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1977: A Moderately Better Year For Music

Posted on November 10, 2008 by laineyd

(Same rules as the 1995 post below, just with slightly less sucky music)

1. Tonight’s The Night, Rod Stewart  (creepy video and I have trouble believing Rod Stewart was ever sexy)
2. I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb
3. Best Of My Love, Emotions
4. Love Theme From “A Star Is Born”, Barbra Streisand (I have no idea what that was)
5. Angel In Your Arms, Hot
6. I Like Dreamin’, Kenny Nolan
7. Don’t Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston
8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher, Rita Coolidge

9. Undercover Angel, Alan O’Day
10. Torn Between Two Lovers, Mary MacGregor
11. I’m Your Boogie Man, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
12. Dancing Queen, Abba

13. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Leo Sayer
14. Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet (I cannot abide Jimmy Buffet, ick)
15. Telephone Line, Electric Light Orchestra
16. Whatcha Gonna Do?, Pablo Cruise
17. Do You Wanna Make Love, Peter McCann
18. Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder
19. Hotel California, Eagles (this is a better list than 1995 already, WHOO!)
20. Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1, Marvin Gaye
21. Theme From “Rocky” (Gonna Fly Now), Bill Conti
22. Southern Nights, Glen Campbell
23. Rich Girl, Daryl Hall and John Oates
24. When I Need You, Leo Sayer
25. Hot Line, Sylvers
26. Car Wash, Rose Royce (remember the opening bit on Futurama where Bender went through the Robot Wash singing this song? Yeah, me too)
27. You Don’t Have To Be A Star, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
28. Fly Like An Eagle, Steve Miller Band
29. Don’t Give Up On Us, David Soul
30. On And On, Stephen Bishop
31. Feels Like The First Time, Foreigner
32. Couldn’t Get It Right, Climax Blues Band
33. Easy, Commodores
34. Right Time Of The Night, Jennifer Warnes
35. I’ve Got Love On My Mind, Natalie Cole
36. Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
37. Looks Like We Made It, Barry Manilow
38. So In To You, Atlanta Rhythm Section (I always think this is Bill Withers)
39. Dreams, Fleetwood Mac
40. Enjoy Yourself, Jacksons
41. Dazz, Brick
42. I’m In You, Peter Frampton
43. Lucille, Kenny Rogers
44. The Things We Do For Love, 10cc (always thought this was Hall & Oates)
45. Da Doo Ron Ron, Shaun Cassidy
46. Handy Man, James Taylor (hm, why am I OK with this and not Jimmy Buffet?)
47. Just A Song Before I Go, Crosby, Stills and Nash
48. You And Me, Alice Cooper
49. Slow Dancin’, Johnny Rivers
50. Lonely Boy, Andrew Gold (if I could double strike through this song, I would. hate!)
51. I Wish, Stevie Wonder
52. Don’t Stop, Fleetwood Mac
53. Barracuda, Heart
54. Strawberry Letter 23, Brothers Johnson
55. Night Moves, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
56. You’re My World, Helen Reddy
57. Heard It In A Love Song, Marshall Tucker Band
58. Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas
59. New Kid In Town, Eagles
60. My Heart Belongs To Me, Barbra Streisand
61. After The Lovin’, Engelbert Humperdinck (real name Jerry Dorsey… or maybe Humpledink Slaptyback, according to Eddie Izzard. You should really go watch some Eddie Izzard “Dress to Kill” now and you should probably watch it quietly!)
62. Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band (okay, maybe I just like this song for the Bingo Jed Had a Light On jokes)
63. Stand Tall, Burton Cummings
64. Way Down, Elvis Presley (oh, right, he wasn’t dead yet)
65. Weekend In New England, Barry Manilow
66. It Was Almost Like A Song, Ronnie Milsap
67. Smoke From A Distant Fire, Sanford Townsend Band
68. Cold As Ice, Foreigner
69. Ariel, Dean Friedman
70. Lost Without Your Love, Bread
71. Star Wars Theme-Cantina Band, Meco
72. Float On, Floaters
73. Jeans On, David Dundas
74. Lido Shuffle, Boz Scaggs
75. Keep It Comin’ Love, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
76. You Made Me Believe In Magic, Bay City Rollers
77. Livin’ Thing, Electric Light Orchestra
78. Give A Little Bit, Supertramp
79. That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll, Shaun Cassidy
80. Love So Right, Bee Gees
81. The Rubberband Man, Spinners
82. I Never Cry, Alice Cooper
83. Nobody Does It Better, Carly Simon
84. High School Dance, Sylvers
85. Love’s Grown Deep, Kenny Nolan
86. Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman), Joe Tex
87. I Wanna Get Next To You, Rose Royce
88. Somebody To Love, Queen
89. Muskrat Love, Captain and Tennille (haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
90. Walk This Way, Aerosmith
91. Whispering-Cherchez La Femme-C’est Si Bon, Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
92. Year Of The Cat, Al Stewart
93. Boogie Nights, Heatwave
94. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac (really? Muskrat Love ranked higher than Go Your Own Way???
95. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, Elton John

96. Don’t Worry Baby, B.J. Thomas
97. Knowing Me, Knowing You, Abba
98. How Much Love, Leo Sayer
99. Star Wars (Main Title), London Symphony Orchestra
100. Devil’s Gun, C.J. and Co.

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