February 21, 1976

----- DROPOUTS -----
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross ----- 1 (1) / 13    
I Love Music (Part 1) - The O'Jays ----- 5 (2) / 14
Let The Music Play - Barry White ----- 32 / 4
Times Of Your Life - Paul Anka ----- 7 / 12


 40 --- Hold Back The Night - The Trammps (47)
 39 --- Renegade - Michael Murphey (43)
 38 --- Cupid - Tony Orlando & Dawn (53)
 37 --- Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music (41)
39 36 --- Sweet Love - Commodores
40 35 --- Tangerine - The Salsoul Orchestra
36 34 --- Only Sixteen - Dr. Hook
07 33 --- Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players    
38 32 --- Money Honey - Bay City Rollers
33 31 --- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

34 30 --- Dream On - Aerosmith
11 29 --- Convoy - C.W. McCall    
30 28 --- Deep Purple - Donny & Marie Osmond
28 27 --- Slow Ride - Foghat
26 26 --- Tracks Of My Tears - Linda Ronstadt
31 25 --- Sweet Thing - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan
25 24 --- The White Knight - Cledus Maggard & The Citizen's Band
29 23 --- Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce
05 22 --- Sing A Song - Earth, Wind & Fire
24 21 --- Golden Years - David Bowie

22 20 --- Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) - Bee Gees
19 19 --- Somewhere In The Night - Helen Reddy
27 18 --- Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
20 17 --- Baby Face - The Wing And A Prayer Fife & Drum Corps.
16 16 --- Squeeze Box - The Who
17 15 --- Grow Some Funk Of Your Own / I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) - Elton John
15 14 --- Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
21 13 --- Lonely Night (Angel Face) - Captain & Tennille
18 12 --- December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - The 4 Seasons
13 11 --- Love Hurts - Nazareth

10 10 --- Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
12 09 --- Take It To The Limit - Eagles
09 08 --- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka
14 07 --- All By Myself - Eric Carmen
06 06 --- I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow    
08 05 --- Love Machine (Part 1) - The Miracles
02 04 --- Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
03 03 --- You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
04 02 --- Theme From S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
01 01 --- 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon         


Scoring their first Top 40 hits this week are The Trammps and Roxy Music.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 21-27 February 1976

01 03 DECEMBER '63 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT) The Four Seasons *
02 01 FOREVER AND EVER Slik *
03 23 I LOVE TO LOVE (BUT MY BABY LOVES TO DANCE) Tina Charles
04 08 RODRIGO'S GUITAR CONCERTO de ARANJUEZ Manuel and his Music of the Mountains
05 02 MAMMA MIA ABBA **
06 05 LOVE TO LOVE YOU, BABY Donna Summer
07 -- CONVOY CW McCall
08 04 LOVE MACHINE The Miracles
09 06 WE DO IT R & J Stone
10 29 DAT Pluto Shervington

11 07 NO REGRETS The Walker Brothers
12 15 LOW RIDER War
13 17 MOONLIGHT SERENADE / LITTLE BROWN JUG / IN THE MOOD Glenn Miller
14 21 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair
15 19 SQUEEZE BOX The Who
16 10 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE David Ruffin
17 36 RAIN Status Quo
18 25 LET'S CALL IT QUITS Slade
19 12 BABY FACE Wing and a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps
20 30 I LOVE MUSIC The O'Jays

21 27 SOMETHING'S BEEN MAKING ME BLUE Smokie
22 -- FUNKY WEEKEND The Stylistics
23 13 MIDNIGHT RIDER Paul Davidson
24 31 TUXEDO JUNCTION Manhattan Transfer
25 09 ANSWER ME Barbara Dickson
26 32 WEAK SPOT Evelyn Thomas
27 33 YOUR MAGIC PUT A SPELL ON ME LJ Johnson
28 11 EVIL WOMAN Electric Light Orchestra
29 28 DEEP PURPLE Donny & Marie Osmond
30 20 KING OF THE COPS Billy Howard

31 -- MISS YOU NIGHTS Cliff Richard
32 16 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen *********
33 34 THE WAY I WANT TO TOUCH YOU The Captain & Tennille
34 -- LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU Billy Ocean
35 26 MILKY WAY Sheer Elegance
36 24 IN DULCE JUBILO / ON HORSEBACK Mike Oldfield
37 22 GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE Sailor
38 14 ITCHYCOO PARK The Small Faces
39 -- (DO THE) SPANISH HUSTLE The Fatback Band
40 -- CLOUD 99 St Andrews Chorale

-- 18 SUNSHINE DAY Osibisa
-- 35 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER Paul Simon
-- 37 HONEY, I... George McCrae
-- 38 LET THE MUSIC PLAY Barry White
-- 39 LIES IN YOUR EYES The Sweet
-- 40 JUST ONE LOOK Faith, Hope and Charity


Soul star Billy Ocean makes his debut, whilst CW McCall scores a timely one-hit wonder