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Music History Events: Charts

March 6, 1976 The Miracles score their biggest hit when "Love Machine (Part 1)" reaches #1 in America.

February 21, 1976 The Four Seasons hit #1 in the UK with "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)." It's the only UK #1 for the group, who also topped the American charts with the song, where it was their fifth #1.

February 7, 1976 Paul Simon lands his first #1 American hit as a solo artist when "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover" claims the top spot. It's no "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon calls it a "nonsense song" - but listeners love it and it stays on top for three weeks.

January 31, 1976 The Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" hits #1 in America. The scream in the instrumental section is rumored to be the sound of a woman being killed in the studio, an urban legend that persists for decades.

January 24, 1976 Diana Ross's "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" hits #1 in America.

January 17, 1976 Earth, Wind and Fire's album Gratitude hits #1 in America.

January 3, 1976 American interest in The Bay City Rollers peaks as their song "Saturday Night" hits #1 for one week, which is good enough to get their faces on cereal boxes.

December 6, 1975 Tyrone Davis' "Turning Point" enters the R&B charts.

November 29, 1975 Silver Convention's "Fly, Robin, Fly" hits #1 in America for the first of three weeks. The disco tune has very few lyrics because the German group can't speak English.

November 8, 1975 Elton John's album Rock Of The Westies hits #1 in America. It's his third #1 album of 1975, following Elton John's Greatest Hits and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.

November 1, 1975 Elton John's "Island Girl" hits #1 in America for the first of three weeks, knocking off a song Elton sang backup on and released on his Rocket label: "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka.

October 18, 1975 John Denver's album Windsong hits #1 in America.

October 11, 1975 Neil Sedaka's "Bad Blood," with backup vocals by Elton John, hits #1 for the first of three weeks.

October 4, 1975 Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here hits #1 in America.

September 27, 1975 John Denver's "I'm Sorry" hits #1, giving him his second chart-topper of the year, following "Thank God I'm A Country Boy."

September 13, 1975 The Isley Brothers' LP The Heat Is On hits #1.

September 13, 1975 Janis Ian's "At Seventeen," a song about dealing with unrealistic standards of beauty (not typical hit song material at the time), peaks at #3 on the Hot 100 for the first of two weeks.

August 23, 1975 Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds' "Fallin' in Love" hits #1 in the US, where it will stay for one week.

July 26, 1975 Van McCoy's "The Hustle" hits #1 in America.

July 26, 1975 The Eagles land their first #1 album when One Of These Nights hits #1 in the US. Their fourth album, it stays on top for five weeks.

July 19, 1975 Paul McCartney & Wings' "Listen To What The Man Said" hits #1.

June 21, 1975 Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" hits #1 for the first of four weeks.

June 14, 1975 America's "Sister Golden Hair" hits #1 in the US. The song is produced by George Martin and contains a guitar riff borrowed from George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord."

June 7, 1975 John Denver scores his third US #1 hit with "Thank God I'm A Country Boy."

May 31, 1975 Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" hits #1 in America.

May 24, 1975 Earth, Wind & Fire's "Shining Star," a song celebrating the band's credo of clean living and spiritual health, hits #1 in America.

May 17, 1975 Earth, Wind & Fire's LP That's The Way Of The World hits #1.

May 3, 1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn's "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" hits #1.

May 3, 1975 Chicago's LP Chicago VIII hits #1.

April 26, 1975 B.J. Thomas' "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" goes to #1 in America.