Eurovision Song Contest 1975 and 76/77

After the previous excitement of Brighton last year and the win by Abba, the Eurovision became even more important. This was 1975, and the contest was held in Sweden. The  British entry was The Shadows with Let Me Be The One. A record that did nothing really, although it managed to limp into 9th place.

In Memory 2011 Joesph Brooks

Joesph Brooks was born in 1938, and in 1977 he wrote the song "You Light Up My Life", a song that was a worldwide hit for many different performers. The first to have a hit with this single in 1977 was Debbie Boone. Her version got to No. 1 in the U.S. for ELEVEN weeks, and got to No. 3 in the best selling singles of that year. It was a minor hit in the UK, getting to No. 48.

Brooks won  several big awards for the song including the Grammy for song of the year, and Academy award for best original song and also a  golden globe too.  Boone won the best new artist award and was nominated in the Grammys too.

On May 22nd 2011 Brooks committed suicide rather than face 91 charges including rape, sexual abuse and more.

Favourite UK & US Songs - February 1977

David Bowie, Earth Wind & Fire, Dave Gerrard, Thelma Houston, Eagles and more.

The BBC's Vintage Top 40 Show : 23/7/17 (1977 With Shaun Tilley)

The BBC's Vintage Top 40 Show from Sunday 23rd July 2017. During this hour, Shaun Tilley remembers the official chart from this very day in 1977. Featuring hit singles from Supertramp, The Brotherhood Of Man, http://hits-of-the-70s.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/in-memory-2010-bobby-farrell-from-boney.htmlBoney M, Hot Chocolate, Donna Summer and many more.

 

UK Top 40: 5th March 1977

41 years ago, these were the records gracing the UK Top 40. With music from Heatwave, David Soul, Leo Sayer, Boney M, Kiki Dee, Boston and two versions of one song by Thelma Houston and by Harold Melvin, this is one great chart from 1977! Elvis Presley, Detroit Spinners, Fleetwood Mac, Brotherhood Of Man, Van McCoy and more.

 

Week 35 31-05-2018 1977 Special

Electric Light Orchestra, David Bowie, Earth Wind & Fire, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Leo Sayer and more.

Top 50 UK Singles Chart - 21 May 1977

Teddy Pendergrass, Kc & The Sunshine Band, Electric Light Orchestra, The Jam, The Stranglers and more.

UK Top 40 5 March 1977

Elvis Presley, Detroit Spinners, Fleetwood Mac, Brotherhood Of Man, Van McCoy and more. Welcome to the UK Top 40 for week ending 5th March 1977. Its actually a top 39. I didn't have the new entry at number 34 namely Les Gray (he of 'Mud' fame) called 'Groovy Kind Of Love'. However, the remaining 39 chart hits are here with a few 1960 jingles mixed in. Starting at track 1 will be chart position 40 and ending at track 39 with the chart position 1. In between are hits nobody plays and are by and large seen as obscure hits.

 

Top 40 Years Ago: November 1977

Bee Gees, Elvis Costello, Diana Ross, Mistral, Earth & Fire and more.

GOLDEN HOUR AUGUST 1977

A non-stop playlist featuring the hits that peaked in the UK charts during August 1977 Artists include Brotherhood of Man, Showaddywaddy, The Floaters, Smokie, Rita Coolidge, Deniece Williams. and more...

GREATEST HITS: 1977 vol 2

The Greatest Hits of 1977 (volume 2) features tracks by ABBA, Donna Summer, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, Julie Covington, Tina Charles, Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, Brotherhood of Man, David Soul, Sex Pistols, Tom Robinson Band, and more...

US TOP 40 : 12TH NOVEMBER 1977

Bee Gees, Seals & Crofts, KC And The Sunshine Band, Chicago, Foreigner and more.

 

Disco Action Top 20 - 1 October 1977

Barry White, Odyssey, Fantastic Four, Village People, The Mike Theodore Orchestra and more.

