Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/1Xs650ZcurbZLiIObG3pCl?si=8b71d2c8fa7d4125 If you want to support my channel: www.buymeacoffee.com/somerandomguy1 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

@antoniomarin9061

4 ай бұрын

I barely know any of these songs, because I wasn't alive in 1974

@gerardacronin334

4 ай бұрын

The music of my teenage years. So many classics!

@alvexok5523

4 ай бұрын

I love many of these old songs. And I'm trying to learn them on the piano

@squangan

2 ай бұрын

@@antoniomarin9061 I wasn’t alive in the 1960’s either, and yet I’m familiar with most music from that decade and earlier.

@eileenryan2248

2 ай бұрын

​@@antoniomarin9061You know about George Washington? You weren't alive then either.

I am 65, and seeing this really makes me feel old . . in a good sort of way.

@janp2800

4 ай бұрын

62 and same

@LoveyK

3 ай бұрын

64 - I don’t feel old but damn, I guess I am!

@cherylmerideth5143

3 ай бұрын

We did have some GREAT music, didn't we?

@user-pv8rx5pu6x

2 ай бұрын

Me too

@ProfessorHoax

2 ай бұрын

Same age, same feelings.

All these songs are legendary now as they were back in 1974. ❤

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. ♥️🌞

@michaelbainbridge7335

4 ай бұрын

Didn't it win it for Sweden that year or something?

@lyndiwilson7671

3 ай бұрын

Yes ABBA won Eurovision in 74 with Waterloo

@bradleybarnett9545

3 ай бұрын

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.

@steveread4021

3 ай бұрын

Eurovision entry!? ABBA won and went on to a great musical career! Do you know nothing?

@billmago7991

3 ай бұрын

seasons now a big funeral song

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.

@rachelwalton4960

3 ай бұрын

Wow.... good point!!

@mgratk

3 ай бұрын

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!

@GmaPati

Ай бұрын

@@mgratk Right! Back then, maybe we would here Joe Walsh do something hanky, but NOT autotune! I love Joe Walsh by the way!

I remember these songs. I'm feeling so old now...😕 50 yrs ago. But they brought back wonderful memories. 😊

The older the better, like Bob Seger said.. today’s music ain’t got the same soul

@kataisa3

2 ай бұрын

Today’s music has NO soul…

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 start of my teenage years ... what an influence!

@stevenvice5013

2 ай бұрын

Mine Too!

Nice work as always. I didn't realize so many iconic 70's songs were from '74.

Heard all these on my Panasonic AM radio in '74. Thanks for the time travel back to my youth.

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!

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. ❤❤

Feels like a K-Tel commercial

@travisrobert9530

2 ай бұрын

😂 Maybe the kids of today don't get it, but I do. I remember those commercials.

@jeanschnur5856

2 ай бұрын

Warm memories!❤❤

@eileenryan2248

Ай бұрын

Me too.

@Zanzans000

Ай бұрын

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 👍

@G6JPG

Ай бұрын

I'm guessing KZread's content matcher cuts in if the segments are any longer!

❤❤❤❤❤❤love them ALL ....REMEMBER them...AND TEARS IN MY EYES LISTENING TO IT ALL ....THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES .😪😪😪😪😪

I Graduated High School in 1974 This is So Damn Cool!!! So many wonderful, and tearful memories... Thanks for this!!!

I still miss John Denver.

@linjicakonikon7666

Ай бұрын

I just saw Denver at the mailbox. (He was mailing in his absentee ballot for Creepy Joe)

1974 was a good year for music!!! I was born 10 years later but heard all of these great hits throughout my childhood.

@mrmarkymark77

2 ай бұрын

I was 14, 9th grade

@clarissae4447

2 ай бұрын

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. ❤

Some of these are timeless!

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! 🥰

🎉 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 🎉😂❤

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. 💜

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

@staceyl.thienel1499

2 ай бұрын

I listen to them too, and recognize at the first tune. I'm 50 too. Many I have albums (CDs).

I was a kid in the 70s and still listening to these songs 50 years later because its the best music ever.😊

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.😊

@jeannoelsandrazie1874

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

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!!

@corneliusdinkmeyer2190

3 ай бұрын

John Denver was so unique. ❤

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 ✌️

Born in December ’73, so this was all from my first year here. Lovely.

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"

@tracyford9429

4 ай бұрын

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.

