Queer Countdown - August 29th-September 4th, 1976

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Number
1 Up by 1

You Should Be Dancing
Bee Gees
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Down by 1

Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John & Kiki Dee
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
3

Dancing Queen
ABBA
From the album: Arrival
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4

Let 'Em In
Wings
From the album: Wings At the Speed of Sound
Peak
4
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 2

Say You Love Me
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Rumours
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 2

Young Hearts Run Free
Candi Staton
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
7 Up by 2

Music Is My Life
Helen Reddy
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
7 Up by 2

I Can't Hear You No More
Helen Reddy
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
9 Up by 3

One Love in My Lifetime
Diana Ross
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Down by 5

You're My Best Friend
Queen
From the album: A Night at the Opera
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
11

Magic Man
Heart
Peak
11
Weeks
8
Number
12 Down by 6

A Fifth of Beethoven
Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
Peak
5
Weeks
15
Number
13 Up by 5

Fernando
ABBA
From the album: Greatest Hits
Peak
3
Weeks
24
Number
14

Don't Stop Believin'
Olivia Newton-John
From the album: Don't Stop Believin'
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15

Flowers
The Emotions
Peak
15
Weeks
9
Number
16 Up by 3

That'll Be The Day
Linda Ronstadt
From the album: Hasten Down The Wind
Peak
16
Weeks
3
Number
17

Lean on Me
Melba Moore
Peak
17
Weeks
7
Number
18 Down by 2

(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
KC & The Sunshine Band
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 2

Jive Talkin'
Rufus & Chaka Khan
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 11

I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
The Emotions
Peak
20
Weeks
2
Number
21 Up by 9

Let's Make a Deal
Gloria Gaynor
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Up by 1

Play That Funky Music
Wild Cherry
From the album: Wild Cherry
Peak
22
Weeks
11
Number
23 Up by 9

Run to Me
Candi Staton
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 9

Destiny
Candi Staton
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
25

Party Line
Andrea True Connection
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 11

The Killing of Georgie
Rod Stewart
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27

She's Gone
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Abandoned Luncheonette
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28 Up by 6

Knights in White Satin
Giorgio Moroder
Peak
28
Weeks
2
Number
29 Down by 16

Turn the Beat Around
Vicki Sue Robinson
Peak
6
Weeks
22
Number
30 Down by 4

Getaway
Earth, Wind & Fire
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
31 Up by 9

I've Got You Under My Skin
Gloria Gaynor
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 9

Be Mine
Gloria Gaynor
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 12

I Feel Sanctified
Wild Cherry
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Down by 14

Sophisticated Lady
Natalie Cole
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
35

Saturday Nite
Earth, Wind & Fire
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36

Take a Hand
Rick Springfield
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Up by 5

I Wanna Funk with You Tonight
Giorgio Moroder
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
37 Up by 5

Oh L'amour
Giorgio Moroder
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
39 Down by 15

Something He Can Feel
Aretha Franklin
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
40 Down by 18

Showdown
Electric Light Orchestra
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
41 Up by 8

No No Joe
Silver Convention
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
42 Down by 13

Here I Go Again
Twiggy
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
43 Debut

If I Ever Do Wrong
Betty Wright
Peak
43
Weeks
1
Number
44 Up by 2

What I've Got in Mind
Billie Jo Spears
Peak
44
Weeks
3
Number
45 Debut

Disco Party (Dance People Dance)
The Trammps
Peak
45
Weeks
1
Number
46 Debut

Midnight Love Affair
Carol Douglas
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
46 Debut

Crime Don't Pay
Carol Douglas
Peak
46
Weeks
1
Number
48 Debut

Goofus
Carpenters
Peak
48
Weeks
1
Number
49 Down by 21

Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
Tavares
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
50 Down by 6

Gotta Be the One
Maxine Nightingale
Peak
11
Weeks
8

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Baby We Better Try to Get It Together
Barry White
Peak
38
Weeks
2
Number
39 Dropout

Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Rod Stewart
From the album: A Night on the Town
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
47 Dropout

There You Are
Millie Jackson
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
47 Dropout

Bad Risk
Millie Jackson
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
50 Dropout

Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)
Phyllis Hyman
Peak
50
Weeks
2

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2 1 Bee Gees – “You Should Be Dancing” 1(×1) 10

1 2 Elton John & Kiki Dee – “Don't Go Breaking My Heart” 1(×4) 10

3 3 ABBA – “Dancing Queen” 3 4

4 4 Wings – “Let 'Em In” 4 10

7 5 Fleetwood Mac – “Say You Love Me” 5 10

8 6 Candi Staton – “Young Hearts Run Free” 1(×6) 24

9 7 Helen Reddy – “Music Is My Life” 7 5

9 7 Helen Reddy – “I Can't Hear You No More” 7 5

12 9 Diana Ross – “One Love in My Lifetime” 9 6

5 10 Queen – “You're My Best Friend” 1(×1) 16

11 11 Heart – “Magic Man” 11 8

6 12 Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band – “A Fifth of Beethoven” 5 15

18 13 ABBA – “Fernando” 3 24

14 14 Olivia Newton-John – “Don't Stop Believin'” 14 5

15 15 The Emotions – “Flowers” 15 9

19 16 Linda Ronstadt – “That'll Be The Day” 16 3

17 17 Melba Moore – “Lean on Me” 17 7

16 18 KC & The Sunshine Band – “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” 6 9

21 19 Rufus & Chaka Khan – “Jive Talkin'” 19 6

31 20 The Emotions – “I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love” 20 2

30 21 Gloria Gaynor – “Let's Make a Deal” 21 2

23 22 Wild Cherry – “Play That Funky Music” 22 11

32 23 Candi Staton – “Run to Me” 23 2

32 23 Candi Staton – “Destiny” 23 2

25 25 Andrea True Connection – “Party Line” 25 5

37 26 Rod Stewart – “The Killing of Georgie ” 26 3

27 27 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “She's Gone” 27 7

34 28 Giorgio Moroder – “Knights in White Satin” 28 2

13 29 Vicki Sue Robinson – “Turn the Beat Around” 6 22

26 30 Earth, Wind & Fire – “Getaway” 22 8

40 31 Gloria Gaynor – “I've Got You Under My Skin” 31 2

40 31 Gloria Gaynor – “Be Mine” 31 2

45 33 Wild Cherry – “I Feel Sanctified” 33 2

20 34 Natalie Cole – “Sophisticated Lady” 5 19

35 35 Earth, Wind & Fire – “Saturday Nite” 35 2

36 36 Rick Springfield – “Take a Hand” 36 3

42 37 Giorgio Moroder – “I Wanna Funk with You Tonight” 37 2

42 37 Giorgio Moroder – “Oh L'amour” 37 2

24 39 Aretha Franklin – “Something He Can Feel” 7 16

22 40 Electric Light Orchestra – “Showdown” 22 5

49 41 Silver Convention – “No No Joe” 41 5

29 42 Twiggy – “Here I Go Again” 29 3

NE 43 Betty Wright – “If I Ever Do Wrong” 43 1

46 44 Billie Jo Spears – “What I've Got in Mind” 44 3

NE 45 The Trammps – “Disco Party (Dance People Dance)” 45 1

NE 46 Carol Douglas – “Midnight Love Affair” 46 1

NE 46 Carol Douglas – “Crime Don't Pay” 46 1

NE 48 Carpenters – “Goofus” 48 1

28 49 Tavares – “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel” 28 9

44 50 Maxine Nightingale – “Gotta Be the One” 11 8

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Barry White – “Baby We Better Try to Get It Together” 38 2

39 -- Rod Stewart – “Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” 5 13

47 -- Millie Jackson – “There You Are” 12 11

47 -- Millie Jackson – “Bad Risk” 12 11

50 -- Phyllis Hyman – “Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)” 50 2

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