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FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 11, 1976

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 12/04 12/18 →

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 26 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	11	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)ROD STEWART	1
2	2	5	14	The Rubberband ManSPINNERS	2
3	3	3	13	Love So RightBEE GEES	3
4	4	4	12	Muskrat LoveTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	4
5	6	14	14	You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR.	5
6	12	16	8	You Make Me Feel Like DancingLEO SAYER	6
7	8	9	13	More Than A FeelingBOSTON	7
8	9	10	16	Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)BARRY DeVORZON & PERRY BOTKIN JR.	8
9	10	12	17	You Are The WomanFIREFALL	9
10	11	13	10	Nights Are Forever Without YouENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY	10
11	15	19	5	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest WordELTON JOHN	11
12	7	8	15	Beth/Detroit Rock CityKISS	7
13	20	22	8	After The Lovin'ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK	13
14	16	18	18	I Never CryALICE COOPER	14
15	5	2	16	The Wreck Of The Edmund FitzgeraldGORDON LIGHTFOOT	2
16	18	20	10	Stand TallBURTON CUMMINGS	16
17	19	21	11	Love MeYVONNE ELLIMAN	17
18	24	30	8	DazzBRICK	18
19	22	27	10	Hot LineSYLVERS	19
20	21	24	11	Love BalladL.T.D.	20
21	26	28	8	Livin' ThingELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	21
22	42	52	8	Car WashROSE ROYCE	22
23	13	6	18	Disco Duck (Part I)RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS	1
24	27	29	9	Hello Old FriendERIC CLAPTON	24
25	14	7	13	Just To Be Close To YouCOMMODORES	7
26	35	45	3	Somebody To LoveQUEEN	26
27	17	17	16	The Best Disco In TownTHE RITCHIE FAMILY	17
28	28	32	13	It's A Long Way ThereLITTLE RIVER BAND	28
29	40	—	2	I WishSTEVIE WONDER	29
30	37	47	3	Lost Without Your LoveBREAD	30
31	34	38	10	Jeans OnDAVID DUNDAS	31
32	36	42	9	Shake Your Rump To The FunkTHE BAR-KAYS	32
33	25	15	13	Do You Feel Like We DoPETER FRAMPTON	10
34	43	48	4	Saturday NiteEARTH, WIND & FIRE	34
35	44	54	5	Enjoy YourselfTHE JACKSONS	35
36	41	46	7	Don't Take Away The MusicTAVARES	36
37	29	25	18	If You Leave Me NowCHICAGO	1
38	53	63	4	This SongGEORGE HARRISON	38
39	45	55	6	I Like Dreamin'KENNY NOLAN	39
40	50	60	6	Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si BonDR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND	40
41	49	59	5	MademoiselleSTYX	41
42	30	23	15	FernandoABBA	13
43	46	50	7	Do What You Want, Be What You AreDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	43
44	54	61	8	Keep Me Cryin'AL GREEN	44
45	55	65	4	Walk This WayAEROSMITH	45
46	48	49	7	I Kinda Miss YouMANHATTANS	46
47	47	57	8	Down To Love TownTHE ORIGINALS	47
48	52	62	5	Flight '76THE WALTER MURPHY BAND	48
49	59	69	4	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaTHE BEATLES	49
50	60	72	4	What Can I SayBOZ SCAGGS	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	61	71	3	Ain't Nothing Like The Real ThingDONNY OSMOND & MARIE OSMOND	51
52	66	76	4	Torn Between Two LoversMARY MACGREGOR	52
53	57	67	5	It Keeps You Runnin'THE DOOBIE BROTHERS	53
54	65	75	3	Drivin' WheelFOGHAT	54
55	56	58	13	Let's Be Young TonightJERMAINE JACKSON	55
56	67	77	3	Do It To My MindJOHNNY BRISTOL	56
57	58	56	6	Every Face Tells A StoryOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	56
58	68	78	3	Weekend In New EnglandBARRY MANILOW	58
59	72	83	4	Blinded By The LightMANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND	59
60	63	74	4	Baby, I'll Give It To YouSEALS & CROFTS	60
61	64	66	8	Lets Get It TogetherEL COCO	61
62	62	64	7	Baby BoyMARY KAY PLACE	62
63	32	31	22	Magic ManHEART	9
64	74	85	3	If Not YouDR. HOOK	64
65	33	33	15	I Only Want To Be With YouBAY CITY ROLLERS	12
66	78	—	2	Someone To Lay Down Beside MeLINDA RONSTADT	66
67	69	79	8	Heart On My SleeveGALLAGHER & LYLE	67
68	83	—	14	Free BirdLYNYRD SKYNYRD	19
69	80	90	3	Sixteen ReasonsLAVERNE & SHIRLEY	69
70	81	—	2	St. CharlesJEFFERSON STARSHIP	70
71	82	—	2	I Like To Do ItK.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND	71
72	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ Evergreen (LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN")BARBRA STREISAND	72
73	77	81	7	Don't Fight The Hands (That Need You)HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & DENNISON	73
74	84	—	2	Living Next Door To AliceSMOKIE	74
75	85	87	4	9,999,999 TearsDICKEY LEE	75
76	23	11	18	Rock'n MeSTEVE MILLER	1
77	NEW▶		1	Yesterday's HeroBAY CITY ROLLERS	77
78	88	88	6	Slow DancingFUNKY KINGS	78
79	89	—	2	Man Smart, Woman SmarterROBERT PALMER	79
80	90	—	2	You've Got Me Runnin'GENE COTTON	80
81	31	26	20	(Don't Fear) The ReaperBLUE OYSTER CULT	12
82	87	89	6	Open Sesame - Part 1KOOL & THE GANG	82
83	73	35	13	Nice 'N' NaastyTHE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA	30
84	86	86	5	SherryTHE KEANE BROTHERS	84
85	NEW▶		1	Night MovesBOB SEGER	85
86	NEW▶		1	Dancing QueenABBA	86
87	NEW▶		1	Save It For A Rainy DaySTEPHEN BISHOP	87
88	NEW▶		1	FreeDENIECE WILLIAMS	88
89	93	—	2	You're My Driving WheelTHE SUPREMES	89
90	NEW▶		1	Heart On My SleeveBRYAN FERRY	90
91	92	92	6	Makes You BlindTHE GLITTER BAND	91
92	94	99	3	Laid Back LoveMAJOR HARRIS	92
93	39	37	16	You Are My StarshipNORMAN CONNORS	27
94	98	—	2	CaledoniaROBIN TROWER	94
95	51	53	6	I Don't Wanna Lose Your LoveEMOTIONS	51
96	NEW▶		1	White BirdDAVID LAFLAMME	96
97	NEW▶		1	Silver HeelsBLAZE	97
98	NEW▶		1	Year Of The CatAL STEWART	98
99	100	—	2	All Roads (Lead Back To You)DONNY MOST	99
100	NEW▶		1	Love BugBUMBLE BEE UNLIMITED	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.