It looks like we made it to episode 55! However, this week, the task is not easy, and it may be necessary to have
an angel in your arms or even an undercover angel, to do battle with the devils gun.  In the ‘70s, pre-cell phone, you
had to ask yourself, “whatcha gonna do if the telephone line goes down?”  You could have really used a handy man, or
more specifically the telephone man.  Knowing me, knowing you, the alternative would be to just throw up your hands and say “gonna fly now”, and just hop on that big ol’ jet airliner that would take you higher and higher. This week we got to
give it up for the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending July 9, 1977. It will
be just a song or 40 before we go.

Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1977-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_9th_July_1977

Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.

Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com,  wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)

Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll

“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.

Rejected Episode Titles:

Handy Telephone Line Man

Gonna Fly Now on a Jet Airliner to Margaritaville

Whatcha Gonna Do at the High School Dance

I Just Want To Be Your Barracuda

Some points of interest we talked about in this episode:

Rory Gallagher Interview where he talks about a lot of 70’s
artists including Andrew Gold: https://www.hotpress.com/culture/remembering-rory-gallagher-a-powerful-interview-from-1980-22818816

2109 article about the Commodores tour with photo of
uniforms with epaulettes: :https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/entertainment/2019/03/25/william-king-commodores-bringing-biggest-hits-back-area-inspired-them/3273232002/

Story and plaque of Milli Vanilli lip sync incident at Lake
Compounce, Bristol, CT. February 1990: https://parkrovers.com/home/2021/7/21/milli-vanillis-lip-sync-scandal-at-lake-compounce