1. I FEEL LOVE - Donna Summer (Casablanca) 6. STAR WARS - Meco (Millennium)
2. I FOUND LOVE/ACCIDENTAL LOVER - Love & Kisses (Casablanca) 7. NATIVE NEW YORKER - Odyssey (RCA)
3. DR. LOVE - First Choice (Salsoul) 8. DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD - Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca)
4. MAGIC BIRD OF FIRE/RUNAWAY - Salsoul Orch. (Salsoul) 9. DANCE DANCE DANCE - Chic (Buddah/Atlantic)
5. DEVIL'S GUN - C.J. & Company (Westbound) 10. DISCO INFERNO/BODY CONTRACT - Trammps (Atlantic)
DISCO 100 1977
11. I DON'T LOVE YOU/YOU CAN'T HIDE/THE MORE I GET - 55. HOLD TIGHT - Vickie Sue Robinson (RCA) THE MORE I WANT - Teddy Pendergrass (Philly Int.) 56. EXPRESS YOURSELF - N.Y. Community Choir (RCA) 12. GET ON THE FUNK TRAIN - Munich Machine (Casablanca) 57. PIPE LINE - Bruce Johnson (Columbia) 13. COCO MOTION/ I'M MAD AS HELL - El Coco (AVI) 58. DANCE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER - Charo (Salsoul) 14. SAN FRANCISCO/HOLLYWOOD/FIRE ISLAND- Village People (Casablanca) 59. RUNNING AWAY - Roy Ayers (Polydor) 15. I CAUGHT YOUR ACT - Hues Corporation (W.B.) 60. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER - Andrea True Connection (Buddah) Donna S61.u I GOTm TO HAVEm YOURe LOVE/FIREr DOWN BELOW - Fantastic 4 (West Bound) 16. I GOTTA KEEP DANCING - Carrie Lucas (Soul Train) 17. UPTOWN FESTIVAL - Shalimar (Soul Train) 62. FREE LOVE - Jean Carn (Philly Int.) 18. DOWN TO LOVE TOWN/6,000,000 MAN - Originals (Soul) 63. BEST OF MY LOVE - Emotions (Columbia) 19. DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Thelma Houston (Tamla) 64. BACK IN LOVE AGAIN - L.T.D. (A&M) 20. SUPERMAN - Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch (TK) 65. DO YOUR DANCE/WISHING ON A STAR - Rose Royce (Whit Field) 21. SWEET DYNAMITE/WHY MUST A GIRL - Claudja Barry (Salsoul) 66. BRICKHOUSE - Commodores (Motown) 22. GOT TO GIVE IT UP - Marvin Gaye (Tamla) 67. TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS - Kraftwerk (Capitol) 23. DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO - T-Connection (TK) 68. DO YOU WANNA GET FUNKY WITH ME - Peter Brown (TK) 24. UP JUMPED THE DEVIL - John Davis & The Monster Orch. (Sam) 69. DEEPER - New Birth (W.B.) 25. N.Y. YOU GOT ME DANCING - Andrea True Conection (Buddah) 70. LOVING YOU, LOSING YOU - Phyllis Hyman (Buddah) 26. COULD HEAVEN EVER BE LIKE THIS - Idris Muhammad (Buddah) 71. FREEDOM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF - Denise La Salle (ABC) 27. SUPER NATURE/GIVE ME LOVE - Cerrone (Cot.) 72. OPEN SESAME - Kool & The Gang (De-Lite) 28. NOW I NEED YOU/RUMOR HAS IT/I LOVE YOU - Donna Summer (Casablanca) 73. FLIP - Jesse Green (Red Bus Import) 29. HIT & RUN - Loleatta Holloway (Gold Mind) 74. DANCIN' (RE-MIX) - Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite) 30. LE SPANK - Le Pamplemousse (AVI) 75. WELCOME TO OUR WORLD - Mass Production (Cot.) 31. IT'S ECSTACY - Barry White (20th Century) 76. WE GOT OUR OWN THING - C.J. & Company (West Bound) 32. I NEED A MAN/LA VIE EN ROSE - Grace Jones (Island) 77. WINGS OF FIRE - Dennis Coffey (West Bound) 78. KING KONG - Love Unlimited Orch. (20th Century) 33. LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME - Brainstorm (Tabu) 79. MAKE IT UP TO ME IN LOVE - Paul Anka & Odia Coates (Epic) 34. AFRICAN QUEENS/QUIET VILLAGE - Ritchie Family (Marlin) 80. MY LOVE IS FREE - Double Exposure (Salsoul) 35. JOURNEY INTO LOVE (Magic Fly) - Kebekelektrik (TK) 81. SPRING RAIN - Silvetti (Salsoul) 36. GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT/LOVE SHOOK - Pattie Brooks (Casablanca) 82. I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN/KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE - K.C. and the Sunshine Band (TK) 37. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY/LET THE MUSIC PLAY - Giorgio (Casablanca) 83. ROCKY (GONNA FLY NOW) - Maynard Ferguson (Columbia) 38. SLOW DOWN - John Miles (London) 84. DISCO LIGHTS - Dexter Wansel (Philly Int.) 39. LOVE IN C MINOR/MIDNIGHT LADY - Cerrone (Cot.) 85. WHERE WILL IT END - Love Committee (Gold Mind) 40. CHOOSING YOU - Lenny Williams (ABC) 86. MAKE IT WITH YOU - Whispers (Soul Train) 41. MUSIC - Montreal Sound (TK) 87. TOUCH ME, TAKE ME - Black Light Orch. (RCA) 42. BLOCK PARTY - Anthony White (Salsoul) 88. YOU'RE MY PEACE OF MIND/LIFE GOES ON - Faith, Hope & Charity (RCA) 43. STUBBORN KIND OF FELLOW - Buffalo Smoke (RCA) 89. ANOTHER STAR/ISN'T SHE LOVELY/SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 44. NOWHERE TO RUN - Dynamic Superiors (Motown) 90. MY CHERIE AMOUR - Soul Train Gang (Soul Train) 45. THE MAGIC IS YOU - John Davis & The Monster Orch. (Sam) 91. YOU'VE GOT MAGIC - Rice & Bean Orch. (TK) 46. MAGIC LOVE/CAN YOU FEEL IT - Michele (West End) 92. THEME FROM BIG TIME - Smokey Robinson (Tamla) 47. SPEAK WELL - Philly U.S.A. (West End) 93. ZODIAC LADY - Roberta Kelly (Casablanca) 48. LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE - Champs Boys Orch. (Vogue Import) 94. CARRY ON, TURN ME ON - Space (U.A.) 49. SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF - Mista Charge 95. 24 HOURS A DAY - Barbara Pennington (U.A.) 50. CATFISH - Four Tops (ABC) 96. KING OF CLUBS - Chocolats' (Salsoul) 51. MOON BOOTS- O.R.S. (Salsoul) 97. LADY LUCK - Ritchie Family (Marlin) 52. EROTIC SOUL - Larry Page Orch. (London) 98. TAIL GATE - 21st Creation (Motown) 53. THE BULL/COSMIC WIND - Mike Theodore Orch. (West Bound) 99. WATCH OUT - Trax (Polydor) 54. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT - Trammps (Atlantic) 100. CITATIONS (BEATLE'S DISCO) - Cafe Creme (EMI Import) DISC-O-LA TOP 20 DISCO ALBUMS OF 1977
1. ONCE UPON A TIME - Donna Summer (Casablanca) 11. VILLAGE PEOPLE (Casablanca) 2. DISCO INFERNO - Trammps (Atlantic) 12. MUNICH MACHINE (Casablanca) 3. I REMEMBER YESTERDAY - Donna Summer (Casablanca) 13. TRAMMPS III - Trammps (Atlantic) 4. LOVE & KISSES (Casablanca) 14. COSMIC WIND - Mike Theodore Orch. (West Bound) 5. TEDDY PENDERGRASS (Philly Int.) 15. PORT FOLIO - Grace Jones (Island) 6. LOVE SHOOK - Pattie Brooks (Casablanca) 16. PHILADELPHIA CLASSICS - Various Artists (Philly Int.) 7. AFRICAN QUEENS - Ritchie Family (Marlin) 17. SWEET DYNAMITE - Claudja Barry (Salsoul) 8. STAR WARS - Meco (Millennium) 18. DISCO CHAMPS - Trammps (Philly Int.) 9. DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD - Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca) 19. DEVIL'S GUN - C. J. & Company (West Bound) 10. LOVE IN C MINOR - Cerrone (Cot.) 20. CHIC (Atlantic)
THE “FASCINATING RHYTHM” TOP 100 OF 1977 WAS COMPILED BY D. J. WORM, DISCOLA USA, 35-13 LENOX DRIVE, FAIR LAWN, NEW JERSEY 07410, (201) 796-5119. NOTE: MOST SELECTIONS ABOVE ARE IN “SUPER-MIX” ORDER FROM NO. 100 UP. SONGS ARE RATED BY LISTENERS RESPONSE AND NOT BY SALES. 1 DREAMS - Fleetwood Mac (W.B.) 6 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (W.B.)
