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  Elvis Presley :  Moody Blue
  January 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB-10857
  Music / Text: Mark James
  from album: "Moody Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK  6  US 31
 
  Fleetwood Mac :  Go Your Own Way
  January 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16872
  Music / Text: Lindsey Buckingham
  from album: "Rumours"  1977
  Charts: UK 38  US 10  D 11
 
  Daryl Hall & John Oates :  Rich Girl
  January 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 09024
  Music / Text: Hall - Oates
  from album: "Bigger Than Both Of Us"  1976
  Charts: US  1
 
 
  AC/DC :  Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  January 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"  1976
  Charts:
 
 
  Cheap Trick :  Elo Kiddies
  January 1977
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "Cheap Trick"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Don't Believe A Word
  January 1977
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Phil Lynott
  from album: "Johnny The Fox"  1976
  Charts: UK 12
 
 
  Jeanette :  Porque Te Vas
  January 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 690
  Music / Text: José Luis Perales
  from album: "Porque Te Vas"  1976
  Charts: D  1  CH  4
 
 
  Leo Sayer :  When I Need You
  January 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 081
  Music / Text: Hammond - Bayer Sager
  from album: "Endless Flight"  1976
  Charts: UK  1  US  1
 
  Boston :  Long Time
  January 1977
  Label: Epic / single 50329
  Music / Text: Tom Scholz
  from album: "Boston"  1976
  Charts: US 22  D 39
 
  Pink Floyd :  Sheep
  January 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Roger Waters
  from album: "Animals"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes :  Don't Leave Me This Way
  January 1977
  Label: Philadelphia International / single PIR 4909
  Music / Text: Leon Huff - Cary Gilbert - Kenny Gamble
  from album: "Wake Up Everybody"  1975
  Charts: UK  5
 
  Albert Hammond :  When I Need You
  January 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5042
  Music / Text: Hammond - Bayer Sager
  from album: "When I Need You"  1977
  Charts:
 
  George Harrison :  Crackerbox Palace
  January 1977
  Label: Dark Horse / single DRC 8313
  Music / Text: George Harrison
  from album: "Thirty-Three And A Third"  1976
  Charts: US 19
 
  Colosseum II :  Am I  /  Put It This Way
  January 1977
  Label: MCA / great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Don Airey  /  Gary Moore
  from album: "Electric Savage"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Jackson Browne :  Here Come Those Tears Again
  February 1977
  Label: Asylum / single 45379
  Music / Text: Jackson Browne - Nancy Farnsworth
  from album: "The Pretender"  1976
  Charts: US 23
 
  Heatwave :  Boogie Nights
  February 1977
  Label: GTO / single 2099 177
  Music / Text: Rod Temperton
  from album: "Too Hot To Handle"  1976
  Charts: UK  2  US  2
 
  Tom Jones :  Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow
  January 1977
  Label: EMI / single 2583
  Music / Text: Roger Greenaway - Mason
  from album: "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow"  1977
  Charts: US 15  UK 40
 
  Olivia Newton-John :  Sam
  February 1977
  Label: EMI / single 006-99 101
  Music / Text: John Farrar - Don Black - Hank Marvin
  from album: "Don't Stop Believin' "  1976
  Charts: US 20  UK  6
 
  Emmylou Harris :  (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie
  February 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16888
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "Luxury Liner"  1977
  Charts: D 45
 
  Suzi Quatro :  Wake Up Little Susie
  February 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant
  from album: "Aggro-Phobia"  1976
  Charts:
 
  Rubettes :  Baby I Know
  February 1977
  Label: State Records / single 2088 048
  Music / Text: Richardson - Williams
  from album: "Baby I Know"  1977
  Charts: UK 10  D 10
 
  The Sweet :  Fever Of Love
  February 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 5011
  Music / Text: Scott - Connolly - Priest - Tucker
  from album: "Off The Record"  1977
  Charts: D  9
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Rockaria
  February 1977
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36 209
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "A New World Record"  1976
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Manhattan Transfer :  Chanson D'Amour
  February 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 10 838
  Music / Text: Wayne Shanklin
  from album: "Coming Out"  1976
  Charts: UK  1  CH  6  D 20
 
  Bryan Ferry :  This Is Tomorrow
  February 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 704
  Music / Text: Bryan Ferry
  from album: "In Your Mind"  1977
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Talking Heads :  Love → Buildung On Fire
  February 1977
  Label: Sire Records / single
  Music / Text: David Byrne
  from album: "Sand In The Vaseline - Popular Favourites"  1992
  Charts:
 
  Champagne :  Rock And Roll Star
  February 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 17 493 AT
  Music / Text: Martin Duiser - Wally Tax
  from album: "Champagne"  1977
  Charts: D 12
 
  Peter Gabriel :  In The Flood
  February 1977
  Label: Charisma / great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Peter Gabriel
  from album: "Peter Gabriel"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Glen Campbell :  Southern Nights
  February 1977
  Label: Capitol Records / single 4376
  Music / Text: Allen Toussaint
  from album: "Southern Nights"  1977
  Charts: UK 28  US  1  D 18
 
  Jethro Tull :  Songs From The Wood
  February 1977
  great album track - not leleased as a single
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Songs From The Wood"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Sailor :  One Drink Too Many
  February 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 4804
  Music / Text: George Kajanus
  from album: "Greatest Hits Vol. 1"  1978
  Charts: UK 35  D 22
 
  Boston :  Smokin'
  February 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Tom Scholz
  from album: "Boston"  1976
  Charts:
 
  The Damned :  Neat Neat Neat
  February 1977
  Label: Stiff / single BUY 10
  Music / Text: Brian James
  from album: "Damned Damned Damned"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Uriah Heep :  Sympathy
  February 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 17 767 AT
  Music / Text: Ken Hensley
  from album: "Firefly"  1977
  Charts: D 37
 
  Genesis :  Your Own Special Way
  February 1977
  Label: Charisma / single CD 300
  Music / Text: Mike Rutherford
  from album: "Wind And Wuthering"  1976
  Charts: UK 43  US 62
 
  David Bowie :  Sound And Vision
  February 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 0905
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Low"  1977
  Charts: UK  3  D  6
 
  Muddy Waters :  Mannish Boy
  February 1977
  Label: Epic / single 651 637 7 / 1988
  Music / Text: Morganfield - McDaniel - London
  from album: "Hard Again"  1977
  Charts: 1988  UK 51
 
  Ramones :  Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
  February 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Leave Home"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Slade :  Gypsy Roadhog
  February 1977
  Label: Barn / single 2014 105
  Music / Text: Holder - Lea
  from album: "Slade Smashes"  1980
  Charts: UK 48
 
  Uriah Heep :  Who Needs Me
  February 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Lee Kerslake
  from album: "Firefly"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Abba :  Knowing Me, Knowing You
  February 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 703
  Music / Text: Andersson - Anderson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Arrival"  1976
  Charts: UK  1  US 14  D  1  CH  3
 
  Santana :  Let The Children Play
  March 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Patillo - Santana
  from album: "Festival"  1976
  Charts:
 
  Eagles :  Hotel California
  February 1977
  Label: Asylum / single AS 13 079
  Music / Text: Felder - Frey - Henley
  from album: "Hotel California"  1976
  Charts: UK  8  US  1  D  6  CH  2
 
  The Clash :  White Riot
  March 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5058
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: "The Clash"  1977
  Charts: UK 38
 
  The Runaways :  Queens Of Noise
  February 1977
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Bizeau
  from album: "Queens Of Noise"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Bonnie Tyler :  More Than A Lover
  March 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 5008
  Music / Text: Wolfe - Scott
  from album: "The World Starts Tonight"  1978
  Charts: UK 27  D 44
 
