October 2, 1976

Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 9/25 Chart 9/25 Chart 9/25 Chart 1 FRAMPTON COMES 7 98 36 CHILDREN OF THE 698 70 CHANGESONEBOWIE egs ALIVE WORLD (RCA APL 1-1732) 58 16 PETER FRAMPTON (A&M SP 3703) 1 36 BEE GEES (RSO/Polydor RS 1-3003) 71 AIN’T NOTHIN’ STOPPIN’ age 2 SILK DEGREES e.gs 37 WAKING AND DREAMING 698 US NOW BOZ SCAGGS (Columbia PC 33920) 4 30 ORLEANS (Asylum 7E-1070) TOWER OF POWER (Columbia PC 34302)

3 HASTEN DOWN THE 6.98 38 AGENTS OF FORTUNE age 72 THE MONKEES 6.98 WIND BLUE OYSTER CULT (Columbia PC 34164) GREATEST HITS LINDA RONSTADT (Asylum 7E-1072) 3 6 (Arista 4089) 39 BOSTON 6.98 (Epic PE 34188) 67 4 4 SPIRIT 6.98 73 ABANDONED 6.98 JOHN DENVER (RCA APL 1-1694) 2 6 40 NIGHTS ARE FOREVER e.98 LUNCHEONETTE HALL & OATES (Atlantic SD 7269) 82 40 ess ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY 5 CHICAGO X (Big Tree/Atlantic BT CHICAGO (Columbia PC 34200) 6 14 89517) 74 AIN’T THAT A BITCH ags JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON ess 41 GO 698 6 GREATEST HITS STOMU YAMASHTA, STEVE WINWOOD, (DJM/Amherst DJLPA-3) 77 WAR (United Artists UA-LA 648-G) 7 5 MICHAEL SHRIEVE (Island ILPS 9387) 75 BAREFOOT BALLET ags 7 FLEETWOOD MAC 6.98 JOHN KLEMMER (ABC 950) (Warner Bros. MS 2225) 5 62 42 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 698 QUEEN (Elektra 7E-1053) 35 41 8 SPITFIRE ess JEFFERSON STARSHIP (Grunt/RCA BFL 1-1557) 9 12 43 FIREFALL 6.98 76 DEDICATION 69 8 (Atlantic SD 18174) 45 23 BAY CITY ROLLERS (Arista 4093)

6.98 9 WILD CHERRY e.98 (Epic/Sweet City 8-50025) 10 11 44 BREAD & ROSES 77 ARABIAN NIGHTS ags JUDY COLLINS (Elektra 7E-1076) THE RITCHIE FAMILY (Marlin/TK 2201) 80 12 esa 10 THIS ONE’S FOR YOU 698 BARRY MANILOW (Arista 4090) 8 7 45 YOU ARE MY STARSHIP 78 MANHATTANS 6.98 NORMAN CONNORS (Buddah BDS 5655) 50 22 (Columbia PC 33820) ess 11 BREEZIN’ 99s GEORGE BENSON (Warner Bros. BS 2919) 11 26 46 THE ORIGINALS 79 STARLAND VOCAL BAND egs KISS (Casablanca NBLP 7032) 40 6 (Windsong/RCA BHL 1-1351) 698 12 FLY LIKE AN EAGLE ags STEVE MILLER BAND (Capitol ST 11497) 13 19 47 DR. BUZZARD’S ORIGINAL ‘SAVANNAH’ 80 ALICE COOPER GOES TO 698 13 THEIR GREATEST HITS ags BAND HELL (Asylum 7E-1052) 12 31 ALICE COOPER (Warner Bros. BS 2896) 64 12 EAGLES THE SAVANNAH BAND (RCA APL 1-1504) 51 9 14 AT THE SPEED OF ass 81 HERE AND THERE age 48 HARVEST FOR THE 698 ELTON JOHN (MCA 21 SOUND WORLD 2197) 63 WINGS (Capitol SW 11525) 15 26 ISLEY BROTHERS (T-Neck/Epic PZ 33809) 32 19 82 LOVE TO THE WORLD ags LTD (A&M 4589) 84 15 DREAMBOAT ANNIE 6. 98 49 FREE FOR ALL 698 HEART (Mushroom 5005) 18 26 TED NUGENT (Epic PE 34121) 83 AMERICAN FLYER egs (United Artists UA-LA 650-G) 86 16 HOT ON THE TRACKS 698 50 LOOK OUT FOR NUMBER 698 COMMODORES (Motown M6-867S1) 17 14 ONE 84 TRYIN’TO GET THE e.98 BROTHERS JOHNSON (A&M 4567) 37 31 17 ALL THINGS IN TIME ags FEELING LOU RAWLS (Phila. Int'l./Epic PZ 33957) 16 17 BARRY MANILOW (Arista AL 4060) 68 49 51 THE BEST OF 698 ass THE BAND (Capitol ST 11553) 59 5 18 DIANA ROSS’ GREATEST 85 COMING OUT 698 MANHATTAN TRANSFER (Atlantic SD 18183) 93 HITS 52 MUSIC 698 (Motown M6869S1) 19 9 MUSIC, HELEN REDDY (Capitol ST 11547) 36 8 86 GOOD SINGIN’ GOOD ags 698 19 BEAUTIFUL NOISE 53 EVERYBODY LOVES THE e.98 NEIL DIAMOND (Columbia PC 33695) 14 14 PLAYIN’ SUNSHINE GRAND FUNK RAILROAD (MCA 2216) AYERS UBIQUITY (Polydor PD 1-6070) 54 8 6.98 ROY 20 ROCKS 6.98 AEROSMITH (Columbia PC 34165) 20 19 87 THREE BOB JAMES (CTI 6063) 15 54 SONG OF JOY ags CAPTAIN TENNILLE (A&M SP 4570) 56 29 e.98 & 21 SOUL SEARCHING AMERICA’S e.98 AVERAGE WHITE BAND (Atlantic SD 18179) 21 12 88 HISTORY — 55 NATALIE 6.98 GREATEST HITS NATALIE COLE (Capitol ST 11517) 55 19 AMERICA (Warner Bros. BS 2894) 46 22 BIGGER THAN BOTH OF 6 . 9a

