| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1977 |
| TOP 100 R&B SINGLES (As published in the December 31, 1977, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | GOT TO GIVE IT UP (pt. 1) – Marvin Gaye (Tamla) |
| 2 | IT’S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME – Barry White (20th Century) |
| 3 | BEST OF MY LOVE – The Emotions (Columbia) |
| 4 | I’VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND – Natalie Cole (Capitol) |
| 5 | I WISH – Stevie Wonder (Tamla) |
| 6 | DAZZ – Brick (Bang) |
| 7 | FLOAT ON – The Floaters (ABC) |
| 8 | I’M YOUR BOOGIE MAN – KC & The Sunshine Band (T.K.) |
| 9 | FREE – Deniece Williams (Columbia) |
| 10 | (Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN – L.T. D. (A&M) |
| 11 | CAR WASH – Rose Royce (MCA) |
| 12 | AIN’T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (With No Big Fat Woman) – Joe Tex (Epic) |
| 13 | SIR DUKE – Stevie Wonder (Tamla) |
| 14 | TRYIN’ TO LOVE TWO – William Bell (Mercury) |
| 15 | DUSIC – Brick (Bang) |
| 16 | SLIDE – Slave (Cotillion) |
| 17 | DARLIN’ DARLIN’ BABY (Sweet, Tender, Love) – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 18 | LET’S CLEAN UP THE GHETTO – The Philadelphia International All Stars (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 19* | YOU CAN’T TURN ME OFF (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) – High Inergy (Gordy) |
| 20 | HOT LINE – Sylvers (Capitol) |
| 21 | EASY – Commodores (Motown) |
| 22 | A REAL MOTHER FOR YA – Johnny Guitar Watson (DJM) |
| 23 | GLORIA – Enchantment (United Artists) |
| 24 | SERPENTINE FIRE – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 25 | HOLLYWOOD – Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (ABC) |
| 26 | L. A. SUNSHINE – War (Blue Note) |
| 27 | AT MIDNIGHT (My Love Will Lift You Up) – Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (ABC) |
| 28 | DISCO INFERNO – The Trammps (Atlantic) |
| 29 | SATURDAY NITE – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 30 | STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 – The Brothers Johnson (A&M) |
| 31 | DO YA WANNA GET FUNKY WITH ME – Peter Brown (Drive) |
| 32 | SOMETIMES – The Facts Of Life (Kayvette) |
| 33 | I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE – Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 34 | DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY – Thelma Houston (Tamla) |
| 35 | KEEP IT COMIN’ LOVE – KC & The Sunshine Band (T.K.) |
| 36 | WORK ON ME – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 37 | I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU – Rose Royce (MCA) |
| 38 | BE MY GIRL – The Dramatics (ABC) |
| 39 | GOOD THING MAN – Frank Lucas (ICA) |
| 40 | WHODUNIT – Tavares (Capitol) |
| 41 | THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – George Benson (Arista) |
| 42 | SOMETHIN’ ’BOUT ’CHA – Latimore (Glades) |
| 43 | DO YOUR DANCE (pt. 1) – Rose Royce (Whitfield) |
| 44 | SHAKE IT WELL – The Dramatics (ABC) |
| 45 | BRICK HOUSE – Commodores (Motown) |
| 46 | THE PRIDE (pt. 1) – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) |
| 47 | IF YOU’RE NOT BACK IN LOVE BY MONDAY – Millie Jackson (Spring) |
| 48 | SUNSHINE – Enchantment (Roadshow/United Artists) |
| 49 | ENJOY YOURSELF – The Jacksons (Epic/Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 50 | I KINDA MISS YOU – The Manhattans (Columbia) |
| 51 | LOVE IS BETTER IN THE A.M. (pt. 1) – Johnnie Taylor (Columbia) |
| 52 | FANCY DANCER – Commodores (Motown) |
| 53 | I WANNA DO IT TO YOU – Jerry Butler (Motown) |
| 54 | I CAN’T GET OVER YOU – The Dramatics (ABC) |
| 55 | LIVIN’ IN THE LIFE – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) |
| 56 | DON’T ASK MY NEIGHBORS – The Emotions (Columbia) |
| 57 | WHEN LOVE IS NEW – Arthur Prysock (Old Town) |
| 58 | REACHING FOR THE WORLD – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (ABC) |
| 59 | DO IT TO MY MIND – Johnny Bristol (Atlantic) |
| 60 | I BELIEVE YOU – Dorothy Moore (Malaco) |
| 61 | JUST FOR YOUR LOVE – The Memphis Horns (RCA) |
| 62 | BOOGIE NIGHTS – Heatwave (Epic) |
| 63 | DEVIL’S GUN – C. J. & Co. (Westbound) |
| 64 | HIGH SCHOOL DANCE – The Sylvers (Capitol) |
| 65 | OH LET ME KNOW IT (pt. 1) – Special Delivery (Shield) |
| 66 | FLY LIKE AN EAGLE – Steve Miller (Capitol) |
| 67 | SOMEBODY’S GOTTA WIN, SOMEBODY’S GOTTA LOSE – The Controllers (Juana) |
| 68 | YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A STAR (To Be In My Show) – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC) |
| 69 | DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO – T-Connection (Dash) |
| 70 | O-H-I-O – The Ohio Players (Mercury) |
| 71 | THIS I SWEAR – Tyrone Davis (Columbia) |
| 72 | YOUR LOVE – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC) |
| 73 | UPTOWN FESTIVAL (pt. 1) – Shalamar (Soul Train) |
| 74 | YOU’RE THROWING A GOOD LOVE AWAY – The Spinners (Atlantic) |
| 75 | FEELINGS – Walter Jackson (Chi-Sound) |
| 76 | GOIN’ PLACES – The Jacksons (Epic/Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 77 | I FEEL LOVE – Donna Summer (Casablanca) |
| 78 | SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO – The Jacksons (Epic/Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 79 | THERE WILL COME A DAY (I’m Gonna Happen To You) – Smokey Robinson (Tamla) |
| 80 | LOOK INTO YOUR HEART – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) |
| 81 | NATIVE NEW YORKER – Odyssey (RCA) |
| 82 | IF IT DON’T FIT, DON’T FORCE IT – Kellee Patterson (Shady Brook) |
| 83 | SEE YOU WHEN I GIT THERE – Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 84 | BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY – Walter Jackson (Chi-Sound) |
| 85 | WITH YOU – The Moments (Stang) |
| 86 | CATFISH – The Four Tops (ABC) |
| 87* | YOU CAN’T TURN ME OFF (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) – High Inergy (Gordy) |
| 88 | HA CHA CHA (Funktion) – Brass Construction (United Artists) |
| 89 | REACH FOR IT (Dance) – George Duke (Epic) |
| 90 | I GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE – The Fantastic Four (Westbound) |
| 91 | FUNK FUNK – Cameo (Chocolate City) |
| 92 | JOY TO HAVE YOUR LOVE – Patti LaBelle (Epic) |
| 93 | EXODUS – Bob Marley & The Wailers (Island) |
| 94 | TIME IS MOVIN’ – The Blackbyrds (Fantasy) |
| 95 | STAR WARS THEME / CANTINA BAND – Meco (Millennium) |
| 96 | DANCIN’ – Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite) |
| 97 | HEAVEN ON EARTH (So Fine) – The Spinners (Atlantic) |
| 98 | BELLE – Al Green (Hi) |
| 99 | BABY DON’T CHANGE YOUR MIND – Gladys Knight & The Pips (Buddah) |
| 100 | I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING – Andy Gibb (RSO 872) |