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

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

 

A month in a life – April 1977

All tracks released in April 1977 unless otherwise indicated

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

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Evergreen (There for "A star is born") (02/77) Barbra Streisand *
2 Highwayman Jimmy Webb
3 Brooklyn Cody Jameson [aka Gloria Loring]
4 Dreamboat Annie Heart
5 On the border Al Stewart
6 Into the mystic Jackson Hawke
7 Where is the love (02/77) Delegation *
8 Whodunit (03/77) Tavares *
9 Good morning Judge 10CC *
10 Jet airliner Steve Miller band
11 Lonely boy (02/77) Andrew Gold *
12 Kiss in the dark Hudson Ford
13 Right as rain The band
14 Gonna capture your heart (03/77) Blue *
15 Only the lucky Walter Egan
16 Love, love Clover
17 Rock 'n' roll star (Live EP) (03/77) Barclay James Harvest *
18 Smoke on the water (live) (EP) Deep Purple *
19 To fly away Trickster
20 Don't stop Fleetwood Mac *
21 Dancin' man Q
22 Sara smile J.J. Barnes
23 Free (02/77) Deniece Williams *
24 Slow dancin' don't turn me Addrisi brothers
25 Let 'em in Billy Paul *
26 What's your name what's your number Showdown
27 What's on your mind Brass construction
28 I don't want to talk about it [Double A side] Rod Stewart *
29 Pearl's a singer (02/77) Elkie Brooks *
30 Daybreak Randy Bishop
31 To all the girls I've love before Albert Hammond
32 Lucille Kenny Rogers *
33 Tell him boys Mickey Newbury
34 Say you'll stay until tomorrow (01/77) Tom Jones *
35 Wake up and be somebody Brainstorm
36 Phoenix Aquarian dreams
37 Reaching for the world (03/77) Harold Melvin & Bluenotes *
38 Dancin' Crown heights affair
39 Knowing me knowing you Abba # 1
40 Another funny honeymoon (03/77) David Dundas *
41 Marquee Moon Television *
42 White riot (03/77) Clash *
43 I might be lying Eddie & Hot rods *
44 Wise man Uriah heep
45 Lovin' and free Colin Blunstone
46 Night hours Kiki Dee
47 Ain't gonna bump no more (03/77) Joe Tex *
48 Beautiful Brothers
49 Tryin' to love two William Bell
50 Someone oughta write a song about you baby Realistics
51 Sir Duke (03/77) Stevie Wonder *
52 Jamaica jerk off [5th Anniversary EP] (02/77) Judge Dread *
53 Mah na mah na (RR – 1969) Piero Umiliani *
54 Runaway Gallagher & Lyle
55 Hotel California Eagles *
56 Three little words (I love you) Dave Loggins
57 Lover's serenade Barbara Dickson
58 The first cut is the deepest [Double A side] Rod Stewart *
59 Love and other bruises Air supply
60 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel *
61 Hey St. Peter Flash and the pan
62 Feels like the first time Foreigner [*]
63 The soul of my suit (03/77) T. Rex *
64 Say goodbye to Hollywood Ronnie Spector & E Street band
65 It's you (03/77) Manhattans *
66 Got to see Mississippi Stardust
67 How much love Leo Sayer *
68 Biding my time Badger
69 Loving you, losing you Phyllis Hyman
70 I wanna get next to you (03/77) Rose Royce *
71 You're my life (03/77) Barry Biggs *
72 Do I love you (yes in every way) Paul Anka
73 Smile a little smile for me Tony Christie
74 I'm your boogie man KC & Sunshine band *
75 Parting is such sweet sorrow James Wells
76 This could be a night to remember Eddie Holman
77 Enjoy yourself (03/77) Jacksons *
78 A real mother for ya Johnny 'Guitar' Watson *
79 The shuffle (03/77) Van McCoy *