  Cliff Richard :  My Kinda Life
  March 1977
  Label: EMI / single DB 2584
  Music / Text: Chris East
  from album: "Every Face Tells A Story"  1977
  Charts: UK 15  D 38
 
 
  Status Quo :  Big Fat Mama  (live)
  March 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Rossi - Parfitt
  from album: "Quo Live!"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Suzi Quatro :  Tear Me Apart
  March 1977
  Label: RAK / single RAK/006-97 827
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Aggro-Phobia"  1977
  Charts: UK 27
 
  Kiss :  Calling Dr. Love
  March 1977
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18520
  Music / Text: Gene Simmons
  from album: "Rock And Roll Over"  1976
  Charts: US 16
 
  Showaddywaddy :  When
  March 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-98 764
  Music / Text: Evans - Reardon
  from album: "Red Star"  1977
  Charts: UK  3  D  9  CH  7
 
  Television :  Marquee Moon
  March 1977
  Label: Elektra / single K 12252
  Music / Text: Tom Verlaine
  from album: "Marquee Moon"  1977
  Charts: UK 30
 
  Smokie :  Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone
  March 1977
  Label: RAK / single 006-98 774
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Smokie's Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: UK 12  D  1  CH  2
 
  Queen :  Tie Your Mother Down
  March 1977
  Label: EMI / single 2593
  Music / Text: Brian May
  from album: "A Day At The Races"  1976
  Charts: UK 31
 
  Cheap Trick :  Hot Love
  March 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "Cheap Trick"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Billy Ocean :  Red Light Spells Danger
  March 1977
  Label: GTO / single 2099 185
  Music / Text: Ben Findon - Les Charles
  from album: "Billy Ocean"  1976
  Charts: UK  2  D 15
 
  Boz Scaggs :  Lido Shuffle
  March 1977
  Label: Columbia / single 10491
  Music / Text: David Paich - Boz Scaggs
  from album: "Silk Degrees"  1976
  Charts: UK 13  US 11
 
  The Trammps :  Disco Inferno
  March 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 10914
  Music / Text: Leroy Green - Ron Kersey
  from album: "Disco Inferno"  1976
  Charts: UK 16  US 11
 
  The Babys :  If You've Got The Time
  March 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Brock - Waite - Cain - Stocker - Corby
  from album: "The Babys"  1977
  Charts: US 88
 
  The Vibrators :  Baby Baby
  March 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5302
  Music / Text: The Vibrators
  from album: "Pure Mania"  1977
  Charts:
 
  The Sweet :  Live For Today
  March 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Scott - Connolly - Priest - Tucker
  from album: "Off The Record"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Foreigner :  Feels Like The First Time
  March 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Mick Jones
  from album: "Foreigner"  1977
  Charts: US  4  UK 39
 
  Boney M. :  Sunny
  March 1977
  Label: Hansa / single 17 459 AT
  Music / Text: Bobby Hepp
  from album: "Take The Heat Off Me"  1976
  Charts: UK  3  D  1  CH  2
 
  Weather Report :  Birdland
  March 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Joe Zawinul
  from album: "Heavy Weather"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Lynsey De Paul  &  Mike Moran :  Rock Bottom
  March 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 859
  Music / Text: Mike Moran - Lynsey De Paul
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 19  D  4  CH  1
 
  David Soul :  Going In With My Eyes Open
  March 1977
  Label: Private Stock / single PVT 99
  Music / Text: Tony Macaulay
  from album: "Playing To An Audience Of One"  1977
  Charts: US 54  UK  2
 
  Graham Parker :  Hold Back The Night
  March 1977
  Label: Vertigo / 7" ep
  Music / Text: Graham Parker
  from album: "The Pink Parker EP"  1977
  Charts: UK 24  US 58
 
  Elvis Costello :  Less Than Zero
  March 1977
  Label: Stiff Records / single
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "My Aim Is True" 1977
  Charts:
 
  Sammy Hagar :  Rock'n'Roll Weekend
  March 1977
  Label: Capitol / great album track - not released as single
  Music / Text: Sammy Hagar
  from album: "Sammy Hagar"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Pepe Lienhard Band :  Swiss Lady
  March 1977
  Label: EMI / single 006-33 906
  Music / Text: Peter Reber - Rolf Zuckowsky
  from album: "Swiss Lady"  1977
  Charts: CH  1  D 18
 
 
  The Kinks :  Sleepwalker
  March 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-98 911
  Music / Text: Ray Davies
  from album: "Sleepwalker"  1977
  Charts: US 48
 
  The Sweet :  Windy City
  March 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Scott - Connolly - Priest - Tucker
  from album: "Off The Record"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Live EP  -  Rock'n'Roll Star / Medicine Man (Parts 1 & 2)
  April 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2229 198
  Music / Text: Les Holroyd  /  John Lees
  from album: "Live Tapes" 1978  /  "Barclay James Harvest Live" 1974
  Charts: UK 49
 
  Klaatu :  Sub Rosa Subway
  April 1977
  Label: Capitol / single CL 15 918
  Music / Text: John Woloschuck - Tome
  from album: "3:47 E.S.T."  1976
  Charts: US 62
 
  Deniece Williams :  Free
  April 1977
  Label: CBS / single 4978
  Music / Text: Greene - Watts - Williams - Redd
  from album: "This Is Niecy"  1977
  Charts: US 25  UK  1
 
  Elkie Brooks :  Pearl's A Singer
  April 1977
  Label: A&M / single 17789
  Music / Text: Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller - John Sembello - Ralph Dino
  from album: "Two Days Away"  1977
  Charts: UK  8
 
  Peter Tosh :  Get Up, Stand Up
  April 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley - Peter Tosh
  from album: "Equal Rights"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Peter Gabriel :  Solsbury Hill
  April 1977
  Label: Charisma / single 6073 392
  Music / Text: Peter Gabriel
  from album: "Peter Gabriel"  1977
  Charts: UK 13  US 68  D 16
 
  Queen :  Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
  April 1977
  Label: EMI / single - Japan only
  Music / Text: Brian May
  from album: "A Day At The Races"  1976
  Charts:
 
  Stevie Wonder :  Sir Duke
  April 1977
  Label: Motown / single 006-98 912
  Music / Text: Stevie Wonder
  from album: "Songs In The Key Of Life"  1976
  Charts: UK  2  US  1  D 10  CH  4
 
  Suzi Quatro :  Roxy Roller
  April 1977
  Label: RAK / single RAK/006-99 027
  Music / Text: Nick Gilder
  from album: "The Wild One - Greatest Hits"  1990
  Charts:
 
  Jethro Tull :  The Whistler
  April 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single 2135
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Songs From The Wood"  1977
  Charts: US 59
 
  The Jacksons :  Show You The Way To Go
  April 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5266
  Music / Text: Leon Huff - Kenny Gamble
  from album: "The Jacksons"  1976
  Charts: UK  1  US 28
 
  Marvin Gaye :  Got To Give It Up (Pt. I)
  April 1977
  Label: Tamla / single 54280
  Music / Text: Marvin Gaye
  from album: "Live At The Palladium"  1977
  Charts: US  1  UK  7
 
  Angel :  That Magic Touch
  April 1977
  Label: Casablanca / single
  Music / Text: Frank Domino - Gregg Giuffria - Punky Meadows
  from album: "On Earth As It Is In Heaven"  1977
  Charts: US 77
 
  10cc :  Good Morning Judge
  April 1977
  Label: Mercury / single 6008 025
  Music / Text: Stewart - Gouldman
  from album: "Deceptive Bends"  1977
  Charts: UK  5  US 69  D 23
 
