12/10/1977
40. AS - STEVIE WONDER
39. LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER - ANDY GIBB
38. DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD - SANTA ESMERELDA
37. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE - CHIC
36. TURN TO STONE - ELO
Due to a trip to Trader Joe's, we were out later than normal. So I had to hear the above part of the countdown in the car. But I got home in time to hear the following chunk :
33. WE JUST DISAGREE - DAVE MASON
32. JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BILLY JOEL
31. THE WAY I FEEL TONIGHT - BAY CITY ROLLERS
30. MY WAY - ELVIS PRESLEY
29. RUNAROUND SUE - LEIF GARRETT
28. SERPENTINE FIRE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
The only problem is that when I got home, it was time to exercise. And the above run of tunes were the soundtrack. And I don't think I've ever had a worse batch of tunes to listen to for exercise purposes in my LIFE. The Earth Wind & Fire came along too late, because I was cooling down at that point.
25. I GO CRAZY - PAUL DAVIS
Still one of my wife's favorite all-time "goo goo eyes" songs.
17. YOU CAN'T TURN ME OFF - HIGH INERGY
This week's "Haven't Heard It In Forever" entry.
16. ISN'T IT TIME - BABYS
Man, The Babys were a great singles band. I like their "Head First" album, too - but that & their "Anthology" best-of is about all you need.
14. BOOGIE NIGHTS - HEATWAVE
Still a go-to power jam.
6. HEAVEN ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR - PAUL NICHOLAS
I'd COMPLETELY forgotten about this song, & was surprised it got this high on the charts. It's a lotta fun.
3. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - BEE GEES
( insert tiny weiner joke here )
1. YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - DEBBY BOONE
If you ever needed an extra reason to hate this song ( you don't - it's fuggin' garbage ) do some Googling about the guy who wrote it. Just a terrible human being, for reasons way worse than this song ( which would have been enough, but he felt the need to go the extra mile ).
Overall, this countdown was WAY too mellow for my liking. And people wonder why punk came along around this time.