writing it.
- Diana Ross began a four-week run at No. 1 on the UK chart with “I'm Still Waiting”. The song also reached No. 1 in Ireland.
- Reissued Elvis Presley single “Heartbreak Hotel” reached No. 10 on the UK chart. Elvis's single “I'm Leavin'” reached No. 36 in the US.
- Marvin Gaye spent his second consecutive week at No. 1 on the R&B chart with “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)”.
- Olivia Newton-John spent her third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “If Not For You”.
- Paul and Linda McCartney moved from No. 65 to No. 21 with “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”.
- The Bee Gees spent their third consecutive week at No. 1 with “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”. “Mr. Big Stuff” by Jean Knight was at No. 2, John Denver was at No. 3, and Marvin Gaye moved from No. 9 to No. 4 with “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)”. James Taylor was at No. 5 with “You've Got A Friend”, Creedence Clearwater Revival at No. 6 with “Sweet Hitch-Hiker”, Chicago at No. 7 with “Beginnings/Colour My World”, Five Man Electrical Band at No. 8 with “Signs” and Tommy James and The Shondells at No. 9 with “Draggin' The Line”, while Three Dog Night entered the Top 10 with “Liar”.
- Diana Ross was at number one on the UK singles chart with “I'm Still Waiting”, which became her first solo UK number-one single. It remained at the top for four weeks after being heavily promoted by BBC Radio 1 presenter Tony Blackburn on his morning programme.
- John Denver’s first major hit, “Take Me Home, Country Roads”, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind the Bee Gees’ “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?”. Denver and co-writers Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert had never visited West Virginia when they wrote the song. The lyrics were inspired by postcards from West Virginia that Bill Danoff received from a friend living in the state. The song later became one of West Virginia’s state anthems.
- Paul and Linda McCartney reached number one on the US singles chart with “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey” from the album Ram, released only in the US. It was Paul McCartney's first US solo number-one hit. The song also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand that year. Paul later explained that “Uncle Albert” was based on his real uncle, while “Admiral Halsey” referred to US Admiral William “Bull” Halsey.
- Motown's The Undisputed Truth had their only Billboard Top 40 hit when “Smiling Faces Sometimes” reached number three. The trio's other singles never climbed higher than number 63.
- “Peace Train” by Cat Stevens moved up from No. 88 to No. 50 on the U.S. chart.
- Thirteen-year-old Donny Osmond reached No. 1 on the Cashbox Best Sellers chart with his cover of “Go Away Little Girl” by Steve Lawrence, originally released in 1963. A few days later, the recording was certified gold by the RIAA for one million copies shipped.
- Elvis Presley's album Almost in Love reached No. 38 on the British album chart.
- Joan Baez spent her fifth week at No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart with “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”
- John Lennon's album “Imagine” entered the U.S. album chart at No. 155 and climbed to No. 1 during October. The first copies of the album included a postcard featuring Lennon holding a pig as a reference to the photograph of Paul McCartney with a sheep on the cover of the album “Ram.”
- “Maggie May” / “Reason to Believe” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Rod Stewart his first solo No. 1 hit in the United States. “Maggie May” was inspired by his first sexual experience in 1961 and in 2004 was ranked No. 130 on Rolling Stone's list.
- Led Zeppelin II had spent 100 weeks on the British album chart. It was the band's first album to reach No. 1 in the U.S., where it remained for seven weeks. In 1999, it received 12× platinum certification in the U.S. for more than 12 million copies sold.
- Rod Stewart was at No. 1 on the US and UK singles charts with "Maggie May." Originally released as the B-side to "Reason to Believe," it was Stewart's first of six UK No. 1 singles and spent five weeks at the top in Britain; in the US it was No. 1 for the second of five weeks.
- Wayne Newton reached No. 1 on the Cashbox chart with “Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast,” where it spent one week. The song reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.