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FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 4, 1976

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 11/27 12/11 →

Queen’s “Somebody To Love” is missing from the chart file, and from Billboard’s chart history, for 13 of its 15 weeks; the file leaves its rank empty, and the archive puts it there, at 35 this week, its LAST WEEK and weeks on chart following its run.

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
1	1	1	10	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)ROD STEWART	1
2	5	6	13	The Rubberband ManSPINNERS	2
3	3	3	12	Love So RightBEE GEES	3
4	4	4	11	Muskrat LoveTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	4
5	2	2	15	The Wreck Of The Edmund FitzgeraldGORDON LIGHTFOOT	2
6	14	18	13	You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR.	6
7	8	9	14	Beth/Detroit Rock CityKISS	7
8	9	12	12	More Than A FeelingBOSTON	8
9	10	11	15	Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)BARRY DeVORZON & PERRY BOTKIN JR.	9
10	12	14	16	You Are The WomanFIREFALL	10
11	13	15	9	Nights Are Forever Without YouENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY	11
12	16	22	7	You Make Me Feel Like DancingLEO SAYER	12
13	6	5	17	Disco Duck (Part I)RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS	1
14	7	8	12	Just To Be Close To YouCOMMODORES	7
15	19	28	4	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest WordELTON JOHN	15
16	18	20	17	I Never CryALICE COOPER	16
17	17	19	15	The Best Disco In TownTHE RITCHIE FAMILY	17
18	20	25	9	Stand TallBURTON CUMMINGS	18
19	21	23	10	Love MeYVONNE ELLIMAN	19
20	22	29	7	After The Lovin'ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK	20
21	24	26	10	Love BalladL.T.D.	21
22	27	31	9	Hot LineSYLVERS	22
23	11	7	17	Rock'n MeSTEVE MILLER	1
24	30	40	7	DazzBRICK	24
25	15	10	12	Do You Feel Like We DoPETER FRAMPTON	10
26	28	32	7	Livin' ThingELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	26
27	29	33	8	Hello Old FriendERIC CLAPTON	27
28	32	36	12	It's A Long Way ThereLITTLE RIVER BAND	28
29	25	16	17	If You Leave Me NowCHICAGO	1
30	23	13	14	FernandoABBA	13
31	26	17	19	(Don't Fear) The ReaperBLUE OYSTER CULT	12
32	31	21	21	Magic ManHEART	9
33	33	24	14	I Only Want To Be With YouBAY CITY ROLLERS	12
34	38	42	9	Jeans OnDAVID DUNDAS	34
35	45	—	2	Somebody To LoveQUEEN	35
36	42	52	8	Shake Your Rump To The FunkTHE BAR-KAYS	36
37	47	—	2	Lost Without Your LoveBREAD	37
38	40	48	6	Whenever I'm Away From YouJOHN TRAVOLTA	38
39	37	35	15	You Are My StarshipNORMAN CONNORS	27
40	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ I WishSTEVIE WONDER	40
41	46	57	6	Don't Take Away The MusicTAVARES	41
42	52	65	7	Car WashROSE ROYCE	42
43	48	78	3	Saturday NiteEARTH, WIND & FIRE	43
44	54	66	4	Enjoy YourselfTHE JACKSONS	44
45	55	67	5	I Like Dreamin'KENNY NOLAN	45
46	50	53	6	Do What You Want, Be What You AreDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	46
47	57	61	7	Down To Love TownTHE ORIGINALS	47
48	49	54	6	I Kinda Miss YouMANHATTANS	48
49	59	69	4	MademoiselleSTYX	49
50	60	76	5	Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si BonDR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	53	60	5	I Don't Wanna Lose Your LoveEMOTIONS	51
52	62	73	4	Flight '76THE WALTER MURPHY BAND	52
53	63	82	3	This SongGEORGE HARRISON	53
54	61	71	7	Keep Me Cryin'AL GREEN	54
55	65	90	3	Walk This WayAEROSMITH	55
56	58	58	12	Let's Be Young TonightJERMAINE JACKSON	56
57	67	77	4	It Keeps You Runnin'THE DOOBIE BROTHERS	57
58	56	62	5	Every Face Tells A StoryOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	56
59	69	79	3	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaTHE BEATLES	59
60	72	85	3	What Can I SayBOZ SCAGGS	60
61	71	—	2	Ain't Nothing Like The Real ThingDONNY OSMOND & MARIE OSMOND	61
62	64	68	6	Baby BoyMARY KAY PLACE	62
63	74	84	3	Baby, I'll Give It To YouSEALS & CROFTS	63
64	66	70	7	Lets Get It TogetherEL COCO	64
65	75	—	2	Drivin' WheelFOGHAT	65
66	76	87	3	Torn Between Two LoversMARY MACGREGOR	66
67	77	—	2	Do It To My MindJOHNNY BRISTOL	67
68	78	—	2	Weekend In New EnglandBARRY MANILOW	68
69	79	—	7	Heart On My SleeveGALLAGHER & LYLE	69
70	70	74	5	Help WantedTHE HUDSON BROTHERS	70
71	73	75	6	CatfishTHE FOUR TOPS	71
72	83	95	3	Blinded By The LightMANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND	72
73	35	30	12	Nice 'N' NaastyTHE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA	30
74	85	—	2	If Not YouDR. HOOK	74
75	68	72	8	You Ought To Be Havin' FunTOWER OF POWER	68
76	34	27	25	Play That Funky MusicWILD CHERRY	1
77	81	83	6	Don't Fight The Hands (That Need You)HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & DENNISON	77
78	NEW▶		1	Someone To Lay Down Beside MeLINDA RONSTADT	78
79	82	—	2	Baby, Baby I Love YouTERRY CASHMAN	79
80	90	—	2	Sixteen ReasonsLAVERNE & SHIRLEY	80
81	NEW▶		1	St. CharlesJEFFERSON STARSHIP	81
82	NEW▶		1	I Like To Do ItK.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND	82
83	RE-ENTRY		13	Free BirdLYNYRD SKYNYRD	19
84	NEW▶		1	Living Next Door To AliceSMOKIE	84
85	87	93	3	9,999,999 TearsDICKEY LEE	85
86	86	88	4	SherryTHE KEANE BROTHERS	86
87	89	89	5	Open Sesame - Part 1KOOL & THE GANG	87
88	88	91	5	Slow DancingFUNKY KINGS	88
89	NEW▶		1	Man Smart, Woman SmarterROBERT PALMER	89
90	NEW▶		1	You've Got Me Runnin'GENE COTTON	90
91	91	—	2	Dog Eat DogTED NUGENT	91
92	92	92	5	Makes You BlindTHE GLITTER BAND	92
93	NEW▶		1	You're My Driving WheelTHE SUPREMES	93
94	99	—	2	Laid Back LoveMAJOR HARRIS	94
95	36	34	28	A Fifth Of BeethovenWALTER MURPHY & THE BIG APPLE BAND	1
96	41	43	16	That'll Be The DayLINDA RONSTADT	11
97	39	37	28	She's GoneDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	7
98	NEW▶		1	CaledoniaROBIN TROWER	98
99	43	39	11	Give It Up (Turn It Loose)TYRONE DAVIS	38
100	NEW▶		1	All Roads (Lead Back To You)DONNY MOST	100

Bullets and Hot Shot Debuts before 1980 are inferred from the chart's movement, not read off the page: a bullet for a record that is new, back, up on last week, or at last week's rank for the second week running; the Hot Shot Debut is the week's highest new entry. The first Hot 100, 8/4/1958, has none.