A month in a life – May 1977

All tracks released in May 1977 unless otherwise indicated

*: new entry Record Retailer chart

1 I came to dance Nils Lofgren
2 Freerider Class 50
3 Spring song Gryphon
4 Feel like calling home (04/77) Mr Big *
5 Hollywood Rufus ft Chaka Khan
6 Somethin’ ’bout ‘cha Latimore
7 Your love Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr
8 Telephone line Electric Light Orchestra *
9 Written on the wind (04/77) Roger Daltrey *
10 In the flesh Blondie
11 Get the guns Alan Ross
12 I love to see ya dancin’ Blackwell
13 Did you mean maybe Etap
14 Baby don’t change your mind Gladys Knight & Pips *
15 Soul sister Ronnie Jones
16 At first sight Lobo
17 Don’t let go Manhattan Transfer *
18 The calendar song (04/77) Trinidad Oil Company *
19 Got to give it up (04/77) Marvin Gaye *
20 In the city (04/77) Jam *
21 Peaches [Double A side] Stranglers *
22 Hard luck woman Kiss
23 Old fashioned boy (You’re the one) Stallion
24 Slow dancing Unicorn
25 On and on Stephen Bishop
26 Just a song before I go Crosby, Stills and Nash
27 The first cut is the deepest [Double A side] (04/77) Rod Stewart # 1
28 I don’t want to talk about it [Double A side] (04/77) Rod Stewart # 1
29 Loving song Nicole Croisille
30 Ooh child Valerie Carter
31 Hello stranger (04/77) Yvonne Elliman *
32 We’ll gather lilacs / All my loving (04/77) Simon May *
33 Love walked in (when you walked out) David McWilliams
34 Me and the elephant Gene Cotton
35 Highway flyer Doug Owen
36 Halfway down the stairs Muppets *
37 L’oiseau et l’enfant Marie Myriam *
38 Can’t get it out of my head One hundred ton and a feather
39 Loving you, losing you Johnny Mathis
40 I’m in heaven Touch of class
41 It don’t rain in my backyeard Moments
42 Could it be I’m falling in love (EP) (RR – 1973) Detroit Spinners *
43 Too hot to handle (04/77) Heatwave *
44 Join the party (03/77) Honky *
45 How can I say goodbye Jacquie Sullivan
46 We can do it (EP) Liverpool FC *
47 Tokyo Joe (04/77) Bryan Ferry *
48 OK ? Julie Covington, Rula Lenska, Charlotte Cornwell & Sue Jones-Davies *
49 Go Buddy Go [Double A side] Stranglers *
50 Sheena is a punk rocker Ramones *
51 Can’t give you anything but my love J sisters
52 Baby I love your way Walter Jackson
53 Let your body go downtown Martyn Ford orchestra *
54 I second that emotion La Costa
55 Alone again or UFO
56 Better by far Caravan
57 Found out the hard way Ace
58 Match of the day [Spot the pigeon EP] Genesis *
59 Rendezvous (04/77) Tina Charles *
60 Naughty naughty naughty (03/77) Joy Sarney *
61 You keep me hangin’ on / Stop in the name of love (03/77) Roni Hill *
62 No more love at your convenience (04/77) Alice Cooper *
63 Some folks never learn Lou Rawls
64 Disco inferno (04/77) Trammps *
65 Uptown festival (04/77) Shalamar *
66 Get happy Jimmy “Bo” Horne
67 Free (02/77) Deniece Williams # 1
68 The whole town is laughing at me (03/77) Teddy Pendergrass *
69 You took my breath away Kaplan Kaye
70 Simple life O.C. Smith
71 Hold on Dan Hill
72 You’re moving out today Carole Bayer Sager *
73 Everybody be dancin’ Starbuck
74 Walk right in Dr. Hook
75 All strung out John Travolta
76 Stay away Dynamic Superiors
77 Lido shuffle Boz Scaggs *
78 Do you wanna make love Peter McCann
79 Runaway Bonnie Raitt
80 It’s a game Bay city rollers *
81 Atmosphere strutt Cloud one