List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1977

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, thirty-eight individual singles reached number one in the chart, which contains 50 positions. The first number-one in 1977 was "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" by English musician Elton John, continuing from the 1976 charts, and the last was "Sweet Music Man" by American country singer Kenny Rogers, previously with the band The First Edition. Twenty acts have their first number-one in the chart in 1977: Mary MacGregor, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Gene Cotton, Kenny Nolan, David Soul, Parker McGee, Jennifer Warnes, Yvonne Elliman, Kenny Rogers (as solo from the First Edition), Andy Gibb, The Raes, Crystal Gayle, Stephen Bishop, Meco, Firefall, Debby Boone, Rita Coolidge, Judy Collins and Dolly Parton. Two Canadian acts, Enrico Farino and the Raes had at least one number-one that year.

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

Barbra Streisand spent the most weeks at number one in 1977, totalling six weeks with "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" and "My Heart Belongs to Me", which both spent three weeks at number one. The American soft rock band Bread, which disbanded in 1973 and reformed in 1977, spent a total of four weeks at number one in the chart with the singles "Lost Without Your Love" and "Hooked on You", both from Lost Without Your Love, their last studio album before disbanding again. Three artists, Barry Manilow, Kenny Rogers and David Soul, had a total of three weeks at number one.

Chart history

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 stayed at number one for four 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".

Chart history

Issue date	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 1[A]	"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 (To Be in My Show)"	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 to You"	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]

Notes

1. Due to a week's break in publication over the 1976/1977 New Year period, the week of January 1 is inferred.