  Rod Stewart :  I Don't Want To Talk About It
  April 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Danny Whitten
  from album: "Atlantic Crossing"  1975
  Charts: UK  1  US 46  D 44
 
  Aerosmith :  Back In The Saddle
  April 1977
  Label: Columbia / single
  Music / Text: Steven Tyler - Joe Perry
  from album: "Rocks"  1976
  Charts: US 38
 
  Bellamy Brothers :  Crossfire
  April 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16 909
  Music / Text: Dick Holler - Jerry Careaga
  from album: "Plain & Fancy"  1977
  Charts: D 17
 
  Kenny Rogers :  Lucille
  April 1977
  Label: United Artists / single 36 242 AT
  Music / Text: Bowling - Bynum
  from album: "Kenny Rogers"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US  5  D 10  CH  3
 
  Amanda Lear :  Blood & Honey
  April 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 17 470 AT
  Music / Text: Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear
  from album: "I Am A Photogragh"  1977
  Charts: D 12
 
  Hello :  Seven Rainy Days
  April 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-98 435
  Music / Text: Chris Allen - Jeff Allen - Keith Marshall
  from album: "Their Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: D 44
 
  Joe Tex :  Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)
  April 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5035
  Music / Text: Joe Tex - Buddy Killen - B.L. McGinty
  from album: "Bumps & Bruises"  1977
  Charts:  UK  2  US 12  D 25
 
  Judas Priest :  Diamonds And Rust
  April 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Joan Baez
  from album: "Sin After Sin"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Emerson Lake & Palmer  :  C'est La Vie
  April 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Greg Lake - Peter Sinfield
  from album: "Works 1"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Andy Gibb :  I Just Want To Be Your Everything
  April 1977
  Label: RSO / single 2090 237
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Andy Gibb
  from album: "Flowing Rivers"  1977
  Charts: UK 26  US  1
 
  Fleetwood Mac :  Dreams
  April 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17011
  Music / Text: Stevie Nicks
  from album: "Rumours"  1977
  Charts: UK 24  US  1  D 33
 
  Bill Conti :  Gonna Fly Now
  April 1977
  Label: United Artists / single 940
  Music / Text: Bill Conti - C. Connors - A. Robbins
  from album: "Rocky"  1976
  Charts: US  1
 
  Steve Miller Band :  Jet Airliner
  April 1977
  Label: Mercury / single 6078 811
  Music / Text: Paul Pena
  from album: "Book Of Dreams"  1976
  Charts: US  8
 
  The Adverts :  One Chord Wonders
  April 1977
  Label: Stiff / single BUY13
  Music / Text: T.V. Smith - Gaye Advert
  from album: "Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  The Boys :  I Don't Care
  April 1977
  Label: Nems Records / single NES 102
  Music / Text: Steel - Dangerfield
  from album: "The Boys"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  The Damned :  Stretcher Case Baby
  April 1977
  Label: Stiff / single - very rare  5'000 copies released only
  Music / Text: Brian James
  from album: "Music For Pleasure"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Alice Cooper :  You And Me
  April 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WBS-8349
  Music / Text: Cooper - Wagner
  from album: "Lace And Whiskey"  1977
  Charts: US  9
 
 
  Pussycat :  My Broken Souveniers
  April 1977
  Label: EMI / single 006-25 499
  Music / Text: Werner Theunissen
  from album: "Souveniers"  1977
  Charts: D 22  CH  7
 
 
  Slik :  Dancerama
  May 1977
  Label: EMI / single 006-98 824
  Music / Text: Bill Martin - Phil Coulter
  from album: "Slik"  1976
  Charts: D 30
 
  The Jam :  In The City
  May 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 866
  Music / Text: Paul Weller
  from album: "In The City"  1977
  Charts: UK 40
 
  Blondie :  X Offender
  May 1977
  Label: Private Stock / single PVT 105
  Music / Text: Deborah Harry - Gary Valentine
  from album: "Blondie"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Iggy Pop :  China Girl
  May 1977
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: David Bowie - Iggy Pop
  from album: "The Idiot"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Bay City Rollers :  It's A Game
  May 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-98 937
  Music / Text: Chris Adams
  from album: "It's A Game"  1977
  Charts: UK 16  D  4  CH  6
 
 
  Bob Marley :  One Love
  May 1977
  Label: Island / single 106 382
  Music / Text: Marley - Mayfield - Livingstone
  from album: "Exodus"  1977
  Charts: 1984  UK  5
 
 
  Elvis Costello :  Alison
  May 1977
  Label: Stiff Records / single
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "My Aim Is True" 1977
  Charts:
 
  Barry Manilow :  Looks Like We Made It
  May 1977
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Jennings - Kerr
  from album: "This One's For You"  1976
  Charts: US  1
 
 
  Don Williams :  Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
  May 1977
  Label: ABC / single 17 736 AT
  Music / Text: Wayland Holyfield - Don Williams
  from album: "Visions"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Genesis :  Spot The Pigeon - EP     Match Of The Day / Pigeons / Inside And Out
  May 1977
  Label: Atlantic / EP 1800
  Music / Text: Banks - Collins - Rutherford - Hackett
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 14
 
  Dr. Feelgood :  Sneakin' Suspicion
  May 1977
  United Artists / single 36255
  Music / Text: Wilko Johnson
  from album: "Sneakin' Suspicion"  1977
  Charts: UK 47
 
  Bad Company :  Burnin' Sky
  May 1977
  Label: Swan Song / single 70112
  Music / Text: Paul Rodgers
  from album: "Burnin' Sky"  1977
  Charts: US 78
 
  Kansas :  What's On My Mind
  May 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Kerry Livgren
  from album: "Leftoverture"  1976
  Charts:
 
  Ultravox :  Young Savage
  May 1977
  Label: Island / single WIP 6392
  Music / Text: Cann - Foxx - Currie - Shears - Cross
  from album: "Young Savage: The Ultravox Box"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Nils Lofgren :  I Came To Dance
  May 1977
  Label: A & M / single
  Music / Text: Nils Lofgren
  from album: "I Came To Dance"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Waylon Jennings :  Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
  May 1977
  Label: RCA / single 10924
  Music / Text: Bobby Emmons - Chips Moman
  from album: "Ol' Waylon"  1977
  Charts: US 25
 
 
  Eagles :  Life In The Fast Lane
  May 1977
  Label: Asylum / single
  Music / Text: Frey - Walsh - Henley
  from album: "Hotel California"  1976
  Charts: US 11
 
  Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers :  Chinese Rocks  /  Born To Lose
  May 1977
  Label: Track Records / single
  Music / Text: Dee Dee Ramone - Richard Hell
  from album: "L.A.M.F."  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Ramones :  Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
  May 1977
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Rocket To Russia"  1977
  Charts: UK 22  US 81
 
 
  Bryan Ferry :  Tokyo Joe
  May 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 711
  Music / Text: Bryan Ferry
  from album: "In Your Mind"  1977
  Charts: UK 15
 
  Shaun Cassidy :  Da Doo Ron Ron
  May 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16 882
  Music / Text: Spector - Barry - Greenwich
  from album: "Shaun Cassidy"  1977
  Charts: US  1  D 19
 
  Boston :  Peace Of Mind
  May 1977
  Label: Epic / single 50381
  Music / Text: Tom Scholz
  from album: "Boston"  1976
  Charts: US 38
 
 
  The Stranglers :  Peaches
  May 1977
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "Stranglers IV - Rattus Norvegicus"  1977
  Charts: UK  8
 
