1976 in music
See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Albums Released
- Dirty Deeds Done The Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
- High Voltage - AC/DC
- Rocks - Aerosmith
- Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
- Children of the World - Bee Gees
- Technical Ecstasy - Black Sabbath
- We Sold Our Souls For Rock & Roll - Black Sabbath
- Self-Titled - Blondie
- Agents Of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
- Boston - Boston
- The Pretender - Jackson Browne
- Havana Daydreamin' - Jimmy Buffett
- A Kind of Hush - The Carpenters
- X - Chicago
- Desire - Bob Dylan
- Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
- Hotel California - The Eagles
- Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
- Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
- A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
- Wind and Wuthering - Genesis
- M.U. --- Best of - Jethro Tull
- Too Old to Rock And Roll, Too Young to Die - Jethro Tull
- Turnstiles - Billy Joel
- Blue Moves - Elton John
- Wanted! The Outlaws - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- Look into the Future - Journey
- Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest
- Summertime Dream - Gordon Lightfoot
- Leftoverture - Kansas
- U.S.A. - King Crimson
- Destroyer - Kiss
- Presence - Led Zeppelin
- One More from the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Live! - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- Wings at the Speed of Sound - Paul McCartney
- Wings over America - Paul McCartney & Wings
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Meters, George & Amos Landry, The Neville Brothers
- Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
- Hejira - Joni Mitchell
- Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
- Come on Over - Olivia Newton-John
- Clones of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament
- Mothership Connection - Parliament
- Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker & the Rumour
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- Rising by Rainbow
- Ramones by The Ramones
- Black and Blue by The Rolling Stones
- 2112 - Rush
- Mini Album - The Sex Pistols
- Another Passenger - Carly Simon
- Silk Desires - Boz Skaggs
- The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
- Crystal Ball - Styx
- No Heavy Petting - UFO
- Liberation - Bunny Wailer
- Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
- Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
- Tejas - ZZ Top
Top Hits
- "Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers
- "Still The One" - Orleans
- "You Should Be Dancing" - The Bee Gees
- "Rock N' Me" - Steve Miller Band
- "More Than A Feeling" - Boston
- "Taking It To The Streets" - The Doobie Brothers
- "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac
- "It's Over" - Boz Scaggs
- "Fool to Cry" - The Rolling Stones
- "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
- "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" - Frankie Valli
- "Starbuck" - Moonlight Feels Right
- "Hot Stuff" - The Rolling Stones
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee
- "Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers
- "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
- "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan and John Ford Coley
- "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band
- "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor
- "Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton
- "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian
- "Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
Events
- April 24 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes on on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check.
- May 22 - Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels raises his previous offer to The Beatles from $3000 to $3,200.
- First international punk festival held in London
- Fall - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, jr form a band called Feedback in Dublin. The band would later be renamed U2
- Sex Pistols cause media furore when they swear on prime time TV [1].
- Joe Cocker performs a duet with himself (as portrayed by John Belushi) on Saturday Night Live .
- Evita is performed for the first time
- The Neville Brothers form
- Iron Maiden form
- Foreigner form
- Crass form
- The Buggles form
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers begin performing
Births
- March 20 - Chester Bennington, Linkin Park
- June 27 - Leigh Nash, Sixpence None The Richer
- July 11 - Lil' Kim
- September 11 - Ludacris
- November 12 - Tevin Campbell
- December 13 - Tom Delonge, Blink-182
- Blu Cantrell
- Mike Davenport, The Ataris
- Patrick Riley, The Ataris