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Friday, June 10, 2005

It was a great summer

The Summer Of '77
If you weren't there, you really missed out. Posted by Hello


Top 40 Hits of 1977 - The songs in bold are the songs I liked

  • Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex (#12)
  • All Strung Out on You - John Travolta (#34)
  • All You Get from Love Is A Love Song - Carpenters (#35)
  • Angel in Your Arms - Hot (#6)
  • Another Star - Stevie Wonder (#32)
  • Ariel - Dean Friedman (#26)
  • As - Stevie Wonder (#36)
  • At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#30)
  • Back In the Saddle - Aerosmith (#38)
  • Back Together Again - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#28)
  • Barracuda - Heart (#11)
  • Best of My Love - The Emotions (#1)
  • Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!) - Elton John (#28)
  • Black Betty - Ram Jam (#18)
  • Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt (#3)
  • Boogie Child - Bee Gees (#12)
  • Boogie Nights - Heatwave (#2)
  • Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#40)
  • Brick House - Commodores (#5)
  • Calling Dr. Love - KISS (#16)
  • Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - Carpenters (#32)
  • Can't Stop Dancin' - Captain & Tennille (#13)
  • Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent (#30)
  • Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes - Jimmy Buffett (#37)
  • Cherry Baby - Starz (#33)
  • Christine Sixteen - KISS (#25)
  • Cinderella - Firefall (#34)
  • Cold as Ice - Foreigner (#6)
  • Come Sail Away - Styx (#8)
  • Couldn't Get it Right - Climax Blues Band (#3)
  • Crackerbox Palace - George Harrison (#19)
  • Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy (#1)
  • Dancin' Man - Q (#23)
  • Dancing Queen - Abba (#1)
  • Daybreak - Barry Manilow (#23)
  • Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers (#28)
  • Dazz - Brick (#3)
  • Devil's Gun - C.J. & Co. (#36)Disco Inferno - The Trammps (#11)
  • Disco Lucy ("I Love Lucy" Theme) - Wilton Place Street Band (#24)
  • Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra (#24)
  • Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me - Peter Brown (#18)
  • Do You Wanna Make Love - Peter McCann (#5)
  • Do Your Dance (Part 1) - Rose Royce (#39)
  • Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul (#1)
  • Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle (#2)
  • Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston (#1)
  • Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda (#15)
  • Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac (#3)
  • Don't Worry Baby - B.J. Thomas (#17)
  • Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (#1)
  • Drivin' Wheel - Foghat (#34)
  • Dusic - Brick (#18)
  • Easy - Commodores (#4)
  • Easy to Love - Leo Sayer (#36)
  • The Edge of the Universe - Bee Gees (#26)
  • Emotion - Samantha Sang (#3)
  • (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - L.T.D. (#4)
  • Everybody Be Dancin' - Starbuck (#38)
  • Falling - LeBlanc & Carr (#13)
  • Fancy Dancer - Commodores (#39)
  • Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner (#4)
  • The First Cut Is The Deepest - Rod Stewart (#21)
  • Float On - The Floaters (#2)
  • Gettin' Ready for Love - Diana Ross (#27)
  • Girls' School - Paul McCartney (#33)
  • Give a Little Bit - Supertramp (#15)
  • Gloria - Enchantment (#25)
  • Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac (#10)
  • Gone Too Far - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#23)
  • Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky") - Bill Conti & His Orchestra (#1)
  • Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky") - Maynard Ferguson (#28)
  • Got to Give It Up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye (#1)
  • The Greatest Love of All - George Benson (#24)
  • Handy Man - James Taylor (#4)
  • Happy Anniversary - Little River Band (#16)
  • Hard Rock Cafe - Carole King (#30)
  • Heard It in a Love Song - The Marshall Tucker Band (#14)
  • Heaven on the 7th Floor - Paul Nicholas (#6)
  • Hello Stranger - Yvonne Elliman (#15)
  • Help Is on its Way - Little River Band (#14)
  • Here Come Those Tears Again - Jackson Browne (#23)
  • Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton (#3)
  • High School Dance - The Sylvers (#17)
  • Hollywood - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#32)
  • Hotel California - Eagles (#1)
  • How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (#1)
  • How Much Love - Leo Sayer (#17)
  • I Believe You - Dorothy Moore (#27)
  • I Feel Love - Donna Summer (#6)
  • I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb (#1)
  • I Just Want to Make Love to You - Foghat (#33)
  • I Like Dreamin' - Kenny Nolan (#3)
  • I Love You - Donna Summer (#37)
  • I Never Cry - Alice Cooper (#12)
  • I Wanna Get Next to You - Rose Royce (#10)
  • I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You - Alan Parsons Project (#36)
  • I'm in You - Peter Frampton (#2)
  • I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band (#1)
  • I've Got Love on My Mind - Natalie Cole (#5)
  • In the Mood - Henhouse Five Plus Too (Ray Stevens) (#40)
  • Isn't It Time - The Babys (#13)
  • It Keeps You Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers (#37)
  • It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap (#16)
  • It's a Crazy World - Mac McAnally (#37)
  • It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me - Barry White (#4)
  • It's Sad to Belong - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#21)
  • It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt (#5)
  • Jeans On - David Dundas (#17)
  • Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band (#8)
  • Jungle Love - Steve Miller Band (#23)
  • Just a Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash (#7)
