This Month In Music - April 1976

April 1976...  40 years ago!  What was happening in the music world:

There were four Saturdays in April '76, so there the charts came out 4 times. But only one song made #1:  Johnny Taylor's "Disco Lady" dominated the month.  The month started with The Miracles' Love Machine at #1.  The Four Seasons took over in the second week with December 1963 (Oh What A Night), and stayed at #1 the rest of the month.

Here's the Top 10 songs of the month, based on average chart position over the 4 weeks:

• Song   -   Artist    -    April Average
• Disco Lady  -  Johnnie Taylor   -  1.0
• Let Your Love Flow  -  Bellamy Brothers   -  3.0
• Right Back Where We Started From  -  Maxine Nightingale   -  4.3
• Lonely Night(Angel Face)  -  Captain & Tennille   -  5.3
• Dream Weaver  -  Gary Wright   -  6.3
• Only Sixteen  -  Dr. Hook   -  7.8
• Boogie Fever  -  The Sylvers   -  8.0
• Sweet Love  -  Commodores   -  8.3
• Show Me TheWay  -  Peter Frampton   -  10.3
• Dream On  -  Aerosmith   -  11.3

A whopping Thirty Seven (37) songs made their chart debuts.  Listed below with their peak position during the month:

• Song  -  Artist  -  Peak (April)
• Welcome Back  -  John Sebastian  -  7
• Fooled Around And Fell In Love  -  Elvin Bishop  -  10
• Golden Years  -  David Bowie   -  10
• I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do  -  ABBA   -  17
• Shannon  -  Henry Gross   -  18
• Tangerine  -  The Salsoul Orchestra   -  18
• Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again  -  Barry Manilow  -  19
• Action  -  Sweet   -  20
• Livin' For The Weekend  -  The O'Jays  -  20
• Take It ToThe Limit  -  Eagles   -  20
• Love Machine (Part 1)  -  The Miracles   -  22
• StrangeMagic  -  Electric Light Orchestra  -  22
• Sara Smile  -  Daryl Hall John Oates   -  23
• Silly Love Songs  -  Wings  -  24
• Misty Blue  -  Dorothy Moore  -  25
• Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)  -  Fleetwood Mac  -  26
• Lorelei  -  Styx   -  27
• Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)  -  Silver Convention  -  28
• Only Love Is Real  -  Carole King   -  28
• Looking For Space  -  John Denver  -  29
• Love Hangover  -  Diana Ross  -  29
• Fopp  -  Ohio Players   -  30
• Love Fire  -  Jigsaw   -  30
• Don't Pull Your Love/then You Can Tell Me Goodbye  -  Glen Campbell  -  32
• Love Hurts  -  Nazareth   -  32
• You'll Lose A Good Thing  -  Freddy Fender   -  32
• Union Man  -  Cate Bros.  -  33
• Happy Music  -  The Blackbyrds  -  34
• Come On Over  -  Olivia Newton-John  -  35
• He's A Friend  -  Eddie Kendricks   -  36
• Shout It Out Loud  -  Kiss  -  36
• We Can't Hide It Anymore  -  Larry Santos   -  36
• Happy Days  -  Pratt & McClain with Brother Love  -  37
• Young Blood  -  Bad Company  -  38
• Can't Hide Love  -  Earth, Wind & Fire  -  39
• Hit The Road Jack  -  Stampeders   -  40
• More, More, More Pt. 1  -  Andrea True Connection  -  40