1970s best selling albums & singles in Brazil : 1974 - August

7 August 1974 - Amiga n. 220

1. Na rua, na chuva, na fazenda - Hyldon (Polydor)

2. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)
3. In the rain - Dramatics (Stax-Continental)
4. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips)
5. You are everything - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

6. Stop, look, listen to your heart - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)
7. Betcha by Golly, wow - The Stylistics (Avco)
8. I'm falling in love with you - Little Anthony & the Imperials (Avco)
9. Rock your baby (Melô do puladinho) - George McCrea (Jayboy-Top-Tape)
10. No more troubles - Sharif Dean (Epic)

11. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta (A&M-Odeon)
12. Mary, Mary - Puzzle (Motown-Tapecar)
13. Let me try again (Laisse-moi le temps) - Frank Sinatra (Reprise-Continental)
14. The sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) - MFBS (Mother-Fucker-Son-of-a-Bitch) (Epic)
15. Maracatu atômico - Gilberto Gil (Philips)

16. Sylvia - Stevie Wonder (Tamla-Tapecar)
17. Seasons in the sun - Terry Jacks (Bell-Philips)
18. More than sympathy - Ignace
19. Macumba - Titanic (Epic)
20. Baby, you don't know (How good you are) - Greg Williams (20th Century-Cid)

Hyldon on the street, in the rain, in the country...

Extended-plays (compactos-duplos)

1. Gostava tanto de você - Tim Maia (Polydor) (10)

2. Dio come ti amo - Os grandes sucessos de Gigliola Cinquetti (Epic)
3. A cigana - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
4. Eu quero apenas carinho - Jose Augusto (Odeon)
5. Toró de lagrimas - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (RCA)

6. Te amo eternamente - Celso Ricardi (Mercury)
7. The godfather of soul vol. 2 - James Brown (Polydor)
8. A cruz que carrego - Evaldo Braga (Polydor)
9. Naquela mesa - Elizeth Cardoso & Sergio Bittencourt (Copacabana)
10. 4 Temas internacionais de novelas - various (Young-RGE)

New albums: 'Raspberries'; 'Jumpin’ the Gunne' (Jo Jo Gunne); 'Disco de ouro' (Pedrinho Rodrigues); 'Badfinger'; 'Luiz Ayrão'; 'Eu canto o que o povo quer' (Lindomar Castilho) and 'Itália de hoje' (various CBS).

James Brown US and US Black music were particularly popular in Rio de Janeiro where they were played at night clubs and discotheques even before the advent of what's been known as 'disco'; Evaldo Braga had died in a car crash almost 2 years before (31st January 1973) but still sold a lot of records.

Allbums (long-plays)

1. Super Manoela (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre) (6)
2. Sua paz Mundial vol. 2 - various world hits (Som-Livre)
3. Roberto Carlos (CBS)
4. A tabua de Esmeralda - Jorge Ben (Philips)
5. Diana & Marvin - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

6. The Fevers (London)
7. Tim Maia vol. 4 (Polydor)
8. Vila Sésamo (Sesame Street) - cast of the Brazilian TV show (Som-Livre)
9. Super Parada Mundial - various world hits (Som-Livre)
10. Black beat - various soul hits (Epic)

7 August 1974 - songs with most air-play on the radio around the country:

1. The sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) - MFBS (Mother Fucker Son-of-a-Bitch) (Epic)
2. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)
3. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips)
4. I'm falling in love with you - Little Anthony & the Imperials (Avco)
5. Que fazer p'ra esquecer (Mrs. Vanderbilt) - The Fevers (London)

6. Rotina - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
7. Manhãs de setembro - Vanusa (Continental)
8. Moço velho - Sylvio Cesar (Odeon)
9. Toró de lagrimas - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (RCA)
10. Mind games - John Lennon (Apple-Odeon)

11. Felicidade (Foi embora) - Caetano Veloso (Philips)
12. Devil or angel? - Brian Hyland (Dot-Young-RGE)
13. Eu te fiz uma senhora - Helio Portinhal (Odeon)
14. My baby - Cliff McCoy (RCA)
15. Proposta - Roberto Carlos (CBS)

16. Tu nella mia vita - Wess & Dori Ghezzi (Durium-Young-RGE)
17. Stop, look, listen to your heart - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)
18. De amor eu morrerei - Gal Costa (Philips)
19. Photograph - Ringo Starr (Apple-Odeon)
20. Amor - Secos & Molhados (Continental)

