Year-End Countdowns Ranked with an Exponential Methodology

[vince]

I know this is kind of out of season, but I didn't have a chance to get this together by the end of last year. So I am posting it now.

From 1987 to 1991 BB used a methodology to rank the year end charts where points were awarded in a complex inverse relation to the chart position. What exactly BB did is not known. I came up with a complex inverse point system that estimates what BB did. Most records rank within a few positions of their position on the official chart when my methodology is applied to the charts for 1987 through 1991.

What I came up with awards a position 95% of the points of the next higher position. For example #1 gets 100 points, #2 gets 95 points, and #3 gets 90.25 points. The points for a position can be calculated using the following formula: points = 100*.95^(position-1). Bonus points are not awarded with this methodology.

What I will post here are the rankings for 1970 through 1986 using this complex inverse point formula. This will give an alternate look at the year end pop singles chart as the rankings are based on a complex inverse point system instead of reverse rank.

The eligibility periods will roughly run from the first week of December of the previous year to the last week of November for the given year. Records ascending in December will be held over to the next year. The cut off will be the last week of the year. This is to simulate having the ranking ready by the year's end.

Starting with the ranking for 1970. The eligibility period is 11/29/69 though 11/28/70. 11/29/69 is when BB changed over on the Hot 100 from ranking sides separately to combining sides. Records full chart runs are counted up to a cut off of the last survey of the year.

Top 100 of 1970

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1325.16 1 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD B. J. Thomas (#1, Jan)
1170.98 2 I'LL BE THERE Jackson 5 (#1, Oct)
1114.33 3 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters (#1, July)
1065.17 4 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel (#1, Feb)
1063.00 5 I WANT YOU BACK Jackson 5 (#1, Jan)
1061.79 6 COME TOGETHER / SOMETHING The Beatles (#1, Nov 1969)
1052.99 7 LET IT BE The Beatles (#1, April)
1043.92 8 LEAVING ON A JET PLANE Peter Paul & Mary (#1, Dec 1969)
1030.46 9 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN The Carpenters (#2, Oct)
1011.04 10 SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER Diana Ross and the Supremes (#1, Dec 1969)
969.99 11 WAR Edwin Starr (#1, Aug)
952.65 12 MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread (#1, Aug)
948.59 13 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) Three Dog Night (#1, July)
945.01 14 ABC Jackson 5 (#1, April)
928.10 15 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross (#1, Sept)
926.06 16 AMERICAN WOMAN / NO SUGAR TONIGHT The Guess Who (#1, May)
918.92 17 BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (#3, July)
907.70 18 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Steam (#1, Dec 1969)
905.69 19 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I FOUND THAT GIRL Jackson 5 (#1, June)
881.18 20 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum (#3, April)
877.38 21 VENUS The Shocking Blue (#1, Feb)
863.15 22 BALL OF CONFUSION (That's What the World Is Today) The Temptations (#3, June)
857.05 23 CRACKLIN' ROSIE Neil Diamond (#1, Oct)
843.25 24 FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor (#3, Oct)
830.81 25 GET READY Rare Earth (#4, June)
825.31 26 CANDIDA Dawn (#3, Oct)
819.30 27 INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) John Ono Lennon (#3, March)
815.32 28 DOWN ON THE CORNER / FORTUNATE SON Creedence Clearwater Revival (#3, Dec 1969)
785.58 29 GREEN-EYED LADY Sugarloaf (#3, Oct)
785.08 30 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens (#1, May)
783.99 31 THANK YOU (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / EVERYBODY IS A STAR Sly and the Family Stone (#1, Feb)
771.46 32 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Led Zeppelin (#4, Jan)
761.21 33 SPILL THE WINE Eric Burdon and War (#3, Aug)
758.38 34 LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET The Moments (#3, May)
753.21 35 ALL RIGHT NOW Free (#4, Oct)
752.57 36 LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR / LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, Oct)
747.40 37 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIEVERED I'M YOURS Stevie Wonder (#3, Aug)
727.27 38 LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse (#5, March)
723.93 39 AND WHEN I DIE Blood, Sweat and Tears (#2, Nov 1969)
714.67 40 PATCHES Clarence Carter (#4, Sept)
712.93 41 INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor (#5, Nov)
709.55 42 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (#2, June)
708.62 43 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME Bobby Sherman (#5, Sept)
706.04 44 HITCHIN' A RIDE The Vanity Fair (#5, June)
704.76 45 THE RAPPER The Jaggerz (#2, March)
698.94 46 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#6, July)
689.78 47 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE Blues Image (#4, July)
684.16 48 HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Eddie Holman (#2, Feb)
681.29 49 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry (#3, Sept)
657.91 50 RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA Brook Benton (#4, March)
652.28 51 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE The Beatles (#1, June)
636.03 52 CECILIA Simon & Garfunkel (#4, May)
617.07 53 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Tyrone Davis (#3, May)
606.10 54 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME The Chairmen Of The Board (#3, March)
603.30 55 TRAVELIN' BAND / WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, March)
591.79 56 ELI'S COMING Three Dog Night (#10, Nov 1969)
589.34 57 UP AROUND THE BEND / RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival (#4, June)
586.93 58 HOLLY HOLY Neil Diamond (#6, Dec 1969)
583.58 59 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago (#4, Sept)
575.34 60 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDANCE The Five Stairsteps (#8, July)
572.97 61 YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY Stevie Wonder (#7, Dec 1969)
572.32 62 VEHICLE The Ides Of March (#2, May)
570.86 63 COME AND GET IT Badfinger (#7, April)
569.85 64 TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive and Kicking (#7, Aug)
548.57 65 LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY The Friends of Distinction (#6, May)
543.50 66 DON'T CRY DADDY / RUBBERNECKIN' Elvis Presley (#6, Jan)
541.03 67 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade (#10, May)
540.02 68 HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies (#7, March)
532.52 69 NO TIME The Guess Who (#5, Feb)
530.11 70 WITHOUT LOVE (There Is Nothing) Tom Jones (#5, Jan)
527.39 71 MA BELLE AMIE The Tee Set (#5, March)
522.65 72 SNOWBIRD Anne Murray (#8, Sept)
521.61 73 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Frijid Pink (#7, April)
519.16 74 MIDNIGHT COWBOY Ferrant & Teicher (#10, Jan)
509.92 75 PSYCHEDELIC SHACK The Temptations (#7, Feb)
507.98 76 EASY COME, EASY GO Bobby Sherman (#9, April)
495.16 77 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Dionne Warwick (#6, Feb)
489.47 78 LOLA The Kinks (#9, Oct)
488.67 79 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES Elvis Presley (#9, June)
486.88 80 THE LETTER Joe Cocker (#7, May)
484.14 81 JAM UP JELLY TIGHT Tommy Roe (#8, Jan)
479.52 82 (I Know) I'M LOSING YOU Rare Earth (#7, Oct)
477.02 83 SOMETHING'S BURNING Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (#11, May)
465.30 84 ARIZONA Mark Lindsay (#10, Feb)
463.92 85 MONTEGO BAY Bobby Bloom (#8, Nov)
462.54 86 JINGLE JANGLE The Archies (#10, Feb)
454.74 87 MAKE ME SMILE Chicago (#9, June)
453.85 88 SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING 100 Proof Aged In Soul (#8, Nov)
448.75 89 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING B. J. Thomas (#9, Aug)
447.83 90 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU Ronnie Dyson (#8, Aug)
447.20 91 UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF The Supremes (#10, April)
443.08 92 EVIL WAYS Santana (#9, March)
439.63 93 EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#12, Oct)
436.52 94 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN' White Plains (#13, June)
433.52 95 STILL WATER (Love) The Four Tops (#11, Oct)
431.86 96 DIDN'T I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics (#10, March)
420.38 97 WOODSTOCK Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#11, May)
416.57 98 LA LA LA (If I Had You) Bobby Sherman (#9, Jan)
413.68 99 FOR THE LOVE OF HIM Bobbi Martin (#13, May)
411.31 100 GIMME DAT DING The Pipkins (#9, July)

[OnWithTheCountdown]

This stuff's never out of season...for me, anyway. I look at year-end charts at various times throughout the year, although maybe a little more at year's end.

Great work, vince - love reading these!!!

[vince]

Here is 1971. The eligibility period is 12/5/70 through 11/27/71. Records full chart runs are counted through the last week of 1971. Records ascending on 12/5/70 or later are included. Records ascending on 12/4/71 will be held over for the 1972 ranking.

Top 100 of 1971

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1204.00 1 JOY TO THE WORLD Three Dog Night (#1, April)
1193.50 2 I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family (#1, Nov 1970)
1191.10 3 KNOCK THREE TIMES Dawn (#1, Jan)
1166.93 4 MAGGIE MAY / REASON TO BELIEVE Rod Stewart (#1, Oct)
1113.94 5 IT'S TOO LATE / I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Carole King (#1, June)
1070.70 6 INDIAN RESEVATION (The Lament Of the Cherokee Resevation Indian) The Raiders (#1, July)
1052.57 7 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER The Fifth Dimension (#2, Dec 1970)
1049.60 8 MY SWEET LORD / ISN'T IT A PITY George Harrison (#1, Dec 1970)
1018.71 9 THE TEARS OF A CLOWN Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (#1, Dec 1970)
984.38 10 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART The Bee Gees (#1, Aug)
964.23 11 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Donny Osmond (#1, Sept)
948.51 12 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) The Temptations (#1, April)
916.45 13 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES Cher (#1, Nov)
908.93 14 ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds (#1 Feb)
899.92 15 MR. BIG STUFF Jean Knight (#2, Aug)
878.70 16 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS John Denver with Fat City (#2, Aug)
863.50 17 ME AND BOBBY MCGEE Janis Joplin (#1, March)
862.31 18 WANT ADS The Honey Cone (#1, June)
861.08 19 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor (#1, July)
859.60 20 THEME FROM "SHAFT" Isaac Hayes (#1, Nov)
853.56 21 SUPERSTAR The Carpenters (#2, Oct)
853.56 22 SPANISH HARLEM Aretha Franklin (#2, Sept)
853.43 23 WHAT'S GOING ON Marvin Gaye (#2, April)
842.32 24 BROWN SUGAR The Rolling Stones (#1, May)
835.34 25 SHE'S A LADY Tom Jones (#2, March)
823.64 26 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez (#3, Oct)
816.32 27 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE The Jackson Five (#2, May)
815.14 28 TREAT HER LIKE A LADY Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (#3, July)
803.31 29 RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS The Carpenters (#2, June)
784.74 30 UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY Paul and Linda McCartney (#1, Sept)
781.40 31 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Ocean (#2, May)
777.00 32 ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson (#3, Feb)
773.20 33 SMILING FACES SOMETIMES The Undisputed Truth (#3, Sept)
771.57 34 YO-YO The Osmonds (#3, Oct)
762.14 35 AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Bill Withers (#3, Sept)
751.48 36 FOR ALL WE KNOW The Carpenters (#3, March)
748.56 37 BLACK MAGIC WOMAN Santana (#4, Jan)
746.67 38 GYPSY WOMAN Brian Hyland (#3, Dec 1970)
733.36 39 GROOVE ME King Floyd (#6 Jan)
715.96 40 IT DON'T COME EASY Ringo Starr (#4, June)
698.87 41 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Lee Michaels (#6, Oct)
680.78 42 LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees (#3, Jan)
666.83 43 DON'T PUL YOUR LOVE Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds (#4, July)
655.09 44 STONE LOVE The Supremes (#7, Dec 1970)
639.13 45 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER / BRAND NEW ME Aretha Franklin (#6, June)
635.02 46 SWEET AND INNOCENT Donny Osmond Of the Osmonds (#7, June)
634.65 47 SIGNS The Five Man Electrical Band (#3, Aug)
630.72 48 TIRED OF BEING ALONE Al Green (#11, Nov)
628.07 49 DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family (#6, March)
626.87 50 DRAGGIN' THE LINE Tommy James (#4, Aug)
611.75 51 STONEY END Barbra Streisand (#6, Jan)
609.58 52 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot (#5, Feb)
608.14 53 IMAGINE John Lennon (#3, Nov)
606.28 54 PROUD MARY Ike and Tina Turner (#4 March)
599.02 55 AMOS MOSES Jerry Reed (#8, Feb)
585.42 56 IF Bread (#4, May)
584.55 57 BABY I'M - A WANT YOU Bread (#3, Nov)
580.85 58 ANOTHER DAY / OH WOMAN OH WHY Paul McCartney (#5, April)
574.82 59 MR. BOJANGLES The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#9 Feb)
574.34 60 MERCY MERCY ME (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye (#4, Aug)
564.87 61 MAMA'S PEARL The Jackson Five (#2, Feb)
564.23 62 ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO Lobo (#5, May)
562.92 63 DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? Chicago (#7, Jan)
551.98 64 I FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN The Free Movement (#5, Nov)
550.02 65 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds (#4, Feb)
549.93 66 PEACE TRAIN Cat Stevens (#7, Nov)
545.78 67 CHICK-A-BOOM (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) Daddy Dewdrop (#9, May)
545.35 68 YOUR SONG Elton John (#8, Jan)
544.26 69 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE Perry Como (#10, Jan)
533.73 70 BEGINNINGS / COLOUR MY WORLD Chicago (#7 Aug)
523.13 71 IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME Stevie Wonder (#8, Oct)
523.10 72 FOR THE GOODTIMES Ray Price (#11, Jan)
522.95 73 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Sammi Smith (#8, March)
519.66 74 STAY AWHILE The Bells (#7 May)
516.34 75 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN Gladys Knight and the Pips (#9, Feb)
509.90 76 I AM, I SAID Neil Diamond (#4, May)
489.85 77 WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET The Dramatics (#9, Sept)
479.53 78 SWEET CITY WOMAN The Stampeders (#8 Oct)
479.13 79 LIAR Three Dog Night (#7, Aug)
479.05 80 I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE Rare Earth (#7, Sept)
454.28 81 STICK-UP The Honey Cone (#11, Sept)
453.45 82 WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT Jerry Reed (#9, June)
445.23 83 NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger (#8, Dec 1970)
441.20 84 ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE Brewer & Shipley (#10, April)
435.96 85 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY Andy Williams (#9, April)
435.50 86 TEMPTATION EYES The Grass Roots (#15, April)
429.74 87 SHE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN The 8th Day (#11 July)
428.01 88 THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE Carly Simon (#10, July)
424.53 89 NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#13, July)
416.46 90 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival (#8, March)
415.92 91 5-10-15-20 (25-30 YEARS OF LOVE) The Presidents (#11, Dec 1970)
409.86 92 BRING THE BOYS HOME Freda Payne (#12, Aug)
408.12 93 WATCHING SCOTTY GROW Bobby Goldsboro (#11, Feb)
406.61 94 LOVE HER MADLY The Doors (#11, May)
401.27 95 WILD WORLD Cat Stevens (#11, April)
399.40 96 SWEET MARY Wadsworth Mansion (#7, Feb)
396.50 97 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy (#13, June)
392.89 98 SUPERSTAR Murray Head And The Trinidad Singers (#14, May)
391.71 99 I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING The Partridge Family (#13, Sept)
390.20 100 SOONER OR LATER The Grass Roots (#9, July)

