Forty Years Gone: 1977 Retro: Week 52: 30 December 1977

[tdc2000]

The year of Star Wars begins with Boney M at #1. Otherwise very quiet.

Last Week This Week Song Title Weeks On Total Points Peak
2 1 Boney M - Daddy Cool 3 56 1 (1 week at #1)
1 2 Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK 4 55 1
4 3 Eagles - New Kid In Town 3 46 4
3 4 ABBA - Money. Money. Money 7 45 1
10 5 Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina 2 42 5
5 6 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 3 41 4
9 7 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle 3 38 7
6 8 Queen - Somebody To Love 6 37 2
8 9 Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son 2 34 8
7 10 Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice 5 31 3
11 11 ABBA - Dancing Queen 20 31 1
12 12 Stevie Wonder - I Wish 5 22 4
14 13 Bob Seger - Night Moves 4 17 10
13 14 Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 8 17 4
16 15 Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 27 15 1
15 16 Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France 10 14 5
17 17 Rose Royce - Car Wash 11 14 4
18 18 Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells 4 14 18
20 19 KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love 4 11 19
21 20 Heart - Dreamboat Annie 3 11 16
19 21 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth 6 11 10
23 22 Red Sovine - Teddy Bear 24 10 18
24 23 Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born 8 10 12
22 24 Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love 9 9 8
31 25 Lou Reed - I Believe In Love 3 9 25
30 26 Pussycat - Mississippi 19 8 7
25 27 10cc - Things We Do For Love 4 8 14
44 28 Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood 3 8 28
26 29 The Damned - New Rose 9 8 8
29 30 ELO - Livin' Thing 11 7 1
33 31 Boston - More Than A Feeling 16 7 1
38 32 Nilsson - Without You (1976) 12 6 25
32 33 KISS - Hard Luck Woman 3 6 32
34 34 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (UK) 13 6 29
37 35 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 19 5 2
35 36 Mary McGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers 7 5 34
40 37 Aerosmith - Walk This Way (Original) 7 4 3
47 38 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now 21 4 1
41 39 Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way 28 4 5
46 40 The Beatles - Ob La Di, Ob La Da (1976) 7 4 15
36 41 Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat 4 4 13
42 42 Donna Summer - Spring Affair 3 4 19
43 43 Donna Summer - Winter Melody 2 4 43
39 44 Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 11 4 5
NEW 45 Pere Ubu - Street Waves 1 4 45
52 46 David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us 3 3 36
45 47 David Dundas- Jeans On (US) 13 3 13
49 48 The Saints - (I'm) Stranded 10 3 10
53 49 Elvis Presley - Moody Blue 2 2 49
NEW 50 Vibrators - We Vibrate 1 2 50
48 51 Barry Manilow - Weekend In New England 6 1 25
28 52 101'ers - Keys To Your Heart 4 1 28
NEW 53 Richard Hell & The Void-oids - (I Could Live With You In) Another World 1 1 53
54 OUT Tina Charles - Dr. Love 5 0 39
50 OUT Eddie & The Hotrods - Teenage Depression 8 0 19

1977 #1s

1. Boney M - Daddy Cool (1 week)

[tdc2000]

Voting List:

101'ers - Keys To Your Heart
10cc - Things We Do For Love
ABBA - Dancing Queen
ABBA - Money. Money. Money
Aerosmith - Walk This Way (Original)
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
Barry Manilow - Weekend In New England
Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood 
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Boney M - Daddy Cool
Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
David Dundas- Jeans On (US)
David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us
Donna Summer - Spring Affair
Donna Summer - Winter Melody
Eagles - New Kid In Town
ELO - Livin' Thing
Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elvis Presley - Moody Blue
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells
Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love 
KISS - Hard Luck Woman
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Lou Reed - I Believe In Love
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
Mary McGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers
Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Nilsson - Without You (1976)
Pere Ubu - Street Waves
Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way
Pussycat - Mississippi
Queen - Somebody To Love
Red Sovine - Teddy Bear
Richard Hell & The Void-oids - (I Could Live With You In) Another World
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love
Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
The Beatles - Ob La Di, Ob La Da (1976)
The Damned - New Rose
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Vibrators - We Vibrate
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (UK)

New Additions:

