December 25, 1976

The chart was "frozen" next week (week ending 1st January, 1977)
       The next new chart was dated 8th January, 1977.

----- DROPOUTS -----
Don't Take Away The Music - Tavares ----- 34 / 2
Just To Be Close To You - Commodores ----- 7 / 11
Disco Duck (Part I) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots ----- 1 (1) / 16    
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot ----- 2 (2) / 13
Hello Old Friend - Eric Clapton ----- 24 (2) / 6
Beth / Detroit Rock City - KISS ----- 7 / 13


 40 --- Drivin' Wheel - Foghat (47)
 39 --- Do What You Want, Be What You Are - Daryl Hall John Oates (41)
39 38 --- Keep Me Cryin' - Al Green
 37 --- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Donny & Marie (43)
37 36 --- Mademoiselle - Styx
 35 --- Weekend In New England - Barry Manilow (50)
20 34 --- Love Ballad - L.T.D.
36 33 --- Whispering / Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
40 32 --- Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
21 31 --- Love So Right - Bee Gees

35 30 --- I Like Dreamin' - Kenny Nolan
 29 --- Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor (42)
38 28 --- Walk This Way - Aerosmith
33 27 --- This Song - George Harrison
30 26 --- Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire
29 25 --- Shake Your Rump To The Funk - The Bar-Kays
28 24 --- Jeans On - David Dundas
09 23 --- You Are The Woman - Firefall
26 22 --- Lost Without Your Love - Bread
31 21 --- Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons

 20 --- New Kid In Town - Eagles (48 )
22 19 --- Somebody To Love - Queen
10 18 --- Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley
08 17 --- Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin Jr.
04 16 --- Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille
19 15 --- Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra
16 14 --- Love Me - Yvonne Elliman
13 13 --- I Never Cry - Alice Cooper
14 12 --- Hot Line - The Sylvers
15 11 --- Stand Tall - Burton Cummings

11 10 --- After The Lovin' - Engelbert Humperdinck
17 09 --- Car Wash - Rose Royce
12 08 --- Dazz - Brick
18 07 --- I Wish - Stevie Wonder
07 06 --- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
06 05 --- More Than A Feeling - Boston
05 04 --- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
02 03 --- The Rubberband Man - The Spinners
03 02 --- You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
01 01 --- Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart                 


Making her first appearance this Christmas is Mary MacGregor.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 25-31 December 1976

01 02 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN (SOLEADO) Johnny Mathis *
02 01 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE Showaddywaddy ***
03 05 MONEY, MONEY, MONEY ABBA
04 03 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen
05 09 PORTSMOUTH Mike Oldfield
06 04 LIVIN' THING Electric Light Orchestra
07 06 LOVE ME Yvonne Elliman
08 18 DR LOVE Tina Charles
09 12 LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE Smokie
10 11 BIONIC SANTA Chris Hill

11 37 DON'T GIVE UP ON US David Soul
12 07 LEAN ON ME Mud
13 22 FAIRY TALE Dana
14 14 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW Kursaal Flyers
15 20 GRANDMA'S PARTY Paul Nicholas
16 08 IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW Chicago ***
17 19 WILD SIDE OF LIFE Status Quo
18 13 GET BACK Rod Stewart
19 27 THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE 10cc
20 16 STOP ME (IF YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE) Billy Ocean

21 17 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD Elton John
22 29 I WISH Stevie Wonder
23 26 SIDESHOW Barry Biggs
24 10 YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING Leo Sayer
25 33 HAITIAN DIVORCE Steely Dan
26 25 MISSISSIPPI Pussycat ****
27 15 LOST IN FRANCE Bonnie Tyler
28 -- RING OUT, SOLSTICE BELLS Jethro Tull
29 24 YOU'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN The Stylistics
30 23 IF NOT YOU Dr Hook

31 -- DADDY COOL Boney M
32 -- YOU'RE MORE THAN A NUMBER IN MY LITTLE RED BOOK The Drifters
33 36 KEEP IT COMIN', LOVE KC and the Sunshine Band
34 -- SING ME AN OLD-FASHIONED SONG Billie Jo Spears
35 -- EVERY MAN MUST HAVE A DREAM Liverpool Express
36 31 MAGGIE MAY Rod Stewart
37 -- DON'T CRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA Julie Covington
38 38 ANARCHY IN THE U.K. The Sex Pistols
39 21 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG Barry White
40 30 SO SAD, THE SONG Gladys Knight and the Pips

-- 28 SPINNING ROCK BOOGIE Hank C Burnette
-- 32 ROCK N ME Steve Miller Band
-- 34 HEY, MR DREAM MAKER Cliff Richard
-- 35 PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC Wild Cherry
-- 39 BEAUTIFUL NOISE Neil Diamond
-- 40 SAILING Rod Stewart


Bringing some unforgettably quirky Euro-disco sounds from now on are Boney M