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1974 Amiga magazine top selling records in Brazil 

Singles with most weeks at the #1 position:

1. Me and you - Dave MacLean (Top-Tape) 7 wks at #1 
2. Stop, look, listen to your heart - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Top-Tape) 5 wks 
3. Goodbye yellow brick road - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE) 5 wks at #1
4. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA) 4 wks at #1
5. Feelings - Morris Albert (Charger-Records-Copacabana) 4 wks at #1

6. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta & André Popp (A&M-Odeon) 3 wks 
7. O homem de Nazaré - Antonio Marcos (RCA) 3 wks at #1
8. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips) 3 wks at #1
9. All in love is fair - Stevie Wonder (Tamla-Tapecar)
10. You make me feel brand new - The Stylistics (Avco) 

11. Lady it's time to go - Stu Nunnery (Evolution-Copacabana) 2 wks at #1
12. Rock the boat - The Hues Corporation (RCA) 1 wk at #1
13. Excuse me - Junior (RCA) 1 wk at #1
14. Só quero um xodó - Gilberto Gil (Philips) 1 wk at #1
15. Angie - The Rolling Stones (RS-Continental) 1 wk at #1

16. Na rua, na chuva, na fazenda - Hyldon (Polydor) 1 wk at #1
17. O boi vai atrás - João da Praia (Beverly) 1 wk at #1
18. Rock your baby (Melô do puladinho) - George McCrea (TK-Top-Tape)
19. Bennie and the Jets - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE) 1 wk at #1

Extended-plays with most weeks at the #1 position:

1. Eu gostava tanto de você - Tim Maia (Polydor) CBS) 20 wks at #1

2. 4 Temas internacionais de novelas - various - (Young-RGE) 5 wks at #1
3. Skyline pigeon (4 Top-hits from England) - Elton John (MCA-Young) 4 wks at #1

4. Os melhores sambas-enredos de 1974 - Jair Rodrigues (Philips) - 4 wks at #1
5. Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar) - 4 wks at #1

6. Dio come ti amo - Os grande sucessos de Gigliola Cinquetti - (Epic) 3 wks at #1
7. Infinito - Marcio Greyck (CBS) 1 wk at #1
8. Retalhos de cetim - Benito di Paula (Copacabana) 1 wk at #1

Albums with most weeks at the #1 position:

1. Secos & Molhados (Continenatl) 9 wks at #1
2. Super Manoela (internacional) various novela songs (Som-Livre) 8 wks at #1
3. O espigão (internacional) various novela songs (Som-Livre) 8 wks at #1
4. Clara Nunes (Odeon) 8 wks at #1
5. Super parada Mundial - various US hits (Som-Livre) 5 wks at #1

6. Os ossos do barão (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre) 4 wks at #1
7. Carinhoso (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre) 1 wk at #1
8. Sambas de enredo do Grupo I - various groups (Top-Tape) 1 wk at #1
9. Roberto Carlos vol. 7 (CBS) 1 wk at #1

Songs with most weeks at the #1 position on the radio-play lists:

1. O vira - Secos & Molhados (Continental) 5 wks at #1

2. Song for Anna (La chanson pour Anna) - Herb Ohta (A&M-Odeon) 4 wks at #1

3. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips) 4 wks at #1

4. Sangue latino - Secos & Molhados (Continental) 3 wks at #1

5. Por que chora a tarde? - Antonio Marcos (RCA) 3 wks at #1 

6. O homem de Nazaré - Antonio Marcos (RCA) 2 wks at #1

7. Proposta - Roberto Carlos (CBS) 2 wks at #1

8. Me and you - Dave MacLean (Top-Tape) 2 wks at #1

9. No silêncio da madrugada - Luiz Ayrão (RCA) 2 wks at #1

10. Só quero um xodó - Gilberto Gil (Philips) 1 wk at #1

11. Goodbye yellow brick road - Elton John (MCA-Young) 1 wk at #1

12. You make me feel brand new - The Stylistics (Avco) 1 wk at #1
13. Porta aberta - Luiz Ayrão (Odeon) 1 wk at #1
14. 48 crash - Suzy Quatro (Odeon) 1 wk at #1 
15. Rotina - Roberto Carlos (CBS) 1 wk at #1

16. Tema para Juliana - Mathuzalem (Mercury) 1 wk at #1
17. No more troubles - Sharif Dean (Epic) 1 wk at #1
18. Love me or leave me alone - Dennis Yost & Classics IV (MGM-South-Top-Tape) 1 wk 
19. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA) 1 wk at #1
20. Quero ser sua - Rosemary (Continental) 1 wk at #1

21. Falling in love with baby - Sweet Harry (Paramount-Young) 1 wk at #1
22. Homem com H - Os 3 do Nordeste (CBS) 1 wk at #1
23. I'm falling in love again - Little Anthony & the Imperials (Avco) 1 wk at #1 
24. Stop, look, listen to your heart - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar) 1 wk
25. The sound of Philadelphia (TOSP) - MFSB (Epic) 1 wk at #1

26. Maracatu atômico - Gilberto Gil (Philips) 1 wk at #1
27. Tu nella mia vita - Wess & Dori Ghezzi (Durium-Young-RGE) 1 wk at #1
28. O boi vai atrás - João da Praia (Beverly) 1 wk at #1
29. Canta, canta minha gente - Martinho da Vila (RCA) - 1 wk at #1
30. Estrada do sol (Alle porte del sole) - Perla (RCA) 1 wk at #1

31. É preciso saber viver - Roberto Carlos (CBS) 1 wk at #1
32. Feelings - Morris Albert (Charger-Records-Copacabana) 1 wk at #1

The trend of Brazilian acts recording in English was only accentuated in 1974. Three of the five top-selling singles of the year were written in English, produced and recorded in Brazil by Brazilian artists: 'Me and you', 'She made me cry' and 'Feelings'.

