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NOW is going back to the 1970s to proudly present the next instalment in our ongoing 'Yearbook' series – with 80 tracks across 4 CDs, celebrating a magnificently diverse year of Pop singles... NOW – Yearbook 1977. This special edition CD is housed 'hardback book' packaging featuring a 28-page booklet, including notes about each track.

Kicking off with a timeless anthem from Queen with 'We Are The Champions' and followed by the huge instrumental rock of 'Fanfare For The Common Man' by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. The song that would open 'Live Aid' years later is next up from Status Quo with their signature 'Rockin' All Over The World', and 1977 saw 'Way Down' from Elvis Presley go to #1 in the wake of his death. Classic pop-rock from 10CC with 'Good Morning Judge' is followed by a trio of ballads from Electric Light Orchestra with 'Telephone Line', Leo Sayer with his trans-Atlantic chart topper 'When I Need You', and David Soul with another UK and US #1 'Don't Give Up On Us'. Hot Chocolate enjoyed their first #1 with 'So You Win Again' and is followed by a superb run of dance-pop from Candi Staton, Patsy Gallant, Donna Summer, Boney M. and The Rah Band. More pop-rock from Suzi Quatro, Smokie and a hit from the soundtrack of the tv series 'Rock Follies' lead toward the emotionally charged closing tracks on the first disc – from Elkie Brooks with 'Pearl's A Singer', Liverpool Express and 'Every Man Must Have A Dream', and the #1 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' from the concept album for the upcoming musical 'Evita' by Julie Covington along with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

Disc Two opens with an amazing run of punk and new wave classics: The Stranglers with 'No More Heroes', Ramones with 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker', The Clash with their debut 'White Riot', and The Jam with their first Top 20 hit 'All Around The World'. The Boomtown Rats debuted with 'Lookin' After No.1' and defining hits are featured from Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Mink DeVille and Elvis Costello with the peerless 'Watching The Detectives'. A genre defying hit from the Tom Robinson Band leads into a sequence of hits that includes singer-songwriters Paul Simon, Boz Scaggs and Bryan Ferry, rock smashes from Boston and Santana, and to close the disc softer rock from Thin Lizzy and beautiful ballads from Racing Cars with 'They Shoot Horses Don't They', and Yes with 'Wonderous Stories'.

The charts in 1977 were fantastically diverse, and one of the biggest genres of hits was Disco. Arguably one of pop music's defining moments came in 1977 with Donna Summer's #1 'I Feel Love' with it's production showcasing the role of the synthesiser. European disco smashes found huge success: Baccara topped the charts with 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie', along-side massive tracks from Belle Epoque and the debut 'Daddy Cool' for Boney M. – who a year later would become the biggest selling singles act of 1978. Meco re-worked the 'Star Wars' theme into a US disco chart topper, and The Trammps, Heatwave, The Emotions, Rose Royce, Thelma Houston and chart newcomers Chic all feature here in a stellar run of floor-filling hits. Marvin Gaye had a massive track with 'Got To Give It Up – Pt.1' and Gladys Knight & The Pips continued their run of hits with 'Baby, Don't Change Your Mind'. The disc finishes with 3 of 1977's greatest soul tracks: Deniece Williams took 'Free' to #1, and the Commodores released an all-time classic, with 'Easy', featuring Lionel Richie on vocals, whilst Detroit R&B vocal group The Floaters scored their only UK hit in style with 'Float On' reaching #1 in August.

The final disc opens with 1977's biggest seller – the first single to sell over two million copies! – and the years' Christmas #1, 'Mull Of Kintyre' from Paul McCartney & Wings. Two more #1s follow: Manhattan Transfer with 'Chanson D'Amour', and the second chart-topper in the year for David Soul with 'Silver Lady'. Olivia Newton-John's 'Sam' continues the run of 'easy-listening' pop that also includes #1 'Angelo' from Brotherhood Of Man', sublime tracks, 'The Things We Do For Love', from 10CC, 'Oh Lori' from Alessi Brothers, and the Boz Scaggs penned 'We're All Alone' by Rita Coolidge, plus pop gems from Carole Bayer Sager and Meri Wilson all feature. Kenny Rogers hit #1 with 'Lucille', Billy Ocean enjoyed his second #2 smash with 'Red Light Spells Danger', while The Dooleys and Andrew Gold made their chart debuts.

