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	The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips		Gladys Knight and the Pips	10
7	Black and Blue		The Rolling Stones	6
8	Frampton Comes Alive		Peter Frampton	8
9	I’m Nearly Famous		Cliff Richard	5
10	Breakaway		Gallagher and Lyle	17
11	Fly Like an Eagle		The Steve Miller Band	23
12	Hit Machine		Various Artists	7
13	Their Greatest Hits 1971-75		Eagles	15
14	Diana Ross		Diana Ross	14
15	Hamilton’s Hot Shots		Various Artists	33
16	A Touch of Country		Various Artists	12
17	Some of Me Poems and Songs		Pam Ayres	30
18	Rainbow Rising		Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow	11
19	Who Loves You		The Four Seasons	21
20	Royal Scam		Steely Dan	13
21	Fabulous		The Stylistics	39
22	The Best of John Denver		John Denver	25
23	Greatest Hits		Simon and Garfunkel	35
24	Rock Follies		Original Television Soundtrack	19
25	Tony Monopoly		Tony Monopoly	New
26	Rolled Gold		The Rolling Stones	24
27	Juke Box Jive		Various Artists	22
28	Presence		Led Zeppelin	18
29	Red Card		Streetwalkers	16
30	Jailbreak		Thin Lizzy	29
31	How Dare You		10cc	27
32	Bellamy Brothers		Bellamy Brothers	New
33	Here and There		Elton John	31
34	Reach for the Sky		Sutherland Brothers and Quiver	28
35	The Dark Side of the Moon		Pink Floyd	36
36	From Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis Tennessee		Elvis Presley	New
37	A Trick of the Tail		Genesis	37
38	Destroyer		Kiss	26
39	Tubular Bells		Mike Oldfield	42
40	Desire		Bob Dylan	32
41	The Second Album of the Very Best of Roger Whittaker		Roger Whittaker	Re-entry
42	Doubly Divine		Sydney Devine	Re-entry
43	Still Crazy After All These Years		Paul Simon	Re-entry
44	Station to Station		David Bowie	41
45	Music of America		Richmond Strings/Mike Sammes Singers	New
46	Windsong		John Denver	Re-entry
47	The Very Best of Roger Whittaker		Roger Whittaker	45
48	Motown Gold		Various Artists	Re-entry
49	The Very Best of Slim Whitman		Slim Whitman	Re-entry
50	Atlantic Crossing		Rod Stewart	Re-entry

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6	Shannon	Henry Gross	6
7	Shop Around	The Captain and Tennille	8
8	More, More, More	Andrea True Connection	9
9	Afternoon Delight	The Starland Vocal Band	25
10	I’ll Be Good to You	The Brothers Johnson	13
11	Happy Days	Pratt and McClain	5
12	Kiss and Say Goodbye	The Manhattans	21
13	Love is Alive	Gary Wright	15
14	Takin’ it to the Streets	The Doobie Brothers	16
15	Movin’	Brass Construction	17
16	I Want You	Marvin Gaye	18
17	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Eric Carmen	19
18	Moonlight Feels Right	Starbuck	24
19	Take the Money and Run	The Steve Miller Band	23
20	Baretta’s Theme	Rhythm Heritage	20
21	Fool to Cry/Hot Stuff	The Rolling Stones	10
22	The Boys are Back in Town	Thin Lizzy	26
23	Rhiannon	Fleetwood Mac	11
24	Welcome Back	John Sebastian	12
25	Boogie Fever	The Sylvers	14
26	Get Closer	Seals and Crofts (featuring Carolyn Willis)	30
27	You’re My Best Friend	Queen	32
28	That’s Where the Happy People Go	The Trammps	34
29	Got to Get You into My Life	The Beatles	New
30	Today’s the Day	America	35
31	Let Her In	John Travolta	36
32	Making Our Dreams Come True	Cyndi Grecco	38
33	Tear the Roof Off the Sucker	Parliament	37
34	Fooled Around and Fell in Love	Elvin Bishop	22
35	Save Your Kisses For Me	Brotherhood of Man	New
36	Turn the Beat Around	Vicki Sue Robinson	New
37	I’m Easy	Keith Carradine	40
38	Right Back Where We Started From	Maxine Nightingale	27
39	Mamma Mia	Abba	New
40	Rock and Roll Music	The Beach Boys	New