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Music History Events: Charts

May 21, 1977 Stevie Wonder hits #1 in America with "Sir Duke," a tribute to Duke Ellington, who died in 1974.

May 14, 1977 Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" hits #1 in the US.

April 30, 1977 Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights," written by Allen Toussaint, hits #1 in the US.

April 23, 1977 Thelma Houston's disco plea "Don't Leave Me This Way," originally recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes in 1975, hits #1 in America.

April 16, 1977 David Soul's "Don't Give Up On Us," written by Tony MacAulay, hits #1 in the US.

March 5, 1977 Barbra Streisand's "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" hits #1 in the US. The song was written for the 1976 film she starred in with Kris Kristofferson.

February 26, 1977 The Eagles' "New Kid In Town" hits #1, where it will stay for one week.

February 5, 1977 Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

January 22, 1977 Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" hits #1 in America.

January 22, 1977 Wings' album Wings Over America hits #1 in the US.

January 15, 1977 Leo Sayer's "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" hits #1.

January 15, 1977 The Eagles' Hotel California album hits #1, taking over the top spot from Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life.

December 25, 1976 Boston's debut single, "More Than A Feeling," reaches its US chart peak at #5. When it was released, group leader Tom Scholz still had his day job working for Polaroid.

November 6, 1976 The Steve Miller Band's "Rock 'N' Me" hits #1 in the US, giving the group their second chart-topper, following "The Joker."

October 23, 1976 Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now," written and sung by their bass player, Peter Cetera, hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks. The band starts moving in a soft rock direction, marginalizing their famous horn section. In the '80s they score big with Cetera sung ballads like "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and "Hard Habit To Break."

October 16, 1976 Stevie Wonder's LP Songs In The Key Of Life hits #1.

October 9, 1976 #1 on the Hot 100 is a disco version of a classical favorite: "A Fifth Of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band.

August 7, 1976 Elton John & Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" hits #1 in America for the first of four weeks.

July 31, 1976 The jazzy George Benson interrupts the reign of Frampton Comes Alive! to claim the top spot on the US albums chart with Breezin', which includes his hit "This Masquerade."

July 24, 1976 The Manhattans' "Kiss And Say Goodbye" hits #1 in the US.

July 24, 1976 Elton John's duet with Kiki Dee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," hits #1 in the UK.

July 10, 1976 England Dan and John Ford Coley's "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" enters the charts.

July 10, 1976 The Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight" hits #1 in America, where it stays for two weeks. The song is not about the US bicentennial (July 4, 1976), but about daytime lovemaking.

May 22, 1976 "Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney & Wings goes to #1 in America, where it stays for five weeks.

May 15, 1976 The Rolling Stones album Black and Blue goes to #1 in America.

May 1, 1976 The Bellamy Brothers' "Let Your Love Flow" hits #1 in America.

May 1, 1976 Led Zeppelin's Presence album, with the rockers "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault but Mine," hits #1 in America.

April 24, 1976 Wings' LP At The Speed Of Sound hits #1.

March 27, 1976 Gary Wright's big hit "Dream Weaver" reaches its US chart peak of #2. The song is inspired by the writing of Paramahansa Yogananda.

March 13, 1976 The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) goes to #1 in America, where it spends a total of five weeks. In the 1980s it once again becomes a huge seller, with new fans buying it instead of collecting all their studio albums. In 2018 it's certified at the best-selling album in US history.