UK TOP 40 : 15th MAY 1976

UK Top 40: 5th June 1976

From exactly 40 years ago comes this chart from June 1976. We get to hear The Wurzels...oooh arrrr!! Also Cliff Richard, Wings, Gladys Knight, The Rolling Stones, Dolly Parton, and the British Eurovision winners of that year, Brotherhood Of Man.

Top 50 UK Singles Chart - 19 June 1976

The beginning of the hot summer of 1976, with disco from Diana Ross and the Fatback Band, and country acts Dolly Parton and the Bellamy Brothers. Also a 1950s and 1960 revival was happening with the Shangri-las and Dion, and classic rock from Peter Frampton and Thin Lizzy, plus many more were in the charts this week.

GREATEST HITS : 1976 vol 1

The greatest hits of 1976 (Volume 1) featuring hits by ABBA, Brotherhood of Man, Tavares, Boney M. Rod Stewart, Queen, Eric Carmen, John Miles, Leo Sayer, Donna Summer, Tina Charles, Bay City Rollers ... and many more!

Top 50 UK Singles Chart - 17 July 1976

Top 50 UK Singles Chart - 19 June 1976

UK Top 50 Singles Chart - 21 August 1976

21 August 1976 The long hot summer is at its peak with ladybirds everywhere and water shortages in a lot of places Meanwhile, in the charts, Hot Chocolate, the Bellamy Brothers, Gladys Knight, Cliff Richard, Acker Bilk, Tina Charles, Georghe Zamfir, Tommy Hunt, Barry White, ABBA and Rod Stewart entered the charts this week. Elton John and Kiki Dee were still topping the chart. Wings, Billie Jo Spears, Stylistics and Twiggy were climbing the chart. Plenty of disco with Jesse Green, the Bee Gees, the Fatback Band, KC & the Sunshine Band and Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band. There is also an Extended Play by Bryan Ferry, and many more classics from this very warm summer.

UK TOP 40: 19 DEC 1976 - 1 JAN 1977

Kursaal Flyers, Tina Charles, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Bonnie Tyler, Johnny Mathis and more

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.

70s Music Christmas 1976

The 70s music Christmas charts were so important in the 1970s, with not only the prestige of getting a Christmas hit, but a NUMBER One Christmas hit was the icing on the cake, the Christmas Cake.

During this 70s music Christmas Season we look at the music of Christmas Day 1976 and highlight those Christmas records to stir the memory of the 70s music.

Having to use a bit of editorial control here to decide what was a Christmas hit, so if it does not match your criteria, apologies.


This chart comes from the 2oth December 1976.

No.10

Chris Hill and Bionic Santa

Chris has his second Christmas hit with his the follow up to his 1975 hit  "Renta Santa".

No.1.

Johnny Mathis and When A Child Is Born

Johnny had a number one in the UK, that did not even chart in the US with "When A Child Is Born" from an Italian son by Ciro Dammicco, with English words added later.