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1976
Hurricane (Part 1) by Bob Dylan enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA where it will peak at No33 during a three-week stay.
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1976
Squeeze Box by The Who enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No16.
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1976
Queen release a new single, Bohemian Rhapsody, in the USA.
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1976
It is reported in the UK music press that Sparks is to split with three members being dropped and the brothers Ron and Russell Mael continuing as The Maels.
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1976
Irving Kaufman, a prolific early twentieth century singer, pioneering recording artist and Vaudeville performer, dies aged 85 in Indio, California, USA.
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1976
Saturday Night by The Bay City Rollers reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA. Later in the year, punk rock pioneers The Ramones will attempt to learn it but, being inept musicians, they fail. Instead they take inspiration from the song to use a similar, simplified structure for their own composition, Blitzkrieg Bop.
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1976 - 1977
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.
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