1976

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	UK First Chart Appearance	UK Chart Peak	UK Now Appearances
10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me	14 March 1976	6	1
10cc - The Things We Do for Love	5 December 1976	6	2
ABBA - Dancing Queen	15 August 1976	1	11
ABBA - Fernando	21 March 1976	1	1
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More	11 April 1976	5	6
Archie Bell and the Drells - Soul City Walk	2 May 1976	13	2
Barry Biggs - Side Show	28 November 1976	3	1
Barry White - Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together	15 August 1976	15	1
Barry White - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long	7 November 1976	17	1
Barry White - You See the Trouble With Me	29 February 1976	2	2
Bay City Rollers - I Only Wanna Be With You	5 September 1976	4	1
Bay City Rollers - Love Me Like I Love You	4 April 1976	4	1
Be Bop Deluxe - Ships in the Night	15 February 1976	23	1
The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow	11 April 1976	7	4
Billie Jo Spears - Sing Me an Old Fashioned Song	5 December 1976	34	1
Billie Jo Spears - What I've Got in Mind	11 July 1976	4	2
Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You	15 February 1976	2	5
Billy Ocean - Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)	7 November 1976	12	1
Boney M. - Daddy Cool	12 December 1976	6	3
Bonnie Tyler - Lost in France	24 October 1976	9	3
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown	24 October 1976	28	1
Brass Construction - Movin'	28 March 1976	23	1
Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses for Me	7 March 1976	1	6
Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together	6 June 1976	4	2
Bryan Ferry - The Price of Love	1 August 1976	7	1
C.W. McCall - Convoy	8 February 1976	2	5
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free	23 May 1976	2	8
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now	3 October 1976	1	8
Cliff Richard - Devil Woman	2 May 1976	9	3
Cliff Richard - Miss You Nights	1 February 1976	15	3
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right	3 October 1976	10	1
Dana - Fairytale	10 October 1976	13	2
Dana - Never Gonna Fall in Love Again	29 February 1976	31	1
Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone	10 October 1976	42	1
David Dundas - Jeans On	18 July 1976	3	4
David Ruffin - Walk Away from Love	11 January 1976	10	1
David Soul - Don't Give Up on Us	12 December 1976	1	5
Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever	20 June 1976	1	4
Demis Roussos - When Forever Has Gone	26 September 1976	2	1
The Detroit Spinners - The Rubberband Man	5 September 1976	16	1
Diana Ross - I Thought It Took a Little Time	4 July 1976	32	1
Diana Ross - Love Hangover	18 April 1976	10	4
Diana Ross - Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)	28 March 1976	5	4
Dolly Parton - Jolene	9 May 1976	7	13
Don Williams - I Recall a Gypsy Woman	13 June 1976	13	3
Don Williams - You're My Best Friend	17 October 1976	35	1
Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic	23 May 1976	40	1
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby	11 January 1976	4	1
Donna Summer - Winter Melody	19 December 1976	27	5
Dr. Hook - If Not You	24 October 1976	5	1
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More	20 June 1976	2	5
The Drifters - Hello Happiness	7 March 1976	12	1
The Drifters - You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book	12 December 1976	5	2
Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman	4 January 1976	10	1
Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing	7 November 1976	4	6
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart	27 June 1976	1	6
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets	19 September 1976	37	1
Elton John - Pinball Wizard	14 March 1976	7	1
Elton John - Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word	7 November 1976	11	1
Elvis Presley - Hurt	25 April 1976	37	1
Elvis Presley - Suspicion	19 December 1976	9	1
Eric Carmen - All By Myself	4 April 1976	12	7
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me	7 November 1976	40	1
The Four Seasons - Silver Star	18 April 1976	3	1
Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed	4 April 1976	4	1
Frankie Valli - Fallen Angel	11 April 1976	11	1
The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)	25 January 1976	1	17
Gallagher and Lyle - Heart on My Sleeve	16 May 1976	6	1
Gallagher and Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You	22 February 1976	6	2
Gladys Knight and The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia	2 May 1976	10	6
Gladys Knight and The Pips - So Sad the Song	31 October 1976	20	1
Glenn Miller - In the Mood	18 January 1976	13	1
Gloria Gaynor - How High the Moon	11 January 1976	33	1
Guys 'n' Dolls - You Don't Have to Say You Love Me	15 February 1976	5	2
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody	22 February 1976	23	1
Hot Chocolate - Don't Stop It Now	14 March 1976	11	1
Hot Chocolate - Man to Man	20 June 1976	14	1
The Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World	4 July 1976	10	2
J. J. Barrie - No Charge	18 April 1976	1	1