2 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - Debbie Boone (W.B.) 7 DON'T STOP - Fleetwood Mac (W.B.)
3 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - Thelma Houston (Tamla) 8 STAR WARS - Meco (Millennium)
4 BOOGIE NIGHTS - Heat Wave (Epic) 9 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING - Andy Gibb (RSO)
5 BLACK BETTY - Ram Jam (Epic) 10 YOU MAKE LOVIN' FUN - Fleetwood Mac (W.B.)
POP 100 1977
11 THE THINGS WE DID FOR LOVE - 1OCC (Mercury) 56 I'M IN YOU - Peter Frampton (A&M) 12 I FEEL LOVE - Donna Summer (Casablanca) 57 RICH GIRL - Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA) 13 BEST OF MY LOVE - Emotions (Columbia) 58 BRICKHOUSE - Commodores (Motown) 14 HOTEL CALIFORNIA - Eagle (Asylum) 59 BACK IN LOVE AGAIN - L.T.D. (A&M) 15 I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (TK) 60 AIN'T GONNA BUMP NO MORE – Joe Tex (Epic) 16 DA DOO RON RON - Shaun Cassidy (W.B.) 61 HOW MUCH LOVE - Leo Sayer (W.B.) 17 LONELY BOY - Andrew Gold (Asylum) 62 YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGIC - Bay City Rollers (Arista) 18 YOU MAKE ME FEET LIKE DANCING - Leo Sayer (W.B.) 63 STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 - The Bothers Johnson (A&M) 19 YEAR OF THE CAT - Al Stewart (Janus) 64 FLOAT ON - Floaters (ABC) 20 COLD AS ICE - Foreigner (Atlantic) 65 EASY/ZOOM - Commodores (Motown) 21 TELEPHONE LINE - Electric Light Orch. (U.A.) 66 ENJOY YOURSELF - Jacksons (Epic) 22 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Bee Gees (RSO) 67 TURN TO STONE - Electric Light Orch. (U.A.) 23 BLUE BAYOU - Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) 68 LIDO SHUFFLE - Boz Scaggs (Columbia) 24 JET AIRLINER - Steve Miller Band (Capitol) 69 WALK THIS WAY - Aerosmith (Columbia) 25 COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT - Climax Blues Band (Sire) 70 WE WILL ROCK YOU/WE ARE CHAMPIONS - Queen (Electra) 26 GOT TO GIVE IT UP - Marvin Gaye (Tamla) 71 HOTLINE - Sylvers (Capitol) 27 LIVIN' THING - Electric Light Orch. (U.A.) 72 SOUTHERN NIGHTS - Glen Campbell (Capitol) 28 UNDERCOVER ANGEL - Alan O'Day (Pacific) 73 DON'T WORRY BABY - B. J. Thomas (MCA) 29 DAZZ - Brick (Bang) 74 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - Abba (Atlantic) 30 ISN'T IT TIME - Babys (Chrysalis) 75 WHODUNIT - Tavares (Capitol) 31 DANCING QUEEN - Abba (Atlantic) 76 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER - Carly Simon (Electra) 32 LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN" - Barbara Streisand (Col.) 77 DON'T GIVE UP ON US - David Soul (Private Stock) 33 WHEN I NEED YOU - Leo Sayer (W.B) 78 HANDYMAN - James Taylor (Columbia) 34 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis (ABC) 79 MARGARITAVILLE - Jimmy Buffet (ABC) 35 HELP IS ON THE WAY - Little River Band (Capitol) 80 CAR WASH - Rose Royce (MCA) 36 IT'S SO EASY - Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) 81 AFTER THE LOVIN' - Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic) 37 GO YOUR OWN WAY - Fleetwood Mac (W.B.) 82 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT - Barry Manilow (Arista) 38 CARRY ON WAYWARD SUN - Kansas (Kirshner) 