Song Of The Decade Strip 1976

[Vehicle]

On to 1976...


...and a disco invasion, with the mirror ball brigade representing probably 30% of the list.

At the time, I was absolutely dug in as a member of the Disco Sucks faction.

Looking back now, 38 years later (holy cow!), I can honestly say disco wasn't all bad. If I Can't Have You, You Should Be Dancing, Right Back Where We Started From, Turn The Beat Around...all groovy cuts.


Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Henry Gross - Shannon
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Wings - Silly Love Songs

 

[Jake T]

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More ... First song on the list, easy to cut.


Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Henry Gross - Shannon
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Wings - Silly Love Songs

 

[Nololob]

Question - Nazareth's 'Love Hurts' was released in 1974 and 1975. Why it was listed in 1976 category?

 

[Nora]

Henry Gross - Shannon

Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Wings - Silly Love Songs

 

[Vehicle]

Question - Nazareth's 'Love Hurts' was released in 1974 and 1975. Why it was listed in 1976 category?

I did a bit of legwork, and looking up the individual song, wiki says it peaked on Billboard's Hot 100 at #8 in early 1976.

The source I'm using for these threads is the Billboard's Year End Hot 100, has the song listed as finishing the year at #23.

However, right alongside that column is a list of the song's chart success, with the song reaching #8 in 1975, but it doesn't cite which chart they got that from.

So, I looked at the Hot 100 for 1975, and it's nowhere on the list. And I don't mean just the top 50, like I've been doing for this project. It wasn't in the top 100 at all.

My guess is, since it hit #8 in early 76, it must have been too late for it to be included on the 1975 list.

That's the best I can figure.

 

[Jake T]

Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around ... Too cookie-cutter disco for me.


Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Wings - Silly Love Songs

 

[The Wanderer]

Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing I have a limit on Funkiness XD...


Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Wings - Silly Love Songs

 

[Khor1255]

Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

The song that depressed Crack the Sky when they heard it on the radio because these were guys from their same circle who were making it big with a mediocre gimmick song.

Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven

Wings - Silly Love Songs

It's really awesome to remember THIS is what used to be on the radio all day long. I didn't like most of it back then but hell do I miss turning on the radio and not having to immediately search the dial.

 

[Jake T]

K.C. and The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty ... Another Disco song gets the booty.

Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Wings - Silly Love Songs

 

[Nora]

Boz Scaggs - Lowdown

Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
Captain and Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Commodores - Sweet Love
Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile
David Bowie - Golden Years
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany"
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donny and Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More
Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
Eagles - Take It To The Limit
Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
K.C. and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rhythm Heritage - Theme From "S.W.A.T"
Rufus - Sweet Thing
Seals and Crofts - Get Closer
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Sylvers - Boogie Fever
Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Wings - Silly Love Songs