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American Top 40 Replay – Week of March 27, 1976.
1 1 DECEMBER, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) –•– The Four Seasons (Warner Brothers / Curb)-14 (3 weeks at #1) (1) B+
2 3 DREAM WEAVER –•– Gary Wright (Warner Brothers)-13 (2) A-
3 5 LONELY NIGHT (Angel Face) –•– The Captain and Tennille (A&M)-10 (3) D
4 2 ALL BY MYSELF –•– Eric Carmen (Arista)-15 (2) B
5 10 DISCO LADY –•– Johnnie Taylor (Columbia)-8 (5) C
6 7 SWEET THING –•– Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (ABC)-13 (6) A
7 8 DREAM ON –•– Aerosmith (Columbia)-21 (7) A+
8 17 LET YOUR LOVE FLOW –•– The Bellamy Brothers (Warner Brothers / Curb)-9 (8) B
9 14 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM –•– Maxine Nightingale (United Artists)-7 (9) B
10 11 MONEY HONEY –•– The Bay City Rollers (Arista)-8 (10) D+
11 13 GOLDEN YEARS –•– David Bowie (RCA)-16 (11)A+
12 12 FANNY (Be Tender With My love) –•– Bee Gees (RSO)-14 (12) A-
13 15 ONLY SIXTEEN –•– Dr. Hook (Capitol)-13 (13) C+
14 16 DEEP PURPLE –•– Donny and Marie Osmond (MGM)-16 (14) D
15 21 SWEET LOVE –•– The Commodores (Motown)-14 (15) B+
16 4 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT –•– Eagles (Asylum)-15 (4) C
17 19 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY –•– Queen (Elektra)-13 (17) A+
18 25 SHOW ME THE WAY –•– Peter Frampton (A&M)-6 (18) B
19 23 TANGERINE –•– The Salsoul Orchestra (Salsoul)-10 (19) C+
20 9 JUNK FOOD JUNKIE –•– Larry Groce (Warner Brothers / Curb)-12 (9) C
21 6 LOVE MACHINE (Part 1) –•– The Miracles (Tamla)-23 (1) B
22 22 CUPID –•– Tony Orlando and Dawn (Elektra)-8 (22) C
23 26 ACTION –•– Sweet (Capitol)-7 (23) B
24 31 THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH (All Over the World) –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-5 (24) B
25 35 BOOGIE FEVER –•– The Sylvers (Capitol)-7 (25) D
26 28 GOOD HEARTED WOMAN –•– Waylon and Willie (RCA)-8 (26) A+
27 18 LOVE HURTS –•– Nazareth (A&M)-19 (8) B
28 24 THEME FROM “S.W.A.T.” –•– Rhythm Heritage (ABC)-20 (1) C-
29 29 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER –•– Paul Simon (Columbia)-15 (1)A+
30 33 ONLY LOVE IS REAL –•– Carole King (Ode)-7 (30) B
31 20 SLOW RIDE –•– Foghat (Bearsville)-16 (20) A
32 34 INSEPARABLE –•– Natalie Cole (Capitol)-16 (32) B-
33 36 LOVE FIRE –•– Jigsaw (Chelsea)-8 (33) C+
34 38 LOOKING FOR SPACE –•– John Denver (RCA)-4 (34) B-
35 39 YOU’LL LOSE A GOOD THING –•– Freddy Fender (ABC / Dot)-7 (35) C
36 41 I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO –•– Abba (Atlantic)-7 (36) A+
37 42 LIVIN’ FOR THE WEEKEND –•– The O’Jays (Philadelphia International)-4 (37) B
38 40 HE’S A FRIEND –•– Eddie Kendricks (Tamla)-7 (38) B
39 44 LORELEI –•– Styx (A&M)-7 (39) C-
40 45 FOPP –•– The Ohio Players (Mercury)-6 (40) C
So many great classics on this list.
The only Four Seasons song I like…that’s probably because Valli wasn’t the lead singer and kept control over his voice in this one.
Same here!
Love Hurts, Bohemian Rhapsody, Show Me The Way, All By Myself, Dream On – together in one week. 1976 must be a good year for the industry
Quite a cross-section of tunes this week. Standouts for me: Dream On (Toys in the Attic tour stopped in my town and I was there!), Golden Years, Bohemian Rhapsody (of course), Good Hearted Woman (played on the jukebox at the dive I hung out at. Waylon & Willie were huge!)
I was surprised by that also- didn’t know it was a pop hit- I agree with you on all your choices- while I am not a fan of the post- Run DMC saving their careers Aerosmith- Dream On is a classic.
p.s. Good Hearted Woman crossed over to the American Top 40??
Meh. I’m not feeling it. Only 50 Ways deserves real respect, IMO.