looking at the top 10 singles in Australia from "this
week" in the 1960s or 70s
using the charts from David Kent's AUSTRALIAN
TOP 20 BOOK
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Top 10 singles in Australia, chart week 9th August1976*
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| 10. (13) TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT | Rod Stewart |
| 9. (9) ROCK AND ROLL LOVE LETTER | Bay City Rollers |
| 8. (20) DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART | Elton John & Kiki Dee |
| 7. (6) HAPPY DAYS | Silver Studs |
| 6. (5) LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU | Billy Ocean |
| 5. (7) MOVIESTAR | Harpo |
| 4. (4) WE DO IT | R & J Stone |
| 3. (3) FERNANDO | Abba |
| 2. (1) HOWZAT | Sherbet |
| 1. (2) S-S-S-SINGLE BED | Fox |
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(brackets indicate chart position held the previous week)
also in the programme:
NEVER GONNA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN - Mark Holden (#16 in the singles
chart)
LOOKING FOR AN ECHO - Ol' 55 (from the album 'TAKE IT GREASY' #6 in the
album chart)
JAILBREAK - AC/DC (#11 in the singles chart)
*according to the Kent Music Report