Year-End Poll #28: 1977
[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Rod Stewart, Andy Gibb, The Emotions, Barbra Streisand, Hot, Kenny Nolan, Thelma Houston, Rita Coolidge, Alan O'Day, Mary MacGregor. End description]
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Choose your favorite song from 1977
1. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) by Rod Stewart
2. I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb
3. Best of My Love by The Emotions
4. Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) by Barbra Streisand
5. Angel in Your Arms by Hot
6. I Like Dreamin' by Kenny Nolan
7. Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston
8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher by Rita Coolidge
9. Undercover Angel by Alan O'Day
10. Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor
Another good year for the commercial peak of soft rock on the top of the charts. With Evergreen, we're also seeing one of the first instances of the big soundtrack hit in pop music (we'll see an even larger staple of this phenomenon next year). Along with the prolific songwriter (and Swan in Phantom of the Paradise) Paul Williams, Barbra Streisand won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year, making Streisand the first woman to receive an award as a composer.
The fusion of disco with other genres continues to grow in popularity this year, as seen with Rita Coolidge's cover of Jackie Wilson's (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher.
