The Eagles dominated the ’70s with ease<\/a>\u00a0with a string of hits that included “One of These Nights” from their fourth album of the same name. The song hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 in early August 1975 and spent 17 weeks total on the chart. The song expanded the band’s sound with a smoother R&B-inflected feel. Like John Denver’s hit that summer, this soft-rock tune helped prove that disco wasn’t yet ascendent. But the Bee Gees were about to knock the Eagles off their roost.<\/p>\n
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The Bee Gees \u2014 Jive Talkin’<\/p>\n
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Long before disco reached its peak in 1979, the Bee Gees were helping to popularize this new sound that was all about getting folks on the dance floor with a sound that added R&B and soul into the combustible mix on the band’s album “Main Course.” “Jive Talkin'” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 9, 1975, where it stayed for two weeks. The song’s signature rhythm was famously inspired by the sound their car made going over Miami’s Biscayne Bay Bridge. Whatever the inspiration, the new sound helped propel the Bee Gees back to the top.<\/p>\n
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Freddy Fender \u2014 Before the Next Teardrop Falls<\/p>\n
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Freddy Fender, born Baldemar Huerta, was a trailblazing musician who combined country, rock ‘n’ roll, Tejano, and rockabilly. He had a No. 1 Billboard Hot hit at the beginning of the summer of ’75 with a tune he sang in both English and Spanish, “Before the Next Teardrop Falls.” Fender’s crossover tune from the album of the same name had already hit No. 1 on the country chart that March when it spent two weeks at the top of the Hot 100 into early June. The tune earned Fender the CMA Single of the Year, edging out John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy.”<\/p>\n
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Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony \u2014 The Hustle<\/p>\n
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“The Hustle” by Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony has become a beloved classic that epitomizes 1970s disco. McCoy had already had a long career in the music business as a singer, producer, and writer who’d penned tunes for Aretha Franklin and Irma Thomas, among others, before he and his group of talented musicians took the airwaves by storm in July 1975 with this signature song. The incredibly infectious tune went to No. 1 on the Hot 100.\u00a0It set the bar for the genre and proved that disco was becoming an unstoppable force.<\/p>\n
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K.C. & The Sunshine Band \u2014 Get Down Tonight<\/p>\n
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Besides Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony’s “The Hustle,” Miami’s K.C. & The Sunshine Band helped get folks to shake it out on the dance floor in the summer of ’75. Led by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, the band’s “Get Down Tonight” hit the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 in late August. The song, off of their self-titled album, featured punchy brass, a unique synth-like guitar sound, and funky vocals. The album provided them with another No. 1 hit, “That’s the Way (I Like It), later that year, kicking off a series of huge hits into the late ’70s.<\/p>\n
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Paul McCartney & Wings \u2014 Listen to What the Man Said<\/p>\n
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With its signature breezy soprano sax part and joyful sound, “Listen to What the Man Said” seemed destined to be a hit in the summer of 1975 for Paul McCartney & Wings. It began marching up the Billboard Hot 100, and by July, the song claimed the No. 1 spot. “Listen to What the Man Said,” off of the band’s album “Venus and Mars,” became their third No. 1, helping to solidify the band’s reputation. This classic tune is about the power of love, and that summer it resonated with his fans and helped push “Venus and Mars” to the top as well.<\/p>\n
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America \u2014 Sister Golden Hair<\/p>\n
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By 1975, America, made up of three Americans who met in London, England (Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley, and Dan Peek), had already found massive success with their 1972 song “A Horse With No Name.” “Sister Golden Hair,” off their album “Hearts,” began its climb to the top and reached No. 1 in June 1975. The tune, produced by George Martin of Beatles’ fame, had the perfect sound for the era. It combined soft rock, folk, and country and featured close harmonies that defined the California sound with lyrics that intertwine love and darker themes like depression.<\/p>\n
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Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds \u2014 Fallin’ In Love<\/p>\n
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While the bulk of the artists who dominated the summer of ’75, including Paul McCartney, the Eagles, and the Bee Gees, are still beloved today by fans, the last group on our list isn’t as well known. With its easy-to-stumble-over name, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, and an oh-so-’70s soft rock sound, this California trio didn’t have the same kind of staying power as other hitmakers of the time. Still, that summer they reached the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Fallin’ In Love.” The song from the album of the same name on Playboy’s record label (yes, that Playboy) knocked “Jive Talkin'” off the top in August. It became another song that dominated that summer so long ago.<\/p>\n
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