What happened in 1975

“Love Will Keep Us Together”

The Captain & Tennille · 4 weeks at #1 in 1975

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1. Jan 4Lucy In The Sky With DiamondsElton John2 wks
2. Jan 18MandyBarry Manilow1 wk
3. Jan 25Please Mr. PostmanCarpenters1 wk
4. Feb 1Laughter In The RainNeil Sedaka1 wk
5. Feb 8FireOhio Players1 wk
6. Feb 15You're No GoodLinda Ronstadt1 wk
7. Feb 22Pick Up The PiecesAWB1 wk
8. Mar 1Best Of My LoveEagles1 wk
9. Mar 8Have You Never Been MellowOlivia Newton-John1 wk
10. Mar 15Black WaterThe Doobie Brothers1 wk
11. Mar 22My Eyes Adored YouFrankie Valli1 wk
12. Mar 29Lady MarmaladeLabelle1 wk
13. Apr 5Lovin' YouMinnie Riperton1 wk
14. Apr 12Philadelphia FreedomThe Elton John Band2 wks
15. Apr 26(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong SongB.J. Thomas1 wk
16. May 3He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)Tony Orlando & Dawn3 wks
17. May 24Shining StarEarth, Wind & Fire1 wk
18. May 31Before The Next Teardrop FallsFreddy Fender1 wk
19. Jun 7Thank God I'm A Country BoyJohn Denver1 wk
20. Jun 14Sister Golden HairAmerica1 wk
21. Jun 21Love Will Keep Us TogetherThe Captain & Tennille4 wks
22. Jul 19Listen To What The Man SaidWings1 wk
23. Jul 26The HustleVan McCoy & The Soul City Symphony1 wk
24. Aug 2One Of These NightsEagles1 wk
25. Aug 9Jive Talkin'Bee Gees2 wks
26. Aug 23Fallin' In LoveHamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds1 wk
27. Aug 30Get Down TonightKC And The Sunshine Band1 wk
28. Sep 6Rhinestone CowboyGlen Campbell2 wks
29. Sep 20FameDavid Bowie2 wks
30. Sep 27I'm SorryJohn Denver1 wk
31. Oct 11Bad BloodNeil Sedaka3 wks
32. Nov 1Island GirlElton John3 wks
33. Nov 22That's The Way (I Like It)KC And The Sunshine Band2 wks
34. Nov 29Fly, Robin, FlySilver Convention3 wks
35. Dec 27Let's Do It AgainThe Staple Singers1 wk

Dates are the first chart week at #1 in 1975; weeks count only those in 1975.Find the #1 song on your birthday →

1. Feb 13Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.
2. Apr 30American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city and ended the Vietnam War.
3. May 12The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.
4. Jun 25Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
5. Jun 26Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
6. Jul 5Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
7. Jul 30American labor-union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared after last being seen outside a restaurant near Detroit.
8. Sep 5Squeaky Fromme, a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
9. Sep 16Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
10. Oct 10Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
11. Oct 30Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
12. Nov 10SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, claiming all 29 of her crew's lives.
13. Nov 11Independence of Angola.
14. Nov 25Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.

Event summaries from Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Each links to its article.

• U.S. President

  Gerald Ford

• UK Prime Minister

  Harold Wilson

• Prime Minister of Canada

  Pierre Trudeau

• President of France

  Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

• German Chancellor

  Helmut Schmidt

• Prime Minister of Japan

  Takeo Miki

• Soviet leader

  Leonid Brezhnev

Everyone who held the office at some point in 1975, from Wikidata.

A selection of the best-documented titles on Wikidata, by first release year; not a box-office ranking.

• Dax ShepardAmerican actor · Jan 2
• Danica McKellarAmerican actress and mathematician · Jan 3
• Bradley CooperAmerican actor and producer · Jan 5
• Sara GilbertAmerican actress, producer, and talk show host · Jan 29
• Brian LittrellAmerican singer-songwriter and actor · Feb 20
• Drew BarrymoreAmerican actress, director, producer, and screenwriter · Feb 22
• Chelsea HandlerAmerican comedian, actress, author, and television host · Feb 25
• Eva LongoriaAmerican actress · Mar 15
• will.i.amAmerican rapper, producer, and actor · Mar 15
• Sutton FosterAmerican actress, singer, and dancer · Mar 18

From Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0.