Monday, December 31, 1979

Top Songs from 1970-1979

Top 100 Songs of the Decade:

1970-1979

These are the top 100 songs from the 1970s according to Dave’s Music Database. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

Check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
2. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
3. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
4. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
5. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
6. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
7. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
8. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
9. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1970)
10. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)

11. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
12. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
13. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
14. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
15. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
16. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
17. Elton John “Your Song” (1970)
18. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
19. Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1979)
20. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)

21. George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” (1970)
22. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
23. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
24. Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
25. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (1973)
26. Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love” (1977)
27. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (1978)
28. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1978)
29. The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971)
30. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973)

31. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
32. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
33. Lynyrd Skynrd “Free Bird” (1973)
34. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
35. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
36. Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1969/1972)
37. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
38. Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (1976)
39. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry” (1974)
40. Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (1979)

41. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (1973)
42. Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions” (1977)
43. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)
44. Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb” (1979)
45. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1976)
46. The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” (1971)
47. Chic “Good Times” (1979)
48. Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (1973)
49. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
50. Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing” (1978)

51. Boston “More Than a Feeling” (1976)
52. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
53. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)
54. Harry Nilsson “Without You” (1971)
55. Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (1970)
56. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972)
57. Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (1974)
58. The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (1970)
59. Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (1979)
60. The Who “Baba O’Riley” (1971)

61. Led Zeppelin “Kashmir” (1975)
62. Aerosmith “Dream On” (1973)
63. Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” (1977)
64. Commodores “Three Times a Lady” (1978)
65. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
66. Billy Joel “Piano Man” (1974)
67. Isaac Hayes “Theme from Shaft” (1971)
68. Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water” (1973)
69. Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (1976)
70. The Kinks “Lola” (1970)

71. Carole King “It’s Too Late” (1971)
72. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
73. Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here” (1975)
74. The Jackson 5 “ABC” (1970)
75. Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975)
76. The Temptations “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” (1972)
77. David Bowie “Changes” (1971)
78. Commodores “Brick House” (1977)
79. Olivia Newton-John “I Honestly Love You” (1974)
80. The Police “Roxanne” (1978)

81. Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street” (1978)
82. The Rolling Stones “Angie” (1973)
83. Pretenders “Brass in Pocket (I’m Special)” (1979)
84. Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
85. T-Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” (1971)
86. Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (1972)
87. Donna Summer “I Feel Love” (1977)
88. The Temptations “Just My Imagination Running Away with Me” (1971)
89. Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975)
90. Three Dog Night “Joy to the World” (1971)

91. Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)
92. Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again (Naturally)” (1972)
93. Free “All Right Now” (1970)
94. The Emotions “Best of My Love” (1977)
95. Billy Joel “Just the Way You Are” (1977)
96. Edwin Starr “War” (1970)
97. Donna Summer “Hot Stuff” (1979)
98. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Old Time Rock and Roll” (1978)
99. Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978)
100. Elton John “Bennie and the Jets” (1974)


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First posted 3/4/2011; last updated 11/27/2022.

Dave's Faves: Top 100 Songs, 1970-1979

Dave’s Faves:
My Top 100 Songs

1970-1979

These are my personal favorite top 100 songs from 1970-1979.

1. Styx “Renegade” (1978)
2. The Police “Message in a Bottle” (1979)
3. Styx “Come Sail Away” (1977)
4. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
5. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
6. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
7. Little River Band “Cool Change” (1979)
8. Styx “Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man)” (1977)
9. Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions” (1977)
10. Styx “Suite Madame Blue” (1975)

11. Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb” (1979)
12. Styx “Babe” (1979)
13. David Bowie “Changes” (1971)
14. Squeeze “Up the Junction” (1979)
15. Eagles “Hotel California” (1977)
16. Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street” (1978)
17. Supertramp “The Logical Song” (1979)
18. Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1978)
19. Eagles “Desperado” (1973)
20. Kenny Rogers “Coward of the County” (1979)

21. Peter Gabriel “Solsbury Hill” (1977)
22. Bing Crosby with David Bowie “Peace on Earth/The Little Drummer Boy” (1977)
23. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
24. Pink Floyd “Mother” (1979)
25. Harry Chapin “Cat’s in the Cradle” (1974)
26. Journey “Feeling That Way” / “Anytime” (1978)
27. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
28. Stevie Wonder “I Believe When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever” (1972)
29. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)
30. Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” (1978)

31. Billy Joel “Piano Man” (1974)
32. Boston “More Than a Feeling” (1976)
33. Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
34. The Boomtown Rats “I Don’t Like Mondays” (1979)
35. Derek and the Dominos “Layla” (1970)
36. Eagles “Take It Easy” (1972)
37. Yes “Roundabout” (1971)
38. The Police “Roxanne” (1978)
39. The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971)
40. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)

