1975

Top Selling Singles

1. Dawn featuring Tony Orlando – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
2. Peters & Lee – Welcome Home
3. The Sweet – Blockbuster
4. Simon Park – Orchestra Eye Level
5. Wizzard See – My Baby Jive
6. Gary Glitter – I Love You Love Me Love
7. Little Jimmy Osmond – Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
8. Gary Glitter – I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
9. Perry Como – And I Love You So
10. Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize

Christmas No.1: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

Top Selling Albums

1. Stylistics – The Best Of The Stylistics
2. Bay City Rollers – Once Upon A Star
3. Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing
4. The Carpenters – Horizon
5. Elvis Presley – Elvis’s 40 Greatest Hits
6. Jim Reeves – 40 Golden Greats
7. Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
8. Elton John – Elton John’s Greatest Hits
9. Wings – Venus And Mars
10. The Carpenters – The Singles 1969-1973

At the Box Office

1. The Towering Inferno
2. Funny Lady
3. Rollerball
4. Death Wish
5. Shampoo
6. Escape to Witch Mountain
7. French Connection II
8. The Man With the Golden Gun
9. Jaws
10. Tommy

Cost of Living

Average house price
Average salary	£60 /week
Average car price	Ford Cortina car £1765.00
Petrol	73p / gallon
Pint of beer	28p
Packet of 20 Cigarettes	42p
Pint of milk	7p

In the News

• Prime Minister – Harold Wilson (Labour)
• Britain’s coal miners accept a 35% pay rise offer from the government
• The Moorgate tube crash; 43 people are killed.
• British Leyland releases their new family saloon, the Morris 18-22
• Vauxhall launches the Chevette
• The European Space Agency is established, with the UK being one of the ten founding members
• In June – Snow showers occurred across as the country even as far south as London which last happened in 1761.
• Proceedings in Parliament are broadcast on radio for the first time
• The Birmingham Six are wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment. (They are released 1991.)

On the Telly

• First appearance of Davros in Doctor Who.
• The first episode of the popular sitcom Fawlty Towers is broadcast on BBC Two.
• The Sweeney premieres on ITV, with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman.
• BBC1 begin showing the American Western family drama Little House on the Prairie
• BBC1 begins showing Hong Kong Phooey.
• The Good Life makes its debut on BBC1.
• The Golden Shot (hosted by Bob Monkhouse) airs its final episode on ITV after an eight-year run.
• Celebrity Squares with Bob Monkhouse debuts
• Debut of The Rockford Files, starring James Garner.
• Runaround, the long-running children’s game show hosted by comedian Mike Reid is first broadcast on ITV.

In Music

• Led Zeppelin return to the UK to play five sold-out shows at Earls Court in London.
• Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is released at Halloween
• The heavy metal band Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris in London.

Top Selling Christmas Toys 1975

• Pet Rock
• Pong
• Othello

Gadgets

• Digital Camera
• The MITS Microcomputer