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A list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1976.

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Events[]

January–February[]

• January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle.^[1]
• January 6 – Peter Frampton releases his live album Frampton Comes Alive!
• January 7 – Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug-induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh.
• January 13 – A trial begins for seven Brunswick Records and Dakar Records employees. The record company employees are charged with stealing more than $184,000 in royalties from artists.
• January 19 – Concert promoter Bill Sargent makes an offer of $30 million to the Beatles if they will reunite for a concert.^[2]
• February 15 – Bette Midler bails seven members of her entourage out of jail after they are arrested on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession.
• February 19 – Former Tower of Power lead singer Rick Stevens is arrested and charged with the drug-related murders of three men in San Jose, California.^[3]
• February 20 – Kiss have their footprints added to the sidewalk outside Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
• February 24 – Released one week before, Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) compilation becomes the first album certified platinum by the RIAA. The new platinum certification represents sales of at least 1 million copies for albums and 2 million copies for singles.
• February 28 – The 18th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Andy Williams. Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years wins Album of the Year, Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" wins Record of the Year and Judy Collins' version of "Send in the Clowns" wins Song of the Year. Natalie Cole wins Best New Artist.

March–April[]

• March 4 – ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia.^[4]
• March 6 – EMI Records reissues all 22 previously released British Beatles singles, plus a new single of the classic "Yesterday". All 23 singles hit the UK charts at the same time.
• March 7 – A wax likeness of Elton John is put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.
• March 9 – The Who's Keith Moon collapses onstage ten minutes into a performance at the Boston Garden.
• March 15 – Members of The Plastic People of the Universe are arrested in communist Czechoslovakia. They were sentenced from 8 to 18 months in jail.
• March 20 – Alice Cooper marries Sheryl Goddard in an Acapulco restaurant.
• March 25 – Jackson Browne's wife Phyllis commits suicide.
• March 26 – In Paris, France, Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch breaks one of his fingers when he slips in his hotel bathroom following the final performance on the band's European tour. The injury ended up delaying the band's United States tour by three weeks.
• April 3 – British pop group Brotherhood of Man win the 21st Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague, Netherlands, with the song "Save Your Kisses For Me". It goes on to be the biggest selling Eurovision winner ever.
• April 14 – Stevie Wonder announces that he has signed a "$13 million-plus" contract with Motown Records.
• April 23 – The Ramones release their eponymous debut studio album, Ramones.
• April 24 – Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes a semi-serious on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite live on the show. In a 1980 interview, John Lennon stated that he and Paul McCartney happened to be watching the show together at Lennon's apartment in New York and considered walking down to the SNL studio "for a gag" but were "too tired".^[5] On May 22, Michaels raises his offer from $3,000 to $3,200.
• April 28 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Frankfurt, Germany.
• April 29 – When his tour stops in Memphis, Tennessee, Bruce Springsteen jumps the wall at Elvis Presley's mansion, "Graceland", in an attempt to see his idol. Security guards stop Springsteen and escort him off the grounds.

May–June[]

• May 1 – The Alan Parsons Project release their debut studio album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination.^[6]
• May 3
  • Paul McCartney and Wings start their Wings over America Tour in Fort Worth, Texas.^[7] This is the first time McCartney has performed in the US since The Beatles' last concert in 1966 at Candlestick Park.
  • Paul Simon puts together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the New York Public Library. Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and the Brecker Brothers also perform. The concert brings in over $30,000 for the Library.
• May 19
  • Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is involved in a car accident northwest of London. Cocaine is found in his wrecked car. Richards is given a court date of January 12, 1977.
  • Rumour spread by German press: ABBA members killed in plane crash, only Anni-Frid survived.
• May 25 – Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour ends.
• June – Former Spring Canyon keyboardist Mark Cook joins Daniel Amos.
• June 6 – Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg suffer tragedy when their 10-week-old son Tara dies of respiratory failure.
• June 10 – Alice Cooper collapses and is rushed to UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles, three weeks before the Goes To Hell tour would begin. The tour is cancelled.
• June 18 – ABBA perform "Dancing Queen" for the first time on Swedish television in Stockholm on the eve of the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf to Silvia Sommerlath.
• June 25 – Uriah Heep performs its last show with David Byron as lead singer in Bilbao, Spain. Byron is sacked shortly afterward.

July–August[]

• July 2
  • Composer Benjamin Britten accepts a life peerage, only a few months before his death.^[8]
  • Brian Wilson performs on stage with The Beach Boys for the first time in three years at a Day on the Green concert in Oakland, California.
• July 4 – Many outdoor festivals and shows are held all over the United States as the country celebrates its bicentennial. Elton John performs for 62,000 at Shaffer Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, while The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac play for 36,000 at Tampa Stadium, Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top draw 35,000 at Memphis Memorial Stadium and Elvis Presley performs for 11,974 at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• July 7 – 50,000 fans brave the rain in New York to attend a free Jefferson Starship concert in Central Park.
• July 27 – Tina Turner files for divorce from husband Ike.
• August 5 – Eric Clapton provokes an uproar over comments he makes on stage at a Birmingham concert, voicing his opposition to immigration using multiple racial slurs while exhorting the audience to support Enoch Powell and to "keep Britain white".
• August 11 – Keith Moon is rushed to hospital for the second time in five months, collapsing after trashing his Miami hotel room.^[9]
• August 13 – The official ABBA logo with the reversed 'B' is adopted.
• August 16 – Cliff Richard becomes one of the first Western artists ever to perform in the Soviet Union when he gives a concert in Leningrad.
• August 21 – An estimated 120,000 fans pack Knebworth House to see The Rolling Stones. Todd Rundgren, Lynyrd Skynyrd and 10cc also perform.
• August 25 – Boston release their eponymous debut studio album, Boston.
• August 31 – A U.S. district court decision rules that George Harrison had "subconsciously" copied The Chiffons' hit "He's So Fine" when he wrote the song "My Sweet Lord".

