These are the '''[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]''' number-one hits of 1976.
These are the '''[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]''' number-one hits of 1976.
That year, 15 acts earn 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.
