1976
America celebrated its Bicentennial. Carter becomes the first Southern president since the Civil War. It's the Olympic year of Bruce Jenner, Nadia Comencici and Dorothy Hamill, who makes the disco wedge haircut popular. As Rocky became the best picture of the year, we watched Happy Days, Charile's Angels & LaVerne & Shirley. Yes ABC reigned supreme on TV. The disco movement was invading the mainstream And we listened to:
|
song title |
artist |
Top 40 peak |
R&B peak |
peak date |
| Saturday Night | Bay City Rollers | 1[1] | 1/3 | |
| Convoy | C.W. McCall | 1[1] | 1/10 | |
| Hurricane (Part 1) | Bob Dylan | 33 | 1/10 | |
| Let's Live Together | The Road Apples | 35 | 1/10 | |
| I Write The Songs | Barry Manilow | 1[1] | 1/17 | |
| Fox On The Run | Sweet | 5 | 1/17 | |
| Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) | Glen Campbell | 11 | 1/17 | |
| Over My Head | Fleetwood Mac | 20 | 1/17 | |
| Let It Shine | Olivia Newton-John | 30 | 1/17 | |
| Theme From Mahogany | Diana Ross | 1[1] | 14 | 1/24 |
| I Love Music (Part 1) | The O'Jays | 5 | 1[1] | 1/24 |
| Walk Away From Love | David Ruffin | 9 | 1[1] | 1/24 |
| Rock & Roll All Nite | Kiss | 12 | 1/24 | |
| Fly Away | John Denver | 13 | 1/24 | |
| Winners & Losers | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | 21 | 1/24 | |
| Love Rollercoaster | Ohio Players | 1[1] | 1[1] | 1/31 |
| Paloma Blanca | George Baker Selection | 26 | 1/31 | |
| Break Away | Art Garfunkel | 39 | 1/31 | |
| 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover | Paul Simon | 1[3] | 2/7 | |
| Love To Love You Baby | Donna Summer | 2[2] | 3 | 2/7 |
| You Sexy Thing | Hot Chocolate | 3 | 6 | 2/7 |
| Sing A Song | Earth, Wind & Fire | 5 | 1[2] | 2/7 |
| Times Of Your Life | Paul Anka | 7 | 2/7 | |
| Love Or Leave | The Spinners | 36 | 8 | 2/7 |
| Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | Neil Sedaka | 8 | 2/14 | |
| Evil Woman | Electric Light Orchestra | 10 | 2/14 | |
| Squeeze Box | The Who | 16 | 2/14 | |
| Somewhere In The Night | Helen Reddy | 19 | 2/14 | |
| Let The Music Play | Barry White | 32 | 4 | 2/14 |
| Renegade | Michael Murphey | 39 | 2/21 | |
| Theme From S.W.A.T. | Rhythm Heritage | 1[1] | 11 | 2/28 |
| Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) | Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes | 12 | 1[2] | 2/28 |
| Grow Some Funk Of Your Own/ I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) | Elton John | 14 | 2/28 | |
| Tracks Of My Tears | Linda Ronstadt | 25 | 2/28 | |
| Love Machine (Part 1) | The Miracles | 1[1] | 5 | 3/6 |
| All By Myself | Eric Carmen | 2[3] | 3/6 | |
| Baby Face | The Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps | 14 | 32 | 3/6 |
| Hold Back The Night | The Trammps | 35 | 10 | 3/6 |
| December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) | The Four Seasons | 1[3] | 3/13 | |
| Take It To The Limit | The Eagles | 4 | 3/13 | |
| Love Hurts | Nazareth | 8 | 3/13 | |
| The White Knight | Cledus Maggard | 19 | 3/13 | |
| Slow Ride | Foghat | 20 | 3/13 | |
| Just You & I | Melissa Manchester | 27 | 3/13 | |
| Take It Like A Man | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | 33 | 3/13 | |
| Junk Food Junkie | Larry Groce | 9 | 3/20 | |
| Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) | Bee Gees | 12 | 3/20 | |
| Cupid | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 22 | 3/20 | |
| Love Is The Drug | Roxy Music | 30 | 3/20 | |
| Dream Weaver | Gary Wright | 2[3] | 3/27 | |
| Lonely Night (Angel Face) | Captain & Tennille | 3 | 3/27 | |
| Deep Purple | Donny & Marie Osmond | 14 | 3/27 | |