September–October[]

• September 1 – Ode Records president Lou Adler is kidnapped at his Malibu home and released eight hours later after a $25,000 ransom is paid. Two suspects are soon arrested.
• September 3 – Rory Gallagher joins the short list of Western popular musicians to perform behind the Iron Curtain with a show in Warsaw, Poland.
• September 8 – In a candid interview appearing in the October 7 edition of Rolling Stone published today, Elton John publicly discloses his bisexuality for the first time.
• September 14 – The one-hour Bob Dylan concert special Hard Rain airs on NBC, coinciding with the release of the live album of the same name.
• September 18
  • Queen performs a massive free concert at London's Hyde Park for over 150,000 people.
  • The second annual Rock Music Awards air on CBS. Peter Frampton wins Rock Personality of the Year, while Fleetwood Mac wins for Best Group and Best Album.
• September 20-21 – 100 Club Punk Festival, the first international punk festival is held in London. Siouxsie and the Banshees play their first concert.
• September 25 – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. form a band called Feedback in Dublin. The band would later be renamed U2.
• October 2 – Joe Cocker performs a duet of "Feelin' Alright" with himself (as portrayed by John Belushi) on Saturday Night Live.
• October 8 – English punk rock group the Sex Pistols sign a contract with EMI Records.
• October 11 – Irish singer Joe Dolan is banned for life by Aer Lingus after an air rage incident en route to Corfu from Dublin.
• October 20 – The Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same premieres at Cinema I in New York.
• October 22 - The Damned releases their debut single “New Rose”, considered to be the first release from a British punk group.
• October 31 – George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic begin "The P-Funk/Rubber Band Earth Tour" in Houston, a national live series highlighting one of the biggest and revolutionary stage shows in the history of the music industry (the rock group Kiss would be the other group to do a similar act), relying on elaborate costumes, special lighting and effects, and extremely large props including "the Mothership", which would arrive and land on stage, all of what this band is generally known for. This live set would vary in length (on average of 3 to 5 hours long) and at high volume.

November–December[]

• November 18 – Former Tower of Power lead singer Rick Stevens and another person are found guilty on two counts of murder.
• November 23
  • Thin Lizzy are forced to cancel their U.S. tour when guitarist Brian Robertson injures his hand in a bar fight.
  • Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested after showing up drunk outside Graceland at 3 a.m., waving a pistol and loudly demanding to see Elvis Presley. Presley declined his request.
• November 25 – The Band gives its last public performance; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it.
• November 26 – The Sex Pistols' debut single "Anarchy in the U.K." is released by EMI.
• December 1 – The Sex Pistols appear on Thames Television's Today show as a last-minute replacement for Queen. The group causes a national outcry after swearing on the show.
• December 2 – The Bee Gees perform at Madison Square Garden and donate the proceeds to the Police Athletic League in New York. In January 1979, they will receive the Police Athletic League's "Superstars of the Year" award.
• December 3
  • A Pink Floyd album cover shoot in South London goes awry when a large inflatable pig balloon being used for the shoot breaks free of its moorings and drifts out of sight.
  • Bob Marley and several others are injured when gunmen burst into his home in Kingston, Jamaica and open fire.
• December 8
  • The Carpenters air their "Very First Television Special" on ABC.
  • The Eagles release Hotel California.
• December 12 – Ace Frehley is shocked on stage during a Kiss concert in Lakeland, Florida after touching an ungrounded metal railing. The incident inspires the song "Shock Me".
• December 31 – The fifth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with performances by Donna Summer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Four Seasons, and KC and the Sunshine Band.

Also in 1976[]

• The last practitioner of the rekuhkara form of throat-singing dies, in Hokkaido, Japan.
• Tenor Franco Corelli retires from the stage at the age of 55.
• Cheryl Byron performs rapso in calypso tents for the first time, beginning the popularization of rapso.
• Peter Brown's solo career begins.
• Peter Tosh's solo career begins.
• Bunny Wailer's solo career begins.
• Leif Garrett's solo career begins.
• .38 Special's musical career begins.
• Y&T (Yesterday & Today)'s musical career begins.
• Sergio Franchi becomes TV spokesman for Chrysler Corporation's Plymouth "Volare" and media spokesman for Hills Brothers coffee.
• Steve Martin signs a contract with Warner Bros.
• Eddie Money signs a contract with CBS.
• "Ten Percent", by Double Exposure, becomes the first 12-inch single commercially available to the public (as opposed to DJ-only promotional copies).
• The Chinese Music Society of North America is founded.
• Gabin Dabiré embarks on a tour of Italy.

