Friday, September 15, 2017

1976

The Top 150 Hits of… 1976

The only real surprise in researching this year was how two of the songs that spent the longest at #1 (“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” and “Disco Lady” with 4 weeks each) didn’t linger in the top 10 or top 40 long enough to get very high on the year-end list (#’s 20 and 24).

This is an interesting year in that most of the bigger names have more notable songs in other years while the one (or few) hit wonders, and those artists that were only popular during this period, did a number of iconic tunes. It’s a 70’s pop culture nostalgia-fest and one of my favorites.

Note: There was a 3-way tie for #150, hence 2 additional songs.


  1. A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy 340.5
  2. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry 313
  3. Silly Love Songs – Wings 312.5
  4. Disco Duck – Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots 299
  5. I Write the Songs – Barry Manilow 294
  6. I’d Really Love to See You Tonight – England Dan & John Ford Coley 283.5
  7. Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans 282.5
  8. (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty – KC & the Sunshine Band 280.5
  9. Love Is Alive – Gary Wright 277
  10. Love Machine (Part 1) – The Miracles 275
  11. If You Leave Me Now – Chicago 269
  12. Misty Blue – Dorothy Moore 263.5
  13. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) – The Four Seasons 262
  14. Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right) – Silver Convention 262
  15. Love Rollercoaster – Ohio Players 262
  16. Love So Right – Bee Gees 260
  17. Sara Smile – Daryl Hall & John Oates 257
  18. Right Back Where We Started From – Maxine Nightingale 251.5
  19. Boogie Fever – The Sylvers 250.5
  20. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee 249.5
  21. You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate 248
  22. Muskrat Love – Captain & Tennille 247.5
  23. Lowdown – Boz Scaggs 247
  24. Disco Lady – Johnnie Taylor 243.5
  25. That’s the Way (I Like It) – KC & the Sunshine Band 243
  26. Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band 242.5
  27. Lonely Night (Angel Face) – Captain & Tennille 242.5
  28. Dream Weaver – Gary Wright 241.5
  29. Love Hangover – Diana Ross 240.5
  30. You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine – Lou Rawls 240.5
  31. Love to Love You Baby – Donna Summer 237.5
  32. You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees 236.5
  33. More, More, More Pt. 1 – Andrea True Connection 231
  34. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot 225.5
  35. All By Myself – Eric Carmen 223
  36. Theme From “Mahogany” (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) – Diana Ross 221
  37. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon 220
  38. Fly, Robin, Fly – Silver Convention 220
  39. Let Your Love Flow – Bellamy Brothers 218
  40. Get Closer – Seals and Crofts 214.5
  41. Take It to the Limit – The Eagles 213.5
  42. Theme from S.W.A.T. – Rhythm Heritage 210
  43. I Love Music – The O’Jays 207
  44. Rock’n Me – Steve Miller 207
  45. Moonlight Feels Right – Starbuck 206
  46. Welcome Back – John Sebastian 206
  47. Let’s Do It Again – The Staples Singers 205
  48. Nadia’s Theme (The Young & the Restless) – Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. 205
  49. Saturday Night – Bay City Rollers 204
  50. Let ‘Em In – Wings 202.5
  51. Fooled Around and Fell in Love – Elvin Bishop 202
  52. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen 201.5
  53. Shannon – Henry Gross 199.5
  54. I’ll Be Good to You – The Brothers Johnson 197
  55. Convoy – C.W. McCall 196.5
  56. Devil Woman – Cliff Richard 196
  57. Shop Around – Captain & Tennille 196
  58. Sweet Love – The Commodores 195.5
  59. Show Me the Way – Peter Frampton 193
  60. Beth – KISS 193
  61. Love Hurts – Nazareth 192.5
  62. She’s Gone – Daryl Hall & John Oates 192.5
  63. Only Sixteen – Dr. Hook 192
  64. Sweet Thing – Rufus feat. Chaka Khan 187.5
  65. You Are the Woman – Firefall 185
  66. Rock and Roll Music – The Beach Boys 182.5
  67. Times of Your Life – Paul Anka 178.5
  68. Golden Years – David Bowie 178
  69. Sing a Song – Earth, Wind & Fire 175
