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…

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No.	Song	Artist	Previous
1	Fernando	Abba	2
2	Save Your Kisses for Me	Brotherhood of Man	1
3	Jungle Rock	Hank Mizell	3
4	Convoy G.B.	Laurie Lingo and the Dipsticks	14
5	S-S-S-Single Bed	Fox	5
6	Silver Star	The Four Seasons	16
7	Get Up and Boogie	Silver Convention	9
8	Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)	Diana Ross	6
9	Life is Too Short Girl	Sheer Elegance	12
10	Disco Connection	Isaac Hayes	10
11	Fallen Angel	Frankie Valli	22
12	All By Myself	Eric Carmen	13
13	Girls Girls Girls	Sailor	7
14	Can’t Help Falling in Love	The Stylistics	20
15	Music	John Miles	11
16	Arms of Mary	Sutherland Brothers and Quiver	19
17	Love Me Like I Love You	Bay City Rollers	4
18	More, More, More	Andrea True Connection	17
19	Love Hangover	Diana Ross	24
20	Let Your Love Flow	Bellamy Brothers	28
21	I’m Mandy Fly Me	10cc	8
22	Fool to Cry	The Rolling Stones	43
23	Reggae Like it Used to Be	Paul Nicholas	29
24	Movie Star	Harpo	27
25	Disco Lady	Johnny Taylor	30
26	No Charge	J.J. Barrie	35
27	I’m Your Puppet	James and Bobby Purify	32
28	You’re the Reason Why	Rubettes	36
29	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Keith Emerson	21
30	I’ll Go Where Your Music Takes Me	Jimmy James and the Vagabonds	25
31	Love Me Like a Lover	Tina Charles	48
32	You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It)	Rodger Collins	26
33	Hey Jude (1976)	The Beatles	18
34	Don’t Stop It Now	Hot Chocolate	15
35	You See the Trouble with Me	Barry White	23
36	Toast of Love	The Three Degrees	46
37	Hurt	Elvis Presley	50
38	Baby I’m Yours	Linda Lewis	33
39	The Winkle Man	Judge Dread	New
40	Movin’	Brass Construction	34
41	Devil Woman	Cliff Richard	New
42	Blueberry Hill (1976)	Fats Domino	41
43	Show Me the Way	Peter Frampton	49
44	Soul City Walk	Archie Bell and The Drells	New
45	Requiem	Slik	New
46	My Resistance is Low	Robin Sarstedt	New
47	Rain Forest	Biddu Orchestra	39
48	Midnight Train to Georgia	Gladys Knight and the Pips	New
49	Tracks of My Tears	Linda Ronstadt	New
50	Manchester United	Manchester United FC	New

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No.	Song		Artist	Previous
1	Greatest Hits		Abba	4
2	Rock Follies		Original Television Soundtrack	1
3	Instrumental Gold		Various Artists	6
4	Black and Blue		The Rolling Stones	New
5	Juke Box Jive		Various Artists	3
6	Presence		Led Zeppelin	2
7	Wings at the Speed of Sound		Wings	5
8	Their Greatest Hits 1971-75		Eagles	7
9	Diana Ross		Diana Ross	8
10	How Dare You		10cc	9
11	No Earthly Connection		Rick Wakeman	10
12	The Best of John Denver		John Denver	13
13	Rebel		John Miles	12
14	Doubly Devine		Sydney Devine	26
15	The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips		Gladys Knight and the Pips	25
16	Who Loves You		The Four Seasons	16
17	Desire		Bob Dylan	14
18	Pat Boone Originals		Pat Boone	27
19	Windsong		John Denver	15
20	Great Italian Love Songs		Various Artists	Re-entry
21	Some of Me Poems and Songs		Pam Ayres	37
22	Blue For You		Status Quo	11
23	Love and Kisses From		Brotherhood of Man	21
24	A Trick of the Tail		Genesis	20
25	Amigos		Santana	32
26	The Beatles – 1962-1966		The Beatles	34
27	Brass Construction		Brass Construction	35
28	Breakaway		Gallagher and Lyle	Re-entry
29	24 Original Hits		The Drifters	24
30	Rastaman Vibration		Bob Marley & The Wailers	New
31	Run With the Pack		Bad Company	Re-entry
32	The Very Best of Slim Whitman		Slim Whitman	18
33	A Night at the Opera		Queen	39
34	The Best of Helen Reddy		Helen Reddy	31
35	Still Crazy After All These Years		Paul Simon	48
36	The Best of Roy Orbison		Roy Orbison	Re-entry
37	The Singles 1969-1973		The Carpenters	Re-entry
38	Moon Madness		Camel	29
39	Greatest Hits		Simon and Garfunkel	46
40	Patrick Moraz		Patrick Moraz	45
41	Happy To Be		Demis Roussos	17
42	Cry Tough		Nils Lofgren	36
43	The Dark Side of the Moon		Pink Floyd	Re-entry
44	You Can’t Argue With a Sick Mind		Joe Walsh	Re-entry
45	Rolled Gold		The Rolling Stones	Re-entry
46	Motown Gold		Various Artists	42
47	Jailbreak		Thin Lizzy	40
48	Tubular Bells		Mike Oldfield	23
49	Penthouse Tapes		Sensational Alex Harvey Band	28
50	Let the Music Play		Barry White	22

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No.	Song	Artist	Previous
1	Welcome Back	John Sebastian	4
2	Right Back Where We Started From	Maxine Nightingale	2
3	Boogie Fever	The Sylvers	3
4	Fooled Around and Fell in Love	Elvin Bishop	8
5	Silly Love Songs	Wings	12
6	Show Me The Way	Peter Frampton	7
7	Love Hangover	Diana Ross	10
8	Get Up and Boogie	Silver Connection	13
9	Let Your Love Flow	Bellamy Brothers	1
10	Disco Lady	Johnnie Taylor	6
11	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	9
12	Shannon	Henry Gross	14
13	Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again	Barry Manilow	17
14	Sara Smile	Daryl Hall and John Oates	18
15	I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do	Abba	15
16	Strange Magic	Electric Light Orchestra	19
17	Misty Blue	Dorothy Moore	21
18	Rhiannon	Fleetwood Mac	22
19	Happy Days	Pratt and McClain	26
20	Fool to Cry/Hot Stuff	The Rolling Stones	New
21	Only Sixteen	Dr. Hook	11
22	Sweet Love	The Commodores	5
23	Come On Over	Olivia Newton-John	29
24	Happy Music	The Blackbyrds	30
25	December 1963	The Four Seasons	16
26	Young Blood	Bad Company	32
27	Don’t Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye	Glen Campbell	28
28	Love in the Shadows	Neil Sedaka	34
29	Love Really Hurts Without You	Billy Ocean	35
30	More, More, More	Andrea True Connection	36
31	Shout It Out Loud	Kiss	31
32	Union Man	The Cate Brothers	33
33	I’ve Got a Feeling	Al Wilson	37
34	Hurt/For the Heart	Elvis Presley	38
35	Anytime	Paul Anka	40
36	Fallen Angel	Frankie Valli	New
37	Movin’	Brass Construction	New
38	Baretta’s Theme	Rhythm Heritage	New
39	I Want You	Marvin Gaye	New
40	Shop Around	The Captain and Tennille	New