Category: A month in a life 1977

All tracks released in December 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1986

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	5 o'clock in the morning	Godley & Creme
2	Only women bleed (11/77)	Julie Covington	*
3	My way (live) (11/77)	Elvis Presley	*
4	The hardest blow	Jess Roden
5	Native New Yorker (11/77)	Odyssey	*
6	I love you [Casablanca release]	Donna Summer	*
7	Get on the funk train (11/77)	Munich machine
8	Master booty (11/77)	Fatback band
9	I don't want to lose your love (11/77)	Emotions	*
10	It's over / It's over (Medley)	Gene Pitney
11	You light up my life (11/77)	Debby Boone	*
12	Time has come	Slickers
13	Going through the motions	Blue öyster cult
14	Borderline (11/77)	Catch
15	Kings on the corner (11/77)	Method
16	Really free (11/77)	John Otway & Wild Willie Barrett	*
17	Sweet Gene Vincent (11/77)	Ian Dury & Blockheads
18	Psycho killer	Talking heads
19	And the grass won't pay no mind [MCA] (RR -1970 B side)	Neil Diamond
20	You are mine (11/77)	Honeyboy
21	Goodbye girl	David Gates
22	Best of friends	Rowans
23	It's a heartache (11/77)	Bonnie Tyler	*
24	Slip slidin' away (10/77)	Paul Simon	*
25	I belong to you (11/77)	Milton Wright & Terra Shirma strings
26	Wake up and be somebody	Sweet sensation
27	Run back (09/77)	Carl Douglas	*
28	Love's unkind [GTO release]	Donna Summer	*
29	Mull of Kintyre [Double A side]	Paul McCartney & Wings	# 1
30	Girl's school [Double A side]	Paul McCartney & Wings	# 1
31	Not fade away	Steve Hillage
32	Little girl (11/77)	Banned	*
33	Lay down Sally (11/77)	Eric Clapton	*
34	Stone cold sober	Crawler
35	I can't hold on	Karla Bonoff
36	Memories	Leonard Cohen
37	Jamming [Double A side]	Bob Marley & Wailers	*
38	Punky reggae party [Double A side]	Bob Marley & Wailers	*
39	Animal games (11/77)	London
40	Be what you gotta be (11/77)	Motors
41	As time goes by [USA 1968] First UK release	Dooley Wilson	*
42	Don't dilly dally on the way (Music Hall EP) (11/77)	Muppets	*
43	Who pays the ferryman (11/77)	Yannis Markopoulos	*
44	Black joy	Jimmy Helms
45	Love bandit	Nolan sisters
46	Hollywood (11/77)	Boz Scaggs	*
47	Winter song (11/77)	Angel
48	Is your teacher cool? (11/77)	Rare earth
49	Who's gonna love me (11/77)	Imperials	*
50	You're my peace of mind (11/77)	David Ruffin
51	Do you speak French? (11/77)	Nite school
52	La vie en rose	Grace Jones	[*]
53	Let's have a quiet night in	David Soul	*
54	Sad (11/77)	Andy Williams
55	Desiree [CBS] (11/77)	Neil Diamond	*
56	Disco satisfaction	Tommi
57	Up town top ranking	Althia & Donna	*
58	White Christmas (RR – 1954)	Bing Crosby	*

All tracks released in November 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Captain Kremmen (Retribution) (10/77)	Kenny Everett & Mike Vickers	*
2	Daddy cool / The girl can't help it (10/77)	Darts	*
3	New York shuffle	Graham Parker & Rumour
4	For you	Greg Kihn
5	It's so easy	Linda Ronstadt
6	Time rag	Joan Baez
7	Shoo doo fu fu ooh (10/77)	Lenny Williams	*
8	All for a reason	Alessi
9	Fallin' in love	Coalkitchen
10	Please mr. Please	Olivia Newton John
11	Georgina Bailey (09/77)	Noosha Fox	*
12	Your baby is a lady	Stephanie De Sykes
13	As	Stevie Wonder
14	Are you ready for love	Patsy Gallant
15	You're fabulous babe (10/77)	Kenny Williams	*
16	Come go with me	Pockets
17	Love of my life (10/77)	Dooleys	*
18	The L.A. run (10/77)	Carvells	*
19	The modern world (EP) (10/77)	Jam	*
20	Mannequin	Wire
21	Oh Senorita	Clover
22	California	Manfred Mann's earth band
23	Come sail away	Styx
24	Going for the one	Yes	*
25	Babaji	Supertramp
26	Baby, baby my love's all for you (10/77)	Deniece Williams	*
27	Check it out (part 1)	Sophisticated ladies
28	Goin' places (10/77)	Jacksons	*
29	You didn't say a word [US B side 1967]	Yvonne Baker
30	Music speaks louder than words	Candi Staton
31	Morning much better	Cissy Houston
32	Ffun	Con funk shun
33	I will (09/77)	Ruby Winters	*
34	Name of the game	Abba	# 1
35	Baby what a big surprise (09/77)	Chicago	*
36	Ebony eyes	Bob Welch
37	Thunder island	Jay Ferguson
38	Angeltown	Phillip Goodhand-Tait
39	Echoes of love	Doobie brothers
40	Watching the detectives (10/77)	Elvis Costello & Attractions	*
41	Cadillac walk	Mink De Ville
42	Mary of the 4th form	Boomtown Rats	*
43	White punks on dope	Tubes	*
44	Do right woman, do right man	Elkie Brooks
45	The fever	Dean Ford
46	Women	Blue
47	Don't it make my brown eyes blue (10/77)	Crystal Gayle	*
48	Floral dance (07/76)	Brighouse and rastrick brass band	*
49	A guy is a guy	Cherri Adams
50	Gettin' ready for love (10/77)	Diana Ross	*
51	Sherry	Keane brothers
52	I really love you stop	Stardust
53	I can help it	Michael Henderson
54	Let me be the one	Pleasure
55	Dance, dance, dance (Yowsah, yowsah)	Chic	*
56	Only the strong survive (10/77)	Billy Paul	*
57	Mull of Kintyre	Paul McCartney & Wings	*
58	Girl's school	Paul McCartney & Wings	*
59	Every tear I cry	Sutherland brothers & Quiver
60	Let me rock you	Oscar
61	Come to the music	Ishan people
62	Put your love in me	Hot Chocolate	*
63	Nice and easy	Susan Cadogan
64	Don't let me be misunderstood (09/77)	Santa Esmeralda & Leroy Gomez	*
65	Dancin' party (10/77)	Showaddywaddy	*
66	Celebrate me home	Kenny Loggins
67	Daybreak	Barry Manilow
68	Curiosity	Sonny Blake
69	Madatcha	Hummingbird
70	Would you dance to my music	Eddie Drennon
71	The bull	Mike Theodore orchestra

All tracks released in October 1977 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1979
[**] : will chart on re-release in 1978

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	The water margin (Japanese version) (09/77)	Pete Mac Jr [Double A side]	*
2	Carousel	Phil Trainer
3	How deep is your love	Bee Gees	*
4	Broken wings	Chris De Burgh
5	Winter in America	Doug Ashdown
6	Angel of the morning / Anyway you want it (08/77)	Mary Mason	*
7	The name of the game	Abba	*
8	Free me	Uriah heep
9	Heroes (09/77)	David Bowie	*
10	Down by the river	Racing cars
11	I want you to want me	Cheap trick
12	Black night [live] (New live and rare EP) (RR – 1970)	Deep purple	*
13	Way down	Elvis Presley	# 1
14	See you when I git there	Lou Rawls
15	When love is new	Nat Wright
16	Boogie on up	Rokotto	*
17	Magic mandrake	Sarr band	[**]
18	Music	Montreal sound
19	Keep doin' it	Showdown
20	Listen to my music	Trickster
21	Seasons in your eyes	Lone star
22	You make loving fun (09/77)	Fleetwood mac	*
23	Ariana (08/77)	Stardust	*
24	Virginia Plain (RR – 1972)	Roxy Music	*
25	2-4-6-8 Motorway	Tom Robinson Band	*
26	Dust on the needle	Tyla gang
27	Many rivers to cross	Original animals
28	We just disagree	Dave Mason
29	You're in my heart	Rod Stewart	*
30	We are the champions	Queen	*
31	Crying in my sleep	Art Garfunkel
32	Love is the answer	Utopia & Todd Rudgren
33	Railway hotel	Mike Batt
34	She's not there (09/77)	Santana	*
35	Needles & pins (09/77)	Smokie	*
36	Lipsmackin' rock 'n' rollin' (08/77)	Peter Blake	*
37	The danger of a stranger (09/77)	Stella Parton	*
38	Silver lady	David Soul	# 1
39	Back in love	L.T.D.
40	I got to have your love	Fantastic four
41	It's ecstasy when you lay down next to me	Barry White	*
42	Live in trouble (part 1)	Barron knights	*
43	Love bug – Sweets for my sweet (Medley) (09/77)	Tina Charles	*
44	Super sexy	Leon Haywood
45	Running away	Roy Ayers ubiquity
46	Radar love [Live] (09/77)	Golden earring	*
47	Complete control (09/77)	Clash	*
48	My baby left me	Slade	*
49	Happy days (06/76)	Pratt & McLain & Brotherlove	*
50	Come to America	Gibson brothers
51	Belfast	Boney M	*
52	Onyx	Space art
53	Sweet love [Double A side] (09/77)	Commodores	*
54	Brick house [Double A side] (09/77)	Commodores	*
55	Serpentine	Earth, wind & fire
56	One day at a time	Lena Martell	[*]
57	Love is just a game	Larry Gatlin with family & friends
58	I believe you (09/77)	Dorothy Moore	*
59	Your love has lifted me higher and higher (09/77)	Rita Coolidge	*
60	Nobody could take your place	Dee Dee Sharp Gamble
61	I wanna see you soon	Tavares & Freda Payne
62	Yes sir I can boogie	Baccara	# 1
63	Calling occupants of interplanetary craft .. (09/77)	Carpenters	*
64	Sweet music man	Kenny Rogers
65	Your smiling face	James Taylor
66	Egyptian reggae (09/77)	Jonathan Richman & Modern lovers	*
67	Rockin' all over the world (09/77)	Status Quo	*
68	Holidays in the sun	Sex Pistols	*
69	Turn to stone	Electric Light Orchestra	*
70	Isn't it strange	Radiators
71	Little queen	Heart
72	Creepin'	Tamiko Jones
73	Somebody told me	Teddy Pendergrass
74	Didn't I blow your mind this time	Maxine Nightingale
75	Fair game	Crosby, Stills and Nash
76	The water margin (English version) (09/77)	Godiego [Double A side]	*
77	Star wars theme – Cantina Band (09/77)	Meco	*

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

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

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	*

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

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

 

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	*

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	*