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
Australian Top 20 Book
Australian Chart Book 1970-1992





Top 10 singles in Australia, chart week 9th August1976*



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



(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



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