American Top 40 1975 June 14th

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

10CC has their first top 40 hit with "I'm Not In Love" (at number 38) and so does Tanya Tucker with "Lizzie And The Rainman" (at number 37) but the highest debut song is "Swearin' To God" by Frankie Valli (at number 34).

Elvis has his 139th hit record with "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (at number 35). Casey says Elvis has also had 18 #1 hits and 38 top 10's.

A listener wants to know if a comedy team has ever hit number one on the singles chart. Casey says no and the comedy team that got the biggest laugh made it to number 9 only a year earlier.

Van McCoy & The Soul Symphony Orchestra is at number 29 with "The Hustle" which Casey says Van McCoy wrote the song without ever having seen the dance and put it on his latest album at the last minute.

Casey reports on whatever became of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler. He was a Green Beret whose patriotic hit, "The Ballad of the Green Berets" stayed in the number one spot for five weeks in 1966.

There is the "current smash" by the singer/songwriter whose image is so squeaky clean that Time Magazine called him the "Tom Sawyer of Rock."

There is also the latest hit by the only recording act to make the top 10 during every calendar year of the 70's so far.

40: Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester
39: One Of These Nights - The Eagles
38: I'm Not In Love - 10CC
37: Lizzie And The Rainman - Tanya Tucker
36: Why Can't We Be Friends - War
35: T-R-O-U-B-L-E - Elvis Presley
34: Swearin' To God - Frankie Valli
33: Judy Mae - Boomer Castleman
32: Dynomite - Bazuka
31: Hey You - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
30: Baby That's Backatcha - Smokey Robinson
29: The Hustle - Van McCoy & The Soul Symphony Orchestra
28: Misty - Ray Stevens
27: The Way We Were - Gladys Knight & The Pips
26: Shakey Ground - The Temptations
25: Remember What I Told You To Forget - Tavares
24: Attitude Dancing - Carly Simon
23: I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Do Dat Dance) - Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes
22: Listen To What The Man Said - Paul McCartney & Wings
21: I'll Play For You (Hear The Band) - Seals & Crofts
20: Last Farewell - Roger Whittaker
19: Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
18: How Long - Ace
17: Magic - Pilot
16: Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
15: Bad Luck (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
14: Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me) - The Doobie Brothers
13: Only Women - Alice Cooper
12: Wildfire - Michael Murphy
11: Cut The Cake - The Average White Band
10: Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor) - Joe Simon
9: Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Band
8: Thank God I'm A Country Boy - John Denver
7: Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris
6: I'm Not Lisa - Jessie Coulter
5: Old Days - Chicago
4: Bad Time - Grand Funk
3: When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt
2: Love Will Keep Us Together - The Captain & Tennille
1: Sister Golden Hair - America