List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1976

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1976.

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Captain & Tennille scored three top ten hits during the year with "Lonely Night", "Shop Around", and "Muskrat Love", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1976
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1975
December 6"Saturday Night" Bay City Rollers 1January 36
December 13"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Diana Ross 1January 247
"Love Rollercoaster" Ohio Players 1January 3110
"Fox on the Run" Sweet 5January 176
December 20"I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow 1January 1710
December 27"Convoy" C. W. McCall 1January 107
"I Love Music" The O'Jays 5January 246
Singles from 1976
January 10"Love to Love You Baby" Donna Summer 2February 77
"Times of Your Life" Paul Anka 7February 75
January 17"You Sexy Thing" Hot Chocolate 3February 78
"Walk Away from Love" David Ruffin 9January 243
January 24"Sing a Song" Earth, Wind & Fire 5February 74
January 31"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" Paul Simon 1February 76
February 7"Theme from S.W.A.T." Rhythm Heritage 1February 286
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" Neil Sedaka 8February 213
February 14"Love Machine" The Miracles 1March 66
"Evil Woman" Electric Light Orchestra 10February 142
February 21"All by Myself" Eric Carmen 2March 66
"Take It to the Limit" Eagles 4March 135
February 28"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" The Four Seasons 1March 136
"Dream Weaver" Gary Wright 2March 278
"Lonely Night" Captain & Tennille 3March 278
"Love Hurts" Nazareth 8March 133
March 13"Sweet Thing" Rufus featuring Chaka Khan 5April 34
"Junk Food Junkie" Larry Groce 9March 202
March 20"Disco Lady" Johnnie Taylor 1April 38
"Dream On" Aerosmith 6April 104
March 27"Let Your Love Flow" The Bellamy Brothers 1May 17
"Right Back Where We Started From" Maxine Nightingale 2May 18
"Money Honey" Bay City Rollers 9April 32
April 3"Golden Years" David Bowie 10April 32
April 10"Boogie Fever" The Sylvers 1May 157
"Sweet Love" Commodores 5April 244
"Only Sixteen" Dr. Hook 6April 173
April 17"Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen 9April 243
"Show Me the Way" Peter Frampton 6May 85
April 24"Welcome Back" John Sebastian 1May 87
"Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop 3May 226
May 1"Love Hangover" Diana Ross 1May 299
May 8"Silly Love Songs" Wings 1May 2211
"Get Up and Boogie" Silver Convention 2June 129
May 15"Happy Days" Pratt & McClain 5June 55
"Shannon" Henry Gross 6June 56
May 22"Misty Blue" Dorothy Moore 3June 128
"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" Barry Manilow 10May 222
May 29"Sara Smile" Hall & Oates 4June 267
June 5"Shop Around" Captain & Tennille 4July 107
"Fool to Cry" The Rolling Stones 10June 52
June 12"More, More, More"The Andrea True Connection4July 176
June 19"Afternoon Delight" Starland Vocal Band 1July 108
"I'll Be Good to You" The Brothers Johnson 3July 107
June 26"Kiss and Say Goodbye" The Manhattans 1July 249
July 3"Love Is Alive" Gary Wright 2July 317
July 10"Got to Get You into My Life" The Beatles 7July 245
July 17"Moonlight Feels Right" Starbuck 3July 314
"Rock and Roll Music" The Beach Boys 5August 146
July 24"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Elton John & Kiki Dee 1August 78
"Get Closer" Seals and Crofts 6July 244
"Let Her In" John Travolta 10July 241
July 31"Let 'Em In" Wings 3August 147
August 7"You Should Be Dancing" Bee Gees 1September 47
"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" Lou Rawls 2September 48
August 14"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" KC and the Sunshine Band 1September 1111
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" England Dan & John Ford Coley 2September 2510
"Turn the Beat Around" Vicki Sue Robinson 10August 142
August 28"Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry 1September 1810
"A Fifth of Beethoven" Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band1October 910
"This Masquerade" George Benson 10August 282
September 4"Lowdown" Boz Scaggs 3October 98
September 11"Summer" War 7September 254
September 18"If You Leave Me Now" Chicago 1October 239
"Devil Woman" Cliff Richard 6September 255
September 25"Disco Duck" Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots1October 1610
October 2"Still the One" Orleans 5October 234
October 9"She's Gone" Hall & Oates 7October 305
October 23"Rock'n Me" Steve Miller Band 1November 65
"Love So Right" Bee Gees 3November 208
October 30"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Gordon Lightfoot 2November 206
"Muskrat Love" Captain & Tennille 4November 208
"Magic Man" Heart 9November 62
November 6"Tonight's the Night" Rod Stewart 1November 1311
"Just to Be Close to You" Commodores 7November 274
November 13"The Rubberband Man" The Spinners 2December 49
"Do You Feel Like We Do" Peter Frampton 10November 132
November 20"Beth" / "Detroit Rock City" Kiss 7December 43
November 27"More Than a Feeling" Boston 5December 256
"Nadia's Theme" Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. 8December 114
December 4"You Are the Woman" Firefall 9December 113
December 11"Nights Are Forever Without You" England Dan & John Ford Coley 10December 112
December 18"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Elton John 6December 255

1975 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1976 which peaked in 1975
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 15"That's the Way (I Like It)" KC and the Sunshine Band 1November 229
November 22"Fly, Robin, Fly" Silver Convention 1November 297
"Let's Do It Again" The Staple Singers 1December 277

1977 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1976 which peaked in 1977
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 4"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. 1January 88
December 11"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" Leo Sayer 1January 158
December 25"I Wish" Stevie Wonder 1January 228
"Car Wash" Rose Royce 1January 299
"Dazz" Brick 3January 298
"After the Lovin'" Engelbert Humperdinck 8January 225

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

This is a list of songs that have reached number 10 or higher on the Billboard Hot 100. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

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