[vince]

Don Mclean gets the top song of 1972 on this ranking. The eligibility period is 12/4/71 through 11/25/72. Records full chart runs are counted through the last survey of the year. Records ascending on 12/1/72 are held over to 1973.

Top 100 of 1972

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1206.45 1 AMERICAN PIE (Parts 1 and 2) Don McLean (#1, Jan)
1190.09 2 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE Roberta Flack (#1, April)
1168.94 3 ALONE AGAIN (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan (#1, July)
1083.74 4 I GOTCHA Joe Tex (#2, May)
1066.55 5 BRAND NEW KEY Melanie (#1, Dec 1971)
1032.85 6 BRANDY (You're a Fine Girl) Looking Glass (#1, Aug)
1003.72 7 LET'S STAY TOGETHER Al Green (#1, Feb)
1002.78 8 WITHOUT YOU Nilsson (#1, Feb)
967.92 9 FAMILY AFFAIR Sly And The Family Stone (#1, Dec 1971)
957.43 10 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America (#1, March)
936.18 11 THE CANDY MAN Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (#1, June)
922.01 12 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Johnny Nash (#1, Nov)
920.23 13 BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME Mac Davis (#1, Sept)
911.12 14 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE The Staple Singers (#1, June)
881.87 15 HEART OF GOLD Neil Young (#1, March)
881.85 16 OH GIRL The Chi-Lites (#1, May)
866.80 17 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues (#2, Nov)
862.16 18 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT Luther Ingram (#3, Aug)
853.31 19 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers (#1, July)
838.97 20 HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites (#3, Dec 1971)
837.66 21 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT (Wimoweh) Robert John (#3, March)
829.98 22 LONG COOL WOMAN (In a Black Dress) The Hollies (#2, Sept)
798.95 23 DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST Wayne Newton (#4, Aug)
794.34 24 SCORPIO Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#6, Jan)
792.37 25 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#2, July)
787.00 26 BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW The Stylistics featuring Russell Tompkins Jr. (#3, May)
778.73 27 ROCKIN' ROBIN Michael Jackson (#2, April)
777.50 28 SONG SUNG BLUE Neil Diamond (#1, July)
770.14 29 PRECIOUS AND FEW Climax (#3, Feb)
749.25 30 OUTA-SPACE Billy Preston (#2, July)
737.66 31 MY DING-A-LING Chuck Berry (#1, Oct)
734.83 32 BEN Michael Jackson (#1, Oct)
727.67 33 SUNSHINE Jonathan Edwards (#4, Jan)
716.43 34 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley (#2, Oct)
712.51 35 DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER The Osmonds (#4 March)
692.18 36 BACK STABBERS The O'Jays (#3, Oct)
683.51 37 NICE TO BE WITH YOU Gallery (#4, June)
673.45 38 EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL The Main Ingredient (#3, Oct)
671.95 39 HURTING EACH OTHER The Carpenters (#2, Feb)
660.36 40 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Al Green (#3, Sept)
642.44 41 LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME Al Green (#4, May)
636.93 42 GARDEN PARTY Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band (#6, Nov)
634.01 43 DAY AFTER DAY Badfinger (#4, Feb)
625.52 44 PUPPY LOVE Donny Osmond (#3, April)
621.34 45 YOU ARE EVERYTHING The Stylistics (#9, Jan)
617.00 46 DAY DREAMING Aretha Franklin (#5, May)
616.08 47 I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME Lobo (#2, Nov)
616.04 48 EVERYTHING I OWN Bread (#5, March)
615.63 49 FREDDIE'S DEAD (Theme From "Superfly") Curtis Mayfield (#4, Nov)
609.10 50 WHERE IS THE LOVE Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (#5, Aug)
608.30 51 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION Paul Simon (#4, April)
601.80 52 USE ME Bill Withers (#2, Oct)
598.26 53 I'LL BE AROUND The Spinners (#3, Nov)
594.82 54 GO ALL THE WAY The Raspberries (#5, Oct)
591.86 55 HOW DO YOU DO Mouth and MacNeal (#8, July)
585.22 56 MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens (#6, May)
585.21 57 NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN Three Dog Night (#5, Feb)
582.44 58 IN THE RAIN The Dramatics (#5, April)
579.14 59 BLACK AND WHITE Three Dog Night (#1, Sept)
577.92 60 AN OLD FASIONED LOVE SONG Three Dog Night (#4, Dec 1971)
575.52 61 CLEAN UP WOMAN Betty Wright (#6, Jan)
566.82 62 ROCKET MAN Elton John (#6, July)
564.01 63 (Last Night) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL The 5th Dimension (#8, June)
549.34 64 SYLVIA'S MOTHER Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show (#5, June)
547.03 65 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU Sonny & Cher (#7, Dec 1971)
546.27 66 SATURDAY IN THE PARK Chicago (#3, Sept)
544.31 67 JOY Apollo 100 (#6 Feb)
539.10 68 THE WAY OF LOVE Cher (#7, March)
531.05 69 CHERISH David Cassidy (#9, Dec 1971)
525.49 70 POPCORN Hot Butter (#9, Oct)
525.41 71 JUNGLE FEVER The Chakachas (#8, March)
524.81 72 TROGOLDYTE (Cave Man) The Jimmy Castor Bunch (#6, June)
521.60 73 SCHOOL'S OUT Alice Cooper (#7, July)
518.87 74 SUMMER BREEZE Seals & Crofts (#6, Nov)
505.56 75 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Argent (#5, Aug)
499.87 76 A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE Sonny and Cher (#8, April)
493.67 77 IF I COULD REACH YOU The 5th Dimension (#10, Nov)
478.56 78 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (In Perfect Harmony) The New Seekers (#7, Jan)
478.49 79 TUMBLIN' DICE The Rolling Stones (#7, Aug)
471.59 80 YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM Jim Croce (#8, Sept)
468.43 81 LAYLA Derek And The Dominos (#10, Aug)
467.57 82 HOT ROD LINCOLN Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (#9, June)
464.94 83 COCONUT Nilsson (#8, Aug)
460.17 84 BANG A GONG (Get It On) T. Rex (#10, March)
449.38 85 HEY GIRL / I KNEW YOU WHEN Donny Osmond (#9, Jan)
435.96 86 ROCK AND ROLL PART 2 Gary Glitter (#7, Sept)
435.95 87 DOCTOR MY EYES Jackson Browne (#8, May)
435.15 88 THE DESIDERATA Les Crane (#8, Dec 1972)
434.92 89 DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE Joe Simon (#11, Jan)
423.33 90 HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. Donna Fargo (#11, Aug)
422.61 91 ANTICIPATION Carly Simon (#13, Feb)
418.38 92 WITCHY WOMAN The Eagles (#9, Nov)
415.71 93 GOODBYE TO LOVE The Carpenters (#7, Aug)
411.90 94 RESPECT YOURSELF The Staple Singers (#12, Dec 1971)
410.85 95 GOODTIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUES Danny O'Keefe (#9, Nov)
397.35 96 BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY Daniel Boone (#15, Sept)
392.24 97 VINCENT / CASTLES IN THE AIR Don McLean (#12, May)
389.70 98 SWEET SEASONS Carol King (#9, March)
380.39 99 SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS War (#16, May)
376.93 100 SUGAR DADDY The Jackson 5 (#10, Jan)

[Hervard]

Love that #1 song of 1972! 1971's top dog (no pun intended) is also great, and the BJ Thomas #1 song of 1970 isn't bad either.

[vince]

Next up is 1973. Marvin Gaye has the top song instead of Tony Orlando and Dawn. "Why Me" is no where near the top 10 since it ranks at #59. The eligibility period is 12/2/72 through 11/24/73. Records are credited for their full chart runs up to the cut off on 12/29/73. Records peaking in December are held over.

