Top ten entry date
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Single
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Artist(s)
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Peak
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Peak date
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Weeks in top ten
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Singles from 1977
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December 17
|
"Baby Come Back"
|
Player
|
1
|
January 14
|
10
|
"Here You Come Again"
|
Dolly Parton
|
3
|
January 14
|
6
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December 24
|
"Slip Slidin' Away"
|
Paul Simon
|
5
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January 28
|
6
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"Sentimental Lady"
|
Bob Welch
|
8
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January 7
|
4
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Singles from 1978
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January 7
|
"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
|
Rod Stewart
|
4
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January 14
|
5
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"Hey Deanie"
|
Shaun Cassidy
|
7
|
January 14
|
3
|
January 14
|
"We Are the Champions"
|
Queen
|
4
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February 4
|
7
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"Come Sail Away"
|
Styx
|
8
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January 28
|
3
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January 21
|
"Stayin' Alive"
|
Bee Gees
|
1
|
February 4
|
13
|
"Short People"
|
Randy Newman
|
2
|
January 28
|
5
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January 28
|
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"
|
Andy Gibb
|
1
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March 4
|
11
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"Just the Way You Are"
|
Billy Joel
|
3
|
February 18
|
8
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February 4
|
"Sometimes When We Touch"
|
Dan Hill
|
3
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March 4
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8
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"Emotion"
|
Samantha Sang
|
3
|
March 18
|
10
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February 11
|
"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
|
Chic
|
6
|
February 25
|
6
|
February 25
|
"Night Fever"
|
Bee Gees
|
1
|
March 18
|
13
|
"Lay Down Sally"
|
Eric Clapton
|
3
|
April 1
|
11
|
March 4
|
"I Go Crazy"
|
Paul Davis
|
7
|
March 18
|
5
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March 11
|
"Can't Smile Without You"
|
Barry Manilow
|
3
|
April 22
|
10
|
March 25
|
"If I Can't Have You"
|
Yvonne Elliman
|
1
|
May 13
|
10
|
"Thunder Island"
|
Jay Ferguson
|
9
|
April 1
|
3
|
April 1
|
"Dust in the Wind"
|
Kansas
|
6
|
April 15
|
7
|
April 8
|
"Jack and Jill"
|
Raydio
|
8
|
April 15
|
4
|
April 15
|
"The Closer I Get to You"
|
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
|
2
|
May 13
|
8
|
"We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again"
|
England Dan & John Ford Coley
|
9
|
April 15
|
2
|
"Our Love"
|
Natalie Cole
|
10
|
April 15
|
2
|
April 22
|
"With a Little Luck"
|
Wings
|
1
|
May 20
|
8
|
April 29
|
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
|
Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
|
1
|
June 3
|
8
|
"You're the One That I Want"
|
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
|
1
|
June 10
|
9
|
May 6
|
"Count On Me"
|
Jefferson Starship
|
8
|
May 13
|
4
|
May 13
|
"Imaginary Lover"
|
Atlanta Rhythm Section
|
7
|
June 3
|
4
|
May 20
|
"Shadow Dancing"
|
Andy Gibb
|
1
|
June 17
|
12
|
"Feels So Good"
|
Chuck Mangione
|
4
|
June 10
|
5
|
May 27
|
"On Broadway"
|
George Benson
|
7
|
June 10
|
4
|
June 3
|
"Take a Chance on Me"
|
ABBA
|
3
|
July 8
|
8
|
"This Time I'm in It for Love"
|
Player
|
10
|
June 3
|
2
|
June 10
|
"Baker Street"
|
Gerry Rafferty
|
2
|
June 24
|
9
|
"It's a Heartache"
|
Bonnie Tyler
|
3
|
June 24
|
6
|
June 17
|
"You Belong to Me"
|
Carly Simon
|
6
|
June 24
|
4
|
"Love Is Like Oxygen"
|
Sweet
|
8
|
June 24
|
3
|
June 24
|
"Use ta Be My Girl"
|
The O'Jays
|
4
|
July 8
|
7
|
"Still the Same"
|
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
|
4
|
July 22
|
7
|
"Dance With Me"
|
Peter Brown
|
8
|
July 8
|
4
|
July 1
|
"The Groove Line"
|
Heatwave
|
7
|
July 15
|
5
|
July 8
|
"Miss You"
|
The Rolling Stones
|
1
|
August 5
|
9
|
July 15
|
"Last Dance"
|
Donna Summer
|
3
|
August 12
|
7
|
July 22
|
"Three Times a Lady"
|
Commodores
|
1
|
August 12
|
11
|
"Grease"
|
Frankie Valli
|
1
|
August 26
|
8
|
July 29
|
"Love Will Find a Way"
|
Pablo Cruise
|
6
|
August 26
|
5
|
August 5
|
"Hot Blooded"
|
Foreigner
|
3
|
September 9
|
8
|
August 12
|
"Boogie Oogie Oogie"
|
A Taste of Honey
|
1
|
September 9
|
12
|
"An Everlasting Love"
|
Andy Gibb
|
5
|
September 23
|
8
|
"Copacabana (At the Copa)"
|
Barry Manilow
|
8
|
August 12
|
2
|
"Magnet and Steel"
|
Walter Egan
|
8
|
August 26
|
4
|
August 26
|
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
|
Olivia Newton-John
|
3
|
September 23
|
8
|
September 2
|
"Kiss You All Over"
|
Exile
|
1
|
September 30
|
12
|
"Shame"
|
Evelyn "Champagne" King
|
9
|
September 9
|
3
|
September 9
|
"Summer Nights"
|
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
|
5
|
September 30
|
7
|
"Got to Get You into My Life"
|
Earth, Wind & Fire
|
9
|
September 16
|
2
|
September 16
|
"Don't Look Back"
|
Boston
|
4
|
October 7
|
6
|
September 23
|
"Hot Child in the City"
|
Nick Gilder
|
1
|
October 28
|
9
|
"Reminiscing"
|
Little River Band
|
3
|
October 28
|
7
|
September 30
|
"Love Is in the Air"
|
John Paul Young
|
7
|
October 14
|
5
|
October 7
|
"You Needed Me"
|
Anne Murray
|
1
|
November 4
|
8
|
"Whenever I Call You "Friend""
|
Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks
|
5
|
October 28
|
7
|
October 21
|
"MacArthur Park"
|
Donna Summer
|
1
|
November 11
|
9
|
October 28
|
"Double Vision"
|
Foreigner
|
2
|
November 18
|
6
|
"How Much I Feel"
|
Ambrosia
|
3
|
November 18
|
7
|
November 4
|
"Beast of Burden"
|
The Rolling Stones
|
8
|
November 11
|
2
|
"Get Off"
|
Foxy
|
9
|
November 11
|
2
|
November 11
|
"I Just Wanna Stop"
|
Gino Vannelli
|
4
|
December 9
|
8
|
November 18
|
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
|
Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand
|
1
|
December 2
|
10
|
"You Never Done It Like That"
|
Captain & Tennille
|
10
|
November 18
|
2
|
November 25
|
"Le Freak"
|
Chic
|
1
|
December 9
|
15
|
"I Love the Nightlife"
|
Alicia Bridges
|
5
|
December 23
|
7
|
"Time Passages"
|
Al Stewart
|
7
|
December 9
|
4
|
December 9
|
"(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away"
|
Andy Gibb
|
9
|
December 16
|
6
|