The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (November 2009) List of years in music (Table) … 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 •    1974 • 1975 • 1976 – 1977 – 1978 • 1979 • 1980 •    1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 … Related time period or subjects … 1974 • 1975 • 1976 – 1977 – 1978 • 1979 • 1980 … … 1940s • 1950s • 1960s – 1970s – 1980s • 1990s • 2000s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Events Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI. In this year, the St. Magnus Festival was founded in Orkney by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe began its annual festival based on the music of George Frideric Handel. The soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever was an enormous hit that established the Bee Gees (who had composed most of the tracks) as the most popular artists in the world, and the best-selling artist since the Beatles. Saturday Night Fever also moved disco music into the mainstream, and it dominated the charts for the next few years. 1977 marked the first year since his debut, Empty Sky that Elton John does not release a studio album. Jimmy Buffett's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes is also especially notable in its inclusion of "Margaritaville", the biggest single of his career. This album helped establish Buffett as a popular artist, and earned him much of the rabid fanbase ("Parrotheads") for which he eventually became known. Billy Joel's The Stranger was enormously popular, and includes his hits, "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Just the Way You Are", "Only the Good Die Young", and his beloved medley "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant". Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is the most popular and critically acclaimed LP of the band's career; it is one of the best-selling albums of all time. January 1 - The Clash headline the gala opening of the London music club, The Roxy. January 12 - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is fined 750 pounds for possession of cocaine which was found in his wrecked car on May 19, 1976. Richards was charged an additional 250 pounds for court costs and found "not guilty" of possession of LSD. January 26 Patti Smith falls off the stage while opening for Bob Seger in Tampa, Florida. Smith is rushed to the hospital for 22 stitches to close head lacerations. While recovering, Smith writes her fifth book of poetry, Babel. Fleetwood Mac's original lead guitarist, Peter Green, is committed to a mental hospital in England after firing a pistol at a delivery boy bringing him a royalties check. Alice Cooper enters rehab for his alcoholism, after ten years of drinking a pack of beer a day. January 27 - After releasing only one single for the band, EMI terminates its contract with the Sex Pistols. February 4 - American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary on television with a special hosted by Dick Clark. An "all-star band" made up of Chuck Berry, Seals & Crofts, Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels, Doc Severinsen, Les McCann, Donald Byrd, Chuck Mangione and three members of Booker T and the MGs perform "Roll Over Beethoven." February 14 - The B-52's make their debut at a party in Athens, Georgia February 15 - Sid Vicious replaces Glen Matlock as the bassist for the Sex Pistols. February 27 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police raid Keith Richards' Toronto hotel suite while he is sleeping and seize 22 grams of heroin, 5 grams of cocaine and narcotics paraphernalia. Richards is arrested and charged with possession of heroin with intent to traffic, and possession of cocaine. He is released on $25,000 bail. March 1 - Sara Lowndes Dylan files for divorce from her husband of 11 years, Bob Dylan. March 10 - A&M Records signs the Sex Pistols in a ceremony in front of Buckingham Palace. The contract is terminated on March 16. April 22 - Pink Floyd opened the North American leg of their "Animals" tour in Miami, Florida. April 24 - Several artists, including Joan Baez and Santana, perform at a free concert for the inmates of California's Soledad Prison. April 26 - New York's disco Studio 54 opens. May 7 - Having been postponed from April 2 because of a BBC technicians' strike, the 22nd Eurovision Song Contest finally goes ahead in London's Wembley Conference Centre. France wins with Marie Myriam and the song "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant". May 11 - The Stranglers and support band London start a 10 week national UK tour. June - Founding of the Nikikai Opera Foundation. June 12 - The Supremes performed for the last time together at Drury Lane Theatre in London and officially disbanded. June 22 - Kiss are elected "most popular band in America" by a Gallup poll. July 9 - Donna Summer's hit record "I Feel Love" is released in the UK. It was massively influential in pop music as it was the first hit record ever to have an entirely synthesised backing track and helped propel the use of synthesisers in music greatly, especially in the 1980s. July 24 - Led Zeppelin perform in Oakland at their last ever concert in the United States. August 16 - Elvis Presley is found dead at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. August 17 - Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland for the funeral of Elvis Presley had surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history. September 16 - T.Rex frontman Marc Bolan is killed in an automobile accident. October 20 - A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing songwriter & vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and background vocalist Cassie Gaines. December 14 - Saturday Night Fever appears in theaters, igniting a new popularity for disco music. Luigi Sagrati becomes president of the Unione Musicisti di Roma. Kenny Rogers releases his album "Ten Years of Gold" less than 12 months after scoring his first solo hit, following the break up of his pop/country band, The First Edition. The album features the original versions of his recent solo hits and re-recordings of First Edition classics. The Meters break up The Cars sign a contract with Elektra Records Devo signs a contract with Warner Bros. Midnight Oil sign a contract with CBS Records The Neville Brothers sign a contract with A&M Records The Police sign a contract with A&M Records Van Halen signs a contract with Warner Bros. Van Morrison releases a new album after a three-year absence Luv', a Dutch girl group, is formed Bands formed See Category:Musical groups established in 1977 Bands reformed The Animals Bands disbanded See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1977 Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 10 Leave Home The Ramones - 14 Low David Bowie - 18 An Evening with Diana Ross Diana Ross Live Playing the Fool Gentle Giant Live 20 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Jimmy Buffett - 21 So So Satisfied Ashford & Simpson - 23 Animals Pink Floyd - - Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! Bootsy's Rubber Band - Ask Rufus Rufus - Cheap Trick Cheap Trick - The Last Gunfighter Ballad Johnny Cash - Luxury Liner Emmylou Harris - Queens of Noise The Runaways - February Day Album Artist Notes 4 Rumours Fleetwood Mac - 8 Marquee Moon Television - 9 Tejas ZZ Top - 11 Songs from the Wood Jethro Tull - 18 Damned, Damned, Damned The Damned - 22 White Snake David Coverdale - 25 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel solo debut Sleepwalker The Kinks - Ultravox! Ultravox - - Body Love Klaus Schulze Soundtrack Fingerprince The Residents - Firefly Uriah Heep - Freeways Bachman–Turner Overdrive - (I'm) Stranded The Saints - In Your Mind Bryan Ferry - New Harvest - First Gathering Dolly Parton - Next Journey - On Earth as It Is in Heaven Angel - Sammy Hagar Sammy Hagar - Victim of Romance Michelle Phillips - March Day Album Artist Notes 8 Foreigner Foreigner - 11 Dandy in the Underworld T.Rex - 15 Islands The Band - 17 Works Volume I Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 18 The Idiot Iggy Pop - 21 Let There Be Rock AC/DC Australia Whatever Happened to Slade Slade - - Angel Ohio Players - Commodores Commodores - Every Face Tells a Story Cliff Richard - Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live Jeff Beck and the Jan Hammer Group Live Live! Status Quo Live Malice in Wonderland Paice, Ashton & Lord - Something Magic Procol Harum - Violation Starz - Welcome to My World Elvis Presley Compilation April Day Album Artist Notes 2 Phyllis Hyman Phyllis Hyman - 8 The Clash The Clash - 11 Love You The Beach Boys - 15 Rattus Norvergicus The Stranglers - 23 Sin After Sin Judas Priest - 25 Deceptive Bends 10cc - 29 Lace and Whiskey Alice Cooper - 30 Caught Live + 5 Moody Blues Live + unreleased material, 1969 - Clear Air Turbulence Ian Gillan Band - Even in the Quietest Moments Supertramp - Get It Dave Edmunds - Mirage Klaus Schulze - Moroccan Roll Brand X - Off the Record Sweet - Ol' Waylon Waylon Jennings - Over Peter Hammill - A Period of Transition Van Morrison - May Day Album Artist Notes 4 The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl The Beatles Live 1964-'65 13 I Remember Yesterday Donna Summer - 14 Little Queen Heart - 27 Free Fall Dixie Dregs - 28 I'm in You Peter Frampton - - Barry Manilow Live Barry Manilow Live Book of Dreams Steve Miller Band - Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live Bee Gees Live Indian Summer Poco - Lights Out UFO - Live: P-Funk Earth Tour Parliament - Love for Sale Boney M - Rendezvous Sandy Denny - Sneakin' Suspicion Dr. Feelgood - Star Wars: Original Soundtrack John Williams Soundtrack Time Loves a Hero Little Feat - Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk - Travelin' at the Speed of Thought The O'Jays - June Day Album Artist Notes 3 Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers - 9 Monkey Island The J. Geils Band - 13 American Stars 'n Bars Neil Young - 14 Streisand Superman Barbra Streisand - 17 CSN Crosby, Stills & Nash - 30 Love Gun Kiss - - Blowin' Away Joan Baez - Cat Scratch Fever Ted Nugent - Full House Frankie Miller - I Robot The Alan Parsons Project - JT James Taylor - Live at Last Bette Midler Live Making a Good Thing Better Olivia Newton-John - Now The Tubes - Pure Mania The Vibrators - Quark, Strangeness and Charm Hawkwind - Rock City Riot - July Day Album Artist Notes 