1974

The **1974** season is the fifteenth regular season of *Jay's Music Search*. It followed the 1973 season and preceded the 1975 season.

This season had The Rivals twist return from the previous year, but also introduced a new third team, led solely by 1972 winner Tom Jones. Unlike The Rivals who steal acts that did move past the early rounds, this team was made up entirely of acts eliminated in those rounds, being given a second chance in the competition by Tom.

# Episodes

## Auditions

The first round consisted of about 100 acts auditioning to make the Top 48 that would move into Round 2. Tom Jones got to save one rejected act from each audition episode.

### Episode 1501

**Accepted:**

* **Patsy Cline**
* **Status Quo**
* **Diana Ross and The Supremes**
* **Eddy Arnold**

**Rejected:**

* Tears
* *Tomasz Stanko, Tomasz Szukalski, Edvard Vesala, and Peter Warren* (saved by Tom)
* John Lee Hooker
* BT Express
* Die Kolibris and Die Dominos
* Die Unentwegten
* The Mills Brothers
* Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes
* Grus I Dojjan

### Episode 1502

**Accepted:**

* **Peter Maffay**
* **Mahalia Jackson**
* **James Brown**
* **Hank Snow**
* **Los Ángeles**
* **Herman van Veen**

**Rejected:**

* Dennis Alcapone
* Tommy Dorsey
* Charles Ives
* JB Lenoir
* Flying Norwegians
* *Louis Armstrong* (saved by Tom)

### Episode 1503

**Accepted:**

* **Clifford T. Ward**
* **Santiana**
* **Dave Love**
* **Leonel Power**
* **Elton John Band**
* **Tchaikovsky**

**Rejected:**

* The Fatback Band
* John Bennet
* Curtis Mayfield
* Brian Eno
* *Toots Thielemans* (saved by Tom)
* Vesku Loiri & Rag Paananen
* Jim Reeves

### Episode 1504

**Accepted:**

* **Roger Whittaker**
* **Arthur Crudup**
* **Jimmy Reed**
* **Lollipops**
* **The Tymes**
* **Mo-I-Rana**

**Rejected:**

* Der Kinderchor Vera Schink
* *Lightnin' Hopkins* (saved by Tom)
* Elmore James
* John Lee Hooker
* Memphis Slim
* Big Bill Broonzy

### Episode 1505

**Accepted:**

* **Savage Rose**
* **Shu-bi-dua**
* **Culpeper's Orchard**
* **Mike Oldfield**
* **David Bowie**
* **Joe Dassin**
* **Thorleifs**

**Rejected:**

* Steen Bech
* *P-Nats* (saved by Tom)
* Case
* Niels Skousen
* Lawrence Welk
* Minister Louis Farrakhan

### Episode 1506

**Accepted:**

* **The Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet**
* **Creedence Clearwater Revival**
* **The Spencer Davis Group**
* **Mud**
* **Alvin Stardust**
* **Petula Clark**
* **Aphrodite's Child**

**Rejected:**

* Peppino di Capri
* Catherine Lara
* Konrad Ruhland's Capella Antiqua München
* *The Incredible Bongo Band* (saved by Tom)
* Art Farmer

### Episode 1507

**Accepted:**

* **Gwen McCrae**
* **Elvis Presley**
* **David Cassidy**
* **Maria Creuza**
* **Pery Ribeiro**
* **Antonio Carlos & Jocafi**

**Rejected:**

* George Gershwin
* Hampton Hawes
* Wanderley Cardoso
* *Coral Som Livre* (saved by Tom)
* Djalma Dias
* Betinho
* Rildo Hora

### Episode 1508

**Accepted:**

* **Gigliola Cinquetti**
* **Ecstasy, Passion & Pain**
* **Johnny Cash**
* **Häns'che Weiss Quintett**

**Rejected:**

* Eustáquio Sena
* Waltel Branco
* Djavan
* Puzzle
* *Sibelius* (saved by Tom)
* The Latinaires Orchestra
* Jackpot
* Nelson Y Sus Estrellas

## Round 2 Battles

As only 46 of the 48 needed acts made it through auditions, two acts were brought back as audition wildcards to fill out the 48. The two acts were Dennis Alcapone and Wanderley Cardoso.

The first eight acts stolen onto Team Rivals this year were Patsy Cline, James Brown, Elton John Band, The Tymes, Joe Dassin, Petula Clark, David Cassidy, and Johnny Cash.

