1974 Top Fifty One Singles

Peel in his Sounds music paper column, published on 4th January 1975, wrote his personal favourite top 40 singles of 1974, with the additional favourite singles from positions 41-50 as well as revealing his 51st favourite single of that year:
# Rod Stewart & The Faces: You Can Make Me Dance
# Don Covay: It's Better To Have
# Richard & Linda Thompson: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
#Johnny Taylor: I've Been Born Again
# Robert Wyatt: I'm A Believer
# Bad Company: Can't Get Enough
# Hollies: The Air That I Breathe
# Sparks: This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
# Rod Stewart: Farewell
# Supertramp: Dreamer
# Gary Shearston: I Get A Kick Out Of You
# Climax Blues Band: Sense Of Direction
# Eno: Seven Deadly Finns
# Van Morrison: Bulbs
# George McCrae: Rock Your Baby
# Status Quo: Down Down
# Supertramp: Land Ho
# Wings: Band On The Run
# Sparks: Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
# Leo Sayer: Long Tall Glasses
# Mott The Hoople: Saturday Gigs
# 10cc: Silly Love
# Queen: Seven Seas Of Rhye
# Betty Wright: Secretary
# Jackson Browne: Walking Slow
# Loudon Wainwright III: Down Drinking At The Bar
# Allman Brothers Band: Jessica
# Alan Price: Jarrow Song
# Souther-Hillman-Furay Band: Fallin' In Love
# Ace: How Long
# Leo Sayer: One Man Band
# Eagles: Already Gone
# Hollies: I'm Down
# Sparks: Amateur Hour
# Queen: Killer Queen
# Hatfield & The North: Let's Eat (Real Soon)
# Wings: Jet
# Pretty Things: Is It Only Love
# Thin Lizzy: Little Darlin'
# Argent: Keep On Rollin'
# First Class: Beach Baby
# Kiki Dee: I've Got The Music In Me
# Frankie Miller: Little Angel
# Gene Dozier: Give The Women What They Want
# Ducks Deluxe: Love's Melody
# Carol Grimes: Give It Everything You Got
# Kevin Coyne: I Believe In Love
# Eddie Kendricks: Boogie Down
# Ducks Deluxe: Fireball
# Montrose: Bad Motor Scooter
# Mighty Clouds Of Joy: Time
Peel mentions in the article that the list was 'compiled basically from sifting through mounds of records dumped all over the floor of Peel's Boarding House (Only A Stone's Throw From Tomorrow, No Hawkers. Tipping Encouraged).'
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