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1976 Singles - Month By Month

JANUARY

• "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen (G) (#9)
• "Dream On" (re-entry) - Aerosmith (#6)
• "Dream Weaver" - Gary Wright (G) (#2)
• "Golden Years" - David Bowie (#10)
• "Grown Some Funk Of Your Own/I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)" - Elton John (#14)
• "I Could Have Danced All Night/Jump For Joy" - The Biddu Orchestra (#72)
• "Junk Food Junkie" - Larry Groce (#9)
• "Let Your Love Flow"- The Bellamy Brothers (#1)
• "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" - The Captain & Tennille (G) (#3)
• "Only Sixteen" - Dr. Hook (G) (#6)
• "Sweet Thing" - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (G) (#5)
• "Take Me" - Grand Funk (#53)
• "Tangerine" - The Salsoul Orchestra (#18)
• "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" - Bruce Springsteen (#83)
• "This Old Heart Of Mine" - Rod Stewart (#83)
• "Venus" (disco version) - Frankie Avalon (#46)

FEBRUARY

• "Action" - The Sweet (#20)
• "Banapple Gas" - Cat Stevens (#41)
• "Boogie Fever" - The Sylvers (G) (#1)
• "Cupid" - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#22)
• "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (P) (#1)
• "Hit The Road Jack" - The Stampeders (#40)
• "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - Abba (G) (#15)
• "Love Is The Drug" - Roxy Music (#30)
• "Money Honey" - The Bay City Rollers (#9)
• "Only Love Is Real" - Carole King (#28)
• "Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale (G) (#2)
• "Sara Smile" - Hall & Oates (G) (#4)
• "Shannon" - Henry Gross (G) (#6)
• "Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton (#6)
• "There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)" - Carpenters (#12)
• "You'll Lose A Good Thing" - Freddy Fender (#32)

MARCH

• "Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" - Glen Campbell (#27)
• "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" - Elvin Bishop (G) (#3)
• "Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)" - The Silver Convention (G) (#2)
• "Hurt" - Elvis Presley (#28)
• "I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love)" - Diana Ross (#47)
• "Livin' For The Weekend" - The O'Jays (#20)
• "Looking For Space" - John Denver (#29)
• "Misty Blue" - Dorothy Moore (#3)
• "More, More, More (Part 1)" - The Andrea True Connection (G) (#4)
• "Mozambique" - Bob Dylan (#54)
• "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" - Fleetwood Mac (#11)
• "Shout It Out Loud" - Kiss (#31)
• "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again" - Barry Manilow (G) (#10)
• "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian (G) (#1)
• "Young Blood" - Bad Company (#20)

APRIL

• "Baretta's Theme ('Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow')" - Rhythm Heritage (#20)
• "Crazy On You" - Heart (#35)
• "Fool To Cry" - The Rolling Stones (#10)
• "Get Closer" - Seals & Crofts (#6)
• "Happy Days" - Pratt & McClain (#5)
• "I Want You" - Marvin Gaye (#15)
• "Kiss And Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (P) (#1)
• "Lookin' Out For #1" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#65)
• "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross (G) (#1)
• "Love Really Hurts Without You" - Billy Ocean (#22)
• "Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck (#3)
• "Silly Love Songs" - Wings (G) (#1)
• "Strange Magic" - Electric Light Orchestra (#14)
• "Takin' It To The Streets" - The Doobie Brothers (#13)
• "That's Where The Happy People Go" - The Trammps (#27)
• "Turn The Beat Around" - Vicki Sue Robinson (#10)

MAY

• "Afternoon Delight" - The Starland Vocal Band (G) (#1)
• "The Boys Are Back In Town" - Thin Lizzy (#12)
• "A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band (G) (#1)
• "I'll Be Good To You" - The Brothers Johnson (G) (#3)
• "I'm Easy" - Keith Carradine (#17)
• "'I.O.U.'" - Jimmy Dean (G) (#35)
• "Let Her In" - John Travolta (#10)
• "Love Is Alive" - Gary Wright (#2)
• "Making Our Dreams Come True" - Cyndi Grecco (#25)
• "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" - Eric Carmen (#11)
• "Rock And Roll Love Letter" - The Bay City Rollers (#28)
• "Shop Around" - The Captain & Tennille (G) (#4)
• "Still Crazy After All These Years" - Paul Simon (#40)
• "Take The Money And Run" - The Steve Miller Band (#11)
• "Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk)" - Parliament (G) (#15)
• "Today's The Day" - America (#23)

JUNE

• "Another Rainy Day In New York" - Chicago (#32)
• "Baby, I Love Your Way" - Peter Frampton (#12)
• "Got To Get You Into My Life" - The Beatles (#7)
• "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1)" - Tavares (G) (#15)
• "Hot Stuff/Fool To Cry" - The Rolling Stones (#10)
• "I Need To Be In Love" - Carpenters (#25)
• "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" - England Dan & John Ford Coley (G) (#2)
• "If You Know What I Mean" - Neil Diamond (#11)
• "Last Child" - Aerosmith (#21)
• "Mamma Mia" - Abba (#32)
• "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (P) (#1)
• "Rock And Roll Music" - The Beach Boys (#5)
• "Somebody's Gettin' It" - Johnnie Taylor (#33)
• "Steppin' Out" - Neil Sedaka (#36)
• "This Masquerade" - George Benson (#10)
• "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls (G) (#2)
• "You're My Best Friend" - Queen (#9)

