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Post by raliverpool on Dec 6, 2023 20:38:29 GMT 1
11/09/1976
1st WINGS 119 2nd LOU RAWLS 94 3rd ROD STEWART 84 4th DR HOOK 76 5th BEE GEES 71 ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE 69 ABBA 65 11/09/1976 PAUL MCCARTNEY 32-89-315
11/09/1976 LOU RAWLS 0-4-13
11/09/1976 ROD STEWART 23-44-171
11/09/1976 DR HOOK 0-5-11
11/09/1976 BEE GEES 5-21-65
Written by Barry, Maurice & Robin Gibb "You Should Be Dancing" is a disco song by the Bee Gees, from the album Children of the World, which hit UK #5 USA #1 Canada #1 Australia #2 and returned them to the Artist Top 5 for the first time this decade... but certainly not the last... talking of dancing .....
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 6, 2023 20:42:08 GMT 1
18/09/1976
1st ROD STEWART 100 2nd WINGS 91 3rd LOU RAWLS 80 4th KIKI DEE 69 5th ABBA 67 DR HOOK 65 WILD CHERRY 65 BOZ SCAGGS 64
18/09/1976 ROD STEWART 24-45-175
18/09/1976 PAUL MCCARTNEY 32-90-319
18/09/1976 LOU RAWLS 0-5-16
18/09/1976 KIKI DEE 0-6-9
18/09/1976 ABBA 1-10-24
The signature tune "Dancing Queen" is a Europop and disco song by the Swedish group ABBA, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival (1976). It became ABBA's only number one hit in the United States, and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, West Germany and the Soviet Union.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 6, 2023 20:46:54 GMT 1
25/09/1976
1st ROD STEWART 115 2nd WINGS 75 3rd LOU RAWLS 72 4th ABBA 69 5th WILD CHERRY 66 BOZ SCAGGS 65 JOHN DENVER 65 DIANA ROSS 60 25/09/1976 ROD STEWART 25-46-180
25/09/1976 PAUL MCCARTNEY 32-91-323
25/09/1976 LOU RAWLS 0-6-19
25/09/1976 ABBA 1-11-26
25/09/1976 WILD CHERRY 0-1-1
The Ohio based funk rock band Wild Cherry only top 40 hit "Play That Funky Music" reached USA #1 UK #7 Canada #2 Australia #5. It was written by their singer Rob Parissi, and would later by utilized by Vanilla Ice.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 14:37:24 GMT 1
02/10/19761st ROD STEWART 114 2nd BAY CITY ROLLERS 83 3rd ABBA 80 4th RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 68 5th WILD CHERRY 66 BOZ SCAGGS 65 DIANA ROSS 61 WAR 59 02/10/1976 ROD STEWART 26-47-185
02/10/1976 BAY CITY ROLLERS 7-25-77
02/10/1976 ABBA 1-12-29
02/10/1976 RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 0-1-2
02/10/1976 WILD CHERRY 0-2-2
The Bay City Rollers are back with their 5th album Dedication alongside the stand alone single remake of the 1963 Dusty Springfield classic "I Only Want To Be With You" a UK #4 USA #12 Australia #8 Canada #3. Their first where the band played all the instrumentation on.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 14:43:39 GMT 1
09/10/1976
1st ROD STEWART 119 2nd ABBA 86 3rd BAY CITY ROLLERS 85 4th RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 72 5th WILD CHERRY 70 BOZ SCAGGS 67 CHICAGO 60 09/10/1976 ROD STEWART 27-48-190
09/10/1976 ABBA 1-13-33
09/10/1976 BAY CITY ROLLERS 7-26-80
09/10/1976 RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 0-2-4
09/10/1976 WILD CHERRY 0-3-3
American singer/songwriter/guitarist & former member of the Steve Miller Band is just outside the top 5 with "Lowdown" USA #3 UK #28 Canada #2 & his USA #2 Silk Degrees album whose studio musicians would go on to form the band Toto.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 14:50:48 GMT 1
16/10/1976
1st ROD STEWART 103 2nd ABBA 89 3rd CHICAGO 85 4th BAY CITY ROLLERS 80 5th WILD CHERRY 78 RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 75 BOZ SCAGGS 67