A month in a life – March 1977

All tracks released in March 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Get closer James & Bobby Purify
2 My eyes adored you Betty Padget
3 Stick together Minnie Riperton
4 Anything that keeps you satisfied Tony Wilson
5 Sweet surrender Sean
6 Are you weepin' Gary Wright
7 All along the watchtower Dave Mason
8 Double dutch (02/77) Fatback Band *
9 Welcome to our world (of merry music) (01/77) Mass production *
10 Love is you Carol Williams
11 Southern nights (02/77) Glen Campbell *
12 He'll have to go Ry Cooder
13 I don't want to put a hold on you Berni Flint *
14 You are Dolly Parton
15 When I need you (01/77) Leo Sayer # 1
16 Don't throw it all away Dave and Sugar
17 Radio Roderick Falconer
18 So in to you Atlanta rhythm section
19 Tear me apart (02/77) Suzi Quatro *
20 Party song Lavender Hill mob
21 Can be done Tim Chandell & Champions
22 Red light spells danger Billy Ocean *
23 Engine of love Earl & Steam team
24 The woman in me Abigail Browne
25 Less than zero Elvis Costello
26 Country living Mighty diamonds
27 Gonna fly now (Theme from "Rocky") Bill Conti
28 Carry me Flintlock
29 Sailing Kim Carnes
30 Up in the world Clifford T. Ward
31 Going in with my eyes open David Soul *
32 Stargazer Neil Diamond
33 Rio Michael Nesmith *
34 Good day go by Jim Rafferty
35 Dreamin' Loleatta Holloway
36 I found my heaven Ruby James
37 Life goes on Faith, hope and charity
38 Love in 'C' Minor (02/77) Cerrone *
39 Tie your mother down Queen *
40 X Offender Blondie
41 Have I the right (02/77) Dead end kids *
42 Chicago blue Young and moody
43 Welcome to my morning John Denver
44 Moody blue (02/77) Elvis Presley *
45 I'm qualified to satisfy you (02/77) Barry White *
46 Where are all my friends Harold Melvin & Bluenotes
47 New York, you've got me dancing Andrea True connection
48 My kinda life (02/77) Cliff Richard *
49 Lay back in the arms of someone (02/77) Smokie *
50 There will come a day Smokey Robinson
51 Sweet love of mine Johnny Mathis
52 7000 Dollars & You Stylistics *
53 Night hustle P.M.S.B.
54 Because (02/77) Demis Roussos *
55 Rock bottom Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran *
56 When (02/77) Showaddywaddy *
57 Hold back the night (The Pink Parker EP) Graham Parker & Rumour *
58 Cheatin' in the dark Paul Kendrick
59 Right time of the night Jennifer Warnes
60 More than a lover (01/77) Bonnie Tyler *
61 Gimme some (01/77) Brendon *
62 I've got to dance (to keep from crying) Destinations
63 That's the trouble Grace Jones
64 Sunny (02/77) Boney M *
65 Love hit me (01/77) Maxine Nightingale *
66 Chanson D'amour (01/77) Manhattan Transfer # 1
67 Putting it down Jimmy Helms
68 Say you love me Patti Austin
69 Together (02/77) O.C. Smith *
70 Silver eagle Limey
71 Saturday night special Brian Bennett band
72 Can't let you go Gary Benson
73 Stop it I like it Patti Boulaye
74 You don't have to be a star (to be in my show) (10/76) Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr *
75 Let the children play Santana
76 Three ring circus Blue magic
77 Twist and shout Elvin Bishop
78 In the mood (02/77) Ray Stevens *

