Remember these icons of our youth?

Top  25 Singles of 1976:

1. "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (First chart appearance: 3/6/76; Highest position: #1)
2. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee (7/17/76; #1)
3. "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (7/31/76; #1)
4. "Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart (10/23/76; #1)
5. "Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (5/29/76; #1)
6. "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings (4/17/76; #1)
7. "A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy (7/4/76; #1)
8. "Love Machine (Part 1)" - The Miracles (12/13/75; #1)
9. "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon (1/3/76; #1)
10. "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" - The 4 Seasons (1/31/76; #1)
11. "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross (4/24/76; #1)
12. "Shake Your Booty" - K.C. & the Sunshine Band (7/31/76; #1)
13. "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" - England Dan & John Ford Coley (7/10/76; #2)
14. "Sara Smile" - Hall and Oates (8/14/76; #7)
15. "Boogie Fever" - Sylvers (3/13/76; #1)
16. "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band (6/5/76; #1)
17. "Misty Blue" - Dorothy Moore (4/10/76; #3)
18. "Disco Duck" - Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots (9/4/76; #1)
19. "More, More, More" - Andrea True Connection (4/24/76; #4)
20. "Love Is Alive" - Gary Wright (5/15/76; #2)
21. "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls (7/10/76; #2)
22. "I Write The Songs" - Barry Manilow (11/22/75; #1)
23. "You Don't Have To Be A Star" - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis (10/23/76; #1)
24. "Dream Weaver" - Gary Wright (1/31/76; #2)
25. "If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (8/21/76; #1)

 Top Albums of 1976:

Breezin' - George Benson Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits - Chicago Desire - Bob Dylan The Dream Weaver - Gary Wright Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton Gratitude - Earth, Wind & Fire Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - Eagles History - America's Greatest Hits - America A Night At The Opera - Queen A Night On The Town - Rod Stewart Presence - Led Zeppelin Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder Wings At The Speed Of Sound - Wings

 Top 20 Movies of 1976

Rocky A Star Is Born King Kong Silver Streak All The President's Men Marathon Man Network The Omen Taxi Driver The Song Remains The Same Bugsy Malone Bound For Glory Harlan County, U.S.A. The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane The Outlaw Josey Wales The Sentinel Seven Beauties The Shootist Silent Movie Car Wash

 The Top 20 Television Shows of 1976:

Happy Days Laverne & 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-0 NBC Monday Night at the Movies

 News Highlights of 1976:

• Military spending in the world skyrockets to $300 billion a year.
• The Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
• Barbara Walters is the first broadcaster to be offered a $1 million per-year contract to cohost the nightly news.
• Racial violence in black townships outside of Johannesburg, South Africa is the worst in 15 years.
• Jimmy Carter, a "born-again" Baptist from Georgia, is the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
• From coast to coast, the United States celebrates its 200th birthday.
• Gymnast Nadia Comaneci of Romania is the darling of the Summer Olympics in Montreal. (Even the theme music played during her performances, released as a single, goes gold).
• In Philadelphia, 28 people die of a mysterious virus dubbed "Legionnaire's disease."
• In a close election, Jimmy Carter is elected president over incumbent Gerald Ford.
• Austrian Kurt Waldheim begins serving his second term as secretary general of the United Nations.

 Sports Winners of 1976:

• Baseball: The Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 0.
• Football: The Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 on January 9, 1977, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California in Super Bowl XI.
• Basketball: The Boston Celtics beat the Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2.
• Hockey: The Montreal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2.