![]() ![]() (The song was also nominated for best rhythm & blues song, but lost to the Leo Sayer dance/pop ditty “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.” Go figure.) In 1979, The Emotions teamed with Earth, Wind & Fire to record “Boogie Wonderland,” which also made the top 10 (peaking at No. “Best of My Love” won a Grammy for best R&B vocal performance by a duo, group or chorus. 1 in 1960 for Brenda Lee and in 1975 for John Denver. This was just the second case of two different compositions with the exact same title each topping the Hot 100. 1 two years after The Eagles’ song with the same title topped the chart. Only Debby Boone’s seemingly undefeatable “You Light Up My Life” logged more weeks at No. 6 that week on its way to a five-week (nonconsecutive) run at No. Notes: White and McKay, both of Earth, Wind & Fire, co-wrote this song, which leaped from No. Here’s a look back at the top 10 the week ending July 30, 1977. The top 10 also included a true one-hit-wonder, whose first Hot 100 hit as an artist was also his last (Peter McCann). Cassidy survived the hurricane that teen stardom often entails. The top 10 also included two teenagers (Shaun Cassidy, then 18, and Andy Gibb, then 19). The top 10 also included a pair of pop/adult contemporary superstars ( Barbra Streisand and Barry Manilow), as well as a pair of fixtures on the rock scene, Peter Frampton and Rita Coolidge. (For what it’s worth, none of the other songs that were in the top 10 the weeks “Margaritaville” was at its peak have yet received either of those prestigious accolades.)īuffett wasn’t the only legendary star in the top 10 the week ending July 30, 1977, when “Margaritaville” was in its second week at No. “Margaritaville” was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in April 2023. And “Margaritaville” spent five weeks in the top 10, longer than the average No. Most just assumed that a song that well-known and loved must have been a No. This weekend, as millions have been reading about the death of beloved singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, many were surprised to read that his famous signature song, “Margaritaville,” peaked at No.
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