Bryan Ferry - Heart On My Sleeve
Commodores - Fancy Dancer
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Henhouse Five Plus Two - In The Mood
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - Rock And Rol
Starlight Vocal Band - Hail! Hail! Rock And Roll
The Dramatics - Be My Girl
Tom Jones - Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow
Wilson Place Street Band - Disco Lucy

These can no longer be voted:

Tina Charles - Dr. Love
Eddie & The Hotrods - Teenage Depression
Walter Johnson - Feelings
Starz - (She's Just A) Fallen Angel
Rod Hart - C.B. Savage
Pussycat - Smile
L.A. Jets - Prisoner (Captured By Your Eyes)
John Denver - Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight
John Christie - Here's To Love
J.J. Cole - Hey Baby
Elvis Presley - Suspicion
Elvis Presley - She Thinks I Still Care
Elvin Bishop - Speed Some Time
Bread - Lost Without Your Love
Brass Construction - Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)
Arthur Prysock - When Love Is New

[tdc2000]

One of their best

(NEW) 1. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
(NEW) 2. Rush - Fly By Night
(1) 3. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
(2) 4. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
(3) 5. KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
(4) 6. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
(5) 7. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
(6) 8. Queen - Somebody To Love
(7) 9. Stevie Wonder - I Wish
(8) 10. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
(9) 11. Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
(10) 12. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

OUT:
11. ABBA - Money. Money. Money
12. Bob Seger - Night Moves

[FreakyFlyBry]

1 (-) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
2 (-) Rush - Fly By Night
3 (1) Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
4 (2) Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
5 (3) Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
6 (4) Bob Seger - Night Moves
7 (5) 10cc - Things We Do For Love
8 (6) Stevie Wonder - I Wish
9 (7) Eagles - New Kid In Town
10 (8) Heart - Dreamboat Annie
11 (9) KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
12 (10) Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat

- (11) KISS - Hard Luck Woman
- (12) Queen - Somebody To Love

[Benny]

01 (---) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
02 (02) Eagles - New Kid In Town
03 (03) ABBA - Money Money Money
04 (01) Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
05 (04) Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice
06 (05) Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France
07 (06) Boney M - Daddy Cool
08 (07) ABBA – Dancing Queen
09 (08) Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love
10 (09) Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
11 (10) ELO – Livin’ Thing
12 (11) 10cc - The Things We Do For Love

[CZB]

01 - Red Sovine - Teddy Bear [1781]
02 - Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice [1819]
03 - Pussycat - Mississippi [2150]
04 - Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth [2221]
05 - Nilsson - Without You [2430]
06 - ABBA - Dancing Queen [2729]
07 - Chicago - If You Leave Me Now [3537]
08 - Boney M - Daddy Cool [3833]
09 - ABBA - Money, Money, Money [4160]
10 - Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France [5179]

[Erotica]

1. Elton John And Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2. Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic
3. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
4. Rose Royce - Car Wash
5. Boney M - Daddy Cool
6. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
7. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
8. Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
9. David Dundas- Jeans On
10. The Beatles - Ob La Di, Ob La Da
11. Queen - Somebody To Love
12. Boston - More Than A Feeling

[zeus555]

01 (1) ABBA - Money, Money, Money
02 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
03 (3) ABBA - Dancing Queen
04 (2) Queen - Somebody To Love
05 (4) Boney M - Daddy Cool
06 (5) Eagles - New Kid In Town
07 (6) Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
08 (8) Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
09 (9) David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us
10 (7) ELO - Livin' Thing
11 (11) Boston - More Than A Feeling
12 (12) Elton John And Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Zeus555

[Blondini]

1 2 Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK (3rd week top)
2 1 Boney M - Daddy Cool
3 3 The Damned - New Rose*
4 4 ABBA - Money, Money, Money
5 5 Rose Royce - Car Wash
6 6 Queen - Somebody To Love
8 8 The Saints - (I'm) Stranded*
9 9 ELO - Livin' Thing
10 10 Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice
11 12 Donna Summer - Winter Melody
12 13 Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me, Argentina
13 7 Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells
14 11 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
15 14 Stevie Wonder - I Wish
for a better year!

