1976

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Years:	1973 1974 1975 - 1976 - 1977 1978 1979

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Films released 5 Hit Songs

Events

• July 2 - Vietnam is united.
• July 4 - The United States celebrates its 200th birthday (bicentennial)
• November 26- The Last Waltz
• The Clash forms in London.
• A Soviet pilot defects and flies to Japan in a MiG-25 Foxbat.

Births

• January 13 - Bic Runga, New Zealand singer
• March 8 - Freddie Prinze Jr.
• March 10 - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese singer
• April 18 - Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
• August 8 - JC Chasez, American singer
• June 2 - Tim Rice-Oxley, Enlish musician
• June 14 - Alan Carr, English television presenter
• July 1 - Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
• July 9 - Fred Savage, American actor
• July 16 - Bobby Lashley, American wrestler
• September 24 - Stephanie McMahon, American business person and writer (WWE)
• September 26 - Michael Ballack, German footballer
• October 7 - Taylor Hicks, American singer
• October 19 - Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer
• November 3 - Tom Brosseau, American singer-songwriter
• November 8 - Brett Lee, Australian cricket player
• November 22 - Torsten Frings, German footballer
• November 22 - Ville Valo, Finnish singer
• November 24 - Lu Chen, Chinese figure skater
• November 27 - Jaleel White, American actor
• December 8 - Dominic Monaghan, Enlish actor

Deaths

• January 5 - Mal Evans, English band manager (Beatles) (b. 1935)
• January 12 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
• February 1 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist (b. 1901)
• March 11 - Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
• August 2 - Fritz Lang, Austrian film director (b. 1890)
• September 9 - Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader (b. 1893)
• December 4 - Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)

