A month in a life – Sept 1977

All tracks released in September 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : Will chart in 1979 as remix/re-issue
(+) : See note below

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Highways of the sun Camel
2 Wonderous stories Yes *
3 Don't let me be misunderstood Mike Batt & London Symphony Orchestra
4 No more heroes Stranglers *
5 Cool out tonight (08/77) David Essex *
6 Bring back the love Blue
7 Thunder in my heart (08/77) Leo Sayer *
8 Make believing Foster brothers
9 We're all in this thing together O'Jays
10 Another star (08/77) Stevie Wonder *
11 Signed, sealed, delivered (I'm yours) Peter Frampton
12 Savannah Matthew Moore
13 Love hurts [Hot Tracks EP] (RR – 1974) Nazareth *
14 Anything for you Flintlock
15 Broken hearted avenue Rickard brothers
16 I could fall Barbara Dickson
17 Hound dog man (Play it again) Lenny Le Blanc
18 Daytime friends (08/77) Kenny Rogers *
19 Monday Tuesday Pilot
20 Only when I'm lonely Jigsaw
21 Back home once again Renaissance
22 Yes sir I can boogie (07/77) Baccara *
23 Shut out Paul Jabara ft Donna Summer
24 Sweet dynamite Claudja Barry
25 Do your dance Rose Royce *
26 Dancing the night away Motors *
27 Oh dancer Crane [Chuck Crane]
28 Jungle love Steve Miller band
29 Black Betty (08/77) Ram Jam *
30 Save it for a rainy day Jess Conrad
31 Little girl Mink DeVille
32 Poor poor pitiful me Linda Ronstadt
33 Drowning in the sea of love Ringo [Starr]
34 Home is where the heart is Gladys Knight & Pips *
35 Lady of magic Maze
36 Why can't we be lovers Chain reaction
37 Could heaven ever be like this (08/77) Idris Muhammad *
38 Angel dancing Parker McGee
39 River song Dennis Wilson
40 Winning Nona Hendryx
41 Kill the king (Live EP) (08/77) Rainbow *
42 Your generation Generation X *
43 Way down Elvis Presley # 1
44 City to city Gerry Rafferty
45 Gotta get a message back to you Air traffic control (aka Glitter band)
46 Waiting in vain (08/77) Bob Marley & Wailers *
47 Who's in love with me Chi Lites
48 Ragtime piano Joe Peter Straker
49 I remember yesterday Donna Summer *
50 From New York to L.A. (07/77) Patsy Gallant *
51 I haven't stopped dancin' yet (original version) Gonzalez [*]
52 Cerrone's paradise Cerrone
53 The greatest love of all George Benson *
54 Circles Captain & Tennille
55 I go crazy Paul Davis
56 I need you (06/77) Joe Dolan *
57 I remember Elvis Presley (The king is dead) Danny Mirror *
58 It's now or never (RR – 1960) Elvis Presley (+) *
59 Waking up alone (New version) Paul Williams
60 Happy anniversary Little river band
61 Round and round Splinter
62 Sunshine of your love Rosetta Stone
63 From here to eternity Giorgio Moroder *
64 Best of my love (08/77) Emotions *
65 Make it with you Whispers
66 Bee sting (08/77) Camouflage ft Mysti *
67 Say you will Eddie Henderson
68 Rock and roll never forgets Bob Seger
69 Search and destroy Dictators *
70 She's a windup Dr. Feelgood *
71 I wanna be near you Sir Ted Ford
72 My good friend, James Pioneers
73 Angela Boozy
74 Bond '77 – The James Bond theme Marvin Hamlisch

(+): Seven more re-released singles by Elvis Presley entered the charts, after the singer passed away in August 1977. They are;

– All shook up
– Are you lonesome tonight
– Crying in the chapel
– Jailhouse rock
– Return to sender
– The wonder of you
– Wooden heart

None of them stayed longer than 2 weeks on the charts and none reached any higher than # 41