41. Lynyrd Skynrd “Free Bird” (1973)
42. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
43. Andrea McCardle “Tomorrow” (1977)
44. Eagles “Heartache Tonight” (1979)
45. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
46. REO Speedwagon “Ridin’ the Storm Out (live)” (1977)
47. John Williams “Star Wars (Main Title)” (1977)
48. Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (1979)
49. Billy Joel “Just the Way You Are” (1977)
50. Little River Band “Lonesome Loser” (1979)

51. Eagles “I Can’t Tell You Why” (1979)
52. Meat Loaf “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (1977)
53. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Turn the Page (live)” (1976)
54. Pink Floyd “Money” (1973)
55. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
56. Aerosmith “Walk This Way” (1976)
57. James Taylor “You’ve Got a Friend” (1971)
58. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
59. Kansas “Carry on Wayward Son” (1976)
60. Elton John “Your Song” (1970)

61. Jimmy Buffett “Margaritaville” (1977)
62. Supertramp “Take the Long Way Home” (1979)
63. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Old Time Rock and Roll” (1978)
64. The Who “Behind Blue Eyes” (1971)
65. Foreigner “Hot Blooded” (1978)
66. Eric Clapton “Wonderful Tonight” (1977)
67. Kansas “Dust in the Wind” (1977)
68. Elvis Costello “Alison” (1977)
69. Golden Earring “Radar Love” (1973)
70. The Alan Parsons Project “Damned if I Do” (1979)

71. Pink Floyd Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (1975)
72. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
73. Bad Company “Shooting Star” (1975)
74. The Kinks “Lola” (1970)
75. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1976)
76. Eric Clapton “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (1975)
77. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
78. Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road” (1975)
79. Rush “The Trees” (1978)
80. Nick Lowe “Cruel to Be Kind” (1979)

81. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
82. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
83. John Denver “Rocky Mountain High” (1972)
84. Aerosmith “Dream On” (1973)
85. Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here” (1975)
86. Rupert Holmes “Escape (The Pina Coloda Song)” (1979)
87. Chicago “25 or 6 to 4” (1970)
88. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (1979)
89. Aerosmith “Sweet Emotion” (1975)
90. Todd Rundgren “Hello It’s Me” (1972)

91. Neil Young “Old Man” (1972)
92. The Alan Parsons Project “Breakdown” (1977)
93. Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)
94. Jethro Tull “Aqualung” (1971)
95. Grateful Dead “Truckin” (1970)
96. Styx “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” (1978)
97. The Doors “Roadhouse Blues” (1970)
98. Led Zeppelin “Kashmir” (1975)
99. Charlie Daniels Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (1979)
100. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)


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First posted 6/28/2022.

Dave’s Faves: #1 Albums in the 1970s

First posted 10/14/2020; updated 10/17/2020.

Dave’s Faves:

#1’s: 1970-1979

These were my personal #1 albums during the 1970s. Check out my #1 albums from other decades here.


1970:

1971:

1972:

1973:

1974:
  • Jan. 5: Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (4 wks)
  • Feb. 2: Bob Dylan & the Band Planet Waves (1 wk)
  • Feb. 9: Styx The Serpent Is Rising (3 wks)
  • Mar. 2: Gram Parsons Grievous Angel (2 wks)
  • Mar. 16: Steely Dan Pretzel Logic (2 wks)
  • Mar. 30: Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal (3 wks)
  • Apr. 20: Eagles On the Border (2 wks)
  • May 4: Lynyrd Skynyd Second Helping (4 wks)
  • June 1: David Bowie Diamond Dogs (2 wks)
  • June 15: Neil Diamond His 12 Greatest Hits (2 wks)
  • June 29: Bad Company Bad Company (5 wks)
  • Aug. 3: The Beach Boys Endless Summer (1 wk)
  • Aug. 10: Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard (5 wks)
  • Sept. 14: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young So Far (4 wks)
  • Oct. 12: The Moody Blues This Is the Moody Blues (4 wks)
  • Nov. 9: Elton John Greatest Hits (3 wks)
  • Nov. 30: Styx Man of Miracles (3 wks)
  • Dec. 21: Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (3 wks)

