Rock music was all the rage in the mid-1970s. These are three classic rock albums that hit No. 1 on the Top 200 in 1974.

Harry Chapin said his sole No. 1 hit from 1974 "scared him to death," and after listening to "Cat's in the Cradle", it's easy to see why.

In a year of glitter, grit and genre-bending singles, a handful of tracks clung to the peak as the rest shuffled. The charts in 1974 moved at a dizzying pace. Yet a small group of songs managed to ...