Billboard Top Hits: 1976

Product Description
Rhino's Have A Nice Day series takes you back to the days of black light posters, eight-track tapes, earth shoes, and bell-bottoms, gathering together the lone hits by those "one-or-two-shot" wonders of the '70s-with many tracks appearing on CD for the first time!

Billboard Top Hits: 1976,Various Artists,Rhino / Wea,70's,Motown,Pop,Pop/Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop Collections,Soft Rock,Soul

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Average customer rating: Have a nice day! Listen to this even if it's not the best compilation... Not bad at all, but not the best..... A decent sampling of AM Radio airplay circa 1976 FANTASTIC MUSIC So-So Selections

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Tracks:

1. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
2. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
3. Love Machine - Pt. 1 - The Miracles
4. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
5. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
6. Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
7. Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
8. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
9. All By Myself - Eric Carmen
10. Theme From S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage

Album Description

Rhino's Have A Nice Day series takes you back to the days of black light posters, eight-track tapes, earth shoes, and bell-bottoms, gathering together the lone hits by those "one-or-two-shot" wonders of the '70s-with many tracks appearing on CD for the first time!

Customer Reviews:

Have a nice day! Listen to this even if it's not the best compilation..........2006-09-08

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

Not bad at all, but not the best............2003-04-05

Listening to this album recently, after it collecting dust on my shelf of c.d.s', I realized this isn't the best compliation album I own. Yet, I had fun singing along with and grooving in the driver's seat to the few songs that I actually like on it.
"Don't go Breaking My heart" -- Now there is a great 70's song from the musical genuis of Elton John along with that cutesy overall wearing chick, KiKi Dee(whatever happened to her?) I know all the words to this upbeat tune.
"Dream Weaver" -- All I can think of when I hear this song is the movie, "Wayne's World". A classic smooth one hit wonder.
"Love Machine" -- In all honesty, this song could've been left off this record. I think it is a lousy song, and I am sure there are other songs out there from the year that could've put on here.
"Let your Love Flow" --Another one I know all the words, too. This was played a lot on the radio back in the mid to late 70's. It's a country rock ditty I love hearing again.
"Play that Funky music" -- A DEEMED CLASSIC ...One of the best songs I have ever danced to.It's funky, it's cool, it's very hip to this day.
"Saturday Night" -- I was never a fan of the Bay City Rollers, but I always loved this song, especially after it was used in a Mike Myers' movie, "So I married an ax murderer". Very fun, and again, another one I know by heart.
"Fooled around and fell in love" -- I'm not crazy about this song. There is nothing special about as far as I am concerned.
"I really want to see you tonight" -- Reminds me of my past boyfriends. Again, I know this word for word..I don't know why. I was 7 in 1976, but as the 70's progressed this was one song I still heard a lot and well, i didn't get it, but I liked it anyway.
"All By Myself" -- I never really liked this song, but when Nicole Kidman plays it at the funeral of her husband that she's just had murdered in "TOO DIE FOR", I couldn't help but laugh. That is all I can identify this with now.
"Theme from SWAT" __ HUH? What is this? I never listen to this, I always fast forward back to Elton John & Kiki Dee.

This is a totally mixed bag as far as compliations go. I have very few of Billboards albums in my album collection. I highly recommend the year 1979 over this one as I loved every song on that. I like most of the songs on this record, but having to skip anything to get on the next best thing doesn't make me want to recommend it.

A decent sampling of AM Radio airplay circa 1976.......2002-01-28

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.

FANTASTIC MUSIC.......1999-09-01

ONE OF THE BEST CD AVALIABL

So-So Selections.......1998-07-01

Poor edits of "Theme From S.W.A.T." and "Dream Weaver" make this CD less important, even though some big pop hits appear. All original versions.

Average customer rating: Not as bad as other reviewers have said 1975 Top Dance Hits? If you mean Disco, then SAY Disco... NOT EXTENDED VERSIONS!

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Tracks:

1. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
2. Spring Affair Spring Affair - Donna Summer
3. Midnight Love Affair - Carol Douglas
4. Down To Love Town - The Originals
5. You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
6. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It - Donna Summer
7. More, More, More-Pt. 1 - Andrea True Connection
8. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
9. I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking - The Supremes
10. Mighty High - Mighty Clouds Of Joy

Customer Reviews:

Not as bad as other reviewers have said.......2005-03-10

First, let me take a moment to comment on the other reviews posted for this CD by Lawrance Bernabo and Joseph Wyatt. Mr. Bernabo seems surprised that this is a "DISCO" CD and not a DANCE CD. Excuse me, but in the late 70's Dance music WAS Disco. In fact, although it may have faded from the limelight, Disco never really died. The industry just started calling it "Dance" music in the early 80's because Disco was experiencing such a backlash. And we all know that the anti-disco movement of the early 80's was spearheaded by straight white DJ's who did not like Disco music that was heavily black, latino, and (...). These are the same people who kept the MTV playlist almost completely white (except for Tina Turner and Michael Jackson) during the early and mid-80's. So, I am not sure what Mr. Bernado had in mind when he picked up this CD, but he must not be very informed if he did not know he was buying a CD containing disco music.

