My brother was born! 80 million people watched the eight night mini-series "Roots". Bruce Jenner was the spokesperson for Wheaties. Elvis Presley died of heart failure at the age of 42. CB radios were becoming so popular that they were interfering with radio and tv signals. The musical Annie opened on Broadway.
| Rock/Pop | Country |
| Feels Like The First Time-Foreigner | Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue-Crystal Gayle |
| Right Time Of The Night-Jennifer Warnes | Here You Come Again-Dolly Parton |
| Go Your Own Way-Fleetwood Mac | I Can't Believe She Gives It All To Me-Conway Twitty |
| Rich Girl-Hall & Oates | Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow-Tom Jones |
| Hotel California-The Eagles | Heart Healer-Mel Tillis |
| Lido Shuffle-Boz Scaggs | Southern Nights-Glen Campbell |
| Lonely Boy-Andrew Gold | Lucille-Kenny Rogers |
| Dreams-Fleetwood Mac | She's Got You-Loretta Lynn |
| Sir Duke-Stevie Wonder | Play, Guitar Play-Conway Twitty |
| Knowing Me, Knowing You-Abba | Some Broken Hearts Never Mend-Don Williams |
| Barracuda-Heart | Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)-Waylon Jennings |
| Baby, What A Big Surprise-Chicago | Daytime Friends-Kenny Rogers |
| Come Sail Away-Styx | I'm Just A Country Boy-Don Williams |
| We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You-Queen | More To Me-Charlie Pride |
| Just The Way You Are-Billy Joel | Y'all Come Back Saloon-Oak Ridge Boys |
Order Billboard Top Hits: 1977
| 60 Minutes |
| Laverne And Shirley |
| Alice |
| Little House On The Prairie |
| Three's Company |
Saturday Night Fever
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Star Wars
Looking For Mr. Goodbar
Oh, God!
New York, New York
The Deep
*Murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by a firing squad at the Utah
State Prison. It was the first execution in the US in 10 years.
*Unemployment dropped to 7%.
*An oil well in the North Sea shot out of control creating a slick 45 miles long and 30
miles wide.
*Edward Koch became the 105th mayor of New York City.
*In baseball the New York Yankees beat the
LA Dodgers 4 games to 2.
*In the NBA the Portland Trailblazers beat the Philadelphia '76ers 4 games to 2.
*In hockey it was the Montreal Canadiens over the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0.
*The 1977-78 football season ended with the Dallas Cowboys beating the Denver Broncos
27-10.
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