CASH BOX TOP 100 SINGLES
Week ending December 31, 1977
TW LW 2WK 3WK WKS
1 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
Bee Gees (RSO 882) 1 1 2 15
2 BLUE BAYOU
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45431) 2 4 5 17
3 BABY COME BACK
Player (RSO 879) 6 8 15 14
4 SENTIMENTAL LADY
Bob Welch (Capitol 4479) 5 6 11 13
5 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
Debby Boone (Warner/Curb 8455) 3 3 3 19
6 YOU’RE IN MY HEART (The Final Acclaim)
Rod Stewart (Warner Bros. 8475) 8 11 16 11
7 (Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE
AGAIN
L.T.D. (A&M 1974) 10 15 18 16
8 SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY
Paul Simon (Columbia 10630) 12 18 22 12
9 HERE YOU COME AGAIN
Dolly Parton (RCA 11123) 15 19 21 13
10 SHORT PEOPLE
Randy Newman (Warner Bros. 8492) 13 20 26 8
11 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Queen (Elektra 45441) 16 21 25 11
12 COME SAIL AWAY
Styx (A&M 1977) 14 17 19 17
13 IT’S SO EASY
Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45438) 11 9 10 13
14 YOU CAN’T TURN ME OFF (In The Middle Of
Turning Me On)
High Inergy (Gordy 7155) 17 24 29 11
15 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
Billy Joel (Columbia 10646) 21 33 39 8
16 DON’T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE
Crystal Gayle (United Artists 1016) 4 2 1 22
17 YOU MAKE LOVING FUN
Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros. 8483) 7 7 9 12
18 WE’RE ALL ALONE
Rita Coolidge (A&M 1965) 9 5 6 17
19 POINT OF KNOW RETURN
Kansas (Kirshner 4273) 22 25 27 9
20 TURN TO STONE
Electric Light Orchestra (Jet 1099) 25 29 32 7
21 THE WAY I FEEL TONIGHT
Bay City Rollers (Arista 0272) 23 26 28 13
22 RUNAROUND SUE
Leif Garrett (Atlantic 3440) 24 27 30 9
23 DESIREE
Neil Diamond (Columbia 10657) 28 36 45 6
24 HEY DEANIE
Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb 8488) 27 30 35 8
25 (Love Is) THICKER THAN WATER
Andy Gibb (RSO 883) 29 32 37 9
26 EMOTION
Samantha Sang (Private Stock 45,178) 30 34 40 8
27 DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD
Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca 902) 31 35 43 9
28 SERPENTINE FIRE
Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 10625) 32 37 38 9
29 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH
Dan Hill (20th Century 2355) 35 44 60 6
30 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah,
Yowsah)
Chic (Atlantic 3435) 34 41 51 11
31 GIRLS’ SCHOOL / MULL OF KINTYRE
Wings (Capitol 4504) 33 38 41 7
32 STAYIN’ ALIVE
Bee Gees (RSO 885) 40 50 72 4
33 NATIVE NEW YORKER
Odyssey (RCA 11129) 37 42 47 8
34 GETTIN’ READY FOR LOVE
Diana Ross (Motown 1427) 38 43 46 10
35 IF YOU’RE NOT BACK IN LOVE BY MONDAY
Millie Jackson (Spring 175) 36 46 49 7
36 WHAT’S YOUR NAME
Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA 40819) 42 51 62 6
37 PEG
Steely Dan (ABC 12320) 41 49 58 6
38 LOVELY DAY
Bill Withers (Columbia 10627) 43 52 57 7
39 HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR
Paul Nicholas (RSO 878) 18 10 7 21
40 ISN’T IT TIME
Babys (Chrysalis 2173) 20 14 8 14
41 SWINGTOWN
Steve Miller Band (Capitol 4496) 19 13 13 12
42 HOW CAN I LEAVE YOU AGAIN
John Denver (RCA 11036) 47 57 65 7
43 YOUR SMILING FACE
James Taylor (Columbia 10602) 26 12 12 14
44 I GO CRAZY
Paul Davis (Bang 733) 45 22 23 19
45 CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY
CRAFT
Carpenters (A&M 1978) 39 28 24 15
46 BABY, WHAT A BIG SURPRISE
Chicago (Columbia 10620) 44 16 4 15
47 I LOVE YOU