[taverner]

1.(1) Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
2.(2) Eagles - New Kid In Town
3.(6) Mary McGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers
4.(9) Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
5.(-) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
6.(3) Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
7.(4) Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France
8.(5) Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love
9.(7) Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
10.(8) Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice
11.(10) Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
12.(11) Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood

[Blondini]

Forget what i wrote! Thin Lizzy are next week. I must have been drunk!

[NothingFails]

1 (-) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
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2 (1) Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
3 (2) Stevie Wonder - I Wish
4 (-) The Damned - New Rose
(literally just discovered this when reading the History Of Rock book series, up to 1976)
5 (3) Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
6 (5) ABBA - Dancing Queen
7 (-) Rush - Fly By Night
8 (4) Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
9 (6) Kiss - Hard Luck Woman
10 (7) Donna Summer - Spring Affair
11 (8) Donna Summer - Winter Melody
12 (9) Elvis Presley - Moody Blue

[Marius]

1(N).Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
2(N).Rush - Fly By Night
3(1).Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
4(2).Boney M - Daddy Cool
5(3).Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
6(4).ABBA - Money. Money. Money
7(5).Eagles - New Kid In Town
8(6).Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
9(7).Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
10(8).Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
11(9).Queen - Somebody To Love
12(10).Boston - More Than A Feeling
13(11).David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us
14(12).Lou Reed - I Believe In Love
15(13).The Damned - New Rose

[JSparksFan]

01. ABBA - Dancing Queen
02. Queen - Somebody to Love
03. Elton John - Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
04. Boney M. - Daddy Cool
05. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
06. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

[matthew_dixon]

1 NEW Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
2 (1) Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born (Soleado)
3 (2) Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells
4 (3) ABBA - Money. Money. Money
5 (4) Boney M - Daddy Cool
6 (6) Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice
7 (5) Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
8 (7) Queen - Somebody To Love
9 (8) Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
10 (9) The Beatles - Ob La Di, Ob La Da
11 (10) Aerosmith - Walk This Way
12 (12) Boston - More Than A Feeling
(11) Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

[navi]

1. 5. Steve Miller band - Fly like an eagle
2. 1. Eagles - New kid in town
3. 2. Sex pistols - Anarchy in the UK
4. 7. Pere Ubu - Street waves
5.12. Richard Hell and the Void-oids - (I could live with you in) Another world
6.14. Bryan Ferry - Heart on my sleeve
7.18. Kanzas - Carry on wayward son
8. 3. Lou Reed - I believe in love
9. 9. Vibrators - We vibrate
10.20. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
11. 4. Billy Joel - Say goodbye to Hollywood
12.22. Stevie Wonder - I wish

Please add next week
Crime - Hot wire my heart
Count bishops - Train train

[tdc2000]

Fleetwood Mac go their own way to #1 this week. Rush go top 10.

Last Week This Week Song Title Weeks On Total Points Peak
NEW 1 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 1 85 1 (1 week at #1)
1 2 Boney M - Daddy Cool 4 52 1
2 3 Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK 5 49 1
3 4 Eagles - New Kid In Town 4 40 4
4 5 ABBA - Money. Money. Money 8 39 1
5 6 Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina 3 35 5
6 7 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 4 32 4
7 8 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle 4 32 7
NEW 9 Rush - Fly By Night 1 31 9
9 10 Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son 3 30 8
11 11 ABBA - Dancing Queen 21 27 1
8 12 Queen - Somebody To Love 7 24 2
10 13 Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice 6 24 3
12 14 Stevie Wonder - I Wish 6 18 4
29 15 The Damned - New Rose 10 15 8
13 16 Bob Seger - Night Moves 5 14 10
17 17 Rose Royce - Car Wash 12 13 4
15 18 Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 28 11 1
14 19 Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 9 11 4
16 20 Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France 11 10 5
22 21 Red Sovine - Teddy Bear 25 10 18
41 22 Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat 5 9 13
23 23 Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born 9 9 12
26 24 Pussycat - Mississippi 20 8 7
21 25 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth 7 8 10
36 26 Mary McGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers 8 8 26
18 27 Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells 5 8 18
19 28 KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love 5 7 19
20 29 Heart - Dreamboat Annie 4 7 16
45 30 Pere Ubu - Street Waves 2 7 30
27 31 10cc - Things We Do For Love 5 6 14
32 32 Nilsson - Without You (1976) 13 6 25
53 33 Richard Hell & The Void-oids - (I Could Live With You In) Another World 2 6 33
24 34 Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love 10 5 8
30 35 ELO - Livin' Thing 12 5 1
NEW 36 Bryan Ferry - Heart On My Sleeve 1 5 36
38 37 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now 22 4 1
35 38 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light 20 4 2
31 39 Boston - More Than A Feeling 17 4 1
48 40 The Saints - (I'm) Stranded 11 4 10
37 41 Aerosmith - Walk This Way (Original) 8 3 3
39 42 Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way 29 3 5
46 43 David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us 4 3 36
25 44 Lou Reed - I Believe In Love 4 3 25
47 45 David Dundas- Jeans On (US) 14 2 13
40 46 The Beatles - Ob La Di, Ob La Da (1976) 8 2 15
43 47 Donna Summer - Winter Melody 3 2 43
44 48 Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 12 2 5
28 49 Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood 4 2 28
33 50 KISS - Hard Luck Woman 4 2 32
50 51 Vibrators - We Vibrate 2 2 50
42 52 Donna Summer - Spring Affair 4 1 19
49 53 Elvis Presley - Moody Blue 3 1 49
52 OUT 101'ers - Keys To Your Heart 5 0 28
51 OUT Barry Manilow - Weekend In New England 7 0 25
34 OUT Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (UK) 14 0 29

