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Ah yes... ;D The year I was born.A lot of good music came out that year.

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D@mn Howard! You sure know how to make a guy feel old. ;) ;D

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D@mn Howard! You sure know how to make a guy feel old. ;) ;D
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Yeah Howard - Good Grief !

In 1974 I became an Uncle... :o

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D@mn Howard! You sure know how to make a guy feel old. ;) ;D
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Hey,What are you putting the blame on me?  ;D
I just said a lot of good music came out. I'm only 30 years old.  ;D

Howard

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I remember when "Please Come To Boston" by Dave Loggins came out everybody was wondering if Dave Loggins was related to Kenny Loggins. I don't remember now what the outcome was. I think it was finally made known that he was not related to Kenny.End Quote

Not true. They are, in fact, cousins...

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Somebody help me on this.
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Actually, "Rubber Duckie" was by Ernie - it went to #16 in the Fall of '70. Kermit's hit was "Rainbow Connection", which went to #25 in the Fall of '79...

Oh, and for everyone struggling w/ #2 on OlDsKoOl fAiRy's list, it should read "Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka", even though it was actually a 1975 hit here in the U.S...

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In that case :  Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka  8

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I want to point out what a huge differance in the types of music to top the charts in '74 vs '84 or '94.  
You think that hit buying public back in '74 is still buying much of the current hits? ;)
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As a member of that category I can give you a categorical NO !


FB  ;)

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Yeah Howard - Good Grief !

In 1974 I became an Uncle... :o
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Oh hell, I can top that! I was an Aunt 4 times by 1974; I became an Aunt in 1966! :o

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I want to point out what a huge differance in the types of music to top the charts in '74 vs '84 or '94.  
You think that hit buying public back in '74 is still buying much of the current hits? ;)
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In '74, this was most definetly not the music I and my buds were listening to. We were getting in to the "old standards" like Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Allman Bros. etc. and finding "new bands" to jam to like ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd (they had been around for a couple of years), Boston, etc. The tunes mentioned above were the AM, top 40 hits, but don't really represent the music of the era IMHO.

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In '74, this was most definetly not the music I and my buds were listening to. We were getting in to the "old standards" like Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Allman Bros. etc. and finding "new bands" to jam to like ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd (they had been around for a couple of years), Boston, etc. The tunes mentioned above were the AM, top 40 hits, but don't really represent the music of the era IMHO.
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Your right Dude, my mother listened to those tunes but my older sisters album collection included many of the bands you named plus Yes, Cat Stephens, Al Stewart and a few others.  Remember how big Boston was?  Biggest selling debut album in it's day.  I remember in 5th grade playing Prelude/Long Time before going to school every morning.

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Your right Dude, my mother listened to those tunes but my older sisters album collection included many of the bands you named plus Yes, Cat Stephens, Al Stewart and a few others.  Remember how big Boston was?  Biggest selling debut album in it's day.  I remember in 5th grade playing Prelude/Long Time before going to school every morning.
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DO I?? (Remember how big Boston was?) I remember thinking that "this has to all be slick, studio production. There's no way they could reproduce that sound and those vocals live." And then I saw them live. BLOWN AWAY!!
Edited to add: I hear they're going back on the road. I wonder if its with all the original members and if so, did they have to drop the keys in some of their songs a couple of steps to enable them to hit some of those notes (vocals).

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In '74, this was most definetly not the music I and my buds were listening to. We were getting in to the "old standards" like Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Allman Bros. etc. and finding "new bands" to jam to like ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd (they had been around for a couple of years), Boston, etc. The tunes mentioned above were the AM, top 40 hits, but don't really represent the music of the era IMHO.
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The list posted by OlDsKoOl fAiRy is merely a sampling of songs (all top 15 pop hits) from 1974-75. Were they all big AM radio hits back then? Certainly. But the truth is, most of the FM/rock artists you named were enjoying huge radio hits and album sales as well; it's just that in most cases, those "hits" didn't make the top 15 - but did indeed make the top 40!