  70. Fox on the Run – Sweet 174.5
  71. Dream On – Aerosmith 169.5
  72. Still the One – Orleans 169.5
  73. A Little Bit More – Dr. Hook 166
  74. Got to Get You Into My Life – The Beatles 164.5
  75. Magic Man – Heart 163.5
  76. Say You Love Me – Fleetwood Mac 162.5
  77. Summer – War 162
  78. Turn the Beat Around – Vicki Sue Robinson 160
  79. Happy Days – Pratt & McClain 154
  80. Deep Purple – Donny & Marie Osmond 150.5
  81. Just to Be Close to You – Commodores 148
  82. This Masquerade – George Benson 146.5
  83. Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra 146
  84. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Öyster Cult 145
  85. Walk Away from Love – David Ruffin 140
  86. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Neil Sedaka 138
  87. Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) – Fleetwood Mac 136.5
  88. Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 134
  89. Getaway – Earth, Wind & Fire 133.5
  90. That’ll Be the Day – Linda Ronstadt 132.5
  91. Let Her In – John Travolta 131.5
  92. Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) – Bee Gees 131
  93. Heaven Must De Missing an Angel (Part 1) – Tavares 130.5
  94. Money Honey – Bay City Rollers 130.5
  95. Do You Feel Like We Do – Peter Frampton 130
  96. With Your Love – Jefferson Starship 129.5
  97. Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again – Barry Manilow 129.5
  98. Baby Face – The Wing and a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps 129
  99. I Only Want to Be with You – Bay City Rollers 126.5
  100. Junk Food Junkie – Larry Groce 124
  101. Wham Bam (Shang-a-Lang) – Silver 123.5
  102. I’m Easy – Keith Carradine 122
  103. Country Boy (Got Your Feet in LA) – Glen Campbell 122
  104. Baby, I Love your Way – Peter Frampton 121
  105. My Little Town – Simon & Garfunkle 121
  106. Fernando – ABBA 120.5
  107. The Best Disco in Town – The Ritchie Family 120.5
  108. Rock and Roll All Night (live) – Kiss 118
  109. The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy 117.5
  110. Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band 117.5
  111. Never Gonna Fall in Love Again – Eric Carmen 117.5
  112. You’re My Best Friend – Queen 117
  113. Slow Ride – Foghat 111*
  114. If You Know What I Mean – Neil Diamond 110
  115. Who’d She Coo? – Ohio Players 109
  116. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk) – Parliament 108.5
  117. Young Hearts Run Free – Candi Staton 108
  118. Strange Magic – Electric Light Orchestra 107
  119. Fool to Cry – The Rolling Stones 104.5
  120. Squeeze Box – The Who 103
  121. Movin’ – Brass Construction 102.5
  122. Love Ballad – L.T.D. 99.5
  123. Our Day Will Come – Frankie Valli 99
  124. Fly Away – John Denver 99
  125. Last Child – Aerosmith 97
  126. Takin’ It to the Streets – The Doobie Brothers 95
  127. Somewhere in the Night – Helen Reddy 95
  128. There’s a Kind of Hush (All Over the World) – Carpenters 94.5
  129. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do – Abba 94
  130. I Want You – Marvin Gaye 93
  131. The White Knight – Cledus Maggard 93
  132. Shower the People – James Taylor 91
  133. Tangerine – The Salsoul Orchestra 90
  134. Winners and Losers – Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds 89
  135. Union Man – Cate Bros. 88
  136. You Are My Starship – Norman Connors 85.5
  137. Sophisticated Lady (She’s a Different Lady) – Natalie Cole 83.5
  138. For the Love of You (Parts 1 & 2) – The Isley Brothers 83
  139. Over My Head – Fleetwood Mac 80.5
  140. Action – Sweet 80.5
  141. Young Blood – Bad Company 80
  142. One Love in My Lifetime – Diana Ross 79
  143. Baretta’s Theme (“Keep You Eye on the Sparrow”) – Rhythm Heritage 77.5
  144. Paloma Blanca – George Baker Selection 75
  145. Inseparable – Natalie Cole 75
  146. Hello Old Friend – Eric Clapton 73.5
  147. Love in the Shadows – Neil Sedaka 73
  148. Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) – Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids 72
  149. Get the Funk Out Ma Face – The Brothers Johnson 71.5
  150. Happy Music – The Blackbyrds 70.5
  151. Livin’ for the Weekend – The O’Jays 70.5
  152. Grow Some Funk of Your Own – Elton John 70.5
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