1976 USA Hit Parade

JANUARY 3, 1976

1.  Saturday night - Bay City Rollers
2.  I write the songs - Barry Manilow
3.  Do you know where you're going to? - Diana Ross
4.  Let's do it again - The Staple Singers
5.  Convoy - C.W. McCall

6.  Fox on the run - Sweet
7.  That's the way I like it - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
8.  I love music - O' Jays
9.  Fanny (Be tender with my love) - Bee Gees
10. Times of your life - Paul Anka

FEBRUARY 21, 1976

1.  50 Ways to leave your lover - Paul Simon
2.  Love to love you baby - Donna Summer
3.  You sexy thing - Hot Chocolate 
4.  Theme from S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
5.  Sing a song - Earth, Wind & Fire

6.  Love rollercoaster - Ohio Players
7.  Love machine - The Miracles
8.  Breaking up in hard to do (slow version) - Neil Sedaka
9.  Evil woman - Electric Light Orchestra
10. Grow some funk of your own / I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford - Elton John

M A R C H  20, 1976

1.  December, 1963 - Oh, What a night - The Four Seasons
2.  All by myself - Eric Carmen
3.  Dream weaver - Gary Wright
4.  Take it to the limit - The Eagles
5.  Lonely night (Angel face) - Captain & Tenille

6.  Love machine - The Miracles
7.  Sweet thing - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
8.  Dream on - Aerosmith
9.  Love hurts - Nazareth
10. Junk food junkie  -  Larry Groce

A P R I L  24, 1976

1.  Disco lady - Johnnie Taylor
2.  Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3.  Let your love flow - Bellamy Brothers
4.  Right back where we started from - Maxine Nightingale
5.  Boogie fever - Sylvers

6.  Only sixteen - Dr. Hook
7.  Welcome back - John Sebastian
8.  Show me the way - Peter Frampton
9.  Stange music - Electric Light Orchestra
10.  One piece at a time - Johnny Cash

M A Y   22, 1976.

1.  Silly love songs - Paul McCartney
2.  Fooled around and fell in love - Elvin Bishop
3.  Get up and boogie - Silver Convention
4.  Rhiannon (Will you ever win?)  -  Fleetwood Mac
5.  Happy days - Pratt & McClain

6.  Shannon - Henry Gross
7.  Sweet love  -  Commodores
8.  Shop around - Captain & Tenille
9.  Sara smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates
10. Love is alive  -  Gary Wright

J U N E  19,  1976

1.  Love hangover  -  Diana Ross
2.  Afternoon delight - Starland Vocal Band
3.  Misty blue  -  Dorothy Moore
4.  Fool to cry  -  Rolling Stones
5.  Movin' (funk instr.)  -  Brass Construction

6.  I want you  -  Marvin Gaye
7.  Never gonna fall in love again  -  Eric Carmen
8.  Trying to get the feeling again  -  Barry Manilow
9.  Another rainy day in New York City  -  Chicago
10. Today's the day  -  America

J U L Y   31, 1976

1.  Kiss and say goodbye - Manhattans
2.  Moonlight feels right - Starbuck
3.  Let 'em in - Paul McCartney
4.  More, more, more (Part 1)  -  Andrea True Connection
5.  I'll be good to you - Brothers Johnson

6.  Still the one - Orleans
7.  Got to get you into my life  -  The Beatles
8.  Get closer - Seals & Crofts
9.  Rock and roll music  -  The Beach Boys
10. If you know what I mean - Neil Diamond

A U G U S T    28, 1976

1.  Don't go breaking my heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
2.  You should be dancing - Bee Gees
3.  You'll never find another love like mine - Lou Rawls
4.  I'd really love to see you tonight - England Dan & John Ford
5.  Turn the beat around - Vicki Sue Robinson

6.  Heaven must be missing an angel  -  Tavares
7.  Baby I love your way  -  Peter Frampton
8.  Getaway  -  Earth, Wind & Fire
9.  I'm easy  -  Keith Carradine
10. This masquarade - George Benson

S E P T E M B E R  25, 1976

1.  Play that funky music - Wild Cherry
2.  Shake your booty - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
3.  Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
4.  A fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band
5.  Say you love me  -  Fleetwood Mac

6.  The best disco in town  -  The Ritchie Family
7.  Rock'n me  -  The Steve Miller Band
8.  I only wanna be with you - Bay City Rollers
9.  With your love  -  Jefferson Starship
10. Summer - War

