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FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 1, 1977

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 12/25/76 01/08 →

Billboard printed no chart dated January 1, 1977. Its year-end double issue covers the weeks of 12/25/1976 and 1/1/1977 and carries one Hot 100 for both, so this week is the 12/25 chart standing a second week — every rank and bullet as the archive has it there, with LAST WEEK, 2 WKS AGO and WKS ON CHART moved on by one. Billboard’s own chart history counts the frozen week the same way: the 1/8/1977 issue’s LAST WEEK column points at it, and weeks on chart and weeks at No. 1 both include it.

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
1	1	1	14	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)ROD STEWART	1
2	2	3	17	You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR.	2
3	3	2	17	The Rubberband ManSPINNERS	2
4	4	5	11	You Make Me Feel Like DancingLEO SAYER	4
5	5	6	16	More Than A FeelingBOSTON	5
6	6	7	8	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest WordELTON JOHN	6
7	7	18	5	I WishSTEVIE WONDER	7
8	8	12	11	DazzBRICK	8
9	9	17	11	Car WashROSE ROYCE	9
10	10	11	11	After The Lovin'ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK	10
11	11	15	13	Stand TallBURTON CUMMINGS	11
12	12	14	13	Hot LineSYLVERS	12
13	13	13	21	I Never CryALICE COOPER	13
14	14	16	14	Love MeYVONNE ELLIMAN	14
15	15	19	11	Livin' ThingELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	15
16	16	4	15	Muskrat LoveTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	4
17	17	8	19	Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)BARRY DeVORZON & PERRY BOTKIN JR.	8
18	18	10	13	Nights Are Forever Without YouENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY	10
19	19	22	6	Somebody To LoveQUEEN	19
20	20	48	3	New Kid In TownEAGLES	20
21	21	31	8	Enjoy YourselfTHE JACKSONS	21
22	22	26	6	Lost Without Your LoveBREAD	22
23	23	9	20	You Are The WomanFIREFALL	9
24	24	28	13	Jeans OnDAVID DUNDAS	24
25	25	29	12	Shake Your Rump To The FunkTHE BAR-KAYS	25
26	26	30	7	Saturday NiteEARTH, WIND & FIRE	26
27	27	33	7	This SongGEORGE HARRISON	27
28	28	38	7	Walk This WayAEROSMITH	28
29	29	42	7	Torn Between Two LoversMARY MACGREGOR	29
30	30	35	9	I Like Dreamin'KENNY NOLAN	30
31	31	21	16	Love So RightBEE GEES	3
32	32	40	7	Blinded By The LightMANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND	32
33	33	36	9	Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si BonDR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND	33
34	34	20	14	Love BalladL.T.D.	20
35	35	50	6	Weekend In New EnglandBARRY MANILOW	35
36	36	37	8	MademoiselleSTYX	36
37	37	43	6	Ain't Nothing Like The Real ThingDONNY OSMOND & MARIE OSMOND	37
38	38	39	11	Keep Me Cryin'AL GREEN	38
39	39	41	10	Do What You Want, Be What You AreDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	39
40	40	47	6	Drivin' WheelFOGHAT	40
41	41	23	18	Beth/Detroit Rock CityKISS	7
42	42	46	7	What Can I SayBOZ SCAGGS	42
43	43	54	17	Free BirdLYNYRD SKYNYRD	19
44	44	44	8	Flight '76THE WALTER MURPHY BAND	44
45	45	24	12	Hello Old FriendERIC CLAPTON	24