Top 100 of 1973

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1274.64 1 LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye (#1, Sept)
1207.11 2 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON 'ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE Tony Orlando and Dawn (#1, April)
1112.62 3 YOU'RE SO VAIN Carly Simon (#1, Jan)
1059.05 4 KEEP ON TRUCKIN' Eddie Kendricks (#1, Nov)
1030.87 5 MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA Gladys Knight and the Pips (#1, Oct)
1024.66 6 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN Jim Croce (#1, July)
1009.53 7 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG Roberta Flack (#1, Feb)
1005.19 8 CROCODILE ROCK Elton John (#1, Feb)
1005.16 9 MY LOVE Paul McCartney & Wings (#1, June)
981.54 10 TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING Diana Ross (#1, Aug)
958.86 11 HALF BREED Cher (#1, Oct)
956.55 12 ME AND MRS. JONES Billy Paul (#1, Dec 1972)
947.82 13 BROTHER LOUIE The Stories (#1, Aug)
946.70 14 I AM WOMAN Helen Reddy (#1, Dec 1972)
928.41 15 WILL IT GO 'ROUND IN CIRCLES Billy Preston (#1, July)
897.51 16 DELTA DAWN Helen Reddy (#1, Sept)
890.43 17 THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA Vicki Lawrence (#1, April)
887.83 18 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND Clint Holmes (#2, June)
861.47 19 FRANKENSTEIN Edgar Winter Group (#1, May)
834.61 20 YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE Stevie Wonder (#1, May)
834.32 21 CLAIR Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2, Dec 1972)
830.47 22 LITTLE WILLY Sweet (#3, May)
829.79 23 LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK Paul Simon (#2, Oct)
826.62 24 PILLOW TALK Sylvia (#3, June)
815.17 25 SUPERSTITION Stevie Wonder (#1, Jan)
802.11 26 ANGIE The Rolling Stones (#1, Oct)
795.46 27 WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND Grand Funk Railroad (#1, Sept)
781.22 28 THAT LADY The Isley Brothers (#6, Oct)
777.54 29 DUELLING BANJOS Eric Weisberg and Steve Mandell (#2, Feb)
775.40 30 HEARTBEAT - IT’S A LOVEBEAT The DeFranco Family (#3,Nov)
764.96 31 SHAMBALA Three Dog Night (#3, July)
763.39 32 DANIEL Elton John (#2, June)
757.23 33 LIVE AND LET DIE Paul McCartney And Wings (#2, Aug)
754.14 34 DRIFT AWAY Dobie Gray (#5, May)
749.26 35 LOVE TRAIN The O'Jays (#1, March)
747.04 36 NEITHER ONE OF US (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) Gladys Knight and The Pips (#2, April)
744.01 37 SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE Tony Orlando And Dawn (#3, Sept)
741.71 38 LAST SONG Edward Bear (#3, March)
737.18 39 RAMBLIN' MAN The Allman Brothers (#2, Oct)
726.69 40 PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE The Temptations (#1, Dec 1972)
725.34 41 GIVE ME LOVE George Harrison (#1, June)
724.99 42 ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA Johnny Rivers (#6, Jan)
723.21 43 SPACE RACE Billy Preston (#4, Nov)
721.03 44 PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr (#1,Nov)
718.39 45 THE MORNING AFTER Maureen McGovern (#1, Aug)
716.54 46 FUNNY FACE Donna Fargo (#5, Jan)
716.34 47 I'M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White (#3, June)
711.41 48 IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Albert Hammond (#5, Dec 1972)
706.19 49 YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE (And Your Daddy Don't Rock And Roll) Loggins And Mesina (#4, Jan)
700.08 50 CISCO KID War (#2, April)
698.74 51 KODACHROME Paul Simon (#2, July)
698.53 52 COULD IT BE I'M FALLIN' IN LOVE The Spinners (#4, March)
697.98 53 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE The Carpenters (#2, July)
692.39 54 PAPER ROSES Marie Osmond (#5, Nov)
690.47 55 SING The Carpenters (#3, April)
677.03 56 SMOKE ON THE WATER Deep Purple (#4, July)
673.94 57 HIGHER GROUND Stevie Wonder (#4, Oct)
660.87 58 AIN'T NO WOMAN (Like The One I've Got) The Four Tops (#4, April)
656.20 59 WHY ME Kris Kristofferson (#16, Nov)
653.53 60 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Steeler's Wheel (#6, May)
650.69 61 OH BABE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY Hurricane Smith (#3, Feb)
649.70 62 ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) Deodato (#2, March)
647.78 63 RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME Doctor John (#9, June)
640.58 64 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes (#3, Dec 1972)
635.78 65 DANNY'S SONG Anne Murray (#7, April)
632.80 66 WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER Timmy Thomas (#3, Feb)
601.40 67 SUPERFLY Curtis Mayfield (#8, Jan)
591.58 68 ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH John Denver (#9, March)
578.96 69 WILDFLOWER Skylark (#9, May)
570.14 70 GET DOWN Gilbert O'Sullivan (#7, Aug)
569.23 71 FEELIN' STRONGER EVERY DAY Chicago (#10, Aug)
568.99 72 DIAMOND GIRL Seals & Crofts (#6, July)
567.06 73 DO IT AGAIN Steeley Dan (#6, Feb)
564.75 74 COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE Doctor Hook And The Medicine Show (#6, March)
550.15 75 DADDY'S HOME Jermaine Jackson (#9, March)
548.65 76 LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' The Doobie Brothers (#8, June)
539.17 77 BREAK UP TO MAKE UP The Stylistics (#5, April)
536.98 78 THE MONSTER MASH Bobby Boris Pickett (#10, Aug)
528.27 79 NATURAL HIGH Bloodstone (#10, July)
524.81 80 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT King Harvest (#13, Feb)
524.32 81 HERE I AM Al Green (#10, Sept)
523.10 82 IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY Sly And The Family Stone (#12, Sept)
511.08 83 I BELIEVE IN YOU Johnny Taylor (#11, Aug)
506.30 84 DON'T EXPECT ME TO BE YOUR FRIEND Lobo (#8, Feb)
500.68 85 MASTERPIECE The Temptations (#7, April)
496.05 86 MY MARIA B. W. Stevenson (#9, Sept)
495.98 87 HOCUS POCUS Focus (#9, June)
488.68 88 REELIN' IN THE YEARS Steeley Dan (#11, May)
488.54 89 ALL I KNOW Garfunkel (#9, Nov)
474.72 90 BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY Bette Midler (#8, July)
474.33 91 YES WE CAN CAN The Pointer Sisters (#11, Oct)
467.51 92 I GOT A NAME Jim Croce (#10, Nov)
466.84 93 THE TWELFTH OF NEVER Donny Osmond (#8, April)
463.74 94 THE WORLD IS A GHETTO War (#7, Feb)
452.81 95 GYPSY MAN War (#8, Sept)
445.67 96 TROUBLE MAN Marvin Gaye (#7, Feb)
430.51 97 ONE OF A KIND LOVE AFFAIR The Spinners (#11, June)
429.77 98 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Bob Dylan (#12, Oct)
424.17 99 I'M DOIN' FINE NOW New York City (#17, June)
422.03 100 VENTURA HIGHWAY America (#8, Dec 1972)

[vince]

Here is 1974. The eligibility period is 12/1/73 through 11/30/74. A big difference from BB is "One Hell of a woman" ranking at #76 instead of #10. All the number ones in the eligibility period made the top 100 with "I Can't get Enough of Your Love, Babe" ranking the lowest at #83.

Top 100 of 1974

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1131.02 1 THE WAY WE WERE Barbra Streisand (#1, Feb)
1037.96 2 BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John (#1, April)
1022.24 3 DANCING MACHINE Jackson Five (#2, May)
986.31 4 SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks (#1, March)
964.23 5 THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band (#1, Jan)
959.34 6 TOP OF THE WORLD Carpenters (#1, Dec 1973)
948.00 7 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL Charlie Rich (#1, Dec 1973)
945.10 8 LOVE'S THEME Love Unlimited Orchestra (#1, Feb)
924.67 9 SHOW AND TELL Al Wilson (#1, Jan)
924.63 10 THEN CAME YOU Dionne Warwick and the Spinners (#1, Oct)
923.48 11 THE STREAK Ray Stevens (#1, May)
920.55 12 YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW The Stylistics (#2, June)
893.98 13 YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' Stevie Wonder (#1, Nov)
875.60 14 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (That's What I'm Gonna Do) Aretha Franklin (#3, Feb)
862.82 15 T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia) MFSB Featuring the Three Degrees (#1, April)
859.86 16 NOTHING FROM NOTHING Billy Preston (#1, Oct)
857.38 17 HOOKED ON A FEELING Blue Swede (#1, April)
853.45 18 TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce (#1, Dec 1973)
846.00 19 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool and the Gang (#4, March)
844.25 20 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE Redbone (#5, April)
828.55 21 THE LOCO-MOTION Grand Funk Railroad (#1, May)
826.14 22 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John (#2, Dec 1973)
822.69 23 BAND ON THE RUN Paul McCartney and Wings (#1, June)
817.22 24 SUNDOWN Gordon Lightfoot (#1, June)
814.48 25 SPIDERS AND SNAKES Jim Stafford (#3, March)
814.24 26 SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDER John Denver (#1, March)
809.16 27 YOU'RE SIXTEEN Ringo Starr (#1, Jan)
784.50 28 BOOGIE DOWN Eddie Kendricks (#2, March)
778.61 29 BILLY DON'T BE A HERO Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods (#1, June)
775.76 30 DO IT ('Til Your Satisfied) B.T. Express (Scepter) (#2, Nov)
773.23 31 ROCK ME GENTLY Andy Kim (#1, Sept)
772.68 32 (You're) HAVING MY BABY Paul Anka (with Odia Coates) (#1, Aug)
772.36 33 FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE Roberta Flack (#1, Aug)
758.89 34 THE ENTERTAINER Marvin Hamlisch (#3, May)
752.89 35 ANNIE'S SONG John Denver (#1, July)
740.99 36 ROCK ON Dave Essex (#5, March)
736.49 37 MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Maria Mauldaur (#6, June)
730.90 38 BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME Gladys Knight and the Pips (#3 April)
721.50 39 SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM Brownsville Station (#3, Jan)
717.67 40 I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION Gladys Knight and the Pips (#4, Jan)
717.02 41 YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET / FREE WHEELIN' Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury) (#1, Nov)
716.25 42 LET ME BE THERE Olivia Newton-John (#6 Feb)
712.67 43 THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED Paper Lace (#1, Aug)
710.03 44 DARK LADY Cher (#1, March)
691.72 45 SIDESHOW Blue Magic (#8, Aug)
691.60 46 NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White (#7, Jan)
690.95 47 LEAVE ME ALONE (Ruby Red Dress) Helen Reddy (#3, Dec 1973)
689.43 48 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD Rufus (#3, Aug)
673.82 49 I SHOT THE SHERIFF Eric Clapton (#1, Sept)
672.54 50 I CAN HELP Billy Swan (Monument) (#1, Nov )
668.18 51 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Olivia Newton-John (#1, Oct)
661.45 52 MOCKINGBIRD Carly Simon and James Taylor (#5, March)
654.08 53 LIVING FOR THE CITY Stevie Wonder (#8, Jan)
643.16 54 JAZZ MAN Carole King (#2, Nov)
637.39 55 THE SHOW MUST GO ON Three Dog Night (#4, May)
637.19 56 IF YOU LOVE ME (Let Me Know) Olivia Newton-John (#5, June)
634.90 57 ROCK THE BOAT The Hues Corporation (#1, July)
631.77 58 ROCK YOUR BABY George McRae (#1, July)
630.29 59 HELLO IT'S ME Todd Rundgren (#5, Dec 1973)
589.69 60 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John (#2, July)
586.63 61 TIN MAN America (#4, Nov)
586.54 62 THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies (#6, Aug)
584.47 63 ROCK AND ROLL HEAVEN The Righteous Brothers (#3, July)
579.06 64 I'M LEAVING IT (All) UP TO YOU Donnie and Marie Osmond (#4, Sept)
572.67 65 HANG ON IN THERE BABY Johnny Bristol (#8, Oct)
572.15 66 RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER Steely Dan (#4, Aug)
566.95 67 WATERLOO Abba (#6, Aug)
566.33 68 THE LOVE I LOST Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes (#7, Dec 1973)
563.03 69 BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT William DeVaughn (#4, June)
561.47 70 SWEET HOME ALABAMA Lynard Skynard (#8, Oct)
561.42 71 BEACH BABY First Class (#4, Oct)
561.42 72 THE pregnant dog IS BACK Elton John (#4, Nov)
557.42 73 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE Bad Company (#5, Nov)
554.37 74 PLEASE COME TO BOSTON Dave Loggins (#5, Aug)
553.06 75 WHAT EVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT John Lennon (#1, Nov)
549.74 76 ONE HELL OF A WOMAN Mac Davis (#11, July)
545.37 77 JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONLEY The Main Ingredient (#10, May)
540.15 78 CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN The Guess Who (#6, Oct)
538.46 79 ON AND ON Gladys Knight and the Pips (#5, July)
532.98 80 BACK HOME AGAIN John Denver (#5, Nov)
531.13 81 OH MY MY Ringo (#5, April)
528.01 82 THE LORD'S PRAYER Sister Janet Mead (#4, April)
527.38 83 I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE, BABE Barry White (#1, Sept)
525.24 84 YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD Helen Reddy (#9, Sept)
524.74 85 HELP ME Joni Mitchell (#7, June)
511.32 86 YOU WON'T SEE ME Anne Murray (#8, July)
509.37 87 HOLLYWOOD SWINGING Kool and the Gang (#6, July)
506.40 88 (I've Been) SEARCHIN' SO LONG Chicago (#9, May)
505.26 89 JET Paul McCartney and Wings (#7, March)
505.15 90 ERES TU (Touch The Wind) Mocedades (#9, March)
504.10 91 IF YOU ARE READY (Come Go With Me) The Staple Singers (#9, Dec 1973)
500.14 92 AMERICANS Byron MacGregor (#4, Feb)
497.93 93 WILDWOOD WEED Jim Stafford (#7, Aug)
490.70 94 LONGFELLOW SERENADE Neil Diamond (#5, Nov)
474.75 95 FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY The O'Jays (#9, June)
469.79 96 EVERLASTING LOVE Carl Carlton (#6, Nov)
469.63 97 TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield (#7, May)
461.98 98 PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER The O'Jays (#10, March)
458.38 99 ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT Cat Stevens (#6, Oct)
453.15 100 LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE Bobby Womack (#10, April)

