Top Songs of 1976
119 |
7965 |
Rush |
2112 |
Hard Rock,
Progressive Rock,
Rock Opera
|
|
|
Rainbow |
A Light in the Black |
Heavy Metal
|
57 |
3787 |
Led Zeppelin |
Achilles Last Stand |
Hard Rock
|
135 |
8935 |
Starland Vocal Band |
Afternoon Delight |
Country Pop,
Soft Rock
|
|
|
The Angels [Australia] |
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? |
Pub Rock
|
76 |
4957 |
Joni Mitchell |
Amelia |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
13 |
744 |
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers |
American Girl |
Heartland Rock,
Power Pop
|
1 |
19 |
Sex Pistols |
Anarchy in the U.K. |
Punk Rock
|
55 |
3467 |
Stevie Wonder |
As |
Jazz-Funk,
Soul
|
|
|
The Isley Brothers |
(At Your Best) You Are Love |
Smooth Soul
|
128 |
8559 |
Aerosmith |
Back in the Saddle |
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Jane Birkin |
Ballade de Johnny-Jane |
Chanson
|
94 |
6147 |
Ramones |
Beat on the Brat |
Punk Rock
|
90 |
5977 |
Kiss |
Beth |
Piano Rock
|
|
|
Alain Souchon |
Bidon |
Chanson
|
52 |
3331 |
Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
Blinded by the Light |
AOR,
Pop Rock
|
3 |
80 |
Ramones |
Blitzkrieg Bop |
Punk Rock
|
|
|
Dollar Brand |
Blues For a Hip King |
Cape Jazz
|
|
|
James Brown |
Bodyheat |
Funk
|
72 |
4733 |
Heatwave |
Boogie Nights |
Disco,
Funk
|
|
|
Lew Lewis |
Boogie on the Street |
Boogie Rock,
Pub Rock
|
|
|
Dr. Alimantado |
Born for a Purpose |
Deejay,
Roots Reggae
|
63 |
3973 |
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers |
Breakdown |
Blues Rock,
Heartland Rock,
Roots Rock
|
|
|
Kiss |
Calling Dr. Love |
Glam Rock,
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Klaatu |
Calling Occupants (Of Interplanetary Craft) |
Art Rock,
Progressive Pop,
Soft Rock,
Symphonic Prog |
47 |
2950 |
Rose Royce |
Car Wash |
Disco,
Film Soundtrack,
Funk
|
64 |
3974 |
Kansas |
Carry On Wayward Son |
Hard Rock,
Progressive Rock
|
32 |
2280 |
Max Romeo |
Chase the Devil |
Roots Reggae
|
28 |
2210 |
The Runaways |
Cherry Bomb |
Hard Rock,
Punk Rock
|
|
|
Van Der Graaf Generator |
Childlike Faith in Childhood's End |
Progressive Rock
|
|
|
Roogalator |
Cincinatti Fat Back |
Blues Rock,
Pub Rock
|
29 |
2213 |
J.J. Cale |
Cocaine |
Blues Rock
|
22 |
1555 |
Dillinger |
Cocaine in My Brain |
Deejay
|
114 |
7678 |
Climax Blues Band |
Couldn't Get It Right |
Blues Rock,
Funk Rock,
Pop Rock
|
|
|
Thin Lizzy |
Cowboy Song |
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Joni Mitchell |
Coyote |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
|
|
George Harrison |
Crackerbox Palace |
Pop Rock
|
|
|
Bob Marley and The Wailers |
Crazy Baldhead |
Roots Reggae
|
|
|
Boney M |
Daddy Cool |
Euro-Disco
|
4 |
108 |
ABBA |
Dancing Queen |
Euro-Disco,
Europop
|
93 |
6108 |
Brick |
Dazz |
Disco,
Funk
|
26 |
2118 |
Kiss |
Detroit Rock City |
Hard Rock
|
123 |
8300 |
Cliff Richard |
Devil Woman |
Pop Rock
|
37 |
2625 |
AC/DC |
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
Hard Rock
|
15 |
1091 |
The Trammps |
Disco Inferno |
Disco
|
|
|
Johnnie Taylor |
Disco Lady |
Disco,
Funk
|
77 |
4967 |
Peter Frampton |
Do You Feel Like We Do |
Rock
|
|
|
Tom Zé |
Doi |
MPB,
Samba
|
108 |
7395 |
Jaco Pastorius |
Donna Lee |
Jazz Fusion
|
|
|
Graham Parker & The Rumour |
Don't Ask Me Questions |
Pub Rock
|
6 |
219 |
Blue Öyster Cult |
(Don't Fear) The Reaper |
Hard Rock
|
121 |
7978 |
David Soul |
Don't Give Up on Us |
Adult Contemporary
|
66 |
4231 |
Elton John and Kiki Dee |
Don't Go Breaking My Heart |
Pop
|
23 |
1711 |
Thelma Houston |
