List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1976: Difference between revisions

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[[File:BarryManilow.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Barry Manilow]] scored his second #1 hit with "[[I Write the Songs]]" in 1976.]]

[[File:Rod stewart 05111976 12 400.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Rod Stewart]] hit #1 for eight weeks in 1976 and 1977 with "[[Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)]]".]]

These are the '''[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]''' number-one hits of 1976.

That year, 15 acts earned their first number one songs, such as [[The Bay City Rollers]], [[C. W. McCall]], [[Rhythm Heritage]], [[Johnnie Taylor]], [[The Bellamy Brothers]], [[The Sylvers]], [[Starland Vocal Band]], [[The Manhattans]], [[Kiki Dee]], [[Wild Cherry (band)|Wild Cherry]], [[Walter Murphy]], [[Rick Dees]], and [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]. [[Paul Simon]] and [[John Sebastian]], having already hit number one with [[Simon & Garfunkel]] and [[The Lovin' Spoonful]], respectively, also earn their first number one songs as solo acts. [[Diana Ross]] was the only act to have more than one song reach number one with two.

== Chart history ==

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|style="background-color:#FFFF99"|The yellow background indicates the #1 song on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976|1976 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles]].

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|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1976-01-03|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 3, 1976}}</ref>

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