Bands formed[]

• See Musical groups established in 1976

Bands reformed[]

• The Pirates

Bands disbanded[]

• See Musical groups disestablished in 1976

Albums released[]

January[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Longhorn Jamboree Presents: Willie Nelson & His Friends	Willie Nelson	-
	Look into the Future	Journey	-
2	Let the Music Play	Barry White	-
5	Desire	Bob Dylan	-
6	Frampton Comes Alive!	Peter Frampton	Live
8	Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2	Elvis Presley	Compilation
	Songs for the New Depression	Bette Midler	-
9	M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull	Jethro Tull	Compilation
12	Wanted! The Outlaws	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter & Tompall Glaser	Compilation
19	Coney Island Baby	Lou Reed	-
23	Station to Station	David Bowie	-
30	Futuristic Dragon	T.Rex	-
-	Aftertones	Janis Ian	-
	Born to Die	Grand Funk Railroad	-
	Chronicle, Vol. 1	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Compilation
	From Every Stage	Joan Baez	Live
	Havana Daydreamin'	Jimmy Buffett	-
	How Dare You!	10cc	-
	Inner Worlds	Mahavishnu Orchestra	-
	Jessi	Jessi Colter	-
	Lovin' and Learnin'	Tanya Tucker	-
	Native Sons	Loggins and Messina	-
	Release	Henry Gross	-
	Run with the Pack	Bad Company	-
	Sandman	Harry Nilsson	-
	Second Childhood	Phoebe Snow	-
	Thoroughbred	Carole King	-
	To the Hilt	Golden Earring	-

February[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Third Reich 'n Roll	The Residents	–
2	Gimme Back My Bullets	Lynyrd Skynyrd	-
	A Trick of the Tail	Genesis	-
7	Jesse Come Home	James Gang	-
10	Diana Ross	Diana Ross	-
	Smokey's Family Robinson	Smokey Robinson	-
13	Shamal	Gong	-
14	Dreamboat Annie	Heart	US; released in Canada Oct. '75
17	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)	Eagles	Compilation
29	Come On Over	Olivia Newton-John	-
–	Classical Barbra	Barbra Streisand	-
	Full of Fire	Al Green	-
	It's All in the Movies	Merle Haggard	-
	Reflections	Jerry Garcia	-
	Smile	Laura Nyro	-
	The Sound in Your Mind	Willie Nelson	-
	Starcastle	Starcastle	-
	Sunburst Finish	Be-Bop Deluxe	-

March[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	A Love Trilogy	Donna Summer	-
	Nobody's Fools	Slade	-
10	Wings of Love	The Temptations	-
15	Destroyer	Kiss	-
16	I Want You	Marvin Gaye	-
19	Takin' It to the Streets	The Doobie Brothers	-
22	The Sun Sessions	Elvis Presley	Recorded 1954–'55
23	Sad Wings of Destiny	Judas Priest	-
25	Wings at the Speed of Sound	Wings	-
26	Amigos	Santana	-
	Jailbreak	Thin Lizzy	-
	Moonmadness	Camel	-
29	Saddle Tramp	Charlie Daniels	-
31	Presence	Led Zeppelin	-
-	American Pastime	Three Dog Night	-
	Blue for You	Status Quo	-
	Captured Live!	Johnny Winter	Live
	Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll	Nazareth	-
	Give Us a Wink	Sweet	-
	Home Is Where the Heart Is	David Cassidy	-
	Illegal Stills	Stephen Stills	-
	Just for the Record	Ray Stevens	-
	Kingfish	Kingfish	-
	Locked In	Wishbone Ash	-
	Love & Understanding	Kool & The Gang	-
	Mackintosh & T.J.	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Soundtrack
	Silk Degrees	Boz Scaggs	-
	You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind	Joe Walsh	Live

April[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	2112	Rush	-
9	Hideaway	America	-
12	Live Bullet	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	Live
15	Steppin' Out	Neil Sedaka	-
	Still Life	Van der Graaf Generator	-
16	Moondawn	Klaus Schulze	-
19	Welcome Back	John Sebastian	-
22	Blow Your Face Out	The J. Geils Band	Live
23	Black and Blue	The Rolling Stones	-
	Garvey's Ghost	Burning Spear	-
	Blind Dog at St.Dunstans	Caravan	-
	Greatest Stories Live	Harry Chapin	Live
	If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules	Budgie	-
	Interview	Gentle Giant	-
	Ramones	Ramones	-
	Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!	Jethro Tull	-
25	Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka	Miyuki Nakajima	-
30	Here and There	Elton John	Live
	High Voltage	AC/DC	International debut
	Rastaman Vibration	Bob Marley & The Wailers	-
-	Faithful	Todd Rundgren	-
	Let Your Love Flow	The Bellamy Brothers	-
	A Little Bit More	Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show	-
	Pat Travers	Pat Travers	-
	Stingray	Joe Cocker	-
	Wedding Album	Leon and Mary Russell	-
	Young and Rich	The Tubes	-

May[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee	Elvis Presley	-
4	Harvest for the World	The Isley Brothers	-
6	1st Round	Pino Presti	-
14	Rocks	Aerosmith	-
17	Rising	Rainbow	-
18	Warren Zevon	Warren Zevon	-
19	Turnstiles	Billy Joel	-
20	Changesonebowie	David Bowie	Compilation
21	Agents of Fortune	Blue Öyster Cult	-
27	Sparkle	Aretha Franklin	Soundtrack
29	Rose of Cimarron	Poco	-
-	Balls of Fire	Black Oak Arkansas	-
	Contradiction	Ohio Players	-
	Fly Like an Eagle	Steve Miller Band	-
	I'm Nearly Famous	Cliff Richard	-
	A Kind of Hush	Carpenters	-
	Nine on a Ten Scale	Sammy Hagar	-
	No Earthly Connection	Rick Wakeman	-
	No Heavy Petting	UFO	-
	The Royal Scam	Steely Dan	-
	Sky High!	Tavares	-
	Slow Down World	Donovan	-
	T Shirt	Loudon Wainwright III	-
	Tales of Mystery and Imagination	The Alan Parsons Project	-
	Wired	Jeff Beck	-

