October 9, 1976

----- DROPOUTS -----
Sunrise - Eric Carmen ----- 34 / 3
Who'd She Coo? - Ohio Players ----- 18 (2) / 10
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls ----- 2 (2) / 13
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees ----- 1 (1) / 12    


 40 --- This One's For You - Barry Manilow (50)
 39 --- Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton (47)
39 38 --- You Are My Starship - Norman Connors
 37 --- Just To Be Close To You - Commodores (44)
36 36 --- Like A Sad Song - John Denver
40 35 --- The Rubberband Man - The Spinners
38 34 --- Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) - Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids
28 33 --- Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee           
 32 --- Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille (48 )
37 31 --- The Best Disco In Town - The Ritchie Family

31 30 --- Get The Funk Out Ma Face - The Brothers Johnson
29 29 --- It's O.k. - The Beach Boys
35 28 --- Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin Jr.
33 27 --- You Are The Woman - Firefall
25 26 --- One Love In My Lifetime - Diana Ross
07 25 --- Summer - War
30 24 --- Fernando - ABBA
32 23 --- Love So Right - Bee Gees
15 22 --- With Your Love - Jefferson Starship
26 21 --- The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

24 20 --- Beth / Detroit Rock City - KISS
23 19 --- (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
16 18 --- Wham Bam (Shang-A-Lang) - Silver
19 17 --- I Only Want To Be With You - Bay City Rollers
20 16 --- Magic Man - Heart
11 15 --- Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
17 14 --- That'll Be The Day - Linda Ronstadt
18 13 --- Rock'n Me - Steve Miller
13 12 --- Getaway - Earth, Wind & Fire
12 11 --- A Little Bit More - Dr. Hook

14 10 --- She's Gone - Daryl Hall John Oates
09 09 --- (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band    
02 08 --- I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
10 07 --- Still The One - Orleans
06 06 --- Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
08 05 --- If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
04 04 --- Disco Duck (Part I) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots
05 03 --- Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
01 02 --- Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry        
03 01 --- A Fifth Of Beethoven - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band    

R1 SINGLES CHART - 9-15 October 1976

01 01 DANCING QUEEN ABBA ******
02 03 MISSISSIPPI Pussycat
03 02 CAN'T GET BY WITHOUT YOU The Real Thing
04 07 SAILING Rod Stewart
05 04 I AM A CIDER DRINKER The Wurzels
06 10 DISCO DUCK Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots
07 05 I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU Bay City Rollers
08 06 DANCE, LITTLE LADY, DANCE Tina Charles
09 09 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Manfred Mann's Earth Band
10 08 ARIA Acker Bilk

11 13 GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND Elvis Presley
12 16 THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN The Ritchie Family
13 14 LOVING AND FREE Kiki Dee
14 22 HOWZAT Sherbet
15 35 WHEN FOREVER HAS GONE Demis Roussos
16 11 THE KILLING OF GEORGIE Rod Stewart
17 12 (LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE) DOINA DE JALE Georghe Zamfir
18 36 I'LL MEET YOU AT MIDNIGHT Smokie
19 17 HERE I GO AGAIN Twiggy
20 40 HURT The Manhattans

21 20 I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN YOU, BABE Cliff Richard
22 25 GET UP OFFA THAT THING James Brown
23 -- DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC The Tavares
24 32 THE RUBBERBAND MAN Detroit Spinners
25 24 DISCO MUSIC (I LIKE IT) The J.A.L.N. Band
26 29 I WANT MORE Can
27 21 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO The Chi-Lites
28 31 UPTOWN, UPTEMPO WOMAN Randy Edelman
29 38 EVERY NITE'S A SATURDAY NIGHT WITH YOU The Drifters
30 -- I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT England Dan & John Ford Coley

31 23 NICE AND SLOW Jesse Green
32 18 LET 'EM IN Wings
33 28 LOVING ON THE LOSING SIDE Tommy Hunt
34 -- PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC Wild Cherry
35 30 HEAVEN IS IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CADILLAC Hot Chocolate
36 27 WHAT I'VE GOT IN MIND Billie Jo Spears
37 -- BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John
38 -- IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW Chicago
39 -- SUMMER OF MY LIFE Simon May
40 -- UNDER ONE ROOF The Rubettes

-- 15 16 BARS The Stylistics
-- 19 BABY, WE BETTER TRY AND GET IT TOGETHER Barry White
-- 26 AFTERNOON DELIGHT Starland Vocal Band
-- 33 YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE Lou Rawls
-- 34 SWEET HOME ALABAMA / DOUBLE TROUBLE Lynyrd Skynyrd
-- 37 EXTENDED PLAY Bryan Ferry
-- 39 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART Elton John + Kiki Dee ******


Composer Simon May scores a rare pop hit in his own right, along with one-hit wonders from Wild Cherry, and England Dan & John Ford Coley