21. Just don't want to be lonely - The Main Ingredient (RCA)
22. De que adianta eu sem você? - Elizabeth (Odeon)
23. Best thing that ever happened to me - Gladys Knight & the Pips (Buddah)
24. Socorro meu amor - Sergio Torres (Beverly)
25. Você é doida demais - Lindomar Castilho (RCA)

26. I'll never walk alone again - Edward Cliff aka Jean Carlo (Central-Park-Tapes-RCA)
27. Sweet painted lady - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE)
28. Gostava tanto de você - Tim Maia (Polydor)
29. Quero ser sua - Rosemary (Continental)
30. A noite mais linda do mundo - Odair Jose (Polydor)

31. Sylvia - Stevie Wonder (Tamla-Tapecar)

Cliff McCoy was the latest Hybrid-English act hatched by RCA after Pholhas phenomenal success; Central Park Tapes (an RCA subsidiary) released yet another song by blind singer Jean Carlo now with a brand-new pseudonym: Edward Cliff.

14 August 1974 - Amiga n. 221 - No listing this week. We have re-built This Week's looking up Next Week's Last Week's positions.

1. Song for Anna (L chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta (A&M-Odeon) (1)
2. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)
3. Na rua, na chuva, na fazenda - Hyldon (Polydor)
4. Rock your baby (Melô do puladinho) - George McCrea (Jayboy-Top-Tape)
5. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips)

6. In the rain - Dramatics (Stax-Continental)
7. Stop, look, listen to your heart - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)
8. You are everything - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)
9. Betcha by Golly, wow - The Stylistics (Avco)
10. No more troubles - Sharif Dean (Epic)

14 August 1974 - songs with most air-play on the radio around the country: Radio Rio de Janeiro-GB (Marcos Venancio); Radio Aparecida-SP (Perci Lacerda); Radio Alvorada de Brasilia-DF (RCP); Radio Reporter do Recife-PE (Sami Abou Hana); Radio Cultura de Visconde do Rio Branco-MG (Tom Carlos) and Radio Cultura de Salvador-BA (Valter Costa)

1. Maracatu atômico - Gilberto Gil (Philips)

2. Eu gostava tanto de você - Tim Maia (Polydor)

3. Maria Mariazinha - Franko Xavier (Odeon)

4. Quando me sinto só - Wanderley Cardoso (Copacabana)

5. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta (A&M-Odeon)

6. Just don't want to be lonely - The Main Ingredient (RCA)
7. A noite é a despedida - Angela Maria (Copacabana)
8. O boi vai atrás - João da Praia (Beverly)
9. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)
10. Esposa ideal - Nubia Lafayette (CBS)

11. Prece - Orlando Dias (Odeon)
12. Atitudes - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
13. Hoje está triste um coração - Luiz Carlos Magno (CBS)
14. Vinte anos - Julio Cesar (RGE)
15. Minhas qualidades, meus defeitos - Paulo Sergio (Beverly)

16. Rock your baby - George McCrae (Jayboy-Top-Tape)
17. La chanson pour Anna - Paul Muriat (Philips)
18. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips)
19. Sweet painted lady - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE)
20. Ai meu pai, ai minha mãe - Nenéo (Odeon)

21. Jo Jo Bengy - Alfie Khan (Hansa-Young-RGE)
22. Tudo ficou diferente - Os Maracajás (Som-Copacabana)
23. Meu amor (Monia) - Barros de Alencar (RCA)
24. Você é doida demais - Lindomar Castilho (RCA)
25. Eu quero - Sergio Bittencourt (Copacabana)

26. Teimosa - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (RCA)
27. Rotina - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
28. Someday somewhere - Demis Roussos (Philips)
29. Eu te fiz uma senhora - Helio Portinhal (Odeon)

21st August 1974 - Amiga n. 222

1. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta (A&M-Odeon) (2)
2. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips)
3. Rock your baby (Melô do puladinho) - George McCrea (Jayboy-Top-Tape)
4. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)
5. You are everything - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