[vince]

Here is 1975. Glen Campbell rides to the top with the biggest hit of 1975 based on this methodology. For the second year in a row Elton John has the #2 song of the year. The eligibilty period is 12/7/74 through 11/29/75.

Top 100 of 1975

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1141.17 1 RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell (Capitol) (#1, Sept)
1115.93 2 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM The Elton John Band (MCA) (#1, April)
1039.49 3 I'M SORRY / CALYPSO John Denver (RCA) (#1, Sept)
1011.98 4 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#1, June)
964.00 5 ONE OF THE THESE NIGHTS The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, Aug)
945.70 6 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS Freddy Fender (ABC/Dot) (#1, May)
885.45 7 FEELINGS Morris Albert (RCA) (#6, Oct)
883.31 8 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN Neil Sedaka (MCA) (#1, Feb)
867.23 9 LOVIN' YOU Minnie Riperton (Epic) (#1, April)
851.24 10 BLACK WATER The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers) (#1, March)
841.53 11 (Hey Won't You Play) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG B.J. Thomas (ABC) (#1, April)
838.35 12 MY EYES ADORED YOU Frankie Valli (Private Stock) (#1, March)
832.97 13 KUNG FU FIGHTING Carl Douglas (20th Century) (#1, Dec 1974)
830.01 14 JIVE TALKIN' The Bee Gees (RSO) (#1, Aug)
823.93 15 FAME David Bowie (RCA) (#1, Sept)
820.65 16 LADY MARMALADE LaBelle (Epic) (#1, March)
818.12 17 SHINING STAR Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#1, May)
814.97 18 BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#3, Feb)
790.53 19 PICK UP THE PIECES The Average White Band (AWB) (Atlantic) (#1, Feb)
790.12 20 THE HUSTLE Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony (Avco) (#1, July)
789.59 21 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED Linda Ronstadt (Capitol) (#2, June)
788.24 22 BEST OF MY LOVE The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, March)
773.20 23 BALLROOM BLITZ Sweet (Capitol) (#5, Oct)
761.38 24 ISLAND GIRL Elton John (MCA) (#1, Nov)
760.07 25 PLEASE MR. PLEASE Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#3, Aug)
759.10 26 ANGIE BABY Helen Reddy (Capitol) (#1, Dec 1974)
753.52 27 YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING Barry White (20th Century) (#2, Jan)
748.46 28 AT SEVENTEEN Janis Ian (Columbia) (#3, Sept)
746.99 29 MIRACLES Jefferson Starship (Grunt) (#3,Oct)
746.64 30 LOVE WON'T LET ME WAIT Major Harris (Atlantic) (#5, June)
745.70 31 FALLIN' IN LOVE Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds (Playboy) (#1, Aug)
744.49 32 LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID Paul McCartney and Wings (Capitol) (#1, July)
744.15 33 WHO LOVES YOU Four Seasons (Warner / Curb) (#3, Nov)
737.96 34 I'M NOT IN LOVE 10c.c. (Mercury) (#2, July)
735.72 35 THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY John Denver (RCA) (#1, June)
732.66 36 WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN The Three Degrees (Philadelphia International) (#2, Dec 1974)
717.91 37 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#1, March)
705.10 38 HE DON'T LOVE YOU (Like I Love You) Tony Orlando and Dawn (Elektra) (#1, May)
699.88 39 FIGHT THE POWER (Part 1) The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) (#4, Sept)
698.73 40 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE Harry Chapin (Eletra) (#1, Dec 1974)
689.65 41 THEY JUST CAN"T STOP IT (Games People Play) (Atlantic) (#5, Oct)
686.67 42 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS Elton John (MCA) (#1, Jan)
683.37 43 SISTER GOLDEN HAIR America (Warner Brothers) (#1, June)
673.27 44 WILDFIRE Michael (Martin) Murphey (Epic) (#3, June)
671.06 45 PLEASE MR. POSTMAN The Carpenters (A&M) (#1, Jan)
666.31 46 LYIN' EYES The Eagles (Asylum) (#2, Nov)
665.70 47 FIRE The Ohio Players (Mercury) (#1, Feb)
662.94 48 I'M NOT LISA Jessi Colter (Capitol) (#4, June)
662.51 49 THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH YOU The Captain & Tennille (A&M) (#4, Nov)
657.69 50 WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS War (United Artists) (#6, Aug)
654.37 51 EXPRESS B.T. Express (Roadshow) (#4, March)
653.23 52 MANDY Barry Manilow (Bell) (#1, Jan)
651.13 53 JUNIOR'S FARM / SALLY G Paul McCartney and Wings (Apple) (#3, Jan)
647.98 54 JACKIE BLUE The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (A&M) (#3, May)
647.68 55 BAD BLOOD Neil Sedaka (Rocket) (#1, Oct)
640.32 56 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL Grand Funk (Capitol) (#3, Feb)
629.55 57 WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS Freddy Fender (ABC/Dot) (#8, Sept)
626.88 58 HOW LONG Ace (Anchor) (#3, May)
616.11 59 COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow (Arista) (#6, Sept)
614.41 60 CHEVY VAN Sammy Johns (GRC) (#5, May)
609.74 61 MAGIC Pilot (EMI) (#5, July)
605.38 62 SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT Elton John (MCA) (#4, Aug)
604.55 63 YOU'RE NO GOOD Linda Ronstadt (Capitol) (#1, Feb)
604.51 64 HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You) James Taylor (Warner Brothers) (#5, Aug)
594.36 65 MIDNIGHT BLUE Melissa Manchester (Arista) (#6, Aug)
582.16 66 BAD TIME Grand Funk (Capitol) (#4, June)
580.77 67 POETRY MAN Phoebe Snow (Shelter) (#5, April)
577.68 68 GET DOWN TONIGHT K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, Aug)
574.60 69 NO NO SONG / SNOOKEROO Ringo Starr (Apple) (#3, April)
571.51 70 LONELY PEOPLE America (Warner Brothers) (#5, March)
568.12 71 THIS WILL BE Natalie Cole (Capitol) (#6, Nov)
567.43 72 LOW RIDER War (United Artists) (#7, Nov)
566.62 73 WALKING IN RHYTHM The Blackbyrds (Fantasy) (#6, May)
552.47 74 HEAT WAVE Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) (#5, Nov)
551.10 75 DANCE WITH ME Orleans (Asylum) (#6, Oct)
550.34 76 SHA-LA-LA (Makes Me Happy) Al Green (Hi) (#7, Dec 1974)
540.50 77 ONLY YESTERDAY The Carpenters (A&M) (#4, May)
522.53 78 DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE Paul Anka (with Odia Coates) (United Artists) (#8, May)
522.24 79 ONE MAN WOMAN/ONE WOMAN MAN Paul Anka with Odia Coates(United Artists) (#7, Jan)
511.75 80 CUT THE CAKE The Average White Band (AWB) (Atlantic) (#10, June)
509.71 81 YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL Joe Cocker (A&M) (#5, March)
503.74 82 FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE Bad Company (Swan Song) (#10, Sept)
496.39 83 DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta (Claridge) (#9, March)
493.27 84 MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Donny and Marie Osmond (MGM) (#8, Jan)
492.90 85 DOCTOR'S ORDERS Carol Douglas (Midland International) (#11, Feb)
487.18 86 THE WAY WE WERE / TRY TO REMEMBER (Medley) Gladys Knight and the Pips (Buddah) (#11, Aug)
483.65 87 AIN'T NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY Hele Reddy (Capitol) (#8, Oct)
480.26 88 IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE Tavares (Capitol) (#10, Oct)
480.18 89 DYNOMITE (Part 1) Bazuka (A&M) (#10, Aug)
479.56 90 RUN JOEY RUN David Geddes (Big Tree) (#4, Oct)
476.93 91 OLD DAYS Chicago (Columbia) (#5, June)
475.75 92 ONLY YOU Ringo Starr (Apple) (#6, Jan)
471.33 93 ONLY WOMEN Alice Cooper (Atlantic) (#12, June)
467.56 94 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Gloria Gaynor (MGM) (#9, Jan)
456.93 95 GET DOWN, GET DOWN (Get On the Floor) Joe Simon (Spring) (#8, June)
456.59 96 YOU GOT THE LOVE Rufus Featuring Chaka Kahn (ABC) (#11, Dec 1974)
455.22 97 SWEARIN' TO GOD Frankie Valli (Private Stock) (#6, July)
447.02 98 BRAZIL The Ritchie Family (20th Century) (#11, Oct)
444.58 99 CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD The Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists) (#9, March)
433.89 100 SUPERNATURAL THING Ben E. King (Atlantic) (#5, Apr)

[vince]

Now for 1976. The #1 song of the year was written about 200 years prior to 1976. The eligibility period is 12/6/75 through 11/27/76. Record ascending on 12/4/76 are held over to 1977. This includes "Tonight's the Night" since it held at #1 though the end of December.

