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This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1970s. The source for this decade is the Record Retailer/Music Week chart (Record Retailer was renamed Music Week).

Continued from List of number-one singles from the 1960s

Contents

[edit] 1970

  1. Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"
    31 January for 5 weeks
  2. Lee Marvin - "Wand'rin' Star"
    7 March for 3 weeks
  3. Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water"
    28 March for 3 weeks
  4. Dana - "All Kinds of Everything"
    18 April for 2 weeks
  5. Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky"
    2 May for 2 weeks
  6. England World Cup Squad - "Back Home"
    16 May for 3 weeks
  7. Christie - "Yellow River"
    6 June for 1 week
  8. Mungo Jerry - "In the Summertime"
    13 June for 7 weeks
  9. Elvis Presley - "The Wonder of You (Live)"
    1 August for 6 weeks
  10. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "The Tears of a Clown"
    12 September for 1 week
  11. Freda Payne - "Band of Gold"
    19 September for 6 weeks
  12. Matthews' Southern Comfort - "Woodstock"
    31 October for 3 weeks
  13. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
    21 November for 1 week
  14. Dave Edmunds - "I Hear You Knocking"
    28 November for 6 weeks

[edit] 1971

  1. Clive Dunn - "Grandad"
    2 January for 3 weeks
  2. George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord"
    30 January for 5 weeks
  3. Mungo Jerry - "Baby Jump"
    6 March for 2 weeks
  4. T.Rex - "Hot Love"
    20 March for 6 weeks
  5. Dave and Ansil Collins - "Double Barrel"
    1 May for 2 weeks
  6. Dawn - "Knock Three Times"
    15 May for 5 weeks
  7. Middle of the Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
    19 June for 5 weeks
  8. T.Rex - "Get It On"
    24 July for 4 weeks
  9. Diana Ross - "I'm Still Waiting"
    21 August for 4 weeks
  10. The Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"
    18 September for 3 weeks
  11. Rod Stewart - "Maggie May" (actually the B-side; A-side was "Reason to Believe")
    9 October for 5 weeks
  12. Slade - "Coz I Luv You"
    13 November for 4 weeks
  13. Benny Hill - "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)"
    11 December for 4 weeks

[edit] 1972

  1. The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"
    8 January for 4 weeks
  2. T.Rex - "Telegram Sam"
    5 February for 2 weeks
  3. Chicory Tip - "Son of My Father"
    19 February for 3 weeks
  4. Nilsson - "Without You"
    11 March for 5 weeks
  5. The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - "Amazing Grace"
    15 April for 5 weeks
  6. T.Rex - "Metal Guru"
    20 May for 4 weeks
  7. Don McLean - "Vincent"
    17 June for 2 weeks
  8. Slade - "Take Me Bak 'Ome"
    1 July for 1 week
  9. Donny Osmond - "Puppy Love"
    8 July for 5 weeks
  10. Alice Cooper - "School's Out!"
    12 August for 3 weeks
  11. Rod Stewart - "You Wear It Well"
    2 September for 1 week
  12. Slade - "Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
    9 September for 3 weeks
  13. David Cassidy - "How Can I Be Sure"
    30 September for 2 weeks
  14. Lieutenant Pigeon - "Mouldy Old Dough"
    14 October for 4 weeks
  15. Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Clair"
    11 November for 2 weeks
  16. Chuck Berry - "My Ding-a-Ling"
    25 November for 4 weeks
  17. Little Jimmy Osmond - "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"
    23 December for 5 weeks

[edit] 1973

  1. Sweet - "Block Buster!"
    27 January for 5 weeks
  2. Slade - "Cum on Feel the Noize"
    3 March for 4 weeks
  3. Donny Osmond - "The Twelfth of Never"
    31 March for 1 week
  4. Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Get Down"
    7 April for 2 weeks
  5. Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
    21 April for 4 weeks
  6. Wizzard - "See My Baby Jive"
    19 May for 4 weeks
  7. Suzi Quatro - "Can the Can"
    16 June for 1 week
  8. 10cc - "Rubber Bullets"
    23 June for 1 week
  9. Slade - "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me"
    30 June for 3 weeks
  10. Peters and Lee - "Welcome Home"
    21 July for 1 week
  11. Gary Glitter - "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)"
    28 July for 4 weeks
  12. Donny Osmond - "Young Love"
    25 August for 4 weeks
  13. Wizzard - "Angel Fingers"
    22 September for 1 week
  14. Simon Park Orchestra - "Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series "Van Der Valk")"
    29 September for 4 weeks
  15. David Cassidy - "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song"
    27 October for 3 weeks
  16. Gary Glitter - "I Love You Love Me Love"
    17 November for 4 weeks
  17. Slade - "Merry Xmas Everybody"
    15 December for 5 weeks

