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July 3, 1977

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 29, 1977, covering July 3, 1977.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

    Rumours

    Fleetwood Mac

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
  2. 2
    Album cover for Book Of Dreams by The Steve Miller Band

    Book Of Dreams

    The Steve Miller Band

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Commodores by Commodores

    Commodores

    Commodores

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for Barry Manilow Live by Barry Manilow

    Barry Manilow Live

    Barry Manilow

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for I'm In You by Peter Frampton

    I'm In You

    Peter Frampton

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    2

Notable Births

1977David Bowens, American football player[†]

David Walter Bowens is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL draft. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines. He now is Archbishop Carroll High School’s Defensive Coordinator in Riverside Ohio.

Notable Deaths

Alexander Volkov (writer)

1977Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (born 1891)[†]

Alexander Melentyevich Volkov was a Soviet novelist, playwright, university lecturer. He was an author of novels, short stories, plays and poems for children, mostly remembered for the Magic Land series of books, based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Historical Context for July 3, 1977

In 1977, the world population was approximately 4,217,863,796 people[†]