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1975 Top Thirty Singles

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John Peel revealed his personal favourite top 30 singles of 1975 throughout the week on his shows in December of that year, culminating the top 15 on his 19 December 1975 programme. Around the same time he also listed his 1975 Records Of The Year, which were his favourite LP's of the year. Those were published originally in The Listener in the 1975-12-25/1976-01-01 edition of the magazine. It was reprinted in Olivetti Chronicles as "1975: Searching For Stars" (Bantam Press, hardback edition, p 175-9).

Peel's favourite top 30 singles of 1975 is incomplete, as there are various gaps in tracklistings of shows from December 1975 on this site:

  1. Be Bop Deluxe: Maid In Heaven 19 December 1975
  2. Millie Jackson: Loving Arms 19 December 1975
  3. Jack The Lad: Gentleman Soldier 19 December 1975
  4. Roy Harper: When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease 19 December 1975
  5. Rod Stewart: Sailing 19 December 1975
  6. John Lennon: Imagine 19 December 1975
  7. Joan Armatrading: Dry Land 19 December 1975
  8. Bob Marley & The Wailers: No Woman No Cry 19 December 1975
  9. Peter Frampton: Show Me The Way 19 December 1975
  10. Bob Sargeant: First Starring Role 19 December 1975
  11. 10cc: I'm Not In Love 19 December 1975
  12. Joan Armatrading: Back To The Night 19 December 1975
  13. Mike Oldfield: In Dulci Jubilo 19 December 1975
  14. Laurel And Hardy: The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine 19 December 1975
  15. Peter Skellern: Hold On To Love 19 December 1975
  16. Queen: Now I'm Here 18 December 1975
  17. Latimore: Keep The Home Fire Burnin' 18 December 1975
  18. Pete Atkin: I See The Joker 18 December 1975
  19. Streetwalkers: Raingame 18 December 1975
  20. Roxy Music: Love Is The Drug 17 December 1975
  21. Little Beaver: Let The Good Times Roll 17 December 1975
  22. Amazing Rhythm Aces: Third Rate Romance 17 December 1975
  23. Sadistic Mika Band: Sore Ike! Thomas (Style Is Changing) 17 December 1975
  24. Cimarons: Talking Blues 16 December 1975
  25. Thin Lizzy: Wild One 16 December 1975
  26. Bryn Haworth: Give All You've Got To Give 16 December 1975
  27. Kevin Coyne: Lorna 16 December 1975
  28. unknown 15 December 1975
  29. unknown 15 December 1975
  30. unknown 15 December 1975
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