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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1977. This year was the peak of vinyl sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then. [1] [ clarification needed ]
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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3 | Queens of Noise | The Runaways | - |
7 | Flight Log | Jefferson Airplane | Compilation |
10 | Hard Again | Muddy Waters | - |
Leave Home | Ramones | - | |
14 | Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! | Bootsy's Rubber Band | - |
Low | David Bowie | - | |
18 | Deep in My Soul | Smokey Robinson | - |
An Evening with Diana Ross | Diana Ross | Live | |
Playing the Fool | Gentle Giant | Live | |
20 | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | Jimmy Buffett | - |
21 | Animals | Pink Floyd | - |
So So Satisfied | Ashford & Simpson | - | |
29 | Spiral Scratch | Buzzcocks | EP |
- | Festival | Santana | - |
Forever for Now | April Wine | - | |
Fountains of Light | Starcastle | - | |
The Last Gunfighter Ballad | Johnny Cash | - | |
The Light of Smiles | Gary Wright | - | |
Lost Without Your Love | Bread | - | |
Miracle Row | Janis Ian | - | |
Novella | Renaissance | US | |
Red Hot | Don Harrison Band | - | |
Sammy Hagar | Sammy Hagar | - | |
Cardiac Arrest | Cameo | Debut |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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3 | Cheap Trick | Cheap Trick | Debut |
4 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | US |
Ra | Utopia | - | |
The World Starts Tonight | Bonnie Tyler | Debut | |
Love at the Greek | Neil Diamond | Live | |
8 | Marquee Moon | Television | Debut |
11 | New Harvest – First Gathering | Dolly Parton | - |
Songs from the Wood | Jethro Tull | - | |
15 | Fingerprince | The Residents | - |
18 | Damned Damned Damned | The Damned | Debut |
Glorious | Gloria Gaynor | - | |
21 | (I'm) Stranded | The Saints | - |
22 | Unpredictable | Natalie Cole | - |
25 | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel | Solo debut |
Ultravox! | Ultravox | Debut | |
- | In Your Mind | Bryan Ferry | - |
Sleepwalker | The Kinks | - | |
Stay in Love | Minnie Riperton | - | |
Body Love | Klaus Schulze | Soundtrack | |
Don't Waste It | Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons | - | |
Sunshine | Dragon | - | |
Southern Nights | Glen Campbell | - | |
Freeways | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | - | |
Next | Journey | - | |
Victim of Romance | Michelle Phillips | - |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
4 | Clear Air Turbulence | Ian Gillan Band | [6] |
Ask Rufus | Rufus | - | |
8 | Even in the Quietest Moments | Supertramp | [7] |
The Clash | The Clash | - | |
Sin After Sin | Judas Priest | - | |
11 | Love You | The Beach Boys | - |
13 | Celebrate Me Home | Kenny Loggins | - |
15 | Rattus Norvegicus | The Stranglers | - |
29 | Lace and Whiskey | Alice Cooper | - |
- | Caught Live + 5 | The Moody Blues | Live + unreleased material, 1969 |
Phyllis Hyman | Phyllis Hyman | - | |
Detective | Detective | - | |
Future Games | Spirit | - | |
Get It | Dave Edmunds | - | |
Izitso | Cat Stevens | - | |
Let it Flow | Dave Mason | - | |
Mirage | Klaus Schulze | - | |
Moroccan Roll | Brand X | - | |
Off the Record | Sweet | - | |
Ol' Waylon | Waylon Jennings | - | |
Over | Peter Hammill | - | |
A Period of Transition | Van Morrison | - | |
VSOP | Herbie Hancock | - | |
Windy City Breakdown | Jonathan Cain | - |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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8 | I Robot | The Alan Parsons Project | [10] |
11 | Village People | Village People | mini-album debut |
15 | Going for the One | Yes | [11] |
On Stage | Rainbow | Live [12] | |
22 | From Here to Eternity | Giorgio Moroder | - |
Leif Garrett | Leif Garrett | - | |
My Aim Is True | Elvis Costello | - | |
27 | Terrapin Station | Grateful Dead | - |
- | The Grand Illusion | Styx | - |
Daytime Friends | Kenny Rogers | - | |
It's a Game | Bay City Rollers | - | |
Knnillssonn | Harry Nilsson | - | |