Donna Summer (Casablanca 907) 60 71 82 4
48 STREET CORNER SERENADE
Wet Willie (Epic 50478) 56 65 75 5
49 (You’re My) SOUL AND INSPIRATION
Donny & Marie Osmond (Polydor 14439) 54 63 73 7
50 FFUN
Con Funk Shun (Mercury 73959) 65 75 85 4
51 LONG, LONG WAY FROM HOME
Foreigner (Atlantic 3439) 57 67 77 4
52 HEAVEN’S JUST A SIN AWAY
Kendalls (Ovation 1103) 55 59 63 12
53 MIND BENDER
Stillwater (Capricorn 0280) 58 64 70 9
54 SEND IN THE CLOWNS
Judy Collins (Elektra 45253) 51 48 50 24
55 SHE’S NOT THERE
Santana (Columbia 10616) 46 23 20 14
56 MY WAY
Elvis Presley (RCA 11165) 48 31 31 8
57 BLOAT ON FEATURING THE BLOATERS
Cheech & Chong (Ode 50471) 50 47 48 8
58 TRIED TO LOVE
Peter Frampton (A&M 1988) 61 68 74 5
59 FALLING
LeBlanc & Carr (Big Tree 16100) 64 72 78 11
60 BREAKDOWN
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
(Shelter 62008) 67 80 87 5
61 THEME FROM “CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE
THIRD KIND”
John Williams (Arista 0300) 76 -- -- 2
62 THUNDER ISLAND
Jay Ferguson (Asylum 45444) 72 86 -- 3
63 WE JUST DISAGREE
Dave Mason (Columbia 10575) 52 40 36 18
64 BOOGIE NIGHTS
Heatwave (Epic 50370) 49 39 14 26
65 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER
Carly Simon (Elektra 45413) 59 56 33 24
66 DON’T LET IT SHOW
Alan Parsons Project (Arista 0288) 71 78 81 6
67 EASY TO LOVE
Leo Sayer (Warner Bros. 8502) 74 84 90 4
68 CURIOUS MIND (Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um)
Johnny Rivers (Big Tree 16106) 78 88 -- 3
69 THEME FROM CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Meco (Millennium 608) 79 -- -- 2
70 REACH FOR IT
George Duke (Epic 50463) 75 83 89 5
71 WAS DOG A DOUGHNUT
Cat Stevens (A&M 1971) 68 74 79 7
72 DON’T LET THE FLAME BURN OUT
Jackie DeShannon (Amherst 725) 70 73 76 10
73 STONE COLD SOBER
Crawler (Epic 50442) 62 62 68 14
74 OOH BOY
Rose Royce (Whitfield 8491) 84 93 93 5
75 NEVER MY LOVE
Addrisi Brothers (Buddah 587) 77 82 84 6
76 SWEET MUSIC MAN
Kenny Rogers (United Artists 1095) 83 89 -- 3
77 THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS
Al Martino (Capitol 4508) 85 87 91 5
78 JACK AND JILL
Raydio (Arista 0283) 87 -- -- 2
79 TOO HOT TA TROT
Commodores (Motown 1432) 88 98 -- 3
80 THE NAME OF THE GAME
Abba (Atlantic 3449) 86 -- -- 2
81 GOODBYE GIRL
David Gates (Elektra 45450) 81 90 100 4
82 TAKE ME TO THE KAPTIN
Prism (Ariola America 7678) 90 -- -- 2
83 ALWAYS AND FOREVER
Heatwave (Epic 50490) 92 -- -- 2
84 LAY DOWN SALLY
Eric Clapton (RSO 886) -- -- -- 1
85 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Little River Band (Harvest 4524) 95 100 -- 3
86 WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME
KC & Sunshine Band (T.K. 1022) 80 85 86 6
87 YOU MAKE ME CRAZY
Sammy Hagar (Capitol 4502) 89 92 95 5
88 BELLE
Al Green (Hi 77505) 91 -- -- 2
89 SOMEBODY’S GOTTA WIN, SOMEBODY’S GOTTA
LOSE
Controllers (Juana 3414) 93 -- -- 2
90 THE LONELIEST MAN ON THE MOON
David Castle (Parachute 505) -- -- -- 1
91 UNTIL NOW
Bobby Arvon (First Artists 41000) 96 97 99 4
92 IF IT DON’T FIT, DON’T FORCE IT
Kellee Patterson (Shady Brook 1041) 94 94 96 4
93 COCOMOTION
El Coco (AVI 147) 99 -- -- 2
94 25TH OF LAST DECEMBER
Roberta Flack (Atlantic 3441) 98 99 -- 3
95 GOD ONLY KNOWS
Marilyn Scott (Big Tree 16105) 100 -- -- 2
96 SECOND AVENUE
Tim Moore (Asylum 45427) 97 96 98 17
97 CRAZY ON YOU
Heart (Mushroom 7021) -- -- -- 15
98 AIN’T GONNA’ HURT NOBODY
Brick (Bang 735) -- -- -- 1
99 COME GO WITH ME
Pockets (Columbia 10632) -- -- -- 1
100 GALAXY
War (MCA 40820) -- -- -- 1