1976 in music

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(November 2009) List of years in music (Table) … 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 – 1976 – 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 … Related time period or subjects … 1973 • 1974 • 1975 – 1976 – 1977 • 1978 • 1979 … … 1940s • 1950s • 1960s – 1970s – 1980s • 1990s • 2000s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 1.1 January-February 1.2 March-April 1.3 May-December 1.4 Unknown dates 2 Bands formed 3 Bands reformed 4 Bands disbanded 5 Albums released 6 Biggest hit singles 7 Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles 8 Other significant singles 9 Published popular music 10 Other notable songs 11 Classical music 12 Opera 13 Musical theater 14 Musical films 15 Births 16 Deaths 17 Awards 17.1 Grammy Awards 17.2 Country Music Association Awards 17.3 Eurovision Song Contest // Events January-February January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh. January 13 - A trial begins for seven Brunswick Records and Dakar Records employees. The record company employees are charged with stealing more than $184,000 in royalties from artists. January 19 - Concert promoter Bill Sargent makes an offer of $30 million to the Beatles if they will reunite for a concert. February 15 - Bette Midler bails seven members of her entourage out of jail after they are arrested on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession. February 19 - Former Tower of Power lead singer Rick Stevens is arrested and charged with the drug-related murders of three men in San Jose, California. February 20 - Kiss have their footprints added to the sidewalk outside Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theater. February 24 - Having been released one week before, The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) compilation becomes the first album in history to be certified platinum by the RIAA. The new platinum certification represents sales of at least 1 million copies for albums and 2 million copies for singles. March-April March 4 - ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia. March 6 - EMI Records reissues all 22 previously released British Beatles singles, plus a new single of the classic "Yesterday". All 23 singles hit the UK charts at the same time. March 7 - A wax likeness of Elton John is put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. March 9 - The Who's Keith Moon collapses onstage ten minutes into a performance at the Boston Garden. March 15 - Members of The Plastic People of the Universe are arrested in communist Czechoslovakia. They were sentenced from 8 to 18 months in jail. March 20 - Alice Cooper marries Sheryl Goddard. March 25 - Jackson Browne's wife Phyllis commits suicide. March 26 - In Paris, France, Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch breaks one of his fingers when he slips in his hotel bathroom following the final performance on the band's European tour. The injury ended up delaying the band's United States tour by three weeks. April 3 - British pop group Brotherhood of Man win the 21st Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague, Netherlands, with the song "Save Your Kisses For Me". It goes on to be the biggest selling Eurovision winner ever. April 14 - Stevie Wonder announces that he has signed a "$13 million-plus" contract with Motown Records. April 24 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes an on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check. On May 22, he raises his offer from $3000 to $3,200. April 28 - The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Frankfurt, Germany. April 29 - When his tour stops in Memphis, Tennessee, Bruce Springsteen jumps the wall at Elvis Presley's mansion, "Graceland", in an attempt to see his idol. Security guards stop Springsteen and escort him off the grounds. May-December May 3 Paul McCartney and Wings start their Wings over America Tour in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the first time McCartney has performed in the US since The Beatles' last concert in 1966 at Candlestick Park. Paul Simon puts together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the New York Public Library. Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and the Brecker Brothers also perform. The concert brings in over $30,000 for the Library. May 19 - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is involved in a car accident. Cocaine is found in his wrecked car. Richards is given a court date of January 12, 1977. May 19 - Rumour spread by German press: ABBA members killed in plane crash, only Anni-Frid survived. Alice Cooper collapses and is rushed to UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles, two days before the Goes To Hell tour would begin. The tour is cancelled. May 25 - Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour ends. June - Former Spring Canyon keyboardist Mark Cook joins Daniel Amos. June 18 - ABBA perform "Dancing Queen" for the first time on Swedish television in Stockholm on the eve of the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf to Silvia Sommerlath. July 4 - Elton John performs a bicentennial concert at Shaffer Stadium in Foxboro, MA, USA. August - Cheap Trick receives a long-term recording contract with Epic Records. August 13 - The official ABBA logo with the reversed 'B' is adopted. September 20 & September 21 - 100 Club Punk Festival, the first international punk festival is held in London. Siouxsie and the Banshees play their first concert. September 25 - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr form a band called Feedback in Dublin. The band would later be renamed U2. October 8 - The Sex Pistols sign a contract with EMI Records. October 10 - ABBA performs in New York on The Midnight Special with 'Fernando', 'Dancing Queen', 'Mamma Mia' and 'S.O.S.' live. October 11 - Irish singer Joe Dolan is banned for life by Aer Lingus after an air rage incident en route to Corfu from Dublin. October 31 - George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic begin "The P-Funk/Rubber Band Earth Tour" in Houston, a national live series highlighting one of the biggest and revolutionary stage shows in the history of the music industry (the rock group Kiss would be the other group to do a similar act), relying on elaborate costumes, special lighting and effects, and extremely large props including "the Mothership", which would arrive and land on stage, all of what this band is generally known for. This live set would vary in length (on average of 3 to 5 hours long) and at high volume. November - Former Tower of Power lead singer Rich Stevens, and another person, are found guilty on two counts of murder. November 24 - The Band gives its last public performance; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it. December 1 - In the UK, the Sex Pistols cause a national outcry after swearing on Thames Television's Today show. December 2 - The Bee Gees perform at Madison Square Garden and donate the proceeds to the Police Athletic League in New York. In January 1979, they will receive the Police Athletic League's "Superstars of the Year" award. December 8 - The Carpenters air their "Very First Television Special" on ABC. The Eagles release Hotel California. Unknown dates The Flowers of Romance, a band that included many seminal individuals within the punk movement, forms in the summer. Tenor Franco Corelli retires from the stage at the age of 55. War records Galaxy, which will be a blockbuster album in 1977. Joe Cocker performs a duet with himself (as portrayed by John Belushi) on Saturday Night Live. Cheryl Byron performs rapso in calypso tents for the first time, beginning the popularization of rapso. Peter Brown's solo career begins Peter Tosh's solo career begins Bunny Wailer's solo career begins Leif Garrett's solo career begins .38 Special's musical career begins Y&T (Yesterday & Today)'s musical career begins Steve Martin signs a contract with Warner Bros. Eddie Money signs a contract with CBS "Ten Percent", by Double Exposure, becomes the first 12-inch single commercially available to the public (as opposed to DJ-only promotional copies). Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1976 Bands reformed The Pirates Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1976 Albums released After the Dust Settles - Juice Newton and Silver Spur Agents of Fortune - Blue Öyster Cult Alice Cooper Goes to Hell - Alice Cooper All Things in Time - Lou Rawls Another Passenger - Carly Simon Arrival - ABBA Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music - Hawkwind Automatic Man - Automatic Man Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond Best of BTO (So Far) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive Best of The Doobies - The Doobie Brothers The Best of Top of the Pops '76 - Top of the Poppers Bigger Than Both of Us - Hall & Oates Black and Blue - The Rolling Stones Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer Blondie - Blondie Blow Your Face Out - The J. Geils Band Blue for You - Status Quo Blue Moves - Elton John Boston - Boston Both Sides of Ray Stevens - Ray Stevens Brass Construction II - Brass Construction Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny Chestnut Street Incident - Johnny Cougar Chicago X - Chicago Children of the World - Bee Gees Chronicle, Vol. 1 - Creedence Clearwater Revival The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll - Nazareth Come on Over - Olivia Newton-John Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed Coup de chapeau au passé - Dalida Cry Tough - Nils Lofgren Crystal Ball - Styx David Soul - David Soul A Day at the Races - Queen Dedication - Bay City Rollers Desire - Bob Dylan Destroyer - Kiss Diana Ross - Diana Ross Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Dreamboat Annie - Heart (in US; released in Canada in 1975. Debut album) Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 - Elvis Presley Endless Flight - Leo Sayer Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers Everyday of My Life - Michael Bolton Faithful - Todd Rundgren 15 Big Ones - The Beach Boys Fitzgerald and Pass... Again - Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass Flow Motion - Can Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band Four Seasons of Love - Donna Summer Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton Free-for-All - Ted Nugent From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee - Elvis Presley From Every Stage - Joan Baez Give Us a Wink - Sweet Greatest Hits - ABBA Greatest Hits - James Taylor Greatest Hits - War Gulf Winds - Joan Baez Happy to Be - Demis Roussos Hard Rain - Bob Dylan Hardcore Jollies - Funkadelic Hasten Down the Wind - Linda Ronstadt Havana Daydreamin' - Jimmy Buffett Hejira - Joni Mitchell Helluva Band - Angel High and Mighty - Uriah Heep High Voltage - AC/DC Home Plate by Bonnie Raitt Hoppkorv by Hot Tuna Hot on the Tracks - The Commodores Hot Tracks - Nazareth Hotel California - Eagles How Dare You! - 10cc Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker & the Rumour If I Were Britannia I'd Waive the Rules - Budgie Illegal Stills - Steven Stills I'm Nearly Famous - Cliff Richard In the Pocket - James Taylor Is This Whatcha Wont? - Barry White The Jacksons - The Jacksons Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy Jammy Smears - Ivor Cutler Jesse Come Home - James Gang (final album) Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading Just for the Record - Ray Stevens Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle A Kind of Hush - The Carpenters Kites - Jade Warrior L - Steve Hillage La Düsseldorf - La Düsseldorf Love To The World - L.T.D. Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed - Salawa Abeni Leftoverture - Kansas Legalize It - Peter Tosh Let the Music Play - Barry White A Little Bit More - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Live Bullet - Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band Long May You Run - The Stills-Young Band Look into the Future - Journey Look My Way - Rosemary Clooney Love Is All Around - Eric Burdon & War Love's a Prima Donna - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel A Love Trilogy - Donna Summer The Manhattans - The Manhattans Max Webster - Max Webster Message in the Music - The O'Jays The Mini-Album - Sex Pistols (live EP) Misty - Ray Stevens The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers Mothership Connection - Parliament M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull - Jethro Tull Music from the Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra Music, Music - Helen Reddy A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra Night Moves - Bob Seger A Night on the Town - Rod Stewart No Earthly Connection - Rick Wakeman No Heavy Petting - UFO No Reason to Cry - Eric Clapton Olias of Sunhillow - Jon Anderson One More from the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd The Originals - Kiss Oxygène - Jean Michel Jarre A Parcel of Rogues - The Dubliners Part 3 - KC and the Sunshine Band Passport - Nana Mouskouri Play 'n' the Game - Nazareth Ports of the Heart - Jimmie Spheeris Presence - Led Zeppelin The Pretender - Jackson Browne Private Eyes - Tommy Bolin R.E.O. - REO Speedwagon Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith Group Rainbow Rising - Rainbow Ramones - Ramones Rastaman Vibration - Bob Marley & The Wailers Ratcity in Blue - Good Rats Ripper '76 - Various Artists The Roaring Silence - Manfred Mann's Earth Band R-O-C-K - Bill Haley & His Comets Rock and Roll Heart - Lou Reed Rock and Roll Over - Kiss Rocket Cottage - Steeleye Span Rocks - Aerosmith Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever Rose of Cimarron - Poco The Royal Scam - Steely Dan The Runaways - The Runaways Run with the Pack - Bad Company Ringo's Rotogravure - Ringo Starr Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest School Days - Stanley Clarke Ship of Memories - Focus Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs Sky High - Tavares Slow Down World - Donovan Small Change - Tom Waits Song of Joy - Captain & Tennille The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin Songs for the New Depression - Bette Midler Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder Southern Tracks & Fantasies - Paul Davis Sowiesoso - Cluster Spirit (Earth, Wind & Fire album) - Earth, Wind & Fire Spirit - John Denver Station to Station - David Bowie Streetheart - Dion Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy's Rubber Band Stupidity - Dr. Feelgood (live) Summertime Dream - Gordon Lightfoot Surreal Thing - Kris Kristofferson The Sun Sessions - Elvis Presley Take the Heat Off Me - Boney M. (debut album) Takin' It to the Streets - The Doobie Brothers Tales of Kidd Funkadelic - Funkadelic Technical Ecstasy - Black Sabbath Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) - Eagles Third Reich & Roll - The Residents Thirty Three & 1/3 - George Harrison This One's for You - Barry Manilow Timeless Flight - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (debut album) Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! - Jethro Tull A Trick of the Tail - Genesis Troubadour - J.J. Cale Turnstiles - Billy Joel 20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll - Bo Diddley 2112 - Rush Up - Morrissey-Mullen Von Herz zu Herz - Die Flippers Wanted! The Outlaws - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka - Miyuki Nakajima We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll - Black Sabbath Whistling Down the Wire - Crosby & Nash The Whole World's Goin' Crazy - April Wine Why Can't We Be Friends - War The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Meters, George & Amos Landry, The Neville Brothers Wind & Wuthering - Genesis Wings at the Speed of Sound - Paul McCartney & Wings Wings over America - Paul McCartney & Wings Wired - Jeff Beck Works Volume I - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Year of the Cat - Al Stewart Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) - Kevin Ayers Yesterday & Today - Y&T (debut) Young and Rich - The Tubes Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1976.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 ABBA Dancing Queen 1976 UK 1 - Aug 1976, US BB 1 - Jan 1977, Holland 1 - Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 1 - Aug 1976, France 1 - Aug 1976, Norway 1 - Aug 1976, Éire 1 - Sep 1976, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1977, POP 1 of 1977, US BB 2 of 1977, Germany 2 - Aug 1976, Party 2 of 2007, US CashBox 3 of 1977, Switzerland 3 - Aug 1976, Australia 3 of 1976, Austria 4 - Sep 1976, RYM 4 of 1976, Canada 6 - Jan 1977, South Africa 10 of 1976, Europe 14 of the 1970s, OzNet 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1976, Italy 65 of 1976, Scrobulate 82 of pop, Germany 99 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 122, RIAA 148, Rolling Stone 171, Belgium 224 of all time, WXPN 847 2 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1976 UK 1 - Dec 1991, Canada 1 - Mar 1976, Holland 1 - Dec 1975, Éire 1 - Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1976, Europe 1 of the 1970s, RYM 1 of 1975, US BB 2 of 1992, Australia 2 of 1976, Virgin 2, France 3 - Nov 1975, Belgium 3 of all time, Switzerland 4 - Feb 1976, Norway 4 - Jan 1976, Poland 4 of all time, TOTP 5, POP 5 of 1992, OzNet 6, 8 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 9 of rock, Germany 10 - Jan 1976, Austria 14 - Feb 1992, TheQ 16, Sweden (alt) 18 - Feb 1976, US CashBox 22 of 1992, US BB 33 of 1976, Acclaimed 63, WXPN 90, Rolling Stone 163 3 Salsoul Orchestra Tangerine 1976 UK 1 - Oct 1976, US