46	46	56	5	Someone To Lay Down Beside MeLINDA RONSTADT	46
47	47	57	5	I Like To Do ItK.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND	47
48	48	27	21	Disco Duck (Part I)RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS	1
49	49	51	8	It Keeps You Runnin'THE DOOBIE BROTHERS	49
50	50	52	6	Do It To My MindJOHNNY BRISTOL	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	51	61	4	Evergreen (LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN")BARBRA STREISAND	51
52	52	73	3	Fly Like An EagleSTEVE MILLER	52
53	53	63	5	Living Next Door To AliceSMOKIE	53
54	54	64	7	9,999,999 TearsDICKEY LEE	54
55	55	59	6	If Not YouDR. HOOK	55
56	56	67	4	Yesterday's HeroBAY CITY ROLLERS	56
57	57	32	16	Just To Be Close To YouCOMMODORES	7
58	58	34	10	Don't Take Away The MusicTAVARES	34
59	59	71	4	Night MovesBOB SEGER	59
60	60	70	5	You've Got Me Runnin'GENE COTTON	60
61	61	60	10	Baby BoyMARY KAY PLACE	60
62	62	74	3	Hard Luck WomanKISS	62
63	63	68	9	Slow DancingFUNKY KINGS	63
64	64	66	5	St. CharlesJEFFERSON STARSHIP	64
65	65	75	5	Man Smart, Woman SmarterROBERT PALMER	65
66	66	76	4	Dancing QueenABBA	66
67	67	77	4	Save It For A Rainy DaySTEPHEN BISHOP	67
68	68	25	19	The Wreck Of The Edmund FitzgeraldGORDON LIGHTFOOT	2
69	69	53	16	Do You Feel Like We DoPETER FRAMPTON	10
70	70	80	3	Spring Affair/Winter MelodyDONNA SUMMER	70
71	71	49	7	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaTHE BEATLES	49
72	72	82	3	Dreamboat AnnieHEART	72
73	73	83	3	Lucky ManSTARBUCK	73
74	74	78	4	FreeDENIECE WILLIAMS	74
75	75	85	3	Don't Leave Me This WayTHELMA HOUSTON	75
76	76	86	3	HappierPAUL ANKA	76
77	77	79	9	Open Sesame - Part 1KOOL & THE GANG	77
78	78	55	9	Every Face Tells A StoryOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	55
79	79	—	2	Baby, You Look Good To Me TonightJOHN DENVER	79
80	80	84	3	I Can't Ask For Anymore Than YouCLIFF RICHARD	80
81	81	81	21	If You Leave Me NowCHICAGO	1
82	82	—	2	Moody Blue/She Thinks I Still CareELVIS PRESLEY	82
83	83	89	5	CaledoniaROBIN TROWER	83
84	84	88	4	Year Of The CatAL STEWART	84
85	85	87	5	You're My Driving WheelTHE SUPREMES	85
86	86	90	4	Heart On My SleeveBRYAN FERRY	86
87	87	—	2	Carry On Wayward SonKANSAS	87
88	88	—	2	When Love Is NewARTHUR PRYSOCK	88
89	89	—	2	C.B. SavageROD HART	89
90	90	—	2	Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)BRASS CONSTRUCTION	90
91	91	94	4	White BirdDAVID LAFLAMME	91
92	92	69	16	It's A Long Way ThereLITTLE RIVER BAND	28
93	93	—	2	Prisoner (Captured By Your Eyes)L.A. JETS	93
94	94	96	4	Love BugBUMBLE BEE UNLIMITED	94
95	95	—	2	FeelingsWALTER JACKSON	95
96	96	—	2	Hey BabyJ.J. CALE	96
97	97	—	2	Spend Some TimeELVIN BISHOP featuring MICKEY THOMAS	97
98	98	—	2	(She's Just A) Fallen AngelSTARZ	98
99	99	58	7	Baby, I'll Give It To YouSEALS & CROFTS	58
100	100	45	19	The Best Disco In TownTHE RITCHIE FAMILY	17

Bullets and Hot Shot Debuts before 1980 are inferred from the chart's movement, not read off the page: a bullet for a record that is new, back, up on last week, or at last week's rank for the second week running; the Hot Shot Debut is the week's highest new entry. The first Hot 100, 8/4/1958, has none.