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Most Popular One Hit Wonders
Summary of the biggest one hit wonders
of 1977 in popularity order
| 1. | You Light Up My Life
Debby Boone |
| 2. | Don't Give Up On Us
David Soul |
| 3. | Torn Between Two Lovers
Mary MacGregor |
| 4. | Undercover Angel
Alan O'Day |
| 5. | Don't Leave Me This Way
Thelma Houston |
| 6. | Do You Wanna Make Love
Peter McCann |
| 7. | Float On
The Floaters |
| 8. | Smoke From A Distant Fire
The Sanford/Townsend Band |
| 9. | Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band |
| 10. | Heaven On The 7th Floor
Paul Nicholas |
| 11. | The King Is Gone
Ronnie McDowell |
| 12. | Tryin' To Love Two
William Bell |
| 13. | Telephone Man
Meri Wilson |
| 14. | Jeans On
David Dundas |
| 15. | Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On
The Addrisi Brothers |
1977 Number One Song Calendar
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was big on any date with the
Number One Song Calendar page
1977 Top 40 Songs Of The Year
The Top Songs of 1977 in order
starting with the song of the year
Christmas And Holiday Songs
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One Hit Wonders are songs which are the most popular by an artist.
There are different views on what qualifies a song for a One Hit Wonder.
A One Hit Wonder could be an artist that had only one song in the top 10, top 20, or even top 40.
On these pages, strictly speaking, an artist is a One Hit Wonder
if the artist had exactly one song make the pop or rock top 20.
No artist can be considered a One Hit Wonder who made the top 20 twice.
This strict definition may create some strange results where a supergoup
like Metallica makes the Pop Top 20 charts once, despite a long list of rock number one songs.
Superstar side projects with temporary or transient names may be technical One Hit Wonders.
Additionally, a One Hit Wonder listed on this 1977 page
may be a song that is significantly more popular than other songs by the same artist,
even though it did not make the top 20.
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1977 One Hit Wonders Page
One Hit Wonders from 1977 at Tunecaster
Here are the US 1977 one hit wonders.
All the one hit wonder songs by the artists you remember,
and maybe some one hit wonders you forgot. Find a one hit wonder.
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Complete Weekly Music Chart Archives:
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Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band |
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| Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band hit number 5 with this top 20 one hit wonder medley, and followed-up with another disco tune, I'll Play The Fool which received moderate play. | |
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Jeans On David Dundas |
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| Jeans On was the only top 20 hit and the only mentionable song by David Dundas. He wrote and performed music for television. | |
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Torn Between Two Lovers |
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| Torn Between Two Lovers was a number one song and the only top 20 song for Mary MacGregor. | |
Mar 1977 |
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Don't Leave Me This Way |
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| While Don't Leave Me This Way was the only top 20 hit for Thelma Houston, she had a string of popular songs, particularly in the dance format, that received radio airplay, like Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. | |
Mar 1977 |
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Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme) Wilton Place Street Band |
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| Disco Lucy was a dance version of the theme from the comedy TV show I Love Lucy. Wilton Place Street Band followed-up with Baby Love, Sweet Sweet Love, which received minor radio airplay. | |
Apr 1977 |
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Don't Give Up On Us |
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| Don't Give Up On Us was the only top 20 hit for David Soul. He had some other songs that received moderate radio airplay, like the follow-up Going In With My Eyes Open. | |
Apr 1977 |
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Tryin' To Love Two William Bell |
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| William Bell had a string of songs that received some radio airplay in the 1960s, like Everybody Loves A Winner, but his only top 20 hit was Tryin' To Love Two, many years later. | |
| Dancin' Man was a near top 20 miss for the group Q. The group followed-up with Sweet Summertime, which received minor radio airplay. | |
| Dance hit Slow Down was the only US top 20 song for this popular UK rock performer who also sang some tunes for The Alan Parsons Project. In 1988, he made number 5 rock singing with Jimmy Page on Wasting My Time. | |
May 1977 |
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Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On |
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| Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On was a top 20 one hit wonder, but The Addrisi Brothers had a string o fmoderately popular top 20 misses. | |
Jun 1977 |
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Undercover Angel Alan O'Day |
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| Although Undercover Angel was the only top 20 hit for Alan O'Day, he followed-up with Started Out Dancing, Ended Up Making Love, which received slight radio airplay. Alan O'Day also wrote 1974 number one song Angie Baby for Helen Reddy. | |
Jun 1977 |
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Ariel Dean Friedman |
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| Ariel was a top 20 near miss for Dean Friedman. He also received some radio airplay with the song Lucky Stars about a year later. | |
Jul 1977 |
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Do You Wanna Make Love Peter McCann |
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| Do You Wanna Make Love was the only top 20 hit and the only song that received noticeable airplay by songwriter Peter McCann. | |
Aug 1977 |
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Telephone Man Meri Wilson |
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| Telephone Man was the only top 20 hit for Meri Wilson. She did not receive mentionable radio airplay with any other song. | |
Aug 1977 |
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Black Betty Ram Jam |
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| Black Betty was recorded by Leadbelly in 1939. Although Black Betty was the only top 20 hit for Ram Jam, the group received rock radio airplay at about the same time with All For The Love Of Rock N' Roll. | |
Aug 1977 |
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Smoke From A Distant Fire The Sanford/Townsend Band |
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| While Float On was the only top 20 hit for The Floaters, the group followed-up with other songs, like a remake of the 1966 number 4 Dusty Springfield hit You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, which received minor radio airplay. | |
| Although You Light Up My Life was the only top 20 hit for Debby Boone, daughter of singer Pat Boone, and became the second most popular song of the year 1977 and also of the entire decade of the 1970s, she never had another top 20 song. She received minor radio airplay with other songs like California. | |
Oct 1977 |
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The King Is Gone Ronnie McDowell |
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| The king in The King Is Gone was Elvis Presley who had recently died. Ronnie McDowell sang this tribute song to him, and made a top 20 one hit wonder. | |
| This original version of You Light Up My Life, as sung in the movie, was the only popular song for Kacey Cisyk, and the huge Debby Boone remake was her only hit. The song was from the movie You Light Up My Life. | |
Dec 1977 |
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Heaven On The 7th Floor Paul Nicholas |
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| Heaven On The 7th Floor was the only top 20 hit for Paul Nicholas. The follow-up, On The Strip, received some radio airplay also. | |
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