The Top 100 of 1976

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1243.38 1 A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band (Private Stock) (#1, Oct)
1159.16 2 PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC Wild Cherry (Sweet City) (#1, Sept)
1145.20 3 SILLY LOVE SONGS Wings (Capitol) (#1, May)
1114.60 4 DISCO DUCK (Part 1) Rick Dees and His Cast Of Idiots (RSO) (#1, Oct)
1106.45 5 I WRITE THE SONGS Barry Manilow (Arista) (#1, Jan)
1041.74 6 (Shake, Shake, Shake) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, Sept)
1027.91 7 KISS AND SAY GOODBYE The Manhattans (Columbia) (#1, July)
1016.07 8 I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT England Dan and John Ford Coley (Big Tree) (#2, Sept)
1015.40 9 LOVE IS ALIVE Gary Wright (Warner Brothers) (#2, July)
1014.79 10 IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW Chicago (Columbia) (#1, Oct)
1009.40 11 LOVE MACHINE (Part 1) The Miracles (Tamla) (#1, March)
997.25 12 LOVE ROLLERCOASTER The Ohio Players (Mercury) (#1, Jan)
968.54 13 MISTY BLUE Dorothy Moore (Malaco) (#3, June)
960.00 14 GET UP AND BOOGIE Silver Convention (Midland International) (#2, June)
958.80 15 DECEMBER 1963 (Oh, What a Night) The Four Seasons (Warner/Curb) (#1, March)
956.33 16 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Maxine Nightingale (United Artists) (#2, May)
925.71 17 BOOGIE FEVER The Sylvers (Capitol) (#1, May)
922.96 18 YOU SEXY THING Hot Chocolate (Atlantic) (#3, Feb)
921.84 19 SARA SMILE Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#4, June)
908.81 20 THAT'S THE WAY (I Like It) K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, Nov 1975)
898.01 21 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART Elton John and Kiki Dee (Rocket) (#1, Aug)
897.71 22 LONELY NIGHT (Angel Face) The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#3, March)
895.92 23 LOVE HANGOVER Diana Ross (Motown) (#1, May)
895.80 24 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY Donna Summer (Oasis) (#2, Feb)
892.34 25 DREAM WEAVER Gary Wright (Warner Brothers) (#2, March)
891.48 26 AFTERNOON DELIGHT The Starland Vocal Band (Windsong) (#1, July)
888.63 27 DISCO LADY Johnnie Taylor (Columbia) (#1, April)
885.46 28 LOWDOWN Boz Scaggs (Columbia) (#3, Oct)
869.82 29 YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE Lou Rawls (Philadelphia International) (#2, Sept)
861.06 30 YOU SHOULD BE DANCING The BeeGees (RSO) (#1, Sept)
823.75 31 THEME FROM "MAHOGANY" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) Diana Ross (Motown) (#1, Jan)
819.37 32 THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)(#2, Nov)
815.68 33 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER Paul Simon (Columbia) (#1, Feb)
814.25 34 ALL BY MYSELF Eric Carmen (Arista) (#2, March)
810.78 35 MORE, MORE, MORE (Part 1) The Andrea True Connection (Buddah) (#4, July)
803.07 36 FLY, ROBIN, FLY Silver Convention (Midland International) (#1, Nov 1975)
792.52 37 LET YOUR LOVE FLOW The Bellamy Brothers (Warner/Curb) (#1, May)
781.41 38 WELCOME BACK John Sebastian (Reprise) (#1, May)
774.78 39 ROCKIN' ME The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)(#1, Nov)
762.18 40 LET'S DO IT AGAIN The Staple Singers (Curtom) (#1, Dec 1975)
760.47 41 SKY HIGH Jigsaw (Chelsea) (#3, Dec 1975)
758.61 42 SATURDAY NIGHT The Bay City Rollers (Arista) (#1, Jan)
755.72 43 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT The Eagles (Asylum) (#4, March)
753.25 44 GET CLOSER Seals and Crofts (with Carolyn Willis) (Warner Brothers) (#6, July)
750.07 45 I LOVE MUSIC (Part 1) The O'Jays (Philadelhia International) (#5, Jan)
748.43 46 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE Elvin Bishop (Capricorn) (#3, May)
739.92 47 LET 'EM IN Wings (Capitol) (#3, Aug)
736.53 48 SHOP AROUND The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#4, July)
734.82 49 MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT Starbuck (Private Stock) (#3, July)
734.14 50 THEME FROM S.W.A.T. Rhythm Heritage (ABC) (#1, Feb)
732.87 51 CONVOY C.W. McCall (MGM) (#1, Jan)
726.89 52 SHANNON Henry Gross (Lifesong) (#6, June)
710.26 53 I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU The Brothers Johnson (A&M) (#3, July)
710.15 54 SHOW ME THE WAY Peter Frampton (A&M) (#6, May)
703.77 55 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen (Elecktra) (#9, April)
693.18 56 SHE'S GONE Daryl Hall and John Oates (Atlantic) (#7, Oct)
683.41 57 LOVE HURTS Nazareth (A&M) (#8, March)
678.57 58 SWEET THING Rufus Featuring Chaka Kahn (ABC) (#5, April)
677.09 59 ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC The Beach Boys (Brother) (#5, Aug)
669.07 60 SWEET LOVE The Commodores (Motown) (#5, April)
666.50 61 ONLY SIXTEEN Dr. Hook (Capitol) (#6, April)
642.75 62 TIMES OF YOUR LIFE Paul Amka (United Artists) (#7, Feb)
632.95 63 GOLDEN YEARS David Bowie (RCA) (#10, April)
628.78 64 SING A SONG Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#5, Feb)
628.62 65 FOX ON THE RUN Sweet (Capitol) (#5, Jan)
620.32 66 NIGHTS ON BROADWAY The Bee Gees (RSO) (#7, Dec 1975)
610.29 67 STILL THE ONE Orleans (Asylum) (#5, Oct)
594.74 68 DREAM ON Aerosmith (Columbia) (#6, April)
590.18 69 SAY YOU LOVE ME Fleetwood Mac (Reprise) (#11, Sept)
587.08 70 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE The Beatles (Capitol) (#7, July)
571.17 71 A LITTLE BIT MORE Dr. Hook (Capitol) (#11, Oct)
569.01 72 MAGIC MAN Heart (Mushroom) (#9, Nov )
561.63 73 SUMMER War (United Artists) (#7, Sept)
555.97 74 HAPPY DAYS Pratt & McClain (Reprise) (#5, June)
534.49 75 TURN THE BEAT AROUND Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA) (#10, Aug)
530.74 76 EVIL WOMAN The Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists) (#10, Feb)
526.34 77 JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU The Commodres (Motown) (#7, Nov)
517.86 78 DEVIL WOMAN Cliff Richard (Rocket) (#6, Sept)
517.86 79 THIS MASQUERADE George Benson (Warner Brothers) (#10, Aug)
517.83 80 (Don't Fear) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult (Columbia)(#12, Nov)
515.81 81 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Neil Sedaka (Rocket) (#8, Feb)
504.64 82 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE David Ruffin (Motown) (#9, Jan)
498.40 83 DEEP PURPLE Donny and Marie Osmond (Kolob) (#14, March)
483.52 84 RHIANNON (Will You Ever Win) Fleetwood Mac (Reprise) (#11, June)
477.94 85 WAKE UP EVERYBODY (Part 1) Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes (Philadelphia International) (#12, Feb)
475.03 86 MONEY HONEY The Bay City Rollers (Arista) (#9, April)
472.02 87 THAT'LL BE THE DAY Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) (#11, Oct)
468.00 88 FANNY (Be Tender With My Love) The BeeGees (RSO) (#12, March)
463.58 89 TRYIN' TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN Barry Manilow (Arista) (#10, May)
453.74 90 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU The Bay City Rollers (Arista) (#12, Oct)
451.56 91 WITH YOUR LOVE Jefferson Starship (Grunt) (#12, Sept)
442.99 92 GETAWAY Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#12, Oct)
436.56 93 LET HER IN John Travolta (Midland International) (#10, July)
432.46 94 COUNTRY BOY (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) Glen Campbell (Capitol) (#11, Jan)
431.73 95 BABY FACE A Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps (Wing & a Prayer) (#14, March)
423.73 96 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY Peter Frampton (A&M) (#12, Aug)
419.48 97 FERNANDO Abba (Atlantic) (#13, Nov )
415.59 98 JUNK FOOD JUNKIE Larry Groce (Warner Brothers) (#9, March)
414.17 99 TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) (#11, July)
412.63 100 ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE (Live Version) Kiss (Casablanca) (#12, Jan)

[vince]

Next up is 1977. Andy Gibb takes the top spot. "You Light Up My Life" gets held over since it was still holding at #1 the first week of December. The eligibility period is 12/4/76 through 11/26/77. The week of 12/25/76 is counted twice to credit for the frozen week on 1/1/77.

The Top 100 of 1977

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1641.70 1 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING Andy Gibb (RSO) (#1, July)
1306.35 2 BEST OF MY LOVE The Emotions (Columbia) (#1, Aug)
1259.79 3 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (Gonna Be Alright) Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#1, Nov 1976)
1253.37 4 LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN" (Evergreen) Barbra Streisand (Columbia) (#1, March)
1093.91 5 BOOGIE NIGHTS Heatwave (Epic) (#2, Nov)
1067.81 6 YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) (#1, Jan)
1054.69 7 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR (To Be In My Show) Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. (ABC) (#1, Jan)
1049.74 8 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY Thelma Houston (Tamla) (#1, April)
1031.67 9 THE RUBBERBAND MAN The Spinners (Atlantic) (#2, Dec 1976)
1016.28 10 I LIKE DREAMIN' Kenny Nolan (20th Century) (#3, March)
1015.71 11 (Your Love Has Lifted Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER Rita Coolidge (A&M) (#2, Sept)
1004.08 12 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS Mary MacGregor (Ariola America) (#1, Feb)
1003.61 13 UNDERCOVER ANGEL Alan O'Day (Pacific) (#1, July)
975.63 14 CAR WASH Rose Royce (MCA) (#1, Jan)
975.35 15 GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Part 1) Marvin Gaye (Tamla) (#1, June)
972.94 16 HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, May)
962.26 17 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon (Elektra) (#2, Oct)
953.78 18 DANCING QUEEN Abba (Atlantic) (#1, April)
943.58 19 ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS Hot (Big Tree) (#6, July)
938.77 20 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell (Capitol) (#1, April)
933.10 21 I WISH Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#1, Jan)
925.24 22 MUSKRAT LOVE The Captain and Tennille (A&M) (#4, Nov 1976)
923.28 23 LOVE SO RIGHT The Bee Gees (RSO) (#3, Nov 1976)
922.76 24 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) (#2, March)
912.09 25 GONNA FLY NOW (Theme From "Rocky") Bill Conti (United Artists) (#1, July)
900.62 26 DAZZ Brick (Bang) (#3, Jan)
898.81 27 THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb) (#3, Oct)
894.66 28 NEW KID IN TOWN The Eagles (Asylum) (#1, Feb)
886.30 29 I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#1, June)
873.91 30 KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.) (#2, Oct)
872.49 31 WHEN I NEED YOU Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) (#1, May)
862.61 32 I'M IN YOU Peter Frampton (A&M) (#2, July)
859.74 33 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Warner Brothers) (#1, Feb)
839.68 34 HOT LINE The Sylvers (Capitol) (#5, Jan)
833.78 35 SIR DUKE Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#1, May)
830.59 36 DON'T GIVE UP ON US David Soul (Private Stock) (#1, April)
829.32 37 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#1, June)
822.04 38 RICH GIRL Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#1, March)
816.34 39 DA DOO RON RON Shaun Cassidy (Wanrer Brothers/Curb) (#1, July)
808.84 40 LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT Barry Manilow (Arista) (#1, July)
807.60 41 MORE THAN A FEELING Boston (Epic) (#5, Dec 1976)
806.69 42 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE Peter McCann (20th Century) (#5, Aug)
802.81 43 DON'T STOP Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#3, Sept)
788.66 44 THEME FROM "STAR WARS"/CANTINA BAND (Medley) Meco (Millennium) (#1, Oct)
754.59 45 I FEEL LOVE Donna Summer (Casablanca) (#6, Nov)
753.88 46 TELEPHONE LINE The Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists/Jet) (#7, Sept)
753.80 47 EASY The Commodores (Motown) (#4, Aug)
752.65 48 NADIA'S THEME Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin Jr. (A&M) (#8, Dec 1976)
752.62 49 SO IN TO YOU The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor) (#7, April)
745.69 50 COLD AS ICE Foreigner (Atlantic) (#6, Oct)
743.22 51 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME Barbra Streisand (Columbia) (#4, July)
743.08 52 COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT The Climax Blues Band (Sire) (#3, May)
741.53 53 THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE 10cc (Mercury) (#5, April)
738.89 54 I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND Natalie Cole (Capitol) (#5, April)
731.99 55 LUCILLE Kenny Rogers (United Artists) (#5, June)
725.92 56 WHATCHA GONNA DO Pablo Cruise (A&M) (#6, Aug)
722.92 57 ENJOY YOURSELF The Jacksons (Epic) (#6, Feb)
722.25 58 MARGARITAVILLE Jimmy Buffett (ABC) (#8, July)
716.13 59 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Foreigner (Atlantic) (#4, June)
704.55 60 IT'S ECTASY WHEN I LAY WITH YOU Barry White (20th Century) (#4, Nov)
703.02 61 HANDY MAN James Taylor (Columbia) (#4, Sept)
699.65 62 NIGHT MOVES Bob Seger (Capitol) (#4, March)
693.87 63 BETH Kiss (Casablanca) (#7, Dec 1976)
687.83 64 AFTER THE LOVIN' Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic) (#8, Jan)
681.29 65 RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT Jennifer Warnes (Arista) (#6, May)
675.18 66 LONELY BOY Andrew Gold (Asylum) (#7, June)
666.85 67 YOU ARE THE WOMAN Firefall (Atlantic) (#9, Dec 1976)
652.56 68 STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 The Brothers Johnson (A&M) (#5, Sept)
648.12 69 SWAYIN' TO THE MUSIC (Slow Dancin') Johnny Rivers (Big Tree) (#10, Oct)
631.97 70 ON AND ON Stephen Bishop (ABC) (#11, Oct)
630.94 71 FLOAT ON The Floaters (ABC) (#2, Sept)
622.38 72 JET AIRLINER The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) (#8, July)
621.02 73 STAND TALL Burton Cummings (Portrait) (#10, Jan)
620.80 74 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD Elton John (Rocket) (#6, Dec 1976)
611.45 75 BRICK HOUSE The Commodores (Motown) (#5, Nov)
608.14 76 JUST A SONG BEFORE I GO Corsby, Stills, and Nash (Atlantic) (#7, Aug)
584.25 77 LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Bread (Elektra) (#9, Feb)
581.71 78 I NEVER CRY Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers) (#12, Jan)
570.91 79 YOU AND ME Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers) (#9, Aug)
549.74 80 CARRY ON WAYWARD SON Kansas (Kirshner) (#11, April)
546.62 81 WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND Barry Manilow (Airsta) (#10, Feb)
528.27 82 BARRACUDA Heart (Portrait) (#11, Sept)
513.75 83 NIGHTS ARE FOREVER WITHOUT YOU England Dan & John Ford Coley (Big Tree) (#10, Dec 1976)
502.05 84 LIDO SHUFFLE Boz Scaggs (Columbia) (#11, May)
493.20 85 LIVIN' THING The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) (#13, Jan)
492.73 86 YOU MADE ME BELEIVE IN MAGIC The Bay City Rollers (Arista) (#10, Aug)
487.23 87 SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE The Sanford/Townsend Band (Warner Brothers) (#9, Sept)
485.13 88 LOVE ME Yvonne Elliman (RSO) (#14, Dec 1976)
480.00 89 HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG The Marshall Tucker Band (Capricorn) (#14, June)
471.85 90 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen (Elektra) (#13, Jan)
461.81 91 GO YOUR OWN WAY Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#10, March)
461.05 92 YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart (Janus) (#8, March)
459.08 93 I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU Rose Royce (MCA) (#10, May)
456.67 94 JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU Firefall (Atlantic) (#11, Nov)
454.58 95 WALK THIS WAY Aerosmith (Columbia) (#10, Jan)
439.44 96 JEANS ON David Dundas (Chrysalis) (#17, Jan)
415.29 97 HELP IS ON THE WAY The Little River Band (Capitol) (#14, Nov)
406.65 98 AIN'T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (With No Big Fat Woman) Joe Tex (Epic) (#12, June)
404.94 99 YOU'RE MY WORLD Helen Reddy (Capitol) (#18, July)
389.23 100 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG Ronnie Milsap (RCA) (#16, Oct)

