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right|thumb|200px|[[ABBA scored a #1 hit with "Dancing Queen" in 1977.]]
right|thumb|200px|[[Debby Boone scored a #1 hit in 1977 with "You Light Up My Life", staying at the top of the chart for ten straight weeks.]]
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. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., already having hit number one with The 5th Dimension, also earn their first number one song as solo acts. Leo Sayer, Stevie Wonder and The Eagles were the only acts to hit number one more than once with each having two songs.
Chart history
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|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1977 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts. This began at the end of 1976, though charts would be published during the frozen week from the early 1990s onward, when Billboard made their charts available electronically or online.
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!Issue date
!Song
!Artist(s)
!
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|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|409
|January 1*
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center"|"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
|align="center"|Rod Stewart
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|410
|January 8
|align="center"|"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
|align="center"|Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|411
|January 15
|align="center"|"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
|align="center"|Leo Sayer
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|412
|January 22
|align="center"|"I Wish"
|align="center"|Stevie Wonder
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|413
|January 29
|align="center"|"Car Wash"
|align="center"|Rose Royce
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|414
|February 5
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Torn Between Two Lovers"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Mary MacGregor
|align="center"|
|-
|February 12
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|415
|February 19
|align="center"|"Blinded by the Light"
|align="center"|Manfred Mann's Earth Band
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|416
|February 26
|align="center"|"New Kid in Town"
|align="center"|Eagles
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|417
|March 5
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Barbra Streisand
|align="center"|
|-
|March 12
|align="center"|
|-
|March 19
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|418
|March 26
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Rich Girl"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Daryl Hall and John Oates
|align="center"|
|-
|April 2
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|419
|April 9
|align="center"|"Dancing Queen"
|align="center"|ABBA
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|420
|April 16
|align="center"|"Don't Give Up on Us"
|align="center"|David Soul
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|421
|April 23
|align="center"|"Don't Leave Me This Way"
|align="center"|Thelma Houston
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|422
|April 30
|align="center"|"Southern Nights"
|align="center"|Glen Campbell
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|423
|May 7
|align="center"|"Hotel California"
|align="center"| Eagles
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|424
|May 14
|align="center"|"When I Need You"
|align="center"| Leo Sayer
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|425
|May 21
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"Sir Duke"
|align="center" rowspan="3"| Stevie Wonder
|align="center"|
|-
|May 28
|align="center"|
|-
|June 4
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|426
|June 11
|align="center" |"I'm Your Boogie Man"
|align="center" |KC and the Sunshine Band
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|427
|June 18
|align="center" |"Dreams"
|align="center" |Fleetwood Mac
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|428
|June 25
|align="center" |"Got to Give It Up"
|align="center" |Marvin Gaye
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|429
|July 2
|align="center" |"Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)"
|align="center" |Bill Conti
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|430
|July 9
|align="center" |"Undercover Angel"
|align="center" |Alan O'Day
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|431
|July 16
|align="center" |"Da Doo Ron Ron"
|align="center" |Shaun Cassidy
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|432
|July 23
|align="center" |"Looks Like We Made It"
|align="center" |Barry Manilow
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=3|433
|July 30
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"I Just Want to Be Your Everything"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Andy Gibb
|align="center"|
|-
|August 6
|align="center"|
|-
|August 13
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=4|434
|August 20
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"Best of My Love"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|The Emotions
|align="center"|
|-
|August 27
|align="center"|
|-
|September 3
|align="center"|
|-
|September 10
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|re
|September 17
|align="center"|"I Just Want to Be Your Everything"
|align="center"| Andy Gibb
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0|re
|September 24
|align="center" |"Best of My Love"
|align="center" | The Emotions
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|435
|October 1
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Meco
|align="center"|
|-
|October 8
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=10|436
|October 15
|align="center" rowspan="10"|"You Light Up My Life"
|align="center" rowspan="10"|Debby Boone
|align="center"|
|-
|October 22
|align="center"|
|-
|October 29
|align="center"|
|-
|November 5
|align="center"|
|-
|November 12
|align="center"|
|-
|November 19
|align="center"|
|-
|November 26
|align="center"|
|-
|December 3
|align="center"|
|-
|December 10
|align="center"|
|-
|December 17
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center" bgcolor=EDEAE0 rowspan=2|437
|December 24
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"How Deep Is Your Love"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Bee Gees
|align="center"|
|-
|December 31*
|align="center"|
|-
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Number-one artists
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
! Position
! Artist
! Weeks at No. 1
|-
| 1
| Debby Boone
| 10
|-
| 2
| The Emotions
| 5
|-
| rowspan=2| 3
| Stevie Wonder
| rowspan=2| 4
|-
| Andy Gibb
|-
| 5
| Barbra Streisand
| 3
|-
| rowspan=6| 6
| Mary MacGregor
| rowspan=6| 2
|-
| Daryl Hall and John Oates
|-
| Eagles
|-
| Leo Sayer
|-
| Meco
|-
| Bee Gees
|-
| rowspan=16| 12
| Rod Stewart
| rowspan=16| 1
|-
| Marilyn McCoo
|-
| Billy Davis Jr.
|-
| Rose Royce
|-
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band
|-
| ABBA
|-
| David Soul
|-
| Thelma Houston
|-
| Glen Campbell
|-
| KC and the Sunshine Band
|-
| Fleetwood Mac
|-
| Marvin Gaye
|-
| Bill Conti
|-
| Alan O'Day
|-
| Shaun Cassidy
|-
| Barry Manilow
|}
See also
- 1977 in music
- List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1977
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s
References
Sources
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition ()
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies ()
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.