1975:
  • Jan. 11: Supertramp Crime of the Century (4 wks)
  • Feb. 8: Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (3 wks)
  • Mar. 1: Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (3 wks)
  • Mar. 22: David Bowie Young Americans (2 wks)
  • Apr. 5: Bad Company Straight Shooter (4 wks)
  • May 3: Aerosmith Toys in the Attic (5 wks)
  • June 7: The Rolling Stones Made in the Shade (1 wk)
  • June 14: Eagles One of These Nights (3 wks)
  • July 5: Cat Stevens Greatest Hits (1 wk)
  • July 12: Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (5 wks)
  • Aug. 15: Bob Dylan & the Band The Basement Tapes (2 wks)
  • Aug. 30: Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (4 wks)
  • Sept. 27: Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (4 wks)
  • Oct. 25: The Who By Numbers (1 wk)
  • Nov. 1: John Lennon Shaved Fish (1 wk)
  • Nov. 8: Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years (1 wk)
  • Nov. 15: Patti Smith Horses (1 wk)
  • Nov. 22: Queen A Night at the Opera (3 wks)
  • Dec. 13: America History (1 wk)
  • Dec. 20: Chicago Chicago IX – Greatest Hits (2 wks)

1976:

1977:

1978:

1979:
  • Jan. 20: Queen Jazz (2 wks)
  • Feb. 3: Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-1978 (2 wks)
  • Feb. 17: Olivia Newton-John Totally Hot (4 wks)
  • Mar. 17: Bee Gees Spirits Having Flown (2 wks)
  • Mar. 31: Supertramp Breakfast in America (6 wks)
  • May 12: Squeeze Cool for Cats (3 wks)
  • June 2: Journey Evolution (2 wks)
  • June 16: Van Halen Van Halen II (2 wks)
  • June 30: Various Artists K-Tel: High Energy (4 wks)
  • July 28: The Rolling Stones Time Waits for No One (2 wks)
  • Aug. 11: Various Artists K-Tel: Starlight (4 wks)
  • Sept. 8: Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door (2 wks)
  • Sept. 22: Pat Benatar In the Heat of the Night (1 wk)
  • Sept. 29: Eagles The Long Run (3 wks)
  • Oct. 20: The Police Reggatta de Blanc (2 wks)
  • Nov. 3: Styx Cornerstone (3 wks)
  • Nov. 24: Blondie Eat to the Beat (3 wks)
  • Dec. 15: Various Artists K-Tel: Wings of Sound (2 wks)
  • Dec. 29, 1979: Pink Floyd The Wall (10 weeks)

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1970-1979

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1970-1979

These are the #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1970 to 1979. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

Numbers following the letter codes indicate how many weeks the song spent at #1 on that chart. Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. Also, when “BB” appears in blue it indicates a link to the Stereogum.com series on Billboard #1 songs.

Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here.


1970:

  1. 1/3: B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  2. 1/24: The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  3. 1/24: The Shocking Blue “Venus” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  4. 2/14: Sly & the Family Stone “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  5. 2/28: Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (BB: 6, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  6. 3/21: The Jaggerz “The Rapper” (HR: 2)
  7. 3/28: The Beatles “Let It Be” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  8. 4/4: The Jackson 5 “ABC” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  9. 5/2: Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky” (CB: 2, HR: 2)
  10. 5/9: The Guess Who “American Woman” / “No Sugar Tonight” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  11. 5/23: Tyrone Davis “Turn Back the Hands of Time” (HR: 2)
  12. 5/30: Ray Stevens “Everything Is Beautiful” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  13. 5/30: Simon & Garfunkel “Cecilia” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  14. 6/13: The Beatles “The Long and Winding Road” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  15. 6/27: The Jackson 5 “The Love You Save” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  16. 7/4: Three Dog Night “Mama Told Me Not to Come” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  17. 7/25: Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  18. 7/25: The Temptations “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” (CB: 1)
  19. 7/25: Freda Payne “Band of Gold” (HR: 1)

  20. 8/15: Bread “Make It with You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  21. 8/22: Stevie Wonder “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  22. 8/29: Edwin Starr “War” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  23. 8/29: War with Eric Burdon “Spill the Wine” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  24. 9/12: Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime” (HR: 1)
  25. 9/19: Diana Ross “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  26. 9/19: Clarence Carter “Patches” (CB: 1)
  27. 9/26: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” / “Long As I Can See the Light” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  28. 10/3: Bobby Sherman “Julie, Do You Love Me” (HR: 1)
  29. 10/10: Neil Diamond “Cracklin’ Rosie” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  30. 10/10: Tony Orlando & Dawn “Candida” (CB: 1)
  31. 10/17: The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (BB: 5, CB: 2, HR: 4)
  32. 10/31: Carpenters “We’ve Only Just Begun” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  33. 11/14: R. Dean Taylor “Indiana Wants Me” (CB: 1)
  34. 11/21: The Partridge Family “I Think I Love You” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  35. 12/12: The Miracles “The Tears of a Clown” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  36. 12/19: George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

1971:

