Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1976. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
- 1. Silly Love Songs – Paul McCartney and Wings
- 2. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John and Kiki Dee
- 3. Disco Lady – Johnnie Taylor
- 4. December 1963 (Oh What a Night) – The Four Seasons
- 5. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
- 6. Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
- 7. Love Machine, Pt. 1 – The Miracles
- 8. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon
- 9. Love Is Alive – Gary Wright
- 10. A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band
- 11. Sara Smile – Daryl Hall and John Oates
- 12. Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
- 13. I Write the Songs – Barry Manilow
- 14. Fly Robin Fly – Silver Convention
- 15. Love Hangover – Diana Ross
- 16. Get Closer – Seals and Crofts
- 17. More, More, More – Andrea True Connection
- 18. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- 19. Misty Blue – Dorothy Moore
- 20. Boogie Fever – The Sylvers
- 21. I’d Really Love to See You Tonight – England Dan and John Ford Coley
- 22. You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate
- 23. Love Hurts – Nazareth
- 24. Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right) – Silver Convention
- 25. Take It to the Limit – Eagles
- 26. (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty – K.C. and The Sunshine Band
- 27. Sweet Love – The Commodores
- 28. Right Back Where We Started From – Maxine Nightingale
- 29. Theme From “S.W.A.T” – Rhythm Heritage
- 30. Love Rollercoaster – Ohio Players
- 31. You Should Be Dancing – The Bee Gees
- 32. You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine – Lou Rawls
- 33. Golden Years – David Bowie
- 34. Moonlight Feels Right – Starbuck
- 35. Only Sixteen – Dr. Hook
- 36. Let Your Love Flow – Bellamy Brothers
- 37. Dream Weaver – Gary Wright
- 38. Turn The Beat Around – Vicki Sue Robinson
- 39. Lonely Night (Angel Face) – The Captain and Tennille
- 40. All By Myself – Eric Carmen
- 41. Love to Love You Baby – Donna Summer
- 42. Deep Purple – Donny and Marie Osmond
- 43. Theme from “Mahogany” (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) – Diana Ross
- 44. Sweet Thing – Rufus
- 45. That’s the Way I Like It – K.C. and The Sunshine Band
- 46. A Little Bit More – Dr. Hook
- 47. Shannon – Henry Gross
- 48. If You Leave Me Now – Chicago
- 49. Lowdown – Boz Scaggs
- 50. Show Me the Way – Peter Frampton
- 51. Dream On – Aerosmith
- 52. I Love Music – The O’Jays
- 53. Say You Love Me – Fleetwood Mac
- 54. Times of Your Life – Paul Anka
- 55. Devil Woman – Cliff Richard
- 56. Fooled Around and Fell in Love – Elvin Bishop
- 57. Convoy – C.W. McCall
- 58. Welcome Back (Theme from “Welcome Back, Kotter”) – John Sebastian
- 59. Sing a Song – Earth, Wind and Fire
- 60. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel – Tavares
- 61. I’ll Be Good to You – The Brothers Johnson
- 62. Shop Around – The Captain and Tennille
- 63. Saturday Night – The Bay City Rollers
- 64. Island Girl – Elton John
- 65. Let’s Do It Again – The Staple Singers
- 66. Let ‘Em In – Paul McCartney and Wings
- 67. Baby Face – Wing and A Prayer Fife and Drum Corps
- 68. This Masquerade – George Benson
- 69. Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
- 70. Wham Bam – Silver
- 71. I’m Easy – Keith Carradine
- 72. Wake Up Everybody, Pt. 1 – Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes
- 73. Summer – War
- 74. Let Her In – John Travolta
- 75. Fox On the Run – The Sweet
- 76. Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
- 77. Got to Get You Into My Life – The Beatles
- 78. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) – The Bee Gees
- 79. Getaway – Earth, Wind and Fire
- 80. She’s Gone – Daryl Hall and John Oates
- 81. Rock and Roll Music – The Beach Boys
- 82. Still the One – Orleans
- 83. You’re My Best Friend – Queen
- 84. With Your Love – Jefferson Starship
- 85. Slow Ride – Foghat
- 86. Who’d She Coo? – The Ohio Players
- 87. Walk Away from Love – David Ruffin
- 88. Baby I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton
- 89. Young Hearts Run Free – Candi Staton
- 90. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Neil Sedaka
- 91. Money Honey – The Bay City Rollers
- 92. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) – Parliament
- 93. Junk Food Junkie – Larry Groce
- 94. Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again – Barry Manilow
- 95. Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss
- 96. Disco Duck – Rick Dees
- 97. The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy
- 98. Take the Money and Run – The Steve Miller Band
- 99. Squeeze Box – The Who
- 100. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.) – Glen Campbell