6. In the rain - Dramatics (Stax-Continental)

7. Na rua, na chuva, na fazenda - Hyldon (Polydor)

8. No more troubles - Sharif Dean (Epic)

9. Stop, look, listen to your heart - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

10. Betcha by Golly, wow - The Stylistics (Avco)

11. Macumba - Titanic (Epic)

12. Mary, Mary - Puzzle (Motown-Tapecar)

13. O boi vai atrás - João da Praia (Beverly)

14. Maracatu atômico - Gilberto Gil (Philips)

15. I'm falling in love with you - Little Anthony & the Imperials (Avco)

16. Baby, you don't know (How good you are) - Greg Williams (20th Century-Cid)

17. The sound of Philadelphia (TSOP) - MFBS (Mother-Fucker-Son-of-a-Bitch) (Epic)

18. Seasons in the sun - Terry Jacks (Bell-Philips)

19. Sylvia - Stevie Wonder (Tamla-Tapecar)

20. A noite mais linda do mundo - Odair Jose (Polydor)

Extended-plays (compactos-duplos)

1. Gostava tanto de você - Tim Maia (Polydor) (12)

2. Dio come ti amo - Os grandes sucessos de Gigliola Cinquetti (Epic)
3. Porque te amo / Te amo eternamente - Celso Ricardi (Mercury)
4. A cruz que carrego - Evaldo Braga (Polydor)
5. A cigana - Roberto Carlos (CBS)

6. Eu quero apenas carinho - Jose Augusto (Odeon)
7. The godfather of soul vol. 2 - James Brown (Polydor)
8. Não chore meu amor - Martinho da Vila (RCA)
9. Vanusa (Continental)
10. Toró de lagrimas - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (RCA)

New extended-plays: 'Temas inesquecíveis' (various Top Tape); '4 Temas de novela' (various Odeon): '4 Pozzi di sucessi vol. 2' (various Mercury) and 'Foi Deus quem mandou você p'ra mim' (Carmen Silva).

Albums (long-plays)

1. Super Manoela (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre) (8)
2. O espigão (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre)
3. Sua paz Mundial vol. 2 - various world hits (Som-Livre)
4. Roberto Carlos (CBS)
5. Fogo sobre terra (nacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre)

6. MPB especial - various (Som-Livre)
7. The Fevers (London)
8. Diana & Marvin - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

9. A tabua de Esmeralda - Jorge Ben (Philips)

10. Tim Maia vol. 4 (Polydor)

New albums: 'Elis & Tom' (Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim); 'Atrás do porto tem uma cidade' (Rita Lee); Led Zeppelin III; 'Música na passarela' (various Phonogram); 'Over nite sensation' (Frank Zappa); 'Back to Oakland' (Tower Of Power); 'Old, new, borrowed and blue' (Slade); 'Energized' (Foghat); 'Lafayette apresenta os sucessos vol. 17'; 'Whirlwinds' (Deodato); 'Os grandes sucessos do cinema vol. 4' (101 Strings Orchestra); 'Edy Star'; 'Son of Dracula' (Nilsson) and 'James Gang Bang'.

21st August 1974 - songs with most air-play on the radio around the country: only 2 radio-stations sent their 6-item lists this week: Radio Sociedade de Salvador-BA (Big Ben) and Radio Nacional de Brasilia-DF (Celso Freitas).

1. Tu nella mia vita - Wess & Dori Ghezzi (Durium-Young-RGE)
2. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta (A&M-Odeon) (1)
3. Felicidade - Chocolate da Bahia (Som-Livre)
4. Gita- Raul Seixas (Philips)
5. Se eu pudesse - Lindomar Castilho (RCA)

6. Hallelujah. Hallelujah - Chi Coltrane (CBS)

7. Someday somewhere - Demis Roussos (Philips)
8. I never did before - Pholhas (RCA)
9. A noite mais linda do mundo - Odair Jose (Polydor)
10. That lady - The Isley Brothers (Epic)

11. Proposta - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
12. Mrs Vanderbilt - Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple-Odeon)
13. Dia de gloria - Cyro Aguiar (Mercury)
14. Sweet painted lady - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE)
15. Just don't want to be lonely - The Main Ingredient (RCA)

28 Augusts 1974 - Amiga n. 223

1. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta (A&M-Odeon) (3)

2. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips)

3. Rock your baby (Melô do puladinho) - George McCrea (Jayboy-Top-Tape)

4. Na rua, na chuva, na fazenda - Hyldon (Polydor)

5. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)

6. In the rain - Dramatics (Stax-Continental)

7. You are everything - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

8. Macumba - Titanic (Epic)

9. No more troubles - Sharif Dean (Epic)

10. Betcha by Golly, wow - The Stylistics (Avco)

11. Mary, Mary - Puzzle (Motown-Tapecar)

12. Stop, look, listen to your heart - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

13. I'm falling in love with you - Little Anthony & the Imperials (Avco)

14. Let me try again (Laisse-moi le temps) - Frank Sinatra (Reprise-Continental)
15. Baby, you don't know (How good you are) - Greg Williams (20th Century-Cid)

