** = funk/disco/soul/jazz/reggae/world/ska/or combinations
no stars = something else
# = guilty pleasures

My top 9 of favorite songs of the year 1977 (out of 19 listed here):

1. First Choice – Dr Love **
2. Roy Ayers – Running away **
3. Carla Bley – Song sung long **
4. Manhattan Transfer – Cuentame **
5. Meat Loaf – Paradise by the dashboard light #
6. Itadi Bonney – Dodzi **
7. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – Egyptian reggae **
8. Chic – Dance, dance, dance (Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah) **
9. Rob – Make it fast, make it slow **

My other favorites, the ‘subtop’ part (above is the potential ‘all time top 500′ stuff):

• The Babys – Isn’t it time
• Boney M – Ma baker **/#
• Brothers Johnson – Runnin’ for your lovin’ **
• Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. blue sky
• Gibson Brothers – Non stop dance **
• Grace Jones – La vie en rose
• Gruppo Sportivo – Beep beep love #
• KC And The Sunshine Band – I’m your boogie man **
• Mink de Ville – Spanish stroll
• Raffaella Carra – A far l’amore comincia tu (Liebelei) #