American Top 40- The 1970’s- Week of June 12, 1976. Not a very good week- some gems- my favorite on this Top 40 would be ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’ by Thin Lizzy and ‘Tear The Roof Off The Sucker’-Parliament. I can’t recall ever giving so many grades below a C in a Top 40.

1 2 SILLY LOVE SONGS –•– Wings (Capitol)-10 (2 weeks at #1) (1)B
2 3 GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) –•– Silver Convention (Midland International)-14 (2) C
3 4 MISTY BLUE –•– Dorothy Moore (Malaco)-13 (3)A
4 1 LOVE HANGOVER –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-11 (1) A
5 5 HAPPY DAYS –•– Pratt and McClain (Reprise)-11 (5) D
6 6 SHANNON –•– Henry Gross (Lifesong)-16 (6) C
7 8 SARA SMILE –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-20 (7) A+
8 9 SHOP AROUND –•– The Captain and Tennille (A&M)-7 (8) D
9 13 MORE, MORE, MORE (Part 1) –•– The Andrea True Connection (Buddah)-14 (9) B
10 10 FOOL TO CRY / HOT STUFF –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-8 (10) B

11 11 RHIANNON (Will You Ever Win) –•– Fleetwood Mac (Reprise)-15 (11) A+
12 7 WELCOME BACK –•– John Sebastian (Reprise)-12 (1) B
13 23 I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU –•– The Brothers Johnson (A&M)-7 (13) B
14 14 BOOGIE FEVER –•– The Sylvers (Capitol)-18 (1) C
15 18 LOVE IS ALIVE –•– Gary Wright (Warner Brothers)-9 (15) B
16 21 TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-9 (16)B
17 19 MOVIN’ –•– Brass Construction (United Artists)-11 (17) C
18 20 I WANT YOU –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-8 (18) A+
19 22 NEVER GONNA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Eric Carmen (Arista)-7 (19) A
20 24 BARETTA’S THEME (“Keep Your Eye On the Sparrow”) –•– Rhythm Heritage (ABC)-10 (20)C

21 27 KISS AND SAY GOODBYE –•– The Manhattans (Columbia)-9 (21) A+
22 12 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE –•– Elvin Bishop (Capricorn)-15 (3)A
23 30 TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN –•– The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)-6 (23)B-
24 31 MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT –•– Starbuck (Private Stock)-9 (24) A-
25 33 AFTERNOON DELIGHT –•– The Starland Vocal Band (Windsong)-6 (25)F–
26 32 THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN –•– Thin Lizzy (Mercury)-5 (26)A+
27 15 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM –•– Maxine Nightingale (United Artists)-18 (2)A-
28 29 ROCK AND ROLL LOVE LETTER –•– The Bay City Rollers (Arista)-7 (28) D
29 17 TRYIN’ TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-13 (10) B
30 34 GET CLOSER –•– Seals and Crofts (Featuring Carolyn Willis) (Warner Brothers)-9 (30) B

31 16 LOVE IN THE SHADOWS –•– Neil Sedaka (Rocket)-10 (16)B
32 46 YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND –•– Queen (Elektra)-4 (32)A+
33 26 SHOW ME THE WAY –•– Peter Frampton (A&M)-17 (6)B
34 39 THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO –•– The Trammps (Atlantic)-10 (34)B-
35 42 TODAY’S THE DAY –•– America (Warner Brothers)-5 (35)B
36 43 LET HER IN –•– John Travolta (Midland International)-7 (36) F
37 45 TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER (Give Up the Funk) –•– Parliament (Casablanca)-5 (37)A+
38 44 MAKING OUR DREAMS COME TRUE –•– Cyndi Grecco (Private Stock)-6 (38) D-
39 41 DANCE WIT’ ME –•– Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (ABC)-7 (39) B
40 50 I’M EASY –•– Keith Carradine (ABC)-6 (40) A