Seventies Music Chart Top Ten: January 1976

Here are the pop charts of the week ending 3rd of January 1976.

1 Bohemian Rhapsody See Queen article  

2 I believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake

Wow what a record, this record sounded like a huge musical to me when I first heard it, all those years a go in the pop chart.

Greg Lake was in so many groups including Uriah Heap,then in 1970 he formed Emerson,Lake and Palmer, and this hit was a surprise to him, as he wrote the record as an anti Christmas song.

3 The trail of the Lonesome Pine by Laurel and Hardy and The Avalon Boys

One of the oldest hits to make the charts, the song came from the film "Way out West", from 1937!!!

See the video here

4 Its gonna be a cold cold Christmas by Dana

One of my dads favourites here. After her appearance on the 1970 Eurovision song contest  "All kinds of everything", she was also an actress and a future Irish politician.

Part of the Lyrics

According to the radio

warmer weathers in the wave

the chances are, we won't be getting snow

But even if the sun shines

from now to Christmas day

as far as I'm concerned, I know...

It's gonna be a cold cold Christmas without you

Dreaming of us warm warm lazy summerday's

It's gonna be a long and lonely Christmas without you

Missing you my darling in oh so many way's

Yesterday I saw your mom and dad

we bought our cards together

I've put the presents on the Christmas tree

and there's I write this letter

It's warm, inside, the lockvice burning right oh darling

If only you were here, to make it right

5 Lets twist again by Chubby Checker

This double b side was a great oldie to be dancing around the Christmas dinner table. The Twist was first a hit in 1960. Now chubby makes chocolate bars called "Chubby".

6 Happy to be on an Island in the Sun by Demis Roussos

7 You sexy thing by Hot Chocolate  Article about Hot Chocolate

8 Na-na is the saddest word by The Stylistics  
  
Article about Stylistics

9 Golden Years by David Bowie
See David Bowie Article

10 Show me your a woman by Mud

Article about Mud

MORE FUN SEVENTIES HERE