The best selling single of 1974 was 'Me and you' written by God-knows-who. Four names are shown on the label: John Burn's (one can only wonder what an appostrophe attached to a proper name could possibly mean), Joe (then again what a single nickname as 'Joe' could lead to), D. Jones and last but not least D.MacLean who obviously is Dave MacLean, the singer himself.

The single was produced by Don MacField (any bets on who this could be?) and dexterously arranged by someone called Pete Cameron (I wish I knew his real name). The record was released in late 1973 to be included as 'sound-track' of novela 'Os ossos do barão' which ran from 8 October 1973 through 31st March 1974.

'Me and you' actually got to #1 when novela 'Ossos do barão' had already run its course in April 1974 but it kept at the top of the charts for 7 weeks.

15 January 1975 Amiga in. 243 - Amiga published its own compilation of the best-selling records of 1974, which doesn't necessarily matches the tabulation done by myself. Actually both lists are similar. Amiga's list misses Stevie Wonder's 'All in love is fair' and Antonio Marco's 'O homem de Nazaré' and includes Dennis Yost's 'Love me or leave me alone' and Junior's 'Excuse me'.  

1. She made me cry - Pholhas (RCA)

2. Me and you - Dave MacLean (Top-Tape)

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

4. Goodbye yellow brick road - Elton John (MCA-Young-RGE)

5. Excuse me - Junior (RCA) 

6. Feelings - Morris Albert (Charger-Records-Copacabana) 

7. You make me feel brand new - The Stylistics (Avco-Top-Tape)

8. Love me or leave me alone - Dennis Yost & the Classics  IV (MGM-South-Top-Tape)

9. Gita - Raul Seixas (Philips) 

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

Extended-plays (compactos-duplos) according to Amiga's own 1974 compilation:

1. Dio come ti amo - Gigliola Cinquetti (Epic)

2. Gostava tanto de você - Tim Maia (Polydor)

3. Porque te amo - Celso Ricardi (Mercury)

4. A cigana - Roberto Carlos (CBS)

5. Infinito - Marcio Greyck (CBS)

6. Godspell - A esperança - sound-track (Bell)

7. Eu quero apenas carinho - Jose Augusto (Odeon)

8. Mais 4 sucessos internacionais vol. 9 - various US hits (Epic)

9. Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (Motown-Tapecar)

10. Retalhos de cetim - Benito di Paula (Copacabana) 

Albums (long-plays) according to Amiga's own 1974 compilation:

1. Roberto Carlos vol. 7 (A cigana) (CBS)

2. Clara Nunes (Conto de areia) (Odeon)

3. O espigão (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre)

4. Secos & Molhados (Continental)

5. Super Parada Mundial vol. 2 - various US hits (Som-Livre)

6. Manoela (internacional) -various novela songs (Som-Livre)

7. Os ossos do barão (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre)

8. Canta, canta minha gente - Martinho da Vila (RCA)

9. O semideus (internacional) - various novela songs (Som-Livre)

10. Sua Paz Mundial - various US hits (Som-Livre)

1974 was the year Brazilian Progressive Rock has come of age. At least two bands Som Nosso de Cada Dia (Our Daily Sound) and Casa das Maquinas (Powerhouse) originated with members coming from Os Incriveis who had started in 1963 as an instrumental rock band called The Clevers. So we could safely say Brazilian Progressive Rock had been developing for 11 years. Virtuoso saxophonist Manito formed Som Nosso de Cada Dia and drummer Netinho helped form Casa das Maquinas.

Rita Lee and her supporting band Tutti Frutti finally release 'Atrás do porto tem uma cidade' their first album. Rita Lee would be exactly 'progressive rock' but as she hailed from Os Mutantes one might say Miss Lee was in the vicinity of P.R.

Raul Seixas had his best year ever in 1974 having released a new album 'Gita' and having had a #1 with it. Most of the album tracks would play on the radio. It was almost like having released a 'Greatest Hits' album. Seixas had a few followers and imitators. Silvio Brito from Minas Gerais was one of them.

Secos & Molhados the closest Brazilians ever got to Glam-Rock released their 2nd album and had an army of imitators. Ave Sangria, a glam-rock band from Recife-Pernambuco released an album featuring 'Seu Waldir' an openly gay samba that was soon enough banned by the Military Dictatorship that scourged the country.

There's a book by Celio Albuquerque called '1973 - O ano que reinventou a MPB' (1973 the year Brazilian pop music was re-invented') but I guess 1974 was much more interesting than 1973.

1974 could be considered the year Hybrid-English-Acts reached for the stars as Casey Kasem used to say at his 'American Top Forty' radio show. Terry Winter had started a trend in late 1971: Brazilians writing and singing songs in English became a full-time occupation to a lot of people. It all started with 'You noticed me' then Terry Winter had a #1 with 'Summer holiday' in 1972; Argentine combo Trio Galleta had a #1 with 'I am so happy'; a Brazilian young man from Goiania-GO called Chrystian had the best selling song of 1973 with 'Don't say goodbye'... and in 1974 we had a Brazilian fellow who would soon do the 'mission impossible': chart a Hybrid-English-Song at Billboard's Hot 100. 

'Feelings' went to #1 in Brazil late 1974 and reached #6 in the USA in the Fall of 1975.