American Top 40 1975 March 1st

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

Dan Fogelberg has his first to 40 hit ("Part Of The Plan" at number 40).

In 1970 a new group hit number 1 with their first song that featured a very distinctive vocal, and made the top 40 with their next 10 releases. When they broke up, the lead singer missed the top 40 in his first three attempts, but his fourth, the one that did it, is in this countdown.

There is a song by a man who once received two paychecks in the same day: one from the army for 145 dollars, and one from his record company for 850,000 dollars.

A listener asks, "Has any artist ever knocked himself out of the number one spot?" Casey says only 2 acts have ever done it in the rock era, and each did it twice.

There is a group who released a single two years prior, and watched it bomb. But it wouldn't stay down. That song is in this countdown.

40: Part Of The Plan - Dan Fogelberg
39: Emotion - Helen Reddy
38: Chevy Van - Sammy John
37: I Get Lifted - George McCrae
36: Hey Won't You Plan Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - B.J. Thomas
35: Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
34: I've Been This Way Before - Neil Diamond
33: Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
32: Look At My Eyes Pretty Woman - Tony Orlando & Dawn
31: Snookeroo - Ringo Starr
30: Never Let Her Go - David Gates
29: Sweet Surrender - John Denver
28: Fire - Ohio Players
27: Shame Shame Shame - Shirley & Co.
26: I Am Love (Part #2) - Jackson Five
25: Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation
24: You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
23: My Boy - Elvis Presley
22: Loving You - Minnie Riperton
21: To The Door Of The Sun - Al Martino
20: Up In A Puff Of Smoke - Polly Brown
19: Movin' On - Bad Company
18: You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt
17: Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow
16: Express - B.T. Express
15: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf
14: Roll On Down The Highway - Bachman Turner Overdrive
13: #9 Dream - John Lennon
12: I'm A Woman - Maria Muldaur
11: Can't Get It Out Of My Head - Electric Light Orchestra
10: Lady - Styx
9: Nightingale - Carole King
8: Lady Marmalade - Labelle
7: Pick Up The Pieces - The Average White Band
6: Lonely People - America
5: Some Kind Of Wonderful - Grand Funk
4: My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
3: Black Water - Doobie Brothers
2: Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
1: Best Of My Love - The Eagles