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1977	Billboard	Cashbox
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
1	Tonight's The Night ●	Rod Stewart	1(8)	76/11/13-01/01	8('76)*
2	I Just Want To Be Your Everything ●	Andy Gibb	1(4)	07/30-08/13 09/17	2*
3	Best Of My Love ▲	Emotions	1(5)	08/20-09/10 09/24	13*
4	Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born") ▲	Barbra Streisand	1(3)	03/05-03/19	6*
5	Angel In Your Arms ●	Hot	6		18
6	I Like Dreamin' ●	Kenny Nolan	3		7
7	Don't Leave Me This Way	Thelma Houston	1	04/23	17
8	(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher ●	Rita Coolidge	2		8*
9	Undercover Angel	Alan O'day	1	07/09	4*
10	Torn Between Two Lovers	Mary Macgregor	1(2)	02/05-02/12	5*
11	I'm Your Boogie Man	K.C. & The Sunshine Band	1	06/11	15*
12	Dancing Queen ●	Abba	1	04/09	3*
13	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing ●	Leo Sayer	1	01/15	44('76)* 77
14	Margaritaville	Jimmy Buffett	8		24
15	Telephone Line ●	Electric Light Orchestra	7		29
16	Whatcha Gonna Do?	Pablo Cruise	6		41
17	Do You Wanna Make Love	Peter McCann	5		45
18	Sir Duke	Stevie Wonder	1(3)	05/21-06/04	81*
19	Hotel California ●	Eagles	1	05/07	35*
20	Got To Give It Up (Part. 1)	Marvin Gaye	1	06/25	39*
21	Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") ●	Bill Conti	1	07/02	30*
22	Southern Nights ●	Glen Campbell	1	04/30	20*
23	Rich Girl ●	Daryl Hall & John Oates	1(2)	03/26-04/02	26*
24	When I Need You ●	Leo Sayer	1	05/14	16*
25	Hot Line ●	Sylvers	5	01	36('76) 61
26	Car Wash ▲	Rose Royce	1	01/29	87*
27	You Don't Have To Be A Star	Marilyn McCool & Billy Davis Jnr.	1	01/08	27('76)* 93
28	Fly Like An Eagle ●	Steve Miller Band	2(2)		50
29	Don't Give Up On Us ●	David Soul	1	04/16	40*
30	On And On	Stephen Bishop	11		28
31	Feels Like The First Time	Foreigner	4		34
32	Couldn't Get It Right	Climax Blues Band	3		53
33	Easy	Commodores	4		31
34	Right Time Of The Night	Jennifer Warnes	6		68
35	I've Got Love On My Mind ●	Natalie Cole	5		22
36	Blinded By The Light ●	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	1	02/19	52*
37	Looks Like We Made It ●	Barry Manilow	1	07/23	46
38	So In To You	Atlanta Rhythm Section	7		56
39	Dreams ●	Fleetwood Mac	1	06/18	21*
40	Enjoy Yourself ▲	Jacksons	6	02	54
41	Dazz	Brick	3(2)		42('76) 84
42	I'm In You	Peter Frampton	2(3)		49*
43	Lucille ●	Kenny Rogers	5		80
44	The Things We Do For Love ●	10cc	5		11
45	Da Doo Ron Ron ●	Shaun Cassidy	1	07/16	47*
46	Handy Man	James Taylor	4		36
47	Just A Song Before I Go	Crosby, Stills & Nash	7		67
48	You And Me	Alice Cooper	9		25
49	Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin') ●	Johnny Rivers	10		9
50	Lonely Boy	Andrew Gold	7		23
51	I Wish	Stevie Wonder	1	01/22	51*
52	Don't Stop	Fleetwood Mac	3(2)		55*
53	Barracuda	Heart	11		71
54	Strawberry Letter 23 ●	Brothers Johnson	5		64
55	Night Moves	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	4	03	33
56	You're My World	Helen Reddy	18		65
57	Heard It In A Love Song	Marshall Tucker Band	14		37
58	Carry On Wayward Son ●	Kansas	11	03	19
59	New Kid In Town ●	Eagles	1	02/26	38
60	My Heart Belongs To Me	Barbra Streisand	4		66
61	After The Lovin' ●	Engelbert Humperdinck	8	01	64('76)
62	Jet Airliner	Steve Miller Band	8		44
63	Stand Tall ●	Burton Cummings	10		/
64	Way Down / Pledging My Love ▲	Elvis Presley	18		91
