These singles reached number one on the Cash Box Top 100 chart during 1976.
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Issue date Song Artist January 3 "I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow January 10 "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Diana Ross January 17 "Convoy" C.W. McCall January 24 January 31 February 7 "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" Paul Simon February 14 February 21 February 28 "Theme from S.W.A.T." Rhythm Heritage March 6 "Love Machine (Part 1)" The Miracles March 13 "All by Myself" Eric Carmen March 20 "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" The Four Seasons March 27 "Dream Weaver" Gary Wright April 3 "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" Captain and Tennille April 10 "Disco Lady" Johnnie Taylor April 17 April 24 "Right Back Where We Started From" Maxine Nightingale May 1 "Let Your Love Flow" The Bellamy Brothers May 8 "Boogie Fever" The Sylvers May 15 "Welcome Back" John Sebastian May 22 May 29 "Silly Love Songs" Wings June 5 June 12 "Love Hangover" Diana Ross June 19 "Get Up And Boogie" Silver Convention June 26 "Afternoon Delight" Starland Vocal Band July 3 July 10 July 17 "Kiss and Say Goodbye" The Manhattans July 24 July 31 "Afternoon Delight"Starland Vocal Band August 7 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Elton John and Kiki Dee August 14 August 21 August 28 "Let 'Em In" Wings September 4 "You Should Be Dancing" Bee Gees September 11 "Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry September 18 September 25 "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" K.C. & The Sunshine Band October 2 "Lowdown" Boz Scaggs October 9 "A Fifth of Beethoven" Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band October 16 “Disco Duck” Rick Dees October 23 "If You Leave Me Now" Chicago October 30 "Disco Duck” Rick Dees November 6 "Rock'n Me" Steve Miller Band November 13 "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" Gordon Lightfoot November 20 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 December 25 "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" Leo Sayer
See also 1976 in music List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1976 (U.S.)
References https://web.archive.org/web/20080118170730/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1976.html http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1976.htm