American Top 40 1976 March 27th

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

Casey plays part of a song that sold a million copies 9 years before it appeared on the hot 100. The man who sang it hit the chart more times than anybody else, except Elvis Presley.

A listener wants to know, "Who is the all-time top British solo artist?" This artist has hit the top 40 seventeen times, had 13 top ten hits, and 5 number one songs as of this countdown.

There is a song by the first act on the legendary Motown label ever to sell a million singles (and Casey plays the song that did it as an extra).

Casey tells of Johnny Mercer, a man who wrote the lyrics for more than a thousand published songs; songs that have won him 2 Grammys, 4 Oscars, and 15 Oscar nominations. There is a disco version of one of his songs in this countdown.

Casey answers the question, "In what year did the most British acts hit number 1 on the American charts." He says it was the only year when the British acts held the top spot more weeks than the Americans did.

40: Bop - Ohio Players
39: Lorali - Styx
38: He's A Friend - Eddie Kendricks
37: Livin' For The Weekend - OJ's
36: I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do - ABBA
35: You Lose A Good Thing - Freddie Fender
34: Lookin' For Space - John Denver
33: Love Fire - Jigsaw
32: Inseparable - Natalie Cole
31: Slow Ride - Foghat
30: Only Love Is Real - Carole King
29: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
28: Theme From "S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage
27: Love Hurts - Nazareth
EXTRA: Shop Around - The Miracles
26: Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
25: Boogie Fever - The Sylvers
24: There's A Kind Of Hush - Herman's Hermits
23: Action - Sweet
22: Cupid - Tony Orlando & Dawn
21: Love Machine - The Miracles
20: Junk Food Junkie - Larry Gross
19: Tangerine - The Salsoul Orchestra
18: Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
17: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
16: Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
15: Sweet Love - The Commodores
14: Deep Purple - Donny & Marie Osmond
13: Only Sixteen - Dr. Hook
12: Fanny Be Tender With My Love - The Bee Gees
11: Golden Years - David Bowie
Extra: I Am, I Said - Neil Diamond
10: Money Honey - Bay City Rollers
9: Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightengale
8: Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
7: Dream On - Aerosmith
6: Sweet Thing - Rufus Featuring/ Chakakahn
5: Disco Lady - Johnny Taylor
4: All By Myself - Eric Carmen
3: Lonely Night - The Captain and Tennille
2: Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
1: December 1963 - The Four Seasons