  1. 1/9: Tony Orlando & Dawn “Knock Three Times” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 4)
  2. 1/30: Bee Gees “Lonely Days” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  3. 2/6: Lynn Anderson “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  4. 2/13: The Osmonds “One Bad Apple” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  5. 3/6: The Jackson 5 “Mama’s Pearl” (CB: 1)
  6. 3/20: Janis Joplin “Me and Bobby McGee” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  7. 3/20: The Temptations “Just My Imagination Running Away with Me” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  8. 3/27: Tom Jones “She’s a Lady” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  9. 4/3: The Partridge Family “Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  10. 4/10: Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (CB: 1)
  11. 4/17: Three Dog Night “Joy to the World” (BB: 6, CB: 6, HR: 5)

  12. 5/22: The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” (BB: 2, HR: 3)
  13. 5/29: The Jackson 5 “Never Can Say Goodbye” (CB: 1)

  14. 6/5: The Honey Cone “Want Ads” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  15. 6/19: Carole King “It’s Too Late” / “I Feel the Earth Move” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 2)
  16. 6/19: Ringo Starr “It Don’t Come Easy” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  17. 7/17: Paul Revere & the Raiders “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  18. 7/31: James Taylor “You’ve Got a Friend” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  19. 7/31: Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds “Don’t Pull Your Love” (CB: 1)

  20. 8/7: Bee Gees “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 1)
  21. 8/7: Jean Knight “Mr. Big Stuff” (HR: 1)
  22. 8/21: Tommy James “Draggin’ the Line” (HR: 1)
  23. 8/28: John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (CB: 1, HR: 2)

  24. 9/4: Paul & Linda McCartney “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  25. 9/11: Aretha Franklin “Spanish Harlem” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  26. 9/11: Donny Osmond “Go Away Little Girl” (BB: 3, CB: 1)
  27. 9/18: Undisputed Truth “Smiling Faces Sometimes” (CB: 1)
  28. 9/25: Joan Baez “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (HR: 1)

  29. 10/2: Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 1)
  30. 10/9: Carpenters “Superstar” (HR: 1)
  31. 10/16: The Osmonds “Yo-Yo” (HR: 2)
  32. 10/30: Cher “Gypys, Tramps & Thieves” (BBBB:: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  33. 11/6: Isaac Hayes “Theme from Shaft” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  34. 11/20: John Lennon “Imagine” (HR: 1)
  35. 11/27: Sly & the Family Stone “Family Affair” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 2)

  36. 12/11: The Chi-Lites “Have You Seen Her?” (HR: 2)
  37. 12/25: Melanie “Brand New Key” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1)

1972:

  1. 1/1: Don McLean “American Pie” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 5)
  2. 1/1: Michael Jackson “Got to Be There” (CB: 1)

  3. 2/5: Badfinger “Day After Day” (HR: 2)
  4. 2/12: Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (BB: 1, CB: 2)
  5. 2/19: Harry Nilsson “Without You” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  6. 2/26: Climax “Precious and Few” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  7. 3/4: Carpenters “Hurting Each Other” (HR: 1)
  8. 3/18: Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  9. 3/25: America “A Horse with No Name” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  10. 4/15: Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (BB: 6, CB: 4, HR: 5)
  11. 4/15: Michael Jackson “Rockin’ Robin” (CB: 1)

  12. 5/20: The Staple Singers “I’ll Take You There” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  13. 5/20: The Chi-Lites “Oh Girl” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  14. 6/10: Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation “The Candy Man” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  15. 6/17: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show “Sylvia’s Mother” (CB: 1)
  16. 6/24: Neil Diamond “Song Sung Blue” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  17. 6/24: Gallery “Nice to Be with You” (CB: 1)

  18. 7/8: Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  19. 7/8: Billy Preston “Outa-Space” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  20. 7/22: Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose “Too Late to Turn Back Now” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  21. 7/26: Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again Naturally” (BB: 6, CB: 3, HR: 4)
  22. 7/29: Wayne Newton “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” (CB: 1, HR: 2)

  23. 8/26: Looking Glass “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  24. 9/9: The Hollies “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  25. 9/9: Al Green “I’m Still in Love with You” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  26. 9/16: Three Dog Night “Black and White” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  27. 9/16: The O’Jays “Back Stabbers” (CB: 1)
  28. 9/23: Mac Davis “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  29. 10/14: Michael Jackson “Ben” (BB: 1)
  30. 10/14: The Main Ingredient “Everybody Plays the Fool” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  31. 10/21: Chuck Berry “My Ding-a-Ling (live)” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  32. 11/4: The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (CB: 1, HR: 2)
  33. 11/4: Johnny Nash “I Can See Clearly Now” (BB: 4, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  34. 11/11: Elvis Presley “Burning Love” (CB: 1)
  35. 11/25: The Spinners “I’ll Be Around” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  36. 12/2: The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  37. 12/2: Lobo “I’d Love You to Want Me” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  38. 12/9: Helen Reddy “I Am Woman” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  39. 12/16: Billy Paul “Me and Mrs. Jones” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  40. 12/30: Al Green “You Ought to Be with Me” (HR: 1)

