1976

In order to help readers keep track of which songs have been reviewed on this blog, I'll keep this page updated as I add more posts. Just click on the date to see the full review:
1976
Updated September 1, 2012
February 14, 1976
  • Carole King - "Only Love is Real"
  • Sweet - "Action" 
  • Eddie Kendricks - "He's a Friend"
  • Larry Santos - "We Can't Hide it Anymore"
  • The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever"
  • Freddy Fender - "You'll Lose a Good Thing"
  • ABBA - "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
  • Jethro Tull - "Locomotive Breath"
  • Styx - "Lorelei"
  • Maxine Nightingale - "Right Back Where We Started From"
  • John Miles - "Highfly"
  • Dobie Gray - "If Love Must Go"
February 28, 1976
  • The Carpenters - "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)"
  • The Stampeders - "Hit the Road Jack"
  • Charlie Ross - "Without Your Love (Mr. Jordan)"
  • Henry Gross - "Shannon"
  • The Staple Singers - "New Orleans"
  • Brown Sugar - "The Game is Over (What's the Matter With You)"
  • South Shore Commission - "Train Called Freedom"
  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
April 3, 1976
  • Paul Anka - "Anytime (I'll Be There)"
  • Diana Ross - "Love Hangover"
  • Frankie Valli - "Fallen Angel"
  • Brass Construction - "Movin'"
  • Billy Ocean - "Love Really Hurts Without You"
  • Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - "Everyday Without You"
  • Pratt & McClain - "Happy Days"
  • Jim Stafford - "Jasper"
  • The 5th Dimension - "Love Hangover"
  • Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Spirit in the Night"
April 17, 1976
  • Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three - "One Piece At a Time"
  • The Doobie Brothers - "Takin' it To the Streets"
  • Hot Chocolate - "Don't Stop it Now"
  • The J. Geils Band - "Where Did Our Love Go"
  • Seals & Crofts - "Get Closer"
  • Gary Wright - "Love is Alive"
  • Heart - "Crazy On You"
  • Starbuck - "Moonlight Feels Right"
  • Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - "Tell the World How I Feel About 'cha Baby"
  • The Manhattans - "Kiss and Say Goodbye"
 
May 15, 1976
  • America - "Today's the Day"
  • Jimmy Dean - "I.O.U."
  • Thin Lizzy - "The Boys Are Back in Town"
  • Parliament - "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)"
  • John Miles - "Music"
July 10, 1976
  • KC & the Sunshine Band - "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
  • War - "Summer"
  • The Bellamy Brothers - "Hell Cat"
  • Henry Gross - "Springtime Mama"
  • Steely Dan - "Kid Charlemagne"
  • Donna Summer - "Try Me, I Know We Can Make it"
  • Bad Company - "Honey Child" 
July 31, 1976
  • Orleans - "Still the One"
  • Bobbie Gentry - "Ode to Billie Joe (New Version)"
  • Blue Oyster Cult - "(Don't Fear) the Reaper"
  • Ronnie Dyson - "The More You Do it (The More I Like it Done to Me)"
  • John Sebastian - "Hideaway"
  • Revelation - "You to Me Are Everything"
August 21, 1976
  • Linda Ronstadt - "That'll Be the Day"
  • Firefall - "You Are the Woman"
  • Rick Springfield - "Take a Hand"
  • Sherbet - "Howzat"
  • America - "Amber Cascades"
  • The Beach Boys - "It's O.K."
