In 1977, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the easy listening or adult contemporary categories in Canada. The chart, entitled MOR Playlist from January to April and Adult Oriented Playlist for the rest of 1977, has undergone numerous name changes, becoming Contemporary Adult in 1981 and became Adult Contemporary in 1984 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1977, thirty-eight individual singles reached number one in the chart, which contains 50 positions. The first number-one in 1977 was "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" by English musician Elton John, continuing from the 1976 charts, and the last was "Sweet Music Man" by American country singer Kenny Rogers, previously with the band The First Edition. Twenty acts have their first number-one in the chart in 1977: Mary MacGregor, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Gene Cotton, Kenny Nolan, David Soul, Parker McGee, Jennifer Warnes, Yvonne Elliman, Kenny Rogers (as solo from the First Edition), Andy Gibb, The Raes, Crystal Gayle, Stephen Bishop, Meco, Firefall, Debby Boone, Rita Coolidge, Judy Collins and Dolly Parton. Two Canadian acts, Enrico Farino and the Raes had at least one number-one that year.
Barbra Streisand spent the most weeks at number one in 1977, totalling six weeks with "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" and "My Heart Belongs to Me", which both spent three weeks at number one. The American soft rock band Bread, which disbanded in 1973 and reformed in 1977, spent a total of four weeks at number one in the chart with the singles "Lost Without Your Love" and "Hooked on You", both from Lost Without Your Love, their last studio album before disbanding again. Three artists, Barry Manilow, Kenny Rogers and David Soul, had a total of three weeks at number one.
Chart history
+Issue dateTitleArtist(s) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Elton John "Torn Between Two Lovers" Mary MacGregor "Weekend in New England" Barry Manilow "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. "Lost Without Your Love" Bread "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Barbra Streisand "Lost Without Your Love" Bread "You've Got Me Runnin'" Gene Cotton "I Like Dreamin'" Kenny Nolan "Sam" Olivia Newton-John "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" Tom Jones "Southern Nights" Glen Campbell "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul "I Just Can't Say No to You" Parker McGee "Right Time of the Night" Jennifer Warnes "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul "Hello Stranger" Yvonne Elliman "Hooked on You" Bread "Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder "Hello Hello" Enrico Farino "Lucille" Kenny Rogers "Love's Grown Deep" Kenny Nolan "Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett "My Heart Belongs to Me" Barbra Streisand "It's Sad to Belong" England Dan & John Ford Coley "Looks Like We Made It" Barry Manilow "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb "Que Sera, Sera" The Raes "Don't Worry Baby" B. J. Thomas "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle "Handy Man" James Taylor "Daytime Friends" Kenny Rogers "Nobody Does It Better" Carly Simon "On and On" Stephen Bishop "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" Meco "Just Remember I Love You" Firefall "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone "We're All Alone" Rita Coolidge "Send In the Clowns" Judy Collins "Here You Come Again" Dolly Parton "Sweet Music Man" Kenny Rogers
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References
External links Search RPM charts collection at Library and Archives Canada