65	Weekend In New England	Barry Manilow	10	02	12
66	It Was Almost Like A Song	Ronnie Milsap	16		69
67	Smoke From A Distant Fire	Sanford Townsend Band	9		85
68	Cold As Ice	Foreigner	6		42
69	Ariel	Dean Friedman	26		92
70	Lost Without Your Love	Bread	9		76
71	Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band ▲	Meco	1(2)	10/01-10/08	10*
72	Float On ●	Floaters	2(2)		58
73	Jeans On	David Dundas	17		90
74	Lido Shuffle	Boz Scaggs	11		78
75	Keep It Comin' Love	K.C. & The Sunshine Band	2(3)	10	27
76	You Made Me Believe In Magic	Bay City Rollers	10		59
77	Livin' Thing	Electric Light Orchestra	13		/
78	Give A Little Bit	Supertramp	15		74
79	That's Rock 'N' Roll ●	Shaun Cassidy	3(2)	10	43
80	Love So Right ●	Bee Gees	3(4)	76/12	46('76)
81	The Rubberband Man ●	Spinners	2(3)	76/12	24('76)
82	I Never Cry ●	Alice Cooper	12		69('76)
83	Nobody Does It Better ●	Carly Simon	2(3)	11	14
84	High School Dance	Sylvers	17		89
85	Love's Grown Deep	Kenny Nolan	20		98
86	Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) ●	Joe Tex	12		96
87	I Wanna Get Next To You	Rose Royce	10		95
88	Somebody To Love	Queen	13		/
89	Muskrat Love ●	Captain & Tennille	4	76/11	30('76)
90	Walk This Way	Aerosmith	10		72
91	Whispering-Cherchez La Femme-C'est Si Bon	Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band	27		/
92	Year Of The Cat	Al Stewart	8	03	32
93	Boogie Nights ▲	Heatwave	2(2)	11	48
94	Go Your Own Way	Fleetwood Mac	10		86
95	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word ●	Elton John	6	01	/
96	Don't Worry Baby	B.J. Thomas	17		83
97	Knowing Me, Knowing You	Abba	14		/
98	How Much Love	Leo Sayer	17		97
99	Star Wars (Main Title)	Orchestra London Symphony	10		/
100	Devil's Gun	C.J. & Co.	36		/
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	I Feel Love ●	Donna Summer	6		57
-	Brick House	The Commodores	5		60
-	Black Betty	Ram Jam	18		63
-	Heaven On The 7th Floor ●	Paul Nicholas	6	12	70
-	Free	Deniece Williams	25		73
-	Calling Dr. Love	Kiss	16		75
-	Tryin' To Love Two ●	William Bell	10		79
-	It's Sad To Belong	England Dan & John Ford Coley	21		82
-	Whodunit	Tavares	22		88
-	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney & Wings	10		94
-	Long Time	Boston	22		99
-	Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme)	The Wilton Place Street Band	24		100
Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	Baby, What A Big Surprise	Chicago	4		/
-	It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me ●	Barry White	4		/
-	Life In The Fast Lane	The Eagles	11		/
-	Just Remember I Love You	Firefall	11		/
-	We Just Disagree	Dave Mason	12		/
-	Boogie Child	The Bee Gees	12		/
-	Runaround Sue	Leif Garrett	13		/
-	Isn't It Time	The Babys	13		/
-	Help Is On Its Way	The Little River Band	14		/
-	Hello Stranger	Yvonne Elliman	15		/
-	Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow	Tom Jones	15		/
-	Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)	Peter Frampton	18		/
-	Your Smiling Face	James Taylor	20		/
Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s). Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position). * = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart. Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs. ●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units ▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.