16/10/1976 ROD STEWART 28-49-195
16/10/1976 ABBA 1-14-37
16/10/1976 CHICAGO 4-15-46
16/10/1976 BAY CITY ROLLERS 7-27-82
16/10/1976 WILD CHERRY 0-4-4
Sweden's Abba hit #1 in the UK Album chart with their (first) Greatest Hits album. The opening track from it is "SOS" the Agnetha Fältskog sung 1975 UK #6 USA #15 Australia #1 Canada #17 hit which proved they were not an international one hit Eurovision wonder.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 14:57:17 GMT 1
23/10/1976
1st CHICAGO 99 2nd ROD STEWART 94 3rd ABBA 86 4th WILD CHERRY 79 5th RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 70 BAY CITY ROLLERS 68 BOZ SCAGGS 63 23/10/1976 CHICAGO 5-16-51
23/10/1976 ROD STEWART 28-50-199
23/10/1976 ABBA 1-15-40
23/10/1976 WILD CHERRY 0-5-6
23/10/1976 RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 0-3-5
"If You Leave Me Now" is a (then uncharacteristic) soft rock ballad by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. It was written and sung by bass player Peter Cetera and released as a single topping the charts in many international countries including USA, UK, Australia & Canada. It gave the jazz rock band their first ever #1 single, and would ultimately change the musical direction of the group.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 15:04:38 GMT 1
30/10/1976
1st CHICAGO 101 2nd ROD STEWART 96 3rd ABBA 84 4th WILD CHERRY 74 5th RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 67 STEVE MILLER BAND 66 BAY CITY ROLLERS 60 STEVIE WONDER 59 30/10/1976 CHICAGO 6-17-56
30/10/1976 ROD STEWART 28-51-203
30/10/1976 ABBA 1-16-43
30/10/1976 WILD CHERRY 0-6-8
30/10/1976 RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 0-4-6
A serious contender for the worst record ever made "Disco Duck" was a USA #1 UK #6 Canada #1 Australia #4 satirical disco novelty song performed by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots (A Memphis Radio DJ who was a huge influence on the UK's DJ Steve Wright) which has come to represent the lampooning of the Disco movement.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 15:20:55 GMT 1
06/11/1976
1st ROD STEWART 102 2nd CHICAGO 99 3rd ABBA 80 3rd STEVE MILLER BAND 80 5th PETER FRAMPTON 78 RICK DEES AND HIS CAST OF IDIOTS 59 STEVIE WONDER 59 BEE GEES 58 06/11/1976 ROD STEWART 29-52-208
06/11/1976 CHICAGO 6-18-60
06/11/1976 ABBA 1-17-46
06/11/1976 STEVE MILLER BAND 0-2-4
06/11/1976 PETER FRAMPTON 0-7-15
The melodic mid-tempo rocker "Rock N' Me" taken from The Steve Miller Band's ninth studio album Fly Like an Eagle (1976) hit USA #1 this week. I also peaked at UK #11 & Canada #1
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 15:27:57 GMT 1
13/11/1976
1st ROD STEWART 111 2nd CHICAGO 94 3rd PETER FRAMPTON 80 4th STEVE MILLER BAND 76 5th ABBA 72 DEMIS ROUSSOS 62 BEE GEES 60 LED ZEPPELIN 59 13/11/1976 ROD STEWART 30-53-213
13/11/1976 CHICAGO 6-19-64
13/11/1976 PETER FRAMPTON 0-8-18
13/11/1976 STEVE MILLER BAND 0-3-6
13/11/1976 ABBA 1-18-47
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" is a controversial song written by Rod Stewart, and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama for his 1976 album A Night on the Town produced by Tom O'Dowd. The song features a French spoken part from Britt Ekland who was Stewart's girlfriend at the time, was originally banned by the BBC and protested by Reverend Jesse Jackson, due to its suggestive lyrics. It peaked at UK #5 Australia #3, but spent 8 weeks at #1 in the USA (topping Billboard's 1977 rankings), and Canada #1 (becoming the best selling single of the year in that country).