US 56 HIGH 6.98 7. 98 HALL & OATES (RCA APL 1-1467) 25 6 SKY 89 ONE MORE FROM THE TAVARES (Capitol ST 11533) 52 17 ROAD SKYNYRD (MCA 2-6001) e.gs LYNYRD 23 15 BIG ONES 57 ROYAL 6.98 BOYS (Warner Bros. MS 2251) 22 12 SCAM BEACH STEELY DAN (ABC ABCD 931) 48 21 90 TAKIN’ IT TO THE age 24 BEST OF B.T.O. (SO FAR) 698 age STREETS BACHMAFT-TURNER OVERDRIVE 58 MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC O' JAYS (Phila. Int'l./Epic PZ 34245) 87 2 DOOBIE BROTHERS (Warner Bros. BS 2899) 66 (Mercury SRM 1-1101) 24 8

698 59 HARD RAIN ags 25 THE GIST OF THE GEMINI (Columbia PC 34349) 91 698 SP 27 8 TALES OF MYSTERY AND GINO VANNELLI (A&M 4596) IMAGINATION 26 WIRED 698 60 SECRETS 698 ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (20th T-508) 90 20 HERBIE HANCOCK (Columbia PC 34280) 65 5 JEFF BECK (Epic PE 33849) 23 15 92 CHAMELEON 6.98 698 27 A NIGHT ON THE age 61 ENDLESS SUMMER LABELLE (Epic PE 34189) 99 TOWN BEACH BOYS (Capitol SVBB 11307) ROD STEWART (Warner Bros. BS 2938) 28 12 93 GREATEST HITS 698 28 IN THE POCKET 898 62 CHICAGO’S GREATEST age ABBA (Atlantic SD 18189) 119 JAMES TAYLOR (Warner Bros. BS 2912) 29 14 HITS (Columbia PC 33900) 60 45 94 JUMP ON IT 6.98 29 WHISTLING DOWN THE age MONTROSE (WB BS 2963) 123 WIRE 63 SCHOOLDAYS 698 STANLEY CLARKE (Nemperor/Atlantic NE 439) 72 3 95 ARE YOU READY FOR THE age CROSBY/NASH (ABC ABCD 956) 26 13 COUNTRY 30 THE DREAM age 64 CONTRADICTION ags WAYLON JENNINGS (RCA APL 1-1816) 94 12 WEAVER OHIO PLAYERS (Mercury SRM 1-1088) 46 17 GARY WRIGHT (Warner Bros. MS 2868) 30 60 7.98 ass 96 HEARD THAT 31 A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN age 65 SPARKLE QUINCY JONES (A&M SP 3705) 113 WALTER MURPHY BAND ARETHA FRANKLIN (Atlantic SD 18176) (Private Stock PS 2015) 39 5 WILL KEEP age 66 GET CLOSER egs 97 LOVE US SEALS & (Warner Bros. BS 2907) 32 OLE ELO ess CROFTS TOGETHER CAPTAIN & TENNILLE (A&M SP 3505) 101 69 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (UA LA 630-G) 33 14 THE 67 TED NUGENT 6.98 (Epic PE 33692) egs 33 ROCK ’N’ ROLL MUSIC io. 98 98 LONG MAY YOU RUN (Warner Bros. MS 2253) THE BEATLES (Capitol SKBO 11537) 31 15 STILLS-YOUNG BAND 68 I’VE NEVER 6 98 SOMEWHERE 6.98 34 HAPPINESS IS BEING e .98 99 SINCERELY TRAVELLED DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND WITH THE SPINNERS AMBROSIA (20th Century T-510) 76 3 (Shelter/ABC SRL 52001) 95 SPINNERS (Atlantic SD 18181) 34 10 69 THE TEMPTATIONS DO age 100 ELTON JOHN’S 6.98 35 SUMMERTIME DREAM age THE TEMPTATIONS GORDON LIGHTFOOT (Warner Bros. MS 2246) 38 15 (Gordy/Motown 79 4 GREATEST HITS G6-975S1) (MCA 2128) 98