List of number-one singles in 1975 (New Zealand)
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This is a list of Number 1 hit singles
in 1975 in New Zealand
, starting with the first chart dated, 17 January 1975.
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
in 1975 in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, starting with the first chart dated, 17 January 1975.
Chart
Grey shading indicates a song of New Zealand origin.| Week | Artist | Title | Album |
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| 17 January | John Hanlon John Hanlon ----John Hanlon is a New Zealand singer and songwriter and is not to be confused with John Hanlon the record producer, recording engineer and mix engineer residing in California USA who works primarily with Neil Young.... |
Lovely Lady | |
| 24 January | John Hanlon | Lovely Lady | |
| 31 January | John Hanlon | Lovely Lady | |
| 7 February | Billy Swan Billy Swan Billy Lance Swan is an American songwriter and singer, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help".-Life:Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar, and began writing songs... |
I Can Help I Can Help "I Can Help" is a song written and performed by Billy Swan. Released in September 1974, the song was a big crossover smash, reaching #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Singles charts late that fall.... |
I Can Help |
| 14 February | Billy Swan | I Can Help | I Can Help |
| 21 February | Billy Swan | I Can Help | I Can Help |
| 28 February | Billy Swan | I Can Help | I Can Help |
| 7 March | The Carpenters The Carpenters Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and... |
Please Mister Postman | Horizon Horizon (The Carpenters album) Horizon is the sixth consecutive platinum-certified album by American musical duo The Carpenters. It was recorded at A&M Records and recorded at 30 inches per second)... |
| 14 March | The Carpenters | Please Mister Postman | Horizon |
| 21 March | The Carpenters | Please Mister Postman | Horizon |
| 28 March | The Carpenters | Please Mister Postman | Horizon |
| 4 April | The Carpenters | Please Mister Postman | Horizon |
| 11 April | Helen Reddy Helen Reddy Helen Reddy , often referred to as "The Queen of 70s Pop", is an Australian-American singer and actress. In the 1970s, she enjoyed international success, especially in the United States, where she placed fifteen singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Six of those 15 songs made the Top 10... |
Free & Easy | |
| 18 April | Helen Reddy | Free & Easy | |
| 25 April | Helen Reddy | Free & Easy | |
| 2 May | Helen Reddy | Free & Easy | |
| 9 May | David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s... |
Young Americans Young Americans (song) "Young Americans" is a single by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1975. It is included in the album with the same name.-History:... |
Young Americans Young Americans (album) Young Americans, released in 1975, shows off David Bowie’s 1970’s shift to his “obsession” with soul music . For this album, Bowie let go of the influences he had drawn from in the past, replacing them with sounds from “local dance halls”, which, at the time, were blaring with “…lush strings,... |
| 16 May | David Bowie | Young American | Young Americans |
| 23 May | David Bowie | Young American | Young Americans |
| 30 May | David Bowie | Young American | Young Americans |
| 6 June | Bob Hudson Bob Hudson (Australian singer) Robert "Bob" Hudson is an Australian singer and radio presenter, his satirical narrative, "The Newcastle Song" topped the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for four weeks in 1975. The single version was an edit of the ten-minute live recording from the related album, Newcastle Song... |
The Newcastle Song The Newcastle Song "The Newcastle Song" was a 1975 hit for musician and comedian Bob Hudson. It poked fun at the working-class youth culture of the City of Newcastle in NSW. The song was recorded in front of a live audience in 1974.... |
The Newcastle Song |
| 13 June | Bob Hudson | The Newcastle Song | The Newcastle Song |
| 20 June | Bob Hudson | The Newcastle Song | The Newcastle Song |
| 27 June | Mark Williams Mark Williams (singer) Mark Williams is a New Zealand-born pop/soul singer with Recording Industry Association of New Zealand number one hit singles, "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" and a cover of Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" before he relocated to Australia later that year. His single,... |
Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of my Life | |
| 4 July | Bob Hudson | The Newcastle Song | The Newcastle Song |
| 11 July | Mark Williams | Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of my Life | |
| 18 July | Mark Williams | Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of my Life | |
| 25 July | Bob Hudson | The Newcastle Song | The Newcastle Song |
| 1 August | George Baker Selection | Paloma Blanca Paloma Blanca Paloma Blanca, often called Una Paloma Blanca, is a 1975 song written by the Dutch musician George Baker and first recorded by his band The George Baker Selection. The single was a hit throughout Europe, and was taken from the group's fifth album of the same name.The song became a #1 hit on the U.S... |
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| 8 August | Bob Hudson | The Newcastle Song | The Newcastle Song |
| 15 August | George Baker Selection | Paloma Blanca | |
| 22 August | George Baker Selection | Paloma Blanca | |
| 29 August | ABBA ABBA ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog... |
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" was a hit single for Swedish pop group ABBA, and was their next major worldwide hit after Waterloo. It was the second single to be released from their ABBA album, and one of the last songs to be recorded for the album... |
ABBA ABBA (album) 1975 Polar Music international AB, Stockholm, Sweden.Stig Anderson helped us with the lyrics on "Mamma Mia", "Tropical Loveland", "SOS", "Bang-A-Boomerang", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" and "I've Been Waiting for You".-CD re-issues, bonus tracks:... |
| 5 September | George Baker Selection | Paloma Blanca | |
| 12 September | George Baker Selection | Paloma Blanca | |
| 19 September | Freddy Fender Freddy Fender Freddy Fender , born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados... |
Wasted Days & Wasted Nights Wasted Days and Wasted Nights "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" is an American country and pop song recorded by Freddy Fender. It is considered by many to belong to the swamp pop idiom of south Louisiana and southeast Texas that had such a major musical impact on Fender.-Song history:... |
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| 26 September | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 3 October | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 10 October | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 17 October | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 24 October | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 31 October | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 7 November | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 14 November | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 21 November | Johnny Nash Johnny Nash John Lester "Johnny" Nash, Jr. is an American pop singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now". He was also the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.-Life and career:... |
Tears On My Pillow Tears on My Pillow (Johnny Nash song) Tears on My Pillow was a popular song for Johnny Nash.Written by Ernie Smith and produced by Johnny Nash, Tears on My Pillow was the sole number one single in the UK for Nash, spending a single week at the top of the charts in July 1975. New Zealand act covered this song in 1991, reaching #1 on... |
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| 28 November | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 12 December | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
| 19 December | Freddy Fender | Wasted Days & Wasted Nights | |
- There was no chart recorded from January 1-16 and December 20-31 1975