Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing disco singles in the United States on the National Disco Action Top 30 chart. Premiered on the issue dated August 28, the chart ranked the popularity of singles in nightclubs across the country, based on a national survey of club disc jockeys. Previously, Billboard started the Disco Action survey in 1974 which ranked the popularity of singles in New York City discothèques, expanded to feature multiple charts each week which highlighted playlists in various cities such as San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Phoenix, Detroit and Houston. The next year, Billboard′s rival publication Record World was the first to compile a dance chart which incorporated club play on a national level. Billboard statistician Joel Whitburn later "adopted" Record World′s chart data from the weeks between March 29, 1975, and August 21, 1976, into Billboard′s club play history. For the sake of continuity, Record World′s national chart is incorporated into the 1975 and 1976 lists.
Chart history Issue dateSingleArtistRecord World disco chart dataJanuary 3"I Love Music"The O'JaysJanuary 10January 17"Mighty High"Mighty Clouds of JoyJanuary 24January 31February 7February 14February 21"Movin'"Brass ConstructionFebruary 28March 6March 13March 20"Turn the Beat Around"Vicki Sue RobinsonMarch 27April 3April 10April 17"Love Hangover"Diana RossApril 24May 1"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It"Donna SummerMay 8May 15May 22"That's Where the Happy People Go"The TrammpsMay 29June 5"Disco Party"June 12June 19June 26July 3July 10"Trouble-Maker"Roberta KellyJuly 17July 24"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"/"Don't Take Away the Music"TavaresJuly 31August 7"The Best Disco in Town"The Ritchie FamilyAugust 14"You Should Be Dancing"Bee GeesAugust 21Billboard National Disco Action Top 30 dataAugust 28"You Should Be Dancing"Bee GeesSeptember 4September 11September 18September 25October 2"Cherchez La Femme"/"Sour and Sweet"/"I'll Play the Fool"Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah BandOctober 9"My Sweet Summer Suite"/"Brazilian Love Song"The Love Unlimited OrchestraOctober 16October 23"Midnight Love Affair"/"Crime Don't Pay"Carol DouglasOctober 30"Down to Love Town"The OriginalsNovember 6"My Sweet Summer Suite"/"Brazilian Love Song"The Love Unlimited OrchestraNovember 13Four Seasons of Love (all cuts)Donna SummerNovember 20November 27December 4December 11December 18December 25"Don't Leave Me This Way"/"Any Way You Like It"Thelma Houston
See also 1976 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1976
References
External links Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1975—1979.