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Op 31 Augustus 1974
besloot RNI de uitzendingen om 20:00 uur. RNI had in de 3 jaren daarvoor op
tweede kerstdag een Top 100 uitgezonden, in 1974 kwam dat er niet van. Mocht RNI besloten hebben om op 31
Augustus 1974 zo’n Top 100 uit te zenden, dan zou deze eruit hebben gezien,
zoals hieronder weergegeven. Frans Elbertsen heeft uitgerekend hoeveel punten
elke Top 50 plaat in 1974 heeft gekregen en uit die lijst kun je ook de Top
100 extraheren (zie ook Top 100 1974).
De lijst hieronder is dus nooit uitgezonden, maar maakt de RNI Top 100
historie wel compleet. Deze Top 100 kun
je hier beluisteren: Onder de TOP 100
over 8 maanden 1974 kun je de muzikale herinneringen van Michael Downing
lezen aan RNI in 1974 en daaronder vind je het allerlaatste gedrukte
exemplaar van de Top 50 poster. En als eerste
toegift kun je ook nog een selectie van de platen (de zwartgemerkte nummers
in de lijst hieronder) van de Top 100 over 8 maanden 1974 bekijken in twee
delen: De tweede toegift
is een zelf samengestelde Soul top 10 met platen uit 1973 en 1974 waarmee ik
het aantal videoclips op 50 breng, een mooi aantal om de reeks Top 50’s mee
af te sluiten (de lijst vind je onderaan deze pagina): |
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The musical
memories of Michael Downing regarding RNI in 1974 Since
"I saw the light" in the summer of 1972, RNI had been a supporter
of Todd Rundgren and, at the beginning of 1974, Leo
van der Goot both had "Hello it's me" as
his kanskaart and featured an album track,
"Sons of 1984", regularly on Driemaster. Another
US act that had been very popular on RNI was the Doobie Brothers and, by the
end of January 1974, the third single from "The captain and me",
"Natural Thing" was picking up significant airplay on RNI, becoming
Treiterschijf on 26 January 1974. Whilst it made
the Super Top 50, it was not as successful as "Long train running"
or "China Grove". "Dream
kid" by the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver was one of the favourites of the International service in the early part
of 1974, becoming Smash Play on 18 January 1974. It made no. 12 on the
Toppers 20, but was not a hit in the UK or Holland. However, the Sutherland
Brothers and Quiver would have a big hit two years later with "Arms of Mary". "Give
me just another day" by the Four Miracles was well played on RNI in
January 1974, but was not a hit. Chi
Coltrane was very popular in the last 18 months of RNI's life, but
"Whoever told you" was not a hit, despite being both a Treiterschijf and a Smash Play. Barry
White's "Never never gonna
give you up" spent most of February 1974 as one of RNI's most played
records, as was "You're sixteen" by Ringo Starr. One
of the records most associated with RNI in 1974 was "West Virginia"
by Cape Canary, which was the Treiterschijf in the
week commencing 13 April 1974. Despite its popularity on RNI, it made only
no. 40 on the Super Top 50. Ferry
Maat's Soul Show was a weekly feature on RNI in 1974 and two Dutch soul
records were successful in the summer. "Angel eyes" by American
Gypsy was Treiterschijf in the week commencing 18
May 1974 and made no. 8 in the Super Top 50 and "Tonight" by Tony
Sherman spent four weeks in the Troef 20 before
entering the Super Top 50 at no. 46, climbing to no. 40, falling back to no.
46 and then climbing into the Top 10, with no. 9 as its highest position in
August 1974. "I
love you" by Larry Cotton was another RNI favourite
from the summer of 1974 and was Treiterschijf in
the week commencing 1 June 1974. Chicago
was another US group that was popular on RNI in 1974. "I've been
searching so long", a Technici kanskaart, made only no. 12 on the Troef
20 in May 1974, but the album from which it came, "Chicago VII",
was LP van de Week on 30 March 1974 and the second single, "Call on
me", made no. 47 in the Super Top 50 for two weeks in August 1974,
having been Ferry Maat's kanskaart. Another
minor Super Top 50 hit in August 1974 was a version of "Will you still
love me tomorrow" by Dump, which did not even make the Tipparade on Radio Veronica. The
International service had a number of Smash Plays that are all but forgotten
now, among them "Johnny B Goode" by Jet (12 April), "Sweet was
my Rose" by Velvet Glove (26 April), "Dirty work" by Ian Matthews
(21 June) and "After the show" by Kevin Ayers (2 August), but there
was one very noteworthy success amongst the Smash Plays, which was "This
town ain't big enough for both of us" by
Sparks, which was Smash Play in the week commencing 5 April 1974 and became a
Top 10 hit in both the UK and Holland. The
International service also supported Dutch hits, with both "Love of
life" by Earth and Fire and "Wintertime" by Kayak being Smash
Plays in the summer. Neither of them was a hit in the UK, unfortunately. However,
the most played record on RNI in 1974 - and in every year of its life - was
the final Treiterschijf in the week commencing 24
August 1974. The RNI theme tune, "Man of action" by the Les Reed
Orchestra, was reissued to mark the end of RNI and kept the station's memory
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