The battles in the round are listed below, with the winners being in bold. Battle losers in italics received saves and also moved on. Eight saves were available to give away in this round.

At the end of the round, Tom Jones was able to select four more of the eliminated acts to join his team.

### Episode 1509

The eight acts saved by Team Tom were the first to face off in this year's battles. The losers were not eligible for saves.

* **Coral Som Livre** vs Lightnin' Hopkins
* **Louis Armstrong** vs P-Nats
* Sibelius vs **The Incredible Bongo Band**
* **Tomasz Stanko, Tomasz Szukalski, Edvard Vesala, and Peter Warren** vs Toots Thielemans

### Episode 1510

* **Alvin Stardust** vs *Antonio Carlos & Jocafi* (saved by Tom)
* *Aphrodite's Child* vs **Arthur Crudup**

**Team Rivals:**

* **David Cassidy** vs Elton John Band

### Episode 1511

* *Clifford T. Ward* vs **Creedence Clearwater Revival**
* *Culpeper's Orchard* vs **Dave Love**
* **David Bowie** vs Dennis Alcapone
* **Diana Ross and The Supremes** vs Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
* *Eddy Arnold* vs **Elvis Presley**

**Team Rivals:**

* **James Brown** vs *Joe Dassin* (saved by Tom)

### Episode 1512

* **Gigliola Cinquetti** vs *Gwen McCrae*
* Hank Snow vs **Herman van Veen**
* **Häns'che Weiss Quintett** vs *Jimmy Reed* (saved by Tom)
* Leonel Power vs **Lollipops**
* Los Ángeles vs **Mahalia Jackson**
* **Maria Creuza** vs *Mike Oldfield*
* **Mo-I-Rana** vs Mud
* Pery Ribeiro vs **Peter Maffay**

**Team Rivals:**

* Johnny Cash vs **Patsy Cline**

### Episode 1513

* Roger Whittaker vs **Santiana**
* **Savage Rose** vs *Shu-bi-dua* (saved by Tom)
* **Status Quo** vs *Tchaikovsky*
* The Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet vs **The Spencer Davis Group**
* *Thorleifs* vs **Wanderley Cardoso**

**Team Rivals:**

* Petula Clark vs **The Tymes**

## Round 3 Battles

At the start of this round, The Rivals stole five more acts onto their team: Arthur Crudup, David Bowie, Gigliola Cinquetti, Status Quo, and Wanderley Cardoso.

The battles in the round are listed below, with the winners being in bold. Six saves were available to give away in this round.

### Episode 1514

The eight acts saved by Team Tom were the first to face off in this year's battles. The losers were not eligible for saves.

* Antonio Carlos & Jocafi vs **Coral Som Livre**
* Jimmy Reed vs **Joe Dassin**
* Louis Armstrong vs **Shu-bi-dua**
* **The Incredible Bongo Band** vs Tomasz Stanko, Tomasz Szukalski, Edvard Vesala, and Peter Warren

### Episode 1515

This episode featured a three-way battle, with two winners.

* **Alvin Stardust** vs Aphrodite's Child
* **Clifford T. Ward** vs Culpeper's Orchard vs **Diana Ross and The Supremes**
* **Creedence Clearwater Revival** vs Dave Love
* *Eddy Arnold* vs **Gwen McCrae**
* *Elvis Presley* vs **Herman van Veen**

**Team Rivals:**

* **Arthur Crudup** vs *David Bowie* (saved by Tom)

### Episode 1516

* *Häns'che Weiss Quintett* vs **Lollipops**
* **Mahalia Jackson** vs Maria Creuza

**Team Rivals:**

* **David Cassidy** vs Gigliola Cinquetti

### Episode 1517

This episode featured a three-way battle from Team Rivals, with one winner.

* Mike Oldfield vs **Mo-I-Rana**
* *Peter Maffay* vs **Santiana**
* **Savage Rose** vs *Tchaikovsky*
* *The Spencer Davis Group* vs **Thorleifs**

**Team Rivals:**

* **James Brown** vs Patsy Cline
* Status Quo vs *The Tymes* (saved by Tom) vs **Wanderley Cardoso**

## Top 30

At the start of this round, The Rivals stole two more acts onto their team: Alvin Stardust and Mo-I-Rana.

Two Team Rivals battle losers from the previous two rounds returned as wildcards for this round: Elton John Band and Petula Clark.

The Top 30 were split into five groups of six. Three from each group advanced and made it into the Top 15.