Top R&B 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

[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

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

[Columbia 10310]
written by Winfred Lovett

[ABC 12208]
written by James Dean & John Glover

[Motown 1392]
written by Marilyn McLeod & Pamela Sawyer

charted as Play That Funky Music / I Feel Sanctified in US dance charts
[Epic 8-50225]
written by Robert Parissi

[MCA 40615]
written by Norman Whitfield

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

and His Cast of Idiots
[novelty]
[RSO 857]
written by Rick Dees

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

[Malaco 1029]
written by Bob Montgomery

[Buddah 515]
written by Gregg Diamond

[T.K. 1019]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

[Atlantic 3355]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed

[Columbia 3-10281]
written by Harvey Scales, Albert Vance & Don Davis

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

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

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

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

[RCA 10860]
written by Daryl Hall

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

[United Artists 833]
written by Ken Gold & Michael Denne

[Bang 727]
written by Eddie Irons, Ray Ransom & Regi Hargis

[Capitol 4348]
written by Freddie Perren, Keni St. Lewis & Christine Yarian

as Steve Miller
[Capitol 4372]
written by Steve Miller

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

[Warner 8143]
written by Gary Wright

produced by Quincy Jones
[A&M 1806]
written by George Johnson, Louis Johnson & Sonora Sam

[20th Century 2277]
written by Barry White & Ray Parker Jr

vocals by Mickey Thomas ({Starship{)
[Capricorn 0252]
written by Elvin Bishop

[Marlin 3306]
written by Jacques Morali, Richard V. DiCicco, Henri Belolo & Phil Hurtt

as The Jacksons
[Epic 50289]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

instrumental
[United Artists 775]
written by Randy Muller & Wade Williamston

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

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 4336]
written by Kenneth St. Lewis & Freddie Perren

[Brunswick 55528]
written by Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record

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

instrumental
[H&L 4677]
written by Van McCoy

[H&L 4669]
written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore

[Motown 1402]
written by Lionel Richie

charted as Getaway/Saturday Nite in US dance charts
[Columbia 3-10439]
written by Maurice White, Philip Bailey & Al McKay

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

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

[Mercury 73839]
written by Paul Mitchell & William Bell

charted as Getaway/Saturday Nite in US dance charts
[Columbia 3-10373]
written by Peter Cor & Beloyd Taylor

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

produced by Van McCoy
[Buddah 519]
written by Van McCoy

as The Fatback Band
instrumental
[Event 229]
written by Gerry Thomas

[T-Neck 2261]
written by Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper

[Atlantic 3306]
written by Ronald Baker

[Big Tree 16060]
written by Errol Brown

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

[Buddah 544]
written by Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin

as Isaac Hayes Movement
[HBS/ABC 12171]
written by Isaac Hayes

[Tamla 54264]
written by Leon Ware & Arthur "T-Boy" Ross

[Polydor 14326]
written by James Brown, Deanna Brown, Deidre Brown & Yamma Brown

[Mercury 73814]
written by William Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell & Jimmy Williams

as Parliament
[Casablanca 856]
written by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins & Jerome Brailey

[Fantasy 762]
written by Donald Toussaint Byrd

[Mercury 73833]
written by Michael Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Frank Thompson, Fred Freeman, James Alexander, Winston Stewart & Charles Allen

[A&M 1847]
written by Skip Scarborough

[Philadelphia International 3587]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert

[Chrysalis 2112]
written by Lee Garrett & Robert Taylor [disco songwriter]

[Casablanca 874]
written by Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer

[Warner 8196]
written by Michael McDonald

instrumental
[Island 078]
written by Eliot Daniel & Harold Adamson

[20th Century 2298]
written by Barry White

[Motown 1398]
written by Lawrence Brown, Leonard Perry & Terri McFaddin

[Capitol 4259]
written by Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy & Natalie Cole

as Average White Band
[Atlantic 3354]
written by Hamish Stuart

instrumental
[ABC 12177]
written by Dave Grusin & Morgan Ames

[20th Century 2309]
written by Barry White

[Motown 1387]
written by Michael Masser & Pam Sawyer

[Oasis 405]
written by Barry Manilow & Adrienne Anderson

produced by Curtis Mayfield
[Atlantic 3326]
written by Curtis Mayfield

charted as He's a Friend / It's Not What You Got / Chains in US dance charts
[Tamla 54266]
written by T.G. Conway, Allan Felder & Bruce Gray

[Philadelphia International 3601]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Island 053]
written by Mac Tontoh, Sol Amarfio & Teddy Osei

instrumental
[United Artists 921]
written by Randy Muller

produced by Quincy Jones
[A&M 1851]
written by Louis E. Johnson, Quincy Jones & George Henry Johnson

charted as Nice 'n' Naasty / Salsoul 3001 / Don't Beat Around the Bush in US dance charts
[Salsoul 2011]
written by Vincent Montana Jr.

instrumental charted as Dancin' / Searching for Love / Far Out in US dance charts
[De-lite 1588]
written by William Anderson

[Roadshow 912]
written by Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes

[Buddah 542]
written by Michael Henderson

[Playboy 6062]
written by Homer Banks & Carl Hampton

[Ariola America 7630]
written by Billy Ocean & Ben Findon

[Atlantic 3341]
written by Sherman Marshall & Thom Bell

instrumental charted as My Sweet Summer Suite / Brazilian Love Song in US dance charts
[20th Century 2301]
written by Barry White

[Malaco 1033]
written by Willie Nelson

[Asylum 45294]
written by Earl Cate, Ernie Cate & Steve Cropper

produced by Millie Jackson
[Kayvette 5128]
written by Bill Anderson

[Caribou 9017]
written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel

charted as Welcome to Our World (Of Merry Music) / Wine-Flow Disco in US dance charts
[Cotillion 44213]
written by Tyrone Williams

[RCA 10827]
written by Stony Browder Jr., August Darnell, John Schonberger, Richard Coburn & Vincent Rose

[Columbia 10388]
written by Charles Bobbit