Top Pop Songs USA 1975

Year-end chart based on the official ARC top 40 charts.

[@jimmyarmijo792]

Freshman year high school. Born 1960. Turned 60, 8/17/20. Thank the Lord for the years.

[@alexacolby5083]

Me too!! Born in 1960. Second half of freshman year in high school in 1975. 😘 I cannot believe we're now 60. It just blows my mind. Peace, brother. ☮️

[@jimmyarmijo792]

@@alexacolby5083 Thanks!

[@Thomass7586]

👍

[@jaydub8707]

Born in 60 too can't believe how time flys.

[@karenrendell7369]

I was 15 in 1975! Happy carefree teen years, loving all these tunes!

[@jaydub8707]

I was also 15 in 75 they don't make music by like this anymore. Best music was in the 60' s 70's & early 80's.

[@salinagrrrl69]

Hey GF I was 15 in 75 too. There was no pandemix, war, DC drama, riots, burning cities, terrorists, political activists like 6 yr b4. Just love & music. Thought that saddness behind me. Well....

[@nonamegame9857]

Nothing against you but I'm guessing you probably went on to love Air supply as well 😂😂

[@caseykelso1]

@@nonamegame9857 that's usually the progression,,,,,ie.cigarettes, drinking,weed,mushrooms, lsd,heroine....... then death from meth.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍸🍸🍸🍸

[@nonamegame9857]

@@caseykelso1 there's no e in heroin unless you're talking about a female in an action movie 😉

[@sherryreis7951]

I graduated in '75. Good times!!! (Glen Frey and Linda Ronstadt)

[@shaywestlake9709]

I love Linda Ronstadt. I was born in 1970, but know many of these songs. I also love the Eagles, Elton John, Doobie Brothers, Bee Gees, McCartney, etc.

[@johnward6699]

14 years old setting in the car listening to the radio brings back so many memories

[@stevenbaer322]

In 1975, I was nine years old back then when music was music. I remember watching TV shows, Saturday morning cartoons, 70's commercials, the toys, the magic eight ball, 45 records, a mixture of color TV with a record player on top. Those days are gone for good but not from our hearts.☮️👍😹✌️

[@johnconway9882]

Me too! 3rd grade when the year started. 4th grade when we ushered in the Bicentennial! Watched the Six Million Dollar Man, the Wide World of Sports, Ali and Frazier in Manilla, and perhaps the greatest World Series ever, Reds vs. Red Sox.

[@richardplume3212]

Ha 4561z my number n hav a grandson hendrix yup life iz good

[@buffalonianforever715]

So I was there for these. A time when musician meant you could play an instrument and singers actually sang their songs live. Any of the acts on this list could out perform anyone today. I feel sorry for todays generation all the know is substandard songs that is why so many are discovering these classics. The true golden age of POP music.

[@tinasaner4880]

I was 10y in '75. I remember Cruising with my Teenage cousins. Best Memories ever. No seatbelts, or Fear. I miss the '70's

[@fritterfoof5146]

My cousins left me on a bus bench after a 77 concert after I met them roaming the crowd with my friend , some COUSINS I had they were both older then me by 4 and 9 yrs and me at 16 was lucky I was not kidnapped and killed back then I was my mothers only child .

[@kevinmoon7691]

10 yrs old also.My musical taste was just beginning to expand from soul music to different sounds thanks to summer road trips without black stations on.Thank God for road trips and my older brother

[@grantchow13]

Minnie Ripperton Beautiful voice R.I.P.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I don't watch TV (believe it or not), but her daughter, Maya Rudolph was (may still be) a regular on "Saturday Night Live."

[@ChatGPT1111]

Yep pretty cool knowing it was for Maya but back then, we always assumed she was just love crazed for some dude lol.

[@jeffbengert2863]

Wonderful.....the year I fell for Linda Ronstadt and she became a part of my life ever since. Great stuff that stands the test of time from so many artists. Thank you for this....