1977 #1s

1. Boney M - Daddy Cool (1 week)
2. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (1 week)

[tdc2000]

Voting List:

10cc - Things We Do For Love
ABBA - Dancing Queen
ABBA - Money. Money. Money
Aerosmith - Walk This Way (Original)
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood 
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Boney M - Daddy Cool
Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Bryan Ferry - Heart On My Sleeve
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Fancy Dancer
David Dundas- Jeans On (US)
David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us
Donna Summer - Spring Affair
Donna Summer - Winter Melody
Eagles - New Kid In Town
ELO - Livin' Thing
Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elvis Presley - Moody Blue
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Henhouse Five Plus Two - In The Mood
Jethro Tull - Ring Out Solstice Bells
Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love 
KISS - Hard Luck Woman
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Lou Reed - I Believe In Love
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
Mary McGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers
Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth
Nilsson - Without You (1976)
Pere Ubu - Street Waves
Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way
Pussycat - Mississippi
Queen - Somebody To Love
Red Sovine - Teddy Bear
Richard Hell & The Void-oids - (I Could Live With You In) Another World
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - Rock And Roll
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love
Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice
Starlight Vocal Band - Hail! Hail! Rock And Roll
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
The Beatles - Ob La Di, Ob La Da (1976)
The Damned - New Rose
The Dramatics - Be My Girl
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Tom Jones - Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow
Vibrators - We Vibrate
Wilson Place Street Band - Disco Lucy

New Additions:

Bee Gees - Boogie Child
Cher - Pirate
Count Bishops - Train Train
Crime - Hot Wire My Heart
David Parton - Isn't She Lovely
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Nobody But You
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Randy Edelman - You
Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots - Dis-Gorilla
Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe A Word
Wild Cherry - Baby Don't You Know

These can no longer be voted:

101'ers - Keys To Your Heart
Barry Manilow - Weekend In New England
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (UK)

[tdc2000]

(1) 1. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
(2) 2. Rush - Fly By Night
(2) 3. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
(4) 4. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
(5) 5. KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
(6) 6. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
(NEW) 7. Bee Gees - Boogie Child
(7) 8. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
(8) 9. Queen - Somebody To Love
(9) 10. Stevie Wonder - I Wish
(10) 11. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
(NEW) 12. Rick Dees - Dis-Gorilla

OUT:
11. Julie Covington - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
12. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

[FreakyFlyBry]

1 (1) Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
2 (2) Rush - Fly By Night
3 (3) Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
4 (4) Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
5 (5) Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
6 (-) Bee Gees - Boogie Child
7 (6) Bob Seger - Night Moves
8 (7) 10cc - Things We Do For Love
9 (8) Stevie Wonder - I Wish
10 (9) Eagles - New Kid In Town
11 (10) Heart - Dreamboat Annie
12 (11) KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love

- (12) Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat