Last week, I presented a bracket of 32 movie soundtracks selected from the years 1976-85. Click here for that post and a printable bracket. Today, we crown the champion movie soundtrack:
Not surprisingly, our overall #1 seed takes home the coveted prize. And deservedly so:
- 40+ million copies sold worldwide.
- 120 weeks on Billboard's album charts (until March 1980).
- #57 on VH1's 2003 list of greatest albums of all time.
- #131 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of 500 greatest albums of all time.
- Grammy Award for Album of the Year (1979)
- Added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress on March 21, 2013 for long-term preservation
- 2004 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #1 (24 consecutive weeks, January 21 - July 1, 1978)
Peak on Billboard's R&B albums chart: #1 (5 consecutive weeks, February 18 - March 18, 1978)
Peak on Cash Box album chart: #1 (25 consecutive weeks, January 21 - July 8, 1978)
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| Billboard, November 12, 1977 |
| Single | Artist |
Hot 100
|
R&B
|
Dance
|
AC
|
| Jive Talkin' |
Bee Gees
| 1 | 9 | ||
| A Fifth of Beethoven |
Walter Murphy
| 1 | 10 | 13 | |
| You Should Be Dancing |
Bee Gees
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Open Sesame |
Kool & The Gang
| 55 | 6 | 13 | |
| How Deep is Your Love |
Bee Gees
| 1 | 1 | ||
| Night Fever |
Bee Gees
| 1 | 8 |
19
|
|
| If I Can't Have You |
Yvonne Elliman
| 1 | 9 | ||
| Stayin' Alive/Night Fever/More Than a Woman |
Bee Gees
| 3 | |||
| Stayin' Alive |
Bee Gees
| 1 | 4 |
28
|
|
| Disco Inferno |
The Trammps
| 11 | 9 | 1 | |
| More Than a Woman |
Tavares
| 32 | 36 | ||
| Boogie Shoes |
KC & The Sunshine Band
| 35 | 29 |
Well deserved win. Even if Purple Rain had triumphed on the Ebert side, I would have gone to Saturday Night Fever for the win.
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