1976 Music 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 – 31/10/1976

6	Howzat		Sherbet	4
7	Summer of My Life		Simon May	7
8	Dancing with the Captain		Paul Nicholas	9
9	Sailing (1976)		Rod Stewart	10
10	Play That Funky Music		Wild Cherry	15
11	Couldn’t Get it Right		Climax Blues Band	17
12	I’ll Meet You at Midnight		Smokie	11
13	Dancing Queen		Abba	8
14	Jaws		Lalo Schifrin	18
15	Substitute (1976)		The Who	36
16	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing		Leo Sayer	30
17	Girl of My Best Friend		Elvis Presley	12
18	The Rubberband Man		Detroit Spinners	16
19	Love and Affection		Joan Armatrading	20
20	If Not You		Dr. Hook	46
21	Disco Duck		Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots	13
22	Without You (1976)		Nilsson	28
23	Beautiful Noise		Neil Diamond	27
24	Coming Home		David Essex	25
25	The Best Disco in Town		The Ritchie Family	14
26	Queen of My Soul		The Average White Band	23
27	Can’t Get By Without You		The Real Thing	19
28	Rock’n’Me		The Steve Miller Band	43
29	Lost in France		Bonnie Tyler	49
30	Dance Little Lady Dance		Tina Charles	21
31	Fairy Tale		Dana	39
32	Remember Yesterday		John Miles	37
33	Spinning Rock Boogie		Hank C. Burnette	50
34	Lowdown		Boz Scaggs	48
35	I Only Wanna Be With You		Bay City Rollers	26
36	Under the Moon of Love		Showaddywaddy	New
37	I’d Really Love to See You Tonight		England Dan and John Ford Coley	29
38	You’re My Best Friend		Don Williams	42
39	I Am a Cider Drinker		The Wurzels	24
40	Soul Dracula		Hot Blood	38
41	The Tears of a Clown (1976)		Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	34
42	I Can’t Live a Dream		The Osmonds	47
43	Love Me		Yvonne Elliman	New
44	I’m Still Waiting (1976)		Diana Ross	41
45	So Sad the Song		Gladys Knight and the Pips	New
46	Disco Music – I Like It		J.A.L.N. Band	22
47	She’s Gone		Daryl Hall and John Oates	44
48	Love is a Prima Donna		Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel	New
49	Stoney Ground		Guys and Dolls	New
45	Do You Feel Like We Do		Peter Frampton	New

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6	His 20 Greatest Hits			Gene Pitney	6
7	22 Golden Guitar Greats			Bert Weedon	14
8	The Best of The Stylistics Vol. 2			The Stylistics	4
9	Frampton Comes Alive			Peter Frampton	21
10	L			Steve Hillage	12
11	Johnny the Fox			Thin Lizzy	New
12	Joan Armatrading			Joan Armatrading	13
13	Technical Ecstasy			Black Sabbath	New
14	Forever and Ever			Demis Roussos	15
15	Country Comfort			Various Artists	8
16	Greatest Hits 2			Diana Ross	16
17	One More for the Road			Lynyrd Skynyrd	New
18	Atlantic Crossing			Rod Stewart	11
19	A Night on the Town			Rod Stewart	7
20	20 Golden Greats – The Beach Boys			The Beach Boys	9
21	Blue Moves			Elton John	New
22	Sky High			Tavares	39
23	Beautiful Noise			Neil Diamond	20
24	Laughter and Tears			Neil Sedaka	26
25	Stupidity			Dr. Feelgood	10
26	A Little Bit More			Dr. Hook	37
27	Derek and Clive Live			Peter Cook and Dudley Moore	23
28	Best of Tony Christie			Tony Christie	New
29	Happy to Be			Demis Roussos	33
30	Hard Rain			Bob Dylan	17
31	Out on the Street			David Essex	41
32	Their Greatest Hits 1971-75			Eagles	27
33	Free for All			Ted Nugent	40
34	Real Thing			Real Thing	New
35	Gold on Silver			Beverley-Phillips Orchestra	25
36	Live in London			John Denver	43
37	Dedication			Bay City Rollers	18
38	Wings at the Speed of Sound			Wings	28
39	Octoberon			Barclay James Harvest	19
40	Tubular Bells			Mike Oldfield	45
41	Albedo 0.39			Vangelis	22
42	The Dark Side of the Moon			Pink Floyd	24
43	Spirit			John Denver	30
44	The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips			Gladys Knight and the Pips	36
45	Long May You Run			Stills Young Band	44
46	Some People Can Do What They Like			Robert Palmer	New
47	Forty Mania			Various Artists	New
48	The Roaring Silence			Manfred Mann’s Earth Band	29
49	Fleetwood Mac			Fleetwood Mac	New
50	Great Italian Love Songs			Various Artists	34

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US Billboard Chart – 31/10/1976

6	Muskrat Love		The Captain and Tennille	9
7	She’s Gone		Daryl Hall and John Oates	7
8	Tonight’s the Night		Rod Stewart	22
9	Magic Man		Heart	10
10	Just to Be Close to You		The Commodores	`7
11	Do You Feel Like We Do		Peter Frampton	24
12	Don’t Fear the Reaper		Blue Oyster Cult	14
13	Beth/Detroit Rock City		Kiss	15
14	Nadia’s Theme		Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin Jr.	16
15	The Rubberband Man		Detroit Spinners	21
16	Fernando		Abba	18
17	More Than a Feeling		Boston	19
18	You are the Woman		Firefall	20
19	A Fifth of Beethoven		Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band	5
20	Play That Funky Music		Wild Cherry	8
21	The Best Disco in Town		The Ritchie Family	23
22	I Only Wanna Be With You		Bay City Rollers	12
23	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty		K.C. and the Sunshine Band	13
24	Nights are Forever Without You		England Dan and John Ford Coley	37
25	That’ll Be the Day		Linda Ronstadt	11
26	A Dose of Rock’n’Roll		Ringo Starr	28
26	Still the One		Orleans	5
27	You Are My Starship		Norman Connors featuring Michael Henderson	30
28	I Never Cry		Alice Cooper	34
29	This One’s for You		Barry Manilow	29
30	Did You Boogie		Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids	31
31	You Don’t Have to Be a Star		Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.	35
32	Nice’n’Naasty		The Salsoul Orchestra	36
33	Lowdown		Boz Scaggs	25
34	You Male Me Feel Like Dancing		Leo Sayer	New
35	Stand Tall		Burton Cummings	New
36	Love Ballad		L.T.D.	New
37	Anything You Want		John Valenti	38
38	Love Me		Yvonne Elliman	New
39	It’s a Long Way There		Little River Band	New
40	Give it Up		Tyrone Davis	40