These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1974.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
5 January | " 't Is weer voorbij die mooie zomer " | Gerard Cox | [1] |
12 January | [2] | ||
19 January | "Dirty Ol' Man " | The Three Degrees | [3] |
26 January | [4] | ||
2 February | [5] | ||
9 February | Den Uyl is in den olie " | Vader Abraham & Boer Koekoek | [6] |
16 February | [7] | ||
23 February | "Dynamite" | Mud | [8] |
2 March | [9] | ||
9 March | [10] | ||
16 March | [11] | ||
23 March | [12] | ||
30 March | "Tiger Feet" | [13] | |
6 April | [14] | ||
13 April | [15] | ||
20 April | "Be my day " | The Cats | [16] |
27 April | [17] | ||
4 May | [18] | ||
11 May | [19] | ||
18 May | [20] | ||
25 May | [21] | ||
1 June | "De wilde boerndochtere " | Ivan Heylen | [22] |
8 June | [23] | ||
15 June | [24] | ||
22 June | [25] | ||
29 June | "Sugar Baby Love" | The Rubettes | [26] |
6 July | [27] | ||
13 July | [28] | ||
20 July | [29] | ||
27 July | [30] | ||
3 August | [31] | ||
10 August | [32] | ||
17 August | "Rock Your Baby" | George McCrae | [33] |
24 August | [34] | ||
31 August | [35] | ||
7 September | [36] | ||
14 September | [37] | ||
21 September | [38] | ||
28 September | [39] | ||
5 October | "The Wall Street Shuffle" | 10cc | [40] |
12 October | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Carl Douglas | [41] |
19 October | [42] | ||
26 October | [43] | ||
2 November | [44] | ||
9 November | [45] | ||
16 November | [46] | ||
23 November | "Sing a song of love " | George Baker Selection | [47] |
30 November | [48] | ||
7 December | [49] | ||
14 December | "Long Tall Glasses" | Leo Sayer | [50] |
21 December | "Lonely This Christmas" | Mud | [51] |
28 December | No Top 40 released | ||
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer initiated the Top 40 in the Netherlands. The show currently airs on Fridays from 2 to 6 PM on Qmusic.