120 Songs That Turn 50 Years Old in 2024
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2024
- This is a recap of 120 songs that entered the international charts for the first time in 1974. The songs are in chronological order, sorted by chart entry date in the US or UK or another country where they first charted.
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List of songs:
1. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun
2. Redbone - Come and Get Your Love
3. Cher - Dark Lady
4. Sweet - Teenage Rampage
5. Mud - Tiger Feet
6. Dolly Parton - Jolene
7. John Denver - Sunshine on My Shoulders
8. Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
9. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
10. Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
11. Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling
12. Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind
13. Paper Lace / Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - Billy, Don’t Be a Hero
14. Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
15. Billy Joel - Piano Man
16. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
17. Elton John - Candle in the Wind
18. Grand Funk - The Loco-Motion
19. MFSB - TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)
20. Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye
21. Chicago - (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
22. Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young
23. Three Dog Night - The Show Must Go On
24. Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer
25. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
26. Stevie Wonder - Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing
27. Carpenters - I Won’t Last a Day Without You
28. Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
29. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
30. Ray Stevens - The Streak
31. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
32. ABBA - Waterloo
33. The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
34. Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
35. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
36. Steely Dan - Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
37. Blue Magic - Sideshow
38. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin’ Care of Business
39. The Righteous Brothers - Rock and Roll Heaven
40. The Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat
41. John Denver - Annie’s Song
42. Elton John - Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
43. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
44. The Drifters - Kissing in the Back Row
45. 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle
46. Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble - Soleado
47. Chicago - Call on Me
48. Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin’ Love
49. Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
50. Charles Aznavour - She
51. Johnny Bristol - Hang On in There Baby
52. Terry Jacks - If You Go Away
53. Paul Anka with Odia Coates - (You’re) Having My Baby
54. Donny and Marie Osmond - I’m Leaving It (All) Up to You
55. ABBA - Honey Honey
56. Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff
57. Billy Preston - Nothing from Nothing
58. Sweet - The Six Teens
59. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
60. First Class - Beach Baby
61. The Guess Who - Clap for the Wolfman
62. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
63. Dionne Warwick and the Spinners - Then Came You
64. Cat Stevens - Another Saturday Night
65. Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'
66. Barry White - Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
67. Bad Company - Can’t Get Enough
68. Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You
69. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
70. The Osmonds - Love Me for a Reason
71. Blue Swede - Never My Love
72. Mac Davis - Stop and Smell the Roses
73. America - Tin Man
74. Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
75. Carole King - Jazzman
76. Reunion - Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)
77. Elton John - The Bitch Is Back
78. Leo Sayer - Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)
79. Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer
80. John Denver - Back Home Again
81. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
82. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
83. Billy Swan - I Can Help
84. Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle
85. George McCrae - I Can't Leave You Alone
86. Neil Diamond - Longfellow Serenade
87. David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star
88. Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
89. Slade - Far Far Away
90. Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the Rain
91. Queen - Killer Queen
92. Jethro Tull - Bungle in the Jungle
93. Pilot - Magic
94. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
95. Barry White - You’re the First, the Last, My Everything
96. Ace - How Long
97. Camilo Sesto - ¿Quieres ser mi amante?
98. Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman
99. The Rubettes - Juke Box Jive
100. Barry Manilow - Mandy
101. Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin’
102. Elton John - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
103. Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You
104. Carpenters - Please Mr. Postman
105. Eagles - Best of My Love
106. Mud - Lonely This Christmas
107. Billy Joel - The Entertainer
108. Status Quo - Down Down
109. AWB - Pick Up the Pieces
110. Ralph McTell - Streets of London
111. Kenny - The Bump
112. Linda Ronstadt - You’re No Good
113. Ohio Players - Fire
114. Styx - Lady
115. Grand Funk - Some Kind of Wonderful
116. ABBA - So Long
117. The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
118. Udo Jürgens - Griechischer Wein
119. America - Lonely People
120. LaBelle - Lady Marmalade
I barely know any of these songs, because I wasn't alive in 1974
The music of my teenage years. So many classics!
I love many of these old songs. And I'm trying to learn them on the piano
@@antoniomarin9061 I wasn’t alive in the 1960’s either, and yet I’m familiar with most music from that decade and earlier.
