List of number-one singles of 1977 (Canada)

Debby Boone has the best-performing single in Canada in 1977 with "You Light Up My Life".

RPM was a Canadian music magazine that published the best-performing singles chart in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1977, thirty-seven singles reached number one in Canada. The first number one single was from Rod Stewart, with "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" which reached number one in December 1976, and the last was "How Deep Is Your Love" from the British-Australian trio Bee Gees. Eighteen acts had their first number-one hit in 1977: Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. (both formerly of the 5th Dimension), Leo Sayer, Rose Royce, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Mary MacGregor, David Soul, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, Alan O'Day, Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb, Pablo Cruise, Rita Coolidge, the Electric Light Orchestra, Meco, Debby Boone and Crystal Gayle. Six acts, Leo Sayer, Stevie Wonder, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Shaun Cassidy and KC and the Sunshine Band scored two number-ones each in 1977. No Canadian acts had any number-one song in the chart that year.

The longest-running number-one single of 1977, and also the best-performing single of the year, was Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life", which spent five weeks at number one. Barbra Streisand's "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" and Andy Gibb's "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" stayed at number one for three weeks each that year.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on RPM's Year-End Top 200 Singles of 1977.[1]
Fleetwood Mac had two number-one hits in Canada in 1977 with "Dreams" and "Don't Stop", both from the bestselling album Rumours.
Barbra Streisand spent four weeks at number one with "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)".
Andy Gibb charted his first number-one in Canada with "I Just Want to Be Your Everything".
Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 1 [A] "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart [2]
January 8 "Muskrat Love" Captain & Tennille [3]
January 15 "You Don't Have to Be a Star" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. [4]
January 22 "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" Leo Sayer [5]
January 29 "Hot Line" The Sylvers [6]
February 5 "I Wish" Stevie Wonder [7]
February 12 "Car Wash" Rose Royce [8]
February 19 "Blinded by the Light" Manfred Mann's Earth Band [9]
February 26 "Torn Between Two Lovers" Mary MacGregor [10]
March 5 "New Kid in Town" Eagles [11]
March 12 "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Barbra Streisand [12]
March 19 [13]
March 26 [14]
April 2 "Dancing Queen" ABBA [15]
April 9 [16]
April 16 "The Things We Do for Love" 10cc [17]
April 23 "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul [18]
April 30 "Hotel California" Eagles [19]
May 7 [20]
May 14 "Southern Nights" Glen Campbell [21]
May 21 "When I Need You" Leo Sayer [22]
May 28 [23]
June 4 "I'm Your Boogie Man" KC and the Sunshine Band [24]
June 11 "Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder [25]
June 18 "Dreams" Fleetwood Mac [26]
June 25 "Lucille" Kenny Rogers [27]
July 2 "Mainstreet" Bob Seger [28]
July 9 "Undercover Angel" Alan O'Day [29]
July 16 [30]
July 23 "Da Doo Run Run" Shaun Cassidy [31]
July 30 "I'm in You" Peter Frampton [32]
August 6 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb [33]
August 13 [34]
August 20 [35]
August 27 "Whatcha Gonna Do?" Pablo Cruise [36]
September 3 "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" Rita Coolidge [37]
September 10 "Don't Stop" Fleetwood Mac [38]
September 17 "Handy Man" James Taylor [39]
September 24 [40]
October 1 "Telephone Line" Electric Light Orchestra [41]
October 8 [42]
October 15 "Keep It Comin' Love" KC and the Sunshine Band [43]
October 22 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" Meco [44]
October 29 "That's Rock 'N' Roll" Shaun Cassidy [45]
November 5 "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone [46]
November 12 [47]
November 19 [48]
November 26 [49]
December 3 [50]
December 10 "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle [51]
December 17 [52]
December 24 "How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees [53]
December 31 [54]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Due to a week's break in publication over the 1976/1977 New Year period, the week of January 1 is inferred.

References

  1. ^ "Top 200 singles of '77". RPM. December 31, 1977. p. 14 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  2. ^ "RPM Top Singles: December 25, 1976". RPM – via Library and Archives Canada.
  3. ^ "RPM Top Singles: January 8, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 15. p. 23 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  4. ^ "RPM Top Singles: January 15, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 16. p. 23 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  5. ^ "RPM Top Singles: January 22, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 17. p. 41 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  6. ^ "RPM Top Singles: January 29, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 18. p. 11 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  7. ^ "RPM Top Singles: February 5, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 19. p. 15 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  8. ^ "RPM Top Singles: February 12, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 20. p. 17 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  9. ^ "RPM Top Singles: February 19, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 21. p. 17 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  10. ^ "RPM Top Singles: February 26, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 22. p. 19 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  11. ^ "RPM Top Singles: March 5, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 23. p. 31 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  12. ^ "RPM Top Singles: March 12, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 24. p. 23 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  13. ^ "RPM Top Singles: March 19, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 25. p. 51 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  14. ^ "RPM Too Singles: March 26, 1977". RPM. Vol. 26, no. 26. p. 19 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  15. ^ "RPM Top Singles: April 2, 1977". RPM.
  16. ^ "RPM Top Singles: April 9, 1977". RPM.
  17. ^ "RPM Top Singles: April 16, 1977". RPM.
  18. ^ "RPM Top Singles: April 23, 1977". RPM.
  19. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: April 30, 1977". RPM.
  20. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: May 7, 1977". RPM.
  21. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: May 14, 1977". RPM.
  22. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: April 21, 1977". RPM.
  23. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: May 28, 1977". RPM.
  24. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: June 4, 1977". RPM.
  25. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: June 11, 1977". RPM.
  26. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: June 18, 1977". RPM.
  27. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: June 25, 1977". RPM.
  28. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: July 2, 1977". RPM.
  29. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: July 9, 1977". RPM.
  30. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: July 16, 1977". RPM.
  31. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: July 23, 1977". RPM.
  32. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: July 30, 1977". RPM.
  33. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: August 6, 1977". RPM.
  34. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: August 13, 1977". RPM.
  35. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: August 20, 1977". RPM.
  36. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: August 27, 1977". RPM.
  37. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: September 3, 1977". RPM.
  38. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: September 10, 1977". RPM.
  39. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: September 17, 1977". RPM.
  40. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: September 24, 1977". RPM.
  41. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: October 1, 1977". RPM.
  42. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: October 8, 1977". RPM.
  43. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: October 15, 1977". RPM.
  44. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: October 22, 1977". RPM.
  45. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: October 29, 1977". RPM.
  46. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: November 5, 1977". RPM.
  47. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: November 12, 1977". RPM.
  48. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: November 19, 1977". RPM.
  49. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: November 26, 1977". RPM.
  50. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: December 3, 1977". RPM.
  51. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: December 10, 1977". RPM.
  52. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: December 17, 1977". RPM.
  53. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: December 24, 1977". RPM.
  54. ^ "RPM 100 Singles: December 31, 1977". RPM.