1976 Top Thirteen

Hmmm. At this point I can't decide if the large bias toward the rockier tracks is is more to do with my present-day tastes than 17-year-old me.
But my criteria when ordering the top 13 involves putting myself back in my sixth form shoes and visualising which records I actually bought (or taped from the top 20 run-down on Sunday - come on, we all did it!) and listened to while doing my homework.
Or the ones I danced around the kitchen to while making the evening meal for the family. And of course the ones I danced to in discos.


1) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light - 09-1976
2) John Miles - Music - 04-1976
3) Chicago - If You Leave Me Now - 10-1976
4) Abba - Dancing Queen - 09-1976
5) Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town - 07-1976
6) Dolly Parton - Jolene - 06-1976
7) Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon - 02-1976
8) The Four Seasons - December '63 (Oh What A Night) - 02-1976
9) Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - 07-1976
10) Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia - 06-1976
11) Queen - Somebody To Love - 11-1976
12) The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing - 08-1976
13) 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me - 04-1976



And the ones I couldn't bear to leave out:
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack - 07-1976
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - 11-1976
Steve Harley - Here Comes The Sun - 08-1976
The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World - 08-1976
The Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right - 11-1976
Bonnie Tyler - Lost In France - 11-1976
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise - 11-1976
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free - 06-1976
Sailor - Glass Of Champagne - 01-1976
The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything - 06-1976
Robin Sarstedt - My Resistance Is Low - 05-1976
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music - 11-1976
David Dundas - Jeans On - 08-1976
Tina Charles - I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance) - 02-1976
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More - 05-1976
Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me - 02-1976
The Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know - 12-1976
Manuel & His Music Of The Mountains - Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjuez - 02-1976
Paul Nicholas - Dancing With The Captain - 11-1976
Sherbet - Howzat - 10-1976