 
  Sex Pistols :  God Save The Queen
  May 1977
  Label: Virgin / single VS 181
  Music / Text: Rotten - Matlock - Jones - Cook
  from album: "Never Mind The Bollocks-Here's The Sex Pistols"  1977
  Charts: UK  2
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Telephone Line
  May 1977
  Label: United Artists / single 36 254 AT
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "A New World Record"  1976
  Charts: UK  8  US  7  D 32
 
  UFO :  Lights Out
  May 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Way - Mogg - Parker - Schenker
  from album: "Lights Out"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Heart :  Barracuda
  May 1977
  Label: Portrait / single PRT 5402
  Music / Text: Wilson - Wilson - Fisher - Derosier
  from album: "Little Queen"  1977
  Charts: US 11  D  8
 
  Gladys Knight and The Pips :  Baby Don't Change Your Mind
  May 1977
  Label: Buddah / single 569
  Music / Text: Van McCoy
  from album: "Still Together"  1977
  Charts: US 52  UK  4
 
  The Hollies :  Hello To Romance
  May 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2040 171
  Music / Text: Allan Clarke - Tony Hicks - Terry Sylvester
  from album: "A Crazy Steal"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Crosby, Stills & Nash :  Just A Song Before I Go
  May 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single 3401
  Music / Text: Graham Nash
  from album: "Crosby, Stills & Nash"  1977
  Charts: US  7
 
 
 
  Peter Frampton :  I'm In You
  May 1977
  Label: A&M Records / single 17 917 AT
  Music / Text: Peter Frampton
  from album: "I'm In You"  1977
  Charts: UK 41  US  2
 
 
  Queen :  Queen's First E.P.
                Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - Death On Two Legs - Tenement Funster - White Queen
  June 1977
  Label: EMI / single 2623
  Music / Text: Mercury - Mercury - Taylor - May
  from album: "A Day At The Races"  1976
  Charts: UK 17
 
  Supertramp :  Give A Little Bit
  June 1977
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 5465
  Music / Text: Hodgson - Davies
  from album: "Even In The Quietest Moments"  1977
  Charts: UK 29  US 15  D 29
 
  Commodores :  Easy
  June 1977
  Label: Motown / single 1418
  Music / Text: Lionel Richie
  from album: "Live!"  1977
  Charts: US  4  UK  9
 
  Frankie Miller :  Be Good To Yourself
  June 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2147
  Music / Text: Frankie Miller
  from album: "Full House"  1977
  Charts: UK 27
 
  Manhattan Transfer :  Gloria
  June 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 10 953
  Music / Text: Levy - Esther Navarro - Adam R
  from album: "The Manhattan Transfer"  1975
  Charts:
 
  Emerson Lake & Palmer :  Fanfare For The Common Man
  June 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single K 10 946
  Music / Text: Aaron Copland
  from album: "Works 1"  1977
  Charts: UK  2
 
 
  Bob Marley :  Exodus
  June 1977
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Exodus"  1977
  Charts: UK 14
 
 
  Hurriganes :  Keep On Movin'
  June 1977
  Label: Love Records / single
  Music / Text: Aaltonen - Häkkinen - Kallio
  from album: "25 Golden Greats"  2001
  Charts:
 
  Ram Jam :  Black Betty
  June 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5492
  Music / Text: Huddie Ledbetter
  from album: "Ram Jam"  1977
  Charts: US 18  UK  7  D 25
 

  Little Feat :  Time Loves A Hero
  June 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB-8420
  Music / Text: Payne - Barrère - Gradney
  from album: "Time Loves A Hero"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Baccara :  Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
  June 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 5526
  Music / Text: Rolf Soja - Frank Dostal
  from album: "Baccara"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  D  1  CH  1
 
  Peter Gabriel :  Modern Love
  June 1977
  Label: Charisma / single 6073 398
  Music / Text: Peter Gabriel
  from album: "Peter Gabriel"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Rubettes :  Ohh-La-La
  June 1977
  Label: State Records / single 2088 063
  Music / Text: Richardson - Williams
  from album: "Baby I Know"  1977
  Charts: D 16
 
  Boney M. :  Ma Baker
  June 1977
  Label: Hansa / single 17 888 AT
  Music / Text: Jay - Farian - Mayer - Reyam
  from album: "Love For Sale"  1977
  Charts: UK  2  US 96  D  1  CH  1
 
  James Taylor :  Handy Man
  June 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5363
  Music / Text: Otis Blackwell - Jimmy Jones
  from album: "J.T."  1977
  Charts: US  4
 
  Steve Winwood :  Time Is Running Out
  June 1977
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Steve Winwood - Jim Capaldi
  from album: "Steve Winwood"  1977
  Charts:
 
  UFO :  Too Hot To Handle
  June 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Pete Way - Phil Mogg
  from album: "Lights Out"  1977
  Charts:
 
  John Paul Young :  Standing In The Rain
  June 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 16 677 AT
  Music / Text: Harry Vanda - George Young
  from album: "Love Is In The Air"  1994
  Charts: D  4
 
  Space :  Magic Fly
  June 1977
  Label: Hansa / single 17 775 AT
  Music / Text: Pierre Ecama
  from album: "Magic Fly"  1977
  Charts: UK  2  D  1  CH  1
 
  Motörhead :  Motörhead
  June 1977
  Label: Chesterfield / single
  Music / Text: Lemmy Kilmister
  from album: "Motörhead"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Bay City Rollers :  You Made Me Believe In Magic
  June 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-99 424
  Music / Text: Len Boone
  from album: "It's A Game"  1977
  Charts: UK 34  US 10  D 25
 
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers :  Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll
  June 1977
  Label: Shelter / single WIP 6396
  Music / Text: Tom Petty
  from album: "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers"  1977
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Hot Chocolate :  So You Win Again
  June 1977
  Label: RAK / single 006-99 156
  Music / Text: Russ Ballard
  from album: "Every 1's A Winner"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US 31  D  6
 
  Elvis Presley :  Way Down
  June 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB-0998
  Music / Text: Layng Martine Jr.
  from album: "Moody Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US 18  D 15
 
  Queen :  Long Away
  July 1977
  Label: Elektra / single E-45412 (Japan)
  Music / Text: Brian May
  from album: "A Day At The Races"  1976
  Charts:
 
  Smokie :  Baby It's You
  July 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Chris Norman - Pete Spencer
  from album: "Bright Lights & Back Alleys"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Hello :  Let It Rock
  July 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-98 822
  Music / Text: Russ Ballard
  from album: "Their Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: D 24
 
  Oliver Onions :  Orzowei
  July 1977
  Label: RCA / single TBBO-1242
  Music / Text: G. de Angelis - M. de Angelis - C. de Natale - Susan Duncan Smith
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: D  1  CH  7
 
  George Benson :  The Greatest Love Of All
  July 1977
  Label: Arista / single 0251
  Music / Text: Michael Masser - Linda Creed
  from album: "The George Benson Collection"  1981
  Charts: US 24  UK 27
 
 
  Brotherhood Of Man :  Angelo
  July 1977
  Label: Pye / single 7N 45699
  Music / Text: Hiller - Sheriden - Lee
  from album: "The Best Of Brotherhood Of Man"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  D 14
 
 
  The Saints :  This Perfect Day
  July 1977
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Ed Kuepper - Chris Bailey
  from album: "Eternally Yours"  1978
  Charts: UK 34
 
  Iggy Pop & The Stooges :  I'm Sick Of You
  July 1977
  Label: Bomp / single EP 113
  Music / Text: Pop - Williamson
  from album: "Nude & Rude - The Best Of Iggy Pop"  1996
  Charts:
 
