# List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1977

In 1977, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the easy listening or middle of the road market. The chart, which in 1977 was entitled Easy Listening, has undergone various name changes and has been published under the title Adult Contemporary since 1996. In 1977, 20 songs topped the chart based on playlists submitted by radio stations.
The three longest-running chart-toppers of the year were all taken from film soundtracks. Carly Simon had the year's longest run in the top spot, spending seven weeks at number one with "Nobody Does It Better", the theme song from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Both "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees, from the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, and "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" by Barbra Streisand spent six weeks atop the chart. Streisand's other number one of 1977, "My Heart Belongs to Me", had also been written for the film A Star Is Born but was ultimately not used, and was instead included on her album Superman. Debby Boone's November number one "You Light Up My Life" was a recording of a song from the film of the same name, released in the same year. Although the song was sung in the film by Kasey Cisyk, Boone was brought in to record a new vocal over the existing instrumental backing track and this was the version that achieved chart success. The song spent a record-breaking ten weeks at number one on Billboard's pop singles chart, the Hot 100, but only spent one week atop the Easy Listening chart.
In addition to "You Light Up My Life", several of 1977's other Easy Listening number ones had sufficient crossover success to also top the Hot 100, including songs by Mary McGregor, Leo Sayer, David Soul, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow and the Bee Gees. "Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell was a triple chart-topper, as in addition to topping both the Easy Listening chart and the Hot 100, it also reached the top spot on the Hot Country Songs listing. Barbra Streisand's total of ten weeks at number one on the Easy Listening listing was the most for any artist in 1977. She was one of only three artists with more than one chart-topper during the year, the others being Glen Campbell, who spent four non-consecutive weeks in the top spot with "Southern Nights" and one week with "Sunflower", and Barry Manilow, who topped the listing for a single week with "Weekend in New England" and a further three with "Looks Like We Made It". The year ended with "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees holding the top spot.

## Chart history

Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 1 | "Torn Between Two Lovers" | Mary MacGregor |
| January 8 | "Weekend in New England" | Barry Manilow |
| January 15 | "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand |
| January 22 | "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand |
| January 29 | "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand |
| February 5 | "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand |
| February 12 | "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand |
| February 19 | "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand |
| February 26 | "Southern Nights" | Glen Campbell |
| March 5 | "Southern Nights" | Glen Campbell |
| March 12 | "Sam" | Olivia Newton-John |
| March 19 | "Sam" | Olivia Newton-John |
| March 26 | "Southern Nights" | Glen Campbell |
| April 2 | "Southern Nights" | Glen Campbell |
| April 9 | "Don't Give Up on Us" | David Soul |
| April 16 | "Right Time of the Night" | Jennifer Warnes |
| April 23 | "When I Need You" | Leo Sayer |
| April 30 | "Hello Stranger" | Yvonne Elliman |
| May 7 | "Hello Stranger" | Yvonne Elliman |
| May 14 | "Hello Stranger" | Yvonne Elliman |
| May 21 | "Hello Stranger" | Yvonne Elliman |
| May 28 | "Margaritaville" | Jimmy Buffett |
| June 4 | "Looks Like We Made It" | Barry Manilow |
| June 11 | "Looks Like We Made It" | Barry Manilow |
| June 18 | "Looks Like We Made It" | Barry Manilow |
| June 25 | "It's Sad to Belong" | England Dan & John Ford Coley |
| July 2 | "It's Sad to Belong" | England Dan & John Ford Coley |
| July 9 | "It's Sad to Belong" | England Dan & John Ford Coley |
| July 16 | "It's Sad to Belong" | England Dan & John Ford Coley |
| July 23 | "It's Sad to Belong" | England Dan & John Ford Coley |
| July 30 | "My Heart Belongs to Me" | Barbra Streisand |
| August 6 | "My Heart Belongs to Me" | Barbra Streisand |
| August 13 | "My Heart Belongs to Me" | Barbra Streisand |
| August 20 | "My Heart Belongs to Me" | Barbra Streisand |
| August 27 | "Sunflower" | Glen Campbell |
| September 3 | "Handy Man" | James Taylor |
| September 10 | "Nobody Does It Better" | Carly Simon |
| September 17 | "Nobody Does It Better" | Carly Simon |
| September 24 | "Nobody Does It Better" | Carly Simon |
| October 1 | "Nobody Does It Better" | Carly Simon |
| October 8 | "Nobody Does It Better" | Carly Simon |
| October 15 | "Nobody Does It Better" | Carly Simon |
| October 22 | "Nobody Does It Better" | Carly Simon |
| October 29 | "Just Remember I Love You" | Firefall |
| November 5 | "Just Remember I Love You" | Firefall |
| November 12 | "We're All Alone" | Rita Coolidge |
| November 19 | "You Light Up My Life" | Debby Boone |
| November 26 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |
| December 3 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |
| December 10 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |
| December 17 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |
| December 24 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |
| December 31 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |