Cashbox Top 100 Singles
Week Ending August 21, 1976
| TW | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Elton John & Kiki Dee (Rocket/MCA 40585) | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Paul McCartney & Wings (Capitol 4293) | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Starland Vocal Band (Windsong 10588) | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Bee Gees (RSO 853) | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | ||
| Wild Cherry (Epic 50225) | ||||||
| 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | ||
| Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Int'l 3592) | ||||||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Manhattans (Columbia 10310) | ||||||
| 8 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 11 | ||
| England Dan & John Ford Coley (Big Tree 16069) | ||||||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Beatles (Capitol 4274) | ||||||
| 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 14 | ||
| Walter Murphy (Private Stock 45,073) | ||||||
| 11 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 7 | ||
| KC & Sunshine Band (T.K. 1019) | ||||||
| 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | ||
| Keith Carradine (ABC 12117) | ||||||
| 13 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 12 | ||
| George Benson (Warner Bros. 8209) | ||||||
| 14 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Seals & Crofts (Warner Bros. 8190) | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | ||
| Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA Victor 10562) | ||||||
| 16 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 12 | ||
| Tavares (Capitol 4270) | ||||||
| 17 | 24 | 30 | 43 | 9 | ||
| Cliff Richard (Rocket/MCA 40574) | ||||||
| 18 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 10 | ||
| Peter Frampton (A&M 1832) | ||||||
| 19 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 10 | ||
| Dr. Hook (Capitol 4280) | ||||||
| 20 | 23 | 28 | 35 | 8 | ||
| Fleetwood Mac (Reprise 1356) | ||||||
| 21 | 26 | 37 | 41 | 7 | ||
| War (United Artists 834) | ||||||
| 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 19 | ||
| Starbuck (Private Stock 45,039) | ||||||
| 23 | 33 | 57 | 71 | 4 | ||
| Jefferson Starship (Grunt 10746) | ||||||
| 24 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 16 | ||
| John Travolta (Midland Int'l 10623) | ||||||
| 25 | 37 | 46 | 50 | 8 | ![]() | |
| Boz Scaggs (Columbia 10367) | ||||||
| 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 14 | ||
| Candi Staton (Warner Bros. 8181) | ||||||
| 27 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Queen (Elektra 45318) | ||||||
| 28 | 35 | 43 | 61 | 5 | ||
| Orleans (Asylum 45336) | ||||||
| 29 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Beach Boys (Brother/Reprise 1354) | ||||||
| 30 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 19 | ||
| Gary Wright (Warner Bros. 8143) | ||||||
| 31 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 11 | ||
| Neil Diamond (Columbia 10366) | ||||||
| 32 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | ||
| Parliament (Casablanca 856) | ||||||
| 33 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 9 | ||
| Silver (Arista 0189) | ||||||
| 34 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 15 | ||
| Thin Lizzy (Mercury 73786) | ||||||
| 35 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Brothers Johnson (A&M 1806) | ||||||
| 36 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 12 | ||
| Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 3326) | ||||||
| 37 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 13 | ||
| Abba (Atlantic 3315) | ||||||
| 38 | 55 | 76 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Chicago (Columbia 10390) | ||||||
| 39 | 32 | 31 | 22 | 23 | ||
| Andrea True Connection (Buddah 515) | ||||||
| 40 | 43 | 41 | 42 | 13 | ||
| Natalie Cole (Capitol 4259) | ||||||
| 41 | 46 | 54 | 60 | 6 | ||
| Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 10373) | ||||||
| 42 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 6 | ||
| Lady Flash (RSO 852) | ||||||
| 43 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 16 | ||
| Steve Miller Band (Capitol 4260) | ||||||
| 44 | 45 | 47 | 51 | 8 | ||
| Red Sovine (Starday 142) | ||||||
| 45 | 58 | 72 | 88 | 16 | ![]() | |
| Hall & Oates (Atlantic 3332) | ||||||
| 46 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 7 | ||
| Henry Gross (Lifesong 45008) | ||||||
| 47 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 18 | ||
| Captain & Tennille (A&M 1817) | ||||||
| 48 | 39 | 32 | 21 | 12 | ||
| Aerosmith (Columbia 10359) | ||||||
| 49 | 63 | 77 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Helen Reddy (Capitol 4312) | ||||||
| 50 | 42 | 35 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Chicago (Columbia 10360) | ||||||
| 51 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 12 | ||
| Carpenters (A&M 1828) | ||||||
| 52 | 47 | 39 | 34 | 20 | ||
| Paul McCartney & Wings (Capitol 4256) | ||||||
| 53 | 66 | 78 | -- | 3 | ![]() | |
| Paul Davis (Bang 726) | ||||||
| 54 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 7 | ||
| Ohio Players (Mercury 73814) | ||||||
| 55 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 10 | ||
| John Handy (ABC Impulse 31005) | ||||||
| 56 | 57 | 52 | 46 | 23 | ||
| Silver Convention (Midland Int'l 10571) | ||||||
| 57 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 12 | ||
| Supremes (Motown 1391) | ||||||
| 58 | 50 | 40 | 36 | 25 | ||
| Dorothy Moore (Malaco 1029) | ||||||
| 59 | 53 | 50 | 45 | 12 | ||
| Firefall (Atlantic 3333) | ||||||
| 60 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 10 | ||
| Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones 19304b) | ||||||
| 61 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 7 | ![]() | |
| Heart (Mushroom 7011) | ||||||
| 62 | 72 | 82 | -- | 3 | ||
| Olivia Newton-John (MCA 40600) | ||||||
| 63 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 9 | ||
| Leon & Mary Russell (Paradise 8208) | ||||||
| 64 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 4 | ||
| Diana Ross (Motown 1398) | ||||||
| 65 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 8 | ||
| Deadly Nightshade (Phantom 10709) | ||||||
| 66 | 69 | 80 | 83 | 4 | ||
| James Taylor (Warner Bros. 8222) | ||||||
| 67 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 6 | ||
| Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 10356) | ||||||
| 68 | 73 | 75 | 80 | 20 | ||
| Bobbie Gentry (Capitol 4294) | ||||||
| 69 | 86 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Steve Miller Band (Capitol 4323) | ||||||
| 70 | 88 | -- | -- | 2 | ![]() | |
| Rick Dees (RSO 857) | ||||||
| 71 | 77 | 85 | 85 | 5 | ||
| Tarney/Spencer Band (Private Stock 45,108) | ||||||
| 72 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 4 | ||
| Blue Oyster Cult (Columbia 10384) | ||||||
| 73 | 74 | 81 | 82 | 6 | ||
| Cate Brothers (Asylum 45326) | ||||||
| 74 | 80 | 89 | -- | 3 | ||
| Frankie Valli (Private Stock 45,098) | ||||||
| 75 | 81 | 90 | 90 | 6 | ||
| Ozo (DJM 1012) | ||||||
| 76 | 82 | 91 | 92 | 4 | ||
| James Brown (Polydor 14326) | ||||||
| 77 | 79 | 88 | 89 | 5 | ||
| Crosby & Nash (ABC 12199) | ||||||
| 78 | 85 | 92 | 93 | 12 | ||
| John Miles (London 20084) | ||||||
| 79 | 83 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Helen Reddy (Capitol 4312b) | ||||||
| 80 | 84 | 94 | 95 | 5 | ||
| Alan Parsons Project (20th Century 2297) | ||||||
| 81 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Linda Ronstadt (Asylum 45340) | ||||||
| 82 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Eric Carmen (Arista 0200) | ||||||
| 83 | 87 | 93 | 94 | 4 | ||
| J. Geils Band (Atlantic 3350) | ||||||
| 84 | 90 | 95 | 96 | 5 | ||
| Real Thing (United Artists 833) | ||||||
| 85 | 89 | 96 | 97 | 4 | ||
| Michael Franks (Reprise 1360) | ||||||
| 86 | 93 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Brothers Johnson (A&M 1851) | ||||||
| 87 | -- | -- | -- | 12 | ||
| Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists 842) | ||||||
| 88 | 92 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Dorothy Moore (Malaco 1033) | ||||||
| 89 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Rick Springfield (Chelsea 3051) | ||||||
| 90 | 91 | -- | -- | 13 | ||
| Heart (Mushroom 7021) | ||||||
| 91 | 94 | 100 | -- | 3 | ||
| Grand Funk Railroad (MCA 40590) | ||||||
| 92 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Silver Convention (Midland Int'l 10723) | ||||||
| 93 | 96 | 98 | 98 | 5 | ||
| Flash Cadillac & Continental Kids (Private Stock 45,079) | ||||||
| 94 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 4 | ||
| Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra 45315) | ||||||
| 95 | 97 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Firefall (Atlantic 3335) | ||||||
| 96 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 4 | ||
| Van McCoy (H&L 4670) | ||||||
| 97 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 5 | ![]() | |
| Spinners (Atlantic 3341) | ||||||
| 98 | 99 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| John Valenti (Ariola America 7625) | ||||||
| 99 | 100 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
| Barry Mann (Arista 0194) | ||||||
| 100 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | | |
| Norman Connors (Buddah 534) | ||||||
designates a song that was up more than 10 spots this week
designates a song that was down more than 10 spots this week
designates a song that entered the chart this week
Songs which dropped out of the Top 100 this week:
• "Sara Smile" by Hall & Oates (# 51)
• "C'mon Marianne" by Donny Osmond (# 52)
• "Takin' It To The Streets" by Doobie Brothers (# 56)
• "Steppin' Out" by Neil Sedaka (# 61)
• "It Keeps You Runnin'" by Carly Simon (# 64)
• "Hold On" by Sons Of Champlin (# 65)
Cashbox "Looking Ahead" chart for this week:
| Rank | Song | Artist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Steely Dan | |||||
| 102 | Bobby Bland | |||||
| 103 | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Dennison | |||||
| 104 | Elvin Bishop | |||||
| 105 | Runaways | |||||
| 106 | Pratt & McClain | |||||
| 107 | Atlanta Rhythm Section | |||||
| 108 | Melissa Manchester | |||||
| 109 | T.G. Sheppard | |||||
| 110 | Billy Ocean | |||||
| 111 | Sweeney Todd | |||||
| 112 | Ritchie Family | |||||
| 113 | Coyote McCloud | |||||
| 114 | Johnny Duncan | |||||
| 115 | Peter Allen | |||||
| 116 | Ellison Chase | |||||
| 117 | Brian Gari | |||||
| 118 | Mark Lindsay | |||||
| 119 | Ronnie & Dirt Riders | |||||
| 120 | Eddie Kendricks | |||||