1

Tonight's The Night ●

Rod Stewart

1(8)

76/11/13-01/01

8('76)*

2

I Just Want To Be Your Everything ●

Andy Gibb

1(4)

07/30-08/13

09/17

2*

3

Best Of My Love ▲

Emotions

1(5)

08/20-09/10

09/24

13*

4

Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born") ▲

Barbra Streisand

1(3)

03/05-03/19

6*

5

Angel In Your Arms ●

Hot

6

18

6

I Like Dreamin' ●

Kenny Nolan

3

7

Don't Leave Me This Way

Thelma Houston

1

04/23

17

8

(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher ●

Rita Coolidge

2

8*

9

Undercover Angel

Alan O'day

1

07/09

4*

10

Torn Between Two Lovers

Mary Macgregor

1(2)

02/05-02/12

5*

11

I'm Your Boogie Man

K.C. & The Sunshine Band

1

06/11

15*

12

Dancing Queen ●

Abba

1

04/09

3*

13

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing ●

Leo Sayer

1

01/15

44('76)*

77

14

Margaritaville

Jimmy Buffett

8

24

15

Telephone Line ●

Electric Light Orchestra

7

29

16

Whatcha Gonna Do?

Pablo Cruise

6

41

17

Do You Wanna Make Love

Peter McCann

5

45

18

Sir Duke

Stevie Wonder

1(3)

05/21-06/04

81*

19

Hotel California ●

Eagles

1

05/07

35*

20

Got To Give It Up (Part. 1)

Marvin Gaye

1

06/25

39*

21

Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") ●

Bill Conti

1

07/02

30*

22

Southern Nights ●

Glen Campbell

1

04/30

20*

23

Rich Girl ●

Daryl Hall & John Oates

1(2)

03/26-04/02

26*

24

When I Need You ●

Leo Sayer

1

05/14

16*

25

Hot Line ●

Sylvers

5

01

36('76)

61

26

Car Wash ▲

Rose Royce

1

01/29

87*

27

You Don't Have To Be A Star

Marilyn McCool & Billy Davis Jnr.

1

01/08

27('76)*

93

28

Fly Like An Eagle ●

Steve Miller Band

2(2)

50

29

Don't Give Up On Us ●

David Soul

1

04/16

40*

30

On And On

Stephen Bishop

11

28

31

Feels Like The First Time

Foreigner

4

34

32

Couldn't Get It Right

Climax Blues Band

3

53

33

Easy

Commodores

4

31

34

Right Time Of The Night

Jennifer Warnes

6

68

35

I've Got Love On My Mind ●

Natalie Cole

5

22

36

Blinded By The Light ●

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

1

02/19

52*

37

Looks Like We Made It ●

Barry Manilow

1

07/23

46

38

So In To You

Atlanta Rhythm Section

7

56

39

Dreams ●

Fleetwood Mac

1

06/18

21*

40

Enjoy Yourself ▲

Jacksons

6

02

54

41

Dazz

Brick

3(2)

42('76)

84

42

I'm In You

Peter Frampton

2(3)

49*

43

Lucille ●

Kenny Rogers

5

80

44

The Things We Do For Love ●

10cc

5

11

45

Da Doo Ron Ron ●

Shaun Cassidy

1

07/16

47*

46

Handy Man

James Taylor

4

36

47

Just A Song Before I Go

Crosby, Stills & Nash

7

67

48

You And Me

Alice Cooper

9

25

49

Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin') ●

Johnny Rivers

10

9

50

Lonely Boy

Andrew Gold

7

23

51

I Wish

Stevie Wonder

1

01/22

51*

52

Don't Stop

Fleetwood Mac

3(2)

55*

53

Barracuda

Heart

11

71

54

Strawberry Letter 23 ●

Brothers Johnson

5

64

55

Night Moves

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

4

03

33

56

You're My World

Helen Reddy

18

65

57

Heard It In A Love Song

Marshall Tucker Band

14

37

58

Carry On Wayward Son ●

Kansas

11

03

19

59

New Kid In Town ●

Eagles

1

02/26

38

60

My Heart Belongs To Me

Barbra Streisand

4

66

61

After The Lovin' ●

Engelbert Humperdinck

8

01

64('76)

