These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1975.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
4 January | "Lonely This Christmas" | Mud | [1] |
11 January | "I Can Help" | Billy Swan | [2] |
18 January | [3] | ||
25 January | [4] | ||
1 February | "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir" | Labelle | [5] |
8 February | [6] | ||
15 February | [7] | ||
22 February | [8] | ||
1 March | "100 Years" | Joey Dyser | [9] |
8 March | [10] | ||
15 March | [11] | ||
22 March | "Shame, Shame, Shame" | Shirley & Company | [12] |
29 March | [13] | ||
5 April | "Hey mal yo" | Johnny & Orquesta Rodrigues | [14] |
12 April | [15] | ||
19 April | "Paloma Blanca" | George Baker Selection | [16] |
26 April | [17] | ||
3 May | [18] | ||
10 May | "Love Is All" | Roger Glover & Guests | [19] |
17 May | [20] | ||
24 May | [21] | ||
31 May | "Swing Your Daddy" | Jim Gilstrap | [22] |
7 June | [23] | ||
14 June | "Girls" | Moments & Whatnauts | [24] |
21 June | [25] | ||
28 June | "If You Go" | Barry & Eileen | [26] |
5 July | [27] | ||
12 July | [28] | ||
19 July | "Stand by Your Man" | Tammy Wynette | [29] |
26 July | [30] | ||
2 August | "The Elephant Song" | Kamahl | [31] |
9 August | [32] | ||
16 August | [33] | ||
23 August | [34] | ||
30 August | [35] | ||
6 September | "Sailing" | Rod Stewart | [36] |
13 September | [37] | ||
20 September | [38] | ||
27 September | [39] | ||
4 October | "Guus" | Alexander Curly | [40] |
11 October | [41] | ||
18 October | [42] | ||
25 October | "Stan the Gunman" | Hank the Knife and the Jets | [43] |
1 November | "Morning Sky" | George Baker Selection | [44] |
8 November | [45] | ||
15 November | "Dansez maintenant" | Dave | [46] |
22 November | [47] | ||
29 November | "That's the Way (I Like It)" | KC and the Sunshine Band | [48] |
6 December | [49] | ||
13 December | "Mississippi" | Pussycat | [50] |
20 December | [51] | ||
27 December | [52] |
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.
"Shame, Shame, Shame" is a 1974 hit song written by Sylvia Robinson, performed by American disco band Shirley & Company and released on the Vibration label. The lead singer is Shirley Goodman, who was one half of Shirley & Lee, who had enjoyed a major hit 18 years earlier, in 1956, with the song "Let The Good Times Roll" for Aladdin Records. The male vocalist is Jesus Alvarez. The saxophone solo is by Seldon Powell, whose instrumental version, "More Shame", is the B-side.