List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1976
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1976.
Captain & Tennille scored three top ten hits during the year with "Lonely Night", "Shop Around", and "Muskrat Love", the most among all other artists.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
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Singles from 1975 | |||||
December 6 | "Saturday Night" | Bay City Rollers | 1 | January 3 | 6 |
December 13 | "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | Diana Ross | 1 | January 24 | 7 |
"Love Rollercoaster" | Ohio Players | 1 | January 31 | 10 | |
"Fox on the Run" | Sweet | 5 | January 17 | 6 | |
December 20 | "I Write the Songs" | Barry Manilow | 1 | January 17 | 10 |
December 27 | "Convoy" | C. W. McCall | 1 | January 10 | 7 |
"I Love Music" | The O'Jays | 5 | January 24 | 6 | |
Singles from 1976 | |||||
January 10 | "Love to Love You Baby" | Donna Summer | 2 | February 7 | 7 |
"Times of Your Life" | Paul Anka | 7 | February 7 | 5 | |
January 17 | "You Sexy Thing" | Hot Chocolate | 3 | February 7 | 8 |
"Walk Away from Love" | David Ruffin | 9 | January 24 | 3 | |
January 24 | "Sing a Song" | Earth, Wind & Fire | 5 | February 7 | 4 |
January 31 | "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" | Paul Simon | 1 | February 7 | 6 |
February 7 | "Theme from S.W.A.T." | Rhythm Heritage | 1 | February 28 | 6 |
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | Neil Sedaka | 8 | February 21 | 3 | |
February 14 | "Love Machine" | The Miracles | 1 | March 6 | 6 |
"Evil Woman" | Electric Light Orchestra | 10 | February 14 | 2 | |
February 21 | "All by Myself" | Eric Carmen | 2 | March 6 | 6 |
"Take It to the Limit" | Eagles | 4 | March 13 | 5 | |
February 28 | "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" | The Four Seasons | 1 | March 13 | 6 |
"Dream Weaver" | Gary Wright | 2 | March 27 | 8 | |
"Lonely Night" | Captain & Tennille | 3 | March 27 | 8 | |
"Love Hurts" | Nazareth | 8 | March 13 | 3 | |
March 13 | "Sweet Thing" | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | 5 | April 3 | 4 |
"Junk Food Junkie" | Larry Groce | 9 | March 20 | 2 | |
March 20 | "Disco Lady" | Johnnie Taylor | 1 | April 3 | 8 |
"Dream On" | Aerosmith | 6 | April 10 | 4 | |
March 27 | "Let Your Love Flow" | The Bellamy Brothers | 1 | May 1 | 7 |
"Right Back Where We Started From" | Maxine Nightingale | 2 | May 1 | 8 | |
"Money Honey" | Bay City Rollers | 9 | April 3 | 2 | |
April 3 | "Golden Years" | David Bowie | 10 | April 3 | 2 |
April 10 | "Boogie Fever" | The Sylvers | 1 | May 15 | 7 |
"Sweet Love" | Commodores | 5 | April 24 | 4 | |
"Only Sixteen" | Dr. Hook | 6 | April 17 | 3 | |
April 17 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | 9 | April 24 | 3 |
"Show Me the Way" | Peter Frampton | 6 | May 8 | 5 | |
April 24 | "Welcome Back" | John Sebastian | 1 | May 8 | 7 |
"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" | Elvin Bishop | 3 | May 22 | 6 | |
May 1 | "Love Hangover" | Diana Ross | 1 | May 29 | 9 |
May 8 | "Silly Love Songs" | Wings | 1 | May 22 | 11 |
"Get Up and Boogie" | Silver Convention | 2 | June 12 | 9 | |
May 15 | "Happy Days" | Pratt & McClain | 5 | June 5 | 5 |
"Shannon" | Henry Gross | 6 | June 5 | 6 | |
May 22 | "Misty Blue" | Dorothy Moore | 3 | June 12 | 8 |
"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" | Barry Manilow | 10 | May 22 | 2 | |
May 29 | "Sara Smile" | Hall & Oates | 4 | June 26 | 7 |
June 5 | "Shop Around" | Captain & Tennille | 4 | July 10 | 7 |
"Fool to Cry" | The Rolling Stones | 10 | June 5 | 2 | |
June 12 | "More, More, More" | The Andrea True Connection | 4 | July 17 | 6 |
June 19 | "Afternoon Delight" | Starland Vocal Band | 1 | July 10 | 8 |
"I'll Be Good to You" | The Brothers Johnson | 3 | July 10 | 7 | |
June 26 | "Kiss and Say Goodbye" | The Manhattans | 1 | July 24 | 9 |
July 3 | "Love Is Alive" | Gary Wright | 2 | July 31 | 7 |
July 10 | "Got to Get You into My Life" | The Beatles | 7 | July 24 | 5 |
