CASEY KASEM’S AMERICAN TOP 40 – 12/18/76


40:    BLINDED BY THE LIGHT – MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
39:    KEEP ME CRYIN' – AL GREEN
38:    WALK THIS WAY – AEROSMITH
         CHART TRIVIA:   SONG THAT SPENT THE MOST WEEKS ON HOT 100 BY A FOREIGN ARTIST
37:    MADEMOISELLE – STYX
36:    WHISPERING/CHERCHEZ LA FEMME/SE SI BON – DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND
35:    I LIKE DREAMIN' – KENNY NOLAN
34:    DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC – TAVARES
33:    THIS SONG – GEORGE HARRISON
EXTRA:    RUDOLPH THE RED–NOSED REINDEER – JACKSON FIVE
32:    JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU – COMMODORES
31:    ENJOY YOURSELF – THE JACKSONS
30:    SATURDAY NITE – EARTH, WIND & FIRE
29:    SHAKE YOUR RUMP TO THE FUNK – BAR–KAYS
28:    JEANS ON – DAVID GEDDES
27:    DISCO DUCK – RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS
26:    LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE – BREAD
25:    THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD – GORDON LIGHTFOOT
         CHART TRIVIA:    MOST SUCCESSFUL COMEDY ALBUM
24:    HELLO OLD FRIEND – ERIC CLAPTON
23:    BETH – KISS
22:    SOMEBODY TO LOVE – QUEEN
21:    LOVE SO RIGHT – BEE GEES
20:    LOVE BALLAD – L.T.D.
19:    LIVIN' THING – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
18:    I WISH – STEVIE WONDER
17:    CAR WASH – ROSE ROYCE
16:    LOVE ME – YVONNE ELLIMAN
15:    STAND TALL – BURTON CUMMINGS
14:    HOT LINE  – SYLVERS
13:    I NEVER CRY – ALICE COOPER
12:    DAZZ – BRICK
11:    AFTER THE LOVIN' – ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
         CHART TRIVIA:    SONG MAKING THE LONGEST JUMP INTO THE #1 POSITION
10:    NIGHTS ARE FOREVER WITHOUT YOU – ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY
  9:    YOU ARE THE WOMAN – FIREFALL
  8:    NADIA'S THEME (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) – BARRY DeVORZON & PERRY BOTKIN, JR.
  7:    SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD – ELTON JOHN
         CHART TRIVIA:    MOST SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS SONG
  6:    MORE THAN A FEELING – BOSTON
  5:    YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING – LEO SAYER
  4:    MUSKRAT LOVE – THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE 
  3:    YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR (TO BE IN MY SHOW) – MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS JR.
  2:    THE RUBBERBAND MAN – THE SPINNERS
  1:    TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (GONNA BE ALRIGHT) – ROD STEWART