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List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1977

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Barbra Streisand spent three weeks at number one with "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" and "My Heart Belongs to Me.

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, 38 individual singles reached number one in the chart, which contains 50 positions.

Chart history

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Kenny Rogers, as a solo artist outside The First Edition, had the most number-one hits in the chart in 1977, with three singles.
Bread spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one with "Lost Without Your Love" and one week with "Hooked on You".
Debby Boone spent two weeks at number one with "You Light Up My Life".

An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.

Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 1* "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Elton John
January 8 "Torn Between Two Lovers" Mary MacGregor [1]
January 15 "Weekend in New England" Barry Manilow [2]
January 22 "You Don't Have to Be a Star" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. [3]
January 29 "Lost Without Your Love" Bread [4]
February 5 "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Barbra Streisand [5]
February 12 [6]
February 19 [7]
February 26 "Lost Without Your Love" Bread [8]
March 5 "You've Got Me Runnin'" Gene Cotton [9]
March 12 "I Like Dreamin'" Kenny Nolan [10]
March 19 "Sam" Olivia Newton-John [11]
March 26 "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" Tom Jones [12]
April 2 "Southern Nights" Glen Campbell [13]
April 9 "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul [14]
April 16 "I Just Can't Say No" Parker McGee [15]
April 23 "Right Time of the Night" Jennifer Warnes [16]
April 30 "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul [17]
May 7 [18]
May 14 "Hello Stranger" Yvonne Elliman [19]
May 21 "Hooked on You" Bread [20]
May 28 [21]
June 4 "Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder [22]
June 11 "Hello Hello" Enrico Farino [23]
June 18 "Lucille" Kenny Rogers [24]
June 25 "Love's Grown Deep" Kenny Nolan [25]
July 2 "Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett [26]
July 9 "My Heart Belongs to Me" Barbra Streisand [27]
July 16 [28]
July 23 [29]
July 30 "It's Sad to Belong" England Dan & John Ford Coley [30]
August 6 [31]
August 13 "Looks Like We Made It" Barry Manilow [32]
August 20 [33]
August 27 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb [34]
September 3 "Que Sera, Sera" The Raes [35]
September 10 "Don't Worry Baby" B. J. Thomas [36]
September 17 "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle [37]
September 24 "Handy Man" James Taylor [38]
October 1 [39]
October 8 "Daytime Friends" Kenny Rogers [40]
October 15 "Nobody Does It Better" Carly Simon [41]
October 22 "On and On" Stephen Bishop [42]
October 29 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" Meco [43]
November 5 "Just Remember I Love You" Firefall [44]
November 12 "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone [45]
November 19 [46]
November 26 "We're All Alone" Rita Coolidge [47]
December 3 "Send In the Clowns" Judy Collins [48]
December 10 [49]
December 17 "Here You Come Again" Dolly Parton [50]
December 24 [51]
December 31 "Sweet Music Man" Kenny Rogers [52]

References

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  1. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: January 8, 1977". RPM.
  2. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: January 15, 1977". RPM.
  3. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: January 22, 1977". RPM.
  4. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: January 29, 1977". RPM.
  5. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: February 5, 1977". RPM.
  6. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: February 12, 1977". RPM.
  7. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: February 19, 1977". RPM.
  8. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: February 26, 1977". RPM.
  9. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: March 5, 1977". RPM.
  10. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: March 12, 1977". RPM.
  11. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: March 19, 1977". RPM.
  12. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: March 26, 1977". RPM.
  13. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: April 2, 1977". RPM.
  14. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: April 9, 1977". RPM.
  15. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: April 16, 1977". RPM.
  16. ^ "RPM MOR Playlist: April 23, 1977". RPM.
  17. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: April 30, 1977". RPM.
  18. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 7, 1977". RPM.
  19. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 14, 1977". RPM.
  20. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 21, 1977". RPM.
  21. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 28, 1977". RPM.
  22. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 4, 1977". RPM.
  23. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 11, 1977". RPM.
  24. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 18, 1977". RPM.
  25. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 25, 1977". RPM.
  26. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 2, 1977". RPM.
  27. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 9, 1977". RPM.
  28. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 16, 1977". RPM.
  29. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 23, 1977". RPM.
  30. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 30, 1977". RPM.
  31. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 6, 1977". RPM.
  32. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 13, 1977". RPM.
  33. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 20, 1977". RPM.
  34. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 27, 1977". RPM.
  35. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 3, 1977". RPM.
  36. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 10, 1977". RPM.
  37. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 17, 1977". RPM.
  38. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 24, 1977". RPM.
  39. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 1, 1977". RPM.
  40. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 8, 1977". RPM.
  41. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 15, 1977". RPM.
  42. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 22, 1977". RPM.
  43. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 29, 1977". RPM.
  44. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 5, 1977". RPM.
  45. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 12, 1977". RPM.
  46. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 19, 1977". RPM.
  47. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 26, 1977". RPM.
  48. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 3, 1977". RPM.
  49. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 10, 1977". RPM.
  50. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 17, 1977". RPM.
  51. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 24, 1977". RPM.
  52. ^ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 31, 1977". RPM.
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