BB 1 - Aug 1976, Canada 1 - Sep 1976, Holland 1 - Oct 1976, Éire 1 - Dec 1976, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1977, Sweden (alt) 2 - Nov 1976, France 3 - Oct 1976, Austria 3 - Jan 1977, Switzerland 3 - Jan 1977, Germany 3 - Jan 1977, Norway 4 - Nov 1976, Australia 10 of 1977, South Africa 11 of 1977, US CashBox 14 of 1976, POP 18 of 1976, Italy 25 of 1977, RYM 31 of 1976, Europe 41 of the 1970s, Germany 168 of the 1970s, OzNet 449 4 ABBA Fernando 1976 UK 1 - Mar 1976, Holland 1 - Mar 1976, Austria 1 - Apr 1976, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1976, Australia 1 of 1976, Germany 1 - Mar 1976, Australia 1 for 14 weeks Nov 1976, Sweden (alt) 2 - Apr 1976, Norway 2 - Apr 1976, South Africa 5 of 1976, Canada 7 - Sep 1976, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1976, France 10 - Apr 1976, US BB 13 - Sep 1976, Germany 15 of the 1970s, Italy 23 of 1976, Scrobulate 33 of Swedish, POP 35 of 1976, RYM 36 of 1976 5 Heart Magic Man 1976 UK 1 - Jul 1976, US BB 1 - Jul 1976, Canada 1 - Jun 1976, France 1 - Aug 1976, Éire 1 - Aug 1976, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Apr 1977, Holland 2 - Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 3 - Sep 1976, South Africa 3 of 1976, Switzerland 4 - Sep 1976, US CashBox 5 of 1976, Norway 5 - Aug 1976, Australia 5 of 1976, Germany 5 - Sep 1976, Austria 8 - Oct 1976, Italy 25 of 1976, RYM 50 of 1976, Germany 313 of the 1970s, OzNet 522 Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles US Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One) UK Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One) "Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers (1) "Convoy" - C. 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McCall (1) "I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow (1) "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross (1) "Love Rollercoaster" - Ohio Players (1) "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon (3) "Theme from S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage (1) "Love Machine" - The Miracles (1) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons (3) "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (4) "Let Your Love Flow" - The Bellamy Brothers (1) "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian (1) "Boogie Fever" - The Sylvers (1) "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney & Wings (5) "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross (2) "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band (2) "Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (2) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (4) "You Should Be Dancing" - Bee Gees (1) "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" - KC and the Sunshine Band (1) "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (3) "A Fifth of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1) "Disco Duck" - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (1) "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (2) "Rock'n Me" - Steve Miller Band (1) "Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart (7 weeks 1976 + 1 week 1977), best seller of the year "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976) "Mamma Mia" - ABBA (2) "Forever and Ever" - Slik (1) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" - The Four Seasons (2) "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" - Tina Charles (3) "Save Your Kisses for Me" - Brotherhood of Man (6), best seller of the year "Fernando" - ABBA (4) "No Charge" - J.J. Barrie (1) "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) " - The Wurzels (2) "You to Me Are Everything" - The Real Thing (3) "The Roussos Phenomenon EP" - Demis Roussos (1) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (6) "Dancing Queen" - ABBA (6) "Mississippi" - Pussycat (4) "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (3) "Under the Moon of Love" - Showaddywaddy (3) "When a Child is Born" - Johnny Mathis (1 week 1976 + 2 weeks 1977) Other significant singles "All By Myself" - Eric Carmen "Anarchy in the U.K." - Sex Pistols "Arms Of Mary" - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver "Back in the Saddle" - Aerosmith "Banapple Gas" - Cat Stevens "Beautiful Noise" - Neil Diamond "Bennie and the Jets" - Elton John "Beth" - Kiss "Better Use Your Head" - Little Anthony & The Imperials "Blinded by the Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blue Jeans" - Skyhooks "Born to Be With You" - Dion "The Boston Tea Party" - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band "Both Ends Burning" - Roxy Music "The Boys Are Back in Town" - Thin Lizzy "Calling Dr. Love" - Kiss "Candy Store Rock" - Led Zeppelin "Can't Help Falling in Love" - The Stylistics "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas "Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways "Child's Play" - Sherbet "Come On Over" - Olivia Newton-John "Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band "Crazy on You" - Heart "Dance Little Lady Dance" - Tina Charles "Darktown Strutters Ball" - Ted Mulry Gang "Dazz" - Brick "Detroit Rock City" - Kiss "Devil Woman" - Cliff Richard "Disco Boy" - Frank Zappa "Do You Feel Like We Do" - Peter Frampton "Doctor Kiss Kiss" - 5000 Volts "Doina de Jale (The Light of Experience)" - Gheorghe Zamfir "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Julie Covington "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult "Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" - Barry White "Don't Stop It Now" - Hot Chocolate "Don't Take Away The Music" - Tavares "Dream Weaver" - Gary Wright "Every Little Bit Hurts" - Shirley Strachan "Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra "Extended Play (EP)" - Bryan Ferry "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" - Bee Gees "Fly Like An Eagle" - Steve Miller Band "Foggy Notion-Inside Your Heart" - The Velvet Underground "Fool to Cry" - The Rolling Stones "Foreplay/Long Time" - Boston "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd "From New York to L.A." - Patsy Gallant "Get Up And Boogie" - Silver Convention "Girls Girls Girls" - Sailor "Gloria" – Patti Smith Group "Hard Luck Woman" - Kiss "Harvest For The World" - The Isley Brothers "Hasten Down The Wind" - Warren Zevon "Heading In The Right Direction" - Renée Geyer "Heart On My Sleeve" - Gallagher and Lyle "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" - Tavares "Hello Old Friend" - Eric Clapton "Here Comes the Sun" - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel "Here Comes The Weekend" - Dave Edmunds "Hey Baby" - J. J. Cale "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" - Cliff Richard "Honey I" - George McCrae "Hot Line" - The Sylvers "Hot Stuff" - The Rolling Stones "Howzat" - Sherbet "Hurricane" - Bob Dylan "Hurt" - The Manhattans "I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" - Cliff Richard "I Love Music" - The O'Jays "I Love to Boogie " - T. Rex "I Need to Be In Love" - The Carpenters "I Want You" - Marvin Gaye "I Wish" - Stevie Wonder "I Never Cry" - Alice Cooper "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan and John Ford Coley "If You Know What I Mean" - Neil Diamond "I'm Mandy Fly Me" - 10cc "If Not You" - Dr. Hook "In Dulce Jubilo/On Horseback" - Mike Oldfield "In Zaire" - Johnny Wakelin "It'll Be Me, Babe" - The Shadows "It's Over" - Boz Scaggs "It Keeps You Running" - Carly Simon "Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" - Rod Stewart "Last Child" - Aerosmith "Let 'Em In" - Paul McCartney & Wings "Let's Stick Together" - Bryan Ferry "A Little Bit More" - Dr. Hook "Livin' Thing" - Electric Light Orchestra "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" - Captain & Tennille "Long May You Run" - The Stills-Young Band "Lost in France" - Bonnie Tyler "Love And Affection" - Joan Armatrading "Love Is Alive" - Gary Wright "Love Me" - Yvonne Elliman "Love Really Hurts Without You" - Billy Ocean "Love So Right" - Bee Gees "Love to Love You Baby" - Donna Summer "Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs "Magic Man" - Heart "Man to Man" - Hot Chocolate "Miss You Nights" - Cliff Richard "Misty Blue" - Dorothy Moore "Money, Money, Money" - ABBA "Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck "More, More, More" - Andrea True Connection "More Than a Feeling" - Boston "Movin'" - Brass Construction "Music" - John Miles "Muskrat Love" - Captain & Tennille "Mystery Song" - Status Quo "Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" - Eric Carmen "New Rose" - The Damned (debut album) "Pinball Wizard" - Elton John "Politicians in My Eyes" - Death "Rain" - Status Quo "Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac "Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale "Ripples" - Genesis "Rock'n Me" - Steve Miller Band "Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto (Concerto De Aranjuez)" - Manuel and His Music of the Mountains "The Rubberband Man" - The Detroit Spinners "Sara Smile" - Daryl Hall & John Oates "Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac "Serenade" - Steve Miller Band "Shannon" - Henry Gross "She's Gone" - Daryl Hall & John Oates "Shop Around" - Captain & Tennille "Shout It Out Loud" - Kiss "Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton "Shower The People" - James Taylor "Silver Star" - The Four Seasons "Somebody to Love" - Queen "Something He Can Feel" - Aretha Franklin "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" - Elton John "Still the One" - Orleans "Strange Magic" - Electric Light Orchestra "Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)" - Billy Ocean "Take It To The Limit" - Eagles "Take the Money and Run" - Steve Miller Band "Taking It To The Streets" - The Doobie Brothers "That'll Be The Day"; - Linda Ronstadt "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" - The Carpenters "The Things We Do For Love" - 10cc "This Is It" - Melba Moore "This Old Heart Of Mine" - Rod Stewart "A Trick of the Tail" - Genesis "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" - Barry Manilow "Weekend In New England" - Barry Manilow "Wild Mountain Honey" - Steve Miller Band "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot "Year of the Cat" - Al Stewart "You Don't Have To Go" - The Chi-Lites "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Leo Sayer "You See The Trouble With Me" - Barry White "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls "You're My Best Friend" - Queen "Young Hearts Run Free" - Candi Staton Published popular music "Always and Forever" w.m. Rod Temperton "Dancing Queen" w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus "Devil Woman" w.m. Terry Britten & Christine Authors "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" w.m. Richard Leigh "Empty Tables" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Evergreen" w. Paul Williams m. Barbra Streisand "Fernando" w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus "Gonna Fly Now" (aka "Theme From Rocky") w. Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins m. Bill Conti "I Never Do Anything Twice" aka "The Madam's Song" w.m. Stephen Sondheim. Introduced by Régine in the film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution "Isn't She Lovely?" w.m. Stevie Wonder "Like A Sad Song" w.m. John Denver "A Little Bit More" w.m. Bobby Gosh "Making Our Dreams Come True" w.m. Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox, from the TV series Laverne and Shirley "Money, Money, Money" w.m. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" w.m.Elton John "Welcome Back" w.m. John Sebastian. Theme song from the television series Welcome Back Kotter Other notable songs "Ballade pour Adeline" m. Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint "Djambo, Djambo" w.m. Peter Reber "El Pasadiscos" w.m. Diego Verdaguer "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" w. Sahir Ludhianvi m. Khayyam Classical music Elliot Carter - A Symphony of Three Orchestras Brian Cherney - String Trio George Crumb Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player), and off-stage glass harmonica (two players) Night Music I (1963, revised 1976) for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. 3 Henri Dutilleux - Ainsi la nuit Einar Englund - Symphony No. 4 Nostalgic (in memory of Shostakovich) Lorenzo Ferrero Le néant où l'on ne peut arriver Romanza senza parole Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Krzysztof Penderecki - Violin Concerto No. 1 Karlheinz Stockhausen – Amour Opera Peter Maxwell Davies - The Martyrdom of St Magnus Carlisle Floyd - Bilby's Doll Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach Musical theater Bubbling Brown Sugar Broadway production The Club Broadway production Fiddler on the Roof (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick) - Broadway revival Guys and Dolls Broadway revival Irene London revival My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) - Broadway revival Oh Calcutta Broadway revival Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman) - Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 11 and ran for 193 performances Porgy and Bess Broadway revival Salad Days (Julian Slade) - London revival Side by Side by Sondheim London