Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1974

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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1974
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Compilation album by
Various Artists
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1989
Recorded1974
Genre Pop, Rock
Length34:42
Label Rhino Records
Billboard Top Hits chronology
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1973
(1989)
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1974
(1989)
Billboard Top Hits: 1975
(1991)
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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1974 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1974.

Contents

The track lineup includes five songs that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while the remainder were Top 10 hits.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Bennie and the Jets" Elton John 5:23
2."The Loco-Motion" Grand Funk Railroad 2:51
3."Nothing from Nothing" Billy Preston 2:37
4."Come and Get Your Love"Lolly Vegas Redbone 3:34
5."I Can Help" Billy Swan Billy Swan 3:02
6."Dancing Machine"
The Jackson 5 2:38
7."The Joker" Steve Miller Band 3:39
8."Sweet Home Alabama" Lynyrd Skynyrd 3:39
9."Boogie Down" Eddie Kendricks 3:52
10."Rock On" David Essex David Essex 3:27
Total length:34:42

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