The American Top 40 replay on the 70’s on 7 is back after three weeks of specials- two weeks being the countdown of the best of 1970 and last week the top 50 of the 70’s. Glad its back to the weekly countdown. This week is the week of January 7, 1978- right in my wheelhouse as far as -back then I was a regular Top 40 radio listener. Can’t believe this was 41 years ago. Many great songs on this weeks countdown and a number of terrible stuff but the good outweighs the bad.
1 1 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE –•– Bee Gees (RSO) -16 (3 weeks at #1) (1) A+
2 6 BABY COME BACK –•– Player (RSO) -15 (2) B-
3 3 BLUE BAYOU –•– Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) -18 (3) A
4 4 (Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN –•– L.T.D. (A&M) -13 (4) A
5 8 HERE YOU COME AGAIN –•– Dolly Parton (RCA) -13 (5) B
6 2 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE –•– Debby Boone (Warner Brothers / Curb) -19 (1) F
7 10 SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY –•– Paul Simon (Columbia) -13 (7) A
8 9 SENTIMENTAL LADY –•– Bob Welch (Capitol) -13 (8) A-
9 11 YOU’RE IN MY HEART (The Final Acclaim) –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) -11 (9) A
10 15 HEY DEANIE –•– Shaun Cassidy (Warner Brothers / Curb) -9 (10) F
11 14 COME SAIL AWAY –•– Styx (A&M) -16 (11) F
12 12 YOU CAN’T TURN ME OFF (In the Middle Of Turning Me On) –•– High Inergy (Gordy) -17 (12) C
13 18 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS / WE WILL ROCK YOU –•– Queen (Elektra) -12 (13) A
14 19 RUNAROUND SUE –•– Leif Garrett (Atlantic) -9 (14) F
15 5 IT’S SO EASY –•– Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) -14 (5) A
16 7 DON’T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE –•– Crystal Gayle (United Artists) -22 (2) B
17 20 SHORT PEOPLE –•– Randy Newman (Warner Brothers) -9 (17) A+
18 28 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE –•– Billy Joel (Columbia) -9 (18) A
19 24 SERPENTINE FIRE –•– Earth, Wind and Fire (Columbia) -11 (19) A
20 27 TURN TO STONE –•– Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) -8 (20) A
21 23 I GO CRAZY –•– Paul Davis (Bang) -20 (21) A+
22 22 MY WAY –•– Elvis Presley (RCA) -9 (22) B
23 32 (Love Is) THICKER THAN WATER –•– Andy Gibb (RSO) -10 (23) B
24 26 THE WAY I FEEL TONIGHT –•– The Bay City Rollers (Arista) -13 (24) F
25 40 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH –•– Dan Hill (20th Century) -7 (25) F
26 30 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) –•– Chic (Atlantic) -11 (26) A
27 29 GETTIN’ READY FOR LOVE –•– Diana Ross (Motown) -10 (27) C
28 39 STAYIN’ ALIVE –•– Bee Gees (RSO) -5 (28) A+
29 35 DESIREE –•– Neil Diamond (Columbia) -6 (29) B
30 34 POINT OF KNOW RETURN –•– Kansas (Kirshner) -9 (30) B-
31 33 DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD –•– Santa Esmeralda Starring Leroy Gomez (Casablanca) -10 (31) C
32 13 ISN’T IT TIME –•– The Babys (Chrysalis) -14 (13) A
33 36 NATIVE NEW YORKER –•– Odyssey (RCA) -9 (33) A
34 37 GIRLS’ SCHOOL –•– Paul McCartney and Wings (Capitol) -8 (34) B+
35 16 WE’RE ALL ALONE –•– Rita Coolidge (A&M) -17 (7) B-
36 17 SWINGTOWN –•– The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) -13 (17) A-
37 41 EMOTION –•– Samantha Sang (Private Stock) -8 (37) B
38 52 WHAT’S YOUR NAME –•– Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA) -6 (38) A
39 43 (You’re My) SOUL AND INSPIRATION –•– Donny and Marie Osmond (Polydor) -8 (39) F
40 44 PEG –•– Steely Dan (ABC) -8 (40) A
slicethelife 
Wow, I loved that Bay City Rollers song. 🙂 Looking at the rest of the list, it was a really cringeworthy time for music, across the board.
It was a weird week- some songs I love but I gave an F to a lotta songs too. A weird time for music.
It’s easy to see why punk was gaining in popularity. And Tom Petty was coming along, and some others to start filling the massive void.
“Meaningless songs in very high voi-ces-es-es-es,
and a little scream,
Ah”
Oh, that was the Heebeebeegees
I love the Bee Gee’s–pre Disco and Disco. Lot’s of good stuff here, I think–and some horrible stuff too. Leif Garrett. Shaun Cassidy. Debby Boone. woof.
and don’t forget Donny and Marie!
Woof! 😆
“Peg” at #40? I sure hope it went higher!
Peg reached #11.
Well deserved! That’s an excellent song from an even better album.
I always thought the Dan Hill song was pretty bad. I am surprised that you did not feature that on your worst songs segment.
I did- in early December I believe. Awful song/performance.
I don’t know very much about Dan Hill other than I think he did a song for the Rambo FIRST BLOOD soundtrack also.
I didn’t know that about Hill. I remember that one hit- and looking him up I see he had a hit that I don’t recall with Vonda Shepherd called Can’t We Try in 1987. And he was probably playing Sometimes When We Touch- at a Holiday Inn last night in Walla Walla, Washington. And you have a great memory he did a song from the Rambo movie called It’s A Long Road.
I’m happy to see you love “How Deep is Your Love”, “Stayin’ Alive” and “Dance, Dance, Dance”.
Those are great songs and I always liked the song Native New Yorker which was on the charts that week- i liked it enough to buy the single back in the day.
Randy Newman pissed a lot of folks off with that song.
Samantha Sang was just fronting a BeeGees song.
I miss hearing Rita Coolidge on the radio.
Its funny how all those Barry Gibb songs- seem to have Bee Gees backing them up and sound like Bee Gee songs- the Andy Gibb songs- he was so much better than the Shawn Cassidy- Lief Garrett’s etc simply because he had good songs to sing.
I agree. Shawn was cute to a teen but, as an adult, yuck. Leif was the same way.
Andy Gibb was a Gibb so, hard to fail there…unless you have a coke habit. What a waste…
Life can be hard for teen idols that is for sure.