production The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill) - Broadway revival Musical films The Blank Generation Bugsy Malone The Slipper and the Rose The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin A Star Is Born That's Entertainment, Part II Births January 8 - Jenny Lewis, vocalist (Rilo Kiley) January 16 - Stuart Fletcher (The Seahorses) January 18 - Damien Leith, Australian singer/songwriter January 20 - Sid Wilson (Slipknot) January 21 - Emma Bunton, British singer (Spice Girls) February 4 - Cam'ron, rapper February 13 - Leslie Feist (Broken Social Scene) February 15 Brandon Boyd (Incubus) Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (The Killers) February 28 - Ja Rule, American rapper March 8 - Gareth Coombes, British singer (Supergrass) March 16 - Blu Cantrell, singer March 17 - Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (d. 2009) March 20 - Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) March 26 - Dave Keuning (The Killers) April 18 - Sean Maguire, British actor and singer May 8 - Ian Watkins, British singer (Steps) May 14 - Hunter Burgan (AFI) May 17 - Kandi Burruss (Xscape) May 22 - Daniel Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Arch Enemy) May 29 - Dave Buckner (Papa Roach) June 2 Tim Rice-Oxley, British musician (Keane) Adrian Olivares (Menudo) June 15 - Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm) June 21 - Mike Einziger (Incubus) June 22 - Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party) June 26 - Paul Phillips, guitarist (Puddle of Mudd) June 27 - Leigh Nash, American singer (Sixpence None the Richer) July 3 - Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone) July 10 - Philip Howard, pianist and composer July 16 - Chiara Zeffirelli, crossover soprano August 8 JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC) Drew Lachey, American singer (98 Degrees) August 18 - Dirk 'Alex' Lance (Incubus) September 16 Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club 7) Elīna Garanča, operatic soprano October 20 - Tom Wisniewski (MxPx) November 11 - Jesse F. Keeler (Death from Above 1979) November 12 - Tevin Campbell, singer-songwriter November 13 - Shagrath, Dimmu Borgir date unknown John Collura (The Ataris) Mike Davenport (The Ataris) Patrick Riley (The Ataris) Deaths January 8 - George Baker, singer, 90 January 10 - Howlin' Wolf, blues musician, 65 January 18 - Friedrich Hollaender, composer, 79 January 23 - Paul Robeson, singer, 77 January 30 - Mance Lipscomb, blues musician, 80 January 31 - Evert Taube, composer and singer, 85 February 5 - Rudy Pompilli, saxophone player and 20-year member of Bill Haley & His Comets, 50 (lung cancer) February 9 - Percy Faith, bandleader and composer, 67 February 12 - Sal Mineo, actor and singer, 37 (murdered) February 13 - Lily Pons, coloratura soprano, 77 February 22 - Florence Ballard, The Supremes, 32 (coronary thrombosis) February 25 - Tarquinia Tarquini, operatic soprano, 93 March 14 - Busby Berkeley, musical director and choreographer, 80 March 19 - Paul Kossoff, guitarist, (Free), 25 (cerebral and pulmonary oedema) March 25 - Maria Zamboni, operatic soprano, March 26 - Duster Bennett, blues musician, 29 (car accident) April 8 - Phil Ochs, protest singer, 35 (suicide) May 12 - Rudolf Kempe, conductor, 65 May 14 - Keith Relf, vocalist (The Yardbirds), 35 (cardiac arrest due to electrocution) May 15 - David Munrow, early music performer, 33 (suicide) May 21 - Harold Blair, operatic tenor, 51 May 26 - Maggie Teyte, operatic soprano, 88 June 6 - Elisabeth Rethberg, operatic soprano, 81 June 25 - Johnny Mercer, singer and songwriter, 66 June 28 Malcolm Lockyer, film composer and conductor, 52 Yakov Zak, pianist and music teacher, 62 August 26 - Lotte Lehmann, opera singer, 88 August 27 - Mukesh, Indian singer, 53 (heart attack) October 3 - Victoria Spivey, US singer, pianist and composer, 69 October 11 Connee Boswell, US singer, member of the Boswell Sisters, 68 Alfredo Bracchi, Italian lyricist, 78 October 21 - Jean Berveiller, organist and composer, 73 November 12 - Walter Piston, composer, 82 December 4 Benjamin Britten, composer, 63 Tommy Bolin, guitarist, 25 (drug-induced suffocation) December 6 - Raymond Hanson, composer, 63 December 28 - Freddie King, blues musician, 42 date unknown - Vasco Campagnano, operatic tenor Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1976 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1976