1976 Charts

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A sneak-peak at the music charts in both the UK and the USA from this week in 1976 – 50 years ago.

1976 was an amazing year for popular music, and for popular culture in general. Whether it was the best year for music depends of course upon one’s own personal tastes, but there can truly never have been a time when rock, glam, disco and punk drew together so seamlessly to create the unique vibe that was 1976 in the scorching sun.

There are lots of things we remember 1976 for, and for many of us there will never be another year like it. The hits just kept coming, and that we still remember so many with fondness a whole half-century later is surely testimony to their quality and endurance.

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UK Singles Chart – 13/06/1976

6	Heart On My Sleeve	Gallagher and Lyle	19
7	Jolene	Dolly Parton	17
8	Tonight’s the Night	Rod Stewart	13
9	My Resistance is Low	Robin Sarstedt	6
10	Show Me the Way	Peter Frampton	16
11	Let Your Love Flow	Bellamy Brothers	8
12	Fool to Cry	The Rolling Stones	7
13	Shake it Down	Mud	22
14	This Is It	Melba Moore	9
15	Devil Woman	Cliff Richard	12
16	Midnight Train to Georgia	Gladys Knight and the Pips	11
17	The Boys are Back in Town	Thin Lizzy	24
18	Fernando	Abba	4
19	Young Hearts Run Free	Candi Staton	26
20	Let’s Stick Together	Bryan Ferry	34
21	Leader of the Pack (1976)	Shangri-Las	43
22	Soul City Walk	Archie Bell and The Drells	21
23	You’re My Everything	Lee Garrett	28
24	The Continental	Maureen McGovern	32
25	The Wanderer (1976)	Dion	27
26	Love Hangover	Diana Ross	14
27	Arms of Mary	Sutherland Brothers and Quiver	10
28	The Flasher ft, Lloyd Michels	Mistura ft. Lloyd Michaels	23
29	Save Your Kisses for Me	Brotherhood of Man	25
30	Dawn	Flintlock	39
31	(What A) Wonderful World	Johnny Nash	49
32	I’m Your Puppet	James and Bobby Purify	18
33	Requiem	Slik	30
34	Dance the Body Music	Osibisa	45
35	More, More, More	Andrea True Connection	20
36	Sold My Rock ‘ Roll (Gave it for Funky Soul)	Linda and the Funky Boys	40
37	I Don’t Wanna Play House	Tammy Wynette	50
38	Let’s Make a Baby	Billy Paul	37
39	Silver Star	The Four Seasons	31
40	Could It Be Magic	Donna Summer	44
41	Party Time	The Fatback Band	46
42	I Recall a Gypsy Woman	Don Williams	New
43	Kiss and Say Goodbye	The Manhattans	New
44	I Love to Boogie	T. Rex	New
45	The Boston Tea Party	Sensational Alex Harvey Band	New
46	My Sweet Rosalie	Brotherhood of Man	New
47	Misty Blue	Dorothy Moore	New
48	Tiger Bay/No No Joe	Silver Convention	New
49	Sunday	Buster	New
50	Tubular Bells	Champs Boys	New

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6	Black and Blue		The Rolling Stones	6
7	Hit Machine		Various Artists	4
8	Frampton Comes Alive		Peter Frampton	13
9	Changesonebowie		David Bowie	New
10	The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips		Gladys Knight and the Pips	9
11	Rainbow Rising		Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow	50
12	A Touch of Country		Various Artists	7
13	Royal Scam		Steely Dan	16
14	Diana Ross		Diana Ross	10
15	Their Greatest Hits 1971-75		Eagles	12
16	Red Card		Streetwalkers	New
17	Breakaway		Gallagher and Lyle	20
18	Presence		Led Zeppelin	15
19	Rock Follies		Original Television Soundtrack	17
20	Cry Tough		Nils Lofgren	46
21	Who Loves You		The Four Seasons	19
22	Juke Box Jive		Various Artists	11
23	Fly Like an Eagle		The Steve Miller Band	New
24	Rolled Gold		The Rolling Stones	27
25	The Best of John Denver		John Denver	26
26	Destroyer		Kiss	22
27	How Dare You		10cc	23
28	Reach for the Sky		Sutherland Brothers and Quiver	28
29	Jailbreak		Thin Lizzy	30
30	Some of Me Poems and Songs		Pam Ayres	24
31	Here and There		Elton John	14
32	Desire		Bob Dylan	32
33	Hamilton’s Hot Shots		Various Artists	New
34	Love, Life and Feelings		Shirley Bassey	25
35	Greatest Hits		Simon and Garfunkel	21
36	The Dark Side of the Moon		Pink Floyd	Re-entry
37	A Trick of the Tail		Genesis	36
38	Elton John’s Greatest Hits		Elton John	Re-entry
39	Fabulous		The Stylistics	New
40	Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll Too Young to Die		Jethro Tull	35
41	Station to Station		David Bowie	43
42	Tubular Bells		Mike Oldfield	34
43	I Want You		Marvin Gaye	47
44	All American Alien Boy		Ian Hunter	29
45	The Very Best of Roger Whittaker		Roger Whittaker	41
46	Rastaman Vibration		Bob Marley & The Wailers	45
47	Patrick Moraz		Patrick Moraz	Re-entry
48	Love and Kisses From		Brotherhood of Man	31
49	Come On Over		Olivia Newton-John	New
50	No Earthly Connection		Rick Wakeman	Re-entry

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6	Shannon	Henry Gross	6
7	Sara Smile	Daryl Hall and John Oates	8
8	Shop Around	The Captain and Tennille	9
9	More, More, More	Andrea True Connection	13
10	Fool to Cry/Hot Stuff	The Rolling Stones	10
11	Rhiannon	Fleetwood Mac	11
12	Welcome Back	John Sebastian	7
13	I’ll Be Good to You	The Brothers Johnson	23
14	Boogie Fever	The Sylvers	14
15	Love is Alive	Gary Wright	18
16	Takin’ it to the Streets	The Doobie Brothers	21
17	Movin’	Brass Construction	19
18	I Want You	Marvin Gaye	20
19	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Eric Carmen	22
20	Baretta’s Theme	Rhythm Heritage	24
21	Kiss and Say Goodbye	The Manhattans	27
22	Fooled Around and Fell in Love	Elvin Bishop	12
23	Take the Money and Run	The Steve Miller Band	30
24	Moonlight Feels Right	Starbuck	31
25	Afternoon Delight	The Starland Vocal Band	33
26	The Boys are Back in Town	Thin Lizzy	32
27	Right Back Where We Started From	Maxine Nightingale	15
28	Rock and Roll Love Letter	Bay City Rollers	29
29	Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again	Barry Manilow	17
30	Get Closer	Seals and Crofts (featuring Carolyn Willis)	34
31	Love in the Shadows	Neil Sedaka	16
32	You’re My Best Friend	Queen	New
33	Show Me The Way	Peter Frampton	26
34	That’s Where the Happy People Go	The Trammps	39
35	Today’s the Day	America	New
36	Let Her In	John Travolta	New
37	Tear the Roof Off the Sucker	Parliament	New
38	Making Our Dreams Come True	Cyndi Grecco	New
39	Dance Wit’ Me	Rufus featuring Chaka Khan	New
40	I’m Easy	Keith Carradine	New