Billboard & Cashbox Year End Charts | |||||||
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1976 | Billboard | Cashbox | |||
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Rank | Title | Artist | Peak | Date | Rank |
1 | Silly Love Songs ● | Paul McCartney & Wings | 1(5) | 05/22 06/12-07/03 | 9* |
2 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart ● | Elton John & Kiki Dee | 1(4) | 08/07-08/27 | 5* |
3 | Disco Lady ▲ | Johnnie Taylor | 1(4) | 04/03-04/24 | 1* |
4 | December 1963 (Oh,What A Night) ● | Four Seasons | 1(3) | 03/13-03/27 | 21* |
5 | Play That Funky Music ▲ | Wild Cherry | 1(3) | 09/18-10/02 | 2* |
6 | Kiss And Say Goodbye ▲ | Manhattens | 1(2) | 07/24-07/31 | 3* |
7 | Love Machine (Part 1) | Miracles | 1 | 03/06 | 11* |
8 | 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover ● | Paul Simon | 1(3) | 02/07-02/21 | 12* |
9 | Love Is Alive | Gary Wright | 2(2) | / | |
10 | A Fifth Of Beethoven | Walter Murphy | 1 | 10/09 | 6* |
11 | Sara Smile ● | Hall & Oates | 4 | 25 | |
12 | Afternoon Delight ● | Starland Vocal Band | 1(2) | 07/10-07/17 | 7* |
13 | I Write The Songs ● | Barry Manilow | 1 | 01/17 |
97('75)* 62 |
14 | Fly Robin Fly ● | Silver Convention | 1(3) | 75/11/29-12/13 | 44('75)* |
15 | Love Hangover | Diana Ross | 1(2) | 05/29-06/05 | 13* |
16 | Get Closer | Seals & Crofts | 6 | / | |
17 | More More More ● | Andrea True Connection | 4 | 29 | |
18 | Bohemian Rhapsody ● | Queen | 9 | 52 | |
19 | Misty Blue | Dorothy Moore | 3(4) | 18 | |
20 | Boogie Fever ● | Sylvers | 1 | 05/15 | 16* |
21 | I'd Really Love To See You Tonight ● | England Dan & John Ford Coley | 2(2) | 47 | |
22 | You Sexy Thing ● | Hot Chocolate | 3(3) | 48 | |
23 | Love Hurts ● | Nazareth | 8 | 03 | 59 |
24 | Get Up And Boogie ● | Silver Convention | 2(3) | 37* | |
25 | Take It To The Limit | Eagles | 4 | 56 | |
26 | Shake Your Booty | K.C. & The Sunshine Band | 1 | 09/11 | 10* |
27 | Sweet Love | Commodores | 5 | 40 | |
28 | Right Back Where We Started From ● | Maxine Nightingale | 2(2) | 49* | |
29 | Theme From "S.W.A.T." ● | Rhythm Heritage | 1 | 02/28 | 31* |
30 | Love Rollercoaster | Ohio Players | 1 | 01/31 | 85 |
31 | You Should Be Dancin' ● | Bee Gees | 1 | 09/04 | 34* |
32 | You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine ● | Lou Rawls | 2(2) | 20 | |
33 | Golden Years | David Bowie | 10 | / | |
34 | Moonlight Feels Right | Starbuck | 3(2) | 81 | |
35 | Only Sixteen ● | Dr. Hook | 6 | 86 | |
36 | Let Your Love Flow | Bellamy Brothers | 1 | 05/01 | /* |
37 | Dream Weaver ● | Gary Wright | 2(3) | 17* | |
38 | Turn The Beat Around | Vicky Sue Robinson | 10 | 67 | |
39 | Lonely Night (Angel Face) ● | Captain & Tennille | 3(3) | 32* | |
40 | All By Myself ● | Eric Carmen | 2(3) | 41* | |
41 | Love To Love You Baby ● | Donna Summer | 2(2) | 43 | |
42 | Deep Purple | Donny & Marie Osmond | 14 | / | |
43 | Theme From "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) | Diana Ross | 1 | 01/24 | 51* |
44 | Sweet Thing ● | Rufus Featuring Chaka-Kahn | 5 | 65 | |
45 | That's The Way (I Like It) | KC & The Sunshine Band | 1(2) | 75/11/22 12/20 | 49('75)* |
46 | A Little Bit More | Dr. Hook | 11 | 98 | |
47 | Shannon ● | Henry Gross | 6 | 60 | |
48 | If You Leave Me Now ▲ | Chicago | 1(2) | 10/23-10/30 | 14* |
49 | Lowdown ● | Boz Scaggs | 3(2) | /* | |
50 | Show Me The Way | Peter Frampton | 6 | 35 | |
51 | Dream On | Aerosmith | 6 | 90 | |
52 | I Love Music ● | The O'Jays | 5 | 01 | 73 |
53 | Say You Love Me | Fleetwood Mac | 11 | / | |
54 | Time Of Your Life | Paul Anka | 7 | / | |
55 | Devil Woman | Cliff Richey | 6 | 58 | |
56 | Fooled Around And Fell In Love ● | Elvin Bishop | 3(2) | 28 | |
57 | Convoy | C.W. McCall | 1 | 01/10 | 38* |
58 | Welcome Back ● | John Sebastian | 1 | 05/08 | 19* |
59 | Sing A Song ● | Earth, Wind & Fire | 5 | 82 | |
60 | Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel ● | Tavares | 15 | 33 | |
61 | I'll Be Good To You ● | Brothers Johnson | 3(3) | 68 | |
62 | Rock And Roll Music | Beach Boys | 5 | / | |
