Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1974

There were 36 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 5	Time in a Bottle	Jim Croce
January 12	The Joker	Steve Miller Band
January 19	Show and Tell	Al Wilson
January 26	You're Sixteen	Ringo Starr
February 2	The Way We Were	Barbra Streisand
February 9	Love's Theme	Love Unlimited Orchestra
February 16	The Way We Were	Barbra Streisand
February 23	The Way We Were	Barbra Streisand
March 2	Seasons in the Sun	Terry Jacks
March 9
March 16
March 23	Dark Lady	Cher
March 30	Sunshine On My Shoulders	John Denver
April 6	Hooked on a Feeling	Blue Swede
April 13	Bennie and the Jets	Elton John
April 20	TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)	MFSB & The Three Degrees
April 27	TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)	MFSB & The Three Degrees
May 4	The Loco-Motion	Grand Funk
May 11	The Loco-Motion	Grand Funk
May 18	The Streak	Ray Stevens
May 25
June 1
June 8	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings
June 15	Billy Don't Be a Hero	Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
June 22	Billy Don't Be a Hero	Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
June 29	Sundown	Gordon Lightfoot
July 6	Rock the Boat	The Hues Corporation
July 13	Rock Your Baby	George McCrae
July 20	Rock Your Baby	George McCrae
July 27	Annie's Song	John Denver
August 3	Annie's Song	John Denver
August 10	Feel Like Makin' Love	Roberta Flack
August 17	The Night Chicago Died	Paper Lace
August 24	(You're) Having My Baby	Paul Anka & Odia Coates
August 31
September 7
September 14	I Shot the Sheriff	Eric Clapton
September 21	Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe	Barry White
September 28	Rock Me Gently	Andy Kim
October 5	I Honestly Love You	Olivia Newton-John
October 12	I Honestly Love You	Olivia Newton-John
October 19	Nothing From Nothing	Billy Preston
October 26	Then Came You	Dionne Warwick & The Spinners
November 2	You Haven't Done Nothin'	Stevie Wonder
November 9	You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet	Bachman–Turner Overdrive
November 16	Whatever Gets You thru the Night	John Lennon
November 23	I Can Help	Billy Swan
November 30	I Can Help	Billy Swan
December 7	Kung Fu Fighting	Carl Douglas
December 14	Kung Fu Fighting	Carl Douglas
December 21	Cat's in the Cradle	Harry Chapin
December 28	Angie Baby	Helen Reddy