  Glen Campbell :  Sunflower
  July 1977
  Label: Capitol Records / single 4445
  Music / Text: Neil Diamond
  from album: "Southern Nights"  1977
  Charts: US 39  D 19
 
  Dave Edmunds :  I Knew The Bride
  July 1977
  Label: Swansong / single SS 19411
  Music / Text: Nick Lowe - Graham Parker
  from album: "Get It"  1977
  Charts: UK 26
 
  Slik :  It's Only A Matter Of Time
  July 1977
  Label: EMI / single 006-99 344
  Music / Text: Flowers - Kelly
  from album: CD version of "Slik"  1976 / 2007
  Charts:
 
  Bob Seger :  Rock And Roll Never Forgets
  July 1977
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 075
  Music / Text: Bob Seger
  from album: "Night Moves"  1977
  Charts: US 41
 
  Elvis Costello :  (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
  July 1977
  Label: Stiff Records / single
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "My Aim Is True" 1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Bob Marley :  Three Little Birds
  July 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Exodus"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Mike Batt :  The Ride To Agadir
  July 1977
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: Mike Batt
  from album: "Schizophonia"  1977
  Charts:
 
  The Hollies :  Amnesty
  July 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2040 174
  Music / Text: Douma
  from album: "A Crazy Steal"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Ramones :  Swallow My Pride
  July 1977
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Leave Home"  1977
  Charts: UK 36
 
 
  Sex Pistols :  Pretty Vacant
  July 1977
  Label: Virgin / single VS 184
  Music / Text: Rotten - Matlock - Jones - Cook
  from album: "Never Mind The Bollocks-Here's The Sex Pistols"  1977
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Television :  Prove It
  July 1977
  Label: Elektra / single K 12262
  Music / Text: Tom Verlaine
  from album: "Marquee Moon"  1977
  Charts: UK 25
 
  Fleetwood Mac :  Don't Stop
  July 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16930
  Music / Text: Christine McVie
  from album: "Rumours"  1977
  Charts: UK 32  US  3  D 41
 
  Foreigner :  Cold As Ice
  July 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 10 986
  Music / Text: Jones - Gramm
  from album: "Foreigner"  1977
  Charts: US  6  UK 24
 
 
  Carole King :  Hard Rock Cafe
  July 1977
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 190
  Music / Text: Carole King
  from album: "Simple Things"  1977
  Charts: US 30  CH 12
 
 
  Kiss :  Christine Sixteen
  July 1977
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18550
  Music / Text: Gene Simmons
  from album: "Love Gun"  1977
  Charts: US 25
 
  Smokie :  It's Your Life
  July 1977
  Label: RAK / single 006-99 189
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Bright Lights & Back Alleys"  1977
  Charts: UK  5  D  3  CH  5
 
  Showaddywaddy :  You Got What It Takes
  July 1977
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Davis - Gordy
  from album: "Showaddywaddy"  1981
  Charts: UK  2  D 28
 
  Donna Summer :  I Feel Love
  July 1977
  Label: Casablanca / single ATL 10 963
  Music / Text: Moroder - Summer - Bellotte
  from album: "I Rememver Yesterday"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US  6  D  3  CH  2
 
 
  The Stranglers :  Something Better Change
  July 1977
  Label: United Artists / single 99470
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "No More Heroes"  1977
  Charts: UK  9
 
 
 
  Carly Simon :  Nobody Does It Better
  July 1977
  Label: Elektra / single ELK 12 261
  Music / Text: Carole Bayer Sager - Marvin Hamlisch
  from album: "The Best Of Bond... James Bond"  2008
  Charts: US  2  UK  7  D 31
 
 
  The Jam :  All Around The World
  July 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 903
  Music / Text: Paul Weller
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 13
 
  The Doobie Brothers :  Little Darling (I Need You)
  July 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Holland - Dozier - Holland
  from album: "Livin' On The Fault Line"  1977
  Charts: US 48
 
 
  The Outlaws :  Hurry Sundown
  July 1977
  Label: Arista / single 0258
  Music / Text: Hughie Thomasson
  from album: "Hurry Sundown"  1977
  Charts: US 60
 
 
  Shaun Cassidy :  That's Rock 'n' Roll
  July 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16 777
  Music / Text: Eric Carmen
  from album: "Shaun Cassidy"  1977
  Charts: US  3  D 11
 
 
  The Boys :  First Time
  July 1977
  Label: Nems Records / single NES 111
  Music / Text: Steel - Dangerfield
  from album: "The Boys"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  The Adverts :  No Time To Be 21
  July 1977
  Label: Bright / single BR1
  Music / Text: T.V. Smith - Gaye Advert
  from album: "Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts"  1978
  Charts: 1978  UK 34
 
  Deniece Williams :  That's What Friends Are For
  July 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5432
  Music / Text: Deniece Williams - Clarence McDonald - Lani Groves
  from album: "This Is Niecy"  1977
  Charts: UK  8
 
  Cheap Trick :  Hello There
  August 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "In Color"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Mink DeVille :  Spanish Stroll
  August 1977
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 220
  Music / Text: Willy DeVille
  from album: "Cabretta"  1977
  Charts: UK 20
 
  Little River Band :  Help Is On Its Way
  August 1977
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Glenn Shorrock
  from album: "Diamantina Cocktail"  1977
  Charts: UK 14
 
  Ian Dury :  Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
  August 1977
  Label: Stiff / single 510.032
  Music / Text: Ian Dury - Chaz Jankel
  from album: "New Boots And Panties"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Mike Batt :  The Walls Of The World
  August 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5356
  Music / Text: Mike Batt
  from album: "Schizophonia"  1977
  Charts:
 

  Eddie & The Hot Rods :  Do Anything You Wanna Do
  August 1977
  Label: Island / WIP 6401
  Music / Text: Graeme Douglas - Ed Hollis
  from album: "Life On The Line"  1977
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Ted Nugent :  Cat Scratch Fever
  August 1977
  Label: Epic / single 50425
  Music / Text: Ted Nugent
  from album: "Cat Scratch Fever"  1977
  Charts: US 30
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Hymn
  August 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 904
  Music / Text: John Lees
  from album: "Gone To Earth"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Dancing In The Moonlight
  August 1977
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 177
  Music / Text: Phil Lynott
  from album: "Bad Reputation"  1977
  Charts: US 14
 
  The Sweet :  Stairway To The Stars
  August 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 5046
  Music / Text: Scott - Connolly - Priest - Tucker
  from album: "The Sweet's Golden Greats"  1977
  Charts: D 15
 
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers :  American Girl
  June 1977
  Label: Shelter / single WIP 6403
  Music / Text: Tom Petty
  from album: "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers"  1977
  Charts: UK 40
 
  Jean Michel Jarre :  Oxygene IV
  August 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 721
  Music / Text: Jean Michel Jarre
  from album: "Oxygene"  1976
  Charts: UK 4  D 16
 
  Cheap Trick :  Clock Strikes Ten
  August 1977
  released as a single in Japan only
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "In Color"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Crystal Gayle :  Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
  August 1977
  Label: United Artists / single 1016
  Music / Text: Richard Leigh
  from album: "Convoy" Soundtrack  1978
  Charts: US  2  UK  5
 
  Leif Garrett :  Surfin' USA
  August 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 001
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "Leif Garrett"  1977
  Charts: US 20  D  6  CH  4
 
  Boomtown Rats :  Lookin' After No. 1
  August 1977
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Bob Geldof
  from album: "The Boomtown Rats"  1977
  Charts: UK 11
  The Alan Parsons Project :  I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
  August 1977
  Label: Arista / single 0260
  Music / Text: Alan Parsons - Eric Woolfson
  from album: "I Robot"  1977
  Charts: US 36
 
