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[edit] Events

[edit] January-February

January 5 - Bob Dylan releases Desire.
January 6 - Peter Frampton releases Frampton Comes Alive!
January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh.
January 13 - A trial begins for seven Brunswick Records and Dakar Records employees. The record company employees are charged with stealing more than $184,000 in royalties from artists.
February 15 - Bette Midler bails seven members of her entourage out of jail after they are arrested on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession.
January 19 - Concert promoter Bill Sargent makes an offer of $30 million to the Beatles if they will reunite for a concert.
February 19 - Former Tower of Power lead singer Rich Stevens is arrested and charged with the drug related murders of three men in San Jose, California.
February 20 - Kiss have their footprints added to the sidewalk outside Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theater.
February 22 - Florence Ballard, founding member of The Supremes, dies at the age of 32. The cause of death is coronary thrombosis.
February 24 - Having been released one week before, The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) compilation becomes the first album in history to be certified platinum by the RIAA. The new platinum certification represents sales of at least 1 million copies for albums and 2 million copies for singles.

[edit] March-April

March 4 - ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia.
March 6 - EMI Records reissues all 22 previously released British Beatles singles, plus a new single of the classic "Yesterday". All 23 singles hit the UK charts at the same time
March 7 - A wax likeness of Elton John is put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.
March 9 - The Who's Keith Moon collapses onstage ten minutes into a performance at the Boston Garden.
Alice Cooper marries his two year girlfriend, Sheryl Goddard.
March 15
- Kiss release Destroyer, their best-selling album ever, continuing their popularity through the 1970s.
- Members of The Plastic People of the Universe are arrested in communist Czechoslovakia. They were sentenced from 8 to 18 months in jail.
March 25 - Jackson Browne's wife Phyllis commits suicide.
March 26 - In Paris, France, Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch breaks one of his fingers when he slips in his hotel bathroom following the final performance on the band's European tour. The injury ended up delaying the band's United States tour by three weeks.
April 3 - British pop group Brotherhood of Man win Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Save Your Kisses For Me". It goes on to be the biggest selling Eurovision winner ever.
April 14 - Stevie Wonder announces that he has signed a "$13 million-plus" contract with Motown Records.
April 23 - Ramones release their self-titled debut album which opens with the three classics Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, and Judy is a Punk.
April 24 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes an on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check. On May 22, he raises his offer from $3000 to $3,200.
April 28 - The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Frankfurt, Germany.
April 29 - When his tour stops in Memphis, Tennessee, Bruce Springsteen jumps the wall at Elvis Presley's mansion, "Graceland", in an attempt to see his idol. Security guards stop Springsteen and escort him off the grounds.

[edit] May-December

May 3 - Paul McCartney and Wings start their Wings over America Tour in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the first time McCartney has performed in the US since The Beatles' last concert in 1966 at Candlestick Park.
May 3 - Paul Simon puts together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the New York Public Library. Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and the Brecker Brothers also perform. The concert brings in over $30,000 for the Library.
May 19 - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is involved in a car accident. Cocaine is found in his wrecked car. Richards is given a court date of January 12, 1977.
May 19 - Rumour spread by German press: ABBA members killed in plane crash, only Anni-Frid survived.
Alice Cooper collapses and is rushed to UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles, two days before the Goes To Hell tour would begin. The tour is cancelled.
May 25 - Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour ends.
June - Former Spring Canyon keyboardist Mark Cook joins Daniel Amos.
July 4 Elton John performs BiCentennial concert at Shaffer Stadium Foxboro, Ma USA.
August - Cheap Trick receives a long term recording contract with Epic Records.
August 13 - The official ABBA logo with the reversed 'B' is adopted.
August 25 - Boston's debut album is released. It will go on to be one of the fastest selling debut records of all time.
September 4 - A year after its release, Fleetwood Mac's first album with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham hits #1 on the pop charts.
September 20 & September 21 - 100 Club Punk Festival, the first international punk festival is held in London. Siouxsie & the Banshees play their first concert.
September 25 - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr form a band called Feedback in Dublin. The band would later be renamed U2.
October 8 - The Sex Pistols sign a contract with EMI Records.
October 10 - ABBA in New York on The Midnight Special performing 'Fernando', 'Dancing Queen', 'Mamma Mia' and 'S.O.S.' live.
October 11 - Irish singer Joe Dolan is banned for life by Aer Lingus after an air rage incident en route to Corfu from Dublin.
October 31 - George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic begin "The P-Funk/Rubber Band Earth Tour" in Houston, a national live series highlighting one of the biggest and revolutionary stage shows in the history of the music industry (the rock group Kiss would be the other group to do a similar act), relying on elaborate costumes, special lighting and effects, and extremely large props including "the Mothership", which would arrive and land on stage, all of what this band is generally known for. This live set would vary in length (on average of 3 to 5 hours long) and at high volume.
November 2 - The Beatles have been reunited at Davlen Studios and have recorded five songs. The session have ended in disharmony with them fighting amongst themselves and have all stormed out of the studio. This was first reunion by them since the break up of the band.
November - Former Tower of Power lead singer Rich Stevens, and another person, are found guilty on two counts of murder.
November 15- Kiss Rock & Roll Over is released.
November 24 - The Band gives its last public performance; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it.
December 1 - The Sex Pistols cause a national frenzy when they give more than they have been asked for on Thames Television's Today show.
December 2 - The Bee Gees perform at Madison Square Garden and donate the proceeds to the Police Athletic League in New York. In January 1979, they will receive the Police Athletic League's Superstars Of The Year award.
December 8 - The Carpenters air their "Very First Television Special" on ABC. The Eagles release Hotel California.

[edit] Unknown dates

The Flowers of Romance, a band that included many seminal individuals within the punk movement, forms in the summer.
Tenor Franco Corelli retires from the stage at the age of 55.
Bonnie Raitt records Sweet Forgiveness, which will be a blockbuster album in 1977
War records Galaxy, which will be a blockbuster album in 1977
Joe Cocker performs a duet with himself (as portrayed by John Belushi) on Saturday Night Live.
Evita is released as an album.
Cheryl Byron performs rapso in calypso tents for the first time, beginning the popularization of rapso
Peter Brown's solo career begins
Peter Tosh's solo career begins
Bunny Wailer's solo career begins
Leif Garrett's solo career begins
.38 Special's musical career begins
Y&T (Yesterday & Today)'s musical career begins
Steve Martin signs a contract with Warner Bros.
Eddie Money signs a contract with CBS
"Ten Percent" by Double Exposure, the first 12-inch single commercially available to the public (as opposed to DJ-only promotional copies).

[edit] Bands formed

[edit] Bands disbanded

[edit] Albums released

15 Big Ones - The Beach Boys
Agents of Fortune - Blue Öyster Cult
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell - Alice Cooper
All American Alien Boy - Ian Hunter
Another Passenger - Carly Simon
Arrival - ABBA
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music - Hawkwind
Automatic Man - Automatic Man
Best of BTO (So Far) - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The Best of Top of the Pops '76 - Top of the Poppers
Bigger Than Both of Us - Hall & Oates
Black and Blue - The Rolling Stones
Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer
Blondie - Blondie
Blow Your Face Out - The J. Geils Band
Blue for You - Status Quo
Blue Moves - Elton John
Boston - Boston
Both Sides of Ray Stevens - Ray Stevens
Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny
Chestnut Street Incident - Johnny Cougar
Chicago X - Chicago
Children of the World - Bee Gees
Chronicle, Vol. 1 - Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament
Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll - Nazareth
Come on Over - Olivia Newton-John
Coney Island Baby - Lou Reed
Coup de chapeau au passé - Dalida
Crystal Ball - Styx
A Day at the Races - Queen
Desire - Bob Dylan
Destroyer - Kiss
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Dreamboat Annie - Heart (in US; released in Canada in 1975. Debut)
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2 - Elvis Presley
Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers
Everyday of My Life - Michael Bolton
Faithful - Todd Rundgren
Fitzgerald and Pass... Again - Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass
Flow Motion - Can
Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
Four Seasons of Love - Donna Summer
Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
Free-for-All - Ted Nugent
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee - Elvis Presley
From Every Stage - Joan Baez
Give Us a Wink - Sweet
Greatest Hits - James Taylor
Greatest Hits - War
Gulf Winds - Joan Baez
Hard Rain - Bob Dylan
Hardcore Jollies - Funkadelic
Hasten Down the Wind - Linda Ronstadt
Havana Daydreamin' - Jimmy Buffett
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
Helluva Band - Angel
High and Mighty - Uriah Heep
High Voltage - AC/DC
Home Plate by Bonnie Raitt
Hoppkorv by Hot Tuna
Hot Tracks - Nazareth
Hotel California - The Eagles
How Dare You! - 10cc
Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker & the Rumour
If I Were Britannia I'd Waive the Rules - Budgie
Illegal Stills - Steven Stills
In the Pocket - James Taylor
The Jacksons - The Jacksons
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Jammy Smears - Ivor Cutler
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
Just for the Record - Ray Stevens
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
A Kind of Hush - The Carpenters
Kites - Jade Warrior
La Düsseldorf - La Düsseldorf
Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed - Salawa Abeni
Leftoverture - Kansas
Legalize It - Peter Tosh
Live Bullet - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Long May You Run - The Stills-Young Band
Look into the Future - Journey
Look My Way - Rosemary Clooney
Love Is All Around - Eric Burdon & War
A Love Trilogy - Donna Summer
The Mini-Album - The Sex Pistols (live EP)
Misty - Ray Stevens
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Mothership Connection - Parliament
M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull - Jethro Tull
Music from the Penguin Cafe - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Music, Music - Helen Reddy
A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
Night Moves - Bob Seger
A Night on the Town - Rod Stewart
No Heavy Petting - UFO
One More from the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Oxygène - Jean Michel Jarre
Part 3 - KC & The Sunshine Band
Play 'n' the Game - Nazareth
Ports of the Heart - Jimmie Spheeris
Presence - Led Zeppelin
The Pretender - Jackson Browne
Private Eyes - Tommy Bolin
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith Group
Rainbow Rising - Rainbow
Ramones - Ramones
Rastaman Vibration - Bob Marley & the Wailers
Ratcity in Blue - Good Rats
Ripper '76 - Various Artists
R-O-C-K - Bill Haley & His Comets
Rock and Roll Heart - Lou Reed
Rock and Roll Over - Kiss
Rocket Cottage - Steeleye Span
Rocks - Aerosmith
Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever
Rose Of Cimarron - Poco
The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
The Runaways - The Runaways
Run with the Pack - Bad Company
Ringo's Rotogravure - Ringo Starr
Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest
Ship of Memories - Focus
Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
Slow Down World - Donovan
Small Change - Tom Waits
Song of Joy - Captain & Tennille
The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
Songs for the New Depression - Bette Midler
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
Southern Tracks & Fantasies - Paul Davis
Sowiesoso - Cluster
Station to Station - David Bowie
Streetheart - Dion
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy's Rubber Band
Summertime Dream - Gordon Lightfoot
Surreal Thing - Kris Kristofferson
The Sun Sessions - Elvis Presley
Take the Heat Off Me - Boney M. (debut)
Tales of Kidd Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Technical Ecstasy - Black Sabbath
Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - Eagles
Third Reich & Roll - The Residents
Thirty Three & 1/3 - George Harrison
This One's for You - Barry Manilow
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (debut)
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! - Jethro Tull
A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
Turnstiles - Billy Joel
20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll - Bo Diddley
2112 - Rush
Up - Morrissey-Mullen
Von Herz zu Herz - Die Flippers
Wanted! The Outlaws - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka - Miyuki Nakajima
We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll - Black Sabbath
Whistling Down The Wire - Crosby & Nash
The Whole World's Goin' Crazy - April Wine
Why Can't We Be Friends - War
The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Meters, George & Amos Landry, The Neville Brothers
Wind & Wuthering - Genesis
Wings at the Speed of Sound - Paul McCartney & Wings
Wings over America - Paul McCartney & Wings
Works Volume I - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) - Kevin Ayers
Yesterday & Today - Y&T (debut)
Young and Rich - The Tubes
Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1976.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	ABBA	Dancing Queen	1976	UK 1 - Aug 1976, US BB 1 - Jan 1977, Holland 1 - Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 1 - Aug 1976, France 1 - Aug 1976, Norway 1 - Aug 1976, Éire 1 - Sep 1976, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1977, POP 1 of 1977, US BB 2 of 1977, Germany 2 - Aug 1976, Party 2 of 2007, US CashBox 3 of 1977, Switzerland 3 - Aug 1976, Australia 3 of 1976, Austria 4 - Sep 1976, RYM 4 of 1976, Canada 6 - Jan 1977, South Africa 10 of 1976, Europe 14 of the 1970s, OzNet 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1976, Italy 65 of 1976, Scrobulate 82 of pop, Germany 99 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 122, RIAA 148, Rolling Stone 171, Belgium 224 of all time, WXPN 847
2	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	1976	UK 1 - Dec 1991, Canada 1 - Mar 1976, Holland 1 - Dec 1975, Éire 1 - Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1976, Europe 1 of the 1970s, RYM 1 of 1975, US BB 2 of 1992, Australia 2 of 1976, Virgin 2, France 3 - Nov 1975, Belgium 3 of all time, Switzerland 4 - Feb 1976, Norway 4 - Jan 1976, Poland 4 of all time, TOTP 5, POP 5 of 1992, OzNet 6, 8 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 9 of rock, Germany 10 - Jan 1976, Austria 14 - Feb 1992, TheQ 16, Sweden (alt) 18 - Feb 1976, US CashBox 22 of 1992, US BB 33 of 1976, Acclaimed 63, WXPN 90, Rolling Stone 163
3	Chicago	If You Leave Me Now	1976	UK 1 - Oct 1976, US BB 1 - Aug 1976, Canada 1 - Sep 1976, Holland 1 - Oct 1976, Éire 1 - Dec 1976, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1977, Sweden (alt) 2 - Nov 1976, France 3 - Oct 1976, Austria 3 - Jan 1977, Switzerland 3 - Jan 1977, Germany 3 - Jan 1977, Norway 4 - Nov 1976, Australia 10 of 1977, South Africa 11 of 1977, US CashBox 14 of 1976, POP 18 of 1976, Italy 25 of 1977, RYM 31 of 1976, Europe 41 of the 1970s, Germany 168 of the 1970s, OzNet 449
4	ABBA	Fernando	1976	UK 1 - Mar 1976, Holland 1 - Mar 1976, Austria 1 - Apr 1976, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1976, Australia 1 of 1976, Germany 1 - Mar 1976, Australia 1 for 14 weeks Nov 1976, Sweden (alt) 2 - Apr 1976, Norway 2 - Apr 1976, South Africa 5 of 1976, Canada 7 - Sep 1976, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1976, France 10 - Apr 1976, US BB 13 - Sep 1976, Germany 15 of the 1970s, Italy 23 of 1976, Scrobulate 33 of Swedish, POP 35 of 1976, RYM 36 of 1976
5	Elton John & Kiki Dee	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	1976	UK 1 - Jul 1976, US BB 1 - Jul 1976, Canada 1 - Jun 1976, France 1 - Aug 1976, Éire 1 - Aug 1976, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Apr 1977, Holland 2 - Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 3 - Sep 1976, South Africa 3 of 1976, Switzerland 4 - Sep 1976, US CashBox 5 of 1976, Norway 5 - Aug 1976, Australia 5 of 1976, Germany 5 - Sep 1976, Austria 8 - Oct 1976, Italy 25 of 1976, RYM 50 of 1976, Germany 313 of the 1970s, OzNet 522