@@antoniomarin9061You know about George Washington? You weren't alive then either.
All these songs are legendary now as they were back in 1974. ❤
I am 65, and seeing this really makes me feel old . . in a good sort of way.
62 and same
64 - I don’t feel old but damn, I guess I am!
We did have some GREAT music, didn't we?
Me too
Same age, same feelings.
Who'd have guessed that so many iconic songs originated in 1974? Waterloo was a Eurovision entry, and Seasons in the Sun will forever be a bop. ♥️🌞
Didn't it win it for Sweden that year or something?
Yes ABBA won Eurovision in 74 with Waterloo
Seasons In The Sun didn't originate in 1974, of course. It's nothing but a bad translation of the much better
Le Moribond (1961) by Belgian songwriter, Jacques Brel.
So oo much better.
Eurovision entry!?
ABBA won and went on to a great musical career!
Do you know nothing?
seasons now a big funeral song
I remember these songs. I'm feeling so old now...😕 50 yrs ago. But they brought back wonderful memories. 😊
I was 16 in 1974 and I remember listening to these songs on the radio just like it was yesterday. Such great memories. Glad I found this. Made my day!
The older the better, like Bob Seger said.. today’s music ain’t got the same soul
Today’s music has NO soul…
Just look at the incredible variety and musical diversity that was present back in popular music of 1974. Now consider where we are 50 years later.
Wow.... good point!!
We have incredible diversity in music now. It is either autotuned into computerized, inhuman perfection or autotuned into oblivion. That's 2 whole kinds of music!
@@mgratk Right! Back then, maybe we would here Joe Walsh do something hanky, but NOT autotune! I love Joe Walsh by the way!
The start of my teenage years ... what an influence!
Mine Too!
Nice work as always. I didn't realize so many iconic 70's songs were from '74.
All fantastic songs from a much better time.❤
All those classics coming out of 1974. My senior year in high school- what a ride it’s been!
Feels like a K-Tel commercial
😂 Maybe the kids of today don't get it, but I do. I remember those commercials.
Warm memories!❤❤
Me too.
I remember those!😂 and at 12:00 the TV would go to the American flag, star spangled banner to a Indian War bonnet profile. OR if you had a color TV, a bunch of primary colored vertical bands...😂🤣
What simple life was like 👍
I'm guessing UA-cam's content matcher cuts in if the segments are any longer!
Heard all these on my Panasonic AM radio in '74. Thanks for the time travel back to my youth.
I still miss John Denver.
I just saw Denver at the mailbox. (He was mailing in his absentee ballot for Creepy Joe)
Wow!! I was 10 in 1974 and I remember these songs because the only thing we had back then was TV and radio and I listened to the radio religiously up and down the dial!! That's why I remember so many of these songs!! The 70's and 80s was the 2 best decades for music in my lifetime and early 90s!!😊❤ hands down!
Little snippets of songs of my youth. So hard to believe that it's been 50 years. Thanks for the memories. ❤❤
❤❤❤❤❤❤love them ALL ....REMEMBER them...AND
TEARS IN MY EYES LISTENING TO IT ALL ....THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES .😪😪😪😪😪
I was a kid in the 70s and still listening to these songs 50 years later because its the best music ever.😊
I Graduated High School in 1974
This is So Damn Cool!!!
So many wonderful, and tearful memories...
Thanks for this!!!
Wow. I’m 62 and there were some songs I didn’t recognize. But the ones I did will always live deep in my heart. 💜
I graduated high school in 1974 and I answered the Navy two weeks later. And in that same year I went to boot camp at Grea lakes naval, took my schooling at the naval air station in Memphis Tennessee, and got to my permanent duty station at the naval Air station in Key West. What a year that was! 🥰
Damn, I'm getting old. 😊 I'm older than these songs, remember a high percentage of them, and still have several of the albums, especially Billy Joel and Elton John's work. Better than a lot of the incomprehensible high speed gibberish that's trying to pass for music these days.😊
😂😂😂
🎉 Grooving greetings from coastal Mississippi. Wow 1974, l was 8 years old. I remember all of these songs. What wonderful memories. I still have my vinyl on some of these artists. ABBA 50 years 2024. Thanks for your research 🎉😂❤
Some of these are timeless!
