One Word Title US Top Forty Hits of 1977 Quiz

Answer: Enchantment

The core membership of Enchantment began at a Detroit high school when a group of students won a contest sponsored by a local Dee-Jay in 1969. In 1976 they released the Roadshow Records "Enchantment" album which contained the single release "Gloria". When "Gloria" reached Number 25 it became their highest charting single on the US Pop charts. The following year "It's You That I Need" made it to Number 33 and also topped the Rhythm and Blues charts.
In 1980 the group signed with RCA Records and released the "Soft Lights, Sweet Music" LP when Roadshow went out of business. In 1980 "Utopia" on Columbia Records became their final album release.
"Best of My Love" by The Emotions topped the charts in 1977. Commodores had a Number Five hit in 1977 with "Brick House". "Couldn't Get it Right" by Climax Blues Band made the Top Ten the same year.

Answer: Brick

"Dazz" came from the fusion of Disco and Jazz styles. Brick took the song to Number Three in 1977 and followed with the Number 18 "Duzik". The band formed in 1972 when members of a Disco band and a Jazz band merged and signed with Main Street Records four years later.

They eventually signed with Bang Records and although they were unsuccessful in landing further US Top Forty hits they continued to chart singles on the Rhythm and Blues charts. In 1981 "Sweat (Til You Get Wet)" was their final entry into the Rhythm and Blues Top Ten. The Philadelphia band The Trammps took "Disco Inferno" to Number 11 in 1977. "Do Your Dance (Part 1)" and "I Wanna Get Next to You" were 1977 Top Forty singles by Rose Royce. "Shake Your Rump to the Funk" was a Number 23 single from the Memphis group The Bar-Kays.

Answer: False

The "Facts of Life" television show premiered in 1979.
The Facts of Life band signed with the independent Kayvette Records label and released a regionally successful single in the South called "Caught in the Middle". In 1977 the soul band released a cover version of a song by country singer Bill Anderson titled "Sometimes" which made it into the Top Forty.
After the success of "Sometimes" RCA Records signed the group the following year but they failed to release any charting singles or albums after "Sometimes".

Answer: Dean Friedman

In 1977 the Number 26 "Ariel" was Dean Friedman's only US Top Forty single, however, he did make it to Number Three on the UK charts the following year with a duet accompanied by Denise Marsa titled "Lucky Stars".
The Paramus, New Jersey, singer was singing at local events in his teens with a band called Marsha and the Self-Portraits. When he was twenty years old he signed with Lifesong Records and released "Ariel" two years later. The unusual song about a Jewish girl stayed on the charts for five months.
Although he never reached the US Top Forty after "Ariel" he sang for television commercials and theme songs. Friedman could also be heard on the sound track of "I Bought a Vampire Motorcycles" (1990) singing "She Runs on Blood, Not Gasoline".
"Heaven on the 7th Floor" was a 1977 Top Ten single by Paul Nicholas. Mac McAnally barely made the 1977 Top Forty with the Number 37 "It's a Crazy World" and "Jeans On" by David Dundas reached Number 17.

Answer: LeBlanc and Carr

Lenny LeBlanc was living in Daytona when he met some fellow teens who played guitar and began playing in Daytona clubs and venues. Band member Pete Carr left to become a session player in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and invited Lenny to relocate there with him. Lenny LeBlanc honed his chops backing national acts in the studio and soon embarked on a solo career.
After signing with Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler suggested LeBlanc team up with Carr and together they charted three singles including "Falling". They began touring and opening for major acts as LeBlanc and Carr. By the end of the seventies Carr left performing to become a producer and LeBlanc turned to Christian music.
"Back Together Again" was a Number 28 single from Daryl Hall and John Oates. Captain and Tennille took "Can't Stop Dancin'" to Number 13. "Gone Too Far" by England Dan and John Ford Coley was a Number 23 single.

Answer: Dreams

In 1977 the Number One "Dreams" became the highest charting single from the group's "Rumours" album. "Go Your Own Way", "You Make Loving Fun" and "Don't Stop" also made the Top Ten. "Rumours" was the groups eleventh album and earned a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1978. The "Rumours" album was recorded in 1976 and released the following year followed by a support tour.
While recording the LP in a studio in Sausalito the working title for the project was "Yesterday's Gone". Bass player John McVie suggested the title change for the album which became their second chart topping LP in the US.
In 1976 "Rhiannon" from the 1975 "Fleetwood Mac" album made it to Number 11. In 1979 "Tusk" topped out at Number Eight and "Sara" reached Number Seven. Both singles were from their 1979 "Tusk" album.

Answer: Sam

"Sam" was a single from Olivia's 1976 "Don't Stop Believin'" album. The single "Don't Stop Believin'" peaked at Number 33 and the other single release, "Every Face Tells a Story", maxed out at Number 55.
Guitarist and producer John Farrar wrote Olivia's 1975 Number One "Have You Never Been Mellow" and co-wrote "Sam" with Hank Marvin and Don Black.
Olivia first hit the US charts in 1971 with a cover of Bob Dylan's "If Not for You" that reached Number 25. In 1974 she released "I Honestly Love You" which became a Number One hit in the US and several other countries.
"The Killing of Georgie (Parts 1 & 2)" was a 1977 Number 30 single by Rod Stewart. Abba took "Fernando" to Number 13 in 1976. The Stampeders released a version of Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack" that made the Top Forty in 1976.

Answer: Slide

"Slide" was a single release from Slave's 1977 eponymous debut album debut. The Rhythm and Blues group formed in Dayton, Ohio, two years earlier. Their debut single, "Slide", on Cotillion Records topped the Rhythm and Blues charts and entered the US Top Forty. Although the group continued to release singles that did well on the Rhythm and Blues charts they did not have another single on the US Billboard Top Forty.
Slave switched labels to Atlantic Records in 1984 for one album then switched to Ichiban Records two years later where they continued to release albums into the mid-nineties.
Founding member and guitarist Mark "Drac" Hicks was only 52 when he passed away in 2011.
Tavares took "Whodunit" to Number 22 in 1977. "Cinderella" was Firefall's second US Top Forty single. "Hollywood" from the 1977 "Ask Rufus" LP reached Number 32.

Answer: Songs in the Key of Life

In 1976 "Isn't She Lovely?" and "I wish" also went to Number One from Stevie's "Songs in the Key of Life". The LP was his eighteenth album since his 1962 album, "The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie".
Stevie Wonder was seriously considering retiring from the music business and had even scheduled a farewell concert in 1975. By August of the same year he reconsidered and signed a seven year, seven album deal with Motown. "Songs in the Key of Life" was the first LP released as a result of his contract. The album topped the US album charts.
"Living for the City" and "Higher Ground" were on Stevie's 1973 "Innervisions" album. Stevie earned a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" from his 1972 "Talking Book" album. "Music of My Mind" was another Stevie Wonder 1972 album.

Answer: Four

There were "Four hungry children and a crop in the field" when Lucille left and met a man in a bar in Toledo. Noted Country songwriters Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum teamed up to compose the hit single from the Number One 1977 "Kenny Rogers" album. "Lucille" was Kenny's first US Top Ten solo single after leaving The First Edition as well as his first solo effort to top the Country charts.
"Lucille" began a successful string of solo hits as well as various duets for Kenny Rogers.
His film career included "Six Pack" in 1982 and a series of films based on a character from his 1978 hit single "The Gambler".