7 The Grand Illusion Styx - On Stage Rainbow Live 19 Moody Blue Elvis Presley - 22 Going for the One Yes - My Aim Is True Elvis Costello - 27 Terrapin Station Grateful Dead - - It's a Game Bay City Rollers - Live! In the Air Age Be-Bop Deluxe Live The Rambler Johnny Cash - Simple Things Carole King - Village People Village People mini-album debut The Whole Thing's Started Air Supply - August Day Album Artist Notes 19 Livin' on the Fault Line The Doobie Brothers - 22 Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson - 29 Dizrythmia Split Enz - Lust for Life Iggy Pop - - The Angels The Angels Australia Barry White Sings for Someone You Love Barry White - Beauty on a Back Street Hall & Oates - Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted The Animals - Firing on All Six Lone Star - Foghat Live Foghat Live If Wishes Were Horses Sweeney Todd - In Color Cheap Trick - Nothin' But the Blues Johnny Winter - September Day Album Artist Notes 2 Bad Reputation Thin Lizzy - 7 Twilley Don't Mind Dwight Tilley - 12 Chicago XI Chicago - 16 Baby It's Me Diana Ross - Talking Heads: 77 Talking Heads - 23 Love You Live The Rolling Stones Live No More Heroes The Stranglers - 24 Motörhead Motörhead - 29 The Stranger Billy Joel - 30 New Boots and Panties!! Ian Dury - Ringo the 4th Ringo Starr - - Aja Steely Dan - Blank Generation Richard Hell & The Voidoids - The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats - Enigmatic Ocean Jean-Luc Ponty - A Farewell to Kings Rush - Flowing Rivers Andy Gibb - Foreign Affairs Tom Waits - Hope Klaatu - Musical Chairs Sammy Hagar - Rough Mix Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane - Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt - October Day Album Artist Notes 3 Elvis in Concert Elvis Presley Live, Soundtrack L.A.M.F. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - 9 Send It Ashford & Simpson - 11 Point of Know Return Kansas - 12 Alive II Kiss Live + 5 new studio tracks 14 Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Ultravox - "Heroes" David Bowie - 17 Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd - 21 Bat out of Hell Meat Loaf - Seconds Out Genesis Live 27 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Sex Pistols - 28 Decade Neil Young Compilation News of the World Queen - 31 Once Upon a Time Donna Summer - - The Golden Greats Sweet Compilation Gone to Earth Barclay James Harvest - Here You Come Again Dolly Parton - Little Criminals Randy Newman - Live in Japan The Runaways Live Moonflower Santana - Out of the Blue Electric Light Orchestra - Passage Carpenters - Plastic Letters Blondie - Show Some Emotion Joan Armatrading - Spectres Blue Öyster Cult - Stick to Me Graham Parker and the Rumour - Thunder in My Heart Leo Sayer - Young Loud and Snotty Dead Boys - November Day Album Artist Notes 3 Rock and Roll Machine Triumph - 4 Foot Loose & Fancy Free Rod Stewart - Rocket to Russia The Ramones - 17 Broken Blossom Bette Midler - 18 Livestock Brand X Live This Is the Modern World The Jam - 21 All 'n All Earth, Wind & Fire - 22 Chic Chic - 26 The Best of ZZ Top ZZ Top Compilation - Death of a Ladies' Man Leonard Cohen - Expect No Mercy Nazareth - Greatest Hits, Etc. Paul Simon Compilation Innocent Victim Uriah Heep - Introducing Sparks Sparks - Kill City Iggy Pop & James Williamson - Life on the Line Eddie and the Hot Rods - Race With the Devil Black Oak Arkansas - Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record Rick Wakeman - Rockin' All Over the World Status Quo - Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track Bee Gees et al. Soundtrack The Second Annual Report Throbbing Gristle - Slowhand Eric Clapton - December Day Album Artist Notes 3 I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight Neil Diamond - 6 Running on Empty Jackson Browne - 9 Scouse the Mouse Ringo Starr Children's 12 The Album ABBA - 13 Blue Lights in the Basement Roberta Flack - 28 Suicide Suicide - - The Alice Cooper Show Alice Cooper Live Before and After Science Brian Eno - The Best of Top of the Pops '77 Top of the Poppers Compilation Body Love Vol. 2 Klaus Schulze Soundtrack Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell - Draw the Line Aerosmith - Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome Parliament - Pink Flag Wire - Rick Danko Rick Danko - Taken by Force Scorpions - Waitin' for the Night The Runaways - Anytime…Anywhere - Rita Coolidge Be Seeing You - Dr. Feelgood Black Vinyl Shoes - Shoes Blue Hotel - Fox Boats Against the Current - Eric Carmen Bop-Be - Keith Jarrett The Boys - The Boys Bright Lights and Back Alleys - Smokie British Lions - British Lions (debut) Broken Heart - The Babys BTO Live - Japan Tour (live) - Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bullinamingvase - Roy Harper Bundle of Joy - Freddie Hubbard Byablue - Keith Jarrett Cabretta - Mink DeVille Calling on Youth - The Outsiders Circles in the Stream - Bruce Cockburn - Live Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - John Williams Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno Come in from the Rain - Captain & Tennille Come to Me - Juice Newton and Silver Spur Consequences - Godley & Creme Dark Magus - Miles Davis - Live 1974 Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers Derringer Live - Derringer - Live Eddie Money - Eddie Money Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola Encore - Tangerine Dream Equal Rights - Peter Tosh Face to Face: A Live Recording - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Feelin' Bitchy - Millie Jackson 15 Years On - The Dubliners Forever for Now - April Wine Fountains of Light - Starcastle From Here to Eternity - Giorgio Moroder Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs - Eddie Hazel George Thorogood and the Destroyers - George Thorogood and the Destroyers Goddo - Goddo The Guitar Syndicate - Hank Marvin Halloween - Pulsar Heart of the Congos - The Congos High Class in Borrowed Shoes - Max Webster Home on the Range - Slim Whitman Hurry Sundown - Outlaws I Came to Dance - Nils Lofgren I'm a Man - Bo Diddley In City Dreams - Robin Trower It Feels So Good - The Manhattans Joe Ely - Joe Ely Just a Stone's Throw Away - Valerie Carter Just a Story from America - Elliott Murphy Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers Live - Golden Earring - Live Live: You Get What You Play For - REO Speedwagon Live at the El Mocambo - April Wine Live at Montreux - The Dubliners Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas - Townes Van Zandt - Live 1973 Look to the Rainbow - Al Jarreau Love Storm - Tavares A Maid in Bedlam - John Renbourn Group Majida El Roumi - Majida El Roumi Makin' Magic - Pat Travers Manifest Destiny - The Dictators Marlena - Die Flippers Menagerie - Bill Withers Message Man - Eddy Grant Montreux '77 - Ella Fitzgerald Mr. Mean - Ohio Players Never Letting Go - Phoebe Snow New Horizon - Isaac Hayes Nice to Be Around - Rosemary Clooney A Place in the Sun - Pablo Cruise Playing to an Audience of One - David Soul Prism - Prism Putting It Straight - Pat Travers Ram Jam - Ram Jam Red River Valley - Slim Whitman Reencuentro - José José Regeneration - Roy Orbison Ridin' High - Moxy Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom - Rose Royce Saw Delight - Can Songs of Kristofferson - Kris Kristofferson Space - Space Spiral - Vangelis Storm Force Ten - Steeleye Span Supernature (Cerrone III) - Cerrone Sweet Evil - Derringer Tanz Samba mit Mir - Tony Holiday Tasty - The Shadows To Lefty From Willie - Willie Nelson (Lefty Frizzell covers album) Tormé: A New Album - Mel Tormé Triceratops the 3rd - Triceratops Two Sevens Clash - Culture Unmistakably Lou - Lou Rawls The Visitation - Chrome Visitors - Automatic Man Watercolors - Pat Metheny We Must Believe in Magic - Crystal Gayle When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All - Lou Rawls Young Men Gone West - City Boy Zombie - Fela Kuti Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1977. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Eagles Hotel California 1977 US BB 1 - Mar 1977, Canada 1 - Mar 1977, France 1 - Jun 1977, Grammy in 1977, Switzerland 2 - Jul 1977, OzNet 3, Norway 5 - May 1977, Europe 5 of the 1970s, US BB 6 of 1977, Germany 6 - Jun 1977, TheQ 6, POP 6 of 1977, UK 8 - Apr 1977, Holland 8 - May 1977, Austria 13 - Sep 1977, Belgium 18 of all time, RYM 18 of 1977, Scrobulate 28 of rock, US CashBox 35 of 1977, Poland 38 of all time, Acclaimed 43, Virgin 44, RIAA 46, Rolling Stone 49, 68 in 2FM list, WXPN 73, Party 87 of 2007, Italy 88 of 1977, Germany 317 of the 1970s 2 Donna Summer I Feel Love 1977 UK 1 - Jul 1977, Holland 1 - Aug 1977, France 1 - Sep 1977, Austria 1 - Aug 1977, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1978, Switzerland 2 - Aug 1977, Germany 3 - Aug 1977, Sweden (alt) 5 - Jul 1977, Italy 5 of 1977, US BB 6 - Sep 1977, RYM 7 of 1977, Norway 8 - Nov 1977, Canada 9 - Oct 1977, Australia 17 of 1977, Scrobulate 32 of disco, US CashBox 57 of 1977, Acclaimed 181, Germany 271 of the 1970s, Rolling Stone 411 3 Wings Mull of Kintyre 1977 UK 1 - Nov 1977, Holland 1 - Dec 1977, Austria 1 - Feb 1978, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1978, Germany 1 - Jan 1978, Éire 1 - Dec 1977, Australia 1 for 11 weeks Jul 1978, Norway 2 - Dec 1977, Australia 2 of 1978, South Africa 5 of 1978, Sweden (alt) 14 - Dec 1977, Germany 21 of the 1970s, RYM 28 of 1977, Europe 76 of the 1970s, Italy 97 of 1978 4 Boney M Ma Baker 1977 / / Holland 1 - May 1977, Sweden (alt) 1 - May 1977, France 1 - Jun 1977, Austria 1 - Jun 1977, Switzerland 1 - May 1977, Norway 1 - Jun 1977, Germany 1 - May 1977, UK 2 - Jun 1977, Italy 16 of 1977, Australia 24 of 1977, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1978, Germany 55 of the 1970s, Scrobulate 80 of disco, RYM 101 of 1977 5 Baccara Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 1977 UK 1 - Sep 1977, Holland 1 - Jun 1977, Sweden (alt) 1 - Jul 1977, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1977, Norway 1 - Aug 1977, Germany 1 - Jun 1977, Éire 1 - Nov 1977, France 2 - Jun 1977, Austria 2 - Aug 1977, Germany 31 of the 1970s, Italy 81 of 1978, RYM 123 of 1977 Chronological table of US and UK number one hit singles US number one singles and artist (weeks at number one) UK number one singles and artist (weeks at number one) "Tonight's the Night" - Rod Stewart (7 weeks in 1976 + 1 week in 