Absolutely spot on, it makes me feel old to even think it but .... didn't we have a way better range and quality of music back then? Thanks for posting.
I was 7 in '76 and I too loved the hits in this year, it's amazing how these small snippets of songs can take you back in your memory . . . playing marbles with my friends, making Christmas decorations at school, the smell of the hedges walking to school, 8 weeks summer hols in Devon. Marvellous... :o)
Yes, ABBA forever! What a phenomenon! Bigger than Volvo in Sweden at the time? Personal faves: SOS, Bang-A-Boomerang, Suzy-Hang-Around and Thank You for the Music. Gracias por la musica! MH
The Number One hits of Billboard's Hot 100 for the same period were: *1976* - "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers* - "Convoy" by C.W. McCall - "I Write The Songs" by Barry Manilow* (was #11 for David Cassidy in 1975) - "Theme From 'Mahogany' (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross - "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players* - "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon - "Theme From 'S.W.A.T.' " by Rhythm Heritage* - "Love Machine" by The Miracles - "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" by The Four Seasons+ - "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor - "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers - "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian* - "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers* - "Silly Love Songs" by Wings - "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross - "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band - "Kiss And Say Goodbye" by the Manhattans - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John And Kiki Dee+ - "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees - "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC And The Sunshine Band - "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry - "A Fifth Of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy And The Big Apple Band - "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots - "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago+ - "Rock'N Me" by Steve Miller - "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart *1977* - "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)" by Marilyn McCoo And Billy Davis, Jr. - "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer - "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder - "Car Wash" by Rose Royce - "Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor - "Blinded By The Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band - "New Kid In Town" by the Eagles - "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)" by Barbra Streisand - "Rich Girl" by Daryl Hall And John Oates* - "Dancing Queen" by ABBA+ - "Don't Give Up On Us" by David Soul+ - "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston - "Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell - "Hotel California" by the Eagles - "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer+ - "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder - "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC And The Sunshine Band - "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac - "Got To Give It Up (Part I)" by Marvin Gaye - "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')" by Bill Conti* - "Undercover Angel" by Alan O'Day - "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy* - "Looks Like We Made It" by Barry Manilow* - "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb - "Best Of My Love" by the Emotions - "Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band" by Meco - "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone (its 10 weeks at #1 in the U.S. was that country's equivalent of torture that was felt in the UK when Wings' double-sided hit topped those charts for 9 weeks - speaking of the UK, this one could only muster a pathetic #48 for all of 2 weeks) - "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees * Did not chart in UK. + Also #1 in UK.
I remember these songs though I was 7-8 then..I had a portable radio...from '76 I liked Fernando and Dancing Queen by Abba and Don't go Breakin' my Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee...from '77....was I feel Love a big hit for Donna Summer???...I remember Lucille that was one of the first hits for Kenny Rogers when he turned country...sleepwalker29 you're wrong about Float On that was a cool tune..Michael can you answer my question about Donna??
El bienio de ABBA que los proyecta como el conjunto de los 70s sus albums #1 Greatest Hits Arrival The Album y sus singles #1 0:00 Mamma mia 0:39 Fernando 1:21 Dancing Queen 2:22 Knowing me knowing you 3:40 The name of the game ("Money money money" fue #3) ABBA inicio liderando 1976 (destronando nada menos que a "Bohemian Rhapsody" de Queen) Y casi termina liderando al fin de 1977 pero vino el genial Paul McCartney con la maravillosa "Mull of Kintyre" 3:48 (la cancion del bienio)
While I have previously listened to and used the other uploads in this series to make myself a playlist of the songs I liked: "music 1978-2009", I've only just now discovered this addition to the serie - so I'll change the name of the list. 1976-77 is special to me as I was an exchange-student in California then and listened to these songs while cruising pointlessly up and down the streets of Sacramento or Rancho Cordova with friends borrowing their parents car + Mormon dance dancing to them.
Television shows aired in USA in 1976-1977 Are Little House On The Prairie Charlie's Angels The Bob Newhart show The Rockford Files The Jeffersons Sesame Street American bandstand M* A* S * H* The Six million dollar man All in the family
@@blu3collar949 - There are those who scratch their heads as to why Rick Dees' "Disco Duck" made #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100, so that evens it all out, dunnit?
@TheTiger719 We know! They were the super group of the 70's and early 80's. There wasn't a kid alive in the music listening world who did not know about Abba and knew that they were Swedish.
