Number One Hits in the UK: 1970s

Every song here made it to the number one position on the UK Charts…this is not an all-inclusive lists of every song, just some of the ones we like.

As always the links go to the Blip where we played the song. And as usual Blip may or may not have the song available.

Number One Hits in the UK: 1970’s

6 Jun 1970   –   Christie   –   Yellow River – the Tremeloes turned this song down so Jeff Christie recorded it himself

30 Jan 1971   –   George Harrison   –   My Sweet Lord – George was successfully sued for plagiarism by the Chiffons for copying their song ‘ He’s so Fine ‘

6 Mar 1971   –   Mungo Jerry  –   Baby Jump – their 2nd and last number one

24 Jul 1971   –   T Rex  –   Get It On – was their 2nd of 4 number one hits in the UK, their first number one was ‘ Hot Love ‘

19 Feb 1972 – Chicory Tip – Son of my Father – the first number one hit to have a Moog Synthesiser

11 Mar 1972   –   Nilsson   –   Without You – this is a song about suicide, and ironically the  two members of Badfinger that wrote it committed suicide

17 Jun 1972   –   Don McLean   –   Vincent

9 Sep 1972   –   Slade   –   Mama Weer All Crazee Now

27 Jan 1973   –   Sweet   –   Blockbuster

3 Mar 1973   –   Slade   –   Cum On Feel The Noize – their 4th number one hit, a song later covered by Quiet Riot

19 May 1973   –   Wizzard   –   See My Baby Jive

17 Nov 1973   –   Gary Glitter   –   I Love You Love Me Love

26 Jan 1974   –   Mud   –   Tiger Feet

16 Mar 1974   –   Paper Lace   –   Billy Don’t Be A Hero

19 Oct 1974   –   Sweet Sensation   –   Sad Sweet Dreamer

28 Jun 1975   –   10 CC   –   I’m Not In Love – their 2nd number one

6 Sep 1975   –   Rod Stewart   –   Sailing – his third number one

29 Nov 1975 – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

14 Feb 1976   –   Slik   –   Forever And Ever

21 Feb 1976   –   Four Seasons   –   December ’63

24 Jul 1976   –   Elton John & Kiki Dee   –   Don’t Go Breaking My Heart

25 Dec 1976 – Johnny Mathis – When A Child Is Born

15 Jan 1977   –   David Soul   –   Don’t Give Up On Us – most people remember him as Hutch from the TV show ‘ Starsky and Hutch ‘…but most people think he was an actor turned singer, when in fact he was a singer who turned actor

19 Feb 1977   –   Leo Sayer   –   When I Need You

8 Oct 1977   –   David Soul   –   Silver Lady – his 2nd and last number one, but he scored 5 songs in the top 12 in his career

13 May 1978  – Boney M  – Rivers Of Babylon

30 Sep 1978   –   John Travolta  & Olivia Newton John   –   Summer Nights

18 Nov 1978   –   Boomtown Rats   –   Rat Trap

3 Feb 1979   –   Blondie   –   Heart Of Glass

17 Mar 1979   –   Gloria Gaynor   –   I Will Survive

28 Jul 1979   –   Boomtown Rats   –   I Don’t Like Mondays – their 2nd and last number one

17 Nov 1979   –   Dr Hook   –   When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Note: some songs may have been omitted because they can be found on our other lists. 32 number one songs of the 70’s are presently on this list.

You might want to check out our one-hit wonder collection lists:

One-Hit Wonders: Popular and Rare

One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s: Popular and Rare

Top Twenty One-Hit Wonders in the UK: 1960-1999

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 90’s

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 80’s

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 70’s

Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s

also our number-one hit collections:

Number One Hits in the UK: 1960s

Number One Hits in the UK: 1980s

Number One Hits in the UK: 1990s

also our hit collections:

Canadian Rock Classics

100 Greatest Rock Classics: 1960-1999

Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists

Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists : Part Two

Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore

Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Two

Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Three

Weird and Wacky Rock Classics: sometimes NSFW