[@Thomass7586]

I loved all the 70's, ( But.) 1975 What a year. Has to be one of my favorites. 🕺❤️👍

[@billyargo2312]

15 years of age and getting ready for the real world last year of school I miss that days and this music.

[@jalaneperry7643]

I was 11 years old in 1975 I wish i could go back to that time

[@gregorydietzler7402]

jay, they were good times. I was 10

[@nakayle]

I was 29 then- and I want to go back too.

[@Name-ps9fx]

11 then, too...living way out in the country, nearest town was 5 miles away...there were several swimming holes in the Kettle River (WA). Having underground roast ham with hippies/peaceful people in the summers. Good times, wonderful music!

[@stickywicket7585]

jay Lane I was 12 in '75 and I would definitely go back were it possible. Anyone discover a time machine that actually works let me know. EVERY thing was better. I'd gladly give up my social media for a rotary phone, a transistor and a bike with a banana seat.

[@tasity1041]

I was 10 living in west Germany. Yea!! Different music and singers there though.

[@nickp385]

My God have times changed, now you need to listen to a song before your kids hear it. What a shame, from the 50s to the 80s we had music, not even God knows what they call music today/

[@despicableme8762]

Your comment is accurate AF!!! I was 15 in 1975, and you just had to be alive then to appreciate music from the 60's, 70's and 80's. The mid 50's were before my time obviously, but I still know the great music from then because of my parents. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, Gene Vincent, and on and on.

[@margiejones6709]

Nick your so right.

[@musicof70scody14]

Right!!!! Music today is GARBAGE!!!

[@crystalthomashKC]

Love, love, love The Carpenters. Karen was the best female vocalist ever. But there was so much good music in the 70’s. I can’t believe Rhinestone Cowboy was number one.

[@melodymeyers-spears4181]

Crystal Thomas Me, either!

[@AntisocialRedNeckNerd]

Rhinestone Cowboy was a crossover hit. It was popular on Country Music stations as well.

[@pjangels609]

It hit #1 for 2 weeks in Sept, then in sailed up and down in the top ten for a month, which is why it's #1. Most songs hit the top 5 then fall quickly in the charts.

[@MrPatrick1414]

What a fantastic year for music!

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies I live in the UK how are you doing Johnny K my mate?

[@richardplume3212]

4561z my number n hav grandson hendrix my eternal fire peace friends

[@fob1xxl]

Dance music was coming into it's own. Great artists that we don't have today. Variety really was the spice of life !

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies I live in the UK how are you doing fob1xxl mate?

[@DRCole-kq2wk]

I am a high school senior in a small town north of Boston in 1975. Good music was so important because there was no Netflix, cell phones , IMAX, IPOD.......Lots of pot and hanging out with anybody who had the time which was everyone. Listening and sharing was our musical currency. No Influencers, no angry rap, no American Idol, no selfies......quiet dreams allowed. Pass the joint and watch the fire. It's all good......college boy heading to UMass Amherst for what will then be the next most magic 4 years of my life.....even more great music and wonderful people to come.

[@janes5119]

Disco had just begun. I was 11 that year. Brings a tear.

[@richardplume3212]

Just got 2 dis go here dis go there great days indeed

[@Happyharold666]

my god what a year for music! THIS was diversity ,brilliance, songcraft

[@jennifergirling6850]

All of the 70s was diverse.

[@Teacher-lj6in]

Such awesome sounds...a magnificent year for growing up as a n 11year old in a dusty little Karoo town in South Africa...had most of these tracks on 7 single, thanks for sharing!

[@profepinky5776]

How I wish the 70s world return. The music was magic and every sound puts you in a place, with someone or doing something. It was a time when vocalists sang in melody and perfect harmony, when instumentalists played with their hearts, song writers composed through the soul and producers and arrangers were masters of their trade. They left us a legacy never to be repeated, only copied, immitated or versioned. The third rate music makers of today's generation have much to learn.

[@franksmith6411]

I was 15 and "that first kiss" music you'll never forget. Owned a few of these singles and albums. Doobie Brothers( oh black water!...was actually a "B" side that got air play and went to #1), Linda Ronstadt, Eagles and actually went to K.C. and the Sunshine Band(they were talented and fun) and Olivia Newton John concert. Elton John owned the 70's. When music was memorable.