62

Jet Airliner

Steve Miller Band

8

44

63

Stand Tall ●

Burton Cummings

10

/

64

Way Down / Pledging My Love ▲

Elvis Presley

18

91

65

Weekend In New England

Barry Manilow

10

02

12

66

It Was Almost Like A Song

Ronnie Milsap

16

69

67

Smoke From A Distant Fire

Sanford Townsend Band

9

85

68

Cold As Ice

Foreigner

6

42

69

Ariel

Dean Friedman

26

92

70

Lost Without Your Love

Bread

9

76

71

Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band ▲

Meco

1(2)

10/01-10/08

10*

72

Float On ●

Floaters

2(2)

58

73

Jeans On

David Dundas

17

90

74

Lido Shuffle

Boz Scaggs

11

78

75

Keep It Comin' Love

K.C. & The Sunshine Band

2(3)

10

27

76

You Made Me Believe In Magic

Bay City Rollers

10

59

77

Livin' Thing

Electric Light Orchestra

13

/

78

Give A Little Bit

Supertramp

15

74

79

That's Rock 'N' Roll ●

Shaun Cassidy

3(2)

10

43

80

Love So Right ●

Bee Gees

3(4)

76/12

46('76)

81

The Rubberband Man ●

Spinners

2(3)

76/12

24('76)

82

I Never Cry ●

Alice Cooper

12

69('76)

83

Nobody Does It Better ●

Carly Simon

2(3)

11

14

84

High School Dance

Sylvers

17

89

85

Love's Grown Deep

Kenny Nolan

20

98

86

Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) ●

Joe Tex

12

96

87

I Wanna Get Next To You

Rose Royce

10

95

88

Somebody To Love

Queen

13

/

89

Muskrat Love ●

Captain & Tennille

4

76/11

30('76)

90

Walk This Way

Aerosmith

10

72

91

Whispering-Cherchez La Femme-C'est Si Bon

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

27

/

92

Year Of The Cat

Al Stewart

8

03

32

93

Boogie Nights ▲

Heatwave

2(2)

11

48

94

Go Your Own Way

Fleetwood Mac

10

86

95

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word ●

Elton John

6

01

/

96

Don't Worry Baby

B.J. Thomas

17

83

97

Knowing Me, Knowing You

Abba

14

/

98

How Much Love

Leo Sayer

17

97

99

Star Wars (Main Title)

Orchestra London Symphony

10

/

100

Devil's Gun

C.J. & Co.

36

/

Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

I Feel Love ●

Donna Summer

6

57

-

Brick House

The Commodores

5

60

-

Black Betty

Ram Jam

18

63

-

Heaven On The 7th Floor ●

Paul Nicholas

6

12

70

-

Free

Deniece Williams

25

73

-

Calling Dr. Love

Kiss

16

75

-

Tryin' To Love Two ●

William Bell

10

79

-

It's Sad To Belong

England Dan & John Ford Coley

21

82

-

Whodunit

Tavares

22

88

-

Maybe I'm Amazed

Paul McCartney & Wings

10

94

-

Long Time

Boston

22

99

-

Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme)

The Wilton Place Street Band

24

100

Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

Baby, What A Big Surprise

Chicago

4

/

-

It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me ●

Barry White

4

/

-

Life In The Fast Lane

The Eagles

11

/

-

Just Remember I Love You

Firefall

11

/

-

We Just Disagree

Dave Mason

12

/

-

Boogie Child

The Bee Gees

12

/

-

Runaround Sue

Leif Garrett

13

/

-

Isn't It Time

The Babys

13

/

-

Help Is On Its Way

The Little River Band

14

/

-

Hello Stranger

Yvonne Elliman

15

/

-

Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow

Tom Jones

15

/

-

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)

Peter Frampton

18

/

-

Your Smiling Face

James Taylor

20

/

Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s).
Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position).
* = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart.
Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs.
●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units
▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.