[vince]

Here is 1978. Debbie Boone does not get the top spot as it goes Bee Gees. But she does joins the Gibb family in the top 6. The eligibility period is 12/3/77 through 11/25/78. 12/24/77 is counted twice for the frozen on 12/31/77.

The Top 100 of 1978

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1745.27 1 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees (RSO) (#1, Dec 1977)
1622.95 2 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE Debby Boone (Warner/Curb) (#1, Oct 1977)
1489.82 3 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees (RSO) (#1, Feb)
1399.33 4 SHADOW DANCING Andy Gibb (RSO) (#1, June)
1355.56 5 NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees (RSO) (#1, March)
1264.93 6 LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER Andy Gibb (RSO) (#1, March)
1259.22 7 KISS YOU ALL OVER Exile (Warner/Curb) (#1, Sept)
1241.78 8 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste Of Honey (Capitol) (#1, Sept)
1185.88 9 THREE TIMES A LADY The Commodores (Motown) (#1, Aug)
1175.79 10 BABY COME BACK Player (RSO) (#1, Jan)
1173.50 11 HOT CHILD IN THE CITY Nick Gilder (Chrysalis) (#1, Oct)
1153.66 12 LAY DOWN SALLY Eric Clapton (RSO) (#3, April)
1141.82 13 DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE Crystal Gayle (United Artists) (#2, Nov 1977)
1107.92 14 I GO CRAZY Paul Davis (Bang) (#7, March)
1095.05 15 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (RSO) (#1, June)
1091.81 16 EMOTION Samantha Sang (Private Stock) (#3, March)
1061.29 17 YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray (Capitol) (#1, Nov)
1049.40 18 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman (RSO) (#1, May)
1037.74 19 MAC ARTHUR PARK Donna Summer (Casablanca) (#1, Nov )
1034.12 20 CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU Barry Manilow (Arista) (#3, April)
1033.80 21 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty (United Artists) (#2, June)
1008.02 22 MISS YOU The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones) (#1, Aug)
1000.99 23 GREASE Frankie Valli (RSO) (#1, Aug)
992.22 24 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Billy Joel (Columbia) (#3, Feb)
973.64 25 BLUE BAYOU Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) (#3, Dec 1977)
924.67 26 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Queen (Elektra) (#4, Feb)
919.42 27 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John (RSO) (#3, Sept)
915.11 28 THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway (Atlantic) (#2, May)
904.61 29 HOT BLOODED Foreigner (Atlantic) (#3, Sept)
887.99 30 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH Dan Hill (20th Century) (#3, March)
879.37 31 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Abba (Atlantic) (#3, July)
874.03 32 WITH A LITTLE LUCK Wings (Capitol) (#1, May)
870.24 33 HOW MUCH I FEEL Ambrosia (Warner Brothers) (#3, Nov )
851.07 34 TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE Johnny Mathis and Denice Williams (Columbia) (#1, June)
850.89 35 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) Chic (Atlantic) (#6, Feb)
842.67 36 IT'S A HEARTACHE Bonnie Tyler (RCA) (#3, June)
832.46 37 YOU'RE IN MY HEART (The Final Acclaim) Rod Stewart (Warner Borthers) (#4, Jan)
829.50 38 FEELS SO GOOD Chuck Mangione (A&M) (#4, June)
828.87 39 REMINISCING The Little River Band (Harvest) (#3, Oct)
828.69 40 LAST DANCE Donna Summer (Casablanca) (#3, Aug)
794.18 41 (Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN L.T.D. (A&M) (#4, Dec 1977)
781.69 42 HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR Paul Nicholas (RSO) (#6, Nov 1977)
780.68 43 LOVE IS IN THE AIR John Paul Young (Scotti Brothers) (#7, Oct)
777.19 44 WHENEVER I CALL YOU "FRIEND" Kenny Loggins (with Stevie Nicks) (Columbia) (#5, Oct)
772.86 45 SHORT PEOPLE Randy Newman (Warner Brothers) (#2, Jan)
771.22 46 SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY Paul Simon (Columbia) (#5, Jan)
757.30 47 DUST IN THE WIND Kansas (Kirshner) (#6, April)
747.66 48 HERE YOU COME AGAIN Dolly Parton (RCA) (#3, Jan)
737.95 49 DOUBLE VISION Foreigner (Atlantic) (#2, Nov)
735.02 50 AN EVERLASTING LOVE Andy Gibb (RSO) (#5, Sept)
733.33 51 USE TA BE MY GIRL The O'Jays (Philadelphia International) (#4, July)
717.90 52 BABY WHAT A BIG SURPRISE Chicago (Columbia) (#4, Dec 1977)
715.58 53 WE'RE ALL ALONE Rita Coolidge (A&M) (#7, Nov 1977)
711.85 54 SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Cast (RSO) (#5, Sept)
702.12 55 JACK AND JILL Raydio (Arista) (#8, April)
689.56 56 STILL THE SAME Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) (#4, July)
689.24 57 COME SAIL AWAY Styx (A&M) (#8, Jan)
674.89 58 IT'S SO EASY Linda Ronstadt (Asylum) (#5, Dec 1977)
674.30 59 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN Sweet (Capitol) (#8, June)
661.00 60 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY Pablo Cruise (A&M) (#6, Aug)
635.35 61 DANCE WITH ME Peter Brown with Betty Wright (Drive) (#8, July)
622.76 62 DON'T LOOK BACK Boston (Epic) (#4, Oct)
620.39 63 THE GROOVE LINE Heatwave (Epic) (#7, July)
607.49 64 HEY DEANIE Shaun Cassidy (Warner/Curb) (#7, Jan)
606.63 65 MAGNET AND STEEL Walter Egan (Columbia) (#8, Aug)
601.82 66 YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT The Captain & Tennille (A&M) (#10, Nov)
585.88 67 SENTIMENTAL LADY Bob Welch (Capitol) (#8, Jan)
584.61 68 OUR LOVE Natalie Cole (Capitol) (#10, April)
575.75 69 IMAGINARY LOVER The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor) (#7, June)
564.95 70 THUNDER ISLAND Jay Ferguson (Asylum) (#9, April)
555.98 71 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD Meat Loaf (Cleveland International) (#11, July)
549.88 72 GET OFF Foxy (Dash) (#9, Nov)
546.92 73 COUNT ON ME Jefferson Starship (Grunt) (#8, May)
546.15 74 ON BROADWAY George Benson (Wanrer Brothers) (#7, June)
544.30 75 YOU BELONG TO ME Carly Simon (Elektra) (#6, June)
524.59 76 LIFE'S BEEN GOOD Joe Walsh (Asylum) (#12, Aug)
516.05 77 DISCO INFERNO The Trammps (Atlantic) (#11, May)
500.25 78 COPACABANA (At the Copa) Barry Manilow (Arista) (#8, Aug)
485.31 79 THIS TIME I'M IN IT FOR LOVE Player (RSO) (#10, June)
481.28 80 MY ANGEL BABY Toby Beau (RCA) (#13, Aug)
474.79 81 SHAME Evelyn "Champagne" King (RCA) (#9, Sept)
471.50 82 SERPENTINE FIRE Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#13, Feb)
466.50 83 YOU CAN'T TURN ME OFF (In the Middle of Turning Me On) High Inergy (Gordy) (#12, Dec 1977)
459.07 84 FOOL (If You Think's Over) Chris Rea (Magnet) (#12, Sept)
456.10 85 PEG Steely Dan (ABC) (#11, March)
449.91 86 RUNNING ON EMPTY Jackson Browne (Asylum) (#11, April)
445.71 87 WHAT'S YOUR NAME Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA) (#13, March)
438.05 88 BABY HOLD ON Eddie Money (Columbia) (#11, June)
427.30 89 READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AGAIN Barry Manilow (Arista) (#11, Nov)
420.51 90 BLUER THAN BLUE Michael Johnson (EMI-America) (#12, July)
419.87 91 YOU AND I Rick James (Gordy) (#13, Sept)
405.77 92 GOODBYE GIRL David Gates (Elektra) (#15, April)
397.93 93 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty (#12, Oct)
397.86 94 HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) (#12, Oct)
396.89 95 FLASH LIGHT Parliament (Casablanca) (#16, April)
396.65 96 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE Earth, Wind, & Fire (Columbia) (#9, Sept)
395.42 97 FALLING LeBlanc and Carr (Big Tree) (#13, April)
394.11 98 SWEET TALKING WOMAN The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) (#17, April)
390.03 99 BEAST OF BURDEN The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones) (#8, Nov)
382.58 100 TURN TO STONE The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) (#13, Feb)

[vince]

Next is 1979. Chic is on top and the top four are all disco. The eligibility period is 12/2/78 through 11/24/79. 12/23/78 is counted twice for the frozen week of 12/30/78.