Don't Leave Me This Way |
Disco
|
111 |
7481 |
Bunny Wailer |
Dream Land |
Roots Reggae
|
|
|
Santana |
Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) |
Latin Rock
|
|
|
Barbra Streisand |
Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) |
Adult Contemporary,
Film Soundtrack,
Soft Rock
|
59 |
3827 |
Roy Ayers |
Everybody Loves the Sunshine |
Soul Jazz
|
84 |
5688 |
ABBA |
Fernando |
Europop
|
36 |
2532 |
Pere Ubu |
Final Solution |
Art Punk,
Art Rock,
Post-Punk
|
|
|
David Murray |
Flowers for Albert |
Avant-Garde Jazz
|
25 |
2059 |
Steve Miller Band |
Fly Like an Eagle |
Blues Rock,
Pop Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
48 |
3094 |
The Rolling Stones |
Fool to Cry |
Pop Rock
|
|
|
Boston |
Foreplay/Long Time |
AOR,
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Johnny Hallyday |
Gabrielle |
Folk Rock,
French Pop
|
142 |
9314 |
Silver Convention |
Get Up and Boogie |
Euro-Disco
|
|
|
James Brown |
Get Up Offa That Thing |
Funk
|
|
|
The Modern Lovers |
Girlfriend |
Piano Rock
|
5 |
216 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Go Your Own Way |
Pop Rock
|
100 |
6922 |
George Jones & Tammy Wynette |
Golden Ring |
Country
|
|
|
Bill Conti |
Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky") |
Film Score,
Progressive Big Band
|
|
|
Jeff Beck |
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat |
Jazz-Rock
|
|
|
Steely Dan |
Haitian Divorce |
Pop Rock
|
75 |
4947 |
The Nerves |
Hanging on the Telephone |
Power Pop
|
|
|
The Isley Brothers |
Harvest for the World |
Pop Soul
|
|
|
Kate and Anna McGarrigle |
Heart Like a Wheel |
Folk Rock
|
78 |
5232 |
Nick Lowe |
Heart of the City |
New Wave,
Power Pop,
Pub Rock
|
|
|
Graham Parker & The Rumour |
Heat Treatment |
Pub Rock
|
89 |
5975 |
Tavares |
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel |
Disco,
Pop Soul
|
140 |
9186 |
Jackson Browne |
Here Come Those Tears Again |
Singer/Songwriter
|
|
|
Dave Edmunds |
Here Comes the Weekend |
Pub Rock
|
|
|
The Sylvers |
Hot Line |
Disco,
Pop Soul
|
|
|
The Rolling Stones |
Hot Stuff |
Funk Rock
|
|
|
Crime |
Hot Wire My Heart |
Punk Rock
|
2 |
72 |
Eagles |
Hotel California |
Country Rock,
Pop Rock
|
|
|
Elvis Presley |
Hurt |
Blue Eyed Soul
|
|
|
Ramones |
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You |
Punk Rock
|
137 |
8958 |
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes |
I Don't Want to Go Home |
Heartland Rock
|
141 |
9285 |
Ramones |
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend |
Pop Punk
|
|
|
Rose Royce |
I Wanna Get Next to You |
Smooth Soul
|
|
|
Can |
I Want More |
Funk,
Funk Rock
|
31 |
2274 |
Marvin Gaye |
I Want You |
Smooth Soul
|
30 |
2233 |
Stevie Wonder |
I Wish |
Funk,
Soul
|
|
|
Radio Birdman |
I-94 |
Punk Rock
|
|
|
Bootsy's Rubber Band |
I'd Rather Be With You |
P-Funk
|
82 |
5611 |
England Dan & John Ford Coley |
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight |
Soft Rock
|
54 |
3377 |
Chicago |
If You Leave Me Now |
Soft Rock
|
131 |
8718 |
The Brothers Johnson |
I'll Be Good to You |
Funk
|
150 |
9686 |
Rose Royce |
I'm Going Down |
Pop Soul
|
|
|
10cc |
I'm Mandy Fly Me |
Art Pop
|
18 |
1319 |
The Saints |
(I'm) Stranded |
Punk Rock
|
122 |
8247 |
KC and The Sunshine Band |
I'm Your Boogie Man |
Disco,
Funk
|
|
|
Blondie |
In the Flesh |
New Wave
|
62 |
3934 |
Bob Dylan |
Isis |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
96 |
6501 |
Stevie Wonder |
Isn't She Lovely |
Pop Soul
|
|
|
Billy Joel |
I've Loved These Days |
