1976: Top Songs, Movies TV Shows, Sporting Events And More
The 1970’s were a whirlwind of change. From the hangover of the late 60’s to the lull and depression of the early part of the 70’s to the “ok, let’s loosen up and have some fun” attitude of the middle to latter part of the decade, it certainly was a decade of ups and downs that would lead to a never-ending party known as the 1980’s.
Check out everything that was from this decade, year by year. From the sporting events to world events, the top TV shows, songs, movies and more.
As you’re going back in time, think about some of the things in our lives today that you don’t see appearing here because…. they didn’t exist yet. Things like the top selling computers, tablets, laptops, microwaves, cable provider, wireless company, music video of the year etc.
Let us know some of the things that come to mind below.
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TOP SONGS
1. “Disco Lady” – Johnnie Taylor
2. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – Elton John and Kiki Dee
3. “Play That Funky Music” – Wild Cherry
4. “Tonight’s The Night” – Rod Stewart
5. “Kiss and Say Goodbye” – The Manhattans
6. “Silly Love Songs” – Paul McCartney and Wings
7. “A Fifth Of Beethoven” – Walter Murphy
8. “Love Machine” – The Miracles
9. “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” – Paul Simon
10. “December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)” – The Four Seasons
GRAMMY WINNERS
Album of the Year: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
Best New Artist: Starland Vocal Band
Best Pop Duo or Group: “If You Leave Me Now,” Chicago
Best Pop Female Vocal: Hasten Down the Wind, Linda Ronstadt
Best Pop Male Vocal: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
Record of the Year: “This Masquerade,” George Benson
Song of the Year: “I Write the Songs”
TOP MOVIES
1. Rocky $117,235,147
2. A Star is Born $80,000,000
3. All the President’s Men $70,600,000
4. The Omen $60,922,980
5. King Kong $52,614,445
6. Silver Streak 51,079,064
7. The Enforcer $46,236,000
8. Murder By Death $32,511,047
9. Carrie $32,211,330
10. Family Plot $23,770,000
OTHER RELEASES
King Kong / Logan’s Run / Across the Great Divide / The Pom Pom Girls
Bound for Glory / Harlan County / Marathon Man / Network / Taxi Driver
The Bad News Bears / The Front / The Man Who Fell to Earth / The Omen
The Outlaw Josey Wales / The Pink Panther Strikes Again
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
Here are the nominees, winners in CAPS
Best Picture:
“ROCKY”, “All the President’s Men”, “Bound for Glory”, “Network”, “Taxi Driver”
Actor:
PETER FINCH in “Network”, Robert De Niro in “Taxi Driver”, Giancarlo Giannini in “Seven Beauties”, William Holden in “Network”, Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky”
Actress:
FAYE DUNAWAY in “Network”, Marie-Christine Barrault in “Cousin, Cousine”, Talia Shire in “Rocky”, Sissy Spacek in “Carrie”, Liv Ullmann in “Face to Face”
Supporting Actor:
JASON ROBARDS in “All the President’s Men”, Ned Beatty in “Network”, Burgess Meredith in “Rocky”, Laurence Olivier in “Marathon Man”, Burt Young in “Rocky”
Supporting Actress:
BEATRICE STRAIGHT in “Network”, Jane Alexander in “All the President’s Men”, Jodie Foster in “Taxi Driver”, Lee Grant in “Voyage of the Damned”, Piper Laurie in “Carrie”
Director:
JOHN G. AVILDSEN for “Rocky”, Ingmar Bergman for “Face to Face”, Sidney Lumet for “Network”, Alan J. Pakula for “All the President’s Men”, Lina Wertmuller for “Seven Beauties”
TV SHOWS
Happy Days / Laverne and Shirley / The ABC Monday Night Movie / M*A*S*H
Charlie’s Angels / The Big Event / The Six-Million-Dollar Man
The ABC Sunday Night Movie / Baretta / One Day at a Time
Three’s Company / All in the Family / Welcome Back Kotter
The Bionic Woman / The Waltons / Little House on the Prairie
Barney Miller / 60 Minutes / Hawaii Five-O / NBC Monday Night at the Movies
EMMY AWARD WINNERS:
Best Drama – Masterpiece Theatre: Upstairs, Downstairs
Best Actor – James Garner, The Rockford Files
Best Actress – Lindsay Wagner, The Bionic Woman
Supporting Actor – Gary Frank, Family
Supporting Actress – Kristy McNichol, Family
Best Comedy – The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Best Actor – Carroll O’Connor, All in the Family
Best Actress – Beatrice Arthur, Maude
Supporting Actor – Gary Burghoff, M*A*S*H
Supporting Actress – Mary Kay Place, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Best Variety – Van Dyke and Company
SPORTS:
Kentucky Derby Winner: Bold Forbes – Trainer: Lazaro Barrera – Jockey: Angel Cordero Jr.
