These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1976.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
3 January | "Mississippi" | Pussycat | [1] |
10 January | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | [2] |
17 January | [3] | ||
24 January | [4] | ||
31 January | "Willempie" | André van Duin | [5] |
7 February | [6] | ||
14 February | [7] | ||
21 February | "Love Hurts" | Nazareth | [8] |
28 February | [9] | ||
6 March | [10] | ||
13 March | [11] | ||
20 March | [12] | ||
27 March | "The Alternative Way" | Anita Meyer | [13] |
3 April | "Fernando" | ABBA | [14] |
10 April | [15] | ||
17 April | [16] | ||
24 April | "Save Your Kisses for Me" | Brotherhood of Man | [17] |
1 May | [18] | ||
8 May | "Baretta's Theme" | Sammy Davis Jr. | [19] |
15 May | [20] | ||
22 May | [21] | ||
29 May | "Sweet Love" | Ferrari | [22] |
5 June | "This Melody" | Julien Clerc | [23] |
12 June | "Rocky" | Don Mercedes | [24] |
19 June | [25] | ||
26 June | "Jungle Rock" | Hank Mizell | [26] |
3 July | "Arms of Mary" | Sutherland Brothers and Quiver | [27] |
10 July | [28] | ||
17 July | [29] | ||
24 July | "Show Me the Way" (Live version) | Peter Frampton | [30] |
31 July | "Nice and Slow" | Jesse Green | [31] |
7 August | [32] | ||
14 August | "Kiss and Say Goodbye" | The Manhattans | [33] |
21 August | [34] | ||
28 August | [35] | ||
4 September | "Dancing Queen" | ABBA | [36] |
11 September | [37] | ||
18 September | [38] | ||
25 September | [39] | ||
2 October | [40] | ||
9 October | "Mon Amour" | BZN | [41] |
16 October | [42] | ||
23 October | [43] | ||
30 October | [44] | ||
6 November | [45] | ||
13 November | "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" | Tavares | [46] |
20 November | [47] | ||
27 November | "Money, Money, Money" | ABBA | [48] |
4 December | [49] | ||
11 December | "If You Leave Me Now" | Chicago | [50] |
18 December | [51] | ||
25 December | [52] | ||
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer was the initiator of the Top 40 in the Netherlands. The show is currently aired on Friday from 2 till 6 PM on Qmusic.