List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1977 explained

Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1977, 31 different singles topped the chart, which was at the time published under the title Hot Country Singles, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.[1]

Waylon Jennings spent the most weeks at number one, with eight, including a run of six weeks at the top with "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"; no single since 1967 had spent longer at number one.[2] Crystal Gayle and Dolly Parton came closest to Jennings's total number of weeks at number one, each spending five weeks in the top spot. Parton's time at number one comprised a five-week run with "Here You Come Again", the second-longest running chart-topper of 1977, in the issues of Billboard dated December 3 through December 31. Conway Twitty was the only artist to take three different songs to the top of the chart. Thanks to the prevalence of crossover-friendly country pop, several country number ones of 1977 also charted highly on Billboards all-genres singles chart, the Hot 100, including Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights", which reached number one on the Hot 100 in the issue of Billboard dated April 30, the second time that Campbell had taken a song to the top of both charts.[3] Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" reached number 2 on the Hot 100[4] and Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again" made number 3.[5]

In February, Welsh singer Tom Jones achieved his first country number one with "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow". Previously associated mainly with the pop music field, albeit with some forays into country, Jones focused on the country music market when he returned to recording in the mid 1970s after concentrating in the early part of the decade on live stage shows in Las Vegas.[6] He immediately topped the Hot Country chart with his very first entry and would achieve several more country hits over the next decade before moving back into the pop market.[7] Father-daughter duo The Kendalls also topped the chart for the first time in 1977, spending four weeks atop the listing with "Heaven's Just a Sin Away";[8] although they had entered the chart several times previously, none of their earlier hits had even reached the top 50.[9] Tammy Wynette, one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers, topped the singles chart for the last time with "Near You", a duet with her former husband George Jones.[10] The couple had divorced in 1975, but continued to release records together.[11] Elvis Presley, the "king of rock 'n roll", topped the country chart with the last single released in his lifetime,[12] when "Way Down" moved up to number one in the issue of Billboard dated August 20, four days after his death.[13]

Chart history

scope=colIssue datescope=colTitlescope=colArtist(s)scope=col class=unsortableRef.
scope=row"Sweet Dreams"[14]
scope=row"Broken Down in Tiny Pieces"[15]
scope=row"You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)"[16]
scope=row"I Can't Believe She Gives It All to Me"[17]
scope=row"Let My Love Be Your Pillow"[18]
scope=row"Near You" and Tammy Wynette[19]
scope=row[20]
scope=row"Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"[21]
scope=row"Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow"[22]
scope=row"Heart Healer"[23]
scope=row"She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory"[24]
scope=row"Southern Nights"[25]
scope=row[26]
scope=row"Lucille"[27]
scope=row[28]
scope=row"It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"[29]
scope=row"She's Got You"[30]
scope=row"She's Pulling Me Back Again"[31]
scope=row"Play Guitar Play"[32]
scope=row"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"[33]
scope=row"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"[34]
scope=row[35]
scope=row[36]
scope=row[37]
scope=row[38]
scope=row[39]
scope=row"That Was Yesterday"[40]
scope=row"I'll Be Leaving Alone"[41]
scope=row"It Was Almost Like a Song"[42]
scope=row[43]
scope=row[44]
scope=row"Rollin' with the Flow"[45]
scope=row[46]
scope=row"Way Down" / "Pledging My Love"[47]
scope=row"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"[48]
scope=row[49]
scope=row[50]
scope=row[51]
scope=row"I've Already Loved You in My Mind"[52]
scope=row"Daytime Friends"[53]
scope=row"Heaven's Just a Sin Away"[54]
scope=row[55]
scope=row[56]
scope=row[57]
scope=row"I'm Just a Country Boy"[58]
scope=row"More to Me"[59]
scope=row"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"[60]
scope=row[61]
scope=row"Here You Come Again"[62]
scope=row[63]
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005. ix. Joel Whitburn. Record Research. 2005. 978-0-89820-165-9.

  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn

    . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. 519 - 524. Joel Whitburn. Watson-Guptill Publications Inc. 2005. 978-0-8230-8289-6.

