Sunday, June 12, 2016

This Month In Music - June 1976

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

There were four Saturdays in June, '76, so there the charts came out 5 times.  But only 2 songs made it to #1.  the month started Diana Ross's Love Hangover staying at #2.  Then Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs" bounced back to #1, and stayed through 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  -  June-Ave
  • Silly Love Songs  -  Wings  -  1.3
  • Boogie Fever  -  The Sylvers   -  2.3
  • StrangeMagic  -  Electric Light Orchestra  -  3.3
  • Love Hangover  -  Diana Ross  -  4.3
  • Sara Smile  -  Daryl Hall John Oates   -  6.0
  • Shop Around  -  Captain & Tennille  -  7.3
  • More, More, More Pt. 1  -  Andrea True Connection  -  9.0
  • Shannon  -  Henry Gross   -  9.8
  • Happy Days  -  Pratt & McClain with Brother Love  -  13.3
  • I'll Be Good To You  -  The Brothers Johnson  -  13.8



Twenty-Three (23) songs made their chart debuts.  Listed below with their peak position during the month:
  • Song  -  Artist  -  Peak (June)
  • Dance Wit Me  -  Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan  -  7
  • Take TheMoney And Run  -  Steve Miller  -  17
  • Got To Get You Into My Life  -  The Beatles  -  18
  • Rock And Roll Music  -  The Beach Boys  -  19
  • The Boys Are Back In Town  -  Thin Lizzy  -  20
  • Get Closer  -  Seals & Crofts (Featuring Carolyn Willis)  -  22
  • You're My Best Friend  -  Queen  -  23
  • If You Know What I Mean  -  Neil Diamond  -  24
  • Today's TheDay  -  America  -  25
  • Let Her In  -  John Travolta  -  26
  • That's Where The Happy People Go  -  The Trammps  -  27
  • Making Our Dreams Come True  -  Cyndi Grecco  -  28
  • Tear TheRoof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk)  -  Parliament  -  29
  • Turn The Beat Around  -  Vicki Sue Robinson  -  30
  • Save Your Kisses For Me  -  Brotherhood Of Man  -  31
  • I'm Easy  -  Keith Carradine  -  33
  • Last Child  -  Aerosmith  -  34
  • Mamma Mia  -  ABBA  -  35
  • Somebody's Gettin' It  -  Johnnie Taylor  -  36
  • Good Vibrations  -  Todd Rundgren  -  38
  • Happy Music  -  The Blackbyrds  -  39
  • Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)  -  Natalie Cole  -  39
  • Young Hearts Run Free  -  Candi Staton  -  40





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