  Baccara :  Sorry, I'm A Lady
  August 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 5555
  Music / Text: Rolf Soja - Frank Dostal
  from album: "Baccara"  1977
  Charts: UK  8  D  1  CH  2
 
  The Vibrators :  London Girls  ... live
  August 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5565
  Music / Text: The Vibrators
  from album: "Pure Mania"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Elkie Brooks :  Sunshine After The Rain
  August 1977
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7306
  Music / Text: Ellie Greenwich
  from album: "Two Days Away"  1977
  Charts: UK 10
 
  The Adverts :  Gary Gilmore's Eyes  /  Bored Teenagers
  August 1977
  Label: Anchor / single 11 547
  Music / Text: T.V. Smith
  from album: "Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts"  1978
  Charts: UK 18
 
  David Soul :  Silver Lady
  August 1977
  Label: Private Stock / single PVT 115
  Music / Text: Tony Macaulay - Geoff Stephens
  from album: "Playing To An Audience Of One"  1977
  Charts: US 52  UK  1
 
  Umberto Tozzi :  Ti Amo
  August 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5272
  Music / Text: Giancarlo Bigazzi - Umberto Tozzi
  from album: "E' nell'aria... ti amo"  1977
  Charts: D  4  CH  1
 
  Bob Marley :  Waiting In Vain
  September 1977
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Exodus"  1977
  Charts: UK 27
 
  Kiss :  Love Gun
  September 1977
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18560
  Music / Text: Paul Stanley
  from album: "Love Gun"  1977
  Charts: US 61
 
  Debby Boone :  You Light Up My Life
  September 1977
  Label: Warner / single WB 17 043
  Music / Text: Joey Brooks
  from album: "You Light Up My Life"  1977
  Charts: UK 48  US  1
 
  Belle Epoque :  Black Is Black
  September 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2040 181
  Music / Text: Weyman - Hayes - Wadey - Grainger
  from album: "Black Is Black"  1977
  Charts: UK  2  D  2  CH  6
 
  Chicago :  Baby What A Big Surprise
  September 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5672
  Music / Text: Peter Cetera
  from album: "Chicago XI"  1977
  Charts: UK 41  US  4  D 49
 
  Mothers Finest :  Baby Love
  September 1977
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: Moore - Murdock - Kennedy - Keck - Seay - Borden
  from album: "Another Mother Further"  1977
  Charts: US 58
 
  Bee Gees :  How Deep Is Your Love
  September 1977
  Label: RSO / single 2090 259
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D 21
 
 
  Nazareth :  Hot Tracks  (7" EP)
                     Love Hurts / This Flight Tonight / Broken Down Angel / Hair Of The Dog
  September 1977
  Label: Mountain / single
  Music / Text: Bryant - McCafferty - Agnew - Charlton - Sweet
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1975
  Charts: UK 15
 
 
  Hello :  Good Old USA
  September 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-99 286
  Music / Text: Chris Allen - Jeff Allen - Keith Marshall
  from album: "Their Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: D 37
 
  Richard Clayderman :  Ballade Pour Adeline
  September 1977
  Label: Telefunken / single 6.12088
  Music / Text: Paul De Senneville
  from album: "Träumereien"  1979
  Charts: D  6  CH  1
 
  Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers :  Egyptian Reggae
  September 1977
  Beserkley / single 6.12217
  Music / Text: Jonathan Richman
  from album: "Rock'n'Roll With The Modern Lovers"  1977
  Charts: UK  5  D 13  CH  8
 
  Foghat :  I Just Want To Make Love To You  (live)
  September 1977
  Label: Bearsville / single 0319
  Music / Text: M. Dixon - W. Dixon
  from album: "Foghat Live"  1977
  Charts: US 33
 
  Iggy Pop :  Lust For Life
  September 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB-9166
  Music / Text: David Bowie - Iggy Pop
  from album: "Lust For Life"  1977
  Charts:
 
  The Damned :  Problem Child
  September 1977
  Label: Stiff / single BUY 18
  Music / Text: The Damned
  from album: "Music For Pleasure"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Generation X :  Your Generation
  September 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Billy Idol - James
  from album: "The Best Of Generation X"  1985
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Poor Man's Moody Blues
  September 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: John Lees
  from album: "Gone To Earth"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Camel :  First Light  /  Rain Dances
  September 1977
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Andrew Latimer - Peter Bardens
  from album: "Rain Dances"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
 
  Pepe Lienhard Band :  Piccolo Man
  September 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 11 396 AT
  Music / Text: Peter Reber - Rolf Zuckowsky
  from album: -
  Charts: CH  8
 
 
  Bonnie Tyler :  Heaven
  September 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 5044
  Music / Text: Wolfe - Scott
  from album: "Natural Force"  1978
  Charts: D 24
 
  Linda Ronstadt :  Blue Bayou
  September 1977
  Label: Asylum / single AS 13 095
  Music / Text: Roy Orbison - Joe Melson
  from album: "Simple Dreams"  1977
  Charts: US  3  UK 35
 
  Richard Hell & The Void-Oids :  Blank Generation
  September 1977
  Sire / single
  Music / Text: Richard Hell
  from album: "Blank Generation"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  The Dictators :  Search And Destroy
  September 1977
  Label: Asylum / single K 13091
  Music / Text: James Williamson - J.J. Osterberg
  from album: "Manifest Destiny"  1977
  Charts: UK 49
 
 
 
  The Stranglers :  No More Heroes
  September 1977
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "No More Heroes"  1977
  Charts: UK  8
 
 
  The Motors :  Dancing The Night Away
  September 1977
  Label: Virgin / single 11 530 AT
  Music / Text: Nick Garvey - Andy McMaster
  from album: "Motors 1"  1977
  Charts: UK 42
 
  Styx :  Come Sail Away
  September 1977
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 5610
  Music / Text: Dennis DeYoung
  from album: "Grand Illusion"  1977
  Charts: US  8
 
  Udo Lindenberg :  Schneewittchen
  September 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Lindenberg - Cress - King - Virgin - Meinecke
  from album: "Panische Nächte"  1977
  Charts:
 
  John Mayall :  I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
  September 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Willie Dixon
  from album: "Primal Solos"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Richard Hell & The Void-Oids :  Love Comes In Spurts
  September 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Richard Hell
  from album: "Blank Generation"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Dr. Feelgood :  She's A Windup
  September 1977
  United Artists / single 36304
  Music / Text: Lee Brilleaux - Mayo - Sparks - Martin
  from album: "Be Seeing You"  1977
  Charts: UK 34
 
 
  AC/DC :  Let There Be Rock
  September 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Let There Be Rock"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Krokus :  Highway Song
  September 1977
  Label: Schnoutz / single 6028 937
  Music / Text: Chris von Rohr - Fernando von Arb
  from album: "To You All"  1977
  Charts:
 
  The Clash :  Complete Control
  October 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5664
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 28
 
  The Babys :  Isn't It Time
  October 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Conrad - Kennedy
  from album: "Broken Heart"  1977
  Charts: US 13  UK 45
 
  The Runaways :  School Days
  October 1977
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "Waitin' For The Night"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Lake :  Time Bomb
  October 1977
  Label: Columbia / single 10614
  Music / Text: Detlef Petersen - James Hopkins-Harrison
  from album: "Lake"  1976
  Charts: US 83
 
  Iggy Pop :  The Passenger  /  Success
  October 1977
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Iggy Pop - Rick Gardiner  / Bowie - Pop - Gardiner
  from album: "Lust For Life"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Fleetwood Mac :  You Make Loving Fun
  October 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 062
  Music / Text: Christine McVie
  from album: "Rumours"  1977
  Charts: UK 45  US  9
 