June[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Runaways	The Runaways	-
7	All Things in Time	Lou Rawls	-
	Rock 'n' Roll Music	The Beatles	Compilation
11	Beautiful Noise	Neil Diamond	-
14	Chicago X	Chicago	-
17	Chameleon	LaBelle	-
18	A Night on the Town	Rod Stewart	-
	Unorthodox Behaviour	Brand X	-
25	Alice Cooper Goes to Hell	Alice Cooper	-
	Whistling Down the Wire	Crosby & Nash	-
26	Steal Your Face	Grateful Dead	Live
	Two for the Show	Trooper	-
-	Airborne	The Flying Burrito Brothers	-
	Another Passenger	Carly Simon	-
	Are You Ready for the Country	Waylon Jennings	-
	Farther Along	Spirit	-
	High and Mighty	Uriah Heep	-
	Hot on the Tracks	Commodores	-
	In the Pocket	James Taylor	-
	Long Hard Ride	The Marshall Tucker Band	-
	Mark Twang	John Hartford	-
	R.E.O.	REO Speedwagon	-
	Shake Some Action	Flamin' Groovies	-
	Shouting and Pointing	Mott	-
	Softs	Soft Machine	-
	Spitfire	Jefferson Starship	-
	Starz	Starz	-
	Summertime Dream	Gordon Lightfoot	-
	Take the Heat off Me	Boney M	-
	...That's the Way It Is	Harry Nilsson	-
	Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)	Kevin Ayers	-

July[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	15 Big Ones	The Beach Boys	-
20	The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein	Parliament	-
	I've Got You	Gloria Gaynor	-
21	The Originals	Kiss	Compilation
24	Olias of Sunhillow	Jon Anderson	-
-	Anthology	The Jackson 5	Compilation
	Best of BTO (So Far)	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	Compilation
	Child in Time	Ian Gillan Band	-
	Dance	Pure Prairie League	-
	Diamond in the Rough	Jessi Colter	-
	Howlin' Wind	Graham Parker and the Rumour	-
	More Than Ever	Blood, Sweat & Tears	-
	Music, Music	Helen Reddy	-
	My Love Affair with Trains	Merle Haggard	-
	Sincerely	Dwight Twilley Band	-
	Surreal Thing	Kris Kristofferson	-
	Trick Bag	The Meters	-
	Year of the Cat	Al Stewart	-

August[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	What a Lemon	Gasolin'	-
2	Good Singin', Good Playin'	Grand Funk Railroad	-
6	All I Can Do	Dolly Parton	-
	Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band	Bootsy's Rubber Band	-
8	My Name Is Jermaine	Jermaine Jackson	-
18	Man in the Hills	Burning Spear	-
19	Coming Out	The Manhattan Transfer	-
25	Boston	Boston	-
27	Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music	Hawkwind	-
	No Reason to Cry	Eric Clapton	-
	The Roaring Silence	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	-
-	Amigo	Arlo Guthrie	-
	Bigger Than Both of Us	Hall & Oates	-
	Hasten Down the Wind	Linda Ronstadt	-
	Honor Among Thieves	Artful Dodger	-
	Jaco Pastorius	Jaco Pastorius	-
	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	-
	Second Thoughts	Split Enz	-
	Secrets	Herbie Hancock	-
	Spirit	John Denver	-
	Super Ape	The Upsetters	-
	This One's for You	Barry Manilow	-
	Viva!	Roxy Music	-
	Waking and Dreaming	Orleans	-

September[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
8	Blackheart Man	Bunny Wailer	-
11	A New World Record	Electric Light Orchestra	-
13	Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Rose Royce	Soundtrack
	Hard Rain	Bob Dylan	Live
	One More from the Road	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Live
17	Ringo's Rotogravure	Ringo Starr	-
20	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	AC/DC	Australia
	Long May You Run	The Stills-Young Band	Stephen Stills and Neil Young
21	Tales of Kidd Funkadelic	Funkadelic	-
25	Technical Ecstasy	Black Sabbath	-
28	Songs in the Key of Life	Stevie Wonder	-
29	All the World's a Stage	Rush	Live
	El jardín de los presentes	Invisible	-
-	Barefoot Ballet	John Klemmer	-
	Children of the World	Bee Gees	-
	Dedication	Bay City Rollers	-
	Here's Some Love	Tanya Tucker	-
	Joan Armatrading	Joan Armatrading	-
	Jump on It	Montrose	-
	Keeping in Touch	Anne Murray	-
	Let's Stick Together	Bryan Ferry	-
	The Power of Music	The Miracles	-
	Private Eyes	Tommy Bolin	-
	Small Change	Tom Waits	-
	Spirit	Earth, Wind & Fire	-
	Stupidity	Dr. Feelgood	Live
	Troubadour	JJ Cale	-
	The Troublemaker	Willie Nelson	-
	The Whole World's Goin' Crazy	April Wine	-