Piano Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
65 |
4077 |
Thin Lizzy |
Jailbreak |
Hard Rock
|
117 |
7922 |
AC/DC |
Jailbreak |
Hard Rock
|
148 |
9550 |
Stevie Wonder |
Joy Inside My Tears |
Smooth Soul
|
127 |
8454 |
Ramones |
Judy Is a Punk |
Punk Rock
|
136 |
8939 |
KC and The Sunshine Band |
Keep It Comin' Love |
Disco
|
147 |
9527 |
The 101ers |
Keys to Your Heart |
Proto-Punk,
Pub Rock
|
|
|
Steely Dan |
Kid Charlemagne |
Yacht Rock
|
51 |
3328 |
The Manhattans |
Kiss and Say Goodbye |
Smooth Soul
|
21 |
1487 |
ABBA |
Knowing Me, Knowing You |
Europop
|
|
|
Little Joe y la familia |
Las Nubes |
Tejano
|
152 |
9921 |
Aerosmith |
Last Child |
Funk Rock,
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Francesco Guccini |
L'avvelenata |
Canzone d'autore
|
|
|
Bernard Lavilliers |
Les Barbares |
Chanson,
Rock
|
|
|
Paul McCartney and Wings |
Let 'Em In |
Piano Rock
|
86 |
5828 |
Bryan Ferry |
Let's Stick Together |
Pop Rock
|
|
|
Serge Gainsbourg |
L'homme à tête de chou |
Art Pop,
French Pop
|
88 |
5923 |
Boz Scaggs |
Lido Shuffle |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Pop Rock
|
38 |
2642 |
Eagles |
Life in the Fast Lane |
Pop Rock
|
39 |
2730 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Livin' Thing |
Pop Rock,
Symphonic Rock
|
|
|
The Stills-Young Band |
Long May You Run |
Country Rock
|
95 |
6391 |
Joan Armatrading |
Love and Affection |
Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
19 |
1345 |
Diana Ross |
Love Hangover |
Disco,
Soul
|
104 |
7126 |
Cerrone |
Love In C Minor |
Euro-Disco
|
41 |
2811 |
Boz Scaggs |
Lowdown |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Smooth Soul
|
|
|
The Muppet Show |
Mahna Mahna |
Children's Music,
Jazz Pop,
Television Music
|
81 |
5483 |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
Mainstreet |
Heartland Rock,
Pop Rock
|
146 |
9466 |
Riccardo Cocciante/Richard Cocciante |
Margherita/Marguerite |
Progressive Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
45 |
2866 |
The Rolling Stones |
Memory Motel |
Blues Rock
|
|
|
Gérard Lenorman |
Michèle |
Chanson
|
|
|
Asleep at the Wheel |
Miles and Miles of Texas |
Western Swing
|
|
|
Rino Gaetano |
Mio fratello è figlio unico |
Canzone d'autore,
Pop
|
92 |
6048 |
ABBA |
Money, Money, Money |
Europop
|
|
|
Elvis Presley |
Moody Blue |
Pop
|
99 |
6858 |
The Andrea True Connection |
More, More, More |
Disco
|
8 |
352 |
Boston |
More Than a Feeling |
AOR
|
|
|
Tapper Zukie |
M.P.L.A. |
Deejay
|
|
|
John Miles |
Music |
Pop Rock,
Progressive Pop
|
139 |
9098 |
Eugenio Finardi |
Musica ribelle |
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
68 |
4249 |
Eagles |
New Kid in Town |
Country Rock,
Soft Rock
|
9 |
455 |
The Damned |
New Rose |
Punk Rock
|
83 |
5667 |
Billy Joel |
New York State of Mind |
Piano Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
12 |
739 |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
Night Moves |
Heartland Rock,
Soft Rock
|
113 |
7651 |
Led Zeppelin |
Nobody's Fault But Mine |
Blues Rock,
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Ramones |
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue |
Punk Rock
|
|
|
Cartola |
O Mundo É um Moinho |
Samba-choro,
Singer/Songwriter
|
|
|
Al Stewart |
On the Border |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter,
Soft Rock
|
106 |
7254 |
Bob Dylan |
One More Cup of Coffee |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
138 |
9004 |
Carole King |
Only Love Is Real |
Singer/Songwriter
|
101 |
6972 |
Jean Michel Jarre |
Oxygène (Part IV) |
Progressive Electronic
|
27 |
2119 |
The Modern Lovers |
Pablo Picasso |
Garage Rock,
Proto-Punk
|
149 |
9566 |
Pablo Milanés |
Para Vivir |
Nueva trova,
Singer/Songwriter
|
|
|
Stevie Wonder |
Pastime Paradise |
Art Pop,
Soul
|
|
|
Boston |
Peace of Mind |
AOR,
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Van Der Graaf Generator |
Pilgrims |
Progressive Rock
|
|
|
Patti Smith |
Pissing in a River |
Art Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
43 |
2843 |
Wild Cherry |
Play That Funky Music |
Funk
|
11 |
651 |
Junior Murvin |
Police & Thieves |
Roots Reggae
|
91 |
5994 |
Jorge Ben |
Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) |
Funk,
Samba-Rock
|
60 |
3835 |
Warren Zevon |
Poor Poor Pitiful Me |
Singer/Songwriter
|
144 |
9391 |
AC/DC |
Problem Child |
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Joni Mitchell |
Refuge of the Roads |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
71 |
4584 |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
Rich Girl |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Pop Rock
|
133 |
8881 |
The Mighty Diamonds |
Right Time |
Roots Reggae
|
109 |
7429 |
Blondie |
Rip Her to Shreds |
New Wave,
Punk Rock
|
107 |
7260 |
Lee Perry |
Roast Fish and Corn Bread |
Roots Reggae
|
|
|
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
Rock and Roll Never Forgets |
Heartland Rock
|
124 |
8354 |
Steve Miller Band |
Rock'n Me |
Pop Rock
|
151 |
9758 |
Bob Marley and The Wailers |
Roots, Rock, Reggae |
Roots Reggae
|
112 |
7630 |
Bob Dylan |
Sara |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
120 |
7974 |
Brotherhood of Man |
Save Your Kisses For Me |
Sunshine Pop
|
|
|
Billy Joel |
Say Goodbye to Hollywood |
Piano Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
|
|
|
KC and The Sunshine Band |
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty |
Disco,
Funk
|
16 |
1140 |
Flamin' Groovies |
Shake Some Action |
Power Pop
|
|
|
Henry Gross |
Shannon |
Soft Rock
|
|
|
The Modern Lovers |
She Cracked |
Garage Rock,
Proto-Punk
|
|
|
Kiss |
Shout It Out Loud |
Glam Rock,
Hard Rock
|
|
|
The Jacksons |
Show You the Way To Go |
Smooth Soul
|
|
|
James Taylor |
Shower the People |
Folk Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
58 |
3802 |
Wings |
Silly Love Songs |
Pop Rock
|
103 |
6995 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Silver Springs |
Pop Rock
|
14 |
1002 |
Stevie Wonder |
Sir Duke |
Pop Soul
|
98 |
6814 |
The Sanford/Townsend Band |
Smoke from a Distant Fire |
Yacht Rock
|
67 |
4233 |
Nick Lowe |
So It Goes |
New Wave,
Power Pop,
Pub Rock
|
34 |
2420 |
Queen |
Somebody to Love |
Art Rock,
Glam Rock,
Pop Rock
|
118 |
7963 |
Elton John |
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word |
Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
|
|
Cluster |
Sowiesoso |
Progressive Electronic
|
|
|
Fox |
S-S-S-Single Bed |
Disco,
Funk,
Pop
|
80 |
5428 |
Rainbow |
Stargazer |
Heavy Metal
|
17 |
1175 |
David Bowie |
Station to Station |
Art Rock,
Funk Rock
|
|
|
David Bowie |
Stay |
Art Rock,
Funk Rock
|
143 |
9327 |
Orleans |
Still the One |
Soft Rock,
Yacht Rock
|
|
|
Pere Ubu |
Street Waves |
Art Punk,
Post-Punk
|
132 |
8773 |
War |
Summer |
Pop Soul
|
|
|
Johnny "Guitar" Watson |
Superman Lover |
Funk,
Soul
|
|
|
Eddy Mitchell |
Sur la route de Memphis |
Country
|
|
|
Prince Nico Mbarga |
Sweet Mother |
Highlife
|
40 |
2750 |
Jorge Ben |
Taj Mahal |
MPB,
Samba-Rock
|
44 |
2848 |
Steve Miller Band |
Take the Money and Run |
Pop Rock
|
|
|
The Doobie Brothers |
Takin' It to the Streets |
