Top 100 Songs of 1976
As Ranked by Fred Bronson in
"Billboards Hottest Hot 100 Hits," (2003 ed.)
- Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)-Rod Stewart
- Silly Love Songs-Wings
- Play That Funky Music-Wild Cherry
- Disco Duck (Part 1)-Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
- I Write the Songs-Barry Manilow
- A Fifth of Beethoven-Walter Murphy & the Big Apple
- Disco Lady-Johnnie Taylor
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart-Elton John & Kiki Dee
- December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)-Four Seasons
- Kiss and Say Goodbye-Manhattans
- 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover-Paul Simon
- Afternoon Delight-Starland Vocal Band
- The Rubberband Man-Spinners
- If You Leave Me Now-Chicago
- Love Hangover-Diana Ross
- You Should Be Dancing-Bee Gees
- Get Up and Boogie (That's Right)-Silver Convention
- Love Machine (Part 1)-Miracles
- I'd Really Love to See You Tonight-England Dan & John Ford Coley
- Right Back Where We Started From-Maxine Nightingale
- Let Your Love Flow-Bellamy Brothers
- Boogie Fever-Sylvers
- Love Rollercoaster-Ohio Players
- Dream Weaver-Gary Wright
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald-Gordon Lightfoot
- Love to Love You Baby-Donna Summer
- Misty Blue-Dorothy Moore
- (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty-KC & the Sunshine Band
- All By Myself-Eric Carmen
- Theme from "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going to?)-Diana Ross
- Love Is Alive-Gary Wright
- You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine-Lou Rawls
- Love So Right-Bee Gees
- Theme from S.W.A.T.-Rhythm Heritage
- Let 'Em In-Wings
- Lonely Night (Angel Face)-Captain & Tennille
- You Sexy Thing-Hot Chocolate
- Welcome Back-John Sebastian
- Saturday Night-Bay City Rollers
- Rock 'n Me-Steve Miller
- Muskrat Love-Captain & Tennille
- Convoy-C.W. McCall
- Fooled Around and Fell in Love-Elvin Bishop
- Lowdown-Boz Scaggs
- I'll Be Good to You-Brothers Johnson
- Sara Smile-Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Moonlight Feels Right-Starbuck
- Take It to the Limit-Eagles
- More, More, More (Pt. 1)-Andrea True Connection
- More Than a Feeling-Boston
- Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless)-Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
- Get Closer-Seals and Croft
- Beth-Kiss
- Love Hurts-Nazareth
- Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
- You Are the Woman-Firefall
- I Love Music (Part 1)-The O'Jays
- Shannon-Henry Gross
- Show Me the Way-Peter Frampton
- Shop Around-Captain & Tennille
- She's Gone-Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Golden Years-David Bowie
- A Little Bit More-Dr. Hook
- Rock and Roll Music-Beach Boys
- Sweet Thing-Rufus ft. Chaka Khan
- Times of Your Life-Paul Anka
- Still the One-Orleans
- Only Sixteen-Dr. Hook
- Say You Love Me-Fleetwood Mac
- Evil Woman-Electric Light Orchestra
- Fox on the Run-Sweet
- Sing a Song-Earth, Wind, and Fire
- Devil Woman-Cliff Richard
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word-Elton John
- Sweet Love-Commodores
- Got to Get You Into My Life-The Beatles
- Dream On-Aerosmith
- Summer-War
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do-Neil Sedaka
- Magic Man-Heart
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult
- Love Me-Yvonne Elliman
- Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)-Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
- Turn the Beat Around-Vickie Sue Robinson
- Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)-Bee Gees
- Deep Purple-Donny & Marie Osmond
- Fernando-Abba
- Baby Face-Wing and a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps
- Nights Are forever Without You-England Dan & John Ford Coley
- Just to Be Close to You-Commodores
- Walk Away from Love-David Ruffin
- Money Honey-Bay City Rollers
- Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again-Barry Manilow
- This Masquerade-George Benson
- Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)-Fleetwood Mac
- That'll Be the Day-Linda Ronstadt
- I Only Want to Be with You-Bay City Rollers
- Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)-Glen Campbell
- Baby, I Love Your Way-Peter Frampton
- Happy Days-Pratt & McClain