1973:

  1. 1/6: Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  2. 1/20: Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  3. 2/3: Elton John “Crocodile Rock” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  4. 2/17: Eric Weissberg with Steve Mandell “Dueling Banjos” (CB: 1, HR: 2)
  5. 2/17: Hurricane Smith “Oh Babe, What Would You Say?” (CB: 1)
  6. 2/24: Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  7. 2/24: The Spinners “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  8. 3/24: The O’Jays “Love Train” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  9. 4/7: Vicki Lawrence “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  10. 4/7: Gladys Knight & the Pips “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  11. 4/14: Four Tops “Ain’t No Woman Like the One I Got” (CB: 1)
  12. 4/21: Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  13. 5/6: War “The Cisco Kid” (HR: 1)
  14. 5/12: Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  15. 5/26: Edgar Winter Group “Frankenstein” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  16. 6/2: Paul McCartney & Wings “My Love” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 5)
  17. 6/30: George Harrison “Give Me Love, Give Me Peace on Earth” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  18. 7/7: Billy Preston “Will It Go Round in Circles” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  19. 7/14: Paul Simon “Kodachrome” (HR: 1)
  20. 7/21: Jim Croce “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  21. 7/21: Three Dog Night “Shambala” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  22. 8/4: Maureen McGovern “The Morning After” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  23. 8/4: Carpenters “Yesterday Once More” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  24. 8/11: Diana Ross “Touch Me in the Morning” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  25. 8/18: Paul McCartney & Wings “Live and Let Die” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  26. 8/25: Stories “Brother Louie” (BB: 2, CB: 1)

  27. 9/1: Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  28. 9/8: Helen Reddy “Delta Dawn” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  29. 9/22: Grand Funk Railroad “We’re an American Band” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  30. 9/29: Paul Simon & the Dixie Hummingbirds “Loves Me Like a Rock” (CB: 1)

  31. 10/5: Cher “Half Breed” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)
  32. 10/12: The Rolling Stones “Angie” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 4)
  33. 10/13: Stevie Wonder “Higher Ground” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  34. 10/20: the Allman Brothers Band “Ramblin’ Man” (CB: 1)
  35. 10/27: Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  36. 11/3: Eddie Kendricks “Keep on Truckin’” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  37. 11/9: Ringo Starr “Photograph” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 3)
  38. 11/17: DeFranco Family “Heartbeat, It’s a Lovebeat” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  39. 11/30: Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)

  40. 12/1: Carpenters “Top of the World” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  41. 12/15: Charlie Rich “The Most Beautiful Girl” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  42. 12/15: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me” (CB: 1)
  43. 12/21: Jim Croce “Time in a Bottle” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)
  44. 12/29: Helen Reddy “Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

1974:

  1. 1/12: Steve Miller Band “The Joker” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  2. 1/18: Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR; 1, RR: 3)
  3. 1/19: Al Wilson “Show and Tell” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  4. 1/26: Ringo Starr “You’re Sixteen” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  5. 2/8: Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 3, RR: 6)
  6. 2/9: Love Unlimited Orchestra “Love’s Theme” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  7. 2/9: Byron MacGregor “Americans” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  8. 3/16: Eddie Kendricks “Boogie Down” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  9. 3/22: Elton John “Bennie and the Jets” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  10. 3/23: John Denver “Sunshine on My Shoulders” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  11. 3/23: David Essex “Rock On” (CB: 1)
  12. 3/23: Cher “Dark Lady” (BB: 1)

  13. 4/5: Blue Swede “Hooked on a Feeling” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  14. 4/19: Grand Funk Railroad “The Loco-Motion” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 4)
  15. 4/20: MFSB with the Three Degrees “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  16. 5/11: The Jackson 5 “Dancing Machine” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  17. 5/11: Three Dog Night “The Show Must Go On” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  18. 5/17: Ray Stevens “The Streak” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 1)
  19. 5/24: Paul McCartney & Wings “Band on the Run” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1, RR: 2)

  20. 6/1: Marvin Hamlisch “The Entertainer” (CB: 1)
  21. 6/7: Gordon Lightfoot “Sundown” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  22. 6/15: Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods “Billy, Don’t Be a Hero” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  23. 6/15: The Stylistics “You Make Me Feel Brand New” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  24. 6/28: The Hues Corporation “Rock the Boat” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 4)