Yacht Rock
|
|
|
Kate and Anna McGarrigle |
(Talk to Me of) Mendocino |
Folk Rock
|
115 |
7713 |
Eddie and The Hot Rods |
Teenage Depression |
Pub Rock,
Punk Rock
|
110 |
7458 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Telephone Line |
Baroque Pop,
Pop Rock,
Symphonic Rock
|
116 |
7765 |
Double Exposure |
Ten Percent |
Disco,
Philly Soul
|
|
|
The Ritchie Family |
The Best Disco in Town |
Disco
|
7 |
272 |
Thin Lizzy |
The Boys Are Back in Town |
Hard Rock
|
|
|
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
The Fire Down Below |
Heartland Rock
|
102 |
6981 |
Rod Stewart |
The First Cut Is the Deepest |
Pop Rock
|
105 |
7211 |
Rod Stewart |
The Killing of Georgie (Parts 1 and 2) |
Pop Rock
|
145 |
9441 |
Tom Waits |
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening With Pete King) |
Piano Blues,
Singer/Songwriter
|
73 |
4817 |
Jackson Browne |
The Pretender |
Singer/Songwriter,
Soft Rock
|
|
|
The Alan Parsons Project |
The Raven |
Art Rock,
Progressive Rock
|
130 |
8695 |
Judas Priest |
The Ripper |
Hard Rock,
Heavy Metal
|
85 |
5720 |
Spinners |
The Rubberband Man |
Funk,
Philly Soul
|
|
|
Eloy |
The Sun-Song |
Progressive Rock
|
69 |
4520 |
10cc |
The Things We Do for Love |
Pop Rock
|
42 |
2835 |
Gordon Lightfoot |
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald |
Canadian Maritime Folk,
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
125 |
8360 |
Racing Cars |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
Country Pop,
Soft Rock
|
87 |
5911 |
George Benson |
This Masquerade |
Jazz Pop,
Smooth Jazz,
Soul Jazz
|
134 |
8930 |
Queen |
Tie Your Mother Down |
Boogie Rock,
Hard Rock
|
20 |
1427 |
Tom Waits |
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) |
Piano Blues,
Singer/Songwriter
|
24 |
1972 |
Rod Stewart |
Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) |
Soft Rock
|
|
|
Donna Summer |
Try Me, I Know We Can Make It |
Disco,
Smooth Soul
|
|
|
William Bell |
Tryin' to Love Two |
Soul
|
56 |
3562 |
Vicki Sue Robinson |
Turn the Beat Around |
Disco
|
46 |
2867 |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
Turn the Page |
Heartland Rock
|
70 |
4579 |
David Bowie |
TVC 15 |
Art Rock
|
|
|
Véronique Sanson |
Vancouver |
Chanson,
French Pop
|
129 |
8653 |
Serge Gainsbourg |
Variations sur Marilou |
Chanson,
French Pop
|
|
|
Judas Priest |
Victim of Changes |
Heavy Metal
|
53 |
3346 |
Bob Marley and The Wailers |
War |
Roots Reggae
|
50 |
3299 |
Max Romeo & The Upsetters |
War ina Babylon |
Roots Reggae
|
|
|
Leo Sayer |
When I Need You |
Adult Contemporary
|
49 |
3097 |
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band |
Whispering/Cherchez la Femme/Se Si Bon |
Disco
|
74 |
4826 |
David Bowie |
Wild Is the Wind |
Art Rock,
Blue Eyed Soul
|
|
|
Van Der Graaf Generator |
Wondering |
Progressive Rock
|
|
|
David Bowie |
Word on a Wing |
Art Rock,
Blue Eyed Soul
|
79 |
5306 |
Blondie |
X-Offender |
New Wave
|
35 |
2518 |
Al Stewart |
Year of the Cat |
Singer/Songwriter,
Soft Rock
|
|
|
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. |
You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) |
Soul
|
126 |
8437 |
Leo Sayer |
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Disco
|
61 |
3882 |
Bee Gees |
You Should Be Dancing |
Disco
|
97 |
6737 |
Lou Rawls |
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine |
Philly Soul
|
33 |
2358 |
Candi Staton |
Young Hearts Run Free |
Disco
|
10 |
476 |
Fela and Africa 70 |
Zombie |
Afrobeat
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