Sunday, February 26, 2017

Top 40 Hits - February 1977

Continuing the series, running late for February:

What were the top songs of the month in February 1977 (40 years ago)?  Well, looking at Billboard's Hot 100, ranking by peak position during the month, with ties settled by average position over the 5 weeks of the month....  and presenting the top 40:

           Song  -  Artist  -  Peak (Feb)
  1. New Kid InTown  -  Eagles  -  1
  2. Torn Between Two Lovers  -  Mary Macgregor  -  1
  3. Blinded By The Light  -  Manfred Mann's Earth Band  -  1
  4. Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born)  -  Barbra Streisand  -  2
  5. Car Wash  -  Rose Royce  -  2
  6. Dazz  -  Brick  -  3
  7. Fly Like An Eagle  -  Steve Miller  -  4
  8. I Like Dreamin'  -  Kenny Nolan  -  5
  9. Hot Line  -  The Sylvers  -  5
  10. Enjoy Yourself  -  The Jacksons  -  6
  11. I Wish  -  Stevie Wonder  -  8
  12. Night Moves  -  Bob Seger  -  8
  13. Lost Without Your Love  -  Bread  -  9
  14. Dancing Queen  -  ABBA  -  9
  15. Weekend In New England  -  Barry Manilow  -  10
  16. Walk This Way  -  Aerosmith  -  10
  17. Year Of TheCat  -  Al Stewart  -  11
  18. Go Your Own Way  -  Fleetwood Mac  -  14
  19. Hard Luck Woman  -  Kiss  -  15
  20. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing  -  Leo Sayer  -  15
  21. Boogie Child  -  Bee Gees  -  16
  22. Somebody To Love  -  Queen  -  16
  23. Don't Leave Me This Way  -  Thelma Houston  -  17
  24. Jeans On  -  David Dundas  -  17
  25. Rich Girl  -  Daryl Hall John Oates  -  18
  26. The ThingsWe Do For Love  -  10cc  -  19
  27. Carry On Wayward Son  -  Kansas  -  21
  28. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing  -  Donny & Marie Osmond  -  21
  29. Save It For A Rainy Day  -  Stephen Bishop  -  22
  30. You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)  -  Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.  -  23
  31. Long Time  -  Boston  -  24
  32. After The Lovin'  -  Engelbert Humperdinck  -  24
  33. Living Next Door To Alice  -  Smokie  -  25
  34. Maybe I'm Amazed  -  Wings  -  26
  35. Don't Give Up On Us  -  David Soul  -  27
  36. Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow  -  Tom Jones  -  28
  37. Saturday Nite  -  Earth, Wind & Fire  -  29
  38. Crackerbox Palace  -  George Harrison  -  30
  39. Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)  -  Rod Stewart  -  30
  40. Stand Tall  -  Burton Cummings  -  31

Aside:  the linked youtube videos for "Year Of The Cat" and "Foreplay / Long Time" are from shows I attended in 2016.  Not my videis, though.

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