June 1977 -- a Chart Full of #1s

Great countdown today from June 1977 -- the more embarrassing and quirky songs from the early part of the 70's are gone, disco is reigning, but with plenty of room for pop, adult contemporary, classic rock, yacht rock, country, country rock, and R&B, mixed and mingled from the bottom to the top of the chart....but

Stevie Wonder plummeted from #1 -- outside of a stretch in late 1973, dropping even to #5 from #1 was very strange, but he was overtaken by 5 songs that would hit #1 (I bet that's a record!)  Still, he was the only multi-week #1 in a stretch of 14 #1 songs!  All in all, 12 songs that had or would hit #1 were on this chart, again, likely a record...6 other songs would hit #1 before Andy Gibb would make it in late July.  And once he did, a mere 9 songs would hit #1 through next May!

Throwbacks from last week's 1970 broadcast: another concurrent charting of two versions of the same song, which Casey again didn't mention -- Theme from Rocky.  Last time it was "I Don't Know How to Love him  by Yvonne Elliman and Helen Reddy, who both happen to chart this week.

So many of these songs are still well known and timeless ("Margaritaville"), that some of the others stand out as especially not aging well:  Undercover Angel (creepy), Ain't Gonna Bump No More, High School Dance (with the super-clunky lyric "We're gonna dance at the high school dance")

And despite its fame and popularity, "Lucille" really sounded odd amidst the other songs in the top 10.

Never heard before (big artists):  Hall & Oates "Back Together Again," Chaka Khan 
First timers:  Pablo Cruise, Andy Gibb, Waylon Jennings, Shaun Cassidy
Last hit: Helen Reddy
Double counted:  the Eagles, for the 2nd time this year

Favorites:  4-star:  Manilow, Gibb, Foreigner, Marshall Tucker, Stevie Wonder, and Abba but the only 5-star missed #1, "My Heart Belongs to Me."

2022 UPDATE:  I heard the chart 2 after this, and "Dreams" had fallen from #1, with Casey noting it was their biggest hit to date.  What he didn't know is that despite dozens more hits as a group and solo that none of them would hit #1 again.  He also didn't know how huge Andy Gibb was going to get...or about his untimely death just a few years later, like with Marvin Gaye.

1 2 I’M YOUR BOOGIE MAN / WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME –•– K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.)-16 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 3 DREAMS –•– Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-9 (2)
3 4 GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Part 1) –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-9 (3)
4 5 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From “Rocky”) –•– Bill Conti (United Artists)-8 (4)
5 9 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME –•– Foreigner (Atlantic)-12 (5)
6 7 LUCILLE –•– Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-12 (6)
7 8 LONELY BOY –•– Andrew Gold (Asylum)-13 (7)
8 11 UNDERCOVER ANGEL –•– Alan O’Day (Pacific)-11 (8)
9 1 SIR DUKE –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-11 (1)
10 6 COULDN’T GET IT RIGHT –•– The Climax Blues Band (Sire)-17 (3)

11 12 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS –•– Hot (Big Tree)-17 (11)
12 14 AIN’T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (With No Big Fat Woman) –•– Joe Tex (Epic)-11 (12)
13 16 JET AIRLINER –•– The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)-7 (13)
14 15 HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG –•– The Marshall Tucker Band (Capricorn)-14 (14)
15 19 LIFE IN THE FAST LANE –•– The Eagles (Asylum)-5 (15)
16 10 WHEN I NEED YOU –•– Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)-16 (1)
17 13 HOTEL CALIFORNIA –•– The Eagles (Asylum)-16 (1)
18 20 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-6 (18)
19 21 MARGARITAVILLE –•– Jimmy Buffett (ABC)-11 (19)
20 33 DA DOO RON RON –•– Shaun Cassidy (Warner Brothers / Curb)-5 (20)

21 23 SLOW DANCIN’ DON’T TURN ME ON –•– The Addrisi Brothers (Buddah)-10 (21)
22 30 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-4 (22)
23 26 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE –•– Peter McCann (20th Century)-8 (23)
24 28 LOVE’S GROWN DEEP –•– Kenny Nolan (20th Century)-11 (24)
25 27 HIGH SCHOOL DANCE –•– The Sylvers (Capitol)-8 (25)
26 32 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING –•– Andy Gibb (RSO)-8 (26)
27 29 ARIEL –•– Dean Friedman (Lifesong)-9 (27)
28 31 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-6 (28)
29 17 HELLO STRANGER –•– Yvonne Elliman (RSO)-13 (15)
30 34 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From “Rocky”) –•– Maynard Ferguson (Columbia)-8 (30)

31 49 I’M IN YOU –•– Peter Frampton (A&M)-3 (31)
32 18 SOUTHERN NIGHTS –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-18 (1)
33 37 HOLLYWOOD –•– Rufus Featuring Chaka Kahn (ABC)-6 (33)
34 35 SLOWDOWN –•– John Miles (London)-12 (34)
35 38 KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU –•– Abba (Atlantic)-5 (35)
36 47 YOU’RE MY WORLD –•– Helen Reddy (Capitol)-7 (36)
37 43 (You’re Love Has Lifted Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER –•– Rita Coolidge (A&M)-6 (37)
38 42 LUCKENBACH, TEXAS (Back To the Basics Of love) –•– Waylon Jennings (RCA)-6 (38)
39 41 WHATCHA GONNA DO –•– Pablo Cruise (A&M)-9 (39)
40 46 YOU AND ME –•– Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers)-7 (40)