OCTOBER  30,  1976

1.  If you leave me now  -  Chicago
2.  She's gone  -  Daryl Hall & John Oates
3.  Love so right  -  Bee Gees
4.  The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald  -  Gordon Lightfoot
5.  Muskarat love  -  Captain & Tenille

6.  We're all alone  -  Boz Scaggs
7.  Magic man  -  Heart
8.  Devil woman  -  Cliff Richard
9.  Getaway - Earth, Wind & Fire
10. Breezin' - George Benson

NOVEMBER  20,  1976

1.  Tonight's the night  -  Rod Stewart
2.  Disco duck  -  Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
3.  A little bit more  -  Dr. Hook
4.  That'll be the day  -  Linda Ronstadt
5.  Fernando  -  Abba

6.  Do you feel like we do?  -  Peter Frampton
7.  Whispering / Cherchez la femme / Se si bon -  Dr. Buzzard's Original Savanna Band
8.  Enjoy yourself  -  The Jacksons
9.  Just to be close to you  -  Commodores
10. After the loving  -  Engelbert Humperdinck

DECEMBER  25,  1976

1.  You don't have to be a star (To be in my show)  -  Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
2.  The rubberband man  -  Spinners
3.  Sorry seems to be the hardest word  -  Elton John
4.  I never cry  -  Alice Cooper
5.  Nights are forever without you  -  England Dan & John Ford Coley

6.  You are the woman  -  Firefall
7.  Nadia's Theme (The young and the restless)  -  Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
8.  More than a feeling  -  Boston
9.  The pretender  -  Jackson Browne
10. Stand tall  -  Burt Cummings

Billboard, 15 May 1976

best selling album:  'Black and blue' - Rolling Stones (RS)

40.  Love is alive - Gary Wright (WB)

39.  I do, I do - Abba (Atlantic)

38.  One piece at a time - Johnny Cash & the Tenneessee Three (Columbia) debut

37.  Takin' it to the streets - Doobie Brothers (WB)

36.  Fallen angel - Frankie Valli (Private Stock)

35.  I want you - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)

34.  Baretta's theme (Keep your eye on the sparrow) - Rhythm Heritage (ABC) prod.: Steve Barri

33.  Anytime (I'll be there) - Paul Anka (UA)

32.  Movin' - Brass Construction (UA)

31.  Shop around - Captain & Tenille (A&M)

30.  For the heart / Hurt - Elvis Presley (RCA) 

29.  I've got a feeling (We'll be seein each other again) - Al Wilson (Playboy Records)

28.  Union man - Cate Brothers (Asylum)

27.  Don't pull your love / Then you can tell me goodbye - Glen Campbell (Capitol) 

26.  More, more, more - Andrea True Connection (Buddah Records)

25.  Love really hurts without you - Billy Ocean (Ariola-America)

24.  Sweet love - The Commodores (Motown)

23.  Come on over - Olivia Newton-John (MCA Records)

22.  Young blood - Bad Company (Swan Song)

21.  Love in the shadows - Neil Sedaka (The Rocket Record Company)

20.  Happy music - Blackbyrds (Fantasy) 

19.  Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Elektra)

18.  Disco lady - Johnnie Taylor (Columbia)

17.  Let your love flow - Bellamy Brothers (WB)

16.  Rhiannon (Will you ever win?) - Fleetwood Mac (Reprise)

15.  Strange magic - Electric Light Orchestra (UA)

14.  Misty blue - Dorothy Moore

13.  Daddy you're a fool to cry - Rolling Stones  (2nd wk)

12.  Sara smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA)

11.  Trying to get that feeling again - Barry Manilow (Arista) 

10.  Shannon - Henry Gross (Lifesong)

9.  Happy days - Pratt & McClain with Brother Love (Reprise)

8.  Right back where we started from - Maxine Nightingale (UA)

7.  Get up and boogie - Silver Convention (Midsong International)

6.  Show me the way - Peter Frampton (A&M)

5.  Love hangover - Diana Ross (Motown)

4.  Fooled around and fell in love - Elvin Bishop (Capricorn Records)

3.  Silly love songs - Paul McCartney & Wings (Capitol) 

2.  Welcome back - John Sebastian (Reprise) prod.: Steve Barri & J.S. (from #1)

1.  Boogie fever - The Sylvers (Capitol)