  3. Web site: Glen Campbell Biography & History. AllMusic. Stephen Thomas. Erlewine. March 22, 2018. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322021243/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/glen-campbell-mn0000664378/biography. live.
  4. Flashback: Crystal Gayle's 'Brown Eyes Blue' Goes Global. Rolling Stone. Stephen L.. Betts. June 23, 2017. March 22, 2018. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322143819/https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/crystal-gayles-brown-eyes-blue-hit-turns-40-w489479. live.
  5. Web site: 40 Years Ago: 'Here You Come Again' Becomes Dolly Parton's First Gold Single. The Boot. Townsquare Media. February 1, 2018. Annie. Zaleski. March 22, 2018. March 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180323030657/http://theboot.com/dolly-parton-here-you-come-again-first-gold-single/. live.
  6. Web site: Tom Jones Biography & History. AllMusic. Stephen Thomas. Erlewine. March 22, 2018. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322204934/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-jones-mn0000609396/biography. live.
  7. Tom Jones Chart History. Billboard. March 22, 2018. November 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118020536/https://www.billboard.com/artist/tom-jones/chart-history/csi/. live.
  8. Web site: Jeannie Kendall  - Of missing persons. No Depression. David. Cantwell. February 28, 2003. March 22, 2018. March 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200326193009/https://www.nodepression.com/jeannie-kendall-of-missing-persons/. live.
  9. The Kendalls Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328015158/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-kendalls/chart-history/country-songs. dead. March 28, 2019. Billboard. March 26, 2020.
  10. Tammy Wynette Chart History. Billboard. March 22, 2018. November 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211117205323/https://www.billboard.com/artist/tammy-wynette/chart-history/csi/. live.
  11. Web site: Tammy Wynette, Country Singer Known For 'Stand by Your Man,' Is Dead at 55. Jon. Pareles. The New York Times. April 8, 1998. March 23, 2018. September 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230922051350/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/08/arts/tammy-wynette-country-singer-known-for-stand-by-your-man-is-dead-at-55.html. live.
  12. Web site: Elvis Presley 'Way Down in the Jungle Room' 40 years later. Randy. Lewis. August 16, 2016. Los Angeles Times. March 23, 2018. March 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322204604/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-elvis-presley-week-jungle-room-20160815-snap-story.html. live.
  13. News: 1977: Elvis is dead  - long live the king. 16 August 1977. BBC. March 22, 2018. 6 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706054042/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/august/16/newsid_3135000/3135363.stm. live.
  14. Hot Country Songs chart for January 1, 1977 . Billboard . March 21, 2018 . May 22, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180522185334/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-01-01 . live .
  15. Hot Country Songs chart for January 8, 1977 . Billboard . March 21, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050727/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-01-08 . live .
  16. Hot Country Songs chart for January 15, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050732/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-01-15 . live .
  17. Hot Country Songs chart for January 22, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050738/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-01-22 . live .
  18. Hot Country Songs chart for January 29, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . June 21, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621113838/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-01-29 . live .
  19. Hot Country Songs chart for February 5, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094507/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-02-05 . live .
  20. Hot Country Songs chart for February 12, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094510/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-02-12 . live .
  21. Hot Country Songs chart for February 19, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050801/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-02-19 . live .
  22. Hot Country Songs chart for February 26, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050806/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-02-26 . live .
  23. Hot Country Songs chart for March 5, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050809/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-03-05 . live .
  24. Hot Country Songs chart for March 12, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050812/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-03-12 . live .
  25. Hot Country Songs chart for March 19, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050815/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-03-19 . live .
  26. Hot Country Songs chart for March 26, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050817/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-03-26 . live .
  27. Hot Country Songs chart for April 2, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050822/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-04-02 . live .
  28. Hot Country Songs chart for April 9, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050826/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-04-09 . live .
  29. Hot Country Songs chart for April 16, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050829/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-04-16 . live .
  30. Hot Country Songs chart for April 23, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050832/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-04-23 . live .
  31. Hot Country Songs chart for April 30, 1977. Billboard. March 23, 2018. March 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050835/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-04-30. live.
  32. Hot Country Songs chart for May 7, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094513/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-05-07 . live .
  33. Hot Country Songs chart for May 14, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050844/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-05-14 . live .
  34. Hot Country Songs chart for May 21, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094516/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-05-21 . live .
  35. Hot Country Songs chart for May 28, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050855/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-05-28 . live .
  36. Hot Country Songs chart for June 4, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050859/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-06-04 . live .
  37. Hot Country Songs chart for June 11, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094520/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-06-11 . live .
  38. Hot Country Songs chart for June 18, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050910/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-06-18 . live .
  39. Hot Country Songs chart for June 25, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050915/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-06-25 . live .
  40. Hot Country Songs chart for July 2, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050918/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-07-02 . live .
  41. Hot Country Songs chart for July 9, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050921/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-07-09 . live .
  42. Hot Country Songs chart for July 16, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050924/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-07-16 . live .
  43. Hot Country Songs chart for July 23, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094523/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-07-23 . live .
  44. Hot Country Songs chart for July 30, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050935/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-07-30 . live .
  45. Hot Country Songs chart for August 6, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050938/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-08-06 . live .
  46. Hot Country Songs chart for August 13, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050941/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-08-13 . live .
  47. Hot Country Songs chart for August 20, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329050946/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-08-20 . live .
  48. Hot Country Songs chart for August 27, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094525/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-08-27 . live .
  49. Hot Country Songs chart for September 3, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094528/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-09-03 . live .
  50. Hot Country Songs chart for September 10, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094537/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-09-10 . live .
  51. Hot Country Songs chart for September 17, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094540/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-09-17 . live .
  52. Hot Country Songs chart for September 24, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094542/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-09-24 . live .
  53. Hot Country Songs chart for October 1, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051022/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-10-01 . live .
  54. Hot Country Songs chart for October 8, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051027/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-10-08 . live .
  55. Hot Country Songs chart for October 15, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051030/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-10-15 . live .
  56. Hot Country Songs chart for October 22, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051033/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-10-22 . live .
  57. Hot Country Songs chart for October 29, 1977 . Billboard . March 23, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051035/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-10-29 . live .
  58. Hot Country Songs chart for November 5, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051038/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-11-05 . live .
  59. Hot Country Songs chart for November 12, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051042/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-11-12 . live .
  60. Hot Country Songs chart for November 19, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051045/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-11-19 . live .
  61. Hot Country Songs chart for November 26, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094544/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-11-26 . live .
  62. Hot Country Songs chart for December 3, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051056/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-12-03 . live .
  63. Hot Country Songs chart for December 10, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051101/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-12-10 . live .
  64. Hot Country Songs chart for December 17, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180329051107/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-12-17 . live .
  65. Hot Country Songs chart for December 24, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . March 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180331094547/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-12-24 . live .
  66. Hot Country Songs chart for December 31, 1977 . Billboard . March 22, 2018 . May 16, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180516044338/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1977-12-31 . live .

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