Top Tunes - 1976
40: ALL BY MYSELF - ERIC CARMEN
39: LONELY NIGHT - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
38: TURN THE BEAT AROUND - VICKY SUE ROBINSON
37: DREAM WEAVER - GARY WRIGHT
36: LET YOUR LOVE FLOW - THE BELLAMY BROTHERS
35: ONLY SIXTEEN - DR. HOOK
34: MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT - STARBUCK
33: GOLDEN YEARS - DAVID BOWIE
32: YOU'RE GONNA MISS MY LOVIN' - LOU RAWLS
31: YOU SHOULD BE DANCIN' - BEE GEES
30: ROLLER
COASTER - OHIO PLAYERS
29: THEME FROM "S.W.A.T." - RHYTHM HERITAGE
28: RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM - MAXINE NIGHTINGALE
27: SWEET LOVE - COMMODORES
26: SHAKE YOUR BOOTY - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
25: TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT - EAGLES
24: GET UP AND BOOGIE - SILVER CONVENTION
23: LOVE HURTS - NAZARETH
22: YOU SEXY THING - HOT CHOCOLATE
21: I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT - ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY
20: BOOGIE FEVER - SILVERS
19: MISTY BLUE - DOROTHY MOORE
18: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN
17: MORE MORE MORE - ANDREA TRUE CONNECTIN
16: GET CLOSER - SEALS AND CROFTS
15: LOVE HANGOVER - DIANA ROSS
14: FLY ROBIN FLY - SILVER CONVENTION
13: I WRITE THE SONGS - BARRY MANILOW
12: AFTERNOON DELIGHT - STARLAND VOCAL BAND
11: SARA SMILE - HALL & OATES
10: A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN - WALTER MURPHY
9: LOVE IS ALIVE - GARY WRIGHT
8: 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER - PAUL SIMON
7: LOVE MACHINE - MIRACLES
6: KISS AND SAY GOODBYE - MANHATTENS
5: PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - WILD CHERRY
4: DECEMBER 1963 - FOUR SEASONS
4a: MONTAGE OF #1 SONGS OF 1976
3: DISCO LADY - JOHNNY TAYLOR
2: DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART - ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE
1: SILLY LOVE SONGS - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
News - 1976
- Supreme Court rules that blacks and other
minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
- Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act
(May 11).
- The Senior class at St Croix Central
graduate (May 21).
- Supreme Court rules that death penalty is
not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable
form of punishment (July 3).
- Nation celebrates bicentennial (July 4).
- Israeli airborne commandos attack
Uganda's Entebbe Airport and free 103 hostages held by pro-Palestinian
hijackers of Air France plane; one Israeli and several Ugandan
soldiers killed in raid (July 4).
- Mysterious disease that eventually claims
29 lives strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia (Aug. 4).
- Jimmy Carter elected U.S. president (Nov.
2).
- Richard Leakey discovers a 1.5 million
year old Homo erectus skull in Kenya.
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Top 5 Movies of 1976 |
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5. Silent Movie
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4. The Bad News Bears
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3. The Omen ($27.8M) |
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2. All the President's Men
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1. One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest ($56.5M) |
Top 10 TV Shows
- 1976
1. All in the Family
2.
Lavern & Shirley
3. Rich Man Poor Man
4. Maude
5. Bionic Woman
6.
Phyllis
7. Six Million Dollar Man
8. Sanford and Son
9. Rhoda
10.
Happy Days
Sports - 1976
Super Bowl
Pittsburgh d. Dallas (21-17)
World Series
Cincinnati d. NY Yankees (4-0)
NBA Championship
Boston d. Phoenix (4-2)
Stanley Cup
Montreal d. Philadelphia (4-0)
Wimbledon
Women: Chris Evert d. E. Cawley (6-3 4-6 8-6)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. I. Nastase (6-4 6-2 9-7)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Bold Forbes
NCAA Basketball Championship
Indiana d. Michigan (86-68)
NCAA Football Champions
Pittsburgh (12-0-0)
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