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 15:36:04 GMT 1
20/11/1976 1st ROD STEWART 99 2nd CHICAGO 92 3rd ELTON JOHN 79 4th PETER FRAMPTON 77 4th STEVE MILLER BAND 77 ABBA 65 BEE GEES 61 STEVIE WONDER 59
20/11/1976 ROD STEWART 31-54-218
20/11/1976 CHICAGO 6-20-68
20/11/1976 ELTON JOHN 43-126-463
20/11/1976 PETER FRAMPTON 0-9-20
20/11/1976 STEVE MILLER BAND 0-4-8
British guitarist/singer/rocker Peter Frampton's live 7:22 single edit of "Do You Feel Like We Do" of the 14:15 Frampton Comes Alive! album cut (original recorded as a studio cut in 1973) peaked at USA #10 Canada #7 & UK #37.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 15:41:03 GMT 1
27/11/1976
1st ROD STEWART 104 2nd ABBA 98 3rd ELTON JOHN 86 4th STEVE MILLER BAND 81 5th CHICAGO 77 PETER FRAMPTON 64 LEO SAYER 63 BEE GEES 61 27/11/1976 ROD STEWART 32-55-223
27/11/1976 ABBA 1-19-51
27/11/1976 ELTON JOHN 43-127-471
27/11/1976 STEVE MILLER BAND 0-5-10
27/11/1976 CHICAGO 6-21-69
The Anni-Frid Lyngstad lead vocal "Money, Money, Money" saw the Swedish pop group Abba return with a UK #3 USA #56 Australia #1 Canada #47 alongside their latest album Arrival.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 15:51:20 GMT 1
04/12/1976
1st ROD STEWART 103 2nd ABBA 96 3rd ELTON JOHN 93 4th LEO SAYER 80 5th ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 72 STEVE MILLER BAND 69 CHICAGO 68 BOSTON 61 04/12/1976 ROD STEWART 33-56-228
04/12/1976 ABBA 1-20-55
04/12/1976 ELTON JOHN 43-128-474
04/12/1976 LEO SAYER 0-3-6
04/12/1976 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 0-5-9
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" a UK #11 USA #6 Australia #11 Canada #3 mournful ballad about a romantic relationship which is falling apart, perfectly summed up this single which represented the end of Elton 1971-1976 imperial phase. It was taken from his 11th studio album Blue Moves, The album reached number 3 in the US charts, ending a long streak of chart-topping albums for John that began with Honky Château in 1972.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 16:01:29 GMT 1
11/12/1976
1st ROD STEWART 107 2nd ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 99 3rd ELTON JOHN 92 4th ABBA 90 5th LEO SAYER 70 STEVIE WONDER 67 BOSTON 62 YVONNE ELLIMAN 58
11/12/1976 ROD STEWART 34-57-233
11/12/1976 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 0-6-13
11/12/1976 ELTON JOHN 43-129-477
11/12/1976 ABBA 1-21-57
11/12/1976 LEO SAYER 0-4-7
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" is a Disco type song credited to British singer Leo Sayer who sings in falsetto, and featuring Steve Gadd on drums, taken from his Richard Perry produced 1976 album Endless Flight. It peaked at UK #2 USA #1 Australia #2 Canada #1. There is currently some controversy about the song credited songwriters Sayer and Vini Poncia won a Grammy Award for the song in 1978 in the category Best R&B Song. However, its guitarist Ray Parker Jr. (Who you gonna call ... your lawyer) is currently in litigation as he claims he came up with the distinctive guitar groove, which was promised a songwriting credit at the time.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 16:06:27 GMT 1
