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Overview of the events of 1976 in music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1976.
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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2 | Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills | Stephen Stills | Compilation |
8 | Hotel California | Eagles | - |
10 | A Day at the Races | Queen | - |
Wings over America | Wings | Live | |
17 | Wind & Wuthering | Genesis | - |
28 | Disco Inferno | The Trammps | - |
29 | Luxury Liner | Emmylou Harris | - |
- | Oxygène | Jean Michel Jarre | France |
Andy Irvine/Paul Brady | Andy Irvine & Paul Brady | - | |
Blondie | Blondie | Debut | |
Brass Construction II | Brass Construction | - | |
Dawn | Eloy | - | |
Firefly | Uriah Heep | - | |
Waylon Live | Waylon Jennings | Live |
from Billboard December 27, 1975
"TOP RECORDS OF 1975 (from Billboard) The information compiled for the top records survey is based on the weekly chart positioning and length of time records were on the respective charts from the issue dates of November 8, 1975 through October 30, 1976. These recaps, as well as the weekly charts, do not reflect actual sales figures. The ratings take into account the number of weeks the disk was on the chart, plus the weekly positions it held during its chart life. Each disk was given points accordingly for its respective chart, and in addition, the number one disk each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective charts."[20]
Unfortunately, Billboard's late December print deadline prevented approximately 60 records from completing their full chart runs, and includes data of approximately 50 records from 1976, some of which have enough points to rank in the current years chart. In contrast with the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976, the chart below does not truncate or split chart runs between years. It does not add two months from 1975, delete two months from 1976 and then call itself the "Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976", which it is obviously not. Joel Whitburn's Records Research books, archived issues of Billboard for November-December 1975 and December 1976-March 1976, and Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the year-end chart reprinted here.
The completed Billboard year-end list for 1976 is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 between November 1975 and December 1976. Records with chart runs that started in 1975 and ended in 1976, or started in 1976 and ended in 1976, made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in 1976. If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for 1975 or 1976. If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered. Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks on Hot 100 chart, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks in top ten. All chart rankings represented below for the Top Soul Singles, Top Country Singles, Top Easy Listening Singles, and Top CashBox pop singles were all calculated in the same manner.
The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Sales information was derived from the RIAA's Gold and Platinum database, the BRIT Certified database and The Book of Golden Discs,[21] but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Release Date | CB | Sales | Charts, Awards |
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1 | Rod Stewart | "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" | Warner Bros. 8262 | December 1975 | September 1976 | 2 | 3.25 | US Billboard 1976 #1, Hot100 #1 for 7 weeks, 23 total weeks, 296 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2012 |
2 | Paul McCartney and Wings | "Silly Love Songs" | Capitol 4256 | January 16, 1976 | April 1, 1976 | 4 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #2, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks, 258 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000 |
3 | Wild Cherry | "Play That Funky Music" | Epic 50225 | 1976 | April 1976 | 14 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #3, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 25 total weeks, 216 points, Top Soul Singles 1976 #13, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 181 points |
4 | Barry Manilow | "I Write The Songs" | Arista 0157 | October 1976 | November 1976 | 3 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #4, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 205 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #7, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 172 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #7, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 172 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000 |
5 | Elton John Kiki Dee | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | Rocket 40585 | March 27, 1976 | June 21, 1976 | 12 | 2.50 | US Billboard 1976 #5, Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 20 total weeks, 195 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #11, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 167 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017 |
6 | Walter Murphy | "A Fifth Of Beethoven" | Private Stock 45,073 | 1976 | April 1976 | 6 | 3.25 | US Billboard 1976 #6, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 194 points |
7 | Rick Dees | "Disco Duck (Part 1)" | RSO 857 | 1976 | September 4, 1976 | 7 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #7, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 25 total weeks, 191 points |
8 | The Bee Gees | "You Should Be Dancing" | RSO 853 | February 1976 | June 1976 | 19 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #8, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 189 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2011 |
9 | The Manhattans | "Kiss and Say Goodbye" | Columbia 10310 | 1975 | March 1976 | 5 | 2.25 | US Billboard 1976 #9, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 26 total weeks, 186 points, Top Soul Singles 1976 #5, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 26 total weeks, 229 points |
10 | K.C. and the Sunshine Band | "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" | T.K. 1019 | 1975 | May 27, 1976 | 26 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #10, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 186 points, Top Soul Singles 1976 #3, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks, 268 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 |
11 | Johnnie Taylor | "Disco Lady" | Columbia 10281 | 1975 | January 1976 | 20 | 2.25 | US Billboard 1976 #11, Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, 185 points, Top Soul Singles 1976 #2, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 21 total weeks, 299 points |
12 | Chicago | "If You Leave Me Now" | Columbia 10390 | April 1976} | July 30, 1976 | 15 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #12, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 21 total weeks, 180 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #6, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 185 points |
13 | England Dan and John Ford Coley | "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" | Big Tree 16069 | December 1975 | May 1976 | 35 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #13, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 24 total weeks, 173 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 187 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017 |