Football:
Superbowl XI: Oakland 32 Minnesota 14
Pro MVP: Bert Jones, Baltimore QB, Ken Stabler, Oakland QB
College Football: #1 Pittsburgh
Heisman Trophy: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, RB
Rose Bowl: USC 14 Michigan 6
Orange Bowl: Ohio St. 27, Colorado 10
Cotton Bowl: Houston 30, Maryland 21
Sugar Bowl: Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3
Baskteball:
NBA Championship: Boston Celtics Vs. Phoenix Suns
Winner: Boston in 6
Boston Coach: Tommy Heinsohn
Phoenix Coach: John McCleod
MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, C – Average Points Per Game: 27.7
NCAA National Champions: Indiana: 32W – 0L Coach /Bobby Knight
World Series
Cincinatti Reds Vs. New York Yankees
Cincinatti in 4
Cincinatti Coach: Sparky Anderson
New York Coach: Billy Martin
National League
MVP: Joe Morgan, Cincinatti (2B)
Rookie of the Year: Butch Metzger, SD and Pat Zachry, Cin. (P)
American League
MVP: Thurman Munson, NY (C)
Rookie of the Year: Mark Fidrych, Det (P)
TOP NEWS STORIES
Patty Hearst Is Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery
Supreme Court Allows Removal Of Karen Quinlan’s Life Support Systems
Democrats Nominate Jimmy Charter For President
Viking I Lands On Mars, Sends Back Photos
Chinese Leader Mao Tse-tung Dies
OPEC Announces 5-10% Oil Price Hike
Supreme Court Rules Capital Punishment Is Constitutional
Portugal establishes a Democracy
Nixon says Kissinger Aides’ phones were tapped
Concord begins regular transatlantic flights
Vietnam is unified, Hanoi named capital, Saigon renamed Ho Chi Minh City
US and Iran sign 10 Billion dollar arms sale
Two amateur electronics enthusiasts develop the Apple computer in a California garage
Farrah Fawcett-majors posters become a fad
Four year colleges cost $1,913
Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards and Robert Redford star in “All The Presidents Men”
Wild Cherry’s Play That Funky Music is a hit
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is a hit single by Paul Simon
Navy tests new Tomahawk sea launched cruise missile
In tennis, transsexual Rene’ Richards is barred from the US Open
OJ Simpson signs a record $ 2.9 million contract to play for Buffalo
Women are allowed into NASA training program for astronauts
Concord makes it’s first appearance
California is first state to legalize “Living Will”
Presidents nine year old daughter Amy Carter attends predominantly black public school in Washington
Legionnaire’s disease fatally strikes 34 in Philadelphia
President: Gerald R. Ford
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Population: 218,035,164
Life expectancy: 72.9 years
Dow-Jones
High: 1004
Low: 858
Federal spending: $371.79 billion
Federal debt: $629.0 billion
Inflation: 8.7%
Consumer Price Index: 56.9
Unemployment: 8.5%
Cost of a new home: $48,000.00
Cost of a new car: $
Median Household Income: $12,686.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.59
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.84
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.65