August 27, 1977

----- DROPOUTS -----
Sunflower - Glen Campbell ----- 39 / 2
It's A Crazy World - Mac McAnally ----- 37 (2) / 2
Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow ----- 1 (1) / 13    
Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy ----- 1 (1) / 12    


 40 --- Boogie Nights - Heatwave (51)
 39 --- Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon (44)
 38 --- Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band - Meco (43)
27 37 --- My Heart Belongs To Me - Barbra Streisand
38 36 --- Hard Rock Cafe - Carole King
 35 --- It Was Almost Like A Song - Ronnie Milsap (41)
36 34 --- So You Win Again - Hot Chocolate
10 33 --- You Made Me Believe In Magic - Bay City Rollers
32 32 --- Slide - Slave
31 31 --- Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day    

40 30 --- That's Rock 'N' Roll - Shaun Cassidy
34 29 --- Don't Worry Baby - B.J. Thomas
33 28 --- Edge Of The Universe - Bee Gees
29 27 --- Christine Sixteen - KISS
26 26 --- You're My World - Helen Reddy
09 25 --- You And Me - Alice Cooper
30 24 --- Keep It Comin' Love - KC & The Sunshine Band
07 23 --- Do You Wanna Make Love - Peter McCann
24 22 --- Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin') - Johnny Rivers
25 21 --- On And On - Stephen Bishop

22 20 --- Cold As Ice - Foreigner
20 19 --- Black Betty - Ram Jam
18 18 --- Telephone Man - Meri Wilson
19 17 --- How Much Love - Leo Sayer
21 16 --- Star Wars (Main Title) - John Williams
17 15 --- Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
15 14 --- Smoke From A Distant Fire - The Sanford/Townsend Band
16 13 --- Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra
14 12 --- Barracuda - Heart
04 11 --- I'm In You - Peter Frampton

23 10 --- Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
11 09 --- Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
13 08 --- Float On - The Floaters
08 07 --- Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash
06 06 --- Whatcha Gonna Do? - Pablo Cruise
12 05 --- Handy Man - James Taylor
05 04 --- Easy - Commodores
03 03 --- (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher - Rita Coolidge
02 02 --- I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb         
01 01 --- Best Of My Love - The Emotions      


A mixed bag of new acts come in this week. Funk/Disco band Heatwave, Meco and country legend Ronnie Milsap.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 27 August-2 September 1977

01 04 FLOAT ON The Floaters *
02 01 ANGELO Brotherhood Of Man *
03 02 YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES Showaddywaddy
04 -- WAY DOWN Elvis Presley
05 03 I FEEL LOVE Donna Summer ****
06 06 THE CRUNCH The RAH Band
07 08 WE'RE ALL ALONE Rita Coolidge
08 10 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Deniece Williams
09 15 NIGHTS ON BROADWAY Candi Staton
10 14 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon

11 07 MA BAKER Boney M
12 09 SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE The Stranglers
13 05 IT'S YOUR LIFE Smokie
14 12 ROADRUNNER Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
15 11 EASY The Commodores
16 27 MAGIC FLY Space
17 22 TULANE Steve Gibbons Band
18 13 ALL AROUND THE WORLD The Jam
19 29 DO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO The Rods
20 18 FEEL THE NEED The Detroit Emeralds

21 -- DOWN DEEP INSIDE Donna Summer
22 -- OXYGENE IV Jean-Michel Jarre
23 23 DANCIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT Thin Lizzy
24 25 SPANISH STROLL Mink DeVille
25 26 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac
26 16 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate ***
27 -- GARY GILMORE'S EYES The Adverts
28 28 I THINK I'M GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU The Dooleys
29 -- THE SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN Elkie Brooks
30 -- SILVER LADY David Soul

31 33 DREAMER The Jacksons
32 30 DANCIN' EASY Danny Williams
33 31 I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND Yvonne Elliman
34 19 FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN Emerson, Lake + Palmer
35 21 PRETTY VACANT The Sex Pistols
36 37 YOU TAKE MY HEART AWAY De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford
37 -- LET'S CLEAN UP THE GHETTO Philadelphia International All-Stars
38 24 THREE RING CIRCUS Barry Biggs
39 36 IF I HAVE TO GO AWAY Jigsaw
40 -- AMERICAN GIRL Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

-- 17 OH, LORI Alessi
-- 20 EXODUS Bob Marley and the Wailers
-- 32 SLOW DOWN John Miles
-- 34 SAM Olivia Newton-John
-- 35 I KNEW THE BRIDE Dave Edmunds
-- 38 YOUR SONG Billy Paul
-- 39 PEACHES The Stranglers
-- 40 PROVE IT Television


Debuts here for punks The Adverts, and French instrumentalist Jean-Michel Jarre