My Top 100 Singles of 1976
Here's the Spotify playlist:
1. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
2. ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
3. The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
4. Thin Lizzy - "The Boys Are Back In
Town"
5. Maxine Nightingale - "Right Back Where
We Started From"
6. Blue Oyster Cult – “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”
7. Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do
(live)"
8. Daryl Hall & John Oates - "She's
Gone"
9. Brick - "Dazz"
10. Donna Summer - "Love To Love You
Baby"
11. Steely Dan - "Kid Charlemagne"
12. Boston - "More Than A Feeling"
13. The Modern Lovers - "Roadrunner"
14. Heart - "Magic Man"
15. Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon"
16. Queen - "Somebody To Love"
17. Thin Lizzy - "Cowboy Song"
18. Led Zeppelin - "Achilles Last
Stand"
19. The Four Seasons - "December 1963 (Oh,
What A Night)"
20. Elton John & Kiki Dee - "Don't Go Breaking
My Heart"
21. Parliament - "Give Up The Funk (Tear
The Roof Off The Sucker)"
22. Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky
Music"
23. David Bowie - "Golden Years"
24. The Doobie Brothers - "Takin' It To The
Streets"
25. Paul Simon - "50 Ways To Leave Your
Lover"
26. Diana Ross – “Love Hangover”
27. The Sex Pistols - "Anarchy In The
U.K."
28. Electric Light Orchestra – “Livin’ Thing”
29. Gary Wright – “Love Is Alive”
30. Steve Miller Band - "Take The Money And
Run"
31. Queen - "You're My Best Friend"
32. Elvin Bishop - "Fooled Around And Fell
In Love"
33. Fleetwood Mac - "Say You Love Me"
34. The Andrea True Connection - "More,
More, More"
35. Kiss - "Rock And Roll All Nite (live)"
36. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band -
"Turn The Page (live)"
37. Aerosmith - "Dream On"
38. Gary Wright - "Dream Weaver"
39. Sweet - "Fox On The Run"
40. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band -
"Cherchez La Femme"
41. Bob Dylan – “Hurricane”
42. Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"
43. Marvin Gaye - "I Want You"
44. KC and the Sunshine Band - "(Shake,
Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
45. George Jones and Tammy Wynette -
"Golden Ring"
46. ABBA - "Fernando"
47. Parliament – “Mother Ship Connection (Star
Child)”
48. Rose Royce - "Car Wash"
49. Foghat - "Slow Ride"
50. Heart - "Crazy On You"
51. Steely Dan - "Haitian Divorce"
52. Bee Gees - "You Should Be Dancing"
53. Candi Staton - "Young Hearts Run
Free"
54. The Doobie Brothers - "It Keeps You
Runnin'"
55. Aretha Franklin - "Something He Can
Feel"
56. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band -
"Night Moves"
57. The Steve Miller Band - "Rock'n
Me"
58. Ted Nugent – “Stranglehold”
59. Orleans - "Still The One"
60. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - "Sweet
Thing"
61. Billy Joel - "New York State Of
Mind"
62. Linda Ronstadt – “Someone To Lay Down Beside
Me”
63. Wings - "Silly Love Songs"
64. Kiss - "Detroit Rock City"
65. ABBA - "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
66. George Jones - "Her Name Is"
67. Earth, Wind & Fire – “Getaway”
68. Boz Scaggs - "Lowdown"
69. The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever"
70. Steely Dan - "The Fez"
71. The Eagles - "Take It To The
Limit"
72. The Spinners – “The Rubberband Man”
73. Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
74. Claudja Barry – “Love For The Sake Of Love”
75. Peter Frampton - "Show Me The Way
(live)"
76. The Rolling Stones - "Fool To Cry"
77. AC/DC – “T.N.T.”
78. Stevie Wonder - "I Wish"
79. Kiss – “Shout It Out Loud”
80. Daryl Hall & John Oates - "Sara
Smile"
81. Parliament – “P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked
Up)”
82. Starland Vocal Band - "Afternoon Delight"
83. Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band -
"A Fifth Of Beethoven"
84. Earth, Wind & Fire – “Saturday Nite”
85. George Jones and Tammy Wynette - "Near
You"
86. The Stills-Young Band - "Long May You
Run"
87. Elton John - "Sorry Seems To Be The
Hardest Word"
88. Aerosmith - "Last Child"
89. The Eagles - "New Kid In Town"
90. Led Zeppelin - "Nobody's Fault But
Mine"
91. Rod Stewart - "Tonight's The Night
(Gonna Be Alright)"
92. Nazareth - "Love Hurts"
93. Leo Sayer - "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
94. Kiss - "Beth"
95. Jimmy Buffett – “Woman Goin’ Crazy On
Caroline Street”
96. Diana Ross - "Theme From Mahogany (Do
You Know Where You're Going To)"
97. Eric Carmen - "All By Myself"
98. John Sebastian - "Welcome Back"
99. Peter Frampton - "Baby, I Love Your Way
(live)"
100. KC and the Sunshine Band - "I'm Your
Boogie Man"
One thing about doing these posts in reverse chronological order is that I feel like I'm slowly backing up into history and experiencing the changing eras of pop music in reverse. And part of the fun of that is that I come up to the end of the prime hitmaking periods of certain artists, and kind of know I'm about to get into ranking the big hits of Stevie Wonder or Elton John or Marvin Gaye, which I'm really looking forward to.
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