1974 was a good year for music!!! I was born 10 years later but heard all of these great hits throughout my childhood.
I was 14, 9th grade
I was a baby, but these songs were playing when I was growing up. I lost both parents a few years ago and these bring back good memories. ❤
My youth, innocence, and many, many loved ones, now just distant and sorely missed and cherished memories. Time sure passes quickly. Thank you for the music. ❤ peace ✌️
wow now I feel old......just turned 50 a few day's ago and know almost everyone one of these songs....and sadly I still listen to and like most of them
I listen to them too, and recognize at the first tune. I'm 50 too. Many I have albums (CDs).
Damn, for thriteen wonderful minutes I was 18 again.
I'm 62 and I remember listening to these songs on the radio!❤❤❤❤
And vinyl!!
Such a cross road of time! From John Denver to the Doobie Brothers to the Eagles and Styx! I grew up knowing most of these songs!!
John Denver was so unique. ❤
I was seven years old but still I remember 95% of these songs😎👍
I wasn't even born in the 70's and I know 25% of these songs
I was only 2 😅
Same I was 8 years old at the time but I remember most of these
Same!
Brings back memories. I was in Grade 10 and so proud of myself because I knew what "Voulez-vous coucher avec me ce soir" meant. But back then I was very much a "sad sweet dreamer"
Remember too when we went on holiday to Portugal and we didn't get any sleep because the nightclub in the hotel played "Seasons in the Sun" all night long till the cocks crowed.
“Avec moi”
Born in December ’73, so this was all from my first year here. Lovely.
I didn't exist back then but wow 1974 was a fantastic year for music!
Thanks so much. This was the year we got married. I remember those tunes like yesterday ❤🎉😊
Paul Carrick-How Long Has This Been Going On?
Me-Fifty years, sir😏
Nice to see these songs turning 50 years old this year. 1974 overall in my opinion was one of the best years in 70s music ever. I see that you almost do not include any foreign language songs (well in this vid there's one song) in the video which I don't mind because I also think that you want to save those non english songs for the Top Songs in Europe videos which I would say that's understandable. Keep it up buddy!
Great work as always 😊 I was 10 in 1974 and remember most if not all of these songs . Starting to feel old lol 😂
I'm a 2000s baby, but I sure love the music from the 70s! Especially the song The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace.
Wow I knew almost all these wonderful songs, too bad that we don’t have music like this now
What a great playlist. I was 16 and can name a time, place or person for almost all of these songs.
I hear my whole youth pass me by! OMG ! Where did the time go ? Flashback of every romance, every event that meant something so much at the time. Can I be this old? Yep, I guess I can. I'm 78 !!!! Just shoot me !!!!!!
Great as always! One standout among many: Elton John. So many great songs in one year!
70s music is iconic
I remember these songs…I was in junior high…the less pleasant times of my life, but all got better.
Many iconic songs on this list! What a year for music!
The soundtrack of my youth! Fantastic!
I’m under 50 but there was always a lot of great music in my home! My favorites from this list are all of the Elton John songs and “The Best of My Love” by The Eagles. Thank you for making this neat video!
I remember pretty much every one of these songs. Some I couldn't stand especially the disco scene crap and many I still love and they all bring me down memory lane! I miss the 1970"s and I wish I could go back. Not just to be a young fresh face again but mainly to revisit my "stand out moments"kind of like rewinding you favorite scenes in a movie and reliive them again! We all wish we could do that and I know we all would if we could !
❤Wow, I'm almost 65, and I love and remember ALL these amazing songs ❤❤❤
Excellent compilation!
I remember many of these & I can't believe it's been 50 years since I graduated from junior high😮!
50 years of magic!!!
I Was Born In January 1992 And I Had Tremendous Memories Of Great Music Great Songs And Great Times
Wow!! Songs from my childhood!! Thank you.
I brought up my children to a background of these records, they still enjoy them
wtf....you included charles aznavour ! respect
No "Do it ('til you're satisfied) by B. T. Express? It hit the chart in October, and peaked at #2, so a fairly big hit
Olivia Newton John, beautiful woman! ❤
Awesome as always! ✨
Thanks For Sharing!