October[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Chestnut Street Incident	Johnny Cougar	-
	Crystal Ball	Styx	-
9	Virgin Killer	Scorpions	-
11	Arrival	ABBA	-
	Four Seasons of Love	Donna Summer	-
	Hoppkorv	Hot Tuna	-
13	Triumph	Triumph	-
16	Johnny the Fox	Thin Lizzy	-
20	Zoot Allures	Frank Zappa	-
22	Blue Moves	Elton John	-
	Night Moves	Bob Seger	-
	The Song Remains the Same	Led Zeppelin	Live 1973
23	On the Road to Kingdom Come	Harry Chapin	-
24	Calling Card	Rory Gallagher	-
25	Land of the Midnight Sun	Al Di Meola	-
29	Hardcore Jollies	Funkadelic	-
	Brass Construction II	Brass Construction	-
-	Big Beat	Sparks	-
	Burton Cummings	Burton Cummings	-
	Deep Cuts	Strawbs	-
	Don't Stop Believin'	Olivia Newton-John	-
	Flow Motion	Can	-
	Free-for-All	Ted Nugent	-
	Gold	Ohio Players	Compilation + 2 new tracks
	Heat Treatment	Graham Parker	-
	I'd Rather Believe in You	Cher	-
	It Looks Like Snow	Phoebe Snow	-
	Leftoverture	Kansas	-
	Long Misty Days	Robin Trower	-
	Love's a Prima Donna	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	-
	Made in Europe	Deep Purple	Live
	New England	Wishbone Ash	-
	Part 3	KC and the Sunshine Band	-
	Radio Ethiopia	Patti Smith Group	-
	Rock and Roll Heart	Lou Reed	-
	Some People Can Do What They Like	Robert Palmer	-
	World Record	Van der Graaf Generator	-

November[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Greatest Hits	James Taylor	Compilation
2	Water Babies	Miles Davis	Recorded 1967–'68
3	Efter endnu en dag	Gasolin'	-
4	Imaginary Voyage	Jean-Luc Ponty	-
5	All This and World War II	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	The Jacksons	The Jacksons	-
	High Lonesome	Charlie Daniels	-
8	The Best of George Harrison	George Harrison	Compilation
9	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	-
11	Rock and Roll Over	Kiss	-
18	Have a Good Time	Al Green	-
19	Thirty Three & 1/3	George Harrison	-
29	Tejas	ZZ Top	-
30	Is This Whatcha Wont?	Barry White	-
-	A Star Is Born	Barbra Streisand	Soundtrack
	Best of The Doobies	The Doobie Brothers	Compilation
	Endless Flight	Leo Sayer	-
	Getting It in the Street	David Cassidy	-
	Gulf Winds	Joan Baez	-
	Hejira	Joni Mitchell	-
	Love Is All Around	Eric Burdon & War	-
	Night Shift	Foghat	-
	Open Sesame	Kool & the Gang	-
	Play 'n' the Game	Nazareth	-
	The Pretender	Jackson Browne	-
	The Roots of My Raising	Merle Haggard	-
	Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas	The Allman Brothers Band	Live

December[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills	Stephen Stills	Compilation
5	Oxygène	Jean Michel Jarre	France
8	Hotel California	Eagles	-
10	A Day at the Races	Queen	-
	Wings over America	Wings	Live
17	Wind & Wuthering	Genesis	-
29	Luxury Liner	Emmylou Harris	-
-	Andy Irvine/Paul Brady	Andy Irvine & Paul Brady	-
	Blondie	Blondie	Debut
	Brass Construction II	Brass Construction	-
	Dawn	Eloy	-
	Firefly	Uriah Heep	-
	Waylon Live	Waylon Jennings	Live

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1976.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	ABBA	Dancing Queen	1976		UK 1 – Aug 1976, US BB 1 – Jan 1977, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 1 – Aug 1976, France 1 – Aug 1976, Norway 1 – Aug 1976, Republic of Ireland 1 – Sep 1976, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1977, POP 1 of 1977, US BB 2 of 1977, Germany 2 – Aug 1976, Party 2 of 2007, US CashBox 3 of 1977, Switzerland 3 – Aug 1976, Australia 3 of 1976, Austria 4 – Sep 1976, RYM 4 of 1976, Canada 6 – Jan 1977, South Africa 10 of 1976, Europe 14 of the 1970s, OzNet 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1976, Italy 65 of 1976, Scrobulate 82 of pop, Germany 99 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 122, RIAA 148, Rolling Stone 171, Belgium 224 of all time, WXPN 847
2	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	1975		UK 1 – Nov 1975, Canada 1 – Mar 1976, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1975, Republic of Ireland 1 – Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1976, Europe 1 of the 1970s, RYM 1 of 1975, US BB 2 of 1992, Australia 2 of 1976, Virgin 2, France 3 – Nov 1975, Belgium 3 of all time, Switzerland 4 – Feb 1976, Norway 4 – Jan 1976, Poland 4 of all time, TOTP 5, POP 5 of 1992, OzNet 6, 8 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 9 of rock, Germany 10 – Jan 1976, Austria 14 – Feb 1992, TheQ 16, Sweden (alt) 18 – Feb 1976, US CashBox 22 of 1992, US BB 33 of 1976, Acclaimed 63, WXPN 90, Rolling Stone 163
3	Chicago	If You Leave Me Now	1976		UK 1 – Oct 1976, US BB 1 – Aug 1976, Canada 1 – Sep 1976, Netherlands 1 – Oct 1976, Republic of Ireland 1 – Dec 1976, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1977, Sweden (alt) 2 – Nov 1976, France 3 – Oct 1976, Austria 3 – Jan 1977, Switzerland 3 – Jan 1977, Germany 3 – Jan 1977, Norway 4 – Nov 1976, Australia 10 of 1977, South Africa 11 of 1977, US CashBox 14 of 1976, POP 18 of 1976, Italy 25 of 1977, RYM 31 of 1976, Europe 41 of the 1970s, Germany 168 of the 1970s, OzNet 449
4	ABBA	Fernando	1976		UK 1 – Mar 1976, Netherlands 1 – Mar 1976, Austria 1 – Apr 1976, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1976, Australia 1 of 1976, Germany 1 – Mar 1976, Australia 1 for 14 weeks Nov 1976, Sweden (alt) 2 – Apr 1976, Norway 2 – Apr 1976, South Africa 5 of 1976, Canada 7 – Sep 1976, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1976, France 10 – Apr 1976, US BB 13 – Sep 1976, Germany 15 of the 1970s, Italy 23 of 1976, Scrobulate 33 of Swedish, POP 35 of 1976, RYM 36 of 1976
5	Elton John Kiki Dee	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	1976		UK 1 – Jul 1976, US BB 1 – Aug 1976, Canada 1 – Jun 1976, France 1 – Aug 1976, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1976, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Apr 1977, Netherlands 2 – Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 3 – Sep 1976, South Africa 3 of 1976, Switzerland 4 – Sep 1976, US CashBox 5 of 1976, Norway 5 – Aug 1976, Australia 5 of 1976, Germany 5 – Sep 1976, Austria 8 – Oct 1976, Italy 25 of 1976, RYM 50 of 1976, Germany 313 of the 1970s, OzNet 522