James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet	18 April 1976	12	1
James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing	12 September 1976	22	1
Jethro Tull - Ring Out, Solstice Bells	5 December 1976	28	9
Jimmy James and the Vagabonds - I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me	18 April 1976	23	1
Jimmy James and the Vagabonds - Now Is the Time	11 July 1976	5	3
Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection	10 October 1976	10	4
John Miles - Music	14 March 1976	3	4
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady	18 April 1976	25	1
Johnny Mathis - When a Child Is Born	7 November 1976	1	10
Johnny Nash - (What A) Wonderful World	6 June 1976	25	1
Johnny Wakelin - In Zaire	18 July 1976	4	2
Julie Covington - Don't Cry for Me Argentina	19 December 1976	1	2
KC and the Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty	11 July 1976	22	1
Kiki Dee - Loving and Free	5 September 1976	13	1
The Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know	14 November 1976	14	1
Lalo Schifrin - Jaws	3 October 1976	14	1
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing	24 October 1976	2	4
Linda Ronstadt - Tracks of My Tears	2 May 1976	42	1
Liverpool Express - Every Man Must Have a Dream	12 December 1976	17	2
Liverpool Express - You Are My Love	20 June 1976	11	1
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine	25 July 1976	10	2
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama	5 September 1976	31	8
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By the Light	22 August 1976	6	1
The Manhattans - Hurt	26 September 1976	4	1
The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye	13 June 1976	4	3
Marmalade - Falling Apart at the Seams	15 February 1976	9	1
Melba Moore - This Is It	9 May 1976	9	5
Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth	21 November 1976	3	1
The Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)	4 January 1976	3	2
Mud - Shake It Down	9 May 1976	12	2
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise	17 October 1976	13	1
Neil Diamond - If You Know What I Mean	8 August 1976	35	1
The O'Jays - I Love Music	25 January 1976	13	2
Osibisa - Sunshine Day	11 January 1976	17	1
Paul Nicholas - Dancing With the Captain	3 October 1976	8	2
Paul Nicholas - Grandma's Party	28 November 1976	9	2
Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	4 January 1976	23	1
Pussycat - Mississippi	22 August 1976	1	6
Pussycat - Smile	19 December 1976	24	1
Queen - Somebody to Love	21 November 1976	2	2
Queen - You're My Best Friend	27 June 1976	7	1
R&J Stone - We Do It	4 January 1976	5	2
Randy Edelman - Concrete and Clay	29 February 1976	11	1
The Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You	29 August 1976	2	1
The Real Thing - You to Me Are Everything	30 May 1976	1	4
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots - Disco Duck	12 September 1976	6	1
The Ritchie Family - The Best Disco in Town	12 September 1976	10	1
Robin Sarstedt - My Resistance Is Low	2 May 1976	3	1
Rose Royce - Car Wash	19 December 1976	9	7
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - The Boston Tea Party	13 June 1976	13	1
Showaddywaddy - Under the Moon of Love	31 October 1976	1	4
Silver Convention - Get Up and Boogie	28 March 1976	7	1
Simon May - The Summer of My Life	3 October 1976	7	1
Slik - Forever and Ever	11 January 1976	1	4
Smokie - I'll Meet You at Midnight	19 September 1976	11	1
Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice	28 November 1976	5	4
Smokie - Something's Been Making Me Blue	25 January 1976	17	1
Status Quo - Mystery Song	4 July 1976	11	1
Status Quo - Rain	8 February 1976	7	1
Status Quo - Wild Side of Life	5 December 1976	9	1
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Here Comes the Sun	25 July 1976	10	1
The Stylistics - 16 Bars	1 August 1976	7	1
The Stylistics - Can't Help Falling in Love	18 April 1976	4	1
The Stylistics - Funky Weekend	8 February 1976	10	1
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Arms of Mary	28 March 1976	5	1
Sweet - The Lies in Your Eyes	18 January 1976	35	1
Tavares - Don't Take Away the Music	3 October 1976	4	2
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel	4 July 1976	4	4
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town	23 May 1976	8	10
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak	8 August 1976	31	1
Tina Charles - Dance Little Lady Dance	15 August 1976	6	1
Tina Charles - Dr. Love	28 November 1976	4	1
Tina Charles - I Love to Love	1 February 1976	1	7
The Trammps - That's Where the Happy People Go	7 March 1976	35	1
The Walker Brothers - No Regrets	11 January 1976	7	2
The Who - Squeeze Box	18 January 1976	10	1
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music	3 October 1976	7	2
Wings - Let 'em In	1 August 1976	2	1
Wings - Silly Love Songs	9 May 1976	2	3
The Wurzels - Combine Harvester	9 May 1976	1	1
The Wurzels - I Am a Cider Drinker	5 September 1976	3	1
Yvonne Elliman - Love Me	31 October 1976	6	1
Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me	18 January 1976	5	2

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