Billboard Top Hits: 1976

Billboard Top Hits (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 1991)
• Original Release Date: April 23, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032K4
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,906 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Go Breaking My Heart

2. Dream Weaver

3. Love Machine

4. Let Your Love Flow

5. Play That Funky Music

6. Saturday Night

7. Fooled Around and Fell in Love

8. I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

9. All by Myself

10. Theme from S.W.A.T.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Have a nice day! Listen to this even if it's not the best compilation..., September 7, 2006

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This CD offers ten of the top hits on Billboard's rock and roll chart in 1976. It was a great year for our country with our bicentennial; and the music on this CD really helps to bring back fond memories.

The songs are good and the quality of the sound is excellent. I especially liked "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright; "Love Machine - Pt. 1" by The Miracles; "Let Your Love Flow" by The Bellamy Brothers; "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry; "Fooled Around And Fell In Love" by Elvin Bishop and " All By Myself" by Eric Carmen.

Liner notes include great pictures of the performers--awesome!

I have to make this a four star review because there is no real compelling reason why Rhino Records needed to limit this CD series to ten songs on each CD. The CD weighs in at a little over 35 minutes--why not add a couple more songs? I was disappointed.

Overall, it's a good CD to bring back memories of 1976 but it's far from being comprehensive, naturally, since it's only one CD. The sound is good and I recommend this for rock and roll fans of '70s music. Enjoy! SMILES

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for high school reunion, October 2, 2011

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Brenda K. Meyer (Nebraska) - See all my reviews
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Am Very please with this cd. It worked great for my high school reunion. Songs are performed by Original artists.. brings back good memories.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A decent sampling of AM Radio airplay circa 1976, January 27, 2002

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billboard Top Hits: 1976 (Audio CD)

Listening to this hits collection reminded me that in 1976 I was NOT listening to AM radio, because this is the first Billboard album I have come across where I have only ONE of the songs ("Don't Go Breaking My Heart," courtesy of an Elton John Greatest Hits album) in my CD collection (over 1,200 albums and growing). I think I was into Progressive Rock (Yes, Jethro Tull, Strawbs) in 1976, but that does not mean I do not remember hearing every one of these songs way back when. This album certainly serves up a diverse collection of songs, usually one of the strengths of the Billboard series, with a little bit of pop (Elton John/Kiki Dee and Eric Carmen), a dash of puppy rock (Bay City Rollers), and some serious R&B (Wild Cherry and The Bellamy Brothers). I always liked the cosmic organ on Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" and the profound sentiments of Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around And Fell In Love." Just do not ask me to explain the national fascination with "The Theme from 'S.W.A.T.'" Bottom line: this album meets my criteria, adding five new songs to my music collection, although admittedly some of them are out of a sense of nostalgia for my youth than because they are truly great songs that have stood the test of time. This album grades out at a 4.5 in Billboard Series and gets rounded up because it personally meets my criteria for hit collections.