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| Song title | Release date | Singer - Band | Singer-Band picture | Album | Country | Musical genre | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday Once More | May 1973 | THE CARPENTERS | Now & Then | USA | POP song | Karen's sublime voice is little known to young people. She passed away much too early, much too young | ||
| Could It Be Magic | Jul. 1973 | BARRY MANILOW | Barry Manilow | USA | POP | The Tune is based on a Prelude by Frederic Chopin. It was released in a Disco version in 1975, with great success, by Donna Summer | ||
| La Grange | Jul. 1973 | ZZ TOP | Tres Hombres | USA | ROCK | The music was based on a John Lee Hooker song called "Boogie Chillen" and was about a well known whorehouse located in Texas | ||
| Get Up, Stand Up | Sept. 1973 | BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS |  | Burnin' | Jamaica | Reggae | Written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh | |
| Au Pays des merveilles de Juliet | Sept. 1973 | YVES SIMON | Au pays des merveilles de Juliet | France | Pop Rock | Refers to Juliet Berto in the Movie "La Chinoise" by Jean-Luc Godard | ||
| Jolene | Oct. 1973 | DOLLY PARTON | Jolene | USA | Country music | |||
| Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Oct. 1973 | ELTON JOHN | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | England | Soft ROCK | The Yellow Brick Road is an image taken from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" | ||
| Les mots bleus | 1974 | CHRISTOPHE | Les Mots bleus | France | Various | Written by Jean-Michel Jarre | ||
| Tu t'en vas | 1974 | ALAIN BARRIÈRE ET NOËLLE CORDIER | Tu t'en vas | France | Various | |||
| Rock Your Baby | 1974 | GEORGE MCCRAE | Rock Your Baby | USA | Disco | Written by KC & The Sunshine Band | ||
| Rebel Rebel | Feb. 1974 | DAVID BOWIE | Diamond Dogs | England | ROCK | It has been described as being effectively Bowie's farewell to the glam rock movement. Bowie himself played guitar on this | ||
| Oh Very Young | Mar. 1974 | CAT STEVENS | Buddha and the Chocolate Box | England | POP | Suzanne Lynch, a session musician at the time, sang the haunting background melody | ||
| Tin Man | Jun. 1974 | AMERICA | Holiday | England | Soft ROCK | The title and some of the lyrics refer to the Tin Woodman from "The Wizard of Oz" | ||
| Annie's Song | Jun. 1974 | JOHN DENVER | Back Home again | USA | Country music | John Denver wrote this music for his then wife Ann Martell | ||
| You're the First, the Last, My Everything | Aug. 1974 | BARRY WHITE | Can't Get Enough | USA | R&B | |||
| Who by Fire | Aug. 1974 | LEONARD COHEN |  | New Skin for the Old Ceremony | Canada | Folk music | The second song of the album, Chelsea Hotel, is a tribute to Janis Joplin, with whom Leonard Cohen had a short personal relationship | |
| School | Sept. 1974 | SUPERTRAMP | Crime of the Century | USA | ROCK | |||
| Never Can Say Goodbye | Oct. 1974 | GLORIA GAYNOR | Never Can Say Goodbye | U.S. | Disco music | Jackson Five's song written and composed by Clifton Davis and released in 1971 | ||
| Mandy | Oct. 1974 | BARRY MANILOW | Barry Manilow II | USA | POP | It was Barry Manilow's first hit single | ||
| Long Tall Glasses | Oct. 1974 | LEO SAYER | Just a Boy | England | ROCK |
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