Chronological table of US and UK number one hit singles[]

US number one singles and artist (weeks at number one)

UK number one singles and artist (weeks at number one)

"Saturday Night" – Bay City Rollers (1) "Convoy" – C. W. McCall (1) "I Write the Songs" – Barry Manilow (1) "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" – Diana Ross (1) "Love Rollercoaster" – Ohio Players (1) "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" – Paul Simon (3) "Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage (1) "Love Machine" – The Miracles (1) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) – The Four Seasons (3) "Disco Lady" – Johnnie Taylor (4) "Let Your Love Flow" – The Bellamy Brothers (1) "Welcome Back" – John Sebastian (1) "Boogie Fever" – The Sylvers (1) "Silly Love Songs" – Paul McCartney & Wings (5) "Love Hangover" – Diana Ross (2) "Afternoon Delight" – Starland Vocal Band (2) "Kiss and Say Goodbye" – The Manhattans (2) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Elton John & Kiki Dee (4) "You Should Be Dancing" – Bee Gees (1) "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" – KC and the Sunshine Band (1) "Play That Funky Music" – Wild Cherry (3) "A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1) "Disco Duck" – Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (1) "If You Leave Me Now" – Chicago (2) "Rock'n Me" – Steve Miller Band (1) "Tonight's The Night" – Rod Stewart (7 weeks 1976 + 1 week 1977), best seller of the year

"Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976) "Mamma Mia" – ABBA (2) "Forever and Ever" – Slik (1) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" – The Four Seasons (2) "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" – Tina Charles (3) "Save Your Kisses for Me" – Brotherhood of Man (6), best seller of the year "Fernando" – ABBA (4) "No Charge" – J. J. Barrie (1) "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) " – The Wurzels (2) "You to Me Are Everything" – The Real Thing (3) "Forever and Ever" – Demis Roussos (1) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Elton John & Kiki Dee (6) "Dancing Queen" – ABBA (6) "Mississippi" – Pussycat (4) "If You Leave Me Now" – Chicago (3) "Under the Moon of Love" – Showaddywaddy (3) "When a Child is Born" – Johnny Mathis (1 week 1976 + 2 weeks 1977)

Other hit singles[]

Most of these singles were top 20 in either the US or the UK.

Published popular music[]

• "Always and Forever"     w.m. Rod Temperton
• "Dancing Queen"     w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
• "Devil Woman"     w.m. Terry Britten & Christine Authors
• "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber
• "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" w.m. Richard Leigh
• "Empty Tables"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy Van Heusen
• "Evergreen"     w. Paul Williams m. Barbra Streisand
• "Fernando"     w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
• "Gonna Fly Now" (aka "Theme From Rocky")      w. Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins m. Bill Conti
• "I Never Do Anything Twice" aka "The Madam's Song" w.m. Stephen Sondheim. Introduced by Régine in the film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
• "Isn't She Lovely?"     w.m. Stevie Wonder
• "Like A Sad Song"     w.m. John Denver
• "A Little Bit More"     w.m. Bobby Gosh
• "Making Our Dreams Come True" w.m. Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox, from the TV series Laverne and Shirley
• "Money, Money, Money"     w.m. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
• "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"     w.m.Elton John
• "Welcome Back" w.m. John Sebastian. Theme song from the television series Welcome Back Kotter

Other notable songs[]

• "Djambo, Djambo" w.m.
• "El Pasadiscos" w.m. Diego Verdaguer
• "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" w. Sahir Ludhianvi m. Khayyam

Classical music[]

• Geoffrey Burgon – Requiem
• Elliott Carter – A Symphony of Three Orchestras
• Brian Cherney – String Trio
• George Crumb
  • Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player), and off-stage glass harmonica (two players)
  • Night Music I (1963, revised 1976) for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists
• Mario Davidovsky – String Quartet No. 3
• Henri Dutilleux – Ainsi la nuit
• Einar Englund – Symphony No. 4 Nostalgic (in memory of Shostakovich)
• Morton Feldman
  • Elemental Procedures, for soprano, choir, and orchestra
  • Oboe and Orchestra
  • Orchestra
  • Routine Investigations, for oboe, trumpet, piano, viola, cello, and double-bass
  • Voice, Violin and Piano, for female voice, violin, and piano
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Le néant où l'on ne peut arriver
  • Romanza senza parole
• Henryk Górecki – Symphony No. 3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
• Nicolaus A. Huber – Darabukka for piano
• Wojciech Kilar – Kościelec 1909 for orchestra
• Ib Nørholm – Sonata No. 1, Op. 69, for guitar
• Krzysztof Penderecki – Violin Concerto No. 1
• Carmen Petra Basacopol – Sonata for flute and harp
• John Serry Sr. – Falling Leaves for piano
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Amour
• Manfred Trojahn
  • Architectura caelestis for vocalists and orchestra
  • String Quartet No. 1

