1976

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Years:	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Films released
5 Hit Songs
6 New Books

[edit] Events

July 2 - Vietnam is united.
July 4 - The United States celebrates its 200th birthday (bicentennial)
November 26- The Last Waltz
The Clash forms in London.

[edit] Births

March 8 - Freddie Prinze Jr.
August 8 - JC Chesez
September 25 - Chauncey Billups

[edit] Deaths

August 2 - Fritz Lang, Austrian film director

[edit] Films released

Rocky
Taxi Driver

[edit] Hit Songs

"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" - KC & the Sunshine Band
"(What A) Wonderful World" - Johnny Nash
"Anarchy In The UK" - Sex Pistols
"Dancing Queen" - ABBA (6)
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
"A Fifth of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band
"A Little Bit More" - Dr. Hook
"Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band
"All By Myself" - Eric Carmen
"Arms Of Mary" - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
"Back In The USSR" - The Beatles
"Beautiful Noise" - Neil Diamond
"Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John
"Besame Mucho" - Dalida
"Better Use Your Head" - Little Anthony and the Imperials
"Blinded By The Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
"Boogie Fever" Sylvers
"Born To Be With You" - Dion
"Both Ends Burning" - Roxy Music
"Candy Store Rock" - Led Zeppelin
"Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways
"Convoy" - C.W. McCall
"Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band
"Dancing Queen" - ABBA
"December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" - Four Seasons
"Devil Woman"- Cliff Richard
"Disco Duck (Part 1)" - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
"Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (4)
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" - Julie Covington
"Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee
"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
"Extended Play(EP)" - Bryan Ferry
"Fernando" - ABBA
"Fly Like An Eagle" - Steve Miller Band
"Foggy Notion-Inside Your Heart" - Velvet Underground
"Fool to Cry" - The Rolling Stones
"Forever And Ever" - Demis Roussos
"Forever And Ever" - Slik
"Freebird(EP)" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Get Up and Boogie" - Silver Convention
"Girls Girls Girls" - Sailor
"Harvest For The World" - The Isley Brothers
"Hasten Down The Wind" - Warren Zevon
"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 and Cockney Rebel
"Here Comes The Weekend" - Dave Edmunds
"Hey Baby" - J.J. Cale
"Honey I" - George McCrae
"Hot Stuff" - The Rolling Stones
"Hot Valves(EP)" - Be Bop Deluxe
"Howzat" - Sherbet
"Hurricane" - Bob Dylan
"Hurt" - The Manhattans
"I Love Music" - The O'Jays
"I Love To Boogie " - T. Rex
"I Love to Love (But My Baby Just Loves to Dance)" - Tina Charles
"I Want You" - Marvin Gaye
"I Wish" - Stevie Wonder
"I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan and John Ford Coley
"If Not You" - Dr. Hook
"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
"I'm Mandy Fly Me" - 10cc
"I'm Your Puppet" - James and Bobby Purify
"In Dulce Jubilo/On Horseback" - Mike Oldfield
"It Keeps You Running" - Carly Simon
"It's Over" - Boz Scaggs
"Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy
"J'Attendrai" - Dalida
"Jump In My Car" - TMG
"Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans
"Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac
"Last Child" - Aerosmith
"Le petit bonheur" - Dalida
"Let 'Em In" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers
"Let's Stick Together" - Bryan Ferry
"Livin' Thing" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Lost in France" - Bonnie Tyler
"Love And Affection" - Joan Armatrading
"Love Hangover" - Diana Ross
"Love Is Alive" - Gary Wright
"Love Machine" - The Miracles
"Love Really Hurts Without You" - Billy Ocean
"Love Rollercoaster" - Ohio Players
"Love So Right" - Bee Gees
"Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
"Love's A Prima Donna" - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
"Low Rider" - War
"Mamma Mia" - ABBA
"Man to Man" - Hot Chocolate
"Midnight Train To Georgia" - Gladys Knight and the Pips
"Mississippi" - Pussycat (4)
"Misty Blue" - Dorothy Moore
"Mohammed's Radio" - Warren Zevon
"Money, Money, Money" - ABBA
"Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston
"Movin'" - Brass Construction
"Mozambique" - Bob Dylan
"Music" - John Miles
"My First Night Alone Without You" - Bonnie Raitt
"Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
"New Rose" - The Damned (debut)
"No Charge" - J.J. Barrie
"Pinball Wizard" - Elton John
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
"Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" - Fleetwood Mac
"Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale
"Ring Out Solstice Bells(EP)" - Jethro Tull
"Rock Me Gently" - Sherbet
"Rock'n Me" - Steve Miller Band
"Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto(Concerto De Aranjuez))" - Manuel and the Music of the Mountains
"Sara Smile" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
"Save Your Kisses for Me" - Brotherhood of Man (6), best seller of the year
"Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac
"She's Gone" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
"Ships In The Night" - Be Bop Deluxe
"Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton
"Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney & Wings (5)
"Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song" - Billie Jo Spears
"So It Goes" - Nick Lowe
"Somebody To Love" - Queen
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"- Elton John
"Still The One" - Orleans
"Stop Me(If You've Heard It All Before)" - Billy Ocean
"Suffragette City" - David Bowie
"Sugar Mama" - Bonnie Raitt
"Sunshine Day" - Osibisa
"Take It To The Limit" - The Eagles
"Take The Money And Run" - Steve Miller Band
"Taking It To The Streets" - The Doobie Brothers
"That'll Be The Day" - Linda Ronstadt
"The Boston Tea Party" - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
"The Boys Are Back In Town" - Thin Lizzy
"The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)" - Wurzels
"The Killing of Georgie, Pt. 1-2" - Rod Stewart
"The Perfect Drug" - Roxy Music
"The Rubberband Man" - The Detroit Spinners
"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross
"Theme from S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage
"Things We Do For Love" - 10cc
"This Is It" - Melba Moore
"This Old Heart Of Mine" - Rod Stewart
"TVC 15" - David Bowie
"Under the Moon of Love" - Showaddywaddy
"Uptown Uptempo Woman" - Randy Edelman
"Welcome Back" - John Sebastian
"What I've Got In Mind" - Billie Jo Spears
"When A Child Is Born (Soleado)" - Johnny Mathis
"Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
"World Turning" - Fleetwood Mac
"Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
"Yesterday" - The Beatles
"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 Should Be Dancing" - Bee Gees
"You to Me Are Everything" - Real Thing
"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls
"Young Hearts Run Free" - Candi Staton
"You're My Best Friend" - Queen
”Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers
”Tonight's the Night" - Rod Stewart