Here's what was playing in Chicago at WLS MUSICRADIO as of January 1, 1977.
WLS – MUSICRADIO 890
FORTY FIVES
WEEK ENDING JANUARY 1, 1977
TW LW
1. Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann 5
2. Nadia's Theme – Devorzon & Botkin 1
3. Tonight's The Night – Rod Stewart 2
4. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – Leo Sayer 3
5. Stand Tall – Burton Cummings 8
6. Rubberband Man – Spinners 4
7. You Don't Have To Be A Star – Marilyn & Billy 6
8. Weekend In New England – Barry Manilow 16
9. This Song – George Harrison 10
10. Beth – Kiss 17
11. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd 13
12. Muskrat Love – Captain & Tennille 9
13. Livin' Thing – Electric Light Orchestra 11
14. Dazz – Brick 21
15. Nights Are Forever – England Dan & John Ford Coley 12
16. More Than A Feeling – Boston 14
17. You Are The Woman – Firefall 15
18. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word – Elton John 24
19. Dreamboat Annie – Heart 27
20. Rock 'N Me – Steve Miller 17
21. Hotline – Sylvers 23
22. Disco Duck – Rick Dees 20
23. I Wish – Stevie Wonder 31
24. Love Me – Yvonne Elliman 18
25. Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot 19
26. Walk This Way – Aerosmith 35
27. Car Wash – Rose Royce 37
28. I Only Want To Be With You – Bay City Rollers 25
29. Cherchez La Femme – Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band 22
30. After The Loving – Englebert Humperdinck 39
31. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry 29
32. New Kid In Town – Eagles 45
33. (Don't Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult 26
34. Mademoiselle – Styx 40
35. Do You Feel Like We Do – Peter Frampton 28
36. Torn Between Two Lovers – Mary MacGregor 43
37. Hello Old Friend – Eric Clapton 33
38. Fifth Of Beethoven – Walter Murphy 36
39. This One's For You – Barry Manilow 34
40. Baby Boy – Mary Kay Place 30
41. Somebody To Love – Queen –
42. Love So Right – Bee Gees 32
43. Yesterday's Hero – Bay City Rollers –
44. If You Leave Me Now – Chicago 38
45. Fly Like An Eagle – Steve Miller –
Thirty-Threes
1. Boston – Boston 1
2. Comes Alive – Peter Frampton 2
3. Songs In The Key Of Life – Stevie Wonder 3
4. Night On The Town – Rod Stewart 4
5. Best Of The Doobies – Doobie Brothers 7
6. 33 1/3 – George Harrison 13
7. Fly Like An Eagle – Steve Miller 8
8. One More From The Road – Lynyrd Skynyrd 5
9. This One's For You – Barry Manilow 11
10. Wings Over America – Wings 22
11. Blue Moves – Elton John 9
12. Song Remains The Same – Led Zeppelin 6
13. New World Record – Electric Light Orchestra 12
14. Leftoverture – Kansas 14
15. Dreamboat Annie – Heart 10
16. Rock And Roll Over – Kiss 18
17. Song Of Joy – Captain & Tennille 19
18. Chicago X – Chicago 16
19. Free-For-All – Ted Nugent 17
20. Hotel California – Eagles 30
21. Agents Of Fortune – Blue Oyster Cult 15
22. Greatest Hits – James Taylor 21
23. Spirit – Earth, Wind & Fire 20
24. Greatest Hits, 1971-1975 – Eagles 26
25. Children Of The World – Bee Gees 23
26. Pretender – Jackson Browne 24
27. Destroyer – Kiss 33
28. Endless Summer – Beach Boys 29
29. Greatest Hits – Linda Ronstadt –
30. Don't Stop Believing – Olivia Newton-John 27
31. Alive – Kiss –
32. Summertime Dream – Gordon Lightfoot 25
33. Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac 28
Pictured: Tommy Edwards 10AM – 2 PM
NOTE: The song titles and artists shown above are presented exactly as they are shown on the printed survey. Any typos, spelling errors and/or other anomalies are as they appear on the printed sheet.
From the Gary Pfeifer collection.
