200 ESSENTIAL UK & US #1 SINGLES.PART 3:  LI - LXXV. Continues tomorrow.

Caffé Latté presents…

THE 200 MOST ESSENTIAL BRITISH &

AMERICAN

#1 SINGLES

Hundreds of songs have topped the charts in Britain and America- the 2 key markets of rock music -since “Rock Around The Clock” reached #1 in 1955. The 200 that matter the most are presented here in chronological order, from that watershed disc through to 2016.

VINCENT Don McLean 1972- 2 weeks	IT'S TOO LATE  Carole King 1971 - 5 weeks
SCHOOL'S OUT Alice Cooper 1972- 3 weeks	YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor 1971- 1 week
CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE Slade 1973- 4 weeks	THEME FROM 'SHAFT' Isaac Hayes 1971- 2 weeks
I'M THE LEADER OF  THE GANG Gary Glitter 1973- 4 weeks	AMERICAN PIE  Don McLean 1972- 4 weeks
DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro 1974- 2 weeks	HEART OF GOLD  Neil Young 1972- 1 week
WATERLOO Abba 1974- 2 weeks	A HORSE WITH NO NAME America 1972- 3 weeks
ROCK YOUR BABY George McCrae 1974- 3 weeks	BEN Michael Jackson 1972- 1 week
ANNIE'S SONG  John Denver 1974- 1 week	PAPA WAS A ROLLIN'  STONE Temptations 1972- 1 week
YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING Barry White 1974- 2 weeks	I AM WOMAN Helen Reddy 1972- 1 week
DOWN DOWN  Status Quo 1975- 1 week	YOU'RE SO VAIN  Carly Simon 1973- 3 weeks
I'M NOT IN LOVE 10cc 1975- 2 weeks	SUPERSTITION  Stevie Wonder 1973- 1 week
CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING Stylistics 1975- 3 weeks	CROCODILE ROCK  Elton John 1973- 3 weeks
SPACE ODDITY David Bowie 1975- 2 weeks	KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG Roberta Flack 1973- 5 weeks
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen 1975- 9 weeks; 1991 - 5 weeks	LOVE TRAIN O'Jays 1973- 1 week
DON'T GO BREAKING  MY HEART  Elton John & Kiki Dee 1976- 6 weeks	LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye 1973- 2 weeks
DANCING QUEEN Abba 1976- 6 weeks	ANGIE Rolling Stones 1973- 1 week
IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW Chicago 1976- 3 weeks	MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA Gladys Knight & The Pips 1973- 2 weeks
I FEEL LOVE  Donna Summer 1977- 4 weeks	LOVE'S THEME  Love Unlimited Orchestra 1974- 1 week
MULL OF KINTYRE Wings 1977- 9 weeks	BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney & Wings 1974- 1 week
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Kate Bush 1978- 4 weeks	ROCK THE BOAT  Hues Corporation 1974- 1 week
NIGHT FEVER Bee Gees 1978- 2 weeks	I SHOT THE SHERIFF Eric Clapton 1974- 1 week
THREE TIMES A LADY Commodores 1978- 5 weeks	FAME David Bowie 1975- 2 weeks
SUMMER NIGHTS  Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta 1978- 7 weeks	THAT'S THE WAY  (I LIKE IT) KC & The Sunshine Band 1975- 2 weeks
Y.M.C.A. Village People 1979- 3 weeks	TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT Rod Stewart 1976- 8 weeks
HEART OF GLASS Blondie 1979- 4 weeks	DANCING QUEEN Abba 1977- 1 week