Editing 1976 in music (section)

==Chronological table of US and UK and Japan number one hit singles==
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!US number one singles and artist <br /> (weeks at number one)
!UK number one singles and artist <br /> (weeks at number one)
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|"Saturday Night" – [[Bay City Rollers]] (1)<br />"[[Convoy (song)|Convoy]]" – [[C. W. McCall]] (1)<br />"[[I Write the Songs]]" – [[Barry Manilow]] (1)<br />"[[Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)]]" – [[Diana Ross]] (1)<br />"[[Love Rollercoaster]]" – [[Ohio Players]] (1)<br />"[[50 Ways to Leave Your Lover]]" – [[Paul Simon]] (3)<br />"Theme from S.W.A.T." – [[Rhythm Heritage]] (1)<br />"[[Love Machine (The Miracles song)|Love Machine]]" – [[The Miracles]] (1)<br />"[[December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)]] – [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] (3)<br />"[[Disco Lady]]" – [[Johnnie Taylor]] (4)<br />"[[Let Your Love Flow]]" – [[The Bellamy Brothers]] (1)<br />"[[Welcome Back (John Sebastian song)|Welcome Back]]" – [[John Sebastian]] (1)<br />"[[Boogie Fever]]" – [[The Sylvers]] (1)<br />"[[Silly Love Songs]]" – [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney & Wings]] (5)<br />"[[Love Hangover]]" – [[Diana Ross]] (2)<br />"[[Afternoon Delight (song)|Afternoon Delight]]" – [[Starland Vocal Band]] (2)<br />"[[Kiss and Say Goodbye]]" – [[The Manhattans]] (2)<br />"[[Don't Go Breaking My Heart]]" – [[Elton John]] & [[Kiki Dee]] (4)<br />"[[You Should Be Dancing]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (1)<br />"[[(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty]]" – [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] (1)<br />"[[Play That Funky Music]]" – [[Wild Cherry (band)|Wild Cherry]] (3)<br />"[[A Fifth of Beethoven]]" – [[Walter Murphy]] & The Big Apple Band (1)<br />"[[Disco Duck]]" – [[Rick Dees]] & His Cast Of Idiots (1)<br />"[[If You Leave Me Now]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] (2)<br />"[[Rock'n Me]]" – [[Steve Miller Band]] (1)<br />'''"[[Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)|Tonight's The Night]]" – [[Rod Stewart]] (7 weeks 1976 + 1 week 1977), best seller of the year'''
|"[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976)<br />"[[Mamma Mia (ABBA song)|Mamma Mia]]" – [[ABBA]] (2)<br />"[[Forever and Ever (Slik song)|Forever and Ever]]" – [[Slik]] (1)<br />"[[December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)]]" – [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] (2)<br />"[[I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)]]" – [[Tina Charles (singer)|Tina Charles]] (3)<br />'''"[[Save Your Kisses for Me]]" – [[Brotherhood of Man]] (6), best seller of the year'''<br />"[[Fernando (song)|Fernando]]" – ABBA (4)<br />"[[No Charge]]" – [[J. J. Barrie]] (1)<br />"[[Brand New Key|Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)]] " – [[The Wurzels]] (2)<br />"[[You to Me Are Everything]]" – [[The Real Thing (soul group)|The Real Thing]] (3)<br />"[[Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song)|Forever and Ever]]" – [[Demis Roussos]] (1)<br />"[[Don't Go Breaking My Heart]]" – [[Elton John]] & [[Kiki Dee]] (6)<br />"[[Dancing Queen]]" – ABBA (6)<br />"[[Mississippi (Pussycat song)|Mississippi]]" – [[Pussycat (Dutch band)|Pussycat]] (4)<br />"[[If You Leave Me Now]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] (3)<br />"[[Under the Moon of Love]]" – [[Showaddywaddy]] (3)<br />"[[When a Child is Born]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]] (1 week 1976 + 2 weeks 1977)
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'''Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
{{main|List of Oricon number-one singles of 1976}}
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*"[[Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun]]" – [[Masato Shimon]] (11)
*"[[Beautiful Sunday (song)|Beautiful Sunday]]" (Japanese title: {{nihongo||ビューティフル・サンデー}}) – [[Daniel Boone (singer)|Daniel Boone]] (15)
*"{{ill|Yokosuka Story|ja|横須賀ストーリー}}" – [[Momoe Yamaguchi]] (7)
*"{{ill|Anata Dake wo|ja|あなただけを (あおい輝彦の曲)}}" – {{ill|Teruhiko Aoi|ja|あおい輝彦}} (6)
*"{{ill|Pearl Color ni Yurete|ja|パールカラーにゆれて}}" – Momoe Yamaguchi (5)
*"{{ill|Ochiba ga Yuki ni|ja|落葉が雪に}}" – [[Akira Fuse]] (1)
*"{{ill|Abayo|ja|あばよ (研ナオコの曲)}}" – [[Naoko Ken]] (4)
*"[[Kita no Yadokara]]" – [[Harumi Miyako]] (3 weeks in 1976 + 2 weeks in 1977)
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