Like the other charts, the Billboard Easy Listening #1s in 1975, the nomenclature at the time for what became Adult Contemporary, were also overcrowded. `
Something Better To Do – Olivia Newton-John, three weeks at #1
Please Mr. Please – Olivia Newton-John, three weeks at #1, also #1 pop
Midnight Blue – Melissa Manchester, two weeks at #1 – I loved that song at a point when I had no real romantic relationships
At Seventeen – Janis Ian, two weeks at #1. She sang it when she was 23.
I’m Sorry – John Denver, two weeks at #1, also #1 pop
The Way I Want To Touch You – Captain and Tennille, two weeks at #1
My Little Town – Simon and Garfunkel, two weeks at #1; this song was included on the solo albums of each artist
I Write The Songs – Barry Manilow, two weeks at #1. Not incidentally, Barry Manilow did not write it, though many people assume so. The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston penned it.
The rest of the songs, #1 for a single week
Only You (And You Alone) – Ringo Starr. This was originally recorded by The Platters in 1955. On Ringo’s version, John Lennon plays acoustic guitar, and Harry Nilsson sings harmony vocals
Please Mr. Postman – Carpenters, also #1 pop . Yes, it’s Carpenters, not the Carpenters. The 1961 debut single by the Marvelettes for the Tamla (Motown) label was the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Morningside Of The Mountain – Donny and Marie Osmond. I had never heard this song before! Pure treacle
Best Of My Love – The Eagles, also #1 pop
Sweet Surrender – John Denver
Lonely People – America. I wrote a post about this song, as well as NASA, DC, and Charlotte, NC.
Nightingale – Carole King
Poetry Man – Phoebe Snow
Have You Never Been Mellow – Olivia Newton-John, also #1 pop
I’ve Been This Way Before – Neil Diamond
(Hey, Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song – B.J. Thomas, also #1 pop
Emotion – Helen Reddy