List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1977 explained

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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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1977 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.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.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
409	January 1*	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center"	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"	Rod Stewart	^[1]
410	January 8	"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"	Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.	^[2]
411	January 15	"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"	Leo Sayer	^[3]
412	January 22	"I Wish"	Stevie Wonder	^[4]
413	January 29	"Car Wash"	Rose Royce	^[5]
414	February 5	"Torn Between Two Lovers"	Mary MacGregor	^[6]
February 12	^[7]
415	February 19	"Blinded by the Light"	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	^[8]
416	February 26	"New Kid in Town"	Eagles	^[9]
417	March 5	"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"	Barbra Streisand	^[10]
March 12	^[11]
March 19	^[12]
418	March 26	"Rich Girl"	Daryl Hall and John Oates	^[13]
April 2	^[14]
419	April 9	"Dancing Queen"	ABBA	^[15]
420	April 16	"Don't Give Up on Us"	David Soul	^[16]
421	April 23	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	Thelma Houston	^[17]
422	April 30	"Southern Nights"	Glen Campbell	^[18]
423	May 7	"Hotel California"	Eagles	^[19]
424	May 14	"When I Need You"	Leo Sayer	^[20]
425	May 21	"Sir Duke"	Stevie Wonder	^[21]
May 28	^[22]
June 4	^[23]
426	June 11	"I'm Your Boogie Man"	KC and the Sunshine Band	^[24]
427	June 18	"Dreams"	Fleetwood Mac	^[25]
428	June 25	"Got to Give It Up"	Marvin Gaye	^[26]
429	July 2	"Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)"	Bill Conti	^[27]
430	July 9	"Undercover Angel"	Alan O'Day	^[28]
431	July 16	"Da Doo Ron Ron"	Shaun Cassidy	^[29]
432	July 23	"Looks Like We Made It"	Barry Manilow	^[30]
433	July 30	"I Just Want to Be Your Everything"	Andy Gibb	^[31]
August 6	^[32]
August 13	^[33]
434	August 20	"Best of My Love"	The Emotions	^[34]
August 27	^[35]
September 3	^[36]
September 10	^[37]
re	September 17	"I Just Want to Be Your Everything"	Andy Gibb	^[38]
re	September 24	"Best of My Love"	The Emotions	^[39]
435	October 1	"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"	Meco	^[40]
October 8	^[41]
436	October 15	"You Light Up My Life"	Debby Boone	^[42]
October 22	^[43]
October 29	^[44]
November 5	^[45]
November 12	^[46]
November 19	^[47]
November 26	^[48]
December 3	^[49]
December 10	^[50]
December 17	^[51]
437	December 24	"How Deep Is Your Love"	Bee Gees	^[52]
December 31*	^[53]

Number-one artists

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
3	Stevie Wonder	4
	Andy Gibb
5	Barbra Streisand	3
6	Mary MacGregor	2
	Daryl Hall and John Oates
	Eagles
	Leo Sayer
	Meco
	Bee Gees
12	Rod Stewart	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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 1, 1977. .
2. Web site: January 8, 1977. .
3. Web site: January 15, 1977. .
4. Web site: January 22, 1977. .
5. Web site: January 29, 1977. .
6. Web site: February 5, 1977. .
7. Web site: February 12, 1977. .
8. Web site: February 19, 1977. .
9. Web site: February 26, 1977. .
10. Web site: March 5, 1977. .
11. Web site: March 12, 1977. .
12. Web site: March 19, 1977. .
13. Web site: March 26, 1977. .
14. Web site: April 2, 1977. .
15. Web site: April 9, 1977. .
16. Web site: April 16, 1977. .
17. Web site: April 23, 1977. .
18. Web site: April 30, 1977. .
19. Web site: May 7, 1977. .
20. Web site: May 14, 1977. .
21. Web site: May 21, 1977. .
22. Web site: May 28, 1977. .
23. Web site: June 4, 1977. .
24. Web site: June 11, 1977. .
25. Web site: June 18, 1977. .
26. Web site: June 25, 1977. .
27. Web site: July 2, 1977. .
28. Web site: July 9, 1977. .
29. Web site: July 16, 1977. .
30. Web site: July 23, 1977. .
31. Web site: July 30, 1977. .
32. Web site: August 6, 1977. .
33. Web site: August 13, 1977. .
34. Web site: August 20, 1977. .
35. Web site: August 27, 1977. .
36. Web site: September 3, 1977. .
37. Web site: September 10, 1977. .
38. Web site: September 17, 1977. .
39. Web site: September 24, 1977. .
40. Web site: October 1, 1977. .
41. Web site: October 8, 1977. .
42. Web site: October 15, 1977. .
43. Web site: October 22, 1977. .
44. Web site: October 29, 1977. .
45. Web site: November 5, 1977. .
46. Web site: November 12, 1977. .
47. Web site: November 19, 1977. .
48. Web site: November 26, 1977. .
49. Web site: December 3, 1977. .
50. Web site: December 10, 1977. .
51. Web site: December 17, 1977. .
52. Web site: December 24, 1977. .
53. Web site: December 31, 1977. .