18/12/1976
1st ROD STEWART 108 2nd ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 105 3rd ELTON JOHN 93 4th STEVIE WONDER 88 5th ABBA 86 LEO SAYER 77 BOSTON 63 YVONNE ELLIMAN 60 18/12/1976 ROD STEWART 35-58-238
18/12/1976 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 0-7-17
18/12/1976 ELTON JOHN 43-130-480
18/12/1976 STEVIE WONDER 2-46-113
18/12/1976 ABBA 1-22-58
The disco rocker "Livin' Thing" is a UK #4 USA #13 Australia #2 Canada #8 song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It appears on ELO's 1976 album A New World Record. It features an uncredited Suzi Quatro on female backing vocals.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 24, 2023 16:13:40 GMT 1
25/12/1976
1st ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 108 2nd STEVIE WONDER 104 3rd ROD STEWART 97 4th ABBA 91 5th QUEEN 83 5th EAGLES 83 ELTON JOHN 80 BOSTON 64 25/12/1976 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 1-8-22
25/12/1976 STEVIE WONDER 2-47-117
25/12/1976 ROD STEWART 35-59-241
25/12/1976 ABBA 1-23-60
25/12/1976 QUEEN 0-18-58
25/12/1976 EAGLES 9-26-85
"Somebody to Love" is a Freddie Mercury penned song by the British rock band Queen. It debuted on the band's 1976 UK #1 USA #5 Australia #8 Canada #4 album A Day at the Races and peaked at UK #2 USA #13 Australia #15 & Canada #5. Musically, it was like the gospel cousin of "Bohemian Rhapsody with its complex melody and deep layering of vocal tracks.
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Post by raliverpool on Dec 25, 2023 17:00:31 GMT 1
YEAR END 1976:
1st PAUL MCCARTNEY 13-22-98
2nd ROD STEWART 12-17-76
3rd ABBA 1-23-60
4th QUEEN 0-14-44
5th DIANA ROSS 3-12-41
6th PAUL SIMON 5-8-36
7th EAGLES 5-8-34
8th BEATLES 3-9-29
9th ROLLING STONES 1-8-29
10th BAY CITY ROLLERS 2-9-28
11th DEMIS ROUSSOS 1-7-27
12th CHICAGO 2-7-26
13th ELTON JOHN 0-10-24
14th ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 1-8-22
15th FOUR SEASONS 1-7-22A total of 45 acts made the weekly top 5 chart of which 22 are new entries. Paul McCartney's Wings were flying this year, with Rod Stewart in runners up spot, and Sweden's Abba appear in third (they would surely been higher (probably first) had I been able to utilize a European singles & album chart). Overall Top 69 (end of 1976 - 40+ Points to qualify):
1 1 BEATLES 137-268-1071
2 2 ELTON JOHN 43-130-480
3 3 ROLLING STONES 28-136-422
4 5 PAUL MCCARTNEY 32-91-323
5 11 ROD STEWART 35-59-241
6 4 SUPREMES 19-74-237
7 6 MONKEES 27-54-218
8 7 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 25-56-216
9 8 ELVIS PRESLEY 14-71-215
10 9 CARPENTERS 13-72-212
11 10 BEACH BOYS 16-63-197
12 12 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 10-50-155