Live! In the Air Age | Be-Bop Deluxe | Live | |
Moody Blue | Elvis Presley | - | |
Radios Appear | Radio Birdman | - | |
The Rambler | Johnny Cash | - | |
Simple Things | Carole King | - | |
The Whole Thing's Started | Air Supply | - |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Tasty | The Shadows | - |
5 | Dry & Heavy | Burning Spear | - |
12 | Motörhead | Motörhead | [13] |
19 | Foghat Live | Foghat | Live |
Livin' on the Fault Line | The Doobie Brothers | - | |
Patti LaBelle | Patti LaBelle | Solo Debut | |
22 | Pacific Ocean Blue | Dennis Wilson | - |
29 | A Farewell to Kings | Rush | - |
Dizrythmia | Split Enz | - | |
30 | Barry White Sings for Someone You Love | Barry White | - |
- | The Angels | The Angels | Australia |
Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted | The Animals | - | |
Boats Against the Current | Eric Carmen | - | |
Brothers | Taj Mahal | Soundtrack | |
Donald Clark Osmond | Donny Osmond | - | |
Donovan | Donovan | - | |
Firing on All Six | Lone Star | - | |
Nothin' but the Blues | Johnny Winter | - | |
Showtime | Ry Cooder | - | |
Radio Special | The Residents | Promo only, officially released 1983 |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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6 | The Belle Album | Al Green | - |
Running on Empty | Jackson Browne | - | |
9 | Draw the Line | Aerosmith | [17] |
Scouse the Mouse | Ringo Starr | Children's | |
12 | ABBA: The Album | ABBA | - |
13 | Blue Lights in the Basement | Roberta Flack | - |
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter | Joni Mitchell | - | |
- | The Alice Cooper Show | Alice Cooper | Live |
Taken by Force | Scorpions | - | |
Björk | Björk Guðmundsdóttir | - | |
All in the Name of Love | John Hartford | - | |
Before and After Science | Brian Eno | - | |
The Best of Top of the Pops '77 | Top of the Poppers | Compilation | |
Body Love Vol. 2 | Klaus Schulze | Soundtrack | |
Eddie Money | Eddie Money | - | |
Mr. Mean | Ohio Players | - | |
Pink Flag | Wire | - | |
Suicide | Suicide | - |
Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for the year 1977, printed on December 24, 1977, was based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 6, 1976 through October 29, 1977. The decision to include the last two months of 1976 resulted in Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" being listed as no. 1 record of 1977, despite seven of its eight weeks at #1 occurring in 1976 (keep reading).
The completed Billboard year-end list for 1977 is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 between November 1976 and December 1977. Records with chart runs that started in 1976 and ended in 1977, or started in 1977 and ended in 1978, made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in 1977. If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for 1976 or 1978. If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered. Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks on Hot 100 chart, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks in top ten.
The chart presented here depicts the top 30 singles of 1977. In contrast with the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1977, this chart does not truncate or split chart runs between years. It does not add two months from 1976, delete two months from 1977 and then call itself the "Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1977", which it is obviously not. The true number one record of 1977 is Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life", which spent the last 18 weeks of the year accumulating 362 points. The seven additional weeks it scored from 1978 were not even needed for the top prize. Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" scored only 73 points in 10 weeks during 1977, so based on its 223 points from 13 weeks in 1976, its 296 total points made it the number one record of that year, not 1977. All chart rankings represented below for the Top Soul Singles, Top Country Singles, Top Easy Listening Singles, and Top CashBox pop singles were all calculated in the same manner.