14 | Diana Ross | "Love Hangover" | Motown 1392 | 1975 | March 16, 1976 | 30 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #14, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 172 points |
15 | Boz Scaggs | "Lowdown" | Columbia 10367 | October 1975 | June 1976 | 16 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1976 #15, Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 171 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 |
16 | Lou Rawls | "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" | Philadelphia International 3592 | March 1976 | May 1976 | 39 | 2.50 | US Billboard 1976 #16, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 170 points, Top Soul Singles 1976 #9, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 212 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #10, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 167 points |
17 | The Four Seasons | "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" | Warner Bros. 8168 | November 1975 | December 1975 | 40 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #17, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 27 total weeks, 169 points |
18 | Leo Sayer | "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" | Warner Bros. 8283 | 1976 | October 1976 | 15 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #18, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 169 points |
19 | Gary Wright | "Dream Weaver" | Warner Bros. 8167 | February 1975 | December 1975 | 18 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #19, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 168 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000 |
20 | Paul Simon | "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" | Columbia 10270 | April 1975 | December 1975 | 9 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #20, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 167 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #12, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 161 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2011 |
21 | Rose Royce | "Car Wash" | MCA 40615 | 1976 | September 1976 | 133 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #21, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 23 total weeks, 167 points, Top Soul Singles 1976 #6, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 223 points |
22 | C. W. McCall | "Convoy" | MGM 14839 | 1975 | November 1975 | 10 | 2.25 | US Billboard 1976 #22, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 166 points, Top Country Singles 1976 #1, Country Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 225 points |
23 | John Sebastian | "Welcome Back" | Reprise 1349 | February 1976 | March 1976 | 8 | 3.00 | US Billboard 1976 #23, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 162 points |
24 | Steve Miller Band | "Rock'n Me" | Capitol 4323 | 1975 | August 1976 | 23 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #24, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 161 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 |
25 | Eric Carmen | "All By Myself" | Arista 0165 | 1975 | December 1975 | 31 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #25, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 161 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 |
26 | Gary Wright | "Love Is Alive" | Warner Bros. 8143 | 1975 | April 1976 | 43 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1976 #26, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 27 total weeks, 161 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000 |
27 | The Bee Gees | "Love So Right" | RSO 859 | February 1976 | September 1976 | 32 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #27, Hot100 #3 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 161 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2011 |
28 | Starland Vocal Band | "Afternoon Delight" | Windsong 10588 | November 1975 | April 1976 | 1 | 2.50 | US Billboard 1976 #28, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 160 points |
29 | Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. | "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)" | ABC 12208 | 1976 | September 1976 | 11 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #29, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 26 total weeks, 160 points |
30 | The Spinners | "The Rubberband Man" | Atlantic 3355 | 1976 | August 1976 | 45 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1976 #30, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 160 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017 |
31 | Silver Convention | "Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)" | Midland International 10571 | 1976 | March 1976 | 24 | 1.25 | US Billboard 1976 #31, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 159 points |
37 | Brick | "Dazz" | Bang 727 | May 1976 | July 6, 1976 | 38 | 1.50 | US Billboard 1976 #37, Hot100 #3 for 2 week, 21 total weeks, 142 points, Top Soul Singles 1976 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 223 points |
42 | Boston | "More Than A Feeling" | Epic 50266 | Oct 1975-April 1976 | September 1976 | 57 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #42, Hot100 #5 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 132 points, Top Rock 1976 #1, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 |
63 | Engelbert Humperdinck | "After the Lovin'" | Epic 50270 | June-July 1976 | October 1976 | 52 | 2.00 | US Billboard 1976 #63, Hot100 #8 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 88 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1976 #1, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 26 total weeks, 304 points |
77 | Queen | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | EMI 0109 | August-September 1975 | October 31, 1975 | 58 | 4.25 | US Billboard 1976 #77, Hot100 #9 for 2 weeks, 24 total weeks, 68 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004, National Recording Registry 2022,
from album "A Night At The Opera"-Elektra 1053, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018. |
Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist
(weeks at number one)
Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | US | UK | Highest chart position | Other Chart Performance(s) |
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"16 Bars" | The Stylistics | August 1976 | n/a | 7 | 7 (United Kingdom) | 9 (Ireland) |
"After the Lovin'" | Engelbert Humperdinck | October 1976 | 8 | n/a | 1 (New Zealand) | 1 (Canada Adult Contemporary) - 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 5 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 13 (Australia) - 40 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) |
"All By Myself" | Eric Carmen | January 1976 | 2 | 12 | 2 (United States) | See chart performance entry |
"Arms of Mary" | Sutherland Brothers and Quiver | March 1976 | 81 | 5 | 1 (Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands) | 28 (Australia) - 32 (New Zealand) |
Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | Other Chart Performance(s) |
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"Anarchy in the U.K." | Sex Pistols | November 1976 | 38 (UK Singles Chart) |
"(I'm) Stranded" | The Saints | September 1976 | 99 (Australia) |
"In the Flesh" | Blondie | October 1976 | 2 (Australia in September 1977) - 40 (Belgium in 1982) |
"New Rose" | The Damned | October 1976 | n/a |