A month in a life – August 1977

All tracks released in August 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Smoke from a distant fire Sanford Townsend band
2 Little darling (I need you) Doobie brothers
3 If that's the way the feeling takes you Trickster
4 I believe in love Kenny Loggins
5 C'est la vie Greg Lake
6 All I think about is you (06/77) Harry Nilsson *
7 Love will survive Sad cafe
8 On the run Lake
9 Let's clean up the ghetto (07/77) Philadelphia International All-Stars *
10 If you wanna go back Jean Carn
11 I think I'm gonna fall in love with you (05/77) Dooleys *
12 Woman of soul Rhead brothers
13 I feel love Donna Summer # 1
14 Dancin' in the moonlight (07/77) Thin Lizzy *
15 I think we're alone now Rubinoos
16 Keep on trying Strawbs
17 Dear Matthew King Harry
18 Dreamer (07/77) Jacksons *
19 Edge of the universe Bee Gees
20 You take my heart away De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford *
21 In the middle Tim Moore
22 Are you dancing Hudson Ford
23 Looking after No.1 Boomtown Rats *
24 Swallow my pride (07/77) Ramones *
25 Do anything you wanna do (07/77) Rods (Eddie & Hotrods) *
26 Tulane (06/77) Steve Gibbons band *
27 Medicine woman Paul Davis
28 Beautiful summer day Mother Freedom band
29 Down the hall Four seasons *
30 How long J.J. Barnes
31 Float on Floaters # 1
32 Heading on the right direction Renee Geyer
33 I can't get you out of my mind (07/77) Yvonne Elliman *
34 Easy loving Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis
35 Lay me down Rogue
36 Tentacles Patrick Moraz
37 Don't play your rock 'n' roll George Anthony
38 Gimme dat banana Black Gorilla *
39 Happy people Jarvis brothers
40 Love attack Promises
41 Sunshine after the rain Elkie Brooks *
42 Getting in deep with you Glass band
43 If I have to go away (06/77) Jigsaw *
44 Love is so good when you're stealing it Z.Z. Hill
45 Hypnotic mover Lone star
46 I'm just turning around Gentle Giant
47 Til tomorrow Homo sapiens
48 American girl (02/77) Tom Petty & Heartbreakers *
49 Gary Gilmore's eyes Adverts *
50 Sex, drugs and rock and roll Ian Dury
51 Pipeline (07/77) Bruce Johnston *
52 Disco dancing Rice and beans orchestra
53 I got to sing J.A.L.N. band *
54 Cloudburst Eastbound expressway
55 Way down (07/77) Elvis Presley *
56 Love letters Frankie Miller
57 I'm dreaming Jennifer Warnes
58 Silver lady David Soul *
59 Down deep inside (Theme from "The Deep") Donna Summer *
60 Magic fly (07/77) Space *
61 Oxygene Part IV Jean-Michel Jarre *
62 Going back to my roots Lamont Dozier
63 You've been doing me wrong (07/77) Delegation *
64 I feel happy (Sabor de salsa) Salsoul explosion
65 Black is black La Belle Epoque *
66 Bite your granny Morning, noon and night
67 It ain't reggae (but it's funky) Instant funk
68 Angelo Brotherhood of man # 1
69 Nobody does it better (06/77) Carly Simon *
70 Groovy situation Keith Rowe
71 One love Celi Bee & Buzzy bunch
72 I've never been to me (original version) Charlene
73 Time loves a hero Little feat
74 Telephone man Meri Wilson *
75 Ice in the fire Sutherland brothers & Quiver
76 Danny Graham Bonnet
77 Then she kissed me Kiss
78 Spanish stroll Mink DeVille *
79 Lament Colosseum II

A month in a life – July 1977

All tracks released in July 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1978

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Head to toe Crawford Bell & Steelrail
2 Hurry sundown Outlaws
3 The pretender Jackson Browne
4 Southern comfort (05/77) Berni Flint *
5 Magic woman touch Greatest show on earth
6 Handy man James Taylor
7 Undercover angel (04/77) Alan O'Day *
8 Center city (06/77) Fat Larrys Band *
9 Katrina Lifestyle
10 Devil's gun (06/77) C.J. & Co. *
11 I don't love you anymore Teddy Pendergrass
12 We belong together John Blair
13 Have you ever seen the rain Unicorn
14 Another night time flight Blue
15 Dreams (06/77) Fleetwood Mac *
16 If I wasn't there Maldwyn Pope
17 When two worlds drift apart (06/77) Cliff Richard *
18 Hymn Barclay James Harvest
19 Prove it Television *
20 Good golly miss Molly [EP] (RR – 1958) Little Richard *
21 Red hot Robert Gordon
22 I knew the bride (06/77) Dave Edmunds *
23 This perfect day Saints *
24 Something better change Stranglers *
25 Pretty vacant Sex Pistols *
26 I'm in you (06/77) Peter Frampton *
27 Remember the days of the old school yard (06/77) Cat Stevens *
28 Hard rock cafe Carole King
29 Stage door Justin Hayward
30 Mandolin wind Rod Stewart
31 Love's such a wonderful thing (06/77) Real thing *
32 Dance with me Alyson & Sunshine
33 It only happens when I look at you Jackie Wilson
34 Dancin' easy Danny Williams *
35 Your song (RR – 1973 b side) Billy Paul *
36 One step away (06/77) Tavares *
37 So you win again Hot Chocolate # 1
38 Nights on Broadway Candi Staton *
39 I can't stop the rain David Ruffin
40 Mystery has gone Marmalade
41 Looks like we made it Barry Manilow
42 I wanted to call it off Cilla Black
43 Cool wind from the north Stephanie De Sykes
44 It's much better now Quint
45 Angelo (06/77) Brotherhood of man *
46 It's your life (06/77) Smokie *
47 Heaven on the 7th floor (05/77) Paul Nicholas *
48 Roadrunner (Once) (RR – 1975) Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers *
49 All around the world Jam *
50 Crystal ball Styx
51 Cold as ice Foreigner [*]
52 Heaven Bonnie Tyler
53 A little boogie woogie (06/77) Gary Glitter *
54 Rocky mountain way EP (RR – 1973) Joe Walsh *
55 There is always another girl Silver convention
56 Come back and finish what you started Linda Lewis
57 No one like my baby Jelly
58 My days are numbered James Wells
59 Float on Floaters *
60 Easy [EP] (05/77) Commodores *
61 That's what friends are for Deniece Williams *
62 Whatcha gonna do? Pablo Cruise
63 Maybe it's lost Lesley Duncan
64 Save me Merrilee Rush
65 You made me believe in magic Bay City Rollers *
66 You got what it takes Showaddywaddy *
67 I feel love Donna Summer # 1
68 I need a man Grace Jones
69 Chain gang Clover
70 Strawberry letter 23 Brothers Johnson *
71 Your love is rated X Johnnie Taylor
72 Three ring circus (06/77) Barry Biggs *
73 Hold on to love Page Three
74 The soul of a man Bobby Bland
75 Spanish boogie Van McCoy
76 Our love Dells
77 The crunch (02/77) RAH band *