  25. 7/6: William DeVaughn “Be Thankful for What You Got” (HR: 1)
  26. 7/13: George McCrae “Rock Your Baby” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  27. 7/27: John Denver “Annie’s Song” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  28. 8/2: Paper Lace “The Night Chicago Died” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  29. 8/3: Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  30. 8/10: Roberta Flack “Feel Like Makin’ Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  31. 8/23: Paul Anka & Odia Coates “You’re Having My Baby” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 2)
  32. 8/31: Chaka Khan & Rufus “Tell Me Something Good” (CB: 1)

  33. 9/6: Eric Clapton “I Shot the Sheriff” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 1)
  34. 9/13: Olivia Newton-John “I Honestly Love You” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2, RR: 6)
  35. 9/14: Barry White “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  36. 9/28: Andy Kim “Rock Me Gently” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  37. 10/5: Dionne Warwick & the Spinners “Then Came You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  38. 10/12: Billy Preston “Nothing from Nothing” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  39. 10/25: Bachman-Turner Overdrive “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  40. 10/26: Bad Company “Can’t Get Enough” (CB: 1)
  41. 10/26: Carole King “Jazzman” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  42. 11/2: Stevie Wonder “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  43. 11/15: Billy Swan “I Can Help” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  44. 11/16: John Lennon “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  45. 11/22: Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 4)
  46. 11/30: Bobby Vinton “My Melody of Love” (HR: 1)

  47. 12/7: The Three Degrees “When Will I See You Again” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  48. 12/21: Harry Chapin “Cat’s in the Cradle” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  49. 12/21: Helen Reddy “Angie Baby” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  50. 12/30: Elton John “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 1)

1975:

  1. 1/10: Barry Manilow “Mandy” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 4)
  2. 1/11: Barry White “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” (CB: 1)
  3. 1/25: Carpenters “Please Mr. Postman” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  4. 2/1: Neil Sedaka “Laughter in the Rain” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  5. 2/7: The Doobie Brothers “Black Water” (BB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)
  6. 2/8: Stevie Wonder “Boogie on Reggae Woman” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  7. 2/8: The Ohio Players “Fire” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  8. 2/15: Linda Ronstadt “You’re No Good” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  9. 2/21: Olivia Newton-John “Have You Never Been Mellow” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 5)
  10. 2/22: Average White Band “Pick Up the Pieces” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  11. 3/1: Eagles “Best of My Love” (BB: 1)
  12. 3/15: Frankie Valli “My Eyes Adored You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  13. 3/22: LaBelle “Lady Marmalade” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  14. 3/28: Minnie Riperton “Lovin’ You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)

  15. 4/4: Elton John “Philadelphia Freedom” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3, RR: 6)
  16. 4/5: Ringo Starr “No No Song” (CB: 1)
  17. 4/26: B.J. Thomas “Hey Won't You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  18. 5/3: Tony Orlando & Dawn “He Don’t Love You Like I Love You” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  19. 5/10: Ozark Mountain Daredevils “Jackie Blue” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  20. 5/23: America “Sister Golden Hair” (BB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)
  21. 5/24: Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  22. 5/31: Ace “How Long” (CB: 1)
  23. 5/31: Freddy Fender “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  24. 6/6: Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 3, RR: 6)
  25. 6/7: John Denver “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  26. 6/21: Linda Ronstadt “When Will I Be Loved” (CB: 1)

  27. 7/12: Van McCoy “The Hustle” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  28. 7/12: Paul McCartney & Wings “Listen to What the Man Said” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  29. 7/25: Bee Gees “Jive Talkin’” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 5)
  30. 7/26: Eagles “One of These Nights” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  31. 8/2: Olivia Newton-John “Please Mr. Please” (CB: 1)
  32. 8/16: Elton John “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  33. 8/23: KC & the Sunshine Band “Get Down Tonight” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2, RR: 2)
  34. 8/23: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds “Fallin’ in Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)

  35. 9/6: Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  36. 9/19: David Bowie “Fame” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 2)
  37. 9/20: Janis Ian “At Seventeen” (CB: 1)
  38. 9/27: John Denver “I’m Sorry” / “Calypso” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)

  39. 10/4: David Geddes “Run, Joey, Run” (CB: 1)
  40. 10/10: Neil Sedaka “Bad Blood” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  41. 10/18: Dickie Goodman “Mr. Jaws” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  42. 10/31: Elton John “Island Girl” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 3, RR: 3)

  43. 11/1: The Spinners “They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)” (HR: 1)
  44. 11/21: KC & the Sunshine Band “That’s the Way I Like It” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3, RR: 4)
  45. 11/22: Silver Convention “Fly Robin Fly” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  46. 12/19: Barry Manilow “I Write the Songs” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  47. 12/20: The Staple Singers “Let’s Do It Again” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  48. 12/27: Bay City Rollers “Saturday Night” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

1976:

