These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1977.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1 January | "If You Leave Me Now" | Chicago | [1] |
8 January | "Somebody to Love" | Queen | [2] |
15 January | [3] | ||
22 January | [4] | ||
29 January | "Sunny" | Boney M. | [5] |
5 February | "Living Next Door to Alice" | Smokie | [6] |
12 February | [7] | ||
19 February | [8] | ||
26 February | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | Julie Covington | [9] |
5 March | [10] | ||
12 March | [11] | ||
19 March | [12] | ||
26 March | "Go Your Own Way" | Fleetwood Mac | [13] |
2 April | [14] | ||
9 April | [15] | ||
16 April | "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" | Smokie | [16] |
23 April | [17] | ||
30 April | "My Broken Souvenirs" | Pussycat | [18] |
7 May | "Non Stop Dance" | Gibson Brothers | [19] |
14 May | [20] | ||
21 May | "You're My World" | Guys 'n' Dolls | [21] |
28 May | [22] | ||
4 June | [23] | ||
11 June | "Ma Baker" | Boney M. | [24] |
18 June | [25] | ||
25 June | [26] | ||
2 July | [27] | ||
9 July | [28] | ||
16 July | [29] | ||
23 July | "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" | Baccara | [30] |
30 July | [31] | ||
6 August | [32] | ||
13 August | "Cokane in My Brain" | Dillinger | [33] |
20 August | [34] | ||
27 August | [35] | ||
3 September | [36] | ||
10 September | "I Feel Love" | Donna Summer | [37] |
17 September | "Sorry, I'm a Lady" | Baccara | [38] |
24 September | "I Remember Elvis Presley" | Danny Mirror | [39] |
1 October | [40] | ||
8 October | "Do You Remember" | Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers | [41] |
15 October | [42] | ||
22 October | [43] | ||
29 October | [44] | ||
5 November | "'t Smurfenlied" | Vader Abraham | [45] |
12 November | [46] | ||
19 November | [47] | ||
26 November | [48] | ||
3 December | [49] | ||
10 December | [50] | ||
17 December | [51] | ||
24 December | "Mull of Kintyre" | Wings | [52] |
31 December | [53] | ||
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer was the initiator of the Top 40 in the Netherlands. The show is currently aired on Friday from 2 till 6 PM on Qmusic.