[edit] 1974

  1. The New Seekers - "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"
    19 January for 1 week
  2. Mud - "Tiger Feet"
    26 January for 4 weeks
  3. Suzi Quatro - "Devil Gate Drive"
    23 February for 2 weeks
  4. Alvin Stardust - "Jealous Mind"
    9 March for 1 week
  5. Paper Lace - "Billy Don't Be a Hero"
    16 March for 3 weeks
  6. Terry Jacks - "Seasons in the Sun"
    6 April for 4 weeks
  7. ABBA - "Waterloo"
    4 May for 2 weeks
  8. The Rubettes - "Sugar Baby Love"
    18 May for 4 weeks.
  9. Ray Stevens - "The Streak"
    15 June for 1 week
  10. Gary Glitter - "Always Yours"
    22 June for 1 week
  11. Charles Aznavour - "She"
    29 June for 4 weeks
  12. George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby"
    27 July for 3 weeks
  13. The Three Degrees - "When Will I See You Again"
    17 August for 2 weeks
  14. The Osmonds - "Love Me For A Reason"
    31 August for 3 weeks
  15. Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"
    21 September for 3 weeks
  16. John Denver - "Annie's Song"
    12 October for 1 week
  17. Sweet Sensation - "Sad Sweet Dreamer"
    19 October for 1 week
  18. Ken Boothe - "Everything I Own"
    26 October for 3 weeks
  19. David Essex - "Gonna Make You a Star"
    16 November for 3 weeks
  20. Barry White - "You're the First, the Last, My Everything"
    7 December for 2 weeks
  21. Mud - "Lonely This Christmas"
    21 December for 4 weeks

[edit] 1975

  1. Status Quo - "Down Down"
    18 January for 1 week
  2. The Tymes - "Ms Grace"
    25 January for 1 week
  3. Pilot - "January"
    1 February for 3 weeks
  4. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
    22 February for 2 weeks
  5. Telly Savalas - "If"
    8 March for 2 weeks
  6. Bay City Rollers - "Bye, Bye Baby"
    22 March for 6 weeks
  7. Mud - "Oh Boy"
    3 May for 2 weeks
  8. Tammy Wynette - "Stand by Your Man"
    17 May for 3 weeks
  9. Windsor Davies and Don Estelle - "Whispering Grass"
    7 June for 3 weeks
  10. 10cc - "I'm Not in Love"
    28 June for 2 weeks
  11. Johnny Nash - "Tears on My Pillow"
    12 July for 1 week
  12. Bay City Rollers - "Give a Little Love"
    19 July for 3 weeks
  13. Typically Tropical - "Barbados"
    9 August for 1 week
  14. The Stylistics - "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
    16 August for 3 weeks
  15. Rod Stewart - "Sailing"
    6 September for 4 weeks
  16. David Essex - "Hold Me Close"
    4 October for 3 weeks
  17. Art Garfunkel - "I Only Have Eyes for You"
    25 October for 2 weeks
  18. David Bowie - "Space Oddity"
    8 November for 2 weeks
  19. Billy Connolly - "D.I.V.O.R.C.E."
    22 November for 1 week
  20. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
    29 November for 9 weeks

[edit] 1976

  1. ABBA - "Mamma Mia"
    31 January for 2 weeks
  2. Slik - "Forever and Ever"
    14 February for 1 week
  3. The Four Seasons - "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
    21 February for 2 weeks
  4. Tina Charles - "I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance)"
    6 March for 3 weeks
  5. Brotherhood of Man - "Save Your Kisses for Me"
    27 March for 6 weeks
  6. ABBA - "Fernando"
    8 May for 4 weeks
  7. J.J. Barrie - "No Charge"
    5 June for 1 week
  8. The Wurzels - "The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)"
    12 June for 2 weeks
  9. The Real Thing - "You to me are Everything"
    26 June for 3 weeks
  10. Demis Roussos - "The Roussos Phenomenon EP"
    17 July for 1 week
  11. Elton John & Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
    24 July for 6 weeks
  12. ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
    4 September for 6 weeks
  13. Pussycat - "Mississippi"
    16 October for 4 weeks
  14. Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now"
    13 November for 3 weeks
  15. Showaddywaddy - "Under the Moon of Love"
    4 December for 3 weeks
  16. Johnny Mathis - "When a Child Is Born (Soleado)"
    25 December for 3 weeks