  1. 1/3: C.W. McCall “Convoy” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  2. 1/10: Diana Ross “Do You Know Where You’re Going To?” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  3. 1/23: Paul Simon “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1, RR: 4)
  4. 1/31: The Ohio Players “Love Rollercoaster” (BB: 1)

  5. 2/14: Donna Summer “Love to Love You Baby” (HR: 1)
  6. 2/20: Rhythm Heritage “Theme from S.W.A.T.” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 2)

  7. 3/5: Gary Wright “Dream Weaver” (CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)
  8. 3/6: The Miracles “Love Machine” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  9. 3/13: Eric Carmen “All by Myself” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  10. 3/13: The Four Seasons “December 1963 (Oh What a Night)” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)

  11. 4/3: Captain & Tennille “Lonely Night (Angel Face)” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  12. 4/3: Johnnie Taylor “Disco Lady” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 3, RR: 2)
  13. 4/23: John Sebastian “Welcome Back” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2, RR: 3)
  14. 4/24: Maxine Nightingale “Right Back Where We Started From” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  15. 5/1: Bellamy Brothers “Let Your Love Flow” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  16. 5/8: The Sylvers “Boogie Fever” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  17. 5/14: Paul McCartney & Wings “Silly Love Songs” (BB: 5, CB: 2, HR: 4, RR: 6)
  18. 5/29: Diana Ross “Love Hangover” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)

  19. 6/19: Silver Convention “Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right)” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  20. 6/25: Starland Vocal Band “Afternoon Delight” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 2, RR: 4)

  21. 7/10: The Manhattans “Kiss and Say Goodbye” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  22. 7/24: Andrea True Connection “More, More, More” (HR: 1)
  23. 7/30: Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 5, RR: 7)

  24. 8/28: Paul McCartney & Wings “Let ‘Em In” (CB: 1)

  25. 9/4: Bee Gees “You Should Be Dancing” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  26. 9/11: Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  27. 9/11: KC & the Sunshine Band “Shake Shake Shake Shake Your Booty” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  28. 9/24: Chicago “If You Leave Me Now” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 3)
  29. 9/25: Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band “A Fifth of Beethoven” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  30. 10/2: Boz Scaggs “Lowdown” (CB: 1)
  31. 10/9: Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots “Disco Duck” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  32. 10/15: Steve Miller Band “Rock N’ Me” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)

  33. 11/5: Captain & Tennille “Muskrat Love” (RR: 1)
  34. 11/12: Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (BB: 8, CB: 5, HR: 6, RR: 5)
  35. 11/13: Gordon Lightfoot “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (CB: 1)

  36. 12/17: Leo Sayer “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)

1977:

  1. 1/1: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. “You Don’t Have to Be a Star to Be in My Show” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  2. 1/14: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band “Blinded by the Light” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 4)
  3. 1/15: Rose Royce “Car Wash” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  4. 1/22: Stevie Wonder “I Wish” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  5. 2/4: Eagles “New Kid in Town” (BB: 1, RR: 2)
  6. 2/5: Mary MacGregor “Torn Between Two Lovers” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4, RR: 1)
  7. 2/25: Barbra Streisand “Evergreeen (Love Theme from ‘A Star Is Born’)” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2, RR: 3)

  8. 3/18: Daryl Hall & John Oates “Rich Girl” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2, RR: 2)
  9. 3/26: Abba “Dancing Queen” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  10. 4/1: Eagles “Hotel California” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  11. 4/16: David Soul “Don’t Give Up on Us” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  12. 4/22: Leo Sayer “When I Need You” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 3, RR: 5)
  13. 4/23: Thelma Houston “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (BB: 1)
  14. 4/30: Glen Campbell “Southern Nights” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  15. 5/21: Stevie Wonder “Sir Duke” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  16. 5/27: Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 4)

  17. 6/4: KC & the Sunshine Band “I’m Your Boogie Man” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  18. 6/18: Marvin Gaye “Got to Give It Up” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  19. 6/24: Alan O’Day “Undercover Angel” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 4, RR: 2)
  20. 6/25: Bill Conti “Gonna Fly Now (Theme from ‘Rocky’)” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  21. 7/8: Shaun Cassidy “Da Doo Ron Ron” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  22. 7/15: Peter Frampton “I’m in You” (CB: 1, RR: 2)
  23. 7/23: Barry Manilow “Looks Like We Made It” (BB: 1)
  24. 7/29: Andy Gibb “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 5, RR: 3)

  25. 8/19: The Emotions “Best of My Love” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3, RR: 2)

  26. 9/2: Fleetwood Mac “Don’t Stop” (CB: 1, RR: 3)
  27. 9/10: Rita Coolidge “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher” (CB: 1)
  28. 9/23: Meco “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2, RR: 2)