A month in a life – June 1977

All tracks released in June 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1978
[+] : two sides of the same single

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Good old fashioned lover boy [Queen's first EP] (05/77) Queen *
2 Hungry for love Steve Glen
3 Living in the world today Chris Rainbow
4 Dreamin' (05/77) Liverpool Express *
5 Spirits in the night Manfred Mann's earth band
6 Modern love Peter Gabriel
7 Be good to yourself (04/77) Frankie Miller *
8 Now and then Björn Skifs
9 Streets of London Clover
10 I just wanna be your everything (05/77) Andy Gibb *
11 I don't want to talk about it [Double A side] (04/77) Rod Stewart # 1
12 The first cut is the deepest [Double A side] (04/77) Rod Stewart # 1
13 No way out Doris Jones
14 Run to me Kelly Marie
15 Non stop dance Gibson brothers
16 Everybody have a good time (05/77) Archie Bell & Drells *
17 You're gonna get next to me (05/77) Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis *
18 Come with me (05/77) Jesse Green *
19 I can prove it (03/77) Tony Etoria *
20 Feel the need (RR – 1972) Detroit Emeralds *
21 The walls of the world Mike Batt
22 Together we are beautiful Ken Leray
23 Sam (05/77) Olivia Newton-John *
24 Why do fools fall in love Summer wine
25 Bound to explode Bellamy brothers
26 Slow down (05/77) John Miles *
27 Bite your lip (Get up & dance) [+] Elton John *
28 Chicago [+] Kiki Dee *
29 Oh Lori (05/77) Alessi *
30 Deep love Mista Charge ft Rosetta Hightower
31 Name of the game Moon
32 Sunshine Enchantment
33 Nature boy (04/77) George Benson *
34 Flowers Emotions
35 Indian summer Poco
36 Nothing but a breeze Jesse Winchester
37 Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett
38 Lucille Kenny Rogers # 1
39 Peace of mind Boston
40 Barracuda Heart
41 God save the Queen (05/77) Sex Pistols *
42 Fanfare for the common man (05/77) Emerson Lake & Palmer *
43 Do ya wanna get funky with me Peter Brown [*]
44 Do what you wanna do T-Connection *
45 What it is (05/77) Garnett Mims & Truckin' company *
46 That woman Johnny Nash
47 Exodus Bob Marley & Wailers *
48 Love stop Airwaves
49 Still the one Clubsound
50 Ma Baker Boney M *
51 Farmer Bill's cowman (I was Kaiser Bill's Batman) Wurzels *
52 Saved Elkie Brooks
53 Hot summer's day Danny Kirwan
54 We're all alone Rita Coolidge *
55 This is the way that I feel Marie Osmond
56 Sometimes Facts of life
57 Slow dancin' Purify bros.
58 Falling in love in the summertime Tina Charles
59 All my life Arthur Prysock
60 So glad I got you girl O'Jays
61 Love goes deeper than that Eloise Laws
62 Show you the way to go Jacksons # 1
63 Give a little bit (05/77) Supertramp *
64 Be my wife David Bowie
65 Sneakin' suspicion (05/77) Dr. Feelgood *
66 Anything that's rock 'n' roll (05/77) Tom Petty & Heartbreakers *
67 Like Adam and Eve (USA 1966) 1st UK release Reflections
68 Don't take it out on this world Adam's apples
69 Rhapsody (05/77) Four seasons *
70 Counting on you Stephen Dees
71 Soularize (Greet the sun) Eddie Thornton
72 Kyrila (EP) (05/77) Demis Roussos *
73 It's all over now, baby blue Graham Bonnet
74 Memphis [The Faces EP] (05/77) Faces *
75 The warrior Osibisa
76 So you win again (05/77) Hot Chocolate *
77 Pictures and memories Marlena Shaw
78 Another star LaSo