![]() In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine listed "Just My Imagination" as number 389 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. During the process of recording and releasing the single, Kendricks left the group to begin a solo career, while the ailing Williams was forced to retire from the act for health reasons. It is also the final Temptations single to feature founding members Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams. Today, "Just My Imagination" is considered one of the Temptations' signature songs, and is notable for recalling the sound of the group's 1960s recordings. "Just My Imagination" also held the number one spot on the Billboard R&B Singles chart for three weeks, from February 27 to March 20 of that year. The single held the number 1 position on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart for two weeks in 1971, from March 27 to April 10. When released as a single, "Just My Imagination" became the third Temptations song to reach number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and produced by Norman Whitfield, it features on the group's 1971 album, Sky's the Limit. (Note: Many of the chart numbers will differ with those compiled by Billboard."Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American soul group The Temptations. Our recap begins in reverse, and alphabetically by artist, starting with the 37 that grabbed the top spot for a single week. (That’s in contrast to 1968, when only 23 songs topped the chart.) While we’re not going to write about all of them, they’re all listed below. Thus, 44 singles reached number one in 1974. And just six others were at #1 for two weeks. In this unique year, only one song stayed at the top for three weeks or more. In ’74, disco was added – significantly – to the mix. And in the classic rock era, Top 40 radio programmers were still playing rock music alongside pop and R&B. Here, we look at the year’s #1 pop hits in the U.S.–in this case, 1974–according to Record World, a competitor of Billboard.Įarning a #1 single is an achievement that goes on an artist’s permanent biography. The topic, as you know by the headline is singles and while we have done stories on the biggest hits of the year, this series slices things a bit differently. We’ve recently introduced another way of looking at the most popular music for a given year. ‘This Guitar Has Seconds To Live – A People’s History of The Who’-New Book.Radio Hits in October 1965: Seems Like Yesterday.All-Star Benefit Concert Set For Wings, Moody Blues Guitarist Denny Laine, Now in Health Battle.AC/DC Triumphs in First Show in 7 Years.Tom Waits Reissues Five Key LPs: Review.Beatles Fan’s Memorable Meeting With John Lennon.Jackson Browne on Making a New Album: ‘Your Standards Plague You’. ![]() 1968-The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums.Paul McCartney Sets ‘The Lyrics’ Book Expanded Paperback Edition.The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’: Masterpiece.King Crimson’s Debut: Laying the Groundwork for the Prog Revolution.‘John Prine’: A Debut for the Ages for a Songwriter’s Songwriter.When David Lee Roth Opened a 2020 Vegas Residency.Power Pop of the ’70s is Celebrated With Compilation.9 Signature Rock Songs That Weren’t U.S.Peter Gabriel I/O Concert Review: Music, Story-Telling, Visual Art & More.12 Standout Male Blue-Eyed Soul Singers.Radio Hits in October 1969: Gimme the Honky Tonk Blues.Rockpile’s ‘Seconds of Pleasure’: One And Done.The Stones & Brian Jones Documentary Coming.
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