List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1976

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1976.

Barry Manilow (pictured in 2008) scored his second #1 hit with "I Write the Songs" in 1976.

Rod Stewart hit #1 for eight weeks in 1976 and 1977 with "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)".

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, Walter Murphy, Rick Dees, and 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

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1976 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
384	January 3	"Saturday Night"	Bay City Rollers	[1]
385	January 10	"Convoy"	C. W. McCall	[2]
386	January 17	"I Write the Songs"	Barry Manilow	[3]
387	January 24	"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"	Diana Ross	[4]
388	January 31	"Love Rollercoaster"	Ohio Players	[5]
389	February 7	"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"	Paul Simon	[6]
	February 14			[7]
	February 21			[8]
390	February 28	"Theme from S.W.A.T."	Rhythm Heritage	[9]
391	March 6	"Love Machine"	The Miracles	[10]
392	March 13	"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"	The Four Seasons	[11]
	March 20			[12]
	March 27			[13]
393	April 3	"Disco Lady"	Johnnie Taylor	[14]
	April 10			[15]
	April 17			[16]
	April 24			[17]
394	May 1	"Let Your Love Flow"	The Bellamy Brothers	[18]
395	May 8	"Welcome Back"	John Sebastian	[19]
396	May 15	"Boogie Fever"	The Sylvers	[20]
397	May 22	"Silly Love Songs"	Wings	[21]
398	May 29	"Love Hangover"	Diana Ross	[22]
	June 5			[23]
re	June 12	"Silly Love Songs"	Wings	[24]
	June 19			[25]
	June 26			[26]
	July 3			[27]
399	July 10	"Afternoon Delight"	Starland Vocal Band	[28]
	July 17			[29]
400	July 24	"Kiss and Say Goodbye"	The Manhattans	[30]
	July 31			[31]
401	August 7	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	Elton John and Kiki Dee	[32]
	August 14			[33]
	August 21			[34]
	August 28			[35]
402	September 4	"You Should Be Dancing"	Bee Gees	[36]
403	September 11	"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"	KC and the Sunshine Band	[37]
404	September 18	"Play That Funky Music"	Wild Cherry	[38]
	September 25			[39]
	October 2			[40]
405	October 9	"A Fifth of Beethoven"	Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band	[41]
406	October 16	"Disco Duck"	Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots	[42]
407	October 23	"If You Leave Me Now"	Chicago	[43]
	October 30			[44]
408	November 6	"Rock'n Me"	Steve Miller Band	[45]
409	November 13	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"	Rod Stewart	[46]
	November 20			[47]
	November 27			[48]
	December 4			[49]
	December 11			[50]
	December 18			[51]
	December 25			[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Rod Stewart	7
2	Wings	5
3	Johnnie Taylor	4
	Elton John
	Kiki Dee
6	Paul Simon	3
	The Four Seasons
	Diana Ross
	Wild Cherry
10	Starland Vocal Band	2
	The Manhattans
	Chicago
13	Bay City Rollers	1
	C.W. McCall
	Barry Manilow
	Ohio Players
	Rhythm Heritage
	The Miracles
	The Bellamy Brothers
	John Sebastian
	The Sylvers
	Bee Gees
	KC and the Sunshine Band
	Walter Murphy and His Big Apple Band
	Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
	Steve Miller Band

See also

• 1976 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1976
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s