January 28, 1978

----- DROPOUTS -----
(You're My) Soul And Inspiration - Donny & Marie ----- 38 / 3
As - Stevie Wonder ----- 36 / 5
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle ----- 2 (3) / 18
Point Of Know Return - Kansas ----- 28 / 6
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt ----- 3 (4) / 16


 40 --- I Love You - Donna Summer (47)
 39 --- The Name Of The Game - ABBA (44)
 38 --- Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie (42)
 37 --- Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson (45)
 36 --- Easy To Love - Leo Sayer (41)
25 35 --- You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) - High Inergy
37 34 --- Happy Anniversary - Little River Band
40 33 --- Theme From Close Encounters - Meco
35 32 --- Lovely Day - Bill Withers
20 31 --- Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch

34 30 --- Ffun - Con Funk Shun
33 29 --- Too Hot Ta Trot - Commodores
32 28 --- Peg - Steely Dan
30 27 --- Long, Long Way From Home - Foreigner
29 26 --- Native New Yorker - Odyssey
13 25 --- Runaround Sue - Leif Garrett
39 24 --- Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" - John Williams
27 23 --- What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd
22 22 --- You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone                       
24 21 --- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda Starring Leroy Gomez

12 20 --- (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again - L.T.D.
21 19 --- Desiree - Neil Diamond
19 18 --- I Go Crazy - Paul Davis
23 17 --- Emotion - Samantha Sang
17 16 --- Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire
18 15 --- Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic
16 14 --- Turn To Stone - Electric Light Orchestra
03 13 --- Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
07 12 --- Hey Deanie - Shaun Cassidy
15 11 --- Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill

14 10 --- (Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
11 09 --- Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
09 08 --- Come Sail Away - Styx
02 07 --- How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees         
08 06 --- We Are The Champions - Queen
06 05 --- Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon
04 04 --- You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
10 03 --- Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
05 02 --- Short People - Randy Newman
01 01 --- Baby Come Back - Player        


This week sees the first solo debut from Jay Ferguson.

R1 SINGLES CHART – 28 January-3 February 1978

01 01 MULL OF KINTYRE / GIRLS' SCHOOL Wings *********
02 02 UPTOWN TOP RANKING Althia & Donna
03 03 LOVE'S UNKIND Donna Summer
04 14 FIGARO Brotherhood Of Man
05 08 NATIVE NEW YORKER Odyssey
06 04 IT'S A HEARTACHE Bonnie Tyler
07 06 DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE? Crystal Gayle
08 17 LOVELY DAY Bill Withers
09 09 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE Chic
10 27 IF I HAD WORDS Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely

11 11 JAMMING / PUNKY REGGAE PARTY Bob Marley and the Wailers
12 05 FLORAL DANCE Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
13 10 LET'S HAVE A QUIET NIGHT IN David Soul
14 26 GALAXY War
15 12 ONLY WOMEN BLEED Julie Covington
16 24 ON FIRE T-Connection
17 21 THE GROOVE LINE Heatwave
18 16 I LOVE YOU Donna Summer
19 15 WHO PAYS THE FERRYMAN? Yannis Markopoulos
20 19 AS TIME GOES BY Dooley Wilson

21 22 FLORAL DANCE Terry Wogan
22 33 SORRY, I’M A LADY Baccara
23 29 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME? The Imperials
24 07 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE? The Bee Gees
25 25 THE MUPPET SHOW MUSIC HALL (E.P.) The Muppets
26 13 I WILL Ruby Winters
27 32 RUN BACK Carl Douglas
28 34 WISHING ON A STAR Rose Royce
29 -- RICH KIDS Rich Kids
30 36 HEARTSONG Gordon Giltrap

31 35 COCOMOTION El Coco
32 18 DADDY COOL The Darts
33 37 MORNING OF OUR LIVES The Modern Lovers
34 -- DRUMMER MAN Tonight
35 -- HOT LEGS / I WAS ONLY JOKING Rod Stewart
36 -- QUIT THIS TOWN Eddie and the Hot Rods
37 20 MY WAY Elvis Presley
38 -- FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Smokie
39 -- MR BLUE SKY Electric Light Orchestra
40 -- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST David Bowie

-- 23 PUT YOUR LOVE IN ME Hot Chocolate
-- 28 EGYPTIAN REGGAE Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
-- 30 BELFAST Boney M
-- 31 LOVE OF MY LIFE The Dooleys
-- 38 HOLLYWOOD Boz Scaggs
-- 39 LAY DOWN, SALLY Eric Clapton
-- 40 JAM, JAM, JAM People’s Choice


One-hit wonders here from Tonight, and short-lived Power Pop supergroup Rich Kids