December 18, 1976

----- DROPOUTS -----
If You Leave Me Now - Chicago ----- 1 (2) / 17      
Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton ----- 10 (2) / 10
It's A Long Way There - Little River Band ----- 28 (2) / 6
The Best Disco In Town - The Ritchie Family ----- 17 (2) / 11


 40 --- Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (59)
 39 --- Keep Me Cryin' - Al Green (44)
 38 --- Walk This Way - Aerosmith (45)
 37 --- Mademoiselle - Styx (41)
40 36 --- Whispering / Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
39 35 --- I Like Dreamin' - Kenny Nolan
36 34 --- Don't Take Away The Music - Tavares
38 33 --- This Song - George Harrison
25 32 --- Just To Be Close To You - Commodores
35 31 --- Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons

34 30 --- Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire
32 29 --- Shake Your Rump To The Funk - The Bar-Kays
31 28 --- Jeans On - David Dundas
23 27 --- Disco Duck (Part I) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots    
30 26 --- Lost Without Your Love - Bread
15 25 --- The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
24 24 --- Hello Old Friend - Eric Clapton
12 23 --- Beth / Detroit Rock City - KISS
26 22 --- Somebody To Love - Queen
03 21 --- Love So Right - Bee Gees

20 20 --- Love Ballad - L.T.D.
21 19 --- Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra
29 18 --- I Wish - Stevie Wonder
22 17 --- Car Wash - Rose Royce
17 16 --- Love Me - Yvonne Elliman
16 15 --- Stand Tall - Burton Cummings
19 14 --- Hot Line - The Sylvers
14 13 --- I Never Cry - Alice Cooper
18 12 --- Dazz - Brick
13 11 --- After The Lovin' - Engelbert Humperdinck

10 10 --- Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley
09 09 --- You Are The Woman - Firefall
08 08 --- Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin Jr.
11 07 --- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
07 06 --- More Than A Feeling - Boston
06 05 --- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
04 04 --- Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille
05 03 --- You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
02 02 --- The Rubberband Man - The Spinners
01 01 --- Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart              

R1 SINGLES CHART - 18-24 December 1976

01 01 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE Showaddywaddy ***
02 08 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN (SOLEADO) Johnny Mathis
03 02 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen
04 05 LIVIN' THING Electric Light Orchestra
05 03 MONEY, MONEY, MONEY ABBA
06 07 LOVE ME Yvonne Elliman
07 14 LEAN ON ME Mud
08 04 IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW Chicago ***
09 16 PORTSMOUTH Mike Oldfield
10 06 YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING Leo Sayer

11 28 BIONIC SANTA Chris Hill
12 21 LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE Smokie
13 11 GET BACK Rod Stewart
14 18 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW Kursaal Flyers
15 10 LOST IN FRANCE Bonnie Tyler
16 12 STOP ME (IF YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE) Billy Ocean
17 13 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD Elton John
18 24 DR LOVE Tina Charles
19 32 WILD SIDE OF LIFE Status Quo
20 27 GRANDMA'S PARTY Paul Nicholas

21 17 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG Barry White
22 19 FAIRY TALE Dana
23 09 IF NOT YOU Dr Hook
24 25 YOU'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN The Stylistics
25 20 MISSISSIPPI Pussycat ****
26 -- SIDESHOW Barry Biggs
27 37 THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE 10cc
28 22 SPINNING ROCK BOOGIE Hank C Burnette
29 -- I WISH Stevie Wonder
30 26 SO SAD, THE SONG Gladys Knight and the Pips

31 39 MAGGIE MAY Rod Stewart
32 15 ROCK N ME Steve Miller Band
33 -- HAITIAN DIVORCE Steely Dan
34 31 HEY, MR DREAM MAKER Cliff Richard
35 23 PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC Wild Cherry
36 -- KEEP IT COMIN', LOVE KC and the Sunshine Band
37 -- DON'T GIVE UP ON US David Soul
38 -- ANARCHY IN THE U.K. The Sex Pistols
39 29 BEAUTIFUL NOISE Neil Diamond
40 35 SAILING Rod Stewart

-- 30 SUBSTITUTE The Who
-- 33 HURT The Manhattans
-- 34 WE CAN WORK IT OUT The Four Seasons
-- 36 LOVE AND AFFECTION Joan Armatrading
-- 38 DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC The Tavares
-- 40 HANG ON, SLOOPY The Sandpipers


From wildly different parts of the spectrum come American actor/singer David Soul, and English punk pioneers the Sex Pistols