Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1976 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[tribute to Duke Ellington] charted as Another Star / I Wish / Sir Duke / Isn't She Lovely in US dance charts
[Tamla 54281]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Rocket 40585]
written by Ann Orson & Carte Blanche

[Columbia 10390]
written by Peter Cetera

[Private Stock 45129]
written by Tony Macaulay

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #171]
[Atlantic 3372]
written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson

as Wings
[Capitol 4256]
written by Paul McCartney

[Warner 8283]
written by Leo Sayer & Vini Poncia

charted as Another Star / I Wish / Sir Duke / Isn't She Lovely in US dance charts
[Tamla 54274]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Ariola America 7638]
written by Phillip Jarrell & Peter Yarrow

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1976 Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1978
[Columbia 10450]
written by Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams

[RSO 853]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

[Columbia 10310]
written by Winfred Lovett

[ABC 12208]
written by James Dean & John Glover

as Wings
[Capitol 4293]
written by Paul McCartney

[Motown 1392]
written by Marilyn McLeod & Pamela Sawyer

[Warner 8169]
written by Larry Williams

[Warner 8262]
written by Rod Stewart

charted as Don't Leave Me This Way / Any Way You Like It in US dance charts
[Tamla 54278]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert

[Philadelphia International 3592]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Midland International 10571]
written by Sylvester Levay & Stephan Prager

[Malaco 1029]
written by Bob Montgomery

[Buddah 515]
written by Gregg Diamond

[Atlantic 3346]
written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

[Asylum 45373]
written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey & J.D. Souther

[Windsong 10588]
written by Bill Danoff

charted as Free / It's Important to Me in US dance charts
[Columbia 10429]
written by Deniece Williams, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts & Susaye Greene

charted as Young Hearts Run Free / Run to Me / Destiny in US dance charts
[Warner 8181]
written by David Crawford

[1976 Eurovision Song Contest winner]
[Pye 71066]
written by Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden & Martin Lee

as Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
instrumental
[Private Stock 45,073]
written by Ludwig van Beethoven

[Capitol 4280]
written by Bobby Gosh

[Capitol 4270]
written by Freddie Perren & Keni St. Lewis

[Mercury 73875]
written by Graham Gouldman & Eric Stewart

[Big Tree 16069]
written by Parker McGee

[T.K. 1023]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

[Reprise 1349]
written by John B. Sebastian

[Sire 736]
written by Peter Haycock, Colin Cooper, Richard Jones [bassist], Derek Holt & John Cuffley

charted as Lowdown / What Can I Say in US dance charts
[Columbia 10367]
written by Boz Scaggs & David Paich

[MCA/Rocket 40645]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

[Arista 0205]
written by Mike Hawker & Ivor Raymonde

[Reprise 1369]
written by Gordon Lightfoot

[United Artists 888]
written by Jeff Lynne

[Rocket 40574]
written by Terry Britten & Christine Holmes

originally a british jingle for jeans
[Chrysalis 2094]
written by David Dundas & Roger Greenaway

[RSO 858]
written by Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb

[Private Stock 45039]
written by Bruce Blackman

as Steve Miller
[Capitol 4372]
written by Steve Miller

[Warner 8167]
written by Gary Wright

[RCA 10857]
written by Mark James [songwriter]

[RSO 859]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

[A&M 1782]
written by Neil Sedaka

[20th Century 2287]
written by Kenny Nolan

[Warner 8203]
written by Bob Gaudio & Judy Parker

[A&M 1870]
written by Willis Alan Ramsey

[A&M 1817]
written by Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy

with Brotherlove
from the TV series Happy Days
[Reprise 1351]
written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel

[RSO 860]
written by Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn

[Atlantic 3434]
written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

[RCA Victor 10530]
written by Daryl Hall & John Oates

[Lifesong 45002]
written by Henry Gross

Promo Track of Why Can't We Be Friends?
[United Artists 834]
written by Gerald Goldstein, Harold Ray Brown, Papa Dee Allen, Morris Dickerson, Howard Scott, Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan, Lee Oskar Levitin & Charles Miller

[Capitol 4364]
written by Dennis Locorriere

[A&M 1800]
written by Geoff Stephens & Les Reed

[Elektra 45365]
written by David Gates

featuring Carolyn Willis
[Warner 8190]
written by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts

R
[Atlantic 3332]
written by Daryl Hall & John Oates

produced by Alan Parsons
[Janus 266]
written by Al Stewart & Peter Wood

[A&M 1778]
written by Benny Gallagher & Graham Lyle

[Asylum 45336]
written by Johanna Hall & John Hall

[A&M 1850]
written by Benny Gallagher & Graham Lyle

[RCA Victor 10562]
written by Gerald Jackson & Peter Jackson

[Columbia 10366]
written by Neil Diamond

[Capitol 4171]
written by Sam Cooke

[Epic 8-50270]
written by Alan Bernstein & Richie Adams

[Epic/MAM 50308]
written by Roger Greenaway & John Mason

as Mr Acker Bilk, his Clarinet & Strings
instrumental
[Pye 71078]
written by Dario Baldan Bembo & Sergio Bardotti

R
[Capitol 4274]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1977
[Warner 8209]
written by Leon Russell

US B side to Detroit Rock City
[Casablanca 863]
written by Peter Criss, Bob Ezrin & Stan Penridge

[Mercury 73839]
written by Paul Mitchell & William Bell

charted as Lowdown / What Can I Say in US dance charts
[Columbia 10440]
written by Boz Scaggs & David Paich

instrumental
[A&M 1856]
written by Barry De Vorzon & Perry Botkin Jr.

[Arista 0212]
written by Randy Edelman

[Arista 0172]
written by David Pomeranz

[Private Stock 45074]
written by Guy Fletcher [English songwriter] & Doug Flett

[Reprise 1356]
written by Christine McVie

[Portrait 70001]
written by Burton Cummings

[Atlantic 3335]
written by Rick Roberts

[Arista 0184]
written by Eric Carmen & Sergei Rachmaninoff

[Ariola Am. 7619]
written by Tony Macaulay

[Asylum 45340]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty

[Big Tree 16079]
written by Parker McGee

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #488]
[Reprise 1345]
written by Stevie Nicks

as Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three
[novelty]
[Columbia 3-10321]
written by Wayne Kemp

live
[A&M 1832]
written by Peter Frampton

charted as Another Star / I Wish / Sir Duke / Isn't She Lovely in US dance charts
[Tamla 54286]
written by Stevie Wonder

live [novelty]
[Warner/Curb 8165]
written by Larry Groce

[Buddah 544]
written by Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin

[United Artists 770]
written by Jeff Lynne