The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Sales information was derived from the RIAA's Gold and Platinum database, the BRIT Certified database and The Book of Golden Discs, [18] but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. Archived issues of Billboard from November 1976 to March 1978 and Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the 1977 year-end chart.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Release Date | CB | Sales | Charts, Awards |
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1 | Debby Boone | "You Light Up My Life" | Warner Bros. 8455 | July 1977 | August 16, 1977 | 1 | 4.00 [19] | US Billboard 1977 #1, Hot 100 # #1 for 10 weeks, 25 total weeks, 387 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2012 |
2 | The Bee Gees | "How Deep Is Your Love" | RSO 882 | April 1977 | September 1977 | 2 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1977 #2, Hot 100 #1 for 2 weeks, 33 total weeks, 323 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1977 #1, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks, 371 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2011 |
3 | Andy Gibb | "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" | RSO 872 | October 1976 | April 1977 | 3 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1977 #3, Hot 100 #1 for 4 weeks, 31 total weeks, 321 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000 |
4 | The Emotions | "Best Of My Love" | Columbia 10544 | May 1977 | June 9, 1977 | 15 | 5.00 | US Billboard 1977 #4, Hot 100 #1 for 5 weeks, 23 total weeks, 105 points, Top Soul Singles 1977 #3, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 22 total weeks, 282 points |
5 | Barbra Streisand | "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" | Columbia 10450 | 1976 | December 1976 | 9 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1977 #5, Hot 100 #1 for 3 weeks, 25 total weeks, 256 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1977 #2, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 22 total weeks, 363 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 |
6 | Player | "Baby Come Back" | RSO 879 | 1977 | October 13, 1977 | 5 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #6, Hot 100 #1 for 3 weeks, 32 total weeks, 219 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017 |
7 | Eagles | "Hotel California" | Asylum 45386 | March-October 1976 | February 22, 1977 | 23 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #7, Hot 100 #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 186 points |
8 | Stevie Wonder | "Sir Duke" | Tamla 54281 | 1976 | March 22, 1977 | 33 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1977 #8, Hot 100 #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 180 points |
9 | ABBA | "Dancing Queen" | Atlantic 3372 | August 4-5, 1975 | August 15, 1976 | 17 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #9, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks, 178 points |
10 | Crystal Gayle | "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" | United Artists 1016 | 1976 | August 1977 | 6 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1977 #10, Hot 100 #2 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, 77 points, Top Country Singles 1977 #3, Country Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks, 177 points |
11 | Mary MacGregor | "Torn Between Two Lovers" | Ariola America 7638 | May 1976 | Nov 1, 1976 | 4 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1977 #11, Hot 100 #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 175 points |
12 | Carly Simon | "Nobody Does It Better" | Elektra 45413 | April 1977 | July 1977 | 8 | 3.25 | US Billboard 1977 #12, Hot 100 #2 for 3 weeks, 25 total weeks, 168 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1977 #3, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 25 total weeks, 322 points |
13 | Marvin Gaye | "Got To Give It Up (Part 1)" | Tamla 54280 | March 18, 1977 | July 16, 1977 | 25 | 2.25 | US Billboard 1977 #13, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 167 points, Top Soul Singles 1977 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 21 total weeks, 288 points |
14 | Stevie Wonder | "I Wish" | Tamla 54274 | Summer 1976 | November 1976 | 20 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1977 #14, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 166 points, Top Soul Singles 1977 #7, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 274 points |
15 | Eagles | "New Kid In Town" | Asylum 45373 | March-October 1976 | December 7, 1976 | 31 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #15, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 165 points |
16 | Thelma Houston | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Tamla 54278 | March 1976 | December 2, 1976 | 32 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1977 #16, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 24 total weeks, 164 points |
17 | Fleetwood Mac | "Dreams" | Warner Bros. 8332 | February-August 1976 | March 1977 | 29 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1977 #17, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 163 points |
18 | Linda Ronstadt | "Blue Bayou" | Asylum 45431 | June-July 1977 | August 23, 1977 | 27 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1977 #18, Hot 100 #3 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 162 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 |
19 | Glen Campbell | "Southern Nights" | Capitol 4376 | October 2, 1976 | January 17, 1977 | 14 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #19, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 160 points |
