Throwing back to the week of May 23, 1976, we find Diana Ross atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Love Hangover,’ the third single from her self-titled soul album released in February of that year.
The first single, which also reached #1, was ‘Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),’ a Best Song Oscar nominee the previous year.
Throwing back to the week of May 9, 1976, we find family R&B band The Sylvers atop the Hot 100 with ‘Boogie Fever.’ This song, which spent one week at #1, was the group’s only chart-topping hit.
Nine Sylvers siblings perform on this track. A 10th, Christopher, never performed with the band, depriving them of the chance to say they were twice as good as the Jackson 5.
Throwing back to the week of April 26, 1976, we The Bellamy Brothers holding on to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Let Your Love Flow.’ This was the song’s sole week at #1.
Just behind at #2, where it peaked, was ‘Right Back Where We Started From’ by British R&B singer Maxine Nightingale. The song had enjoyed a successful run in the UK the previous year and was released in the U.S. in January.
Throwing back to the week of April 11, 1976, we find Johnnie Taylor holding on to the #1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Disco Lady.’
At #2, on its way to a single week atop the chart, was The Bellamy Brothers’ ‘Let Your Love Flow.’ This country crossover hit was the duo’s debut single and by far their biggest success on the Hot 100 (their second most popular song reached #39).
Throwing back to the week of March 28, 1976, we find Jonnie Taylor atop the Billboard Hot 100 with the sultry funk ballad ‘Disco Lady.’
This song spent a full month at #1 on its way to being named the #3 song of all 1976. It has the distinction of being the first single designated Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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