1977) "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"- Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (1) "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Leo Sayer (1) "I Wish" - Stevie Wonder (1) "Car Wash" - Rose Royce (1) "Torn Between Two Lovers" - Mary MacGregor (2) "Blinded by the Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1) "New Kid in Town" - The Eagles (1) "Love theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" - Barbra Streisand (3) "Rich Girl" - Hall & Oates (2) "Dancing Queen" - ABBA (1) "Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul (1) "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston (1) "Southern Nights" - Glen Campbell (1) " Hotel California" - Eagles (1) "When I Need You" - Leo Sayer (1) "Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder (3) "I'm Your Boogie Man" - KC and the Sunshine Band (1) "Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac (1) "Got to Give It Up" - Marvin Gaye (1) "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) - Bill Conti (1) "Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day (1) "Da Do Ron Ron" - Shaun Cassidy (1) "Looks Like We Made It" - Barry Manilow (1) "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb (4) "Best Of My Love" - The Emotions (5) "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" - Meco (2) "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone (10), best selling single of the year "How Deep Is Your Love" - Bee Gees (2 weeks in 1977 + 1 week in 1978) "When a Child is Born" - Johnny Mathis (1 week in 1976 + 2 weeks in 1977) "Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul (4) "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Julie Covington (1) "When I Need You" - Leo Sayer (3) "Chanson D'Amour" - The Manhattan Transfer (3) "Knowing Me, Knowing You" - ABBA (5) "Free" - Deniece Williams (2) "I Don't Want to Talk About It/The First Cut Is the Deepest" - Rod Stewart (4) "Lucille" - Kenny Rogers (1) "Show You the Way to Go" - The Jacksons (1) "So You Win Again" - Hot Chocolate (3) "I Feel Love" - Donna Summer (4) "Angelo" - Brotherhood of Man (1) "Float On" - Floaters (1) "Way Down" - Elvis Presley (5) "Silver Lady" - David Soul (3) "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" - Baccara (1) "The Name of the Game" - ABBA (4) "Mull Of Kintyre/Girl's School" - Wings, (5 weeks in 1977 + 4 weeks in 1978), best selling single of the year Other significant singles and major hits "After the Lovin'" - Engelbert Humperdinck "Alison" - Elvis Costello "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" - The Carpenters "American Girl" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" - Elvis Costello "Another Night" - The Shadows "Another Star" - Stevie Wonder "Apache - The Shadows (re-release) "April Sun in Cuba" - Dragon "As" - Stevie Wonder "Baby, What A Big Surprise - Chicago "Back Together Again" - Hall & Oates "Barracuda" - Heart "Black Is Black" - La Belle Epoque "Black Betty" - Ram Jam "Blue Bayou" - Linda Ronstadt "Brick House" - Commodores "California" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" - The Carpenters "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas "Cat Scratch Fever" - Ted Nugent "The Chain" - Fleetwood Mac "Christine Sixteen" - Kiss "Closer to the Heart" - Rush "Cold as Ice" - Foreigner "Complete Control" - The Clash "Coyote" - Joni Mitchell "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - Chic "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in its Spotlight)" - Thin Lizzy "Daybreak" - Barry Manilow "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - AC/DC "Disco Inferno" - The Trammps "Do Ya" - Electric Light Orchestra "Don't Believe a Word" - Thin Lizzy "Don't Dictate" - Penetration "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Crystal Gayle "Don't Stop" - Fleetwood Mac "Down to Zero" - Joan Armatrading "Dreamboat Annie" - Heart "Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac "Easy" - Commodores "Egyptian Reggae" - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers "Exodus" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Fanfare for the Common Man" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Father Christmas" - The Kinks "Feel the Need in Me" - The Detroit Emeralds "Feels Like the First Time" - Foreigner "Foreplay/Long Time" - Boston "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" - The Adverts "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" - The Stranglers "Give a Little Bit" - Supertramp "Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac "God Save the Queen" - Sex Pistols "Going for the One" - Yes "Hard Luck Woman" - Kiss "Heard It in a Love Song" - The Marshall Tucker Band "Heaven on the Seventh Floor" - Paul Nicholas "Heroes" - David Bowie "Hey Deanie" - Shaun Cassidy "Holidays in the Sun" - Sex Pistols "I Go Crazy" - Paul Davis "I Like Dreamin'" - Kenny Nolan "I Want You to Want Me" - Cheap Trick "In the City" - The Jam "Isn't She Lovely" - Stevie Wonder/David Parton "It's So Easy (To Fall in Love)" - Linda Ronstadt "Jamming/Punky Reggae Party" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Jet Airliner" - Steve Miller Band "Juke Box Music" - The Kinks "Kill the King" - Rainbow "Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton "Let There Be Rock" - AC/DC "Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs "Life in the Fast Lane" - Eagles "Like a Hurricane" - Neil Young "Lonely Boy" - Andrew Gold "Lookin' After No. 1" - The Boomtown Rats "Love Is the Answer" - Utopia "Lovely Day" - Bill Withers "Magazine Madonna" - Sherbet "Magic Fly" - Space "Mannequin" - Wire "Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffett "Marquee Moon" - Television "Mary of the 4th Form" - The Boomtown Rats "Modern Love" - Peter Gabriel "Motorhead" - Motörhead "My Heart Belongs to Me" - Barbra Streisand "My Kinda Life - Cliff Richard "Native New Yorker" - Odyssey "Neat Neat Neat" - The Damned "No More Heroes" - The Stranglers "Nobody Does It Better" - Carly Simon "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" - X-Ray Spex "Oh Lori" - Alessi Brothers "On the Border" - Al Stewart "One Chord Wonders" - The Adverts "Orgasm Addict" - Buzzcocks "Peace of Mind" - Boston " Peaches/Go Buddy Go" - The Stranglers "Peg" - Steely Dan "Phoenix" - Wishbone Ash "The Pink Parker (EP)" - Graham Parker and The Rumour "Pourin' It All Out" - Graham Parker and The Rumour "Pretty Vacant" - Sex Pistols "Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads "Really Free" - John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett "Remote Control" - The Clash "Right Time of the Night" - Jennifer Warnes "Road Runner" - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band "Rock Bottom" - Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran "Rockaria!" - Electric Light Orchestra "Rockin' All Over the World" - Status Quo "Rose of Cimarron (EP)" - Poco "Runaway" - Bonnie Raitt "Sam" - Olivia Newton-John "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" - Ian Dury "She Did It" - Eric Carmen "She's Not There" - Santana "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" - Ramones "Short People" - Randy Newman "Sleepwalker" - The Kinks "Snuff Rock (EP)" - Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias "Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel "Something Better Change/Straighten Out" - The Stranglers "So Into You" - Atlanta Rhythm Section "Sound and Vision" - David Bowie "Spanish Stroll" - Mink DeVille "Spiral Scratch (EP)" - Buzzcocks "Spot the Pigeon" (EP) - Genesis "Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin')" - Johnny Rivers "Sweet Gene Vincent" - Ian Dury "Swingtown" - Steve Miller Band "Telephone Line" - Electric Light Orchestra "That's Rock and Roll" - Shaun Cassidy "This Is Tomorrow" - Bryan Ferry "Tie Your Mother Down" - Queen "Tryin' to Love Two" - William Bell "2-4-6-8 Motorway" - Tom Robinson Band "Tulane" - Steve Gibbons Band "Uptown Top Ranking" - Althea & Donna "Walk This Way" - Aerosmith "Waiting in Vain" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Watching the Detectives" - Elvis Costello "We Are the Champions" - Queen "We Will Rock You" - Queen "We're All Alone" - Rita Coolidge "What Can I Say" - Boz Scaggs "What's Your Name" - Lynyrd Skynyrd "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" - Cliff Richard "White Punks on Dope" - The Tubes "White Riot" - The Clash "(I'd Go the) Whole Wide World" - Wreckless Eric "Willow" - Joan Armatrading "Wondrous Stories" - Yes "Year of the Cat" - Al Stewart "You Make Loving Fun" - Fleetwood Mac "You're in My Heart" - Rod Stewart "You're My World" - Helen Reddy "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" - Rita Coolidge "Your Own Special Way" - Genesis "Your Song" - Billy Paul Published popular music "After the Lovin'" w. Richie Adams m. Alan Bernstein "Annie" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Brazzle Dazzle Day" w.m. Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn, from the film Pete's Dragon "But the World Goes 'Round" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli in the film New York, New York "Candle on the Water" w.m. Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn, from the film Pete's Dragon "Child In A Universe" w.m. Laura Nyro "Come In From The Rain"     w.m. Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager "Easy Street" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "The Greatest Love of All"     w. Linda Creed m. Michael Masser "Happy Endings" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli, Larry Kert and chorus in the film New York, New York "Here You Come Again"     w.m. Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil "I Don't Need Anything But You" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "It's Not Easy" w.m. Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn, from the film Pete's Dragon "It's the Hard-Knock Life" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Just the Way You Are" w.m. Billy Joel "Little Girls" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "The Love Boat theme song" w.m. Norman Gimbel & Paul Williams "Love Is In The Air"     w.m. George Young & Harry Vanda "Maybe" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Maybe I'm Amazed" w.m. Paul McCartney "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" w.m. Billy Joel "N.Y.C." w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "A New Deal For Christmas" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie " New York, New York"     w.m. Fred Ebb & John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli in the film New York, New York "Nobody Does It Better"     w. Carole Bayer Sager m. Marvin Hamlisch "She's Always a Woman" w.m. Billy Joel "Someone's Waiting for You"      w. Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins m. Sammy Fain from the film The Rescuers "Something Was Missing" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Star Wars-Main Theme" m. John Williams from the Star Wars films "Stayin' Alive"     w.m. Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb "Thank You for the Music"     w.m. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus "There Goes the Ball Game" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli in the film New York, New York "Tomorrow"     w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse, from the musical Annie "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"     w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse, from the musical Annie Punk rock Main article: Punk rock

Perhaps most important is the beginning of what has become known as the punk rock explosion. 1977 was the year of formation of The Avengers, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Crass, Discharge, Fear, The Flesh Eaters, The Germs, The Misfits, 999, The Pagans, Plasmatics, VOM, The Weirdos, and X. 1977 also saw the release of several pivotal albums in the development of punk music. Widely-acknowledged as masterpieces and among the earliest first full-length purely punk albums, The Clash by The Clash, The Damned's Damned, Damned, Damned, the Dead Boys' Young, Loud and Snotty, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F., The Jam's In the City, the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, Richard Hell & the Voidoids' Blank Generation, the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Television's Marquee Moon, and Wire's Pink Flag are usually considered their respective masterpieces, and kick-started punk music as the musical genre it eventually became. The year also saw the release of debut albums by bands often associated with, if not defined as, punk, such as Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True, Motörhead's Motörhead, Suicide's Suicide, and Talking Heads' Talking Heads: 77. It also saw the release of Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, his second record as a solo artist. Classical music Harrison Birtwistle - Silbury Air Enrique Crespo - American Suite No. 1 George Crumb - Star-Child (1977, revised 1979) for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell ringers, and large orchestra Lorenzo Ferrero Arioso Adagio cantabile Romanza seconda Aivlys Bengt Hambraeus - Antiphonie: Cathedral Music for Organ Arvo Pärt - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Karlheinz Stockhausen – Jubiläum Sirius Tōru Takemitsu A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden Water-ways for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, two harps and two vibraphones Alexander Vustin - In Memory of Boris Klyuzner Isang Yun - Concerto for Flute and Small Orchestra Opera Julian Livingston - Twist of Treason Thea Musgrave - Mary, Queen of Scots Donald Sosin - Esther Musical theatre The Act     Broadway production Annie (Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse) - Broadway production I Love My Wife     Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 17 and ran for 857 performances I Love My Wife London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 6 and ran for 401 performances The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway revival Privates on Parade London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on February 17 and ran for 208 performances Side by Side by Sondheim     Broadway production Oliver! (Lionel Bart) - London revival Musical films ABBA: The Movie A Little Night Music New York, New York Pete's Dragon Saturday Night Fever Births January 18 - Richard Archer, British singer (Hard-Fi) January 20 - Melody, Belgian singer January 25 - The-Dream, American singer January 28 Tweety (Next) Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC) February 2 Shakira, Colombian singer and dancer Jessica Wahls, German pop singer February 3 - Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican musician February 4 - Gavin DeGraw, American musician February 8 - Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (Linkin Park) February 11 - Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park, Fort Minor) February 15 - Brooks Wackerman (Bad Religion) February 18 - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter February 20 - Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model March 2 - Chris Martin, British singer (Coldplay) March 3 - Ronan Keating, Irish singer (Boyzone) March 4 - Jason Marsalis, American jazz musician March 6 - Bubba Sparxxx, rapper March 7 - Paul Cattermole, British singer (S Club 7) March 10 Bree Turner, American dancer and actress Colin Murray, British radio disc jockey Matt Rubano, American rock bassist (Taking Back Sunday) March 11 - Jason Greeley, Canadian singer March 15 - Joseph Hahn (Linkin