20 | Alan O'Day | "Undercover Angel" | Pacific 001 | January 27, 1977 | February 6, 1977 | 7 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1977 #20, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 23 total weeks, 158 points |
21 | Heatwave | "Boogie Nights" | Epic 50370 | 1976 | May 11, 1977 | 16 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #21, Hot 100 #2 for 2 weeks, 27 total weeks, 158 points |
22 | Barry Manilow | "Looks Like We Made It" | Arista 0244 | 1976 | April 20, 1977 | 39 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1977 #22, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 154 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1977 #7, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 291 points |
23 | Steve Miller Band | "Fly Like An Eagle" | Capitol 4372 | 1976 | August 13, 1976 | 42 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #23, Hot 100 #2 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 154 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 |
24 | Rita Coolidge | "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | A&M 1922 | 1968 | January 1977 | 11 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1977 #24, Hot 100 #2 for 1 week, 27 total weeks, 154 points |
25 | Bill Conti | "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)" | United Artists 940 | June 13, 1977 | August 21, 1977 | 36 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1977 #25, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 152 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 |
26 | Peter Frampton | "I'm In You" | A&M 1941 | April 1977 | June 3, 1977 | 35 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1977 #26, Hot 100 #2 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 150 points |
27 | Daryl Hall & John Oates | "Rich Girl" | RCA 10860 | June 1976 | January 1977 | 12 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1977 #27, Hot 100 #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 148 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017 |
28 | Leo Sayer | "When I Need You" | Warner Bros. 8332 | Nov 4, 1976 | February 6, 1977 | 13 | 6.00 | US Billboard 1977 #28, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 146 points |
29 | K.C. and the Sunshine Band | "I'm Your Boogie Man" | TK 1022 | January 26, 1977 | May 11, 1977 | 18 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1977 #29, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 23 total weeks, 145 points |
30 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | "Blinded By The Light" | Warner Bros. 8252 | Nov 4, 1976 | August 16, 1977 | 38 | 6.00 | US Billboard 1977 #30, Hot 100 #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 143 points |
31 | Dolly Parton | "Here You Come Again" | RCA 11123 | June 1977 | September 26, 1977 | 43 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1977 #31, Hot 100 #3 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 141 points, Top Country Singles 1977 #2, Country Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks, 237 points |
32 | Fleetwood Mac | "Don't Stop" | Warner Bros. 8413 | February-August 1976 | April 1, 1977 | 24 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1977 #32, Hot 100 #3 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 139 points |
65 | The Floaters | "Float On" | ABC 12284 | 1977 | June 1977 | 37 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1977 #65, Hot 100 #2 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 92 points, Top Soul Singles 1977 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 305 points |
158 | Waylon Jennings | "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" | RCA 10924 | January 1977 | April 11, 1977 | 161 | 1.00 | US Billboard 1977 #158, Hot 100 #25 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 92 points, Top Country Singles 1977 #1, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 247 points |
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Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | US | UK | Highest chart position | Other Chart performance(s) |
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"2-4-6-8 Motorway" | Tom Robinson Band | October 1977 | n/a | 5 | 5 (United Kingdom) | 13 (Australia) |
"A Far L'amore Comincia Tu" | Raffaella Carrà | 1977 | n/a | n/a | 1 (Belgium) | 2 (Spain) - 3 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]), Switzerland) - 4 (West Germany) |
"Another Star" | Stevie Wonder | August 1977 | 32 | 29 | 13 (Netherlands [Dutch] Single Top 100) | 18 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 29 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 34 (Canada) |
"April Sun in Cuba" | Dragon | October 1977 | n/a | n/a | 2 (Australia) | 9 (New Zealand) |
"Ariel" | Dean Friedman | April 1977 | 26 | n/a | 19 (Canada, New Zealand) | 17 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 91 (Australia) |
"As" | Stevie Wonder | October 1977 | 34 | n/a | 36 (United States) | 24 (U.S. Billboard Easy Listening) - 36 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) |
Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | Other Chart performance(s) |
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"Gary Gilmore's Eyes" b/w "Bored Teenagers" | The Adverts | September 1977 | 18 (UK Singles Chart) |
"This Perfect Day" | The Saints | July 1977 | 34 (UK Singles Chart) |
1977 marks the beginning of the punk rock movement. [20] Several albums associated with the development of punk music were released, including Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols, The Clash by The Clash, Damned Damned Damned by The Damned, the Dead Boys' Young, Loud and Snotty , Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F. , the Ramones' Rocket to Russia , Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation , and Wire's Pink Flag .
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