List of number-one singles from 1968 to 1979 (Switzerland)

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This is a list of singles that reached number one on the Swiss Hitparade from 1968 through 1979.

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Number-one singles

Key
†Number-one song of the year
Contents
1968  · 1969  · 1970  · 1971  · 1972  · 1973  · 1974  · 1975  · 1976  · 1977  · 1978  · 1979  · 1980s →
Issue dateSongArtistWeeks at
number one
1968 [1]
2 January"Monja"† [2] Roland W.5
6 February"Judy in Disguise" John Fred & His Playboy Band 5
12 March"Words" Bee Gees 2
26 March"Lady Madonna" The Beatles 4
23 April"Delilah" Tom Jones 8
18 June"A Man Without Love" Engelbert Humperdinck 6
30 July"Heavenly Club" Les Sauterelles 6
10 September"Hey Jude"The Beatles6
22 October"Those Were the Days" Mary Hopkin 6
3 December"With a Little Help from My Friends" Joe Cocker 1
10 December"My Little Lady" The Tremeloes 1
17 December"Eloise"† [3] (1969) Barry Ryan 6
1969 [4]
28 January"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" The Beatles 6
11 March"Crimson and Clover" Tommy James and the Shondells 2
25 March"Atlantis" Donovan 4
22 April"Sorry Suzanne" The Hollies 2
6 May"Get Back / Don't Let Me Down"The Beatles with Billy Preston 4
3 June"Mendocino" Sir Douglas Quintet 1
10 June"Ballad of John and Yoko"The Beatles2
24 June"Mendocino"Sir Douglas Quintet3
15 July"Oh Happy Day" The Edwin Hawkins Singers 1
22 July"Mendocino"Sir Douglas Quintet1
29 July"Honky Tonk Women" The Rolling Stones 4
26 August"In the Year 2525" Zager and Evans 1
2 September"Je t'aime... moi non plus" Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin 8
28 October"Grüezi wohl, Frau Stirnimaa"Die Minstrels10
1970 [5]
6 January"Venus" The Shocking Blue 4
3 February"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" Steam 5
10 March"Let It Be" The Beatles 7
28 April"Mademoiselle Ninette" Soulful Dynamics 8
23 June"El Cóndor Pasa" Simon and Garfunkel 9
25 August"In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry 4
22 September"A Song of Joy"† [6] Miguel Ríos 7
10 November"Black Night" Deep Purple 4
8 December"San Bernadino" Christie 6
1971 [7]
19 January"My Sweet Lord" George Harrison 5
23 February"Butterfly" Danyel Gérard 6
6 April"What Is Life"George Harrison1
13 April"(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson 7
1 June"Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones 1
8 June"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"† [8] Middle of the Road 9
10 August"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" Creedence Clearwater Revival 3
31 August"Co-Co" Sweet 6
12 October"Mamy Blue" Pop Tops 10
21 December"Akropolis adieu" Mireille Mathieu 3
1972 [9]
11 January"Soley Soley" Middle of the Road 3
1 February"I Will Return" Springwater 1
8 February"Sacramento"Middle of the Road6
21 March"How Do You Do" Mouth & MacNeal 5
25 April"Après toi" Vicky Leandros 7
13 June"One Way Wind" The Cats 5
18 July"Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond 4
22 August"Popcorn"† [10] Hot Butter 10
31 October"Silver Machine" Hawkwind 3
21 November"Mexico" Les Humphries Singers 9
1973 [11]
23 January"Ich fange nie mehr was an einem Sonntag an" Monica Morell 5
27 February"Crocodile Rock" Elton John 3
20 March"Mama Loo"Les Humphries Singers5
24 April"Der Junge mit der Mundharmonika" Bernd Clüver 7
12 June"Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye"† [12] Demis Roussos 12
12 September"Can the Can" Suzi Quatro 6
24 October"Angie" The Rolling Stones 4
21 November"I'd Love You to Want Me" Lobo 12
1974 [13]
20 February"Kansas City" Les Humphries Singers 4
20 March"Tchip Tchip"Cash & Carry5
24 April"Waterloo" ABBA 9
26 June"Seasons in the Sun"† [14] Terry Jacks 3
17 July"Sugar Baby Love" The Rubettes 8
11 September"Rock Your Baby" George McCrae 6
23 October"Gigi l'amoroso" Dalida 2
6 November"I'm Leaving It All Up to You" Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond 12
1975 [15]
31 January"I Can Help" Billy Swan 6
14 March"Longfellow Serenade" Neil Diamond 1
21 March"I Can Help"Billy Swan1
4 April"Griechischer Wein" Udo Jürgens 2
18 April"Ding-A-Dong" Teach-In 5
23 May"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" ABBA 5
27 June"Only You Can" Fox 2
11 July"Paloma Blanca" George Baker Selection 8
5 September"Tornerò"† [16] I Santo California 6
17 October"Dolannes-Melodie" Jean-Claude Borelly 16
1976 [17]
6 February"Mamma Mia" ABBA 2
20 February"Moviestar" Harpo 5
26 March"Mississippi" Pussycat 1
2 April"Fernando"† [18] ABBA11
25 June"Let Your Love Flow" The Bellamy Brothers 5
30 July"Die kleine Kneipe" Peter Alexander 5
3 September"Verde" Ricky King 6
15 October"Daddy Cool" Boney M. 14
1977 [19]
22 January"Anita" Costa Cordalis 3
12 February"Living Next Door to Alice"† [20] Smokie 7
2 April"Swiss Lady" Pepe Lienhard Band 8
4 June"Rock Bottom" Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran 2
18 June"Ma Baker" Boney M. 3
9 July"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" Baccara 8
3 September"Magic Fly" Space 2
17 September"Ti amo" Umberto Tozzi 6
5 November"Ballade pour Adeline" Richard Clayderman 2
19 November"Belfast"Boney M.10
1978 [21]
28 January"Mull of Kintyre" Wings 10
15 April"Rivers of Babylon"† [22] Boney M. 14
22 July"Tu" Umberto Tozzi 5
2 September"Ça plane pour moi" Plastic Bertrand 1
9 September"You're the One That I Want" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 7
28 October"Mama Leone" Bino 4
26 November"You're the Greatest Lover" Luv' 3
17 December"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"Boney M.5
1979 [23]
21 January"Y.M.C.A." [24] Village People 8
18 March"Chiquitita" ABBA 2
1 April"Heart of Glass" Blondie 3
22 April"One Way Ticket" Eruption 4
20 May"Music Box Dancer" Frank Mills 5
24 June"Hot Stuff" Donna Summer 1
1 July"Pop Muzik" M 3
22 July"Gloria" Umberto Tozzi 4
19 August"Tu sei l'unica donna per me" Alan Sorrenti 9
21 October"We Don't Talk Anymore" Cliff Richard 6
2 December"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"ABBA1
9 December"Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles 2
23 December"Todesengel" Frank Duval 4

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References

  1. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1968)
  2. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1968)
  3. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1969)
  4. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1969)
  5. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1970)
  6. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1970)
  7. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1971)
  8. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1971)
  9. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1972)
  10. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1972)
  11. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1973)
  12. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1973)
  13. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1974)
  14. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1974)
  15. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1975)
  16. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1975)
  17. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1976)
  18. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1976)
  19. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1977)
  20. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1977)
  21. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1978)
  22. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1978)
  23. ↑ Swiss Music Charts Number-Ones (1979)
  24. ↑ Swiss Music Chart Year-End (1979)
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