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.
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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.
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