  • Sweeney Todd - "Roxy Roller"
  • The Isley Brothers - "Harvest For the World"
  • Gallagher and Lyle - "Heart On My Sleeve"
  • The Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Free Spirit"
  • Jigsaw - "Brand New Love Affair"
August 28, 1976
  • Gordon Lightfoot - "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
  • The Ritchie Family - "The Best Disco in Town"
  • Norman Connors - "You Are My Starship"
  • Derringer - "Let Me in"
  • Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - "Did You Boogie (With Your Baby)"
  • Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. - "Nadia's Theme (The Young & the Restless)"
  • The Doobie Brothers - "Wheels of Fortune"
  • Spin - "Grasshopper"
  • Ellison Chase - "Let's Rock"
  • The Whispers - "One For the Money (Part 1)"
September 4, 1976
  • ABBA - "Fernando"
  • Kiss - "Beth" b/w "Detroit Rock City"
  • The Average White Band - "Queen of My Soul"
  • The Bay City Rollers - "I Only Want To Be With You"
  • The Carpenters - "Goofus"
  • Diana Williams - "Teddy Bear's Last Ride"
  • John Valenti - "Anything You Want"
  • Mother's Finest - "Fire"
  • The Attitudes - "Sweet Summer Music"
  September 25, 1976
  • Tyrone Davis - "Give it Up (Turn it Loose)"
  • Aerosmith - "Home Tonight"
  • Alice Cooper - "I Never Cry"
  • Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - "I'll Play the Fool"
  • Captain & Tennille - "Muskrat Love"
  • Steely Dan - "The Fez"
  • Sun - "Wanna Make Love (Come Flick My Bic)"
  • Neil Sedaka - "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine"
October 9, 1976
  • Burton Cummings - "Stand Tall"
  • England Dan & John Ford Coley - "Nights Are Forever Without You"
  • The Sylvers - "Hot Line"
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips - "So Sad the Song"
  • David Dundas - "Jeans On"
  • The Emotions - "Flowers"
  • Waylon Jennings - "Can't You See"
  • Eric Clapton - "Hello Old Friend"
  • The Starland Vocal Band - "California Day"
  • The Rowans - "If I Only Could"
  • The Bar-Kays - "Shake Your Rump to the Funk"
  • Tower of Power - "You Ought to be Havin' Fun"
  • The Alan Parsons Project - "The Raven"
  • Lou Rawls - "Groovy People"
  • George Benson - "Breezin'"
  • Dickey Lee - "9,999,999 Tears"
  • Seals & Crofts - "Baby, I'll Give it to You"
  • Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "Blinded By the Light"
  • The Beatles - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  • George Harrison - "This Song"
  • Earth, Wind & Fire - "Saturday Nite"
  • Mary MacGregor - "Torn Between Two Lovers"
  • Aerosmith - "Walk this Way"
  • Boz Scaggs - "What Can I Say"
  • Stevie Wonder - "I Wish"
  • Linda Ronstadt - "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"
  • Jefferson Starship - "St. Charles"
  • KC & the Sunshine Band - "I Like to Do it"
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
  • Smokie - "Living Next Door to Alice"
  • Robert Palmer - "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"
  • Gene Cotton - "You Got Me Runnin'"
  • The Supremes - "You're My Driving Wheel"
  • Robin Trower - "Caledonia"
  • Donny Most - "All Roads (Lead Back to You)"
December 11, 1976
  • ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
  • Deniece Williams - "Free"
  • Bryan Ferry - "Heart on My Sleeve"
  • Bumble Bee Unlimited - "Love Bug"
  • Barbra Streisand - "Love Theme From A Star is Born (Evergreen)"
  • Bob Seger - "Night Moves"
  • Stephen Bishop - "Save it For a Rainy Day"
  • Blaze - "Silver Heels"
  • David LaFlamme - "White Bird"
  • Al Stewart - "Year of the Cat"
  • Bay City Rollers - "Yesterday's Hero"
December 18, 1976
  • The Eagles - "New Kid in Town"
  • The Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like an Eagle"
  • Kiss - "Hard Luck Woman"
  • Donna Summer - "Winter Melody" b/w "Spring Affair"
  • Heart - "Dreamboat Annie"
  • Starbuck - "Lucky Man"
  • Cliff Richard - "I Can't Ask For Anymore Than You"
  • Thelma Houston - "Don't Leave Me This Way"
  • Paul Anka - "Happier"