CASH BOX R&B SINGLES – 1976
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The 1976 Charts!
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1976 #1 Top Debut
January 3 Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin 84. Just Your Fool - Leon Haywood
January 10 Wake Up Everybody (pt. 1) - Harold Melvin & Blue Notes 78. Close To You - B.T. Express
January 17 Love Machine (pt. 1) - Miracles 83. Heart Be Still - Carl Graves
January 24 Sing A Song - Earth, Wind & Fire 73. Keep Holding On - Temptations
January 31 Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer 74. Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor
February 7 Turning Point - Tyrone Davis 58. New Orleans - Staple Singers
February 14 Sweet Thing - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan 72. Qualified Man - Latimore
February 21 Sweet Thing - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan 78. Fopp - Ohio Players
February 28 Inseparable - Natalie Cole 65. Let’s Make A Baby - Billy Paul
March 6 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 68. Livin’ For The Weekend - O’Jays
March 13 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 73. I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love) - Diana Ross
March 20 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 69. Tell The World How I Feel About ’Cha Baby - Harold Melvin & Blue Notes
March 27 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 67. Can’t Hide Love - Earth, Wind & Fire
April 3 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 66. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
April 10 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 72. Do You Wanna Do A Thing - Bloodstone
April 17 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 65. Dance Wit Me - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
April 24 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 78. Friend Of Mine - Little Milton
May 1 Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor 74. Let It Shine - Al Green
May 8 Love Hangover - Diana Ross 74. Who Loves You Better (pt. 1) - Isley Brothers
May 15 Love Hangover - Diana Ross 72. Strokin’ (pt. 2) - Leon Haywood
May 22 Kiss And Say Goodbye - Manhattans 69. Hear The Words, Feel The Feeling - Margie Joseph
May 29 Kiss And Say Goodbye - Manhattans 69. This Masquerade - George Benson
June 5 Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton 78. Everything’s Coming Up Love - David Ruffin
June 12 I Want You - Marvin Gaye 82. Bad Risk - Millie Jackson
June 19 Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) - Parliament 65. Stretchin’ Out (In A Rubber Band) - Bootsy Collins
June 26 Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin 71. Family Reunion - O’Jays
July 3 Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin 53. There You Are - Millie Jackson
July 10 Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin 68. Summer - War
July 17 Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin 74. Universal Sound - Kool & Gang
July 24 You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls 94. Ain’t Gonna Tell Nobody (About You) - Carl Carlton
July 31 You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls 75. One Love In My Lifetime - Diana Ross
August 7 You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls 66. Get The Funk Out Of Ma Face - Brothers Johnson
August 14 You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls 77. Come Get To This - Joe Simon
August 21 Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry 82. The Best Disco In Town - Ritchie Family
August 28 Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry 66. Harvest For The World - Isley Brothers
September 4 Getaway - Earth, Wind & Fire 70. Just To Be Close To You - Commodores
September 11 (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC & Sunshine Band 77. The Rubberband Man - Spinners
September 18 Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry 82. I Wanna Spend My Whole Life With You - Street People
September 25 Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry 67. Jump - Aretha Franklin
October 2 Lowdown - Boz Scaggs 77. So Sad The Song - Gladys Knight & Pips
October 9 Give It Up (Turn It Loose) - Tyrone Davis 70. The 2nd Time Around - Luther
October 16 Just To Be Close To You - Commodores 63. Enjoy Yourself - Jacksons
October 23 Just To Be Close To You - Commodores 75. Keep Me Cryin’ - Al Green
October 30 You Are My Starship - Norman Connors 74. Who Are You - Temptations
November 6 Just To Be Close To You - Commodores 74. Far East Mississippi - Ohio Players
November 13 Love Ballad - L.T. D. 80. A Love Of Your Own - AWB
November 20 Love Ballad - L.T. D. 64. Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire
November 27 You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. 73. Free And Single - Brothers Johnson
December 4 Dazz - Brick 72. I Like To Do It - KC & Sunshine Band
December 11 Dazz - Brick 55. I Wish - Stevie Wonder
December 18 Car Wash - Rose Royce 78. Spring Affair - Donna Summer
December 25 Car Wash - Rose Royce 76. Close To You - Tyrone Davis

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