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FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 18, 1976

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 12/11 12/25 →

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 22 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	12	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)ROD STEWART	1
2	2	2	15	The Rubberband ManSPINNERS	2
3	5	6	15	You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR.	3
4	4	4	13	Muskrat LoveTHE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE	4
5	6	12	9	You Make Me Feel Like DancingLEO SAYER	5
6	7	8	14	More Than A FeelingBOSTON	6
7	11	15	6	Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest WordELTON JOHN	7
8	8	9	17	Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless)BARRY DeVORZON & PERRY BOTKIN JR.	8
9	9	10	18	You Are The WomanFIREFALL	9
10	10	11	11	Nights Are Forever Without YouENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY	10
11	13	20	9	After The Lovin'ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK	11
12	18	24	9	DazzBRICK	12
13	14	16	19	I Never CryALICE COOPER	13
14	19	22	11	Hot LineSYLVERS	14
15	16	18	11	Stand TallBURTON CUMMINGS	15
16	17	19	12	Love MeYVONNE ELLIMAN	16
17	22	42	9	Car WashROSE ROYCE	17
18	29	40	3	I WishSTEVIE WONDER	18
19	21	26	9	Livin' ThingELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA	19
20	20	21	12	Love BalladL.T.D.	20
21	3	3	14	Love So RightBEE GEES	3
22	26	35	4	Somebody To LoveQUEEN	22
23	12	7	16	Beth/Detroit Rock CityKISS	7
24	24	27	10	Hello Old FriendERIC CLAPTON	24
25	15	5	17	The Wreck Of The Edmund FitzgeraldGORDON LIGHTFOOT	2
26	30	37	4	Lost Without Your LoveBREAD	26
27	23	13	19	Disco Duck (Part I)RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS	1
28	31	34	11	Jeans OnDAVID DUNDAS	28
29	32	36	10	Shake Your Rump To The FunkTHE BAR-KAYS	29
30	34	43	5	Saturday NiteEARTH, WIND & FIRE	30
31	35	44	6	Enjoy YourselfTHE JACKSONS	31
32	25	14	14	Just To Be Close To YouCOMMODORES	7
33	38	53	5	This SongGEORGE HARRISON	33
34	36	41	8	Don't Take Away The MusicTAVARES	34
35	39	45	7	I Like Dreamin'KENNY NOLAN	35
36	40	50	7	Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si BonDR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND	36
37	41	49	6	MademoiselleSTYX	37
38	45	55	5	Walk This WayAEROSMITH	38
39	44	54	9	Keep Me Cryin'AL GREEN	39
40	59	72	5	Blinded By The LightMANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND	40
41	43	46	8	Do What You Want, Be What You AreDARYL HALL & JOHN OATES	41
42	52	66	5	Torn Between Two LoversMARY MACGREGOR	42
43	51	61	4	Ain't Nothing Like The Real ThingDONNY OSMOND & MARIE OSMOND	43
44	48	52	6	Flight '76THE WALTER MURPHY BAND	44
45	27	17	17	The Best Disco In TownTHE RITCHIE FAMILY	17
46	50	60	5	What Can I SayBOZ SCAGGS	46
47	54	65	4	Drivin' WheelFOGHAT	47
48	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ New Kid In TownEAGLES	48
49	49	59	5	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaTHE BEATLES	49
50	58	68	4	Weekend In New EnglandBARRY MANILOW	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	53	57	6	It Keeps You Runnin'THE DOOBIE BROTHERS	51
52	56	67	4	Do It To My MindJOHNNY BRISTOL	52
53	33	25	14	Do You Feel Like We DoPETER FRAMPTON	10
54	68	83	15	Free BirdLYNYRD SKYNYRD	19
55	57	58	7	Every Face Tells A StoryOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN	55
56	66	78	3	Someone To Lay Down Beside MeLINDA RONSTADT	56
57	71	82	3	I Like To Do ItK.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND	57
58	60	63	5	Baby, I'll Give It To YouSEALS & CROFTS	58
59	64	74	4	If Not YouDR. HOOK	59
60	62	62	8	Baby BoyMARY KAY PLACE	60
61	72	—	2	Evergreen (LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN")BARBRA STREISAND	61
62	47	47	9	Down To Love TownTHE ORIGINALS	47
63	74	84	3	Living Next Door To AliceSMOKIE	63
64	75	85	5	9,999,999 TearsDICKEY LEE	64
65	69	80	4	Sixteen ReasonsLAVERNE & SHIRLEY	65
66	70	81	3	St. CharlesJEFFERSON STARSHIP	66
67	77	—	2	Yesterday's HeroBAY CITY ROLLERS	67
68	78	88	7	Slow DancingFUNKY KINGS	68
69	28	28	14	It's A Long Way ThereLITTLE RIVER BAND	28
70	80	90	3	You've Got Me Runnin'GENE COTTON	70
71	85	—	2	Night MovesBOB SEGER	71
72	73	77	8	Don't Fight The Hands (That Need You)HAMILTON, JOE FRANK & DENNISON	72
73	NEW▶		1	Fly Like An EagleSTEVE MILLER	73
74	NEW▶		1	Hard Luck WomanKISS	74
75	79	89	3	Man Smart, Woman SmarterROBERT PALMER	75
76	86	—	2	Dancing QueenABBA	76
77	87	—	2	Save It For A Rainy DaySTEPHEN BISHOP	77
78	88	—	2	FreeDENIECE WILLIAMS	78
79	82	87	7	Open Sesame - Part 1KOOL & THE GANG	79
80	NEW▶		1	Spring Affair/Winter MelodyDONNA SUMMER	80
81	37	29	19	If You Leave Me NowCHICAGO	1
82	NEW▶		1	Dreamboat AnnieHEART	82
83	NEW▶		1	Lucky ManSTARBUCK	83
84	NEW▶		1	I Can't Ask For Anymore Than YouCLIFF RICHARD	84
85	NEW▶		1	Don't Leave Me This WayTHELMA HOUSTON	85
86	NEW▶		1	HappierPAUL ANKA	86
87	89	93	3	You're My Driving WheelTHE SUPREMES	87
88	98	—	2	Year Of The CatAL STEWART	88
89	94	98	3	CaledoniaROBIN TROWER	89
90	90	—	2	Heart On My SleeveBRYAN FERRY	90
91	92	94	4	Laid Back LoveMAJOR HARRIS	91
92	42	30	16	FernandoABBA	13
93	83	73	14	Nice 'N' NaastyTHE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA	30
94	96	—	2	White BirdDAVID LAFLAMME	94
95	97	—	2	Silver HeelsBLAZE	95
96	100	—	2	Love BugBUMBLE BEE UNLIMITED	96
97	99	100	3	All Roads (Lead Back To You)DONNY MOST	97
98	46	48	8	I Kinda Miss YouMANHATTANS	46
99	63	32	23	Magic ManHEART	9
100	65	33	16	I Only Want To Be With YouBAY CITY ROLLERS	12

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.