[@fruticetum]

I went back to 1975 a few months ago. It was a wild wonderful trip. You really forget all the little things that you had and didn't have. Like for example, you could just pull right up to a store. There were no handicapped spaces. There were no fire doors in buildings. You could enter any door or the back or sides. They were unlocked. My parents were alive again. Amazing how young they looked. I told my dad to PLEASE stop smoking. But the reason I really went back was to relive my junior prom. So I went back to May 9, 1975 to the old high school gym. It was decorated like a Hawaiian paradise. My body was transformed from its current 61-year-old flabbiness to my 15-year-old thin self. The first thing that struck me was how easily I could move, being 100 pounds lighter, how well I could see, and how good I felt. My date was right there in the gym waiting for me in her white dress with violet flowers, wearing the orchid on her wrist I'd bought her for $7. We did a slow dance. I'd forgotten how pretty she was, how tiny she was, and how wonderful her hair smelled. It was a peach shampoo she told me. I can still smell it 46 years later. I had had a big crush on her, unbeknownst to her. I thought she was way over my head, and that I had no chance. I had AGONIZED about how and when to ask her. When she accepted, about a week before the prom, I was walking on clouds. When I had that first slow dance with her, it was the first time I'd ever held a girl. And it was THIS girl. The one I'd dreamed about for so long. It was sublime. We left the prom during the band's intermission, and took a walk hand-in-hand on that perfect spring night. It was just like I remembered. Perfectly sweet and innocent. So beautiful. I can almost reach out and touch it.

[@ChatGPT1111]

Don’t know what you been smokin’ but whatever it is, gimme two of em lol.

[@fritterfoof5146]

Trying to relate at 60 but need a sip of your shrooms .

[@amyyngsdal8982]

I was born in 75!!! Pretty cool to see how music has come and gone in 46 years! ✌❤🎶

[@diy_lothar4422]

Me too!

[@pieluvr7362]

♌🦁75 class of 93

[@richardplume3212]

4561z my number i hav a grandson hendrix ha or little jimmi as i call him

[@angeladay7544]

I'm sure we all do, miss the 70.s i was 17yrs old then , & bridesmaid for a friend I worked with, 😢😊❤.

[@mareygracer14]

I was 3 at this time, but this music was playing during my parents car trips & I have respect for adult contemporary/ soft rock today✌🏼📻⛅️

[@brandycoke713]

I was only six years old and I still remember all those songs

[@proudgram61]

There were so many great songs of the 60s and 70s. Grateful that I was part of this magical era of music.. The Bee Gees are one of my all time favorite singers to this day.....

[@jeffreyturner7678]

I was 5 in 1975 but know 90% of these songs- REAL MUSIC!!!

[@wht-rabt-obj]

I was born in 1970, too 👍

[@markdibble7220]

I was 4 I remember most of them and a few I choose to forget. Linda Rondstat was my favorite female singer beatiful woman in all aspects.

[@sunbloodhauntscamptonco.ky3299]

@@wht-rabt-obj I was born in 1969.

[@fritterfoof5146]

@@sunbloodhauntscamptonco.ky3299 You were lol then you missed the 70s .

[@bqkmg2037]

The two mid point years of the 1970s ( 1975 & 1976) were the best years of the 70s for music.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Nah,all 70s.

[@bqkmg2037]

@@robertmichalscheck3072 NO..not all 70s..especially the late 70s with glam rock ..punk..and disco crap..early/mid 70s were the best (1970 - 1976).

[@derricklogan2058]

As we get older, hearing the songs we grew up with, we sometimes yearn, like the song said: "Let's Do It Again!" I look at some of these people and the long, forgotten memories, flood back to be relived for a brief moment in the right now! I see albums that I still have and wish that I had the songs that I don't have. The 60's, 70's & 80's was a beautiful time to grow up. But for me, 1989 to the present....? That's life.

