List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1976

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs is a chart published by Billboard that ranks the top-performing songs in the United States in African-American-oriented musical genres; the chart has undergone various name changes since its launch in 1942 to reflect the evolution of such genres. In 1976, it was published under the title Hot Soul Singles. During that year, 29 different singles topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations and surveys of retail sales outlets.[1]

"Kiss and Say Goodbye" was a chart-topper in 1976 for the Manhattans.

Natalie Cole and the band Earth, Wind & Fire were the only two acts to achieve more than one number one during the year; both acts had two chart-toppers. "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor was the year's longest-running number one, spending six consecutive weeks in the top spot. This also made Taylor the act with the highest total number of weeks atop the chart during the year, ahead of four acts which each spent four weeks at number one. "Disco Lady" was among eight of 1976's soul number ones which also topped the all-genre Hot 100 chart, mostly those in the disco genre which was beginning to dominate American popular music.[2] "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross, "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by the Manhattans, "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC & the Sunshine Band, "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry, "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., and "Car Wash" by Rose Royce also reached the top of both listings.[3][4] In contrast, "Turning Point" by Tyrone Davis spent a week at number one on the soul singles chart in February but failed to enter the Hot 100 at all, the first time this had occurred since the Hot 100 was launched in 1958.[5]

A number of acts topped the chart in 1976 for the first time in their respective careers, including the band Brick, which spent four weeks at number one with the track "Dazz", named for the band's fusion of disco and jazz.[6][7] David Ruffin, who had sung on several chart-toppers by the Temptations,[8] gained his first and only solo number one in January with "Walk Away from Love".[9] Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. topped the chart for the first time in November, one position higher than they had reached as members of the 5th Dimension.[10][11] The Manhattans and Lou Rawls both reached number one for the first time ten years after they first entered the chart.[12] The Sylvers, Brass Construction, Candi Staton, the Brothers Johnson, Wild Cherry, and L.T.D. all also made their first appearances at the top of the chart in 1976, as did Rose Royce, who had the final number one of the year.[13]

Chart history
Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" was the year's longest-running number one.
Earth, Wind & Fire had two number ones in 1976.
Family ensemble the Sylvers topped both the soul chart and the Hot 100 with "Boogie Fever".
"I'll Be Good to You" was the first chart-topper for the Brothers Johnson.
Key
Indicates best-charting soul single of 1976[14]
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 3 "Walk Away from Love" David Ruffin [15]
January 10 "Sing a Song" Earth, Wind & Fire [16]
January 17 "Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes [17]
January 24 [18]
January 31 "Sing a Song" Earth, Wind & Fire [19]
February 7 "Turning Point" Tyrone Davis [20]
February 14 "Inseparable" Natalie Cole [21]
February 21 "Sweet Thing" Rufus featuring Chaka Khan [22]
February 28 [23]
March 6 "Boogie Fever" The Sylvers [24]
March 13 "Disco Lady" Johnnie Taylor [25]
March 20 [26]
March 27 [27]
April 3 [28]
April 10 [29]
April 17 [30]
April 24 "Livin' for the Weekend" / "Stairway to Heaven" The O'Jays [31]
May 1 [32]
May 8 "Movin'" Brass Construction [33]
May 15 "Love Hangover" Diana Ross [34]
May 22 "Kiss and Say Goodbye" The Manhattans [35]
May 29 "I Want You" Marvin Gaye [36]
June 5 "Young Hearts Run Free" Candi Staton [37]
June 12 "I'll Be Good to You" The Brothers Johnson [38]
June 19 "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" Natalie Cole [39]
June 26 "Something He Can Feel" Aretha Franklin [40]
July 3 [41]
July 10 [42]
July 17 [43]
July 24 "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" Lou Rawls [44]
July 31 [45]
August 7 "Getaway" Earth, Wind & Fire [46]
August 14 [47]
August 21 "Who'd She Coo?" The Ohio Players [48]
August 28 "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" KC & the Sunshine Band [49]
September 4 "Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry [50]
September 11 [51]
September 18 "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" KC & the Sunshine Band [52]
September 25 [53]
October 2 [54]
October 9 "Just to Be Close to You" The Commodores [55]
October 16 [56]
October 23 "The Rubberband Man" The Spinners [57]
October 30 "Message in Our Music" The O'Jays [58]
November 6 "Love Ballad" L.T.D. [59]
November 13 [60]
November 20 "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. [61]
November 27 "Dazz" Brick [62]
December 4 [63]
December 11 [64]
December 18 [65]
December 25 "Car Wash" Rose Royce [66]

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