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 – 01/08/1976

6	Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel	Tavares	5
7	Kiss and Say Goodbye	The Manhattans	4
8	Now is the Time	Jimmy James and the Vagabonds	15
9	Young Hearts Run Free	Candi Staton	6
10	Harvest for the World	The Isley Brothers	12
11	In Zaire	Johnny Wakelin	30
12	Dr. Kiss Kiss	5000 Volts	26
13	It Only Takes a Minute	100 Ton and a Feather	9
14	You Are My Love	Liverpool Express	11
15	Mystery Song	Status Quo	18
16	You’re My Best Friend	Queen	10
17	The Boston Tea Party	Sensational Alex Harvey Band	28
18	Man to Man	Hot Chocolate	14
19	Love On Delivery	Billy Ocean	23
20	You Should Be Dancing	The Bee Gees	36
21	Back in the USSR	The Beatles	19
22	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty	KC and the Sunshine Band	27
23	What I’ve Got in Mind	Billie Jo Spears	34
24	Here Comes the Sun	Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel	41
25	Let’s Stick Together	Bryan Ferry	16
26	I Love to Boogie	T. Rex	20
27	No Chance (No Charge)	Billy Connolly	24
28	Let ‘Em In	Wings	New
29	I Recall a Gypsy Woman	Don Williams	13
30	You to Me are Everything	The Real Thing	17
31	A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy	31
32	You Don’t Have to Go	The Chi-Lites	45
33	Good Vibrations (1976)	The Beach Boys	33
34	You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine	Lou Rawls	47
35	Leader of the Pack (1976)	Shangri-Las	25
36	One Piece at a Time	Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three	35
37	I Thought it Took a Little Time	Diana Ross	32
38	Me and Baby Brother	War	21
39	You Just Might See Me Cry	Our Kid	22
40	Extended Play	Bryan Ferry	New
41	It’s Temptation	Sheer Elegance	50
42	Better Use Your Head/Gonna Fix You Good	Little Anthony and the Imperials	44
43	16 Bars	The Stylistics	New
44	Soul Search	The Trammps	42
45	At the Hop (1976)	Danny and the Juniors	40
46	Morning Glory	James and Bobby Purify	New
47	Afternoon Delight	Starland Vocal Band	New
48	Side Show	Chanter Sisters	48
49	Combine Harvester	The Wurzels	43
50	Nice and Slow	Jesse Green	New

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6	Greatest Hits		Abba	7
7	A Night on the Town		Rod Stewart	6
8	A Little Bit More		Dr. Hook	10
9	Viva Roxy Music		Roxy Music	13
10	Happy to Be		Demis Roussos	12
11	A Kind of Hush		The Carpenters	9
12	SAHB Stories		Sensational Alex Harvey Band	21
13	Olias of Sunshillow		Jon Anderson	8
14	Live in London		John Denver	14
15	Wings at the Speed of Sound		Wings	15
16	Beautiful Noise		Neil Diamond	11
17	Combine Harvester		The Wurzels	32
18	The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips		Gladys Knight and the Pips	20
19	Their Greatest Hits 1971-75		Eagles	19
20	Jailbreak		Thin Lizzy	18
21	Frampton Comes Alive		Peter Frampton	16
22	Rock ‘n’ Roll Music		The Beatles	17
23	A Night at the Opera		Queen	25
24	Greatest Hits		Simon and Garfunkel	27
25	The Dark Side of the Moon		Pink Floyd	22
26	Souvenirs		Demis Roussos	28
27	Diana Ross		Diana Ross	23
28	Alice Cooper Goes to Hell		Alice Cooper	24
29	Blue for You		Status Quo	Re-entry
30	Desire		Bob Dylan	27
31	Greatest Hits Volume 1		Don Williams	29
32	Man to Man		Hot Chocolate	New
33	Rainbow Rising		Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow	49
34	Instrumental Gold		Various Artists	26
35	A Trick of the Tail		Genesis	33
36	15 Big Ones		The Beach Boys	45
37	Breakaway		Gallagher and Lyle	41
38	Too Old to Rock’n’Roll Too Young to Die		Jethro Tull	Re-entry
39	Rolled Gold		The Rolling Stones	38
40	Tubular Bells		Mike Oldfield	31
41	Atlantic Crossing		Rod Stewart	48
42	My Only Fascination		Demis Roussos	39
43	Wish You Were Here		Pink Floyd	46
44	The Best of John Denver		John Denver	Re-entry
45	How Dare You		10cc	Re-entry
46	I’m Nearly Famous		Cliff Richard	44
47	The Beatles 1966-1970		The Beatles	Re-entry
48	One Man Show		Mike Harding	35
49	Band on the Run		Wings	Re-entry
50	Elton John’s Greatest Hits		Elton John	Re-entry

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6	Rock and Roll Music	The Beach Boys	8
7	Got to Get You into My Life	The Beatles	7
8	Kiss and Say Goodbye	The Manhattans	1
9	You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine	Lou Rawls	13
10	Afternoon Delight	The Starland Vocal Band	4
11	If You Know What I Mean	Neil Diamond	12
12	Turn the Beat Around	Vicki Sue Robinson	14
13	Get Closer	Seals and Crofts (featuring Carolyn Willis)	6
14	This Masquerade	George Benson	17
15	Tear the Roof Off the Sucker	Parliament	15
16	You’re My Best Friend	Queen	16
17	I’m Easy	Keith Carradine	19
18	Baby, I Love Your Way	Peter Frampton	21
19	I’d Really Love to See You Tonight	England Dan and John Ford Coley	28
20	A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band	23
21	Last Child	Aerosmith	22
22	Play That Funky Music	Wild Cherry	34
23	Young Hearts Run Free	Candi Staton	24
24	Say You Love Me	Fleetwood Mac	30
25	Sophisticated Lady	Natalie Cole	26
26	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty	K.C. and the Sunshine Band	37
27	Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel	Tavares	31
28	I’ll Be Good to You	The Brothers Johnson	9
29	Something He Can Feel	Aretha Franklin	29
30	Summer	War	40
31	Let Her In	John Travolta	18
32	Another Rainy Day in New York City	Chicago	33
33	Who’d She Coo?	The Ohio Players	35
34	More, More, More	Andrea True Connection	20
35	A Little Bit More	Dr. Hook	39
36	Lowdown	Boz Scaggs	New
37	Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang	Silver	New
38	C’Mon Marianne	Donny Osmond	38
39	Shower the People	James Taylor	New
40	I’m Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking	The Supremes	New