RADIO AND RECORDS (USA) MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP SINGLES OF 1976

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (GONNA BE ALRIGHT)-ROD STEWART-NOVEMBER  748
  2 I WRITE THE SONGS-BARRY MANILOW-January                                 732
  3 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART-ELTON JOHN AND KIKI DEE-July                 716
  4 AFTERNOON DELIGHT-STARLAND VOCAL BAND-June                              710
  5 SILLY LOVE SONGS-WINGS-May                                              670
  6 YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING-LEO SAYER-December                        670
  7 IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW-CHICAGO-September                                   620
  8 LET YOUR LOVE FLOW-Bellamy Brothers-April                               584
  9 DECEMBER,1963 (OH,WHA A NIGHT)-Four Seasons-March                       560
 10 BOOGIE FEVER-Sylvers-April                                              548
 11 Theme From S.W.A.T.-Rhythm Heritage-February                            546
 12 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover-Paul Simon-January                          532
 13 Disco Lady-Johnnie Taylor-April                                         532
 14 Love Rollercoaster-Ohio Players-January                                 522
 15 You Sexy Thing-Hot Chocolate-January                                    512
 16 Welcome Back-John Sebastian-April                                       508
 17 Play That Funky Music-Wild Cherry-September                             504
 18 The Rubberband Man-Spinners-November                                    504
 19 Dream Weaver-Gary Wright-March                                          502
 20 Kiss & Say Goodbye-Manhattans-July                                      502
 21 Lonely Night-Captain & Tennille-March                                   502
 22 Rock'n Me-Steve Miller Band-October                                     494
 23 More Than A Feeling-Boston-November                                     480
 24 Devil Woman-Cliff Richard-September                                     476
 24 Muskrat Love-Captain and Tennille-November                              470
 26 (Shake,Shake,Shake) Shake Your Booty-K.C. & The Sunshine Band-September 464
 27 You Don't Have To Be A Star-Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.-December  460
 28 Shannon-Henry Gross-May                                                 458
 29 I'd Really Love To See You Tonight-England Dan & John Ford Coley-August 456
 30 Right Back Where We Started From-Maxine Nightingale-April               452
 31 Fooled Around And Fell In Love-Elvin Bishop-May                         450
 32 All By Myself-Eric Carmen-February                                      444
 33 Still The One-Orleans-September                                         444
 34 Love Is Alive-Gary Wright-July                                          420
 35 Let 'Em In-Wings-July                                                   412
 36 Get Closer-Seals and Crofts-July                                        408
 37 You Should Be Dancing-Bee Gees-August                                   406
 38 Shop Around-Captain & Tennille-June                                     404
 38 Beth-Kiss-November                                                      404
 40 Theme From "Mahogany-Diana Ross-January                                 400
 41 Get Up & Boogie-Silver Convention-June                                  398
 42 A Fifth Of Beethoven-Walter Murphy Band-September                       392
 43 Hot Line-Sylvers-December                                               376
 44 Take It To The Limit-Eagles-February                                    372
 45 Misty Blue-Dorothy Moore-June                                           366
 46 Magic Man-Heart-October                                                 366
 47 Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen-April                                           362
 48 Love Hangover-Diana Ross-May                                            360
 49 Convoy-C.W. McCall-January                                              356
 50 Dream On-Aerosmith-March                                                352
 51 Fox On The Run-The Sweet-January                                        352
 52 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word-Elton John-December                  338
 53 Evil Woman-Electric Light Orchestra-January                             336
 54 Love Hurts-Nazareth-February                                            334
 55 Sara Smile-Daryl Hall & John Oates-May                                  332
 56 Stand Tall-Burton Cummings-December                                     330
 57 Lowdown-Boz Scaggs-October                                              316
 58 Sweet Thing-Rufus-March                                                 310
 59 Disco Duck-Rick Dees and His Cast Of Idiots-October                     310
 60 Show Me The Way-Peter Frampton-April                                    308
 61 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine-Lou Rawls-August               306
 62 The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald-Gordon Lightfoot-October             304
 63 I Never Cry-Alice Cooper-December                                       302
 64 More,More,More-Andrea True Connection-July                              290
 65 Love So Right-Bee Gees-November                                         290
 66 Happy Days-Pratt & McClain-May                                          278
 67 Only Sixteen-Dr. Hook-April                                             274
 68 Moonlight Feels Right-Starbuck-June                                     266
 68 Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)-Barry DeVorzon/Perry Botkin-November  262
 70 I Only Want To Be With You-Bay City Rollers-October                     262
 71 She's Gone-Daryl Hall & John Oates-October                              258
 72 You're My Best Friend-Queen-July                                        256
 73 Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)-Bee Gees-February                        256
 74 Rhiannon-Fleetwood Mac-May                                              254
 75 Do You Feel Like We Do-Peter Frampton-October                           244
 76 After The Lovin'-Engelbert Humperdinck-December                         244
 77 Love To Love You Baby-Donna Summer-January                              242
 78 Take The Money & Run-Steve Miller Band-July                             240
 79 Never Gonna Fall In Love Again-Eric Carmen-June                         232
 80 Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again-Barry Manilow-May                       220
 81 Money Honey-Bay City Rollers-March                                      214
 82 Sing A Song-Earth Wind & Fire-January                                   212
 83 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Slow Version)-Neil Sedaka-January            210
 84 A Little Bit More-Dr. Hook-September                                    210
 85 Livin' Thing-Electric Light Orchestra-December                          210
 86 Say You Love Me-Fleetwood Mac-September                                 208
 87 Nights Are Forever Without You-England Dan & John Ford Coley-December   200
 88 Rock & Roll Music-Beach Boys-July                                       196
 89 The Boys Are Back In Town-Thin Lizzy-July                               188
 90 I Love Music-The O'Jays-January                                         186
 91 Let Her In-John Travolta-July                                           180
 92 Got To Get You Into My Life-Beatles-July                                180
 93 Baby I Love Your Way-Peter Frampton-August                              160
 94 You Are The Woman-Firefall-November                                     156
 95 Love Machine-Miracles-February                                          154
 96 That'll Be The Day-Linda Ronstadt-October                               148
 97 Fernando-Abba-October                                                   146
 98 I'll Be Good To You-Brothers Johnson-July                               142
 99 With Your Love-Jefferson Starship-September                             116
100 Squeeze Box-Who-February                                                112
101 This Masquerade-George Benson-August                                     74
102 I'm Easy-Keith Carradine-July                                            68
103 There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)-Carpenters-March             68
104 Fly Away-John Denver-January                                             34
105 Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel-Tavares-September                        34