It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show, a look back at the 10 most popular songs on the Adult Contemporary chart for the week of October 15, 1977. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 1998.
Get ready for pop culture, trivia and all your lite hits that might just bring back some memories or maybe you’ll discover some new soft rock favorites.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
The year was 1977:
The Atari 2600, Dungeons & Dragons, and the Chia Pet were released.
At the movies, you were watching:
Star Wars
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Saturday Night Fever
On television:
Laverne & Shirley
Happy Days
Three’s Company
Originating as a TV movie, The Love Boat set sail on a 9-season cruise that included four 3-hour specials.
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
In 1977, this singer and actor died at 42 years-old after achieving seven #1 hits, 31 songs in the Top 10, and a total of 48 songs on the Adult Contemporary chart. Having sold over 500 million records worldwide, he is recognized as the best-selling solo music artist of all time by Guinness World Records. Can you guess this mystery superstar? Take a listen to the show for the answer.
Song Spotlight
Paul Nicholas is an English actor and singer who started out with a pop career, but soon moved on to musical theatre, playing the lead role in Jesus Christ Superstar at the West End’s Palace Theatre in 1972. Later, in the decade, he returned to the pop charts, and began an acting career – starring in the BBC sitcom Just Good Friends and the movie Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. But back to that pop career as he hit it big reaching #23 with a song from his self-titled 1977 album. Up 1 to #33 this week: Heaven On The 7th Floor.
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite love songs from the week of October 15, 1977.
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