[@suprb6970]

In 1975 my family moved from Alabama to Michigan. I remember hearing most of these songs on the radio on that long road trip.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

What I find the most fascinating about these lists of music from the 70's is how many songs still are being played. Yes, there was some dreck but the number of songs, from all genre's, that have staying power is amazing.

[@mcmlxii4419]

Dreck? I listened to this entire video and I don't think I heard anything on here that I would characterize as "dreck".

[@arthurlaidlaw1685]

I agree hectors mommy

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@mcmlxii4419 I never said anything on this list was dreck, I said there are songs from the 70's that were dreck but it seems like the percentage of songs we are still listening to decades later is higher for the 70's.

[@clarkhoefle7152]

Yeah, kinda like anyone can cuss & mumble dirty in a mike, scrape an old record on an old turntable, sell it to an ignorant generation, but...guess what...they'll still come back home to where the true music is.

[@jjmanzano9]

Played and remade. The music is timeless

[@bndkllr2763]

I was born in 1975. It feels surreal to think that I may have heard some of these songs in my crib or my parents' car and totally forgotten about them until now...

[@fritterfoof5146]

Yeah you might , but you missed the 70s .

[@kevineich3838]

Thanks for posting man, this is so great. Makes me so happy but also a little sad. Some of these are in my top 10 of all time! One of These Nights - The Eagles, reminds me of driving from Phoenix to LA with my dad, late night, desert southwest, AM radio blaring that song. I'm Not in Love - 10CC reminds me of summers at the pool, sitting on our towels drying off, flirting with the high school girls :) Couple songs I was waiting for, Help Me - Joni Mitchell and My Love - Paul McCartney, they may have been '73, I'll have to look it up.

[@martinavila4424]

I turned 21 yrs old and enjoyed most of it. What an experience..it was. The music was terrific

[@janethalken8269]

Oh man,, remember when there was nothing on TV, you started your first job behind the counter somewhere, and the only thing that bonded us all was FM radio... I love the clips of American bandstand or soul train. Saturday morning was all mapped out with your favorite shows, but morning was over after bandstand or dance fever...!

[@susanjackson3689]

I was a senior in high school...excellent music !

[@Thomass7586]

👍🌹

[@chrischampagne4307]

It's all crap

[@reematatum]

Very nice songs😍

[@lindaraewny5431]

I wish I could have full play on this list ! Love it

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

I was lucky to be growing up in this era,I think I was about 13 or 14 in 1975.

[@audreykennedy8891]

70's music is the best. So special not just nostalgia.

[@jray6024]

1980's?

[@MrManfly]

@@jray6024 70's was better than the 80's or 60's when it came to pop and rock music !!

[@jray6024]

@@MrManfly1983 is my favorite year in terms of music

[@WhitemenaresoSexy]

@@jray6024 The 80s or I should say the early 80s and late 70s music was awesome, I was a little kid, but still remember.

[@chrischampagne4307]

METAL?

[@lilianaturchi9888]

Gracias Francis, por subir estas maravillosas canciones, un beso, desde Argentina

[@janetduncan87]

In 1975, I was 12 year's old. I remember most of them.

[@michael.prescott4016]

we all used to listen the Top 40, music was so great

[@joeavila6732]

I was born 1975...i remember some songs from my crib!

[@WhitemenaresoSexy]

I was born in 74 and I too remember how my parents played records and kept the stereo on almost all the time, I must say the late 70s and early 80s was the best times in music

[@Thomass7586]

👶👍

[@royjurich1993]

I was born in 75’ , this is awesome

[@diy_lothar4422]

Me too!

[@5Porygon]

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec.

[@depaola63]

I was 12 in 1975 🌈 .....absolutely beautiful time to have been young ⭐️

[@richardplume3212]

4561s my number n hav a grandson hendrix yup life is sweet peace

[@richardplume3212]

Where did it go i only poped out 4a pint ha

[@waynewright2886]

When I Started to Really Listen to Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Regarding these Artists here in L.A. Back in 75. 75 was a Banner Year for Top 40 Artist 45 Years Ago.

