Top 1976 Singles Ranked

 

Rank

Artist

Title

1

 Diana Ross

 Love Hangover

2

 Stevie Wonder

 I Wish

3

 Mary Kay Place

 Vitamin L

4

 Rose Royce

 Car Wash

5

 Brick

 Dazz

6

 Donna Summer

 Try Me, I Know We Can Make It

7

 Abba

 Knowing Me, Knowing You

8

 The Bee Gees

 You Should Be Dancin'

9

 Silver Convention

 Get Up and Boogie

10

 The Steve Miller Band

 Fly Like an Eagle

11

 Abba

 Dancing Queen

12

 Natalie Cole

 Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)

13

 Heart

 Crazy on You

14

 Manfred Mann's Earth Band

 Blinded by the Light

15

 Heart

 Magic Man

16

 Linda Ronstadt

 That'll Be The Day

17

 Fleetwood Mac

 Go Your Own Way

18

 Mary Kay Place

 Baby Boy

19

 James Taylor

 Shower the People

20

 Parliament

 Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

21

 George Harrison

 Crackerbox Palace

22

 Andrea True Connection

 More, More, More

23

 Stevie Wonder

 Isn't She Lovely

24

 Vickie Sue Robinson

 Turn the Beat Around

25

 KC and the Sunshine Band

 (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

26

 Thelma Houston

 Don't Leave Me This Way

27

 Earth, Wind & Fire

 Getaway

28

 Boston

 More Than a Feeling

29

 Diana Ross

 Do You Know Where You're Going To?

30

 Electric Light Orchestra

 Livin' Thing

31

 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

 December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

32

 Natalie Cole

 Mr. Melody

33

 Cliff Richard

 Devil Woman

34

 Electric Light Orchestra

 Telephone Line

35

 Captain & Tennille

 Shop Around

36

 Linda Ronstadt

 If He's Ever Near

37

 Rod Stewart

 Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)

38

 Linda Ronstadt

 Give One Heart

39

 David Bowie

 Golden Years

40

 Mary Kay Place

 Coke and Chips

41

 The Steve Miller Band

 Rock'n Me

42

 Mary Kay Place

 All I Can Do

43

 Dolly Parton

 All I Can Do

44

 Electric Light Orchestra

 Do Ya

45

 The Eagles

 Life in the Fast Lane

46

 Wild Cherry

 Play That Funky Music

47

 Climax Blues Band

 Couldn't Get It Right

48

 Captain & Tennille

 Lonely Night (Angel Face)

49

 Linda Ronstadt

 The Tattler

50

 John Sebastian

 Welcome Back

51

 Blue Öyster Cult

 (Don't Fear) The Reaper

52

 Mary Kay Place

 Gold in the Ground

53

 Paul McCartney & Wings

 Silly Love Songs

54

 Linda Ronstadt

 Someone to Lay Down Beside Me

55

 Jennifer Warnes

 Right Time of the Night

56

 Starbuck

 Moonlight Feels Right

57

 Leo Sayer

 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

58

 Mary Kay Place

 Settin' the Woods on Fire

59

 Earth, Wind & Fire

 Can't Hide Love

60

 Walter Murphy

 A Fifth of Beethoven

61

 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.

 You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)

62

 Hall & Oates

 Sara Smile

63

 Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots

 Disco Duck

64

 The Spinners

 The Rubberband Man

65

 Elton John & Kiki Dee

 Don't Go Breaking My Heart

66

 Rhythm Heritage

 Theme From S.W.A.T.

67

 Linda Ronstadt

 Try Me Again

68

 Mary MacGregor

 Torn Between Two Lovers

69

 James Brown

 Body Heat

70

 Mary Kay Place

 Streets of This Town (Ode to Fernwood)

71

 Paul McCartney & Wings

 Let 'Em In

72

 Brothers Johnson

 I'll Be Good to You

73

 The Steve Miller Band

 Take the Money and Run

74

 Leo Sayer

 How Much Love

75

 Mary Kay Place

 Good Ol' Country Baptizin'

76

 The Doobie Brothers

 It Keeps You Runnin'

77

 Cher

 Flash Back

78

 Natalie Cole

 Can We Get Together Again

79

 Barbra Streisand

 Evergreen

80

 Seals & Crofts

 Get Closer

81

 Boston

 Foreplay Long Time

82

 George Benson

 This Masquerade

83

 Atlanta Rhythm Section

 So Into You

84

 Linda Ronstadt

 Down So Low

85

 Linda Ronstadt

 Lose Again

86

 Stephen Bishop

 On and On

87

 Sweet

 The Lies in Your Eyes

88

 Ohio Players

 Who'd She Coo?

89

 Marvin Gaye

 I Want You

90

 Mary Kay Place

 Have a Little Talk with Jesus

91

 Johnnie Taylor

 Disco Lady

92

 Boz Scaggs

 Lowdown

93

 Lou Rawls

 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

94

 England Dan & John Ford Coley

 I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

95

 Dorothy Moore

 Misty Blue

96

 Cher

 Knock on Wood

97

 Linda Ronstadt

 Lo Siento Mi Vida

98

 Orleans

 Still the One

99

 The Manhattans

 Kiss and Say Goodbye

100

 Linda Ronstadt

 Crazy

101

 Starland Vocal Band

 Afternoon Delight

102

 The Sylvers

 Hot Line

103

 England Dan & John Ford Coley

 Nights Are Forever Without You

104

 Gordon Lightfoot

 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

105

 Burton Cummings

 Stand Tall

106

 The Carpenters

 There's a Kind of Hush (All Over The World)

107

 Natalie Cole

 Keep Smiling

108

 Sanford Townsend Band

 Smoke From a Distant Fire

109

 Mary Kay Place

 Get Acquainted Waltz

110

 Linda Ronstadt

 Rivers of Babylon

111

 Natalie Cole

 Good Morning Heartache

112

 Linda Ronstadt

 Hasten Down the Wind

113

 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

 Breakdown

114

 Stevie Wonder

 Love's in Need of Love Today

115

 Bellamy Brothers

 Let Your Love Flow

116

 Andrew Gold

 Lonely Boy

117

 Dolly Parton

 Shattered Image

118

 The Doobie Brothers

 Takin' It to the Streets

119

 Donna Summer

 Could It Be Magic

120

 George Jones & Tammy Wynette

 Golden Ring

121

 Captain & Tennille

 Muskrat Love

122

 Barry Manilow

 Weekend in New England

123

 Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

 I Don't Want to Have to Marry You

124

 Atlanta Rhythm Section

 Georgia Rhythm

125

 The Jacksons

 Enjoy Yourself

126

 Al Stewart

 Year of the Cat

127

 George Jones & Tammy Wynette

 Did You Ever?

128

 Cher

 Long Distance Love Affair

129

 Barry Manilow

 Daybreak

130

 Boston

 Peace of Mind

131

 Jefferson Starship

 With Your Love

132

 Tavares

 Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel

133

 Tavares

 Don't Take Away the Music

134

 Sounds of Inner City

 Mary Hartman, Marty Hartman

135

 Candi Staton

 Young Hearts Run Free

136

 Electric Light Orchestra

 Surrender

137

 Natalie Cole

 Heaven Is With You

138

 The Sun

 Wanna Make Love (Come Flick My Bic)

139

 Barry Manilow

 Looks Like We Made It

140

 Engelbert Humperdinck

 After the Lovin'

141

 Cameo

 Rigor Mortis