Opera[]

• Peter Maxwell Davies – The Martyrdom of St Magnus
• Carlisle Floyd – Bilby's Doll
• Philip Glass – Einstein on the Beach

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

• Bubbling Brown Sugar – Broadway production opened at the ANTA Playhouse and ran for 766 performances
• Fiddler on the Roof (Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick) – Broadway revival
• Guys and Dolls – Broadway revival
• Irene – London revival
• My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway revival
• Oh Calcutta – Broadway revival
• Porgy and Bess – Broadway revival
• Salad Days (Julian Slade) – London revival
• Side by Side by Sondheim – London production
• Starmania- French Quebec rock opera
• The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill) – Broadway revival

Musical films[]

• The Blank Generation
• Bound for Glory
• Bugsy Malone
• Dus Numbri
• Hera Pheri
• Leadbelly
• The Slipper and the Rose
• The Song Remains the Same – Led Zeppelin
• A Star Is Born
• That's Entertainment, Part II

Births[]

• January 8
  • Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. (Rilo Kiley)
  • Karen Poole, English singer-songwriter, producer
• January 9 – Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• January 12 – Melanie C, English singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actress, stage actress, and television personality (Spice Girls)
• January 13 – Bic Runga, New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist
• January 16 – Stuart Fletcher (The Seahorses)
• January 18 – Damien Leith, Australian singer/songwriter
• January 20 – Sid Wilson (Slipknot)
• January 21 – Emma Bunton, English singer, songwriter, actress, and radio and television presenter.(Spice Girls)
• January 23 – Tony Lucca, American singer-songwriter, producer and actor
• January 29
  • Chris Castle, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Belle Perez, Belgian-Spanish musician and songwriter.
• February 4 – Cam'ron, American rapper
• February 13 – Leslie Feist, known professionally as Feist, is a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (Broken Social Scene)
• February 15
  • Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
  • Ronnie Vannucci, Jr. (The Killers)
• February 28 – Ja Rule, American rapper
• March 8 – Gareth Coombes, British singer (Supergrass)
• March 16 – Blu Cantrell, American soul singer-songwriter
• March 17 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (d. 2009)
• March 20 – Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, musician (Linkin Park) (d. 2017)
• March 23 – Keri Russell, American dancer and actor
• March 26 – Dave Keuning (The Killers)
• April 2 – Lucy Diakovska, German-Bulgarian pop singer
• April 10 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (d. 2006)
• April 18 – Sean Maguire, British actor and singer
• April 29 – Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and record producer
• May 8
  • Martha Wainwright, singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle
  • Ian "H" Watkins, British singer (Steps)
• May 10 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
• May 14 – Hunter Burgan (AFI)
• May 17 – Kandi Burruss, American singer-songwriter, musician, and business woman (Xscape)
• May 22 – Daniel Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Arch Enemy)
• May 29 – Dave Buckner (Papa Roach)
• June 2
  • Tim Rice-Oxley, British musician (Keane)
  • Adrian Olivares (Menudo)
• June 6 – Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• June 7 – Necro (Ron Braunstein), American rapper and record producer
• June 11 – Tai Anderson, American rock bassist (Third Day)
• June 13
  • Jason "J" Brown, English rock musician (5ive)
  • Kym Marsh, English singer (Hear'Say)
• June 15
  • Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish rock musician and songwriter (Snow Patrol)
  • Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm)
• June 18 – Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• June 19 – Scott Avett, American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician
• June 20 – Jerome Fontamillas, American singer and guitarist (Switchfoot, Mortal and Fold Zandura)
• June 21 – Mike Einziger (Incubus)
• June 22 – Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party)
• June 23 – Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer
• June 26 – Paul Phillips, guitarist (Puddle of Mudd)
• June 27 – Leigh Nash, American singer (Sixpence None the Richer)
• July 1
  • Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • Plies, American rapper
• July 3 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone)
• July 5
  • Bizarre, African American rapper
  • Mike DeWolf, American rock musician (Taproot)
• July 8 – David Kennedy, American guitarist and songwriter (Angels & Airwaves, Box Car Racer, Hazen Street and Over My Dead Body)
• July 10 – Elijah Blue Allman, American musician, son of Cher and Gregg Allman
• July 12 – Tracie Spencer, American singer-songwriter and actress
• July 16 – Chiara Zeffirelli, crossover soprano
• July 20 – Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock singer/guitarist (Wolfmother)
• July 22 – Kokia, Japanese singer-songwriter
• July 24 - Johnny McDaid, Northern Irish singer, songwriter, musician and record producer (Partner of Courtney Cox, member of Snow Patrol)
• August 8
  • JC Chasez, American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and occasional actor (*NSYNC)
  • Drew Lachey, American singer (98 Degrees)
• August 9, Rhona Mitra, English actress, singer-songwriter, and model
• August 11
  • Brendan Bayliss, American rock guitarist and vocalist
  • Ben Gibbard, American rock musician (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
• August 12
  • Mikko Lindström, Finnish rock guitarist
  • Wednesday 13, American rock lead singer (Murderdolls, FDQ)
  • Lina Rafn, Danish singer
• August 13 – Roddy Woomble, Scottish musician
• August 14 – Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
• August 18 – Alex Katunich, (Incubus)
• September 1 – Angaleena Presley, American country music singer-songwriter. (She is a member of the female country trio Pistol Annies)
• September 12 – Bizzy Bone, American rapper, member of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
• September 16
  • Tina Barrett, British singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer (S Club 7)
  • Elīna Garanča, Latvian operatic mezzo-soprano operatic soprano
• September 22 – Martin Solveig, French DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer.
• September 23 – Sarah Blasko, Australian singer/songwriter/producer
• September 25 – Santigold, American singer, producer, songwriter
• October 6 – Barbie Shu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• October 7 – Taylor Hicks, American singer
• October 19 – Omar Gooding, rapper
• October 20 – Tom Wisniewski (MxPx)
• October 22 – Jon Foreman, American rock singer/guitarist (Switchfoot)
• November 1 – Cosima De Vito, Australian soul singer
• November 2 – Mike Leon Grosch, German singer
• November 11 – Jesse F. Keeler (Death from Above 1979)
• November 12 – Tevin Campbell, singer-songwriter
• November 13 – Shagrath, Dimmu Borgir
• November 16 – Mario Barravecchia, Italian singer
• November 18 – Shagrath, Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir)
• November 19 – Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
• November 26 – Jean Grae, an American hip hop recording artist, actress, and comedia
• November 29 – Anna Faris, American actress, producer, model, comedian and singer
• December 4 – Amie Comeaux, American country music singer (d. 1997)
• December 12 – Dan Hawkins, British rock guitarist (The Darkness)
• December 18 – Red Café (Jermaine Denny), rapper
• December 23 – Amjad Sabri, Qawwali singer (murdered 2016)
• December 25
  • Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish metal keyboardist (Nightwish)
  • Armin van Buuren, Dutch music producer and DJ
• date unknown
  • Philip Howard, pianist and composer
  • John Collura (The Ataris)
  • Patrick Riley (The Ataris)

