Here’s part 2 of the 1975 Easy Listening #1s. Songs in the mid-1970s didn’t seem to command the week-after-week success that songs in earlier and later periods did. These songs all led the charts for merely one week each.
My Boy – Elvis Presley.
The Last Farewell – Roger Whittaker. I recall this individual quite well, as he promoted his albums on television through mail order. ” This song was released internationally in 1971, and it charted in 11 countries. But it wasn’t released in the United States until four years later. He grew up in British-controlled Kenya and died only in 2023.
He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You) Tony Orlando and Dawn. #1 pop
It’s A Miracle – Barry Manilow
Only Yesterday – Carpenters
From “there”
The Immigrant – Neil Sedaka. Lyrics – After an overly optimistic first verse:
Now he arrives with his hopes and his heart set on miraclesCome to marry his fortune with a handful of promisesTo find they’ve closed the door, they don’t want him anymoreIsn’t any more to go aroundTurning away, he remembers he once heardA legend that spoke of a mystical, magical land called America
Rainy Day People – Gordon Lightfoot
99 Miles From L.A. – Albert Hammond
Wonderful Baby – Don McLean
Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain and Tennille. Written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. #1 pop
Wildfire – Michael Murphy, now billed as Michael Martin Murphy
Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) – Charlie Rich
Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell, #1 pop
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor. The Marvin Gaye version went to #3 RB and #6 pop in 1965
Fallin’ In Love – Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds, #1 pop
Solitaire – Carpenters
The Proud Ones – The Osmonds
Ain’t No Way To Treat A Lady – Helen Reddy
I Only Have Eyes For You – Art Garfunkel. The version of this song by the Flamingos in 1959 is one of my top 20 songs of all time.
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To – Diana Ross
Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) – Glen Campbell
I didn’t know several of these songs, including Elvis, and one each by Carpenters and Glen Campbell, and I own music by all of them.