63 | Shop Around ● | Captain & Tennille | 4 | 26 | |
64 | Saturday Night ● | Bay City Rollers | 1 | 01/03 | 100('75)* |
65 | Island Girl ▲ | Elton John | 1(3) | 75/11/01-11/15 | 10('75)* |
66 | Let's Do It Again ● | Staple Singers | 1 | 75/12/27 | 76('75)* |
67 | Let Him In ● | Paul McCartney & Wings | 3(4) | 23* | |
68 | Babyface | Wing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps | 14 | 01 | / |
69 | This Masquerade | George Benson | 10 | 45 | |
70 | Evil Woman | Electric Light Orchestra | 10 | 54 | |
71 | Wham Bam (Shang-A-Lang) | Silver | 16 | / | |
72 | I'm Easy | Keith Carradine | 17 | 71 | |
73 | Wake Up Everybody (Pt. 1) | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | 12 | / | |
74 | Summer ● | War | 7 | 61 | |
75 | Let Her In | John Travolta | 10 | 84 | |
76 | Fox On The Run ● | Sweet | 5 | 01 | 63 |
77 | Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) | Fleetwood Mac | 11 | 74 | |
78 | Got To Get You Into My Life | Beatles | 7 | 89 | |
79 | Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) | Bee Gees | 12 | 55 | |
80 | Get Away ● | Earth, Wind & Fire | 12 | 50 | |
81 | She's Gone | Daryl Hall & John Oates | 7 | 57 | |
82 | Still The One ● | Orleans | 5 | 76 | |
83 | You're My Best Friend | Queen | 16 | / | |
84 | With Your Love | Jefferson Starship | 12 | / | |
85 | Slow Ride | Foghat | 20 | / | |
86 | Who'd She Coo | Ohio Players | 18 | / | |
87 | The Boys Are Back In Town | Thin Lizzy | 12 | 91 | |
88 | Walk Away From Love | David Ruffin | 9 | 01 | / |
89 | Baby, I Love Your Way | Peter Frampton | 12 | 96 | |
90 | Young Hearts Run Free | Candi Staton | 20 | 39 | |
91 | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | Neil Sedaka | 8 | 75 | |
92 | Money Honey | Bay City Rollers | 9 | 87 | |
93 | Tear The Roof Off The Sucker ● | Parliament | 15 | / | |
94 | Junk Food Junkie | Larry Gross | 9 | / | |
95 | Trying To Get The Feeling Again | Barry Manilow | 10 | 79 | |
96 | Rock And Roll All Night (Live) | Kiss | 12 | 01 | / |
97 | Disco Duck ▲ | Rick Dees | 1 | 10/16 | 4* |
98 | Take The Money And Run | Steve Miller Band | 11 | 66 | |
99 | Squeezebox | Who | 16 | 02 | / |
100 | Country Boy | Glen Campbell | 11 | / | |
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart | |||||
Rank | Title | Artist | Peak | Date | Rank |
- | Rock'n Me | Steve Miller Band | 1 | 11/06 | 15* |
- | The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot | 2(2) | 11 | 22* |
- | Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) | Barry Devorzon & Perry Botkin Jr. | 8 | 53 | |
- | I.O.U. | Jimmy Dean | 35 | 70 | |
- | Just To Be Close To You | The Commodores | 7 | 72 | |
- | Strange Magic | The Electric Light Orchestra | 14 | 77 | |
- | Happy Days | Pratt & McClain | 5 | 78 | |
- | Magic Man | Heart | 9 | 80 | |
- | More Than A Feeling | Boston | 5 | 11 | 83 |
- | Movin' | The Brass Construction | 14 | 88 | |
- | Beth / Detroit City Rock ● | Kiss | 7 | 92 | |
- | Action | The Sweet | 20 | 93 | |
- | The Best Disco In Town | The Ritchie Family | 17 | 94 | |
- | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | Abba | 15 | 95 | |
- | Rock And Roll Love Letter | The Bay City Rollers | 28 | 97 | |
- | Do You Feel Like We Do | Peter Frampton | 10 | 99 | |
- | Something He Can Feel | Aretha Franklin | 28 | 100 | |
Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts | |||||
Rank | Title | Artist | Peak | Date | Rank |
- | You Are The Woman | Firefall | 9 | / | |
- | Nights Are Forever Without You | England Dan & John Ford Coley | 10 | / | |
- | Fool To Cry | The Rolling Stones | 10 | / | |
- | That'll Be The Day | Linda Ronstadt | 11 | / | |
- | Never Gonna Fall In Love Again | Eric Carmen | 11 | / | |
- | (Don't Fear) The Reaper | Blue Oyster Cult | 12 | / | |
- | There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World) | Carpenters | 12 | / | |
- | I Only Want To Be With You | The Bay City Rollers | 12 | / | |
- | Fly Away | John Denver | 13 | / | |
- | Fernando | Abba | 13 | / | |
- | Love Me | Yvonne Elliman | 14 | / | |
Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s). |