The Top 100 of 1979

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1541.68 1 LE FREAK Chic (Atlantic) (#1, Dec 1978)
1377.47 2 HOT STUFF Donna Summer (Casablanca) (#1, June)
1332.34 3 Y.M.C.A. The Village People (Casablanca) (#2, Feb)
1325.35 4 I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor (Polydor) (#1, March)
1247.06 5 MY SHARONA The Knack (Capitol) (#1, Aug)
1209.00 6 DO YA THINK I'M SEXY? Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#1, Feb)
1160.89 7 BAD GIRLS Donna Summer (Casablanca) (#1, July)
1133.39 8 RING MY BELL Anita Ward (Juana) (#1, June)
1109.64 9 REUNITED Peaches and Herb (Polydor) (#1, May)
1107.33 10 I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE (Disco 'Round) Alicia Bridges (Polydor) (#5, Dec 1978)
1106.65 11 SAD EYES Robert John (EMI-America) (#1, Oct)
1080.49 12 A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#3, Feb)
1072.70 13 RISE Herb Alpert (A&M) (#1, Oct)
1065.59 14 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra and Neil (Columbia) (#1, Dec 1978)
1039.78 15 POP MUZIK M (#1, Nov)
1032.17 16 TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees (RSO) (#1, Jan)
1023.91 17 GOOD TIMES Chic (Atlantic) (#1, Aug)
1011.45 18 I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN Dionne Warwick (Arista) (#5, Oct)
992.70 19 FIRE The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#2, Feb)
991.68 20 MY LIFE Billy Joel (Columbia) (#3, Jan)
960.86 21 STILL The Commodores (#1, Nov )
945.79 22 WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers) (#1, April)
942.34 23 TRAGEDY The Bee Gees (RSO) (#1, March)
903.14 24 DIM ALL THE LIGHTS Donna Summer (#2, Nov)
879.51 25 AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Earth, Wind, and Fire (ARC) (#2, Sept)
868.09 26 HEART OF GLASS Blondie (Chrysalis) (#1, April)
855.03 27 STUMBLIN' IN Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman (RSO) (#4, May)
850.60 28 HEARTACHE TONIGHT The Eagles (#1, Nov)
834.01 29 SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook (Capitol) (#6, Jan)
823.24 30 I JUST WANNA STOP Gino Vanelli (A&M) (#4, Dec 1978)
823.02 31 MAKIN' IT David Naughton (RSO) (#5, July)
821.72 32 KNOCK ON WOOD Amii Wood (Ariola) (#1, April)
814.92 33 THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT Barbra Streisand (Columbia) (#3, Aug)
805.85 34 DON'T STOP 'TILL YOU GET ENOUGH Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, Oct)
802.95 35 LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT The Bee Gees (RSO) (#1, June)
785.96 36 WE ARE FAMILY Sister Sledge (Cotillon) (#2, June)
776.22 37 SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits (Warner Brothers) (#4, April)
774.57 38 WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN Dr. Hook (Capitol) (#6, Aug)
774.45 39 THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp (A&M) (#6, June)
764.55 40 GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Wings (Columbia) (#5, May)
761.65 41 HEAVEN KNOWS Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams (Casablanca) (#4, March)
746.76 42 IN THE NAVY The Village People (Casablanca) (#3, May)
739.26 43 SHAKE YOUR BODY (Down To the Ground) The Jacksons (Epic) (#7, May)
738.92 44 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST Randy Vanwarmer (Bearsville) (#4, June)
738.61 45 LEAD ME ON Maxine Nightingale (Windsong) (#5, Sept)
737.88 46 SAIL ON The Commodores (Motown) (#4, Oct)
729.03 47 LONESOME LOSER The Little River Band (Capitol) (#6, Sept)
723.19 48 HOLD THE LINE Toto (Columbia) (#5, Jan)
722.14 49 SHE BELIEVES IN ME Kenny Rogers (United Artists) (#5, July)
717.49 50 THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic) (#3, Sept)
717.17 51 SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches and Herb (Polydor) (#5, March)
707.76 52 CHUCK E'S IN LOVE Rickie Lee Jones (Warner Brothers) (#4, July)
706.57 53 DON'T BRING ME DOWN The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) (#4, Sept)
706.16 54 (Our Love) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb (RSO) (#9, Dec 1978)
702.96 55 LOTTA LOVE Nicolette Larson (Warner Brothers) (#8, Feb)
670.84 56 BOOGIE WONDERLAND Earth, Wind, and Fire with the Emotions (ARC) (#6, July)
668.97 57 I WANT YOU TO WANT ME Cheap Trick (Epic) (#7, July)
667.02 58 MUSIC BOX DANCER Frank Mills (Polydor) (#3, May)
662.84 59 GOLD John Stewart (with Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham) (RSO) (#5, Aug)
641.20 60 TIME PASSAGES Al Stewart (Arista) (#7, Dec 1978)
638.52 61 EVERY 1'S A WINNER Hot Chcolate (Infinity) (#6, Feb)
636.26 62 MAMA CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE Elton John (MCA) (#9, Aug)
618.38 63 HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU Bonnie Pointer (Motown) (#11, Oct)
608.73 64 OOH BABY BABY Linda Rinstadt (Elektra) (#7, Jan)
604.98 65 YOU DECORATED MY LIFE Kenny Rogers (#7, Nov)
595.20 66 I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic (Atlantic) (#7, May)
586.56 67 DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Melissa Manchester (Arista) (#10, March)
585.74 68 HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER Sister Sledge (Coltillon) (#9, May)
585.19 69 YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT Raydio (Arista) (#9, Aug)
570.09 70 LADY The Little River Band (Capitol) (#10, April)
563.50 71 I WAS MADE FOR DANCIN' Leif Garrett (Scotti Brothers) (#10, Feb)
563.18 72 SEPTEMBER Earth, Wind, and Fire (ARC) (#8, Feb)
562.80 73 SHINE A LITTLE LOVE The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) (#8, July)
529.75 74 TAKE ME HOME Cher (Casablanca) (#8, May)
519.21 75 TUSK Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)(#8, Nov)
509.28 76 GOT TO BE REAL Cheryl Lynn (Columbia) (#12, Feb)
506.43 77 LOVE IS THE ANSWER England Dan and John Ford Coley (Big Tree) (#10, May)
491.56 78 WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE Bobby Caldwell (Clouds) (#9, March)
487.95 79 NEW YORK GROOVE Ace Frehley (Casablanca) (#13, Feb)
487.65 80 STRANGE WAY Firefall (Atlantic) (#11, Dec 1978)
477.48 81 SHAKE IT Ian Matthews (Mushroom) (#13, Feb)
472.55 82 I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU Kiss (Casablanca) (#11, Aug)
472.19 83 ROCK 'N' ROLL FANTASY Bad Company (Swan Song) (#13, June)
471.74 84 HOW YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW Alice Cooper (Warner Brothers) (#12, Dec 1978)
471.54 85 I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Anne Murray (Capitol) (#12, April)
470.68 86 PROMISES Eric Clapton and His Band (RSO) (#9, Jan)
461.62 87 AIN'T NO STOPPIN' US NOW McFadden and Whitehead (Philadelphia International) (#13, July)
454.12 88 THE GAMBLER Kenny Rogers (United Artists) (#16, March)
450.24 89 YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Rex Smith (Columbia) (#10, June)
449.65 90 DISCO NIGHTS (Rock-Freak) G.Q. (Arista) (#12, June)
446.25 91 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT Barry Manilow (Arista) (#9, Feb)
444.56 92 GOOD GIRLS DON'T The Knack (#11, Nov)
441.23 93 LOVIN', TOUCHIN', SQUEEZIN' Journey (#16, Oct)
413.84 94 RENEGADE Styx (A&M) (#16, June)
413.51 95 WE'VE GOT TONITE Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) (#13, Jan)
406.01 96 SWEET LIFE Paul Davis (Bang) (#17, Dec 1978)
401.01 97 CRUEL TO BE KIND Nick Lowe (Columbia) (#12, Sept)
398.34 98 BORN TO BE ALIVE Patrick Hernandez (Columbia) (#16, Sept)
373.27 99 BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU (Doctor, Doctor) Robert Palmer (Island) (#14, Sept)
365.81 100 LOVE TAKES TIME Orleans (Infinity) (#11, May)

[vince]

Now for the '80s, here is 1980. Queen gets the top spot. "Another One Bites The Dust" didn't even make BB's official 1980 list. The eligibility period is 12/1/79 through 11/29/80. "Lady" was still ascending on 12/6/80 so it is held over.

