Various Artists NOW Yearbook 1977 (CD) Special Album (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: NOW Yearbook 1977Condition: NewFormat: CDType: AlbumNo Of Discs: 4Release Date: 11/01/2024Record Label: NOWEAN: 0198028303521MPN: CDYBXNOW77Artist: Various ArtistsEdition: Special AlbumDescription: 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. 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.Genre: RockStyle: CompilationRelease Year: 2024Tracks: Disc 11: We Are the Champions - Queen2: Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer3: Rockin' All Over the World - Status Quo4: Way Down - Elvis Presley5: Good Morning Judge - 10cc6: Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra7: When I Need You - Leo Sayer8: Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul9: So You Win Again - Hot Chocolate10: Nights On Broadway - Candi Staton11: From New York to L.A. - Patsy Gallant12: Love's Unkind - Donna Summer13: Ma Baker - Boney M.14: The Crunch - The Rah Band15: Tear Me Apart - Suzi Quatro16: OK? - Rock Follies17: Living Next Door to Alice - Smokie18: Pearl's a Singer - Elkie Brooks19: Every Man Must Have a Dream - Liverpool Express20: Don't Cry for Me Argentina - Julie Covington, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim RiceDisc 21: No More Heroes - The Stranglers2: Sheena Is a Punk Rocker - Ramones3: White Riot - The Clash4: All Around the World - The Jam5: Lookin' After No. 1 - The Boomtown Rats6: Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie & The Hot Rods7: Roadrunner (Once) - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers8: Spanish Stroll - Mink DeVille9: Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello10: Peaches - The Stranglers11: 2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson Band12: Black Betty - Ram Jam13: More Than a Feeling - Boston14: Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs15: She's Not There - Santana16: This Is Tomorrow - Bryan Ferry17: Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon18: Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in a Spotlight) - Thin Lizzy19: They Shoot Horses Don't They? - Racing Cars20: Wonderous Stories - YesDisc 31: I Feel Love - Donna Summer2: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara3: Black Is Black - Belle Epoque4: Daddy Cool - Boney M.5: Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco6: Disco Inferno - The Trammps7: Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic8: Boogie Nights - Heatwave9: Car Wash - Rose Royce10: Best of My Love - The Emotions11: Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston12: The Shuffle - Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony13: Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1) - Marvin Gaye14: Baby, Don't Change Your Mind - Gladys Knight & The Pips15: You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.16: You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book - The Drifters17: Jack in the Box - The Moments18: Free - Deniece Williams19: Easy - Commodores20: Float On - The FloatersDisc 41: Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney & Wings2: Chanson D'amour - The Manhattan Transfer3: Silver Lady - David Soul4: Sam - Olivia Newton-John5: Angelo - Brotherhood of Man6: You're Moving Out Today - Carole Bayer Sager7: Telephone Man - Meri Wilson8: Oh Lori - Alessi Brothers9: The Things We Do for Love - 10cc10: We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge11: Lucille - Kenny Rogers12: Desirée - Neil Diamond13: Think I'm Gonna Fall in Love With You - The Dooleys14: Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean15: Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold16: Have I the Right - Dead End Kids17: Dancin' Party - Showaddywaddy18: Daddy Cool/The Girl Can't Help It - Darts19: Portsmouth - Mike Oldfield20: The Floral Dance - The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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