When I was in high school, I used to fall asleep listening to a portable radio that I kept on the nightstand next to my bed.

I often had trouble falling asleep and I remember listening to WABC DJ Harry Harrison into the night. At least they used to play Neil Young’s "Heart of Gold" on am radio.  Sure there were better radio stations. But WABC was the one I got on that old radio.  A lot of these I don’t remember at all.

Here’s the top 100 songs of 1976.

1 "Kiss and Say Goodbye"………………………….The Manhattans
2 "A Fifth of Beethoven"………………………….Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
3 "You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"………..Lou Rawls
4 "Love Hangover"………………………………..Diana Ross
5 "Silly Love Songs"……………………………..Wings
6 "Disco Duck"…………………………………..Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
7 "Disco Lady"…………………………………..Johnnie Taylor
8 "I Write The Songs"…………………………….Barry Manilow
9 "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart"…………………….Elton John and Kiki Dee
10 "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)"……………….The Four Seasons
11 "Shake Your Body"……………………………..K C and The Sunshine Band
12 "Play That Funky Music"………………………..Wild Cherry
13 "Welcome Back Kotter"………………………….John Sebastian
14 "If You Leave Me Now"………………………….Chicago
15 "Right Back Where We Started From"………………Maxine Nightingale
16 "You Should Be Dancing"………………………..The Bee Gees
17 "Get Up and Boogie"……………………………Silver Connection
18 "Love Machine"………………………………..The Miracles
19 "Low Down"……………………………………Boz Scaggs
20 "Misty Blue"………………………………….Dorothy Moore
21 "Theme From "SWAT" "…………………………..Rhythm Heritage
22 "Turn The Beat Around"…………………………Vickie Sue Robinson
23 "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover"………………..Paul Simon
24 "Afternoon Delight"……………………………Starland Vocal Band
25 "Love Rollercoaster"…………………………..Ohio Players
26 "All By Myself"……………………………….Eric Carmen
27 "Bohemian Rhapsody"……………………………Queen
28 "Convoy"……………………………………..C. W. McCall
29 "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel"……………….Tavares
30 "Boogie Fever"………………………………..The Sylvers
31 "I Love Music"………………………………..The O’Jays
32 "Lonely Night (Angel Face)"…………………….The Captain and Tennille
33 "More, More, More"…………………………….Andrea True Connection
34 "Dream Weaver"………………………………..Gary Wright
35 "Sweet Thing"…………………………………Rufus
36 "Let ’em In"………………………………….Wings
37 "I’d Really Love To See You Tonight"…………….England Dan and John Ford Coley
38 "The Rubberband Man"…………………………..The Spinners
39 "Walk Away From Love"………………………….David Ruffin
40 "Sara Smile"………………………………….Hall and Oates
41 "Rock ‘n Me"………………………………….The Steve Miller Band
42 "Let Your Love Flow"…………………………..The Bellamy Brothers
43 "Still The One"……………………………….Orleans
44 "Tonight’s The Night"………………………….Rod Stewart
45 "Love So Right"……………………………….The Bee Gees
46 "Saturday Night"………………………………The Bay City Rollers
47 "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"…………………….Neil Sedaka
48 "The Best Disco in Town"……………………….The Ritchie Family
49 "Love To Love You, Baby"……………………….Donna Summer
50 "Just To Be Close To You"………………………The Commodores
51 "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"…………….Gordon Lightfoot
52 "Shannon"…………………………………….Henry Gross
53 "Theme From "Mahogany" "……………………….Diana Ross
54 "Muskrat Love"………………………………..The Captain and Tennille
55 "Devil Woman"…………………………………Cliff Richard
56 "Happy Days"………………………………….Pratt and McLain
57 "Sing A Song"…………………………………Earth Wind and Fire
58 "Fernando"……………………………………Abba
59 "Got To Get You Into My Life"…………………..The Beatles
60 "She’s Gone"………………………………….Hall and Oates
61 "That’s The Way I Like It"……………………..K C and The Sunshine Band
62 "Fox On The Run"………………………………Sweet
63 "Cherchez La Femme"……………………………Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
64 "Money Honey"…………………………………The Bay City Rollers
65 "I’ll Be Good To You"………………………….The Brothers Johnson
66 "You Don’t Have To Be A Star"…………………..Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis
67 "Take It To the Limit"…………………………The Eagles
68 "Shop Around"…………………………………The Captain and Tennille
69 "Fooled Around and Fell In Love"………………..Elvin Bishop
70 "Show Me The Way"……………………………..Peter Frampton
71 "You Sexy Thing"………………………………Hot Chocolate
72 "Only Sixteen"………………………………..Dr. Hook
73 "Moonlight Feels Right"………………………..Starbuck
74 "Sky High"……………………………………Jigsaw
75 "More Than A Feeling"………………………….Boston
76 "Feelings"……………………………………Morris Albert
77 "Dream On"……………………………………Aerosmith
78 "Love is Alive"……………………………….Gary Wright
79 "Get Away"……………………………………Earth Wind and Fire
80 "Love Hurts"………………………………….Nazareth
81 "Rock and Roll Music"………………………….The Beach Boys
82 "Magic Man"…………………………………..Heart
83 "Let’s Do It Again"……………………………The Staple Singers
84 "Fly, Robin, Fly"……………………………..The Silver Connection
85 "I Only Want To Be With You"……………………The Bay City Rollers
86 "Car Wash"……………………………………Rose Royce
87 "Nights on Broadway"…………………………..The Bee Gees
88 "I Want You"………………………………….Marvin Gaye
89 "Evil Woman"………………………………….Electric Light Orchestra
90 "Sweet Love"………………………………….The Commodores
91 "A Little Bit More"……………………………Dr. Hook
92 "Enjoy Yourself"………………………………The Jacksons
93 "The Way I Want To Touch You"…………………..The Captain and Tennille
94 "Golden Years"………………………………..David Bowie
95 "The Boys Are Back In Town"…………………….Thin Lizzy
96 "The Masquerade"………………
………………George Benson
97 "You Are The Woman"……………………………Firefall
98 "Summer"……………………………………..War
99 "Say You Love Me"……………………………..Fleetwood Mac
100 "Rhiannon"…………………………………..Fleetwood Mac