Here
is some Trivia from the 1976 year for those who are
interested.
Music
Highlights:
·
Bernie
Leadon, original member of the Eagles since they were organized in
1971, leaves the group and is replaced by Joe Walsh.
·
Because
of booming record sales in recent years, the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) creates a new platinum award, for
singles that sell in excess of 2 million copies and an album that
sells 1 million units. The first platinum single was Johnnie
Taylor's "Disco
Lady" and
the first platinum album went to the Eagles for their Greatest
Hits 1971-1975.
·
A
Chorus Line opens on Broadway. It would become the
longest-running musical in entertainment history.
·
Lasers
are used in a rock show for the first time, by the Who.
·
Genesis
begins its first tour of America.
·
Bruce
Springsteen, while playing in Memphis, tries to sneak into
Graceland to see his idol Elvis Presley. He is stopped by security
guards, who quietly lead him off the grounds, unconcerned that he
is a major star.
·
Paul
McCartney begins his Wings over America tour, from which an album
by the same name would be released a year later and zoom to number
one.
·
Donna
Summer's American debut single in 1975, "Love To Love You
Baby," smolders up the charts in 1976 as part of the disco
explosion.
·
Prior
to the release of the album No
Reason To Cry,
Eric Clapton begins a concert tour of England, his first in years.
·
Elton
John plays for a week at New York's Madison Square Garden. The
summertime concerts smash all attendance records.
The Top 40 Singles:
1.
"Disco
Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (First chart appearance: 3/6/76;
Highest position: #1)
2.
"Don't
Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee (7/17/76; #1)
3.
"Play
That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (7/31/76; #1)
4.
"Tonight's
The Night" - Rod Stewart (10/23/76; #1)
5.
"Kiss
and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (5/29/76; #1)
6.
"Silly
Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings (4/17/76; #1)
7.
"A
Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy (7/4/76; #1)
8.
"Love
Machine (Part 1)" - The Miracles (12/13/75; #1)
9.
"50
Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon (1/3/76; #1)
10.
"December,
1963 (Oh, What A Night)" - The 4 Seasons (1/31/76; #1)
11.
"Love
Hangover" - Diana Ross (4/24/76; #1)
12.
"Shake
Your Booty" - K.C. & the Sunshine Band (7/31/76; #1)
13.
"I'd
Really Love To See You Tonight" - England Dan & John Ford
Coley (7/10/76; #2)
14.
"Sara
Smile" - Hall and Oates (8/14/76; #7)
15.
"Boogie
Fever" - Sylvers (3/13/76; #1)
16.
"Afternoon
Delight" - Starland Vocal Band (6/5/76; #1)
17.
"Misty
Blue" - Dorothy Moore (4/10/76; #3)
18.
"Disco
Duck" - Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots (9/4/76; #1)
19.
"More,
More, More" - Andrea True Connection (4/24/76; #4)
20.
"Love
Is Alive" - Gary Wright (5/15/76; #2)
21.
"You'll
Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls (7/10/76; #2)
22.
"I
Write The Songs" - Barry Manilow (11/22/75; #1)
23.
"You
Don't Have To Be A Star" - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis
(10/23/76; #1)
24.
"Dream
Weaver" - Gary Wright (1/31/76; #2)
25.
"If
You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (8/21/76; #1)
26.
"Fly,
Robin, Fly" - Silver Convention (10/25/75; #1)
27.
"Rock'n
Me" - Steve Miller Band (9/4/76; #1)
28.
"Get
Closer" - Seals and Crofts (6/5/76; #6)
29.
"Bohemian
Rhapsody" - Queen (2/7/76; #9)
30.
"Welcome
Back" - John Sebastian (4/10/76; #1)
31.
"Theme
From S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage (1/10/76; #1)
32.
"Get
Up And Boogie" - Silver Connection (4/17/76; #2)
33.
"Hot
Line" - Sylvers (11/13/76; #5)
34.
"Wreck
Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (9/25/76; #2)
35.
"You
Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate (12/6/75; #3)
36.
"Let
'Em In" - Paul McCartney and Wings (7/17/76; #3)
37.
"Love
Hurts" - Nazareth (1/3/76; #8)
38.
"You
Should Be Dancing" - Bee Gees (7/17/76; #1)
39.
"Rubberband
Man" - Spinners (10/2/76; #2)
40.
"Take
It To The Limit" - Eagles (1/17/76; #4)
Top Albums:
- Breezin'
- George Benson
- Chicago
IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits
- Chicago
- Desire
- Bob Dylan
- The
Dream Weaver
- Gary Wright
- Fleetwood
Mac *
- Frampton
Comes Alive!
- Peter Frampton *
- Gratitude
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Greatest
Hits 1971-1975
- Eagles
- History
- America's Greatest Hits
- America
- A
Night At The Opera
- Queen *
- A
Night On The Town
- Rod Stewart
- Presence
- Led Zeppelin
- Silk
Degrees
- Boz Scaggs
- Songs
In The Key Of Life
- Stevie Wonder –
Grammy winner for Best Album of the year.
- Wings
At The Speed Of Sound
- Wings
20 Popular Movies:
1.
Rocky
2.
A
Star Is Born
3.
King
Kong
4.
Silver
Streak
5.
All
The President's Men
6.
Marathon
Man
7.
Network
8.
The
Omen
9.
Taxi
Driver
10.
The
Song Remains The Same
11.
Bugsy
Malone
12.
Bound
For Glory
13.
Harlan
County, U.S.A.
14.
The
Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
15.
The
Outlaw Josey Wales
16.
The
Sentinel
17.
Seven
Beauties
18.
The
Shootist
19.
Silent
Movie
20.
Car
Wash
The Top 20 Television Shows:
1.
Happy
Days
2.
Laverne
& Shirley
3.
The
ABC Monday Night Movie
4.
M*A*S*H
5.
Charlie's
Angels
6.
The
Big Event
7.
The
Six Million Dollar Man
8.
The
ABC Sunday Night Movie
9.
Baretta
10.
One
Day at a Time
11.
Three's
Company
12.
All
in the Family
13.
Welcome
Back, Kotter
14.
The
Bionic Woman
15.
The
Waltons
16.
Little
House on the Prairie
17.
Barney
Miller
18.
60 Minutes
19.
Hawaii
Five-0
20.
NBC
Monday Night at the Movies
News
Highlights:
·
Military
spending in the world skyrockets to $300 billion a year.
·
The
Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
·
Barbara
Walters is the first broadcaster to be offered a $1 million
per-year contract to cohost the nightly news.
·
Racial
violence in black townships outside of Johannesburg, South Africa,
is the worst in 15 years.
·
Jimmy
Carter, a "born-again" Baptist from Georgia, is the
presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
·
From
coast to coast, the United States celebrates its 200th birthday.
·
Gymnast
Nadia Comaneci of Romania is the darling of the Summer Olympics in
Montreal. (Even the theme music played during her performances,
released as a single, goes gold).
·
In
Philadelphia 28 people die of a mysterious virus dubbed
"Legionnaire's disease."
·
In
a close election, Jimmy Carter is elected president over incumbent
Gerald Ford.
·
Austrian
Kurt Waldheim begins serving his second term as secretary general
of the United Nations.
Sports Winners of 1976:
·
Baseball:
The Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 0.
·
Football:
The Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 on January 9,
1977, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California in Super Bowl XI.
·
Basketball:
The Boston Celtics beat the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2.
·
Hockey:
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2.
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