Rock 'n' roll was enjoying a revival and two contemporary groups both enjoyed massive success - Showaddywaddy continued their run of hits with 'Dancin' Party', and Darts arrived with a medley of 'Daddy Cool' and 'The Girl Can't Help It'....and the collection finishes with two instrumental hits, 'Portsmouth' from Mike Oldfield reached #3 in the first week of the year, whilst unexpectedly 'The Floral Dance' became a massive seller for the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, spending the last four weeks of 1977 at #2 behind 'Mull Of Kintyre'.

NOW – Yearbook 1977 – a celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly magnificent year in pop.

CD 1

1. Queen - We Are The Champions 
2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man
3. Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World 
4. Elvis Presley - Way Down 
5. 10cc - Good Morning Judge 
6. Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line 
7. Leo Sayer - When I Need You 
8. David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us 
9. Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again 
10. Candi Staton - Nights On Broadway 
11. Patsy Gallant - From New York To LA
12. Donna Summer - Love's Unkind 
13. Boney M. – Ma Baker
14. The RAH Band – The Crunch 
15. Suzi Quatro – Tear Me Apart
16. Rock Follies - OK?
17. Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice 
18. Elkie Brooks - Pearl's A Singer 
19. Liverpool Express - Every Man Must Have a Dream 
20. Julie Covington, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice - Don't Cry For Me Argentina 

CD 2

1. The Stranglers - No More Heroes 
2. Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker 
3. The Clash - White Riot 
4. The Jam - All Around The World 
5. The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1 
6. Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do
7. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Once) 
8. Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll 
9. Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
10. The Stranglers - Peaches
11. Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway 
12. Ram Jam - Black Betty 
13. Boston - More Than A Feeling
14. Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle 
15. Santana - She's Not There
16. Bryan Ferry - This Is Tomorrow 
17. Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away 
18. Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) 
19. Racing Cars – They Shoot Horses Don't They? 
20. Yes - Wonderous Stories 

CD 3

1. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
2. Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 
3. Belle Epoque - Black Is Black 
4. Boney M. - Daddy Cool 
5. Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
6. The Trammps - Disco Inferno 
7. Chic - Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) 
8. Heatwave - Boogie Nights
9. Rose Royce - Car Wash
10. The Emotions - Best Of My Love 
11. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
12. Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Shuffle 
13. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up - Pt. 1 
14. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Baby, Don't Change Your Mind 
15. Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) 
16. The Drifters - You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book 
17. The Moments - Jack In The Box 
18. Deniece Williams - Free
19. Commodores - Easy
20. The Floaters - Float On

CD 4

1. Paul McCartney & Wings - Mull Of Kintyre
2. The Manhattan Transfer - Chanson d'Amour 
3. David Soul - Silver Lady   
4. Olivia Newton-John - Sam
5. Brotherhood Of Man - Angelo
6. Carole Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today 
7. Meri Wilson – Telephone Man 
8. Alessi Brothers - Oh Lori 
9. 10cc - The Things We Do For Love 
10. Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone 
11. Kenny Rogers - Lucille 
12. Neil Diamond - Desirée
13. The Dooleys - Think I'm Gonna Fall In Love With You 
14. Billy Ocean - Red Light Spells Danger 
15. Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy 
16. Dead End Kids - Have I The Right
17. Showaddywaddy - Dancin' Party 
18. Darts - Daddy Cool / The Girl Can't Help It
19. Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth 
20. The Brighouse And Rastrick Brass Band - The Floral Dance