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These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1977. That year, 18 acts earned their first number one songs, such as Leo Sayer, Rose Royce, Mary MacGregor, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Daryl Hall and John Oates, ABBA, David Soul, Thelma Houston, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Conti, Alan O'Day, Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb, The Emotions, Meco, and Debby Boone.
Three songs by Leo Sayer appear on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1977. [1] [2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1977, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 6, 1976 through October 29, 1977.
Oh, God! reached number one in its fourth week of release. It grossed $1,508,511 nationally for the weekend ended October 30. It grossed $1,508,511 nationally for the weekend ended October 30. Star Wars placed third on the chart based on 98 theaters but grossed $3,292,879 for the same period nationally from 739 theaters
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1977 which peaked in 1976 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 6 "Tonight's the Night" Rod Stewart: 1 November 13 11 November 13 "The Rubberband Man" The Spinners: 2 December 4 9 November 27 "More Than a Feeling" Boston: 5 December 25 6 December 18
The song, which O'Day described as a "nocturnal novelette", was released without fanfare in February 1977. Within a few months, "Undercover Angel" had reached #1 in the United States, initially without an album to support it (thought ultimately it appeared on O'Day's 1977 album "Appetizers"). [ 8 ]
US number one singles and artist (weeks at number one) UK number one singles and artist (weeks at number one) "Tonight's the Night" – Rod Stewart (7 weeks in 1976 + 1 week in 1977) "When a Child Is Born" – Johnny Mathis (1 week in 1976 + 2 weeks in 1977) "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"- Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (1)
Streisand's other number one of 1977, "My Heart Belongs to Me", had also been written for the film A Star Is Born but was ultimately not used, [4] and was instead included on her album Superman. [5] Debby Boone's November number one "You Light Up My Life" was a recording of a song from the film of the same name, released in the