Show & Tell, AL Wilson
You & Me Against the World, Helen Reddy
The Way We Were, Barbara Streisand
Making me feel old again Random:) Seems like yesterday these were on the radio, they all still sound just as good though!!! Thank you!!
I wasn't born yet, but I grew up listening to all these songs from my parents. So many great and memorable songs.
I'm turning 50 this Friday. Maybe I should celebrate by playing some of these tunes.🥳
As a Swede, I'm so happy that I'm going to the Björn Skifs show in March now in 2024.
I am soooo hooked on that feeling 😊
And he sang the part of the Arbiter in Chess the Musical OMS.
Sheesh, 50 years... I'm really feeling old here.
I'm going to have to set this fully as a Playlist.
Good timing posting this video with Dolly Parton's Jolene in it today. Dolly's birthday was Friday.
Yes, but "I Will Always Love You " was also released in 1974, and it wasn't on the list.
@@halidenenberg1449 I forgot what year Dolly released that one, but Whitney's cover gets all the praise. Of course, Dolly's fine with that, as she (Dolly) gets the money (royalties).
My 8 year old self listening to such great music so diverse, so well prefomed by music artists with massive raw talent 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I remember these songs I'm 62 and I loved these songs
Damn, What a Great job you did here. I know how hard it is to make these and you blasted it out of the atmosphere. Great Job!!!!!!!!
Such a great year for music.❤
These songs take me back to my childhood 😊💖❤💚💙
Fantastic selection - some absolute classics thank you so so much for all your compilations ❤
I'm 64. Thank you for putting this together.
Thank you for another wonderful trip down memory lane! ❤❤
Triggers memory floods. What a time it was.
Time flies when you have fun!
Hope you had a great Day. 💕
Love your Videos. ❣️
Greetings from Germany. 💞
❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🩷🤎🖤🩶🤍
Some timeless and great songs - then again some are best forgotten
That is an awesome list, thank you for taking the time to put that together.
songs are straight from my childhood. thanks for sharing them.
Piano man came out on November 2 1973
50 years flown by!!!😮😮😮😮 terrific compilation SRG ♥❤❤🎉
Wow, crazy great memories. Remember listening to these songs on a little pocket radio, late at night, when I was supposed to be asleep. Because of school the next day. My parents could never understand the mostly Cs & Ds on report cards. And my inability to sit still for 2 minutes.💃🕺 (Teacher's comment.)
Thanks again SRG🤘✌️💞
53 years old here....life went by in a flash...haha
Turning 53 in March!
Thanks so much for this video -- very illuminating! I was born right in the middle of 1974 and recognize many of these songs, some of which I'd call "classics." I wonder how many of those born in 2024 will look back in 2074 at songs from the year of their birth and recognize them or call them classics.
Dude. You’re the best. The work you do. Every single list you have makes me happy and sad. ♥️♥️♥️ Every single song takes me back to a memory. Like I’m there. Good or bad.
This is one year! If the best music of a century. Music peaked in the 70’s and early 80’s and has never recovered.
If you haven't heard Aurora I recommend. She's original and a great artist.
Thank you Mr. Guy. Love and appreciate your content so very much ❤
ABBA changed the music world for the better... In Happy New Year the lyrics:- In another ten years time, who can say what we find at the end of '89!
Now 50 YEARS later, their music is just as powerful and loved as then.
My daughter was born in 1974…good year!
Most of those songs I remember, but some I never heard of. This brings back a lot of memories since I married the love of my life in 1974 and we have also made it to 50 years!
I thought it was going to be full length songs. This reminds me of those 70s commercials for record collections.😂
"Just call 1 800 ...for over 50 of the greatest hits of the decade!!" ❤😂❤
I'd buy it as a 70s baby!
I ordered from one and only knew the popular songs from the commercial. Best of the 80's is what I bought.
I feel happy when i watch this vídeo 😊😊😊😊
As a 55 year old I totally loved this ❤
I was 6 years old in 1974.
• 35 songs am already quite familiar with.
• 12 songs I've heard before but not enough to know who the artist was.
• 35 songs I never heard before but are from well-known artists.
• 38 songs I don't know nor of the artist.
Somewhat painful to realize all time that's passed.