  Raffaella Carrà : A far l'amore comincia tu
  October 1977
  Label: CBS / single 4771
  Music / Text: Daniele Pace - Franco Bracardi
  from album: "A far l'amore comincia tu"  1977
  Charts: D  4  CH  3
 
  Sailor :  Down By The Docks
  October 1977
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5566
  Music / Text: George Kajanus
  from album: "Greatest Hits Vol. 1"  1978
  Charts: D 24
 
  Avengers :  We Are The One  /  I Believe In Me  /  Car Crash
  Oktober 1977
  Label: Dangerhouse Records / EP
  Music / Text: Avengers
  from EP: "We Are The One"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Amanda Lear :  Queen Of China-Town
  October 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 11 366 AT
  Music / Text: Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear
  from album: "I Am A Photograph"  1977
  Charts: D  2  CH  5
 
  Ultravox :  Rockwrok
  October 1977
  Label: Island / single 11 655 AT
  Music / Text: John Foxx
  from album: "Ha! Ha! Ha!"  1977
  Charts:
 

  Dolly Parton :  Here You Come Again
  October 1977
  Label: RCA / single 11123
  Music / Text: Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil
  from album: "Here You Come Again"  1977
  Charts: US  3
 
  Smokie :  Needles And Pins
  October 1977
  Label: RAK / single 006-99 588
  Music / Text: Nitzsche - Bono
  from album: "Bright Lights & Back Alleys"  1977
  Charts: UK 10  D  2  CH  7
 
  Santana :  She's Not There
  October 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Rod Argent
  from album: "Moonflower"  1977
  Charts: UK 11  US 27
 
 
  Status Quo :  Rockin' All Over The World
  October 1977
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 184
  Music / Text: John Fogerty
  from album: "Rockin' All Over The World"  1977
  Charts: UK  3  D  7  CH  3
 
 
  Rod Stewart :  You're In My Heart
  October 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Rod Stewart
  from album: "Foot Loose & Fancy Free"  1977
  Charts: UK  3  US  4
 
  Linda Ronstadt :  It's So Easy
  October 1977
  Label: Asylum / single AS 13 101
  Music / Text: Norman Petty - Buddy Holly
  from album: "Simple Dreams"  1977
  Charts: US  5  CH  6
 
  Boney M. :  Belfast
  October 1977
  Label: Hansa / single 11 537 AT
  Music / Text: Jimmy Bilsbury - Drafi Deutscher - Joe Menke
  from album: "Love For Sale"  1977
  Charts: UK  8  D  1  CH  1
 
  Bee Gees :  Stayin' Alive
  October 1977
  Label: RSO / single 2090 267
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977
  Charts: UK  4  US  1  D  2  CH  2
 
  The Runaways :  Wild Thing  (live)
  October 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Chip Taylor
  from album: "Live In Japan"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  AC/DC :  Whole Lotta Rosie
  Oktober 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Let There Be Rock"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Uriah Heep :  Free Me
  October 1977
  Label: Bronze / single 11 650 AT
  Music / Text: Ken Hensley
  from album: "Innocent  Victim"  1977
  Charts: D  9  CH  8
 
  Queen :  We Are The Champions / We Will Rock You
  October 1977
  Label: EMI / single 2708
  Music / Text: Freddie Mercury / Brian May
  from album: "News Of The World"  1977
  Charts: UK  2  US  4  D 13
 
  Abba :  The Name Of The Game
  October 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 742
  Music / Text: Andersson - Anderson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "The Album"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US 12  D  7  CH  6
 
  Sex Pistols :  Holidays In The Sun
  October 1977
  Label: Virgin / single VS 191
  Music / Text: Rotten - Matlock - Jones - Cook
  from album: "Never Mind The Bollocks-Here's The Sex Pistols"  1977
  Charts: UK  8
 
  Tom Robinson Band :  2-4-6-8 Motorway
  October 1977
  Label: EMI / single 2715
  Music / Text: Tom Robinson
  from album: "Power In The Darkness"  1978
  Charts: UK  5
 
  Sham 69 :  I Don't Wanna
  October 1977
  Label: Step Forward / single SF 4
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: -
  Charts:
 
  Graham Parker :  Thunder And Rain  /  Watch The Moon Come Down
  October 1977
  Label: Vertigo / great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Graham Parker
  from album: "Stick To Me"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Buzzcocks :  Orgasm Addict
  October 1977
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Howard Devoto - Pete Shelley
  from album: "Operator Manual - Buzzcocks Best"  1991
  Charts:
 
  Lynyrd Skynyrd :  I Know A Little
  October 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Steve Gaines
  from album: "Street Survivors"  1977
  Charts:
 
  David Bowie :  Heroes
  October 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 1121
Music / Text: Bowie - Eno - Maass
  from album: "Heroes"  1977
  Charts: UK 24
 
  Slade :  My Baby Left Me - That's All Right Mama
  October 1977
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Arthur Crudup
  from album: "Slade Smashes"  1980
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Rush :  Closer To The Heart
  October 1977
  Label: Mercury / single RUSH 7
  Music / Text: Neil Peart - Peter Talbot
  from album: "A Farewell To Kings"  1977
  Charts: US 76  UK 36
 
  Aerosmith :  Draw The Line
  October 1977
  Label: Columbia / single
  Music / Text: Steven Tyler - Joe Perry
  from album: "Draw The Line"  1977
  Charts: US 42
 
  Santa Esmeralda :  Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  October 1977
  Label: Philips / single 6042 325
  Music / Text: Headburn - Copp-Den Ray - Caldwell - Benjamin - Sol Marcus
  from album: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"  1977
  Charts: UK 41  US 15  D  1  CH  4
 
  999 :  Nasty! Nasty!
  October 1977
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Nick Cash - Guy Days
  from album: "999"  cd-re-issue 2000
  Charts:
 
  Bay City Rollers :  The Way I Feel Tonight
  October 1977
  Label: Arista / single 0272
  Music / Text: Harvey Shield
  from album: "It's A Game"  1977
  Charts: US 24
 
  Chris de Burgh :  Broken Wings
  October 1977
  Label: A & M / single
  Music / Text: Chris de Burgh
  from album: "At The End Of A Perfect Day"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Turn To Stone
  October 1977
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Out Of The Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK 18  US 13  D 32
 
  Andy Gibb :  Love Is Thicker Than Water
  November 1977
  Label: RSO / single 2090 263
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Andy Gibb
  from album: "Flowing Rivers"  1977
  Charts: US  1
 
  Darts :  Daddy Cool
  November 1977
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 100
  Music / Text: Bob Crewe - Bobby Troup - Slay
  from album: "Darts"  1977
  Charts:  UK  6
 
  Adriano Celentano :  Don't Play That Song
  November 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 11 336 AT
  Music / Text: Ahmet Ertegun - Betty Nelson
  from album: "Disco Dance"  1977
  Charts: CH 10  D 34
 
 
  Ramones :  Rockaway Beach
  November 1977
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "Rocket To Russia"  1977
  Charts: US 66
 
 
  Suicide :  Ghost Rider  /  Frankie Teardrop
  November 1977
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Martin Rev - Alan Vega
  from album: "Suicide"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers :  One Track Mind
  November 1977
  Label: Track Records / single
  Music / Text: Walter Lure - Jerry Nolan
  from album: "L.A.M.F."  1977
  Charts:
 