A month in a life – Feb 1977

All tracks released in February 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 They shoot horses don't they (12/76) Racing Cars *
2 Our love Scrounger
3 Another suitcase in another hall (01/77) Barbara Dickson *
4 One of the poorest people Caledonia
5 I believe in us Kookies
6 Baby I know (01/77) Rubettes *
7 Oh boy (the mood I'm in) (01/77) Brotherhood of man *
8 The greatest feeling Melba Moore
9 Life is music Ritchie family
10 Standing up for love Three degrees
11 I got to love you Jeannette Tavernier
12 Knowing me knowing you Abba *
13 Don't give up on us David Soul # 1
14 Oh my dear Rose Magna carta
15 One of those days in England Roy Harper
16 Your own special way Genesis *
17 Crazy on you Heart
18 Carry on wayward son Kansas
19 Walk this way Aerosmith
20 You'll never know what you're missing (01/77) Real thing *
21 Do I love you Lake
22 Here is where your love belongs Sons of Champlin
23 Go now Gloria Jones
24 Ha cha cha (Funktion) (01/77) Brass Construction *
25 Soul cha cha (01/77) Van McCoy *
26 Get it started Otis Waygood band
27 Don't leave me this way (01/77) Thelma Houston *
28 Vanishing love Chi Lites
29 Darlin' darlin' baby (sweet tender love) (01/77) O'Jays *
30 Life Jimmy James
31 This is tomorrow (01/77) Bryan Ferry *
32 Criminal world Metro
33 Everything I need Bad company
34 Sound and vision David Bowie *
35 Naomi Ralph McTell
36 Don't walk on by Hunter
37 Maybe I'm amazed (Live) Wings *
38 Night moves Bob Seger
39 Romeo (01/77) Mr Big *
40 Save it for a rainy day Stephen Bishop
41 The real thing Sergio Mendes & New Brasil '77
42 Don't cry for me Argentina Julie Covington # 1
43 From the inside Vicki Brown
44 First thing in the morning (01/77) Kiki Dee *
45 One lonely room Justin Hayward
46 The whistler Jethro Tull
47 This time Dragonfly
48 Get a grip on yourself (01/77) Stranglers *
49 C'est la vie (You never can tell) Emmylou Harris
50 Carnival Eric Clapton
51 Bombay Golden earring
52 Stones throw from nowhere Cado Belle
53 You're all that I need Ace
54 Dance to the music Enchantment
55 Saturday nite (01/77) Earth Wind & Fire *
56 Dazz (01/77) Brick *
57 If you feel like dancin' Al Hudson & Soul partners
58 Rockaria! Electric Light Orchestra *
59 Go your own way Fleetwood Mac *
60 Gypsy roadhog (01/77) Slade *
61 Say goodbye to Hollywood Billy Joel
62 One drink too many (01/77) Sailor *
63 When I need you Leo Sayer # 1
64 It ain't easy comin' down Charlene
65 Torn between two lovers Mary MacGregor *
66 Please get my name right Twiggy
67 A groovy kind of love Les Gray *
68 Crazy water Elton John *
69 Radio romance Kursaal flyers
70 Here come those tears again Jackson Browne
71 Chanson d'amour (01/77) Manhattan Transfer *
72 Love ain't the question Ray Sawyer
73 This magic night Parker McGee
74 Can't believe that you love me Bunny Sigler
75 Mighty power of love (01/77) Tavares *
76 It takes a fool like me Harlem
77 A V.I.P. Marianne Rosenberg

A month in a life – Jan 1977

All tracks released in January 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Caroline Denny Laine
2 Say you love me John Lodge
3 You (11/76) Randy Edelman *
4 Put your money where your mouth is (10/76) Rose Royce *
5 Body English King Floyd
6 It only happens Majors
7 Love is all I've got Muscles
8 Everybody's talkin' 'bout love (11/76) Silver Convention *
9 Wake up Susan Detroit Spinners *
10 Goin' up in smoke Eddie Kendricks
11 Cream of the crop Sister Sledge
12 Come on here Exile one
13 One girl too late Brenda & Tabulations
14 Bless you Gonzalez
15 Isn't she lovely (12/76) David Parton *
16 You + me = Love (08/76) Undisputed truth *
17 Love cookin' Dupars ft Venetta Fields
18 Shake your rump to the funk Barkays *
19 All I ever need is music James Wells
20 Let me down easy Rare pleasure
21 Cherchez la femme Dr. Buzzard's original "Savannah" band
22 Dance the night away Sheer elegance
23 Countdown to confusion Dash
24 Birds of a feather Johnny Nash
25 First time around Miquel Brown
26 Let's get together El Coco
27 More than a feeling (12/76) Boston *
28 Don't believe a word (11/76) Thin Lizzy *
29 Serenade Steve Miller band
30 Travelin' light J.J. Cale
31 Nobody but you Gladys Knight & Pips *
32 Living together (in sin) Whispers
33 I kinda miss you Manhattans
34 I trust you Billy Paul
35 Ghetto of the mind Pleasure
36 Boogie nights Heatwave *
37 Full time thing (between dusk and dawn) Whirlwind
38 Don't leave me this way (12/76) Harold Melvin & Bluenotes *
39 Down to zero Joan Armatrading
40 You need a man Jack Jones
41 The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (11/76) Gordon Lightfoot *
42 If I could have your loving Sutherland brothers & Quiver
43 Every little teardrop Gallagher & Lyle *
44 When a child is born (Soleado) Johnny Mathis # 1
45 When I need you Leo Sayer *
46 Love love love Andy Bown
47 Year of the cat (12/76) Al Stewart *
48 I wanna go back (11/76) New Seekers *
49 Every face tells a story Olivia Newton John
50 Do the best you can Labi Siffre
51 William Tell overture Mike Oldfield
52 Lord, if you are a woman Darlene Love
53 Manhattan skyline John Miles
54 Girl your so fine Carl Douglas
55 I found love on a disco floor Temprees
56 Sing me Brothers *
57 Never never gonna give you up Bonnie Bramlett & Dobie Gray
58 To know him is to love him Marc Bolan & Gloria Jones
59 It takes all night long Gary Glitter *
60 Phonecall Dan Hill
61 New kid in town (12/76) Eagles *
62 Don't give up on us David Soul # 1
63 Love rules Buster
64 Rita May Bob Dylan
65 Mademoiselle Styx
66 Baby don't you know Wild cherry
67 Fancy dancer Commodores
68 Body heat James Brown *
69 Spy for Brotherhood Miracles ft Billy Griffin
70 What can I say Boz Scaggs *
71 Jack in the box Moments *
72 More love Eric Donaldson
73 On this night of a thousand stars Tony Christie
74 Make it up to me in love, baby Odia Coates & Paul Anka
75 Revelations Santana

