This Month In Music - March 1976

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

There were four Saturdays in March '76, so there the charts came out 4 times. Only Two songs topped the charts, though.  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 -  Mar-Ave
• December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The 4 Seasons - 1.5
• All By Myself - Eric Carmen - 2.5
• Dream Weaver - Gary Wright - 4.0
• Lonely Night (angel Face) - Captain & Tennille - 5.3
• Take It To The Limit - Eagles - 7.3
• Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles - 7.8
• Sweet Thing - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - 8.3
• Dream On - Aerosmith - 12.5
• Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce - 13.0
• Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor - 13.3

Seventeen (17) songs made their chart debuts.  Listed below with their peak position during the month:

• Song - Artist - Peak (March)
• Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor - 5
• Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers  - 8
• Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale - 9
• Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton - 18
• Action - Sweet - 23
• There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World) - Carpenters - 24
• Boogie Fever - The Sylvers - 25
• Good Hearted Woman - Waylon & Willie - 26
• Only Love Is Real - Carole King - 30
• Love Fire - Jigsaw - 33
• Looking For Space - John Denver - 34
• You'll Lose A Good Thing - Freddy Fender - 35
• I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - ABBA - 36
• Livin' For The Weekend - The O'Jays - 37
• He's A Friend - Eddie Kendricks - 38
• Lorelei - Styx - 39
• Fopp - Ohio Players - 40