July 17 | "Moonlight Feels Right" | Starbuck | 3 | July 31 | 4 |
"Rock and Roll Music" | The Beach Boys | 5 | August 14 | 6 | |
July 24 | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | Elton John & Kiki Dee | 1 | August 7 | 8 |
"Get Closer" | Seals and Crofts | 6 | July 24 | 4 | |
"Let Her In" | John Travolta | 10 | July 24 | 1 | |
July 31 | "Let 'Em In" | Wings | 3 | August 14 | 7 |
August 7 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees | 1 | September 4 | 7 |
"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" | Lou Rawls | 2 | September 4 | 8 | |
August 14 | "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" | KC and the Sunshine Band | 1 | September 11 | 11 |
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" | England Dan & John Ford Coley | 2 | September 25 | 10 | |
"Turn the Beat Around" | Vicki Sue Robinson | 10 | August 14 | 2 | |
August 28 | "Play That Funky Music" | Wild Cherry | 1 | September 18 | 10 |
"A Fifth of Beethoven" | Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band | 1 | October 9 | 10 | |
"This Masquerade" | George Benson | 10 | August 28 | 2 | |
September 4 | "Lowdown" | Boz Scaggs | 3 | October 9 | 8 |
September 11 | "Summer" | War | 7 | September 25 | 4 |
September 18 | "If You Leave Me Now" | Chicago | 1 | October 23 | 9 |
"Devil Woman" | Cliff Richard | 6 | September 25 | 5 | |
September 25 | "Disco Duck" | Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots | 1 | October 16 | 10 |
October 2 | "Still the One" | Orleans | 5 | October 23 | 4 |
October 9 | "She's Gone" | Hall & Oates | 7 | October 30 | 5 |
October 23 | "Rock'n Me" | Steve Miller Band | 1 | November 6 | 5 |
"Love So Right" | Bee Gees | 3 | November 20 | 8 | |
October 30 | "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | Gordon Lightfoot | 2 | November 20 | 6 |
"Muskrat Love" | Captain & Tennille | 4 | November 20 | 8 | |
"Magic Man" | Heart | 9 | November 6 | 2 | |
November 6 | "Tonight's the Night" | Rod Stewart | 1 | November 13 | 11 |
"Just to Be Close to You" | Commodores | 7 | November 27 | 4 | |
November 13 | "The Rubberband Man" | The Spinners | 2 | December 4 | 9 |
"Do You Feel Like We Do" | Peter Frampton | 10 | November 13 | 2 | |
November 20 | "Beth" / "Detroit Rock City" | Kiss | 7 | December 4 | 3 |
November 27 | "More Than a Feeling" | Boston | 5 | December 25 | 6 |
"Nadia's Theme" | Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. | 8 | December 11 | 4 | |
December 4 | "You Are the Woman" | Firefall | 9 | December 11 | 3 |
December 11 | "Nights Are Forever Without You" | England Dan & John Ford Coley | 10 | December 11 | 2 |
December 18 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Elton John | 6 | December 25 | 5 |
1975 peaks
Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
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November 15 | "That's the Way (I Like It)" | KC and the Sunshine Band | 1 | November 22 | 9 |
November 22 | "Fly, Robin, Fly" | Silver Convention | 1 | November 29 | 7 |
"Let's Do It Again" | The Staple Singers | 1 | December 27 | 7 |
1977 peaks
Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
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December 4 | "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" | Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. | 1 | January 8 | 8 |
December 11 | "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" | Leo Sayer | 1 | January 15 | 8 |
December 25 | "I Wish" | Stevie Wonder | 1 | January 22 | 8 |
"Car Wash" | Rose Royce | 1 | January 29 | 9 | |
"Dazz" | Brick | 3 | January 29 | 8 | |
"After the Lovin'" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 8 | January 22 | 5 |
See also
- 1976 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1976
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976
References
General sources
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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Lists of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- Billboard Year-End