Deaths[]

• January 8 – George Baker, singer, 90
• January 10 – Howlin' Wolf, blues musician, 65
• January 16 – Vasco Campagnano, operatic tenor, 65
• January 18 – Friedrich Hollaender, composer, 79
• January 23 – Paul Robeson, singer, 77
• January 25 – Chris Kenner, American singer-songwriter, 46 (heart attack)
• January 29 – Jesse Fuller, blues musician, 79
• January 30 – Mance Lipscomb, blues musician, 80
• January 31 – Evert Taube, composer and singer, 85
• February 5 – Rudy Pompilli, saxophone player and 20-year member of Bill Haley & His Comets, 50 (lung cancer)
• February 6 – Vince Guaraldi, jazz musician and pianist, 47
• February 9 – Percy Faith, bandleader and composer, 67
• February 12 – Sal Mineo, actor and singer, 37 (murdered)
• February 13 – Lily Pons, coloratura soprano, 77
• February 22 – Florence Ballard, The Supremes, 32 (coronary thrombosis)
• February 25 – Tarquinia Tarquini, operatic soprano, 93
• March 14 – Busby Berkeley, musical director and choreographer, 80
• March 19 – Paul Kossoff, guitarist, (Free), 25 (cerebral and pulmonary oedema)
• March 25 – Maria Zamboni, operatic soprano, 80
• March 26 – Duster Bennett, blues musician, 29 (car accident)
• April 9 – Phil Ochs, protest singer, 35 (suicide)
• April 14 – Erna Ellmenreich, operatic soprano, 90
• April 25 – Alexander Brailowsky, pianist, 80
• May 12 – Rudolf Kempe, conductor, 65
• May 14 – Keith Relf, vocalist (The Yardbirds), 35 (cardiac arrest due to electrocution)
• May 15 – David Munrow, early music performer, 33 (suicide)
• May 21 – Harold Blair, operatic tenor, 51
• May 26 – Maggie Teyte, operatic soprano, 88
• June 6 – Elisabeth Rethberg, operatic soprano, 81
• June 25 – Johnny Mercer, singer and songwriter, 66
• June 28
  • Malcolm Lockyer, film composer and conductor, 52
  • Yakov Zak, pianist and music teacher, 62
• August 2 – Cecilia (singer), Spanish singer-songwriter, 27 (road accident)
• August 6 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, 73
• August 24 – Michael Head, composer, 76
• August 26 – Lotte Lehmann, opera singer, 88
• August 27 – Mukesh, Indian singer, 53 (heart attack)
• August 29 – Jimmy Reed, US blues musician, 50
• September 26 – L.C. Robinson, US blues musician, 61
• October 3 – Victoria Spivey, US singer, pianist and composer, 69
• October 11
  • Connee Boswell, US singer, member of the Boswell Sisters, 68
  • Alfredo Bracchi, Italian lyricist, 78
  • Werner Haas, pianist, 45 (car accident)
• October 21 – Jean Berveiller, organist and composer, 73
• November 12 – Walter Piston, composer, 82
• December 4
  • Benjamin Britten, composer, 63
  • Tommy Bolin, guitarist, 25 (drug-induced suffocation)
• December 6 – Raymond Hanson, composer, 63
• December 28 – Freddie King, blues musician, 42
• Date Unknown – Patrick Kelly, Irish folk fiddler

Awards[]

Grammy Awards[]

• Grammy Awards of 1976

Country Music Association Awards[]

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Eurovision Song Contest[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 1976

References[]

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