September 10, 1977

----- DROPOUTS -----
You And Me - Alice Cooper ----- 9 (2) / 13
Do You Wanna Make Love - Peter McCann ----- 5 (2) / 16
Telephone Man - Meri Wilson ----- 18 (2) / 10
I'm In You - Peter Frampton ----- 2 (3) / 13


 40 --- I Believe You - Dorothy Moore (47)
33 39 --- You Made Me Believe In Magic - Bay City Rollers
 38 --- Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent (44)
14 37 --- Whatcha Gonna Do? - Pablo Cruise
 36 --- Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers (42)
39 35 --- The Greatest Love Of All - George Benson
18 34 --- Black Betty - Ram Jam
 33 --- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Peter Frampton (49)
34 32 --- Hard Rock Cafe - Carole King
32 31 --- So You Win Again - Hot Chocolate

38 30 --- Jungle Love - The Steve Miller Band
40 29 --- I Feel Love - Donna Summer
31 28 --- It Was Almost Like A Song - Ronnie Milsap
15 27 --- Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
26 26 --- Edge Of The Universe - Bee Gees
25 25 --- Christine Sixteen - KISS
35 24 --- Way Down - Elvis Presley
29 23 --- Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
30 22 --- Boogie Nights - Heatwave
17 21 --- How Much Love - Leo Sayer

24 20 --- Don't Worry Baby - B.J. Thomas
23 19 --- That's Rock 'N' Roll - Shaun Cassidy
27 18 --- Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band - Meco
20 17 --- Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin') - Johnny Rivers
19 16 --- On And On - Stephen Bishop
21 15 --- Keep It Comin' Love - KC & The Sunshine Band
16 14 --- Cold As Ice - Foreigner
11 13 --- Barracuda - Heart
07 12 --- Just A Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash
13 11 --- Star Wars (Main Title) - John Williams

12 10 --- Smoke From A Distant Fire - The Sanford/Townsend Band
10 09 --- Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra
09 08 --- Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
04 07 --- Easy - Commodores
08 06 --- Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
06 05 --- Float On - The Floaters
05 04 --- Handy Man - James Taylor
02 03 --- I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb         
03 02 --- (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher - Rita Coolidge
01 01 --- Best Of My Love - The Emotions           


Ted Nugent of The Amboy Dukes scores his first and only US Top 40 hit.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 10-16 September 1977

01 01 WAY DOWN Elvis Presley **
02 05 MAGIC FLY Space
03 02 FLOAT ON The Floaters *
04 12 OXYGENE IV Jean-Michel Jarre
05 14 DOWN DEEP INSIDE Donna Summer
06 03 ANGELO Brotherhood Of Man *
07 06 NIGHTS ON BROADWAY Candi Staton
08 10 SILVER LADY David Soul
09 08 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Deniece Williams
10 09 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon

11 24 DO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO The Rods
12 04 YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES Showaddywaddy
13 07 THE CRUNCH The RAH Band
14 15 DANCIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT Thin Lizzy
15 13 TULANE Steve Gibbons Band
16 26 TELEPHONE MAN Meri Wilson
17 28 LOOKING AFTER NUMBER ONE The Boomtown Rats
18 16 WE'RE ALL ALONE Rita Coolidge
19 27 GARY GILMORE'S EYES The Adverts
20 21 SPANISH STROLL Mink DeVille

21 25 THE SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN Elkie Brooks
22 23 I THINK I'M GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU The Dooleys
23 29 I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND Yvonne Elliman
24 19 MA BAKER Boney M
25 30 DREAMER The Jacksons
26 11 I FEEL LOVE Donna Summer ****
27 -- BEST OF MY LOVE The Emotions
28 17 SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE The Stranglers
29 37 GIMME DAT BANANA Black Gorilla
30 -- BLACK IS BLACK La Belle Epoque

31 -- ANOTHER STAR Stevie Wonder
32 22 ROADRUNNER Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
33 36 PIPELINE Bruce Johnston
34 38 LET'S CLEAN UP THE GHETTO Philadelphia International All-Stars
35 34 DOWN THE HALL The Four Seasons
36 18 ALL AROUND THE WORLD The Jam
37 -- BLACK BETTY Ram Jam
38 20 IT'S YOUR LIFE Smokie
39 -- THUNDER IN MY HEART Leo Sayer
40 -- I GOT TO SING The J.A.L.N. Band

-- 31 DANCIN' EASY Danny Williams
-- 32 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac
-- 33 EASY The Commodores
-- 35 YOU TAKE MY HEART AWAY De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford
-- 39 IT'S NOW OR NEVER Elvis Presley
-- 40 IF I HAVE TO GO AWAY Jigsaw


Making their debut are The Emotions, alongside one-hit wonders from Ram Jam, and La Belle Epoque