Tom Browne BBC chart countdown Radio One 21st August 1977

Tom Browne BBC chart countdown Radio One 21st August 1977

 

Soundtrack Of A Year: 1977 - Part 2

50 more hits from 1977. This second part includes tracks by Eagles, Rod Stewart, Ruby Winters, Bread, Mary MacGregor, Commodores, Boz Scaggs, Boney M, Leo Sayer, Trammps, Gibson Brothers, Foreigner, Belle Epoque, Alessi, Carly Simon, Chicago, Fleetwood Mac, Flash And The Pan, Meri Wilson, The Spinners, Al Stewart, David Soul, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand, Stephen Bishop, Peter Gabriel, Yvonne Elliman, Bee Gees, Hot Chocolate, Stevie Wonder, 10cc, David Bowie, Delegation, Dana, Little River Band, ABBA, Jacksons, Odyssey, KC & The Sunshine Band, Boston, Mr. Big, Julie Covington, Queen, Elkie Brooks and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

 

Seventies Music Charts: Top Ten Hits from March 1977

Here are the pop charts of the week ending 4th March 1977 (UK).

1.Chanson D'Amour by Manhattan Transfer

This was a number one in UK but did not chart in the US, the group came from New York, and were named  after a 1925 book called "Manhattan Transfer".

Chanson D'Amour was originally a hit in 1958 and 1966 by various artists, but this is the one version that made it a 70s number 1.

70s Music Christmas 1977

The Christmas charts were so important in the 1970s, with not only the prestige of getting a Christmas hit, but a NUMBER One Christmas hit was the icing on the cake, the Christmas Cake.

During this Christmas Season we look at the music of Christmas Day 1977 and highlight those Christmas records to stir the memory of the 70s music.

Having to use a bit of editorial control here to decide what was a Christmas hit, so if it does not match your criteria, apologies.

This chart comes from the 24th December 1977.

No.5

Bing Crosby and White Christmas
The best selling single of all time written by Irvin Berlin who died in 1989.
Played by Bing on his radio show in 1941, and the next year appeared in the film "Holiday Inn", the song got to No.1 in 1942 for eleven weeks, and won a well deserved Academy Award.
Because of damage to the original master recording Bing  re recorded it in 1947.


The film "White Christmas"  in 1954 also had the song sung by Bing Crosby, although the original script called for someone else to sing it. Lucky they changed their minds.

No.1

Paul McCartney and Wings and Mull of Kintyre

 Biggest selling record of all time (At the time) in the UK, "Mull of Kintyre", and the Christmas number one too. It was written about Paul’s Scottish home in Argyll.

This record even outsold some of the Beatles classics, and was non stop on the radio, but not really a hit in the US, who had the flip side "Girls school ".

Hits from the UK Top 40 Singles Chart for the Week Ending 29th January 1977

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Top Ten Singles 1977

Here are the top ten best selling singles in the UK for 1977.

Top Hits of 1977

  

 1 Wings Mull of Kintyre

Article about Paul McCartney

   2 David Soul Don't Give Up On Us
   3 Julie Covington Don't Cry For Me Argentina
   4 Leo Sayer When I Need You  Article about Leo Sayer
   5 David Soul Silver Lady Article about David Soul
   6 Abba Knowing Me Knowing You Article about Abba
   7 Donna Summer I Feel Love Article about Donna Summer 
   8 Elvis Presley Way Down
   9 Hot Chocolate So You Win Again Article about Hot Chocolate
   10 Brotherhood of Man Angelo

UK TOP 40 22-28 MAY 1977

UK TOP 40 SINGLES CHART FOR W/E 28TH MAY 1977 featuring hits from Rod Stewart, The Trammps, 10CC, Marvin Gaye, Boz Scaggs, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Rogers, Barbra Streisand, Bryan Ferry, Elkie Brooks, Andrew Gold, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Heatwave, The Stranglers...