List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1976

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These singles reached number one on the Cash Box Top 100 chart during 1976.

Issue DateSongArtist
January 3"I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow
January 10"Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Diana Ross
January 17"Convoy" C.W. McCall
January 24
January 31
February 7"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" Paul Simon
February 14
February 21
February 28"Theme from S.W.A.T." Rhythm Heritage
March 6"Love Machine (Part 1)" The Miracles
March 13"All by Myself" Eric Carmen
March 20"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" The Four Seasons
March 27"Dream Weaver" Gary Wright
April 3"Lonely Night (Angel Face)" Captain and Tennille
April 10"Disco Lady" Johnnie Taylor
April 17
April 24"Right Back Where We Started From" Maxine Nightingale
May 1"Let Your Love Flow" The Bellamy Brothers
May 8"Boogie Fever" The Sylvers
May 15"Welcome Back" John Sebastian
May 22
May 29"Silly Love Songs" Wings
June 5
June 12"Love Hangover"Diana Ross
June 19"Get Up And Boogie" Silver Convention
June 26"Afternoon Delight" Starland Vocal Band
July 3
July 10
July 17"Kiss and Say Goodbye" The Manhattans
July 24
July 31"Afternoon Delight"Starland Vocal Band
August 7"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Elton John and Kiki Dee
August 14
August 21
August 28"Let 'Em In"Wings
September 4"You Should Be Dancing" Bee Gees
September 11"Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry
September 18
September 25"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" K.C. & The Sunshine Band
October 2"Lowdown" Boz Scaggs
October 9"A Fifth of Beethoven" Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
October 16"Disco Duck (Part 1)" Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
October 23"If You Leave Me Now" Chicago
October 30"Disco Duck (Part 1)"Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
November 6"Rock'n Me" Steve Miller Band
November 13"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" Gordon Lightfoot
November 20"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" Leo Sayer

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