1975: Top Movies, TV shows, Songs

Fifty years ago, in 1975, the theaters were showing Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Shampoo; TVs were tuned to All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley, and Maude, and the radios were playing Love Will Keep Us Together, Rhinestone Cowboy and Philadelphia Freedom.

Here are the top movies, TV shows and singles of 1975.

The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows, according to Wikipedia.

Highest-grossing films of 1975
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	Jaws	Universal	$133,400,000^[1]
2	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	United Artists	$59,200,000^[1]
3	The Rocky Horror Picture Show †	20th Century Fox	$50,420,000^[2]^[a]
4	Shampoo	Columbia	$23,822,000^[2]
5	Dog Day Afternoon	Warner Bros.	$22,500,000^[1]
6	The Return of the Pink Panther	United Artists	$20,017,000^[2]
7	Three Days of the Condor	Paramount	$20,014,000^[2]
8	Funny Lady	Columbia	$19,313,000^[2]
9	The Other Side of the Mountain	Universal	$18,012,000^[2]
10	Tommy	Columbia	$17,793,000^[2]

Top TV Shows in 1975

This table displays the top-rated prime time television series of the 1975-76 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research and published by Wikipedia.

Rank	Program	Network	Rating
1	All in the Family	CBS	30.1
2	Rich Man, Poor Man	ABC	28.0
3	Laverne & Shirley	ABC	27.5
4	Maude	CBS	25.0
5	The Bionic Woman	ABC	24.9
6	Phyllis	CBS	24.5
7	Sanford and Son	NBC	24.4
7	Rhoda	CBS	24.4
9	The Six Million Dollar Man	ABC	24.3
10	ABC Monday Night Movie		24.2
11	Happy Days		23.9
12	One Day at a Time	CBS	23.1
13	ABC Sunday Night Movie	ABC	23.0
14	The Waltons	CBS	22.9
14	MASH*	CBS	22.9
16	Starsky & Hutch	ABC	22.5
16	Good Heavens		22.5
18	Welcome Back, Kotter		22.1
19	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS	21.9
20	Kojak		21.8
21	The Jeffersons		21.5
22	Baretta	ABC	21.3
23	The Sonny & Cher Show	CBS	21.2
24	Good Times	CBS	21.0
25	Chico and the Man	NBC	20.8
26	The Bob Newhart Show	CBS	20.7
	Donny & Marie	ABC
	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC
29	The Carol Burnett Show	CBS	20.5
30	Police Woman	NBC	20.2

Top 100 Singles in 1975

This is a list of Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of the year 1975 according to Wikipedia.

No.	Title	Artist(s)
1	“Love Will Keep Us Together“	Captain & Tennille
2	“Rhinestone Cowboy“	Glen Campbell
3	“Philadelphia Freedom“	Elton John
4	“Before the Next Teardrop Falls“	Freddy Fender
5	“My Eyes Adored You“	Frankie Valli
6	“Some Kind of Wonderful“	Grand Funk Railroad
7	“Shining Star“	Earth, Wind & Fire
8	“Fame“	David Bowie
9	“Laughter in the Rain“	Neil Sedaka
10	“One of These Nights“	Eagles
11	“Thank God I’m a Country Boy“	John Denver
12	“Jive Talkin’“	Bee Gees
13	“Best of My Love“	Eagles
14	“Lovin’ You“	Minnie Riperton
15	“Kung Fu Fighting“	Carl Douglas
16	“Black Water“	The Doobie Brothers
17	“The Ballroom Blitz“	Sweet
18	“(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song“	B.J. Thomas
19	“He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You)“	Tony Orlando and Dawn
20	“At Seventeen“	Janis Ian
21	“Pick Up the Pieces“	Average White Band
22	“The Hustle“	Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
23	“Lady Marmalade“	Labelle
24	“Why Can’t We Be Friends?“	War
25	“Love Won’t Let Me Wait“	Major Harris
26	“Boogie On Reggae Woman“	Stevie Wonder
27	“Wasted Days and Wasted Nights“	Freddy Fender
28	“Angie Baby“	Helen Reddy
29	“Fight the Power“	The Isley Brothers
30	“Jackie Blue“	Ozark Mountain Daredevils
31	“Fire“	Ohio Players
32	“Magic“	Pilot
33	“Please Mr. Postman“	The Carpenters
34	“Sister Golden Hair“	America
35	“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds“	Elton John
36	“Mandy“	Barry Manilow
37	“Have You Never Been Mellow“	Olivia Newton-John
38	“Could It Be Magic“	Barry Manilow
39	“Cat’s in the Cradle“	Harry Chapin
40	“Wildfire“	Michael Martin Murphey
41	“I’m Not Lisa“	Jessi Colter
42	“Listen to What the Man Said“	Wings
43	“I’m Not in Love“	10cc
44	“I Can Help“	Billy Swan
45	“Fallin’ in Love“	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
46	“Feelings“	Morris Albert
47	“When Will I Be Loved“	Linda Ronstadt
48	“Chevy Van“	Sammy Johns
49	“You’re the First, the Last, My Everything“	Barry White
50	“Please Mr. Please“	Olivia Newton-John
51	“You’re No Good“	Linda Ronstadt
52	“Dynomite“	Bazuka
53	“Walking in Rhythm“	The Blackbyrds
54	“The Way We Were/Try to Remember“	Gladys Knight & the Pips
55	“Midnight Blue“	Melissa Manchester
56	“Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You“	Sugarloaf
57	“Poetry Man“	Phoebe Snow
58	“How Long?“	Ace
59	“Express“	B.T. Express
60	“That’s the Way of the World“	Earth, Wind & Fire
61	“Lady“	Styx
62	“Bad Time“	Grand Funk
63	“Only Women Bleed“	Alice Cooper
64	“Doctor’s Orders“	Carol Douglas
65	“Get Down Tonight“	KC and the Sunshine Band
66	“One Man Woman/One Woman Man”	Paul Anka & Odia Coates
67	“You Are So Beautiful“	Joe Cocker
68	“Feel Like Makin’ Love“	Bad Company
69	“How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)“	James Taylor
70	“Dance with Me“	Orleans
71	“Cut the Cake“	Average White Band
72	“Never Can Say Goodbye“	Gloria Gaynor
73	“I Don’t Like to Sleep Alone“	Paul Anka & Odia Coates
74	“Morning Side of the Mountain“	Donny & Marie Osmond
75	“When Will I See You Again“	The Three Degrees
76	“Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)“	Joe Simon
77	“I’m Sorry“	John Denver
78	“Killer Queen“	Queen
79	“Shoeshine Boy“	Eddie Kendricks
80	“Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)“	B.T. Express
81	“Can’t Get It Out of My Head“	Electric Light Orchestra
82	“Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)”	Al Green
83	“Lonely People“	America
84	“You Got the Love“	Rufus
85	“The Rockford Files Theme“	Mike Post
86	“It Only Takes a Minute“	Tavares
87	“No No Song“	Ringo Starr
88	“Junior’s Farm“	Paul McCartney & Wings
89	“Bungle in the Jungle“	Jethro Tull
90	“Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)“	Leo Sayer
91	“Misty“	Ray Stevens
92	“Someone Saved My Life Tonight“	Elton John
93	“Bad Blood“	Neil Sedaka
94	“Only Yesterday“	The Carpenters
95	“I’m on Fire“	Dwight Twilley Band
96	“Only You (And You Alone)“	Ringo Starr
97	“Third Rate Romance“	Amazing Rhythm Aces
98	“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet“	Bachman–Turner Overdrive
99	“Swearin’ to God“	Frankie Valli
100	“Get Dancin’“	Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes