A month in a life – August 1976

All tracks released in August 1976 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 It’s so nice (to have you home) (06/76) New Seekers *
2 Moonlight lady Albert Hammond
3 L.A. sunshine Sylvia
4 Make yours a happy home (07/76) Gladys Knight & Pips *
5 Midnight love affair Carol Douglas
6 Travellin’ light Andy Fairweather Lowe
7 The killing of Georgie Rod Stewart *
8 Fly like an eagle Steve Miller band
9 Sunrise Eric Carmen
10 Any old time will do Roy Wood
11 You nearly did me in Ian Hunter
12 Shannon (07/76) Henry Gross *
13 When love goes Robert MacLeod
14 Night fever (07/76) Fatback Band *
15 Getaway Earth wind & fire
16 I need it (07/76) Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson *
17 Get the funk out of my face Brothers Johnson
18 Still the one Orleans
19 I can hear love Tarney & Spencer
20 What can I say Pousette dart band
21 Satin sheets (07/76) Bellamy Brothers *
22 Do ya (do ya want my love) Forest
23 Wham bam shang-a-lang Silver
24 Mississippi (04/76) Pussycat *
25 The light of experience “Doina de Jale” (06/76) Gheorghe Zamfir *
26 Complainte pour Ste-Catherine Kate & Anna McGarrigle
27 Afternoon delight (07/76) Starland Vocal Band *
28 What you need is a miracle Marmalade
29 I can’t ask for anything more than you babe (07/76) Cliff Richard *
30 Today’s the day America
31 Oceans away Phillip Goodhand Tait
32 Lullaby of Broadway (07/76) Winifred Shaw *
33 I can’t hear you no more Helen Reddy
34 Sayonara Tony Jackson
35 I hurt on the other side [USA 1966] First UK release Sid Barnes
36 Dancing Queen Abba *
37 Heaven is in the back seat of my cadillac Hot Chocolate *
38 Jamaica lady Funk band inc
39 Hold on Sons of Champlin
40 Dead flowers New riders of the purple sage
41 Here comes the weekend Dave Edmunds
42 The price of love (EP) (07/76) Bryan Ferry *
43 Cry (till the tears run dry) Jigsaw
44 Let ’em in (07/76) Wings *
45 Morning glory (07/76) James and Bobby Purify *
46 Here I go again (07/76) Twiggy *
47 Loving on the losing side Tommy Hunt *
48 High on sunshine Commodores
49 Summer War
50 A house for sale Millie Jackson
51 Aria (06/76) Acker Bilk, his clarinet and strings *
52 Porcupine Nature zone
53 Friends Cymande
54 Dance sister dance (Baila mi hermana) Santana
55 Baby, we better try to get it together (07/76) Barry White *
56 Disco hop Third world band
57 Jailbreak Thin Lizzy *
58 Kiss of light Be-Bop Deluxe
59 Blinded by the light Manfred Mann’s Earth Band *
60 Hollywood seven John English
61 A fool like you Ian Matthews
62 I’m easy Ron Nigrini
63 If you know what I mean (07/76) Neil Diamond *
64 You can’t dance Jackson Hawke
65 You showed me what love is Dion
66 Don’t go breaking my heart Elton John & Kiki Dee # 1
67 Baby love (how could you leave me) Group with no name
68 Y viva suspenders Judge Dread *
69 I want more (07/76) Can *
70 Sixteen bars (07/76) Stylistics *
71 Nice and slow (01/76) Jesse Green *
72 Dance little lady dance Tina Charles *
73 The promise of love Delegation
74 After the dance Marvin Gaye
75 I’ve been trying Chants (UK)
76 Honky tonk downstairs Dan McCafferty
77 Fistful of love Black oak Arkansas
78 Let there be drums Bev Bevan