Other #1 songs on January 1, 1974
Across genres and charts

If We Make It Through December by Merle Haggard

#1 country song

If We Make It Through December

Merle Haggard

Living for the City by Stevie Wonder

#1 R&B song

Living for the City

Stevie Wonder

Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade

#1 song in the UK

Merry Xmas Everybody

Slade

Notable January 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1970s

Sammie Henson

Wrestler

Born January 1, 1971

Joe Cannon

Soccer Player

Born January 1, 1975

Tank

Singer

Born January 1, 1976

Becky Kellar-Duke

Ice Hockey Player

Born January 1, 1975