83 TRYING TO LOVE TWO - William Bell (Mercury) 39 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME - Foreigner (Atlantic) 84 MOODY BLUE - Elvis Presley (RCA) 40 RUN AROUND SUE - Leif Garrett (Atlantic) 85 HARD LUCK WOMAN - Kit, (Casablanca) 41 NEW KID IN TOWN - Eagles (Asylum) 86 WHATCHA GONNA DO - Pablo Cruise (A&M) 42 WE'RE ALL ALONE - Rita Coolidge (Columbia) 87 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE - Steve Miller Band (Capitol) 43 I LIKE DREAMIN' - Kenny Nolan (20th Century) 88 LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - Bread (Electra) 44 NIGHT MOVES - Bob Seger (Capitol) 89 JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU - Fire Fall (Atlantic) 45 SO INTO YOU - Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor) 90 MAYBE I'M AMAZED - Wings (Capitol) 46 SIR DUKE - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 91 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME - Barbara Streisand (Col.) 47 KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (TK) 92 GIVE A LITTLE BIT - Supertramp (A&M) 48 HIGH ER&HIGHER - Rita Coolidge (Columbia) 93 I WISH - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 49 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED - Peter Frampton (A&M) 94 THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL - Shaun Cassidy (W.B.) 50 GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM ROCKY) - M. Ferguson/B. Conti (Col./U.A.) 95 CAT SCRATCH FEVER - Ted Nugent (Epic) 51 BARRACUDA - Heart (Portrait) 96 SURFIN' USA - Leif Garret (Atlantic) 52 SWINGTOWN -Steve Miller Band (Capitol) 97 RED HOT - Robert Gordon (Private Stock) 53 IT'S ECSTASY - Barry White (20th Century) 98 HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG - Marshall Tucker Band (Capricorn) 54 WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND - Barry Manilow (Arista) 99 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE - Peter McCann (20th Century) 55 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS - Mary MacGregor (Ariola) 100 THE KING IS GONE - Ronnie McDowell (Scorpion) DISC-O-LA TOP 20 POP ALBUMS OF 1977
1 RUMORS - Fleetwood Mac (W.B.) 11 I'M IN YOU - Peter Frampton (A&M) 2 SIMPLE DREAMS - Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) 12 WINGS OVER AMERICA- Wings (Capitol) 3 HOTEL CALIFORNIA - Eagles (Asylum) 13 BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL - Beatles (Capitol) 4 A NEW WORLD RECORD - Electric Light Orch. (U.A.) 14 MOOD Y BLUE - Elvis Presley (RCA) 5 BOOK OF DREAMS - Steve Miller Band (Capitol) 15 OUT OF THE BLUE - Electric Light Orch. (U.A) 6 FOREIGNER (Atlantic) 16 ROCK Y - Sound Track (U.A.) 7 SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 17 A STAR IS BORN - Sound Track (Columbia) 8 STAR WARS - Sound Track (20th Century) 18 BOSTON (Epic) 9 COMMODORES (Motown) 19 ANYTIME ...ANYWHERE - Rita Coolidge (A&M) 10 SHAUN CASSIDY (W.B.) 20 ELVIS IN CONCERT - Elvis Presley (RCA)
THE DISC-O-LA POP 100 OF 1977 WAS COMPILED BY D. J. WORM, DISCOLA USA, 35-13 LENOX DRIVE, FAIR LAWN, NEW JERSEY 07410, (201) 796-5119. THE SONGS LISTED ABOVE ARE RATED BY LISTENERS RESPONSE AND NOT BY SALES.