[edit] Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles

US Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One)	UK Number One Singles and Artist (Weeks at Number One)
"Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers (1) "Convoy" - C.W. McCall (1) "I Write The Songs" - Barry Manilow (1) "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross (1) "Love Rollercoaster" - Ohio Players (1) "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon (3) "Theme From S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage (1) "Love Machine" - The Miracles (1) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons (3) "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (4) "Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers (1) "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian (1) "Boogie Fever" Sylvers (1) "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney & Wings (5) "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross (2) "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band (2) "Kiss And Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (2) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (4) "You Should Be Dancing" - Bee Gees (1) "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" - KC & The Sunshine Band (1) "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (3) "A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1) "Disco Duck" - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (1) "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (2) "Rock'n Me" - Steve Miller Band (1) "Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart (7 weeks 1976 + 1 week 1977), best seller of the year	"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976) "Mamma Mia" - ABBA (2) "Forever and Ever" - Slik (1) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" - The Four Seasons (2) "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" - Tina Charles (3) "Save Your Kisses for Me" - Brotherhood of Man (6), best seller of the year "Fernando" - ABBA (4) "No Charge" - J.J. Barrie (1) "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) " - The Wurzels (2) "You to Me Are Everything" - The Real Thing (3) "The Roussos Phenomenon EP" - Demis Roussos (1) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (6) "Dancing Queen" - ABBA (6) "Mississippi" - Pussycat (4) "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (3) "Under the Moon of Love" - Showaddywaddy (3) "When a Child is Born" - Johnny Mathis (1 week 1976 + 2 weeks 1977)

[edit] Other significant singles

"All By Myself" - Eric Carmen
"Anarchy in the U.K." - Sex Pistols
"Arms Of Mary" - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
"Back in the Saddle" - Aerosmith
"Banapple Gas" - Cat Stevens
"Beautiful Noise" - Neil Diamond
"Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John
"Beth" - Kiss
"Better Use Your Head" - Little Anthony and the Imperials
"Blinded by the Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
"Blue Jeans" - Skyhooks
"Born to Be With You" - Dion
"The Boston Tea Party" - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
"Both Ends Burning" - Roxy Music
"The Boys Are Back in Town" - Thin Lizzy
"Calling Dr. Love" - Kiss
"Candy Store Rock" - Led Zeppelin
"Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways
"Child's Play" - Sherbet
"Come On Over" - Olivia Newton-John
"Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band
"Crazy on You" - Heart
"Darktown Strutters Ball" - Ted Mulry Gang
"Detroit Rock City" - Kiss
"Devil Woman" - Cliff Richard
"Disco Boy" - Frank Zappa
"Do You Feel Like We Do" - Peter Frampton
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Julie Covington
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult
"Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul
"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
"Every Little Bit Hurts" - Shirley Strachan
"Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Extended Play (EP)" - Bryan Ferry
"Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" - Bee Gees
"Fernando" - ABBA
"Fly Like An Eagle" - Steve Miller Band
"Foggy Notion-Inside Your Heart" - Velvet Underground
"Fool to Cry" - The Rolling Stones
"Foreplay/Longtime" - Boston
"Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"From New York to L.A." - Patsy Gallant
"Get Up And Boogie" - Silver Convention
"Girls Girls Girls" - Sailor
"Gloria" – Patti Smith Group
"Hard Luck Woman" - Kiss
"Harvest For The World" - The Isley Brothers
"Hasten Down The Wind" - Warren Zevon
"Heading In The Right Direction" - Renée Geyer
"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 Line" - The Sylvers
"Hot Stuff" - The Rolling Stones
"Howzat" - Sherbet
"Hurricane" - Bob Dylan
"Hurt" - The Manhattans
"I Love Music" - The O'Jays
"I Love to Boogie " - T. Rex
"I Need to Be In Love" - The Carpenters
"I Want You" - Marvin Gaye
"I Wish" - Stevie Wonder
"I Never Cry" - Alice Cooper
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan and John Ford Coley
"If You Know What I Mean" - Neil Diamond
"I'm Mandy Fly Me" - 10cc
"If Not You" - Dr. Hook
"In Dulce Jubilo/On Horseback" - Mike Oldfield
"It's Over" - Boz Scaggs
"It Keeps You Running" - Carly Simon
"Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy
"The Killing of Georgie, Pt. 1-2" - Rod Stewart
"Last Child" - Aerosmith
"Let 'Em In" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Let's Stick Together" - Bryan Ferry
"A Little Bit More" - Dr. Hook
"Livin' Thing" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Lonely Night (Angel Face)" - Captain & Tennille
"Long May You Run" - The Stills-Young Band
"Lost in France" - Bonnie Tyler
"Love And Affection" - Joan Armatrading
"Love Is Alive" - Gary Wright
"Love Me" - Yvonne Elliman
"Love Really Hurts Without You" - Billy Ocean
"Love So Right" - Bee Gees
"Love To Love You Baby" - Donna Summer
"Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs
"Magic Man" - Heart
"Man to Man" - Hot Chocolate
"Misty Blue" - Dorothy Moore
"Money, Money, Money" - ABBA
"Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck
"More, More, More" - Andrea True Connection
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston
"Movin'" - Brass Construction
"Music" - John Miles
"Muskrat Love" - Captain & Tennille
"Mystery Song" - Status Quo
"Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
"Never Gonna Fall In Love Again" - Eric Carmen
"New Rose" - The Damned (debut)
"Pinball Wizard" - Elton John
"Politicians in My Eyes" - Death
"Rain" - Status Quo
"Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac
"Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale
"Rock'n Me" - Steve Miller Band
"Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto (Concerto De Aranjuez)" - Manuel and His Music of the Mountains
"Sara Smile" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
"Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac
"Serenade" - Steve Miller Band
"Shannon" - Henry Gross
"She's Gone" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
"Shop Around" - Captain & Tennille
"Shout It Out Loud" - Kiss
"Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton
"Shower The People" - James Taylor
"Somebody to Love" - Queen
"Something He Can Feel" - Aretha Franklin
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" - Elton John
"Still the One" - Orleans
"Strange Magic" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)" - Billy Ocean
"Take It To The Limit" - 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 Rubberband Man" - The Detroit Spinners
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
"There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" - The Carpenters
"Things We Do For Love" - 10cc
"This Is It" - Melba Moore
"This Old Heart Of Mine" - Rod Stewart
"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" - Barry Manilow
"Weekend In New England" - Barry Manilow
"Wild Mountain Honey" - Steve Miller Band
"Year of the Cat" - Al Stewart
"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'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls
"You're My Best Friend" - Queen
"Young Hearts Run Free" - Candi Staton

[edit] Published popular music

"Always and Forever" w.m. Rod Temperton
"Devil Woman" w.m. Terry Britten & Christine Authors
"Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" w.m. Richard Leigh
"Empty Tables" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy Van Heusen
"Evergreen" w. Paul Williams m. Barbra Streisand
"Fernando" w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
"Gonna Fly Now" (aka "Theme From Rocky") w. Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins m. Bill Conti
"I Never Do Anything Twice" aka "The Madam's Song" w.m. Stephen Sondheim. Introduced by Régine in the film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
"Isn't She Lovely?" w.m. Stevie Wonder
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" w.m. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
"Like A Sad Song" w.m. John Denver
"A Little Bit More" w.m. Bobby Gosh
"Making Our Dreams Come True" w.m. Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox, from the TV series Laverne and Shirley
"Money, Money, Money" w.m. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" w.m.Elton John
"Welcome Back" w.m. John Sebastian. Theme song from the television series Welcome Back Kotter

[edit] Classical music

Elliot Carter - A Symphony of Three Orchestras
Brian Cherney - String Trio
George Crumb - Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player), and off-stage glass harmonica (two players)
George Crumb - Night Music I (1963, revised 1976) for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists
Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. 3
Henri Dutilleux - Ainsi la nuit
Einar Englund - Symphony No. 4 Nostalgic (in memory of Shostakovich)
Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Krzysztof Penderecki - Violin Concerto No. 1
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Amour

[edit] Opera

Peter Maxwell Davies - The Martyrdom of St Magnus
Carlisle Floyd - Bilby's Doll
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach

[edit] Musical theater

Bubbling Brown Sugar Broadway production
The Club Broadway production
Fiddler on the Roof (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick) - Broadway revival
Guys and Dolls Broadway revival
Irene London revival
My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) - Broadway revival
Oh Calcutta Broadway revival
Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman) - Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 11 and ran for 193 performances
Porgy and Bess Broadway revival
Salad Days (Julian Slade) - London revival
Side by Side by Sondheim London production
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill) - Broadway revival

[edit] Musical films

Bugsy Malone
The Slipper and the Rose
The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
A Star Is Born
That's Entertainment, Part II

[edit] Births

January 8 - Jenny Lewis, Rilo Kiley
January 16 - Stuart Fletcher, The Seahorses
January 18 - Damien Leith, singer/songwriter
January 20 - Sid Wilson, Slipknot
January 21 - Emma Bunton, Spice Girls
February 4 - Cam'ron, rapper
February 13 - Leslie Feist, Broken Social Scene
February 15
- Brandon Boyd, Incubus
- Ronnie Vannucci Jr., The Killers
February 28 - Ja Rule, rapper
March 8 - Gareth Coombes, Supergrass
March 17 - Stephen Gately, Boyzone
March 20 - Chester Bennington, Linkin Park
March 26 - David Keuning, The Killers
May 8 - Ian Watkins, Steps
May 14 - Hunter Burgan, AFI
May 17 - Kandi Burruss, Xscape
May 29 - Dave Buckner, Papa Roach
June 2 - Tim Rice-Oxley, Keane
June 2 - Adrian Carlos Olivares, Menudo
June 15 - Dryden Mitchell, Alien Ant Farm
June 21 - Mike Einziger, Incubus
June 22 - Gordon Moakes, Bloc Party
June 26 - Paul Phillips, Puddle of Mudd
June 27 - Leigh Nash, Sixpence None the Richer
July 3 - Shane Lynch, Boyzone
July 10 - Philip Howard, pianist and composer
August 8
- JC Chasez, *NSYNC
- Drew Lachey, 98 Degrees
August 16 - Tina Barrett, S Club 7
August 18 - Dirk 'Alex' Lance, Incubus
October 1 - Blu Cantrell, singer^{[dubious – discuss]}
October 20 - Tom Wisniewski, MxPx
November 11 - Jesse F. Keeler, Death from Above 1979
November 12 - Tevin Campbell
13 November - Shagrath, Dimmu Borgir
December 13 - Tom Delonge, blink-182
John Collura, The Ataris
Mike Davenport, The Ataris
Patrick Riley, The Ataris

[edit] Deaths

January 8 - George Baker, singer, 90
January 10 - Howlin' Wolf, blues musician, 65
January 23 - Paul Robeson, singer, 77
January 30 - Mance Lipscomb, blues musician, 80
January 31 - Evert Taube, composer and singer, 85
February 5 - Rudy Pompilli, saxophone player and 20-year member of Bill Haley & His Comets, 50 (lung cancer)
February 9 - Percy Faith, bandleader and composer, 67
February 12 - Sal Mineo, actor and singer, 37 (murdered)
February 13 - Lily Pons, coloratura soprano, 77
February 22 - Florence Ballard, The Supremes, 32 (coronary thrombosis)
March 14 - Busby Berkeley, musical director and choreographer, 80
March 19 - Paul Kossoff, guitarist, (Free), 25 (cerebral and pulmonary oedema)
March 26 - Duster Bennett, blues musician, 29 (car accident)
April 8 - Phil Ochs, protest singer, 35 (suicide)
May 12 - Rudolf Kempe, conductor, 65
May 14 - Keith Relf, vocalist (The Yardbirds), 35 (cardiac arrest due to electrocution)
May 15 - David Munrow, early music performer, 33 (suicide)
June 25 - Johnny Mercer, songwriter, 66
June 28 - Yakov Zak, pianist and music teacher, 62
August 26 - Lotte Lehmann, opera singer, 88
August 27 - Mukesh, Indian singer, 53 (heart attack)
October 3 - Victoria Spivey, US singer, pianist and composer, 69
October 11
- Connee Boswell, US singer, member of the Boswell Sisters, 68
- Alfredo Bracchi, Italian lyricist, 78
November 12 - Walter Piston, composer, 82
December 4
- Benjamin Britten, composer, 63
- Tommy Bolin, guitarist, 25 (drug-induced suffocation)
December 28 - Freddie King, blues musician, 42

[edit] Awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards of 1976

[edit] Country Music Association Awards

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1976

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