So let's look at how well all of the acts you named were doing in 1974-75:

LED ZEPPELIN: Scored a #38 pop hit w/ "Trampled Under Foot" in the Spring of '75. Their double album, Physical Graffiti, released in the Winter of '75, is a #1 platinum-selling smash...

JETHRO TULL: "Bungle in the Jungle" is a #12 pop hit in the Winter of '75, which puts it in the same ranks as the tunes on OSF's list. Their album, War Child, released in the Fall of '74, is a #2 gold-selling smash...

PINK FLOYD: No hit singles since "Money" went to #13 in the Summer of '73; at this time, they were still riding the #1 platinum-selling crest of 1973's Dark Side of the Moon album. Follow-up, Wish You Were Here, is finally released in the Summer of '75, and also races to #1 platinum-selling success...

ALLMAN BROS.: Gregg scores a #19 solo hit w/ "Midnight Rider" in the Winter of '74, and its parent album, Laid Back, released in the Fall of '73, is a #13 gold-seller. At the same time, "Jessica" is also a moderate pop hit for the band, climbing to #65. As a result, Brothers and Sisters, released in the Summer of '73, is a #1 platinum-seller. Win, Lose or Draw would follow in the Summer of '75, and also go on to become a #5 gold-seller...

ZZ TOP: In the Spring of '74, "La Grange" is a #41 pop hit, and in the process, racks up 19 weeks on the chart (comparable to a top 10 hit!). Parent album Tres Hombres, released in the Summer of '73, is a #8 gold smash. Follow-up live/studio combo album, Fandango!, comes out in the Spring of '75 and is another top 10 gold-seller, yielding the #20 pop hit, "Tush"...

AEROSMITH: Original release of classic "Dream On" hits #59 pop in the Fall of '73, carrying parent album Aerosmith to #21, and gold status. Group returns in the Spring of '75 w/ the classic Toys in the Attic, a #11 platinum-seller, and also hits #36 pop w/ "Sweet Emotion"...

LYNYRD SKYNYRD: "Sweet Home Alabama" is a huge #8 pop hit in the Fall of '74, which also puts this tune up there w/ those on OSF's list. Parent album, Second Helping, released in the Spring of '74, climbs to #12 and platinum sales. The classic "Free Bird", belatedly released off their 1973 debut album, Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd), is also a successful #19 follow-up in the Winter of '75. Third album, Nuthin' Fancy, is released in the Spring of '75, goes to #9 and also sells platinum. "Saturday Night Special" hits #27 pop in the Summer of '75...

BOSTON: Not yet on the map - didn't break till the Fall of '76...

So the point I'm trying to make is that - w/ the exception of Boston - all of the acts you named were well-established platinum-sellers at the time in question, and were most definitely represented on the radio by their share of hits! In fact, other FM/rock artists w/ huge top 20 pop hits in 1974 that you failed to mention included Grand Funk ("The Loco-Motion", #1 in the Spring of '74/"Shinin' On", #11 in the Summer of '74/"Walk Like a Man", #19 in the Winter of '74), Steve Miller Band ("The Joker", #1 in the Winter of '74), Bachman-Turner Overdrive ("You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", #1 in the Fall of '74/"Takin' Care of Business", #12 in the Summer of '74), Eric Clapton ("I Shot the Sheriff", #1 in the Summer of '74), Brownsville Station ("Smokin' in the Boy's Room", #3 in the Winter of '74), Bad Company ("Can't Get Enough", #5 in the Fall of '74), The Hollies ("The Air That I Breathe", #6 in the Summer of '74), The Guess Who ("Clap for the Wolfman", #6 in the Fall of '74), Cat Stevens ("Another Saturday Night", #6 in the Fall of '74/"Oh Very Young", #10 in the Spring of '74), Joni Mitchell ("Help Me", #7 in the Spring of '74), Mike Oldfield ("Tubular Bells", #7 in the Spring of '74), Golden Earring ("Radar Love", #13 in the Summer of '74), The Rolling Stones ("Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ", #15 in the Winter of '74/"It's Only Rock 'n Roll ", #16 in the Summer of '74/"Ain't Too Proud to Beg", #17 in the Fall of '74), and the list goes on... ;)