JULY

• "Devil Woman" - Cliff Richard (G) (#6)
• "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (G) (#1)
• "Getaway" - Earth, Wind & Fire (G) (#12)
• "Let 'Em In" - Wings (G) (#3)
• "Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs (G) (#3)
• "Magic Man" - Heart (#9)
• "Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac (#11)
• "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (G) (#1)
• "She's Gone" (re-entry) - Hall & Oates (#7)
• "Shower The People" - James Taylor (#22)
• "Still The One" - Orleans (#5)
• "Summer" - War (G) (#7)
• "Teddy Bear" - Red Sovine (G) (#40)
• "With Your Love" - Jefferson Starship (#12)
• "You Should Be Dancing" - The Bee Gees (G) (#1)

AUGUST

• "The Best Disco In Town" - The Ritchie Family (#17)
• "Disco Duck (Part 1)" - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (P) (#1)
• "Don't Stop Believin'" - Olivia Newton-John (#33)
• "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" - The Brothers Johnson (#30)
• "Get Up Offa That Thing" - James Brown (#45)
• "I Can't Hear You No More" - Helen Reddy (#29)
• "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (G) (#1)
• "It's O.K." - The Beach Boys (#29)
• "Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)" - Barry De Vorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. (G) (#8)
• "No, No Joe" - The Silver Convention (#60)
• "Rock'N Me" - The Steve Miller Band (G) (#1)
• "Wheels Of Fortune" - The Doobie Brothers (#87)
• "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (#2)
• "You Are My Starship" - Norman Connors/Michael Henderson (#27)
• "You Are The Woman" - Firefall (#9)

SEPTEMBER

• "Beth" - Kiss (G) (#7)
• "Do You Feel Like We Do" - Peter Frampton (#10)
• "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult (#12)
• "Don't Think... Feel" - Neil Diamond
• "Fernando" - Abba (G) (#13)
• "I Never Cry" - Alice Cooper (G) (#12)
• "Just To Be Close To You" - The Commodores (#7)
• "Like A Sad Song" - John Denver (#36)
• "Love So Right" - The Bee Gees (G) (#3)
• "Message In Our Music" - The O'Jays (#49)
• "More Than A Feeling" - Boston (#5)
• "Muskrat Love" - The Captain & Tennille (G) (#4)
• "The Rubberband Man" - The Spinners (G) (#2)
• "This One's For You" - Barry Manilow (#29)
• "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)" - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (G) (#1)
• "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine" - Neil Sedaka (#53)

OCTOBER

• "After The Lovin'" - Englebert Humperdinck (G) (#8)
• "Breezin'" - George Benson (#76)
• "Car Wash" - Rose Royce (P) (#1)
• "Dazz" - Brick (#3)
• "A Dose Of Rock 'N' Roll" - Ringo Starr (#26)
• "Hello Old Friend" - Eric Clapton (#24)
• "Hot Line" - The Sylvers (G) (#5)
• "Jump" - Aretha Franklin (#72)
• "Let's Get It Together" - El Coco (#61)
• "Livin' Thing" - The Electric Light Orchestra (#13)
• "Love Ballad" - L.T.D. (#20)
• "Nights Are Forever Without You" - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#10)
• "Stand Tall" - Burton Cummings (G) (#10)
• "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" - Rod Stewart (G) (#1)
• "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Leo Sayer (G) (#1)

NOVEMBER

• "Blinded By The Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#1)
• "Don't Take Away The Music" - Tavares (#34)
• "Enjoy Yourself" - The Jacksons (G) (#6)
• "Every Face Tells A Story" - Olivia Newton-John (#55)
• "I Like Dreamin'" - Kenny Nolan (G) (#3)
• "It Keeps You Runnin'" - The Doobie Brothers (#37)
• "Lost Without Your Love" - Bread (#9)
• "Mademoiselle" - Styx (#36)
• "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" - The Beatles (#49)
• "Saturday Nite" - Earth, Wind & Fire (#21)
• "Somebody To Love" - Queen (#13)
• "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" - Elton John (G) (#6)
• "Torn Between Two Lovers" - Mary MacGregor (G) (#1)
• "Weekend In New England" - Barry Manilow (#10)
• "Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon" - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (#27)

DECEMBER

• "Baby, You Look Good To Me Tonight" - John Denver (#65)
• "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas (#11)
• "Dancing Queen" - Abba (G) (#1)
• "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston (#1)
• "Fly Like An Eagle" - The Steve Miller Band (G) (#2)
• "Hard Luck Woman" - Kiss (#15)
• "I Wish" - Stevie Wonder (G) (#1)
• "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)" - Barbra Streisand (G) (#1)
• "Moody Blue" - Elvis Presley (#31)
• "New Kid In Town" - The Eagles (G) (#1)
• "Night Moves" - Bob Seger (#4)
• "Save It For A Rainy Day" - Stephen Bishop (#22)
• "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me" - Linda Ronstadt (#42)
• "St. Charles" - Jefferson Starship (#66)
• "Year Of The Cat" - Al Stewart (G) (#8)

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