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Billboard & Cashbox Year End Charts

1976Billboard Cashbox
RankTitle ArtistPeak Date Rank
1Silly Love Songs Paul McCartney & Wings 1(5)

05/22

06/12-07/03

9*
2Don't Go Breaking My Heart ●Elton John & Kiki Dee 1(4)08/07-08/27 5*
3Disco Lady ▲Johnnie Taylor1(4) 04/03-04/24 1*
4 December 1963 (Oh,What A Night) ●Four Seasons 1(3)03/13-03/27 21*
5Play That Funky Music ▲Wild Cherry1(3) 09/18-10/02 2*
6Kiss And Say Goodbye ▲Manhattens1(2) 07/24-07/31 3*
7Love Machine (Part 1)Miracles1 03/06 11*
850 Ways To Leave Your Lover ●Paul Simon1(3) 02/07-02/21 12*
9Love Is Alive Gary Wright2(2)  /
10A Fifth Of Beethoven Walter Murphy1 10/09 6*
11Sara Smile ● Hall & Oates4  25
12Afternoon Delight ●Starland Vocal Band1(2) 07/10-07/17 7*
13I Write The Songs ●Barry Manilow1 01/17

97('75)*

62

14Fly Robin Fly ●Silver Convention 1(3)75/11/29-12/13 44('75)*
15Love Hangover Diana Ross1(2)05/29-06/05 13*
16Get Closer Seals & Crofts6  /
17More More More ● Andrea True Connection4  29
18Bohemian Rhapsody ● Queen9  52
19Misty Blue Dorothy Moore3(4)  18
20Boogie Fever ● Sylvers105/15 16*
21I'd Really Love To See You Tonight ●England Dan & John Ford Coley 2(2)  47
22You Sexy Thing ● Hot Chocolate3(3)  48
23Love Hurts ● Nazareth8 0359
24 Get Up And Boogie ●Silver Convention2(3)   37*
25Take It To The Limit Eagles4  56
26Shake Your Booty K.C. & The Sunshine Band1 09/11 10*
27Sweet Love Commodores5  40
28Right Back Where We Started From ●Maxine Nightingale2(2)   49*
29Theme From "S.W.A.T." ●Rhythm Heritage1 02/28 31*
30Love RollercoasterOhio Players1 01/31 85
31You Should Be Dancin' ●Bee Gees1 09/04 34*
32You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine ●Lou Rawls2(2)   20
33Golden Years David Bowie10  /
34Moonlight Feels RightStarbuck3(2)  81
35Only Sixteen ● Dr. Hook6  86
36Let Your Love Flow Bellamy Brothers105/01 /*
37Dream Weaver ● Gary Wright2(3)  17*
38Turn The Beat Around Vicky Sue Robinson10  67
39Lonely Night (Angel Face) ●Captain & Tennille3(3)   32*
40All By MyselfEric Carmen2(3)   41*
41Love To Love You BabyDonna Summer2(2)   43
42Deep Purple Donny & Marie Osmond14  /
43Theme From "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To)Diana Ross 101/24 51*
44Sweet Thing ● Rufus Featuring Chaka-Kahn5  65
45That's The Way (I Like It)KC & The Sunshine Band 1(2)75/11/22 12/20 49('75)*
46A Little Bit MoreDr. Hook11  98
47Shannon ● Henry Gross6  60
48If You Leave Me Now ▲Chicago1(2) 10/23-10/30 14*
49Lowdown ● Boz Scaggs3(2)  /*
50Show Me The Way Peter Frampton6  35
51Dream On Aerosmith6  90
52I Love Music ● The O'Jays5 0173
53 Say You Love MeFleetwood Mac11   /
54Time Of Your Life Paul Anka7  /
55Devil Woman Cliff Richey6  58
56Fooled Around And Fell In Love ●Elvin Bishop3(2)   28
57ConvoyC.W. McCall101/10 38*
58Welcome Back ● John Sebastian105/08 19*
59Sing A Song ● Earth, Wind & Fire5  82
60Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel ●Tavares15   33
61I'll Be Good To You ● Brothers Johnson3(3)  68
62Rock And Roll MusicBeach Boys5  /
63Shop Around ● Captain & Tennille4  26
64Saturday Night Bay City Rollers1 01/03100('75)*
65 Island GirlElton John 1(3) 75/11/01-11/15 10('75)*
66 Let's Do It AgainStaple Singers 175/12/27 76('75)*
67Let Him In ●Paul McCartney & Wings3(4)   23*
68BabyfaceWing & A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps14 01/
69 This MasqueradeGeorge Benson10   45
70Evil Woman Electric Light Orchestra10  54
71Wham Bam (Shang-A-Lang)Silver16   /
72I'm Easy Keith Carradine17  71
73 Wake Up Everybody (Pt. 1)Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes 12  /
74Summer ● War7  61
75Let Her In John Travolta10  84
76Fox On The Run ● Sweet5 0163
77 Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)Fleetwood Mac 11  74
78Got To Get You Into My LifeBeatles7   89
79Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)Bee Gees12   55
80Get Away ● Earth, Wind & Fire12  50
81She's Gone Daryl Hall & John Oates7  57
82Still The One ● Orleans5  76
83You're My Best FriendQueen16  /
84With Your Love Jefferson Starship12  /
85Slow Ride Foghat20  /
86Who'd She Coo Ohio Players18  /
87The Boys Are Back In TownThin Lizzy12   91
88Walk Away From LoveDavid Ruffin9 01/
89 Baby, I Love Your WayPeter Frampton12   96
90Young Hearts Run FreeCandi Staton20  39
91Breaking Up Is Hard To DoNeil Sedaka8  75
92Money Honey Bay City Rollers9  87
93Tear The Roof Off The Sucker ●Parliament15   /
94Junk Food Junkie Larry Gross9  /
95Trying To Get The Feeling AgainBarry Manilow10   79
96Rock And Roll All Night (Live)Kiss12 01/
97Disco Duck ▲Rick Dees 110/16 4*
98Take The Money And RunSteve Miller Band11   66
99Squeezebox Who16 02/
100Country BoyGlen Campbell 11  /
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart
RankTitle ArtistPeak Date Rank
-Rock'n Me Steve Miller Band 111/0615*
-The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot2(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 51183
-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

RankTitle ArtistPeak 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).
Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position).
* = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart.
Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs.
●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units
▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.