| Inseparable | Natalie Cole | 32 | 1[1] | 3/27 |
| Disco Lady | Johnnie Taylor | 1[4] | 1[6] | 4/3 |
| Sweet Thing | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | 5 | 1[2] | 4/3 |
| Money Honey | Bay City Rollers | 9 | 4/3 | |
| Golden Years | David Bowie | 10 | 4/3 | |
| Tangerine | Salsoul Orchestra | 18 | 36 | 4/3 |
| Good Hearted Woman | Waylon & Willie | 25 | 4/3 | |
| Only Love Is Real | Carole King | 28 | 4/3 | |
| Looking For Space | John Denver | 29 | 4/3 | |
| Love Fire | Jigsaw | 30 | 4/3 | |
| He's A Friend | Eddie Kendricks | 36 | 2[3] | 4/3 |
| Hit The Road Jack | The Stampeders | 40 | 4/3 | |
| Dream On | Aerosmith | 6 | 4/10 | |
| You'll Lose A Good Thing | Freddie Fender | 32 | 4/10 | |
| We Can't Hide It Anymore | Larry Santos | 36 | 4/10 | |
| Only Sixteen | Dr. Hook | 6 | 4/17 | |
| Action | Sweet | 20 | 4/17 | |
| Fopp | Ohio Players | 30 | 9 | 4/17 |
| Sweet Love | The Commodores | 5 | 2[2] | 4/24 |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | 9 | 4/24 | |
| There's A Kind OF Hush (All Over The World) | The Carpenters | 12 | 4/24 | |
| Livin' For The Weekend | The O'Jays | 20 | 1[2] | 4/24 |
| Lorelei | Styx | 27 | 4/24 | |
| Can't Hide Love | Earth, Wind & Fire | 39 | 11 | 4/24 |
| Let Your Love Flow | Bellamy Brothers | 1[1] | 5/1 | |
| Right Back Where We Started From | Maxine Nightengale | 2[2] | 46 | 5/1 |
| I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | ABBA | 15 | 5/1 | |
| Shout It Out Loud | Kiss | 31 | 5/1 | |
| Welcome Back | John Sebastian | 1[1] | 5/8 | |
| Show Me The Way | Peter Frampton | 6 | 5/8 | |
| Come On Over | Olivia Newton-John | 23 | 5/8 | |
| Don't Pull Your Love/ Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye | Glen Campbell | 27 | 5/8 | |
| Fallen Angel | Frankie Valli | 36 | 5/8 | |
| Boogie Fever | The Sylvers | 1[1] | 1[1] | 5/15 |
| Anytime (I'll Be There) | Paul Anka | 33 | 5/15 | |
| Silly Love Songs | Wings | 1[5] | 5/22 | |
| Fooled Around & Fell In Love | Elvin Bishop | 3 | 82 | 5/22 |
| Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again | Barry Manilow | 10 | 5/22 | |
| Strange Magic | Electric Light Orchestra | 14 | 5/22 | |
| Happy Music | The Blackbyrds | 19 | 3 | 5/22 |
| Young Blood | Bad Company | 20 | 5/22 | |
| Love Really Hurts Without You | Billy Ocean | 22 | 5/22 | |
| Union Man | Cate Bros. | 24 | 5/22 | |
| I.O.U. | Jimmy Dean | 35 | 5/22 | |
| Love Hangover | Diana Ross | 1[2] | 1[1] | 5/29 |
| Love In The Shadows | Neil Sedaka | 16 | 5/29 | |
| Hurt/ For The Heart | Elvis Presley | 28 | 5/29 | |
| One Piece At A Time | Johnny Cash | 29 | 5/29 | |
| It's Over | Boz Scaggs | 38 | 5/29 | |
| Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon | 40 | 5/29 | |
| Happy Days | Pratt & McClain | 5 | 6/5 | |
| Shannon | Henry Gross | 6 | 6/5 | |
| Fool To Cry | Rolling Stones | 10 | 6/5 | |
| Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) | Fleetwood Mac | 11 | 6/5 | |
| Crazy On You | Heart | 35 | 6/5 | |
| Get Up & Boogie | Silver Convention | 2[3] | 5 | 6/12 |
| Misty Blue | Dorothy Moore | 3 | 2[2] | 6/12 |
| Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) | Rhythm Heritage | 20 | 19 | 6/12 |
| Rock & Roll Love Letter | Bay City Rollers | 28 | 6/12 | |
| Dance Wit Me | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | 39 | 5 | 6/12 |
| Sara Smile | Hall & Oates | 4 | 23 | 6/26 |
| Takin' It To The Streets | The Doobie Brothers | 13 | 57 | 6/26 |
| Movin' | Brass Construction | 14 | 1[1] | 6/26 |
| I Want You | Marvin Gaye | 15 | 1[1] | 6/26 |
| That's Where The Happy People Go | The Trammps | 27 | 12 | 6/26 |