ABBA (all caps). 'Abba' as a word is Aramaic (a language related somewhat to Hebrew) for 'father' (and also a name, i.e. legendary Israeli politician/diplomat Abba Eban).
On NME's Top 30 chart only. We all know about how the "official" chart worked heaven and earth to keep it pinned down at #2 - but did you know it fared much worse on Melody Maker's chart, getting no higher than #5 there? What antipathy did MM's chart compilers have for it anyway?
its interesting how yet when elvis presley was still alife till late 1977 there was allready modern music like these know with more beat tones with these instrument electric sounds... But elvis presley music sounded more like yet the 50s and 60s considering it was 1977 his last concert and his songs sounded so old compare to these ones in 1976 and 77.. why is that?
It was a German Polka band the Wurzels. It was a parody of Brand New Key by Melanie Safka but the lyrics were completely different. The song sucked in my opinion.
Bloody right, these 'modern singers' use all sorts of tricks like voice modulators etc just to sound like mediocre shite pub singers. There is no talent left. Bare in mind most of these recordings are live, no gimmicks!!!
Well, I can partially agree with you. But unlike most people who came here, I can't reminisce on this, because I wasn't alive then. 1976 and '77 had their own bad music. However, there was less of it and it disappeared into obscurity more quickly. Today's music, however, is mass-produced quickly and remains in the charts for even more than a FULL YEAR! There's always good and bad music in every era. You just need to look. Always check with me before you listen to any song.
@@Agnethatheredhairkid I wrote my comment in 2015 (or 2016, as YT doesn’t display actual dates). I was 16 then, and I honestly thought I was doing people a favour by telling them to steer clear of poorly produced mainstream pop. A lot has changed since (most of it not for the better). For example, Shape of You did NOT deserve to be in the Top 40 in all 12 months of 2017.
Both the "official" chart and Melody Maker worked heaven and earth to keep it from the top - with MM ensuring it got no higher than #5. Rod Stewart's double-sided hit was atop the respective charts at the time; there were three other songs MM put up to keep "GSTQ" down.
Some great songs but something doesn't seem quite right here.....1977 #1 hits in the UK and nothing from the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb?????Come on man give your head a shake.
This ain't the U.S., mate. That's where all the above Gibbs reigned atop the charts. And where their label, RSO, especially held sway over the Billboard charts.
@marcusantonius90 lol don't chat crap, there was also a lot of SHIT music in the 70's mate! It wasn't all good haha Anyways, mid/late 70's to early/mid 90's is when the best music came out. Music now adays has gone to shit! And the odd one that is good is normaly a remake of an old track or done in an old school style :P
As much of a Beatle fanatic that I am, Mull of Kintyre was not that great of a song. How it held on for 9 weeks at No 1 still boggles the mind. I got sick of listening to it on the top 40 stations.
There are Americans who to this day wonder why Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" held the #1 spot for 10 weeks on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100. And people got as sick if not more so of hearing this on the radio in the States as Brits were of hearing "Mull" by the time that song's run at the top ended. ("MoK" didn't even make the Hot 100, but B side "Girls' School" did get all the way to #33 in the U.S.) On the UK charts "You Light Up My Life" couldn't get past #48 in a two-week run.
Absolutely spot on, it makes me feel old to even think it but .... didn't we have a way better range and quality of music back then? Thanks for posting.
I was 7 in '76 and I too loved the hits in this year, it's amazing how these small snippets of songs can take you back in your memory . . . playing marbles with my friends, making Christmas decorations at school, the smell of the hedges walking to school, 8 weeks summer hols in Devon. Marvellous... :o)
Thanks Michael. Wonderful years.
First class Michael you have made an excellent job uploading the songs
Great list! ABBA for ever!!!
'Combine Harvester' was #1 when I left school.
Yes, ABBA forever! What a phenomenon!
Bigger than Volvo in Sweden at the time?
Personal faves: SOS, Bang-A-Boomerang, Suzy-Hang-Around and
Thank You for the Music. Gracias por la musica! MH
The Number One hits of Billboard's Hot 100 for the same period were:
*1976*
- "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers*
- "Convoy" by C.W. McCall
- "I Write The Songs" by Barry Manilow* (was #11 for David Cassidy in 1975)
- "Theme From 'Mahogany' (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross
- "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players*
- "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon
- "Theme From 'S.W.A.T.' " by Rhythm Heritage*
- "Love Machine" by The Miracles
- "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" by The Four Seasons+
- "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor
- "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers
- "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian*
- "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers*
- "Silly Love Songs" by Wings
- "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross
- "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band
- "Kiss And Say Goodbye" by the Manhattans
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John And Kiki Dee+
- "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees
- "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC And The Sunshine Band
- "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
- "A Fifth Of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy And The Big Apple Band
- "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots
- "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago+
- "Rock'N Me" by Steve Miller
- "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart
*1977*
- "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)" by Marilyn McCoo And Billy Davis, Jr.
