A breakdown of my top singles from 1977
How Deep is Your Love
Bee Gees
Weeks in Hot 100: 33
Peaked: December 24
Album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (RSO)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 1 |
| Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| R&B | 1 |
| Dance | 4 |
Wings
Weeks in Hot 100: 13
Peaked: April 2
Album: Wings Over America (Capitol)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 10 |
| Adult Contemporary | 9 |
Stevie Wonder
Weeks in Hot 100: 17
Weeks in Hot 100: 17
Peaked: May 21
Album: Songs in the Key of Life (Tamla)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 1 |
| Adult Contemporary | 13 |
| R&B | 10 |
Emotions
Weeks in Hot 100: 23
Peaked: August 20
Album: Rejoice (Columbia)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 1 |
| Adult Contemporary | 1 |
Donna Summer
Weeks in Hot 100: 23
Peaked: November 12
Album: I Remember Yesterday (Casablanca)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 6 |
| Adult Contemporary | 18 |
Boz Scaggs
Weeks in Hot 100: 17
Peaked: May 14
Album: Silk Degrees (CBS)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 11 |
| Adult Contemporary | 18 |
| R&B | 23 |
Stevie Wonder
Weeks in Hot 100: 17
Peaked: January 22
Album: Songs in the Key of Life (Tamla)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 1 |
| Adult Contemporary | 12 |
| R&B | 1 |
10cc
Weeks in Hot 100: 19
Peaked: April 16
Album: Deceptive Bends (Mercury)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 5 |
| Adult Contemporary | 1 |
Abba
Weeks in Hot 100: 22
Peaked: April 9
Album: Arrival (Atlantic)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 1 |
| R&B | 1 |
Thelma Houston
Weeks in Hot 100: 24
Peaked: April 23
Album: Any Way You Like It (Motown)
| U.S. charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 1 |
| Adult Contemporary | 1 |
All chart positions are peak positions from Billboard charts. These are my personal top 77 singles of those that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1977. The list is solely my opinion. Using Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Annual 1955-1999, I started with the 469 singles that peaked on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1977. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to about 100 tunes, then listening, ranking, and editing began. The top 77 are presented here, in order.
I'd have to go with "How Deep Is Your Love" as my personal #1 of '77.
ReplyDeleteFor me, only "Night Fever" beats it in the entire disco era. "Night Fever" is so good I'd believe aliens came down from outer space, wrote the song, and then left it in Barry Gibb's crib for him to stumble over and record. "Night Fever" is ridiculously good.