Cash Box R&B Top 75 R&B Albums 1977

 

Cash Box R&B Top 75 R&B Albums 1977

CASH BOX R&B
TOP 75 R&B ALBUMS

35. Part 3 – KC & The Sunshine Band (TK 605)

63. Life Is Music – Ritchie Family (Marlin/ TK 2203)

73. It Ain’t WhereYou Been – Latimore (Glades / TK 7509)

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