Park) March 16 - Ben Kenney, American rock bassist (Incubus) March 18 - Devin Lima, LFO April 9 - Gerard Way, vocalist (My Chemical Romance) April 23 - John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor and singer May 1 - Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) May 8 - Joe Bonamassa, American musician May 17 Kandi Burruss, African-American R&B singer Lisa Kelly, Irish singer May 31 Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) Joel Ross, British disc jockey June 3 - Yuri Ruley (MxPx) June 5 - Nourhanne, Lebanese singer June 8 - Kanye West, African-American rapper and record producer June 10 - Adam Darski, Polish musician (aka Nergal, Holocausto) June 12 - Kenny Wayne Shepherd, guitarist June 23 - Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter June 28 Mark Stoermer, American rock guitarist (The Killers) Harun Tekin, Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist (Mor ve Ötesi) June 29 - DEALZ, American rapper July 1 - Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer July 12 - Airin Older, American musician July 14 - Gordon Cree, composer July 15 - Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance) July 18 - Tony Fagenson (Eve 6) July 28 - Coby Dick (Papa Roach) July 29 - Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) July 30 - Ian Watkins, vocalist (Lostprophets) August 2 - Dave Farrel, American musician August 10 - Aaron Kamin (The Calling) August 12 - Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer (d. 2010) August 16 - Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor August 17 Claire Richards, British singer (Steps) Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer August 30 - Jens Ludwig, German guitarist August 31 - Craig Nicholls (The Vines) September 1 - Chris Cain, American rock bassist (We Are Scientists) September 2 - Elitsa Todorova, Bulgarian singer-songwriter September 4 Ian Grushka (New Found Glory) Lucie Silvas, English singer September 6 - Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer September 11 Jonny Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay) Ludacris September 13 - Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter September 15 - Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter September 19 - Ioana Maria Lupascu, Romanian pianist September 20 - Namie Amuro, Japanese singer September 23 - Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (murdered) (d. 2008) October 1 - Owen Biddle, rock bass guitarist (The Roots) October 2 - Jeremiah Rangel (Mest) October 13 - Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene) October 16 John Mayer, American musician Chris Knapp, The Ataris Joanne Yeoh, Malaysian violinist October 17 - Nicole Cabell, American operatic soprano October 25 - Yehonathan Gatro, Israeli singer and actor November 1 - Alistair Griffin, British singer and songwriter November 13 Chanel Cole, New Zealand-born singer Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer November 14 - Obie Trice, African-American rapper November 15 - Logan Whitehurst, American one man band November 19 - Justin Young, drummer (Treehouse Union, Neves, freelance) November 20 - Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer November 30 - Steve Aoki, electro house DJ December 1 - Brad Delson (Linkin Park) December 7 - Dominic Howard, drummer (Muse) Deaths January 1 - Michael Mann, violinist, son of Thomas Mann January 21 - Errol Garner, jazz pianist January 23 - Dick Burnett, folk songwriter, 94 February 8 - Eivind Groven, microtonal composer and music theorist February 10 - Grace Williams, composer February 12 - Ernst Mehlich, German-Brazilian conductor and composer February 26 - Bukka White, blues guitarist and singer February 28 - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comic actor and singer May 22 - Hampton Hawes, jazz pianist May 30 - Paul Desmond, jazz saxophonist June 13 - Matthew Garber, former child star of Mary Poppins, 21 (pancreatitis) July 26 - Gena Branscombe, composer and conductor August 16 - Elvis Presley, singer, 42 (Combined drug intoxication) August 19 - Groucho Marx, comedian, actor, singer and performer September 5 - George Barnes, swing jazz guitarist September 13 - Leopold Stokowski, conductor September 16 Marc Bolan, singer-songwriter, 29 (car crash) Maria Callas, operatic soprano, 53 (heart attack) September 30 - Mary Ford, guitarist and vocalist, 53 (diabetes-related) October 13 - Shirley Brickley, the Orlons, 32 (shot) October 14 - Bing Crosby, singer and actor October 20 - Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines, members of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Plane crash) November 5 - Guy Lombardo, violinist and bandleader November 9 - Panagiotis Kapodistrias, actor, script writer November 14 - Richard Addinsell, Warsaw Concerto composer December 5 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer December 25 - Charlie Chaplin, actor and composer December 28 - Sam Brown, jazz guitarist December 30 - St. Louis Jimmy Oden, blues singer date unknown - Jimmy Cooper, hammered dulcimer player Awards Grammy Awards of 1977 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1977 Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Music in 1977