@lancecahill5486

4 ай бұрын

“Avec moi”

I was seven years old but still I remember 95% of these songs😎👍

@jbsMUWcreations2089

4 ай бұрын

I wasn't even born in the 70's and I know 25% of these songs

@sovietonion72

4 ай бұрын

I was only 2 😅

@nightfangs2910

4 ай бұрын

Same I was 8 years old at the time but I remember most of these

@otherworlder1

3 ай бұрын

Same!

I'm 62 and I remember listening to these songs on the radio!❤❤❤❤

@staceyl.thienel1499

2 ай бұрын

And vinyl!!

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 ❤🎉😊

Damn, for thriteen wonderful minutes I was 18 again.

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 !!!!!!

70s music is iconic

Wow I knew almost all these wonderful songs, too bad that we don’t have music like this now

I'm a 2000s baby, but I sure love the music from the 70s! Especially the song The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace.

Excellent compilation!

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!

I remember these songs…I was in junior high…the less pleasant times of my life, but all got better.

What a great playlist. I was 16 and can name a time, place or person for almost all of these songs.

Paul Carrick-How Long Has This Been Going On? Me-Fifty years, sir😏

Great work as always 😊 I was 10 in 1974 and remember most if not all of these songs . Starting to feel old lol 😂

Great as always! One standout among many: Elton John. So many great songs in one year!

wtf....you included charles aznavour ! respect

50 years of magic!!!

I'm 65, from Australia, and remember at least half of these. Life with my transistor radio --- copying favourites onto compilation cassettes!!! Those were the days.

Olivia Newton John, beautiful woman! ❤

I remember many of these & I can't believe it's been 50 years since I graduated from junior high😮!

I brought up my children to a background of these records, they still enjoy them

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 !

The soundtrack of my youth! Fantastic!

Awesome as always! ✨

Thanks For Sharing!

Wow!! Songs from my childhood!! Thank you.

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!

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 😊

@kingmarshmusic

2 ай бұрын

And he sang the part of the Arbiter in Chess the Musical OMS.

Many iconic songs on this list! What a year for music!

❤Wow, I'm almost 65, and I love and remember ALL these amazing songs ❤❤❤

I Was Born In January 1992 And I Had Tremendous Memories Of Great Music Great Songs And Great Times

53 years old here....life went by in a flash...haha

@elizabethorsillo7187

4 ай бұрын

Turning 53 in March!

Good timing posting this video with Dolly Parton's Jolene in it today. Dolly's birthday was Friday.

@halidenenberg1449

4 ай бұрын

Yes, but "I Will Always Love You " was also released in 1974, and it wasn't on the list.

@stevegallo8483

4 ай бұрын

@@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).

I'm turning 50 this Friday. Maybe I should celebrate by playing some of these tunes.🥳

I wasn't born yet, but I grew up listening to all these songs from my parents. So many great and memorable songs.

Show & Tell, AL Wilson You & Me Against the World, Helen Reddy The Way We Were, Barbara Streisand

My 8 year old self listening to such great music so diverse, so well prefomed by music artists with massive raw talent 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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

Making me feel old again Random:) Seems like yesterday these were on the radio, they all still sound just as good though!!! Thank you!!

Sheesh, 50 years... I'm really feeling old here. I'm going to have to set this fully as a Playlist.

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.

Triggers memory floods. What a time it was.

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.

@Anonymuser0

4 ай бұрын

If you haven't heard Aurora I recommend. She's original and a great artist.

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!!!!!!!!

Fantastic selection - some absolute classics thank you so so much for all your compilations ❤

Thanks again SRG🤘✌️💞

That is an awesome list, thank you for taking the time to put that together.

Hope you had a great Day. 💕 Love your Videos. ❣️ Greetings from Germany. 💞 ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🩷🤎🖤🩶🤍

These songs take me back to my childhood 😊💖❤💚💙

Such a great year for music.❤

Time flies when you have fun!

Thank you for another wonderful trip down memory lane! ❤❤

songs are straight from my childhood. thanks for sharing them.

Thank you Mr. Guy. Love and appreciate your content so very much ❤

I remember these songs I'm 62 and I loved these songs

My daughter was born in 1974…good year!

Top singles from 1974 include "Jolene" by Dolly Parton and "Waterloo" by ABBA.

I'm 64. Thank you for putting this together.

50 years flown by!!!😮😮😮😮 terrific compilation SRG ♥❤❤🎉

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.

I feel happy when i watch this vídeo 😊😊😊😊

As a 55 year old I totally loved this ❤

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.

You uploaded a very cracking clip with this one SRG.

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!

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.

Piano man came out on November 2 1973

Some timeless and great songs - then again some are best forgotten