May 7, 1977

----- DROPOUTS -----
Maybe I'm Amazed - Wings ----- 10 / 11
Old Fashioned Boy (You're The One) - Stallion ----- 37 / 2
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas ----- 11 (2) / 13
Sometimes - Facts Of Life ----- 31 / 4
Dancing Queen - ABBA ----- 1 (1) / 15    
The Things We Do For Love - 10cc ----- 5 (2) / 14


 40 --- Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day (54)
 39 --- Love's Grown Deep - Kenny Nolan (44)
 38 --- Back In The Saddle - Aerosmith (50)
 37 --- Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (41)
38 36 --- Cinderella - Firefall
 35 --- Show You The Way To Go - The Jacksons (42)
39 34 --- My Sweet Lady - John Denver
35 33 --- Cherry Baby - Starz
33 32 --- Uptown Festival (Part 1) - Shalamar
17 31 --- Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born") - Barbra Streisand         

18 30 --- Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates      
 29 --- Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti (58 )
32 28 --- Whodunit - Tavares
30 27 --- Heard It In A Love Song - The Marshall Tucker Band
36 26 --- Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
26 25 --- Dancin' Man - Q
28 24 --- Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex
10 23 --- Tryin' To Love Two - William Bell
25 22 --- Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner
23 21 --- Angel In Your Arms - Hot

22 20 --- Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
24 19 --- Hello Stranger - Yvonne Elliman
20 18 --- Calling Dr. Love - KISS
21 17 --- Lucille - Kenny Rogers
06 16 --- Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul    
16 15 --- Your Love - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
29 14 --- Got To Give It Up (Pt. I) - Marvin Gaye
14 13 --- Can't Stop Dancin' - Captain & Tennille
13 12 --- Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs
15 11 --- I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band

11 10 --- I Wanna Get Next To You - Rose Royce
12 09 --- Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band
05 08 --- I've Got Love On My Mind - Natalie Cole
07 07 --- So In To You - Atlanta Rhythm Section
08 06 --- Right Time Of The Night - Jennifer Warnes
03 05 --- Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston    
09 04 --- Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
01 03 --- Southern Nights - Glen Campbell    
04 02 --- When I Need You - Leo Sayer
02 01 --- Hotel California - Eagles    


Two very successful one-hit wonders enter this week, Alan O'Day and Bill Conti.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 7-13 May 1977

01 03 FREE Deniece Williams *
02 04 SIR DUKE Stevie Wonder
03 02 RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER Billy Ocean
04 13 I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT / THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST Rod Stewart
05 12 WHODUNNIT? The Tavares
06 06 HAVE I THE RIGHT? Dead End Kids
07 01 KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU ABBA *****
08 09 PEARL'S A SINGER Elkie Brooks
09 05 I DON'T WANT TO PUT A HOLD ON YOU Berni Flint
10 20 HOW MUCH LOVE? Leo Sayer

11 19 LONELY BOY Andrew Gold
12 24 AIN'T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (WITH NO BIG FAT WOMAN) Joe Tex
13 22 THE SHUFFLE Van McCoy
14 07 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis
15 21 HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles
16 17 SOLSBURY HILL Peter Gabriel
17 15 GIMME SOME Brendon
18 11 OH, BOY Brotherhood of Man
19 25 A STAR IS BORN (EVERGREEN) Barbra Streisand
20 16 LAY BACK IN THE ARMS OF SOMEONE Smokie

21 27 SMOKE ON THE WATER Deep Purple
22 -- LUCILLE Kenny Rogers
23 38 MAH NA MAH NA Piero Umiliani
24 28 GOOD MORNING, JUDGE 10cc
25 08 GOING IN WITH MY EYES OPEN David Soul
26 31 WHERE IS THE LOVE? Delegation
27 10 SUNNY Boney M
28 14 I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU Rose Royce
29 23 ROCK BOTTOM Lynsey de Paul + Mike Moran
30 -- LET 'EM IN Billy Paul

31 18 WHEN Showaddywaddy
32 -- GOT TO GIVE IT UP Marvin Gaye
33 -- DON'T STOP Fleetwood Mac
34 33 TOGETHER O.C. Smith
35 -- GONNA CAPTURE YOUR HEART Blue
36 29 ANOTHER FUNNY HONEYMOON David Dundas
37 36 YOU'RE MY LIFE Barry Biggs
38 -- COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE? The Detroit Spinners
39 -- TOO HOT TO HANDLE / SLIP YOUR DISC TO THIS Heatwave
40 30 MARQUEE MOON Television

-- 26 SOUND AND VISION David Bowie
-- 32 7,000 DOLLARS AND YOU The Stylistics
-- 34 MOODY BLUE Elvis Presley
-- 35 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell
-- 37 LOVE HIT ME Maxine Nightingale
-- 39 RIO Michael Nesmith
-- 40 CHANSON D'AMOUR Manhattan Transfer ***


The band Blue, making a one-hit wonder here, are of course not connected to the early 2000's boyband of the same name