The Top 100 of 1980

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1505.34 1 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen (#1, Oct)
1484.55 2 DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME The Captain and Tennille (#1, Feb)
1435.56 3 CALL ME Blondie (#1, April)
1348.31 4 UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross (#1, Sept)
1290.34 5 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (Part 2) Pink Floyd (#1, March)
1246.56 6 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Queen (#1, Feb)
1227.35 7 IT'S STILL ROCK & ROLL TO ME Billy Joel (#1, July)
1227.34 8 WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand (#1, Oct)
1205.55 9 ROCK WITH YOU Michael Jackson (#1, Jan)
1201.55 10 COMING UP (Live At Glasgow) Paul McCartney and Wings (#1, June)
1188.77 11 PLEASE DON'T GO K.C. and the Sunshine Band (#1, Jan)
1127.23 12 ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply (#2, Sept)
1120.85 13 ESCAPE (The Pina Colada Song) Rupert Holmes (#1, Dec 1979)
1084.48 14 BABE Styx (#1, Dec 1979 )
1080.86 15 MAGIC Olivia Newton-John (#1, Aug)
1069.46 16 LITTLE JEANNIE Elton John (#3, July)
1044.57 17 RIDE LIKE THE WIND Christopher Cross (#2, April)
1032.73 18 FUNKYTOWN Lipps Inc. (#1, May)
998.83 19 CRUSIN' Smokey Robinson (#4, Feb)
985.48 20 THE ROSE Bette Midler (#3, June)
973.13 21 WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU/FORGIVE ME GIRL The Spinners (#2, March)
963.12 22 SEND ONE YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder (#4, Dec 1979)
918.27 23 LOST IN LOVE Air Supply (#3, May)
905.10 24 BIGGEST PART OF ME Ambrosia (#3, June)
876.40 25 YES, I'M READY Teri De Sario with K.C. (#2, March)
876.30 26 CUPID/I'VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME The Spinners (#4, July)
872.22 27 COWARD OF THE COUNTY Kenny Rogers (#3, Jan)
871.45 28 EMOTIONAL RESCUE The Rolling Stones (#3, Sept)
845.73 29 NO MORE TEARS (Enough Is Enough) Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer (#1, Nov 1979)
845.69 30 HE'S SO SHY Pointer Sisters (#3, Oct)
832.17 31 SAILING Christopher Cross (#1, Aug)
831.35 32 STEAL AWAY Robbie Dupre (#6, July)
825.61 33 SHINING STAR The Manhattans (#5, July)
822.98 34 LONGER Dan Fogelberg (#2, March)
814.71 35 SEXY EYES Dr. Hook (#5, May)
806.23 36 GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson (#4, Sept)
805.29 37 TAKE YOUR TIME (Do It Right) (Part 1) The S.O.S. Band (#3, Aug)
800.75 38 DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes (#4, May)
799.90 39 WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN Billy Preston and Syreeta (#4, April)
791.15 40 DRIVIN' MY LIFE AWAY Eddie Rabbitt (#5, Oct)
778.42 41 FAME Irene Cara (#4, Sept)
776.83 42 DESIRE Andy Gibb (#4, March)
770.94 43 THE WANDERER Donna Summer (#3, Nov)
758.67 44 CARS Gary Numan (#9, June)
755.85 45 NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE Stephanie Mills (#6, Nov)
741.99 46 I'M COMING OUT Diana Ross (#5, Nov )
740.01 47 TOO HOT Kool and the Gang (#5, April)
736.97 48 LATE IN THE EVENING Paul Simon (#6, Sept)
724.80 49 LADIES NIGHT Kool and the Gang (#8, Jan)
708.24 50 AGAINST THE WIND Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band (#5, June)
702.68 51 SPECIAL LADY Ray, Goodman and Brown (#5, April)
698.60 52 ON THE RADIO Donna Summer (#5, March)
681.91 53 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE Cliff Richard (#7, Jan)
666.61 54 LOOKIN' FOR LOVE Johnny Lee (#5, Sept)
653.59 55 YOU'RE ONLY LONELY J.D. Souther (#7, Dec 1979)
650.65 56 I'M ALRIGHT Kenny Loggins (#7, Oct)
647.33 57 THIS IS IT Kenny Loggins (#11, Feb)
645.07 58 MORE LOVE Kim Carnes (#10, Aug)
618.11 59 LET'S GET SERIOUS Jermaine Jackson (#9, July)
616.69 60 HIM Rupert Holmes (#6, March)
611.12 61 FIRE LAKE Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band (#6, May)
611.11 62 I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY The Eagles (#8, April)
608.56 63 REAL LOVE Doobie Brothers (#5, Oct)
607.87 64 THE LONG RUN The Eagles (#8, Feb)
601.00 65 THE SECOND TIME AROUND Shalamar (#8, March)
588.42 66 COOL CHANGE The Little River Band (#10, Jan)
577.75 67 HURTS SO BAD Linda Ronstadt (#8, May)
577.74 68 DREAMING Cliff Richard (#10, Nov)
568.42 69 YOU MAY BE RIGHT Billy Joel (#7, May)
562.69 70 STOMP The Brothers Johnson (#7, May)
558.99 71 TIRED OF TOWIN' THE LINE Rocky Burnette (#8, July)
550.59 72 WHIP IT Devo (#14, Nov)
548.36 73 SARA Fleetwood Mac (#7, Feb)
548.17 74 HOW DO I MAKE YOU Linda Ronstadt (#10, March)
547.29 75 BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME Dr. Hook (#12, Jan)
524.73 76 JESSIE Carly Simon (#11, Nov)
517.02 77 XANADU Olivia Newton-John / Electric Light Orchestra (#8, Oct)
516.75 78 TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp (#10, Dec 1979)
515.62 79 LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT The Pure Praire League (#10, July)
515.38 80 DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#10, Feb)
513.52 81 SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE Michael Jackson (#10, June)
512.78 82 LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR Pete Townsend (#9, Aug)
509.27 83 SHIPS Barry Manilow (# 9, Dec 1979)
507.99 84 BRASS IN POCKET (I'm Special) The Pretenders (#14, May)
503.57 85 DAYDREAM BELIEVER Anne Murray (#12, Feb)
475.39 86 INTO THE NIGHT Benny Mardones (#11, Sept)
475.38 87 OFF THE WALL Michael Jackson (#10, April)
467.97 88 ROMEO'S TUNE Steve Fobert (#11, Feb)
462.27 89 ONE FINE DAY Carole King (#12, July)
450.02 90 I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER Prince (#11, Jan)
447.03 91 HOT ROD HEARTS Robbie Dupree (#15, Oct)
446.88 92 AN AMERICAN DREAM The Dirt Band (with Linda Ronstadt) (#13, March)
427.73 93 BROKEN HEARTED ME Anne Murray (#12, Dec 1979)
410.43 94 PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES Charlie Dore (#13, May)
405.96 95 HOLD ON TO MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin (#10, May)
405.72 96 ONE IN A MILLION YOU Larry Graham (#9, Sept)
403.10 97 YOU'RE THE ONLY WOMAN Ambrosia (#13, Sept)
397.53 98 DON'T LET GO Isaac Hayes (#18, Feb)
396.57 99 IN AMERICA Charlie Daniels Band (#11 , Aug)
396.39 100 JANE Jefferson Starship (#14, Jan)

[OnWithTheCountdown]

Love, love, love these, vince. Great work!!! Due to the strange BB chart periods for 1979 and 1980, these rankings look much better and more accurately representing those years. I'm thankful AT40 also did their own chart for 1980; their year-end rankings were a much better representation than BB's.

Looking forward to the rest of these!

[vince]

Here is 1981. Kim Carnes get the top spot matching BB's #1. Andy Gibb is at #100 also matching BB's official chart. The rest is different. The eligibility period is 12/6/80 through 11/28/81. Records ascending on 12/5/81 are held over.

The Top 100 of 1981

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

1528.46 1 BETTE DAVIS EYES Kim Carnes (#1, May)
1498.15 2 ENDLESS LOVE Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (#1, Aug)
1390.02 3 JESSIE'S GIRL Rick Springfield (#1, Aug)
1370.12 4 (Just Like) STARTING OVER John Lennon (#1, Dec 1980)
1352.21 5 LADY Kenny Rogers (#1, Nov 1980)
1190.13 6 CELEBRATION Kool and the Gang (#1, Feb)
1189.64 7 WOMAN John Lennon (#2, March)
1158.31 8 ARTHUR'S THEME (Best That You Can Do) Christopher Cross (#1, Oct)
1150.67 9 THE THEME FORM "GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" (Believe It Or Not) Joey Scarbury (#2, Aug)
1146.38 10 I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT Eddie Rabbitt (#1, Feb)
1141.94 11 BEING WITH YOU Smokey Robinson (#2, May)
1137.65 12 9 TO 5 Dolly Parton (#1, Feb)
1123.35 13 THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie (#1, Jan)
1115.13 14 KEEP ON LOVING YOU REO Speedwagon (#1, March)
1112.87 15 QUEEN OF HEARTS Juice Newton (#2, Sept)
1111.45 16 LOVE ON THE ROCKS Neil Diamond (#2, Jan)
1111.09 17 START ME UP The Rolling Stones (#2, Oct)
1109.17 18 JUST THE TWO OF US Grover Wasington Jr. (with Bill Withers) (#2, May)
1077.21 19 SLOW HAND The Pointer Sisters (#2, Aug)
1025.39 20 KISS ON MY LIST Daryl Hall and John Oates (#1, April)
1023.46 21 PRIVATE EYES Daryl Hall and John Oates (#1, Nov)
1013.99 22 STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#3, Sept)
1006.33 23 THE BEST OF TIMES Styx (#3, March)
998.53 24 MORE THAN I CAN SAY Leo Sayer (#2, Dec 1980)
984.79 25 MEDLEY The Stars on 45 (#1, June)
962.09 26 RAPTURE Blondie (#1, March)
960.72 27 EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD Air Supply (#5, Jan)
942.59 28 MASTER BLASTER (Jammin') Stevie Wonder (#5, Dec 1980)
939.61 29 SUKIYAKI A Taste of Honey (#3, June)
911.41 30 MORNING TRAIN (Nine To Five) Sheena Easton (#1, May)
911.21 31 URGENT Foreigner (#4, Sept)
905.74 32 PASSION Rod Stewart (#5, Feb)
903.05 33 THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE Air Supply (#1, July)
901.78 34 A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (Just Like You Do) Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio (#4, June)
899.57 35 WHO'S CRYING NOW Journey (#4, Oct)
893.64 36 (There's) NO GETTIN' OVER ME Ronnie Milsap (#5, Sept)
889.47 37 I DON'T NEED YOU Kenny Rogers (#3, Aug)
888.28 38 ANGEL OF THE MORNING Juice Newton (#4, May)
883.87 39 GUILTY Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (#3, Jan)
866.13 40 HUNGARY HEART Bruce Springsteen (#5, Dec 1980)
849.22 41 ELVIRA The Oak Ridge Boys (#5, July)
840.79 42 STEP BY STEP Eddie Rabbitt (#5, Oct)
836.16 43 CRYING Don McLean (#5, March)
811.07 44 LIVING INSIDE MYSELF Gino Vanelli (#6, May)
811.04 45 TAKE IT ON THE RUN REO Speedwagon (#5, May)
792.58 46 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Sheena Easton (#4, Oct)
783.03 47 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba (#8, March)
766.28 48 ALL THOSE YEARS AGO George Harrison (#2, July)
763.12 49 HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT Pat Benatar (#9, Dec 1980)
760.83 50 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS Daryl Hall and John Oates (#5, July)
760.22 51 THE NIGHT OWLS Little River Band (#6, Nov)
759.56 52 HERE I AM (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) Air Supply (Arista) (#5, Nov)
748.02 53 LADY (You Bring Me Up) The Commodores (#8, Sept)
733.35 54 THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY The Manhattan Tranfer (#7, Aug)
726.89 55 HEARTS Marty Balin (#8, Aug)
695.23 56 IT'S MY TURN Diana Ross (#9, Jan)
663.34 57 HELLO AGAIN Neil Diamond (#6, March)
656.57 58 TRYIN' TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (#5, Nov)
640.62 59 WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE Steve Winwood (#7, April)
640.30 60 AMERICA Neil Diamond (#8, June)
627.22 61 GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVE Delbert McClinton (#8, Feb)
608.94 62 I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU Rick Springfield (#8, Nov)
602.33 63 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING Daryl Hall & John Oates (#12, Nov 1980)
600.80 64 I CAN'T STAND IT Eric Clapton and His Band (#10, May)
597.53 65 DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA The Police (#10, Jan)
594.82 66 SWEETHEART Frankie and the Knockouts (#10, June)
593.71 67 HEY NINETEEN Steely Dan (#10, Feb)
590.70 68 I LOVE YOU The Climax Blues Band (#12, June)
582.33 69 THIS LITTLE GIRL Gary U.S. Bonds (#11, June)
576.46 70 TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS Styx (#9, May)
564.76 71 TELL IT LIKE IT IS Heart (#8, Jan)
558.54 72 HOLD ON TIGHT Electric Light Orchestra (#10, Oct)
547.70 73 DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police (#10, April)
527.76 74 HARD TO SAY Dan Fogelberg (#7, Oct)
521.78 75 I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT Stevie Wonder (#11, March)
520.17 76 SAME OLD LANG SYNE Dan Fogelberg (#9, Feb)
496.44 77 WHAT ARE WE DOIN' IN LOVE Dottie West (with Kenny Rogers) (#14, June)
493.00 78 WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL The Four Tops (#11, Nov)
491.12 79 HOW 'BOUT US Champaign (#12, June)
486.56 80 THEME FROM "HILL STREET BLUES" Mike Post (Elektra) (#10, Nov)
473.90 81 I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN Barry Manilow (#10, Jan)
466.05 82 WHAT KIND OF FOOL Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (#10, March)
464.44 83 TOGETHER Tierra (#18, Feb)
460.33 84 TIME The Alan Parsons Project (#15, Aug)
459.11 85 SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN' Terry Gibbs (#13, April)
452.73 86 WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER Al Jarreau (#15, Nov)
452.52 87 WATCHING THE WHEELS John Lennon (#10, May)
448.18 88 THE BREAKUP SONG (They Don't Write 'Em) The Greg Kihn Band (#15, Sept)
433.81 89 A LITTLE IN LOVE Cliff Richard (#17, March)
431.84 90 THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY The Beach Boys (#12, Oct)
430.64 91 COOL LOVE Pablo Cruise (#13, Sept)
428.13 92 HER TOWN TOO James Taylor and J.D. Souther (#11, May)
413.76 93 SUPER FREAK Rick James (#16, Oct)
413.24 94 JUST ONCE Quincy Jones(A&M) (#17, Nov)
408.09 95 NEVER BE THE SAME Christopher Cross (#15, Nov 1980)
407.34 96 AIN'T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT John Cougar (Mellencamp) (#17, May)
400.24 97 SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME Kenny Rogers (#14, Oct)
387.34 98 MISS SUN Boz Scaggs (#14, Feb)
382.99 99 GEMINI DREAM The Moody Blues (#15, Aug)
378.70 100 TIME IS TIME Andy Gibb (#15, Jan)