  The Tubes :  White Punks On Dope
  November 1977
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7323
  Music / Text: Bill Spooner - Roger Steen - Michael Evans
  from album: "The Tubes"  1975
  Charts: UK 28
 
  The Jam :  The Modern World
  November 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 945
  Music / Text: Paul Weller
  from album: "This Is The Modern World"  1977
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Wire :  Lowdown
  November 1977
  great album track - not released as single
  Music / Text: Gilbert - Lewis - Newman - Gotobed
  from album: "Pink Flag"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers :  Breakdown
  November 1977
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Tom Petty
  from album: "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers"  1977
  Charts: US 40
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  Dancin' Party
  November 1977
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Appell - Goffin - King - Mann
  from album: "Showaddywaddy"  1981
  Charts: UK  4  D 30
 
 
  Boomtown Rats :  Mary Of The 4th Form
  November 1977
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Bob Geldof
  from album: "The Boomtown Rats"  1977
  Charts: UK 15
 
  Hello :  Slow Motion
  November 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-60 143
  Music / Text: Keith Marshall
  from album: "Their Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Shaun Cassidy :  Hey Deanie
  November 1977
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 052
  Music / Text: Eric Carmen
  from album: "That's Rock 'n' Roll"  1982
  Charts: US  7
 
  Dr. Feelgood :  Baby Jane
  November 1977
  United Artists / single 36332
  Music / Text: Simmons - Reed - Bishop - Wilson - Nesbitt
  from album: "Be Seeing You"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Rubettes :  Cherie Amour / Come On Over
  November 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 949
  Music / Text: John Richardson - Alan Williams
  from album: "The Best Of The Rubettes"  1990
  Charts: D 39
 
  Blondie :  Rip Her To Shreds
  November 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2180
  Music / Text: Deborah Harry - Chris Stein
  from album: "Blondie"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Supertramp :  Babaji
  November 1977
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 5615
  Music / Text: Hodgson - Davies
  from album: "Even In The Quietest Moments"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Kansas :  Point Of No Return
  November 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Walsh - Ehart - Steinhardt
  from album: "Point Of Know Return"  1977
  Charts: US 28
 
  Nazareth :  Expect No Mercy
  November 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: McCafferty - Agnew - Charlton - Sweet
  from album: "Expect No Mercy"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Uriah Heep :  Free 'N' Easy
  November 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Mick Box - John Lawton
  from album: "Innocent  Victim"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Lynyrd Skynyrd :  What's Your Name
  November 1977
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Gary Rossington - Ronnie Van Zant
  from album: "Street Survivors"  1977
  Charts: US 13
 
  John Martyn :  Small Hours
  November 1977
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: John Martyn
  from album: "One World"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Randy Newman :  Short People
  November 1977
  Label: Warner / single 8492
  Music / Text: Randy Newman
  from album: "Little Criminals"  1977
  Charts: US  2
 
  Hot Chocolate :  Put Your Love In Me
  November 1977
  Label: RAK / single 006-60 166
  Music / Text: Errol Brown
  from album: "Every 1's A Winner"  1978
  Charts: UK 10
 
 
  Che & Ray :  Boogie Explosion
  November 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: C. Peyer - R. Fein
  from album: "Boogie Explosion"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Ian Dury :  Wake Up And Make Love With Me  /  Sweet Gene Vincent
  November 1977
  Label: Stiff / single 6.12246
  Music / Text: Melvin - Blockheads - Ian Dury - Chaz Jankel
  from album: "New Boots And Panties"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Elvis Costello :  Watching The Detectives
  November 1977
  Label: Stiff Records / single Buy 20
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "My Aim Is True" (US-version)  1977
  Charts: UK 15
 
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Concerto For A Rainy Day
  November 1977
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Out Of The Blue"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Billy Joel :  Just The Way You Are
  November 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5872
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "The Stranger"  1977
  Charts: UK 19  US  3
 
  Wings :  Mull Of Kintyre
  November 1977
  Label: Capitol / single 006-60 154
  Music / Text: McCartney - Laine
  from album: "Wings Greatest"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  D  1  CH  1
 
  Wings :  Girls School
  November 1977
  Label: Capitol / single 006-60 154
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  in US a-side and in UK b-side of Mull Of Kintyre
  Charts: US 33
 
  J.J. Cale :  Cocaine
  November 1977
  Label: Shelter / single 11 662 AT
  Music / Text: John J. Cale
  from album: "Troubadour"  1976
  Charts: D 22  CH  2
 
  Dead Boys :  Sonic Seducer
  December 1977
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Gene O'Connor - David Thomas
  from album: "Young, Loud & Snotty"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Emerson Lake & Palmer :  Tiger In A Spotlight
  December 1977
  Label: Ariola / single 11 776 AT
  Music / Text: Emerson - Lake - Palmer - Sinfield
  from album: "Works 2"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Generation X :  Wild Youth
  December 1977
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Billy Idol - James
  from album: "The Best Of Generation X"  1985
  Charts:
 
  Foreigner :  Long, Long Way From Home
  December 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 069
  Music / Text: Jones - Gramm - McDonald
  from album: "Foreigner"  1977
  Charts: US 20
 
  Bill Withers :  Lovely Day
  December 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5773
  Music / Text: Bill Withers - Skip Scarborough
  from album: "Menagerie"  1977
  Charts: US 30  UK  7    1988  D 27
 
  Talking Heads :  Psycho Killer
  December 1977
  Label: Sire Records / single
  Music / Text: David Byrne - Chris Frantz - Tina Weymouth
  from album: "Talking Heads: 77"  1977
  Charts: US 92
 
  Little River Band :  Happy Anniversary
  December 1977
  Label: EMI / single 82415
  Music / Text: Briggs - Birtles
  from album: "Sleeper Catcher"  1978
  Charts: UK 16
 
  Elvis Presley :  My Way
  December 1977
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Anka - Revaux - Francois
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  9  US 22
 
  Abba :  Thank You For The Music
  December 1977
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 778
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "The Album"  1977
  Charts: live version 1983  UK 33
 
  David Soul :  Let's Have A Quiet Night In
  December 1977
  Label: Private Stock / single PVT 130
  Music / Text: Tony Macaulay
  from album: "The Angel And The Dreamer"  1978
  Charts: UK  8
 
  Bay City Rollers :  Don't Stop The Music
  December 1977
  Label: Arista / single 006-80 163
  Music / Text: Faulkner - Wood
  from album: "Wouldn't You Like It"  1975
  Charts: D 32
 
  Leonard Cohen :  Memories
  December 1977
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Phil Spector - Leonard Cohen
  from album: "Death Of A Ladies Man"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Bonnie Tyler :  It's A Heartache
  December 1977
  Label: RCA / single PB 5057
  Music / Text: Wolfe - Scott
  from album: "Natural Force"  1978
  Charts: UK  4  US  3  D  2  CH  3
 
  Leif Garrett :  Runaround Sue
  December 1977
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 051
  Music / Text: Earnest Maresca - Dion Dimucci
  from album: "Leif Garrett"  1977
  Charts: US 13  D 19
 
  Neil Diamond :  Desirée
  December 1977
  Label: CBS / single 5869
  Music / Text: Neil Diamond
  from album: "I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight"  1977
  Charts: US 16  UK 39  D 25
 
  Angel :  Winter Song
  December 1977
  Label: Casablanca / single
  Music / Text: Frank Domino - Gregg Giuffria - Punky Meadows
  from album: "White Hot"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Eric Clapton :  Lay Down Sally
  December 1977
  Label: RSO / single 2090 264
  Music / Text: Clapton - Levy - Terry
  from album: "Slowhand"  1977
  Charts: UK 39  US  3
 

 

 

 

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