Sunday, September 17, 2017

Caffé Latté looks back on the music that emerged 40 years ago...
THE GREATEST SONGS OF 1977. 
This instalment: #100-1.
Caffe` Latte` presents …
 THE BEST SONGS OF 
1977
 It was the year during which punk rock exploded; ‘Star Wars’& ‘Saturday Night Fever’ premiered; Elvis Presley, Steve Biko and Bing Crosby died; Fleetwood Mac released ‘Rumours’ and Meat Loaf was on the menu with ‘Bat Out Of Hell’;Jimmy Carter became US President and Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India.
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1 I FEEL LOVE Donna SummerImage result for i feel love donna summer
2 YOU MAKE LOVING FUN Fleetwood Mac
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3 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Bee Gees
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4 COLD AS ICE Foreigner
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5 STAYIN’ ALIVE Bee Gees
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6 WE WILL ROCK YOU / WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Queen
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7 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman
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8 I LOVE YOU Donna Summer
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9 THE STRANGER Billy Joel
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10 I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING  
Andy Gibb
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11 EAGLE Abba
12 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon
13 THE NAME OF THE GAME Abba
14 WHAT I DID FOR LOVE Marcia Hines
15 DON’T STOP Fleetwood Mac
16 SPREAD YOUR WINGS Queen
17 ISN’T IT TIME Babys
18 ALISON Elvis Costello
19 MORE THAN A WOMAN Bee Gees
20 THEME FROM THE DEEP (DOWN DEEP INSIDE)
Donna Summer
Indira Gandhi 1977.jpgFilm poster showing Luke Skywalker triumphantly holding a lightsaber in the air, Princess Leia sitting beside him, and R2-D2 and C-3PO staring at them. A figure of the head of Darth Vader and the Death Star with several starships heading towards it are shown in the background. Atop the image is the text "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." Below is shown the film's logo, above the credits and the production details.
21 BARRACUDA Heart
22 SONGBIRD Fleetwood Mac
23 EASY Commodores
24 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Billy Joel
25 MY HEART BELONGS TO ME
Barbra Streisand
26 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Abba
27 MR BLUE SKY Electric Light Orchestra
28 SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel
29 YOU Marcia Hines
30 GO YOUR OWN WAY Fleetwood Mac
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31 YOU’RE MOVING OUT TODAY  
Carole Bayer Sager
32 PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT  
Meat Loaf
33 SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT  
Billy Joel
34 PEG Steely Dan
35 SWEET TALKIN’ WOMAN  
Electric Light Orchestra
36 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac
37 THUNDER IN MY HEART Leo Sayer
38 NIGHT FEVER Bee Gees
39 BEST OF MY LOVE Emotions
40 GETTING’ READY FOR LOVE Diana Ross
Futuristic motorcycle rider; the motorcycle has jet exhaust. A bat-like figure on the tower of a building.Mostly cream album cover with black-and-white image of tall, bearded gentleman holding a snow globe in front of a blonde, cape-wearing woman. In the top right-hand corner, it is captioned "FLEETWOOD MAC" and "RUMOURS" below it.
41 HEROES David Bowie
42 SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY Paul Simon
43 RUN AWAY  
Salsoul Orchestra / Loleatta Holloway
44 TOO SHY TO SAY Diana Ross
45 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (YOWSAH, YOWSAH, YOWSAH) Chic
46 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD Meat Loaf
47 A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN 
 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple
48 SECOND HAND NEWS Fleetwood Mac
49 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate
50 SHOW SOME EMOTION Joan Armatrading
51 WHODUNIT Tavares
52 STAR WARS THEME Meco
53 LOVE IS YOU Carol Williams
54 BRICK HOUSE Commodores
55 MOVIN’ OUT (ANTHONY’S SONG) Billy Joel
56 STARES AND WHISPERS Renée Geyer
57 LOVELY DAY Bill Withers
58 I WONDER (DEPARTURE) Abba
59 NEW YORK STATE OF MIND Barbra Streisand
60 EVERYBODY DANCE Chic
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61 NOW I NEED YOU Donna Summer
62 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac
63 THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC Abba
64 (THEME FROM) NEW YORK! NEW YORK!  
Liza MInnelli
65 BLACK IS BLACK La Belle Epoque
66 FLOAT ON Floaters
67 I DON’T WANT TO KNOW Fleetwood Mac
68 ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG Billy Joel
69 GOT TO GIVE IT UP Marvin Gaye
70 HOLE IN YOUR SOUL Abba
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71 TURN TO STONE Electric Light Orchestra
72 MY MISTAKE Split Enz
73 YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE Baccara
74 NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN Fleetwood Mac
75 VIENNA Billy Joel
76 I’M IN YOU Peter Frampton
77 SUPERMAN Barbra Streisand
78 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH Meat Loaf
79 I’M A MARIONETTE Abba
80 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MY WIFE The Whispers
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81 HANDY MAN James Taylor
82 FLOWING RIVERS Andy Gibb
83 SHE’S NOT THERE Santana
84 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell
85 LULLABY FOR MYSELF Barbra Streisand
86 WAY DOWN Elvis Presley
87 IT’S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME Barry White
88 POOR, POOR PITIFUL ME Linda Ronstadt
89 CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT Carpenters
90 THIS IS TOMORROW Bryan Ferry
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91 DON’T FALL IN LOVE The Ferrets
92 LOVE’S UNKIND Donna Summer
93 YOU’RE IN MY HEART (THE FINAL ACCLAIM)  
Rod Stewart
94 IT’S SO EASY Linda Ronstadt
95 UNDERCOVER ANGEL Alan O’Day
96 (LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER Andy Gibb
97 TOKYO JOE Bryan Ferry
98 MA BAKER Boney M
99 STICK TOGETHER Minnie Riperton
100 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Foreigner
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