A month in a life – Dec 1976

All tracks released in December 1976 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Bionic Santa (11/76) Chris Hill *
2 Grandma's party (EP) (11/76) Paul Nicholas *
3 Under the moon of love (10/76) Showaddywaddy # 1
4 In love with Cherry Glyder
5 Can't say no S.S.O. [Soul sensation orchestra]
6 I got a bone to pick with you Ruby Andrews
7 Flip (11/76) Jesse Green *
8 Disco magic T Connection
9 Every man must have a dream Liverpool Express *
10 Take me back 5000 volts
11 Don't give up on us David Soul *
12 Haitian divorce (11/76) Steely Dan *
13 Be bop 'n' holla Andy Fairweather Low
14 Come together Graffiti
15 Ring out solstice bells (EP) (11/76) Jethro Tull *
16 Smile (10/76) Pussycat *
17 Sing me an old fashioned song (10/76) Billie Jo Spears *
18 You've got me runnin' Gene Cotton
19 Living next door to Alice (11/76) Smokie *
20 Bread and roses Judy Collins
21 Don't cry for me Argentina (11/76) Julie Covington *
22 The streets will love you to death Leon Haywood
23 Love bug Bumble bee unlimited
24 Dr. Love (11/76) Tina Charles *
25 Daddy cool (10/76) Boney M *
26 Keep it comin' love (11/76) KC & Sunshine Band *
27 I wish (11/76) Stevie Wonder *
28 The champion (11/76) Willie Mitchell *
29 Makin' whooppee Arthur Lowe
30 Here's to love (Auld lang syne) (11/76) John Christie *
31 You're more than a number in my little red book Drifters *
32 Winter melody (11/76) Donna Summer *
33 We're all alone Walker brothers
34 When you are a king Nolan sisters
35 Hey Mr Dream maker (11/76) Cliff Richard *
36 Sideshow (10/76) Barry Biggs *
37 Alice Joan Armatrading
38 Things we do for love 10cc *
39 Maggie May (EP) (RR – 1971) Rod Stewart *
40 Don't take your love away Slik
41 Wild side of life Status Quo *
42 Anarchy in the UK (11/76) Sex Pistols *
43 Golden gate get down Sparky & Inner citizens
44 Car wash Rose Royce *
45 Climbing the steps of love Linda & Funky boys
46 Ten percent Double exposure
47 One fine morning (11/76) Tommy Hunt *
48 Suspicion (USA 1964) [First UK release] (11/76) Elvis Presley *
49 A whiter shade of pale Gary Shearston
50 I want you Gato Barbieri
51 When a child is born (10/76) Johnny Mathis # 1
52 Lost without your love Bread *
53 Lying eyes Doris Troy
54 Kendo's theme Loyd Ryan's express