Retro Chart: 17 April 1976

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Save Your Kisses For Me - Brotherhood Of Man
2 ( 4 ) Fernando - Abba
3 ( 3 ) Music - John Miles
4 ( 2 ) You See The Trouble With Me - Barry White
5 ( 7 ) Jungle Rock - Hank Mizell
6 ( 6 ) I'm Mandy Fly Me - 10cc
7 ( 10 ) Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
8 ( 20 ) Love Me Like I Love You - Bay City Rollers
9 ( 14 ) Girls Girls Girls - Sailor
10 ( 9 ) Pinball Wizard - Elton John

11 ( 19 ) Don't Stop It Now - Hot Chocolate
12 ( 18 ) Hey Jude - Beatles
13 ( 9 ) Yesterday - Beatles
14 ( 11 ) Falling Apart At The Seams - Marmalade
15 ( 13 ) I Wanna Stay With You - Gallagher & Lyle
16 ( 12 ) Hello Happiness - Drifters
17 ( 25 ) Disco Connection - Isaac Hayes
18 ( -- ) S-S-S-Single Bed - Fox
19 ( 5 ) Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
20 ( 29 ) Life Is Too Short Girl - Sheer Elegance

21 ( 26 ) Get Up And Boogie - Silver Convention
22 ( 24 ) There's A Kind Of Hush - Carpenters
23 ( 28 ) Movin' - Brass Connection
24 ( 15 ) People Like You People Like Me - Glitter Band
25 ( -- ) Honky Tonk Train Blues - Keith Emerson
26 ( -- ) All By Myself - Eric Carmen
27 ( 23 ) Paperback Writer - Beatles
28 ( 30 ) Get Back - Beatles
29 ( 22 ) I Love To Love - Tina Charles
30 ( 39 ) You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It) - Rodger Collins

31 ( 37 ) Arms Of Mary - Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
32 ( 17 ) Take It To The Limit - Eagles
33 ( 16 ) Concrete And Clay - Randy Edelman
34 ( 32 ) Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
35 ( 40 ) That's Where The Happy People Go - Trammps
36 ( 33 ) Riders On The Storm - Doors
37 ( -- ) Help - Beatles
38 ( 34 ) Hey Mr Music Man - Peters And Lee
39 ( -- ) Fallen Angel - Frankie Valli
40 ( 31 ) Convoy - CW McCall
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I thought I'd post this one because it's a brilliant chart, in spite of the terrible #1 and the enormous presence of Beatles re-issues (which aren't bad but they are hardly 1976).

[Jan]

I don't know all the songs, but there are some classics on that chart!John Miles probably had the best song on there imo.All by myself-Eric Carmen is another great song.Do you know the follow up, Never gonna love again?I think it got to no.11 in the USA but i actually prefer it to All by myself.

[Robin]

19 ( 5 ) Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean

This is one of my fav sing-a-long anthems ever!

[Jan]

You see the trouble with me was quite a big hit for Barry White!And here i thought Black Legend was so original?

[Earl Purple]

Some truly brilliant songs in there. John Miles is my favourite charted single of all time. I'm Mandy Fly Me was my 2nd favourite single of 1976 so both my favourite singles of the year in the top 6 at the same time, so if I'd done my chart then it would have been stuck at #2 and Sailor would have been #3 - song even better than Glass Of Champagne!

Classic new entry by Eric Carmen and also by Fox (my favourite song by them too) and great songs by Billy Ocean and Tina Charles heading out of the door...

[PurpleCareBear]

Fernando - Abba
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
I Love To Love - Tina Charles

I like those ones ^^^^.
Uhm don't really know most of the others on that chart.

[rubcale]

Very embarrassing to have to admit to liking Brotherhood Of Man!

Fernando was a classic. Also liked Diana Ross, Sailor, Marmalade, Fox, Billy Ocean, Silver Convention, Glitter Band, Drifters, Tina Charles and Eagles.

Interesting story behind the Diana Ross record. At that stage Diana was hot in the UK charts and they only had to release even a second-rate album track for it to chart. Despite being an American #1 Do You Know Where You're Going To was released in the UK in 1976 and inexplicably flopped!!!! When it was re-released in 1977 it sailed into the top 5 and got a silver disc.

You just never know.

[Chris]

Remember this chart as if it was yesterday. Fernando spent 4 weeks at No.2 before finally climbing to No.1.

[suedehead]

jannie said:

I don't know all the songs, but there are some classics on that chart!John Miles probably had the best song on there imo.All by myself-Eric Carmen is another great song.Do you know the follow up, Never gonna love again?I think it got to no.11 in the USA but i actually prefer it to All by myself.

I don't remember Never Gonna Love Again. However I do remember Overnight Sensation by The Raspberries with Eric Carmen on vocals. Sadly, that didn't even make the Top 75.

[suedehead]

singingcrazychris said:

Remember this chart as if it was yesterday. Fernando spent 4 weeks at No.2 before finally climbing to No.1.

I remember it well too. Fernando is one of my favourite Abba songs and I'm Mandy Fly Me is my number one favourite 10CC song.

[Jan]

suedehead said:

jannie said:

I don't know all the songs, but there are some classics on that chart!John Miles probably had the best song on there imo.All by myself-Eric Carmen is another great song.Do you know the follow up, Never gonna love again?I think it got to no.11 in the USA but i actually prefer it to All by myself.

I don't remember Never Gonna Love Again. However I do remember Overnight Sensation by The Raspberries with Eric Carmen on vocals. Sadly, that didn't even make the Top 75.

Never gonna love again is such a great song, just listened to it the other day again.I'm definitely playing it at my cousin's wedding on the 1st of next month as background music thoug.Maybe the title isn't quite suitable for weddings though?

[orthon7]

'Fernando' spent 3 Weeks at No.2, before reaching No.1,
not 4 Weeks. Its UK Top 10 Positions were:,

4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 4

It was ABBA's only Single to spend 10 Weeks in the Top 10,
but it was outsold by, 'Dancing Queen', & 'Knowing Me, Knowing You',
which both spent 9 Weeks in the Top 10.

Benny & Bjorn's only other 10 Week UK Top 10 Hit, was, 'I Know Him So Well', by Barbara Dickson, & Elaine Paige, in 1985. It outsold every ABBA Single in the UK, except, 'Dancing Queen'.

Its Top 10 Positions were:,

6 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 8 - 10

Orthon7

[Jan]

orthon7 said:

'Fernando' spent 3 Weeks at No.2, before reaching No.1,
not 4 Weeks. Its UK Top 10 Positions were:,

4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 4

It was ABBA's only Single to spend 10 Weeks in the Top 10,
but it was outsold by, 'Dancing Queen', & 'Knowing Me, Knowing You',
which both spent 9 Weeks in the Top 10.

Benny & Bjorn's only other 10 Week UK Top 10 Hit, was, 'I Know Him So Well', by Barbara Dickson, & Elaine Paige, in 1985. It outsold every ABBA Single in the UK, except, 'Dancing Queen'.

Its Top 10 Positions were:,

6 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 8 - 10

Orthon7

Thanks for this info, i love stats about charts and sales!