[@stephenbirks6458]

I was 14 & my intrest in music had just started ! - I always say the best decade for music is 1975 to 1985 - On a tues every week you would get a run down of the top 30 to 50 recordings in charts printed in the UK newspapers - Depending on the newspaper you read ? - And the varied styles of different songs all in the uk charts was mind boggling ? Thanks for sharing these fantastic songs from those supersonic seventies !

[@wht-rabt-obj]

When I was little (I was 5 in 1975) I cried every time I heard "Wildfire". 🥺

[@ionthetarget]

Me too.

[@patbooth1798]

THAT was great i was 16 AND I wish i could go back in time.................. Thank You

[@gotch2676]

me too 1-16-59

[@chriskoop4888]

@@gotch2676 4-26-59

[@jaybluenine]

I'm for Australia, born in 75. Listened to all my dad's LPs as a kid. I knew 26 of these songs straight away. Reconised 34 artist's of which 8 of the songs I've never heard. The rest i never want to hear again.

[@johnerwin9024]

Excellent work, THNX

[@rhondahancock96]

I was 16 & the hits just keep on coming!

[@yazzuckerman8149]

Bee gees forever!!!

[@soniaroxanatorresnapuri2550]

FOREVER!!🌷💖

[@chrischampagne4307]

"NEVER"

[@ionthetarget]

Karen Carpenter ❤️✌🏽.

[@tonysc7610]

INDEED !

[@despicableme8762]

The most hauntingly beautiful female voice ever!!!

[@Thomass7586]

👍

1975 was the trying times for me. I lost my job, my license, my virginity, my watch, and my wallet, but the tunes were great!

[@vlevich]

in 1975 I was 14 years old, I lived in the Soviet Union, but I heard almost all of these songs in the Saturday WoA show "Music for Dances"

[@ezrashachar2949]

love this list thank you

[@derricklogan2058]

Never can say goodbye to a Supernatural love cause That's The Way of The World so ❤️ let's cut the cake! The way we were was Dynamite! Loved 1975!

[@erickellogg8532]

I was 6 still love these tunes

[@angieharris3034]

Most these songs I'm listening to is like having flashbacks at that time and moment of where I was or what I was doing😊

[@CJ--]

Palmas para MORRIS ALBERT,representando o nosso BRASIL! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 🎶 Feelings,oh oh oh, feelings...

[@davidstepro7486]

My senior year in high school - back when all genres of music were played on the radio and the top hits rose to the top regardless of style

[@robertmurakami8178]

Hello fellow graduate from class of 75.

[@lanadale1479]

Great Memorable Era of songs.

[@ForeignerFan74]

Thanks For Sharing!

[@kaleahcollins4567]

My 3rd grade teacher. Larry Lazeridus( Mr. Larry Laz or Mr. Laz) in p.s214 east newyork BROOKLYN back in the year 93 ( so long ago) We was his first offical class he was a sub before that just floating. He believed music was magic music had powers to envoke thoughts and emotions . He belived music also helped memory and focus . SO HE WOULD PLAY MUSIC ALL THE TIME IN CLASS lol💃 and if we was good or did well on our test on friday we was able to bring in our own music ( no cursing please) All these songs remind me of him . he had the whole collection of midnight special we got to watch on fridays too. I BECAME TEACHERS PET BECAUSE I KNEW ALL THESE SONGS ALREADY.

[@MuthaTucker-ss1ee]

Sounds like a great teacher! ❤❤

[@fishgazoo5851]

Lots of cool songs. I didn't mind it. Grand Funk was great! Alice Cooper was getting a lot of attention at this time. I was 16/17 at this time. Times were not so violent and divided. It was a mix of a lot of folk, disco, rock, easy listening top 100 chart tunes. It was fun.

[@jhongarcia3141]

wonderfull time...wonderful year!

[@Srdjana-]

5 more days, 46 years old... came here to see what was on the charts :D

[@cesarnarro6013]

Now I remember why I only listened to cassettes in my car and albums at home or a FM album oriented station at night.

