RPM was a Canadian music magazine that published the best-performing singles chart in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1976, thirty-three singles reached number one on the RPM chart. The first number one single was "That's the Way (I Like It)" by KC and the Sunshine Band which reached number one in December 1975, and the last was "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" from Scottish rock musician Rod Stewart. Twenty-one acts achieved their first number-one single in the chart in 1976: the Bay City Rollers, the Silver Convention, C. W. McCall, Neil Sedaka, Nazareth, THP Orchestra, Donna Summer, Gary Wright, Queen, The Sylvers, Kiss, Henry Gross, Sweeney Todd, Andrea True Connection, Eric Carmen (formerly of the Raspberries), Starland Vocal Band, Kiki Dee, Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band, Chicago, Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots, and Rod Stewart. Three acts, KC and the Sunshine Band, the Bay City Rollers and the Silver Convention had more than one number-one hit for 1976. Neil Sedaka charted his first number-one on the RPM chart with a slow version of "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", whose original version reached number one in the CHUM Chart in 1962. Three Canadian acts, the THP Orchestra, Sweeney Todd (with Nick Gilder) and Gordon Lightfoot, had one number-one song each in the chart that year.
The longest-running number-one single of the year, and also the best-performing single of the year, was Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)", which spent five weeks at number one. C. W. McCall's "Convoy" stayed at number one for four weeks, while Sweeney Todd's "Roxy Roller", Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots' "Disco Duck" had also stayed at number one for three weeks each.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on RPM's year-end top 200 singles chart of 1976.
+Issue dateTitleArtist(s) "That's the Way (I Like It)" KC and the Sunshine Band "Saturday Night" Bay City Rollers "Fly, Robin, Fly" Silver Convention "Convoy" C. W. McCall "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" Neil Sedaka "Love Hurts" Nazareth "Squeeze Box" The Who "Money Honey" Bay City Rollers "Theme from S.W.A.T." THP Orchestra "Love to Love You Baby" Donna Summer "Dream Weaver" Gary Wright "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" The Four Seasons "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" Captain & Tennille "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen "Boogie Fever" The Sylvers "Shout It Out Loud" Kiss "Shannon" Henry Gross "Silly Love Songs" Wings "Get Up and Boogie" Silver Convention "Roxy Roller" Sweeney Todd "More, More, More" Andrea True Connection "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" Eric Carmen "Afternoon Delight" Starland Vocal Band "Got to Get You into My Life" The Beatles "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Elton John and Kiki Dee "You Should Be Dancing" Bee Gees "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" KC and the Sunshine Band "A Fifth of Beethoven" Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band "If You Leave Me Now" Chicago "Disco Duck" Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots "Rock'n Me" Steve Miller Band "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Gordon Lightfoot "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart
See also List of RPM number-one easy listening singles of 1976 List of RPM number-one country singles of 1976 List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1976 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1976 List of Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1976
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References
External links Search RPM charts collection at Library and Archives Canada