[edit] 1977

Artist Single Reached number 1 Weeks at number 1
David Soul "Don't Give Up on Us" 01977-01-15 15 January 1977 4
Julie Covington "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" 01977-02-12 12 February 1977 1
Leo Sayer "When I Need You 01977-02-19 19 February 1977 3
The Manhattan Transfer "Chanson D'Amour 01977-03-12 12 March 1977 3
ABBA "Knowing Me, Knowing You" 01977-04-02 2 April 1977 5
Deniece Williams "Free" 01977-05-07 7 May 1977 2
Rod Stewart "I Don't Want to Talk About It /The First Cut is the Deepest" 01977-05-21 21 May 1977 4
Kenny Rogers "Lucille" 01977-06-18 18 June 1977 1
The Jacksons "Show You the Way to Go" 01977-06-25 25 June 1977 1
Hot Chocolate "So You Win Again" 01977-07-02 2 July 1977 3
Donna Summer "I Feel Love" 01977-07-23 23 July 1977 4
Brotherhood of Man "Angelo" 01977-08-20 20 August 1977 1
The Floaters "Float On" 01977-08-27 27 August 1977 1
Elvis Presley "Way Down" 01977-09-03 3 September 1977 5
David Soul "Silver Lady" 01977-10-08 8 October 1977 3
Baccara "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" 01977-10-29 29 October 1977 1
ABBA "The Name of the Game" 01977-11-04 4 November 1977 4
Wings "Mull of Kintyre" 01977-12-03 3 December 1977 9

[edit] 1978

Artist Single Reached number 1 Weeks at number 1
Althea & Donna "Uptown Top Ranking" 01978-02-04 4 February 1978 1
Brotherhood of Man "Figaro" 01978-02-11 11 February 1978 1
ABBA "Take a Chance on Me 01978-02-18 18 February 1978 3
Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights 01978-03-11 11 March 1978 4
Brian and Michael "Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs (Lowry's Song)" 01978-04-08 8 April 1978 3
The Bee Gees "Night Fever" 01978-04-29 29 April 1978 2
Boney M "Rivers of Babylon" 01978-05-13 13 May 1978 5
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John "You're the One That I Want" 01978-06-17 17 June 1978 9
Commodores "Three Times a Lady" 01978-08-19 19 August 1978 5
10cc "Dreadlock Holiday" 01978-09-23 23 September 1978 1
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John "Summer Nights" 01978-09-30 30 September 1978 7
The Boomtown Rats "Rat Trap" 01978-11-18 18 November 1978 2
Rod Stewart "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" 01978-12-02 2 December 1978 1
Boney M "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" 01978-12-15 15 December 1978 4

[edit] 1979

Artist Single Reached number 1 Weeks at number 1
Village People "Y.M.C.A." 01979-01-06 6 January 1979 3
Ian Dury & The Blockheads "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" 01979-01-27 27 January 1979 1
Blondie "Heart of Glass 01979-02-03 3 February 1979 4
The Bee Gees "Tragedy 01979-03-03 3 March 1979 2
Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive" 01979-03-17 17 March 1979 4
Art Garfunkel "Bright Eyes" 01979-04-14 14 April 1979 6
Blondie "Sunday Girl" 01979-05-26 26 May 1979 3
Anita Ward "Ring My Bell" 01979-06-16 16 June 1979 2
Tubeway Army "Are 'Friends' Electric?" 01979-06-30 30 June 1979 4
The Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" 01979-07-28 28 July 1979 4
Cliff Richard "We Don't Talk Anymore" 01979-08-25 25 August 1979 4
Gary Numan "Cars" 01979-09-22 22 September 1979 1
The Police "Message In A Bottle" 01979-09-29 29 September 1979 3
The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star" 01979-10-20 20 October 1979 1
Lena Martell "One Day At A Time" 01979-10-27 27 October 1979 3
Dr. Hook "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" 01979-11-17 17 November 1979 3
The Police "Walking on the Moon" 01979-12-08 8 December 1979 1
Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" 01979-12-15 15 December 1979 5

[edit] By artist

The following artists achieved three or more number-one hits during the 1970s.

Artist Number-one hits
ABBA 7
Slade 6
Rod Stewart 5
T Rex 4
10cc 3
Brotherhood Of Man 3
Donny Osmond 3
Gary Glitter 3
Mud 3


List corrected with reference to the "Guinness book of British Hit Singles"

Continues to List of number-one singles from the 1980s

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