- "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer
- "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder
- "Car Wash" by Rose Royce
- "Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor
- "Blinded By The Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- "New Kid In Town" by the Eagles
- "Love Theme From 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)" by Barbra Streisand
- "Rich Girl" by Daryl Hall And John Oates*
- "Dancing Queen" by ABBA+
- "Don't Give Up On Us" by David Soul+
- "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston
- "Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell
- "Hotel California" by the Eagles
- "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer+
- "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder
- "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC And The Sunshine Band
- "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
- "Got To Give It Up (Part I)" by Marvin Gaye
- "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From 'Rocky')" by Bill Conti*
- "Undercover Angel" by Alan O'Day
- "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy*
- "Looks Like We Made It" by Barry Manilow*
- "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb
- "Best Of My Love" by the Emotions
- "Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band" by Meco
- "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone (its 10 weeks at #1 in the U.S. was that country's equivalent of torture that was felt in the UK when Wings' double-sided hit topped those charts for 9 weeks - speaking of the UK, this one could only muster a pathetic #48 for all of 2 weeks)
- "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees
* Did not chart in UK.
+ Also #1 in UK.
makes me feel so old remember everyone of them, and the amount of time some of them were at number 1 for...incredible...music today is shit
I remember these songs though I was 7-8 then..I had a portable radio...from '76 I liked Fernando and Dancing Queen by Abba and Don't go Breakin' my Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee...from '77....was I feel Love a big hit for Donna Summer???...I remember Lucille that was one of the first hits for Kenny Rogers when he turned country...sleepwalker29 you're wrong about Float On that was a cool tune..Michael can you answer my question about Donna??
El bienio de ABBA
que los proyecta como el conjunto de los 70s
sus albums #1
Greatest Hits
Arrival
The Album
y sus singles #1
0:00 Mamma mia
0:39 Fernando
1:21 Dancing Queen
2:22 Knowing me knowing you
3:40 The name of the game
("Money money money" fue #3)
ABBA inicio liderando 1976
(destronando nada menos que a "Bohemian Rhapsody" de Queen)
Y casi termina liderando al fin de 1977
pero vino el genial
Paul McCartney
con la maravillosa
"Mull of Kintyre" 3:48
(la cancion del bienio)
So many memories
@urchin76 remember it well. fantastic year ,long hot summer decent music fantastic
While I have previously listened to and used the other uploads in this series to make myself a playlist of the songs I liked: "music 1978-2009", I've only just now discovered this addition to the serie - so I'll change the name of the list.
1976-77 is special to me as I was an exchange-student in California then and listened to these songs while cruising pointlessly up and down the streets of Sacramento or Rancho Cordova with friends borrowing their parents car + Mormon dance dancing to them.
It's pretty obvious that ABBA owned the mid to late 70's,
LOVE IT LOVE IT
I love Tina Charles and I LOVE TO LOVE
I remember that one from its appearance in a Benny Hill "Hill's Angels" segment.
yess thank u michel nice work :D
Television shows aired in USA in 1976-1977
Are
Little House On The Prairie
Charlie's Angels
The Bob Newhart show
The Rockford Files
The Jeffersons
Sesame Street
American bandstand
M* A* S * H*
The Six million dollar man
All in the family
ABBA
the great 1970s
Hope you all enjoy.
Thanks Walter Nice weekend to you.
ABBA magic :)
All I can say is ABBA...ABBA...ABBA!
Combine Harvester. Classic.
A parody polka band, a 1 hit wonder and I am still scratching my head how that song even broke the top 200. LOL
@@blu3collar949 - There are those who scratch their heads as to why Rick Dees' "Disco Duck" made #1 on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100, so that evens it all out, dunnit?
Abba nailed it during this period without question. OK there were a couple of other good efforts amongst them but some dreadful ones as well. 😕
Same thing in the U.S.
@TheTiger719 We know! They were the super group of the 70's and early 80's. There wasn't a kid alive in the music listening world who did not know about Abba and knew that they were Swedish.
ABBA (all caps). 'Abba' as a word is Aramaic (a language related somewhat to Hebrew) for 'father' (and also a name, i.e. legendary Israeli politician/diplomat Abba Eban).
