NOW Yearbook Extra 1976 (Collectors Edition)

NOW Music proudly presents 63 more essential singles from the amazing year of pop that was 1976. Opening with the elegant pop trio of Queen's 'You're My Best Friend', 'Bennie And The Jets', one of Elton John's best loved hits of the '70s and Paul McCartney & Wings with their #2 smash 'Let 'Em In'. Electric Light Orchestra hit the Top 10 in both the UK and the US with 'Evil Woman' - a track that became one of the band's signature songs - and 10cc continued their run of hits with 'Art For Art's Sake'. Up next Bryan Ferry and Andy Fairweather Low ahead of 'Loving And Free' from Kiki Dee which followed her #1 with Elton John earlier in '76. Neil Diamond released 'If You Know What I Mean' as the lead single from his 'Beautiful Noise' LP, plus Johnny Nash scored a hit with a classic cover. Disco was growing in popularity and the year's disco hits included floor fillers from KC & The Sunshine Band, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and The Trammps - alongside sublime vocals from Barry White and The Stylistics on soulful cuts aimed at the discos - and to complete the first disc, a trio of beautiful ballads from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes ft. Teddy Pendergrass, The Manhattans and Gladys Knight & The Pips. CD2 kicks off with a stellar run of disco classics led by Donna Summer and her version of 'Could It Be Magic' ahead of Tavares, Tina Charles and The Real Thing with 'Can't Get By Without You'. Gloria Gaynor and Diana Ross feature with Top 40 hits, while Johnnie Taylor's 'Disco Lady' hit the US #1 spot. Billy Ocean, The Drifters, Bay City Rollers, Marmalade, and Hot Chocolate are up next with some pop nuggets and are followed by some 'easy listening' pop from Dana, Barry Manilow and Demis Roussos who reached #2 with 'When Forever Has Gone' the follow up to his #1 'Forever And Ever' from earlier in 1976. 'Hurt' gave Elvis Presley another Top 40 hit, and composer Simon May had a Top 10 hit with 'The Summer Of My Life' - a song that had originally appeared in the long-running TV series 'Crossroads'. The Wurzels followed up their earlier chart topper with 'I Am A Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca)' and the Christmas season saw Paul Nicholas in the Top 10 with 'Grandma's Party', and Mike Oldfield start the year by reaching #4 with 'In Dulce Jubilo'. The final disc opens with Elton John's version of 'Pinball Wizard' (which he performed in the film 'Tommy') ahead of Roxy Music's 'Both Ends Burning'. Rock hits from Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Sweet come next ahead of the third Top 20 hit for Smokie, 'Something's Been Making Me Blue'. Be Bop Deluxe hit the Top 30 with 'Ships In The Night', and US hits from Boz Scaggs and Daryl Hall & John Oates follow, alongside slower paced hits from Gallagher And Lyle and Frankie Valli. The collection finishes in funky style with a stellar run of soul and funk: David Ruffin and The Stylistics both enjoyed Top 10 hits with 'Walk Away From Love' and 'Funky Weekend'. The Spinners and a second appearance from Barry White are up next - and to close, a trio of feel-good funk classics; Brass Construction with 'Movin'', Ohio Players with their U.S. chart topper 'Love Rollercoaster', and the Top 20 'Sunshine Day' from Osibisa. 'NOW - Yearbook Extra 1976' - a further celebration of the diversity and magic of the year in pop.

Disc 1
1: You're My Best Friend - Queen
2: Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
3: Let 'Em In - Paul McCartney & Wings
4: Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
5: Art for Art's Sake - 10cc
6: The Price of Love - Bryan Ferry
7: Wide Eyed and Legless - Andy Fairweather Low
8: Loving and Free - Kiki Dee
9: If You Know What I Mean - Neil Diamond
10: Wonderful World - Johnny Nash
11: In Zaire - Johnny Wakelin
12: (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band
13: Silver Star - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
14: I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me - Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
15: That's Where the Happy People Go - The Trammps
16: Baby We Better Try to Get It Together - Barry White
17: Sixteen Bars - The Stylistics
18: Wake Up Everybody (Feat. Teddy Pendergrass) - Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes
19: Hurt - The Manhattans
20: So Sad the Song - Gladys Knight & The Pips

Disc 2
1: Could It Be Magic - Donna Summer
2: Don't Take Away the Music - Tavares
3: Dance Little Lady Dance - Tina Charles
4: Can't Get By Without You - The Real Thing
5: How High the Moon - Gloria Gaynor
6: I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love) - Diana Ross
7: Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor
8: Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before) - Billy Ocean
9: Hello Happiness - The Drifters
10: I Only Wanna Be With You - Bay City Rollers
11: Falling Apart at the Seams - Marmalade
12: Man to Man - Hot Chocolate
13: If I Could - David Essex
14: Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Dana
15: I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
16: When Forever Has Gone - Demis Roussos
17: Hurt - Elvis Presley
18: The Summer of My Life - Simon May
19: I Am a Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca) - The Wurzels
20: Disco Duck - Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots
21: Grandma's Party - Paul Nicholas
22: In Dulce Jubilo - Mike Oldfield

Disc 3
1: Pinball Wizard - Elton John
2: Both Ends Burning - Roxy Music
3: Rain - Status Quo
4: Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
5: Boston Tea Party - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
6: The Lies in Your Eyes - Sweet
7: Something's Been Making Me Blue - Smokie
8: Ships in the Night - Be Bop Deluxe
9: Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
10: Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates
11: If Not You - Dr. Hook
12: I Recall a Gypsy Woman - Don Williams
13: I Wanna Stay With You - Gallagher and Lyle
14: Fallen Angel - Frankie Valli
15: Walk Away from Love - David Ruffin
16: Funky Weekend - The Stylistics
17: The Rubberband Man - The Spinners
18: Don't Make Me Wait Too Long - Barry White
19: Movin' - Brass Construction
20: Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
21: Sunshine Day - Elton John

Number of Discs: 3

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