NOW - Yearbook 1976 Deluxe CD

NOW is going back to the 1970s to proudly present the next instalment in our ongoing Yearbook series featuring 84 stellar tracks celebrating a brilliant year of pop singles in a special edition 4CD in hardback book packaging featuring a 28page booklet, including notes about each track. NOW Yearbook 1976.Kicking off in magnificent style with signature songs from enduringly popular artists A 2 in 1976, Queens Somebody To Love is first up, followed by Electric Light Orchestra with Livin Thing, Fleetwood Mac with Say You Love Me, and 10cc with Im Mandy Fly Me. Chicago hit 1 with their alltime classic ballad If You Leave Me Now, and Bonnie Tyler made her chart debut with Lost In France, whilst Leo Sayer reached 2 in the UK, and 1 in the US with You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. Next up, a trio of dancefloor favourites and all 1s in 76 Tina Charles with I Love To Love, The Real Thing with You To Me Are Everything, and 14 years after making their UK chart debut Frankie Valli amp The Four Seasons enjoyed their first charttopper with December 1963 Oh What a Night. The floorfillers continue from Candi Staton, Barry White and Melba Moore ahead of a discoflavoured single from former glampop stars, MUD. Brilliant and unforgettable pop gems from Smokie, Bryan Ferry, Sailor, and a cover of Here Comes The Sun from Steve Harley amp Cockney Rebel lead into Paul Simons 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, and the first discs closing tracks both timeless ballads Joan Armatrading with Love And Affection, and Diana Ross with Theme From Mahogany Do You Know Where Youre Going ToDisc 2 opens with a stellar run of purepop classics. Elton John celebrated his first UK 1 single, in a duet with Kiki Dee on Dont Go Breaking My Heart, Cliff Richard with Devil Woman, and Forever And Ever gave Demis Roussos a 76 chart topper. Guys N Dolls had a second Top 5 hit with their cover of You Dont Have To Say You Love Me and the UK won at Eurovision, with the winner Save Your Kisses For Me by Brotherhood Of Man not only hitting the 1 spot but also becoming 1976s biggest seller. Showaddywaddy celebrated their biggest hit and their first 1 with Under The Moon Of Love, and Slik, featuring a preUltravox Midge Ure reached the top with Forever And Ever a different song, with the same title as the aforementioned Demis Roussos 1.1976 produced some classic rock smashes, and included here are singles from Status Quo, The Boys Are Back In Town from Thin Lizzy, Squeeze Box from The Who, and the epic Music from John Miles. More pop nuggets follow from Billy Ocean, Dana, David Dundas and Fox ahead of Disc 2s comedic closers from the Kursaal Flyers and The Wurzels with the 1 The Combine Harvester Brand New Key.Disc 3 celebrates 76s dancefloor with a stunning collection of disco and soul gold First up, Donna Summer with her debut smash Love To Love You Baby before More More More from Andrea True Connection and a second appearance on this Yearbook from Diana Ross with the genredefining Love Hangover. Turn The Beat Around from Vicki Sue Robinson is followed by a trio of bands who all released unforgettable disco singles in 76 Tavares, The OJays and The Miracles. Soulful vocals from The Stylistics, and Lou Rawls lead into timeless tracks from The Isley Brothers with Harvest For The World, I Want You from Marvin Gaye, and the sublime Midnight Train To Georgia from Gladys Knight amp The Pips. After more soul ballads from James amp Bobby Purify, The Manhattans and Yvonne Fair, the disc closes with a run of fabulous funk hits from Archie Bell amp The Drells, Wild Cherry, James Brown and Lalo Schifrins version of the theme from Jaws.The biggest seller in 76 in the US opens the final disc Silly Love Songs gave Wings a UK 2 and comes ahead of another peerless single from Elton John with Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word. Dr. Hook had a huge hit with A Little Bit More, and Dolly Parton made her UK singles chart debut with Jolene three years after it was a hit in the US. Country music was also represented by Billie Jo Spears who had her biggest hit with What Ive Got In Mind but it was a Dutch band, Pussycat, who hit the top with their countrypop track Mississippi. C.W. McCall capitalised on the craze for CB radio with Convoy, which leads to hits from Neil Diamond, Randy Edelman, Sutherland Brothers amp Quiver and Liverpool Express. British group, the Climax Blues Band scored a Top 10 hit in the UK and a US Top 3 with Couldnt Get It Right and features alongside more great vocalists including Linda Ronstadt and Yvonne Elliman. Soulinfluenced pop from RampJ Stone and the rereleased Shes Gone from Daryl Hall amp John Oates lead to a closing run of stunning ballads The Walker Brothers returned to the Top 10 in 1976 with their excellent cover of No Regrets, Heart On My Sleeve from Gallagher And Lyle, Eric Carmen hit big with All By Myself and Cliff Richard makes a second appearance on this collection with one of his defining ballads Miss You Nights and to signoff, the years Christmas