  29. 10/7: Carly Simon “Nobody Does It Better” (RR: 1)
  30. 10/8: Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (BB: 10, CB: 8, HR: 13, RR: 6)

  31. 11/25: Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love” (BB: 3, CB: 4, RR: 4)

  32. 12/3: Crystal Gayle “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” (CB: 2)
  33. 12/23: Player “Baby Come Back” (BB: 3, CB: 2, RR: 1)

1978:

  1. 1/13: Rod Stewart “You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” (RR: 2)
  2. 1/14: Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions” (HR: 3)
  3. 1/27: Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 6, RR: 6)
  4. 1/28: Randy Newman “Short People” (CB: 1)

  5. 3/4: Andy Gibb “Love Is Thicker Than Water” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  6. 3/10: Bee Gees “Night Fever” (BB: 8, CB: 8, HR; 8, RR: 6)
  7. 3/11: Samantha Sang “Emotion” (CB: 1)

  8. 4/21: Yvonee Elliman “If I Can’t Have You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 2)

  9. 5/5: Paul McCartney & Wings “With a Little Luck” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1, RR: 3)
  10. 5/20: Johnny Mathis with Deniece Williams “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” (BB: 1, HR: 1)
  11. 5/26: Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (BB: 7, CB: 6, HR: 8, RR: 4)

  12. 6/10: Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (BB: 1, HR: 1)
  13. 6/23: Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street” (CB: 2, RR: 4)

  14. 7/21: The Rolling Stones “Miss You” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  15. 7/28: Frankie Valli “Grease” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2, RR: 1)

  16. 8/4: Commodores “Three Times a Lady” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 5, RR: 6)

  17. 9/9: A Taste of Honey “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)
  18. 9/15: Exile “Kiss You All Over” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 3, RR: 5)

  19. 10/20: Nick Gilder “Hot Child in the City” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 4, RR: 1)
  20. 10/27: Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks “Whenever I Call You Friend” (RR: 1)

  21. 11/3: Donna Summer “MacArthur Park” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2, RR: 3)
  22. 11/4: Anne Murray “You Needed Me” (BB: 1)
  23. 11/24: Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 2, RR: 3)

  24. 12/9: Chic “Le Freak” (BB: 6, CB: 7, HR: 7, RR: 2)

1979:

  1. 1/6: Bee Gees “Too Much Heaven” (BB: 2, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  2. 1/25: Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (BB: 4, CB: 5, HR: 5, RR: 6)

  3. 3/9: Bee Gees “Tragedy” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 2, RR: 2)
  4. 3/10: Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  5. 3/23: The Doobie Brothers “What a Fool Believes” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1, RR: 3)

  6. 4/13: Blondie “Heart of Glass” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 2)
  7. 4/14: Frank Mills “Music Box Dancer” (HR: 1)
  8. 4/21: Amii Stewart “Knock on Wood” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  9. 4/27: Peaches & Herb “Reunited” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 4, RR: 4)

  10. 5/25: Donna Summer “Hot Stuff” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 5, RR: 2)

  11. 6/8: Supertramp “The Logical Song” (RR: 1)
  12. 6/9: Bee Gees “Love You Inside Out” (BB: 1)
  13. 6/15: Rickie Lee Jones “Chuck E.’s in Love” (RR: 2)
  14. 6/29: Kenny Rogers “She Believes in Me” (RR: 1)
  15. 6/30: Anita Ward “Ring My Bell” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  16. 7/6: Electric Light Orchestra “Shine a Little Love” (RR: 1)
  17. 7/13: John Stewart “Gold” (RR: 2)
  18. 7/14: Donna Summer “Bad Girls” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 4)
  19. 7/27: Barbra Streisand “The Main Event/Fight” (RR: 1)

  20. 8/3: The Knack “My Sharona” (BB: 6, CB: 6, HR: 5, RR: 3)
  21. 8/11: Chic “Good Times” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  22. 8/24: Earth, Wind & Fire “After the Love Has Gone” (RR: 1)
  23. 8/31: Little River Band “Lonesome Loser” (RR: 3)

  24. 9/15: Robert John “Sad Eyes” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 5)
  25. 9/21: Commodores “Sail On” (CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 3)

  26. 10/12: Herb Alpert “Rise” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 1)
  27. 10/13: Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  28. 10/19: Eagles “Heartache Tonight” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1, RR: 4)

  29. 11/3: M “Pop Muzik” (BB: 1)
  30. 11/16: Styx “Babe” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 2, RR: 3)
  31. 11/17: Commodores “Still” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  32. 11/24: Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3)

  33. 12/7: Rubert Holmes “Escape (The Pina Coloda Song)” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 4, RR: 3)

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First posted 2/25/2021; last updated 3/31/2022.