[@alexricardosotovillalobos8634]

70s music was pure and refined! Unfortunately I hadn't even borned yet.

[@posyo2265]

Oh my Effin Goddesses... What a year in music!!!

[@kenlangston3451]

I was born in 1975 but it was a fantastic year for music.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

Pretty damn good year. I was 6 years old and just starting to understand and like certain kinds of music. I listened to most of these regularly and it shaped my preferences going forward. What a time.

[@alfonsomolinafernandez9488]

1.975 Que Año, lleno de Música Especial, que nunca la Olvidaré

[@martyholmes6656]

Great video my man

[@1957kevy]

Didn't get a lot of these songs here in New Zealand I was 18 then amazed to see the sweet on there i love them. Really like Ozark mountain daredevils with Jackie Blue cool song the rest was blah blah but thanks for your post

[@gogoyubari366]

We had some good music in 75!

[@VanLat7]

Joe Cocker's You are so beautiful a simple song with not many lyrics not many instruments, but so so so full of love that you can sense that Joe Cocker didn't sing that with his voice but with his whole heart a pure example of man who is really in love greetings

[@lylecampbell9036]

Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys wrote that song

[@ionthetarget]

Rest In Peace BJ Thomas.

[@Kokacoma]

I was a younger russian boy 15 years old. I know about 80 % of this tracks. Great time!

[@ChatGPT1111]

Now as an American, this surprises me. We were told that you had no access to ‘Western’ music. They made such a big deal when one of our bands would play in Moscow. Of course we know now that we were being fed mega-propaganda. Did you have it play on your radio stations, was it readily available or did you have to buy it in the ‘black market’?

[@janinemonetta4224]

Awesome!!

[@michaelserby7697]

I was 25 years old in summer of 1975 grooved to this song-fest. 🇺🇲 💙 🎶 😎

[@fritterfoof5146]

Happy 72 , wow time does fly .I was 14.

[@dadoctah]

The first half of 1975 features the longest run of songs that were #1 for just one week each. Sandwiched between two Elton John singles (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds before and Philadelphia Freedom after, each only at number one for two weeks) were no fewer than twelve consecutive records that had their one week at the top. That's reflective of a shakeup happening, with all those different artists and styles jockeying for position before music sank into its disco rut for the next five years.

[@juliemnm8273]

Take me back to 1975....PULEASE!

[@Thomass7586]

👍🌹me to

[@stickywicket7585]

Ahhh...TAVARES...yes! And WAR...love it.

[@MichaelLantz]

I was an 8 year old kid and I remember these songs well.

[@jimmypereira9751]

Genial. buenos recuerdos..

[@klonestar2]

75' The beginning of disco and the beginning of the end of good tunes!

[@nickchristoforou7850]

ABBA's "SOS" is a glaring omission. One of the top songs in pop music history, huge in Britain. It did reach #15 on Billboard in U.S. 1975 was a good year.

[@ChatGPT1111]

SOS was played a lot in L.A. back then and was my favorite. Waterloo was the first hit I heard and probably at least a dozen more before the decade was out. Dancing Queen was huge. Their ‘wall of sound’ music is still timeless today. My uncle who runs a big business in Allentown once hired an ABBA cover band to play downtown and about half the city showed up. Agnetha had the voice of an angel.

[@ambrosemackinnon8314]

I was ten 10 years old when these songs came out ,the greatest generation ever turned 11 in november that year.

[@NYCgirl927]

Nice. Thanks.

[@sodbuster925]

was 20 yrs old sure miss this year

[@loboblanco8277]

A millon thanks!!!!

[@robertmurakami8178]

I graduated from high school in 1975. I remember these songs from our prom.

[@roberthuot7887]

1975 was the best year, at least for me.

[@geraldobrien7323]

From 1973 to about 1977 I listened to WABC AM in New York City, so of course I know most of these songs I know. I have to say that many of the songs from 75 to 100 I never heard before. And I listed to the radio a lot.