I think england should go eurovision with one of these songs..current songs are paifull to watch
God Save The Queen. Pistols were no 1 at the time of the Queens Jubilee, christ even our friends over the pond new that!
On NME's Top 30 chart only. We all know about how the "official" chart worked heaven and earth to keep it pinned down at #2 - but did you know it fared much worse on Melody Maker's chart, getting no higher than #5 there? What antipathy did MM's chart compilers have for it anyway?
Float on from the Floaters sounds like turds singing about turds.
The California Raisons sued in court and won. LOL
You should have heard Cheech & Chong's parody "Bloat On," then . . .
2:34 IS THE BEST !!!!
Yeah right. LOL,
its interesting how yet when elvis presley was still alife till late 1977 there was allready modern music like these know with more beat tones with these instrument electric sounds... But elvis presley music sounded more like yet the 50s and 60s considering it was 1977 his last concert and his songs sounded so old compare to these ones in 1976 and 77.. why is that?
No doubt his manager, Col. Parker . . .
0:55 this song sound like brand new key by Melanie 1971
It was a German Polka band the Wurzels. It was a parody of Brand New Key by Melanie Safka but the lyrics were completely different. The song sucked in my opinion.
@@blu3collar949 The Wurzels were British not German.
You are correct. My apologies.
@@blu3collar949 No problem, mate.
I thought Kenny Rogers always sang country.
ABBA is a Swedish band
Bloody right, these 'modern singers' use all sorts of tricks like voice modulators etc just to sound like mediocre shite pub singers. There is no talent left. Bare in mind most of these recordings are live, no gimmicks!!!
THIS IS THE BEST MUSIC EVER , NOT LIKE THE SHITE NOWADAYS.
Well, I can partially agree with you. But unlike most people who came here, I can't reminisce on this, because I wasn't alive then.
1976 and '77 had their own bad music. However, there was less of it and it disappeared into obscurity more quickly.
Today's music, however, is mass-produced quickly and remains in the charts for even more than a FULL YEAR!
There's always good and bad music in every era. You just need to look. Always check with me before you listen to any song.
@@WedgePee I won't be checking with you as personal tastes vary. I agree with you on the other points though especially today's music.
@@Agnethatheredhairkid I wrote my comment in 2015 (or 2016, as YT doesn’t display actual dates). I was 16 then, and I honestly thought I was doing people a favour by telling them to steer clear of poorly produced mainstream pop.
A lot has changed since (most of it not for the better). For example, Shape of You did NOT deserve to be in the Top 40 in all 12 months of 2017.
@@WedgePee Too bloody right, friend! I haven't followed the charts for 30 years. It's all the same format and boring. Have a great week.
2:38 it was a fix. It should have been Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen.
Both the "official" chart and Melody Maker worked heaven and earth to keep it from the top - with MM ensuring it got no higher than #5. Rod Stewart's double-sided hit was atop the respective charts at the time; there were three other songs MM put up to keep "GSTQ" down.
3:02 techno in tthe 70's?
Devine,but no elo ?
Some great songs but something doesn't seem quite right here.....1977 #1 hits in the UK and nothing from the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb?????Come on man give your head a shake.
No los tuvieron en UK, aunque si en USA
recien en 1978 creo que "Night Fever" de BEE GEES es #1
y "Tragedy" en 1979
No los tuvieron No llegaron al #1 en UK
recien en 1978 sera #1
This ain't the U.S., mate. That's where all the above Gibbs reigned atop the charts. And where their label, RSO, especially held sway over the Billboard charts.
@marcusantonius90 lol don't chat crap, there was also a lot of SHIT music in the 70's mate! It wasn't all good haha
Anyways, mid/late 70's to early/mid 90's is when the best music came out. Music now adays has gone to shit! And the odd one that is good is normaly a remake of an old track or done in an old school style :P
As much of a Beatle fanatic that I am, Mull of Kintyre was not that great of a song. How it held on for 9 weeks at No 1 still boggles the mind. I got sick of listening to it on the top 40 stations.
There are Americans who to this day wonder why Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" held the #1 spot for 10 weeks on U.S. Billboard's Hot 100. And people got as sick if not more so of hearing this on the radio in the States as Brits were of hearing "Mull" by the time that song's run at the top ended. ("MoK" didn't even make the Hot 100, but B side "Girls' School" did get all the way to #33 in the U.S.) On the UK charts "You Light Up My Life" couldn't get past #48 in a two-week run.
Has to have been better songs than this or t6 77 were bad years.
there are some shiity songs in this video....just like today, cheesy has hell.