  • Just Remember I Love You - Firefall (#11)
  • Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel (#3)
  • Keep it Comin' Love - KC & The Sunshine Band (#2)
  • Keep Me Cryin' - Al Green (#37)
  • The Killing of Georgie (Parts 1 & 2) - Rod Stewart (#30)
  • The King is Gone - Ronnie McDowell (#13)
  • Knowing Me, Knowing You - Abba (#14)
  • Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs (#11)
  • Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles (#11)
  • Livin' in the Life - The Isley Brothers (#40)
  • Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (#13)
  • Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold (#7)
  • Long Time - Boston (#22)
  • Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow (#1)
  • Lost Without Your Love - Bread (#9)
  • Love in 'C' Minor (Part 1) - Cerrone (#36)
  • Love Theme from "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand (#1)
  • Love's Grown Deep - Kenny Nolan (#20)
  • Lovely Day - Bill Withers (#30)
  • Lucille - Kenny Rogers (#5)
  • Luckenbach,Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings (#25)
  • Magical Mystery Tour - Ambrosia (#39)
  • Mainstreet - Bob Seger (#24)
  • Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (#8)
  • Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney & Wings (#10)
  • More Than a Woman - Tavares (#32)
  • My Fair Share - Seals & Crofts (#28)
  • My Heart Belongs To Me - Barbra Streisand (#4)
  • My Sweet Lady - John Denver (#32)
  • My Way - Elvis Presley (#22)
  • N.Y., You Got Me Dancing - Andrea True Connection (#27)
  • Native New Yorker - Odyssey (#21)
  • New Kid In Town - Eagles (#1)
  • Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon (#2)
  • Old Fashioned Boy (You're the One) - Stallion (#37)
  • On and On - Stephen Bishop (#11)
  • Peace of Mind - Boston (#38)
  • Peg - Steely Dan (#11)
  • People in Love - 10cc (#40)
  • Point Of Know Return - Kansas (#28)
  • (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard - Cat Stevens (#33)
  • Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#1)
  • Right Time of the Night - Jennifer Warnes (#6)
  • Sam - Olivia Newton-John (#20)
  • Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire (#21)
  • Save It for a Rainy Day - Stephen Bishop (#22)
  • Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow - Tom Jones (#15)
  • Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins (#19)
  • Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch (#8)
  • Shake Your Rump to the Funk - Bar-Kays (#23)
  • She Did It - Eric Carmen (#23)
  • She's Not There - Santana (#27)
  • Short People - Randy Newman (#2)
  • Show You the Way to Go - The Jacksons (#28)
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Peter Frampton (#18)
  • Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder (#1)
  • Slide - Slave (#32)
  • Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon (#5)
  • Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On - The Addrisi Brothers (#20)
  • Slowdown - John Miles (#34)
  • Smoke from a Distant Fire - The Sanford/Townsend Band (#9)
  • So In To You - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#7)
  • So You Win Again - Hot Chocolate (#31)
  • Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha - Latimore (#37)
  • Sometimes - Facts of Life (#31)
  • Southern Nights - Glen Campbell (#1)
  • Spirit in the Night - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#40)
  • Spring Rain - Silvetti (#39)
  • Stand Tall - Burton Cummings (#10)
  • Star Wars (Main Title) - John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra (#10)
  • (instrumental)Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band - Meco (#1)
  • Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson (#5)
  • Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie (#30)
  • Sunflower - Glen Campbell (#39)
  • Surfin' U.S.A. - Leif Garrett (#20)
  • Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin') - Johnny Rivers (#10)
  • Swingtown - Steve Miller Band (#17)
  • Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra (#7)
  • Telephone Man - Meri Wilson (#18)
  • That's Rock & Roll - Shaun Cassidy (#3)
  • Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - John Williams & Orchestra (#13)
  • The Things We Do For Love - 10cc (#5)
  • This Is the Way That I Feel - Marie Osmond (#39)
  • This Song - George Harrison (#25)
  • Thunder in My Heart - Leo Sayer (#38)
  • Tryin' To Love Two - William Bell (#10)
  • Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day (#1)
  • Uptown Festival (Part 1) - Shalamar (#25)
  • Walk This Way - Aerosmith (#10)
  • Way Down - Elvis Presley (#18)
  • We Are the Champions - Queen (#4)
  • We Just Disagree - Dave Mason (#12)
  • We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge (#7)
  • What a Big Surprise - Chicago (#4)
  • What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd (#13)
  • Whatcha Gonna Do? - Pablo Cruise (#6)
  • When I Need You - Leo Sayer (#1)
  • Whispering / Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon - Dr. Buzzard's Original "Savannah" Band (#27)
  • Whodunit - Tavares (#22)
  • You and Me - Alice Cooper (#9)
  • You Can't Turn Me Off (in the Middle of Turning Me On) - High Inergy (#12)
  • You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (#1)
  • You Made Me Believe in Magic - Bay City Rollers (#10)
  • You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac (#9)
  • You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart (#4)
  • (You're My) Soul and Inspiration - Donny & Marie Osmond (#38)
  • You're My World - Helen Reddy (#18)
  • You've Got Me Runnin' - Gene Cotton (#33)
  • Your Love - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (#15)
  • (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Rita Coolidge (#2)
  • Your Smiling Face - James Taylor (#20)