16. O boi vai atrás - João da Praia (Beverly)
17. Maracatu atômico - Gilberto Gil (Philips)
18. A noite mais linda do mundo - Odair Jose (Polydor)
19. We can make it happen again - The Stylistics (Avco)
20. Ferias na praia (Ring ring) - Sueli (Beverly)

Extended-plays (compactos-duplos)

1. Gostava tanto de você - Tim Maia (Polydor) (13)

2. Dio come ti amo - Os grandes sucessos de Gigliola Cinquetti (Epic)
3. Porque te amo / Te amo eternamente - Celso Ricardi (Mercury)
4. A cigana - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
5. Não chore meu amor - Martinho da Vila (RCA)

6. Eu quero apenas carinho - Jose Augusto (Odeon)
7. Vanusa (Continental)
8. Toró de lagrimas - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (RCA)
9. The godfather of soul vol. 2 - James Brown (Polydor)
10. Barry White (20th Century-Cid)

Albums (long-plays)

1. O espigão (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre) (1)
2. Super Manoela (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre)
3. Sua paz Mundial vol. 2 - various world hits (Som-Livre)
4. Fogo sobre terra (nacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre)
5. Roberto Carlos (CBS)

6. MPB especial - various (Som-Livre)
7. Diana & Marvin - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)
8. Tim Maia vol. 4 (Polydor)
9. Teimosa - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi (RCA)
10. A tabua de Esmeralda - Jorge Ben (Philips)

'O espigão' (The tower) ran from 1st April 1974 through to 1st November 1974 at 10:00 PM.

New albums: 'Peppino Di Capri e os New Rockers' (Peppino Di Capri); 'A grande orquestra de Paul Mauriat vol. 15'; 'Song for Anna' (various Square); 'França de hoje' (various Epic); 'Achados & Perdidos': 'A feira' (Quinteto Violado) and 'Loucuras de verão' (American Graffitti).

28 August 1974 - songs with most air-play on the radio around the country: Radio Tupinambá de Sobral-CE (Fernando Solon); Radio Cultura de BH-MG (Geraldo Ferreira); Radio Roquette Pinto do Rio de Janeiro-GB (Marcio de Hallivan); Radio Excelsior de Salvador-BA (Pedro Santiago); Radio Clube de Curitiba-PR (Pirajá Ferreira) and Radio Independência de Brasilia-DF (Raimundo Laranjeiras).

1. Jo Jo Benjy - Alfie Khan (Hansa-Young-RGE)
2. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta & André Popp (A&M-Odeon)
3. Can't get enough of your love, babe - Barry White & Love Unlimited (20th Century-Cid)

4. O moço velho - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
5. Alle porte del sol - Gigliola Cinquetti (CBS)

6. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips)
7. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)
8. Errare humanum est - Jorge Ben (Philips)
9. Rotina - Roberto Carlos (CBS)
10. For once in my life - Gladys Knight & the Pips (Soul-Tapecar)

11. If you go away (Ne me quitte pas) - Terry Jacks (Bell-Philips)
12. Me and you - Dave MacLean (Top-Tape)
13. Eu e você (Me and you) - The Fevers (London)
14. Goodbye yellow brick road - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE)
15. Não são palavras lindas - Heleno (RCA)

16. Desquite - Nubia Lafayette (CBS)
17. No more troubles - Sharif Dean (Epic)
18. Pense em mim - Paulo Sergio (Caravelle)
19. A noite mais linda do mundo - Odair Jose (Polydor)
20. O conteúdo - Caetano Veloso (Philips)

21. Ay no digas - Chris Montez (Epic)
22. Você é doida demais - Lindomar Castilho (RCA)
23. Malandragem dela - Tom & Dito (Som-Livre)
24. Someday somewhere - Demis Roussos (Philips)
25. Mentira - Renato & seus Blue Caps (CBS)

26. Don't let the sun go down on me - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE)
27. Aliança devolvida - Claudia Barroso (Continental)
28. Sylvia - Stevie Wonder (Tamla-Tapecar)
29. While we're still young - Paul Anka (Buddah-
30. Machine gun - Commodores (Motown-Tapecar)

31. You make me feel brand-new - The Stylistics (Avco)
32. I'm falling in love - Little Anthony & the Imperials (Avco)
33. Eu quero - Sergio Bittencourt (Copacabana)