Films released

• Rocky
• Taxi Driver

Hit Songs

• "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult
• "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" - KC & the Sunshine Band
• "(What A) Wonderful World" - Johnny Nash
• "Anarchy In The UK" - Sex Pistols
• "Dancing Queen" - ABBA (6)
• "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
• "A Fifth of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band
• "A Little Bit More" - Dr. Hook
• "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band
• "All By Myself" - Eric Carmen
• "Arms Of Mary" - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
• "Back In The USSR" - The Beatles
• "Beautiful Noise" - Neil Diamond
• "Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John
• "Besame Mucho" - Dalida
• "Better Use Your Head" - Little Anthony and the Imperials
• "Blinded By The Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
• "Boogie Fever" Sylvers
• "Born To Be With You" - Dion
• "Both Ends Burning" - Roxy Music
• "Candy Store Rock" - Led Zeppelin
• "Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways
• "Convoy" - C.W. McCall
• "Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band
• "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
• "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" - Four Seasons
• "Devil Woman"- Cliff Richard
• "Disco Duck (Part 1)" - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
• "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (4)
• "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" - Julie Covington
• "Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul
• "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee
• "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" - Barry White
• "Don't Stop It Now" - Hot Chocolate
• "Don't Take Away The Music" - Tavares
• "Dream Weaver" - Gary Wright
• "Extended Play(EP)" - Bryan Ferry
• "Fernando" - ABBA
• "Fly Like An Eagle" - Steve Miller Band
• "Foggy Notion-Inside Your Heart" - Velvet Underground
• "Fool to Cry" - The Rolling Stones
• "Forever And Ever" - Demis Roussos
• "Forever And Ever" - Slik
• "Freebird(EP)" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Get Up and Boogie" - Silver Convention
• "Girls Girls Girls" - Sailor
• "Harvest For The World" - The Isley Brothers
• "Hasten Down The Wind" - Warren Zevon
• "Heart On My Sleeve" - Gallagher and Lyle
• "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" - Tavares
• "Hello Old Friend" - Eric Clapton
• "Here Comes The Sun" - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
• "Here Comes The Weekend" - Dave Edmunds
• "Hey Baby" - J.J. Cale
• "Honey I" - George McCrae
• "Hot Stuff" - The Rolling Stones
• "Hot Valves(EP)" - Be Bop Deluxe
• "Howzat" - Sherbet
• "Hurricane" - Bob Dylan
• "Hurt" - The Manhattans
• "I Love Music" - The O'Jays
• "I Love To Boogie " - T. Rex
• "I Love to Love (But My Baby Just Loves to Dance)" - Tina Charles
• "I Want You" - Marvin Gaye
• "I Wish" - Stevie Wonder
• "I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
• "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan and John Ford Coley
• "If Not You" - Dr. Hook
• "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
• "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
• "I'm Mandy Fly Me" - 10cc
• "I'm Your Puppet" - James and Bobby Purify
• "In Dulce Jubilo/On Horseback" - Mike Oldfield
• "It Keeps You Running" - Carly Simon
• "It's Over" - Boz Scaggs
• "Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy
• "J'Attendrai" - Dalida
• "Jump In My Car" - TMG
• "Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans
• "Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac
• "Last Child" - Aerosmith
• "Le petit bonheur" - Dalida
• "Let 'Em In" - Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers
• "Let's Stick Together" - Bryan Ferry
• "Livin' Thing" - Electric Light Orchestra
• "Lost in France" - Bonnie Tyler
• "Love And Affection" - Joan Armatrading
• "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross
• "Love Is Alive" - Gary Wright
• "Love Machine" - The Miracles
• "Love Really Hurts Without You" - Billy Ocean
• "Love Rollercoaster" - Ohio Players
• "Love So Right" - Bee Gees
• "Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
• "Love's A Prima Donna" - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
• "Low Rider" - War
• "Mamma Mia" - ABBA
• "Man to Man" - Hot Chocolate
• "Midnight Train To Georgia" - Gladys Knight and the Pips
• "Mississippi" - Pussycat (4)
• "Misty Blue" - Dorothy Moore
• "Mohammed's Radio" - Warren Zevon
• "Money, Money, Money" - ABBA
• "Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck
• "More Than a Feeling" - Boston
• "Movin'" - Brass Construction
• "Mozambique" - Bob Dylan
• "Music" - John Miles
• "My First Night Alone Without You" - Bonnie Raitt
• "Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
• "New Rose" - The Damned (debut)
• "No Charge" - J.J. Barrie
• "Pinball Wizard" - Elton John
• "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
• "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" - Fleetwood Mac
• "Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale
• "Ring Out Solstice Bells(EP)" - Jethro Tull
• "Rock Me Gently" - Sherbet
• "Rock'n Me" - Steve Miller Band
• "Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto(Concerto De Aranjuez))" - Manuel and the Music of the Mountains
• "Sara Smile" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
• "Save Your Kisses for Me" - Brotherhood of Man (6), best seller of the year
• "Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac
• "She's Gone" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
• "Ships In The Night" - Be Bop Deluxe
• "Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton
• "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney & Wings (5)
• "Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song" - Billie Jo Spears
• "So It Goes" - Nick Lowe
• "Somebody To Love" - Queen
• "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"- Elton John
• "Still The One" - Orleans
• "Stop Me(If You've Heard It All Before)" - Billy Ocean
• "Suffragette City" - David Bowie
• "Sugar Mama" - Bonnie Raitt
• "Sunshine Day" - Osibisa
• "Take It To The Limit" - The Eagles
• "Take The Money And Run" - Steve Miller Band
• "Taking It To The Streets" - The Doobie Brothers
• "That'll Be The Day" - Linda Ronstadt
• "The Boston Tea Party" - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• "The Boys Are Back In Town" - Thin Lizzy
• "The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)" - Wurzels
• "The Killing of Georgie, Pt. 1-2" - Rod Stewart
• "The Perfect Drug" - Roxy Music
• "The Rubberband Man" - The Detroit Spinners
• "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross
• "Theme from S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage
• "Things We Do For Love" - 10cc
• "This Is It" - Melba Moore
• "This Old Heart Of Mine" - Rod Stewart
• "TVC 15" - David Bowie
• "Under the Moon of Love" - Showaddywaddy
• "Uptown Uptempo Woman" - Randy Edelman
• "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian
• "What I've Got In Mind" - Billie Jo Spears
• "When A Child Is Born (Soleado)" - Johnny Mathis
• "Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
• "World Turning" - Fleetwood Mac
• "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
• "Yesterday" - The Beatles
• "You Don't Have To Go" - The Chi-Lites
• "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Leo Sayer
• "You See The Trouble With Me" - Barry White
• "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate
• "You Should Be Dancing" - Bee Gees
• "You to Me Are Everything" - Real Thing
• "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls
• "Young Hearts Run Free" - Candi Staton
• "You're My Best Friend" - Queen
• ”Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers
• ”Tonight's the Night" - Rod Stewart