As for Mr. Wyatt, I have played this CD many times over the years, and I certainly do not feel like I "burned" my money. And for $6.98 on Amazon, I think it is quite a good deal.

Now to my review:

1. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston: A true music gem, a flawless vocal performance, regardless of the genre.

2. Spring Affair - Donna Summer: Donna when she was still in that breathy "Love to Love You Baby" stage of her career. Best when heard on the "Four Seasons of Love" CD.

3. Midnight Love Affair - Carol Douglas: Deserves inclusion on this CD because it went to #1 on the Disco chart. A great song to put beside "Spring Affair" since they both have a very similar sound.

4. Down to Love Town - The Originals: Another #1 on the Disco chart, and a fun song to listen and dance to.

5. You Should be Dancing - Bee Gees: One of their all-time disco-era best.

6. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It - Donna Summer: Once again, Donna in her breathy, sexy mode. The true queen of disco.

7. More, More, More - Andrea True Connection: A great song that was huge on the Pop and Disco charts at the time and was recently sampled by Len on the song "Steal my Sunshine".

8. Love Hangover - Diana Ross: One of Diana's best songs ever.

9. I'm Gonna Let my Heart Do the Walking - Supremes: Proof the Supremes did not die after Diana left. This song was a hit on the Pop, R&B and Disco charts.

10. Mighty High - Mighty Clouds of Joy: Anytime I am down, I put on this song. It's message is so positive and so infectious, I always feel better.

All of these songs were #1 hits on the Disco chart except for the Supremes song which peaked at #3, so all songs deserve inclusion on this compilation of the BEST OF DISCO CIRCA 1976. I would have given it 5 stars, but I just wish it had more tracks than 10, which is a problem with all of the Rhino/Billboard releases. But for the price, it is still worth buying to discover or rediscover some disco gems.

1975 Top Dance Hits? If you mean Disco, then SAY Disco..........2002-01-13

So, boys and girls, here we are working our way through the music of the Seventies as presented by Billboard and when we get to 1976 instead of Soft Rock and/or Soul Hits in addition to the Rock & Roll Hits, we get Top "Dance" Hits. But all you have to do is glance at the play list here and once you see Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" and "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees, it is clear this is primarily a DISCO album. The problem is that even by that standard, this is a below average collection. I have already mentioned the two best songs on the album and once I toss in Diana Ross' "Love Hangover," that is pretty much it. The two songs by Donna Summer are lesser efforts and most of the rest of the tracks are songs (and artists) I do not remember ever hearing before. There are plenty of better collections of "Dance Hits" from this era available and the only reason to pick up this CD is because you are obsessed and must have ALL of Billboard's Hit collections. If so, then I certainly feel your pain.

NOT EXTENDED VERSIONS!.......2001-06-09

Buyer beware! These are the shortest versions humanly possible, and still called "a song". YUK! Who's brain storm was that? This is suppose to reflect the "era" which was an era of 9, 10 and 11 minute versions of songs. THAT was what Disco was all about. So why this? I do NOT reccomend this to anyone, exect the curious or someone who has the money to burn. - jw

Average customer rating:

Billboard Top Dance Hits: 1976-1980 Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Motown | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Philly Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000I72U Release Date: 1999-03-16

Tracks:

1. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
2. Spring Affair Spring Affair - Donna Summer
3. Midnight Love Affair - Carol Douglas
4. Down To Love Town - The Originals
5. You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
6. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It - Donna Summer
7. More, More, More-Pt. 1 - Andrea True Connection
8. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
9. I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking - The Supremes
10. Mighty High - Mighty Clouds Of Joy

Tracks:

1. Overture - D.C. LaRue
2. Quiet Village - The Ritchie Family
3. Disco Inferno - The Trammps
4. Girl Don't Make Me Wait - PATTIE BROOKS
5. San Francisco (You've Got Me) - The Village People
6. Slowdown - John Miles
7. I Feel Love - Donna Summer
8. Hold Tight - Vicki Sue Robinson
9. Got To Give It Up-Pt. 1 - Marvin Gaye
10. Do What You Want To Do - T-Connection

Tracks:

1. Shake You Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
2. Mac Arthur Park Suite: Mac Arthur Park/One Of A Kind/Heaven Knows/Mac Arthur Park (Reprise) - Donna Summer
3. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester
4. Come Into My Heart - USA-European Connection
5. From East To West - Voyage
6. After Dark - PATTIE BROOKS
7. If My Friends Could See Me Now - Linda Clifford
8. Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
9. Y.M.C.A. - The Village People
10. Le Freak - Chic

Tracks:

1. Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
2. Contact - Edwin Starr
3. Come To Me - France Joli
4. Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
5. Take Me Home - Cher
6. I've Got The Next Dance - Deniece Williams
7. No One Gets The Prize//The Boss - Diana Ross
8. Move On Up/ Up Up Up - Destination
9. Hot Stuff/Bad Girls - Donna Summer
10. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Tracks:

1. Call Me - Blondie
2. Fame - Irene Cara
3. Shoot Your Best Shot - Linda Clifford
4. It's A War - Kano
5. Vertigo/Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman
6. Stomp! - The Brothers Johnson
7. Can't Fake The Feeling - Geraldine Hunt
8. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
9. Upside Down - Diana Ross
10. Celebration - Kool & The Gang

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