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80. Shop Around by The Captain and Tennile debuted May 76 and peaked at number four, scoring 1206 points.

The Miracles' original 1961 version peaked at number two, and was the number 27 hit of the year. It was Motown's first time in the top ten.

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79. Rock and Roll Music by The Beach Boys debuted Jun 76 and peaked at number five, scoring 1213 points.

This was The Boys' first time in the top ten since Good Vibrations in 1966. Brian Wilson is back with the group, although it's Mike Love's lead vocal.

Chuck Berry's 1957 original peaked at number eight.

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78. I'll Be Good to You by The Brothers Johnson debuted May 76 and peaked at number three, scoring 1215 points.

The brothers were born in southern California and had seven chart entries 1975-81. Three made the top ten. They were all produced by Quincy Jones.

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77. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel by Tavares debuted Jun 76 and peaked at number 15, scoring 1219 points.

This was their fourth of eight top 40 hits.

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76. Sing a Song by Earth Wind and Fire debuted Nov 75 and peaked at number five, scoring 1226 points.

Like their number 83 hit of the year, Getaway, the song did not chart in England. The song was sampled by Beyonce on the soundtrack of her 2002 film, Austin Powers in Goldmember, as "Hey Goldmember."

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85. Baby Face by The Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps debuted Nov 75 and peaked at number 14, scoring 1172 points.

The studio group was formed by Harold Wheeler. They are a one hit wonder, having never charted before or after. Harold began his career as Burt Bachrach's musical director in the 60s. He was later musical director for the Broadway musical Hairspray. Harold was also musical director for the first 17 seasons of Dancing with the Stars.

The chorus to Baby Face was first recorded by Jann Garber in 1926. Later that year, the full version was recorded by Whispering Jack Smith. Art Mooney took it to number five in 1948. Other charting versions are by Sammy Kaye (1948 - number 17), Jack Smith (1948-19), Little Richard (1958-41), and Bobby Darin (1962-42).

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84. Wham Bam Shang a Lang by Silver debuted Jun 76 and peaked at number 16, scoring 1181 points.

The group formed in southern California and are a true one hit wonder, having never charted before or after. There are no performance clips of Silver on youtube even tbought they released an album and two more singles.

The early single on Arista Records was co-produced by Clive Davis., and was featured in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, in 2017.

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83. Getaway by Earth Wind and Fire debuted Jul 76 and peaked at number 12, scoring 1186 points.

The song did not chart in England, where they charted 21 times. There, their biggest hits were September (number three), Boogie Wonderland (4), After the Love Has Gone (4), and Let's Groove (3).

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82. Let Em In by Paul McCartney and Wings debuted Jul 76 and peaked at number three, scoring 1187 points.

The song did not chart in England, The first time Paul scored a number one hit in England after The Beatles was his Stevie Wonder duet, Ebony and Ivory, in 1982. He has a second number one, Pipes of Peace, in 1983.

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81. Love Me by Yvonne Elliman debuted Oct 76 and peaked at number 14, scoring 1199 points.

Yvonne was born in Honolulu and had seven chart entries, 1971-79. If I Can't Have You, from Saturday Night Fever, went to number one, and was her only time in the top ten. Her first top 40 hit was the original soundtrack version of I Don't Know How to Love Him in 1971, rush-released to compete with Helen Reddy's emerging hit. Yvonne peaked at number 28 and Helen peaked at number 13. Yvonne was in the original Broadway production, the first touring company, and the 1973 film.

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90. Summer by War debuted Jul 76 and peaked at number seven, scoring 1140 points.

This was War's final appearance in the top ten, although they charted four more times through 1982. Galaxy, a number 38 hit in 1978 was their final time in the top 40.

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89. Wake Up Everybody by Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes debuted Nov 75 and peaked at number 12, scoring 1146 points.

The group never charted in England. Teddy Pendergrass charted five times, but never in the top 40.

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88. I'm Easy by Keith Carradine debuted May 76 and peaked at number 17, scoring 1146 points.

Keith was born in San Mateo, California, between San Francisco and San Jose. His father was actor John Carradine, and his older brother was David. This was Keith's only hot 100 appearance. It was an Oscar winner from Nashville, besting Diana Ross' number one hit, Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)

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87. Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra debuted Nov 75 and peaked at number ten, scoring 1166 points.

This was ELO's second of 20 top 40 hits 1975-86.

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86. This Masquerade by George Benson debuted Jun 76 and peaked at number ten, scoring 1167 points.

George was born in Pittsburgh and has 14 chart entries from this, his first, to 1984. Four made the top ten. George started as a jazz guitarist. His first release, in 1964, was The New Boss Guitar of George Benson. This was his first release as a vocalist.

Songwriter Leon Russell's original version was the flip side of his hit "Tight Rope" in 1972. Helen Reddy recorded it on her `1972 I Am Woman album and Carpenters' version was the flip side of their 1973 number one, Please Mr Postman.

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95. The Best Disco in Town by The Ritchie Family debuted Aug 76 and peaked at number 17, scoring 1115 points.

This was their third and final Hot 100 appearance. Their first, Brazil, was the number 64 hit of 1975.

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94. Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) by Fleetwood Mac debuted Mar 76 and peaked at number 11, scoring 1122 points.

The group formed in London in 1967 by Peter Green, formerly of John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers. They charted 23 times 1969-90. This was their second entry with their classic lineup. Over My Head peaked at number 20 in 1975. This was Stevie Nicks' first lead vocal to chart.