13 13 HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS 11-47-143
14 14 TOM JONES 4-61-138
15 15 HERMAN'S HERMITS 13-36-137
16 16 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 8-41-128
17 17 STEVIE WONDER 2-47-117
18 34 DIANA ROSS 7-35-112
19 31 PAUL SIMON 7-31-112
20 19 DAVID BOWIE 9-38-110
21 18 CHER 5-28-109
22 21 JOHN DENVER 8-32-101
23 20 JACKSON FIVE 3-36-99
24 22 CAROLE KING 3-34-96
25 24 TEMPTATIONS 8-24-92
26 23 GEORGE HARRISON 7-23-94
27 26 DONNY OSMOND 2-32-87
28 25 JAMES TAYLOR 5-27-87
29 27 DAVE CLARK FIVE 2-27-87
30 28 LED ZEPPELIN 4-27-86
31 55 EAGLES 9-26-85
32 44 BAY CITY ROLLERS 7-27-82
33 29 JIM REEVES 3-24-82
34 30 BOB DYLAN 1-36-82
35 32 FOUR TOPS 4-28-74
36 33 ROBERTA FLACK 7-23-73
37 35 ROY ORBISON 3-25-71
38 36 GILBERT O'SULLIVAN 2-23-71
39 37 ALICE COOPER 6-18-70
40 38 MAMAS AND THE PAPAS 2-25-70
41 58 CHICAGO 6-21-69
42 39 ARETHA FRANKLIN 4-24-66
43 40 GLEN CAMPBELL 2-22-66
44 41 SEARCHERS 0-26-66
45 42 BEE GEES 5-21-65
46 43 PETER, PAUL AND MARY 4-18-62
47 NE ABBA 1-23-60
48 45 JOHN LENNON 2-21-58
49 NE QUEEN 0-18-58
50 46 NILSSON 8-13-57
51 47 T REX 4-20-57
52 48 JOHNNY CASH 3-15-57
53 49 FRANK SINATRA 3-21-56
54 50 BARRY WHITE 1-17-55
55 51 OTIS REDDING 10-13-54
56 52 SONNY 7-14-54
57 53 NANCY SINATRA 0-17-52
58 54 JIM CROCE 6-13-51
59 56 CARLY SIMON 7-13-48
60 57 NEIL DIAMOND 0-21-46
61 59 CREAM 1-16-43
62 NE FOUR SEASONS 1-18-42
63 60 RINGO STARR 1-18-42
64 61 MOODY BLUES 5-14-41
65 62 DAWN 2-17-41
66 63 CAT STEVENS 0-19-41
67 64 KINKS 0-16-41
68 65 RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 4-12-40
69 66 THREE DOG NIGHT 0-13-40
3 New Entrants to the 40+ Point club with Abba the highest at #47, narrowly ahead of fellow quartet Queen. Paul McCartney moves up to 4th with his post Beatles career; and Rod Stewart makes it an all British top five. Elsewhere big climbs from Diana Ross; Paul Simon; Eagles; Bay City Rollers & Chicago. 1970s Top 30 (1970 - 1975)
1 1 ELTON JOHN 43-130-480
2 2 PAUL MCCARTNEY 32-91-323
3 4 ROD STEWART 35-59-241
4 3 CARPENTERS 13-72-212
5 5 BEATLES 23-46-181
6 6 ROLLING STONES 14-38-143
7 20 DIANA ROSS 7-35-112
8 17 PAUL SIMON 7-31-112
9 7 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 10-28-110
10 8 DAVID BOWIE 9-38-110
11 10 JOHN DENVER 8-32-101
12 9 JACKSON FIVE 3-36-99
13 11 CAROLE KING 3-34-96
14 12 GEORGE HARRISON 7-23-94
15 13 JAMES TAYLOR 5-27-87
16 14 DONNY OSMOND 2-32-87
17 30 EAGLES 9-26-85
18 24 BAY CITY ROLLERS 7-27-82
19 15 ELVIS PRESLEY 2-29-81
20 16 LED ZEPPELIN 4-24-80
21 19 STEVIE WONDER 2-30-79
22 18 ROBERTA FLACK 7-23-73
23 21 GILBERT O'SULLIVAN 2-23-71
24 22 ALICE COOPER 6-18-70
25 34 CHICAGO 6-21-69
26 23 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 5-24-69
27 NE ABBA 1-23-60
28 25 JOHN LENNON 2-21-58
29 NE QUEEN 0-18-58
30 26 NILSSON 8-13-57
The 1970s British top three led with Rod Stewart up to 3rd; Diana Ross & Paul Simon makes the top ten; & 3 new entries from Chicago; Abba & Queen
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