Top 40 Hits of Mid October 1976
| 1 | Pussycat | Mississippi |
| 2 | Demis Roussos | When Forever Has Gone |
| 3 | Abba | Dancing Queen |
| 4 | Rod Stewart | Sailing |
| 5 | Sherbet | Howzat |
| 6 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now |
| 7 | The Manhattans | Hurt |
| 8 | Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots | Disco Duck |
| 9 | The Real Thing | Can't Get By Without You |
| 10 | Simon May | The Summer Of My Life |
| 11 | Elvis Presley | Girl Of My Best Friend |
| 12 | Tina Charles | Dance Little Lady Dance |
| 13 | The Ritchie Family | The Best Disco In Town |
| 14 | Tavares | Don't Take Away The Music |
| 15 | Bay City Rollers | I Only Wanna Be With You |
| 16 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | I'll Meet You At Midnight |
| 17 | Kiki Dee | Loving And Free |
| 18 | The Wurzels | I Am A Cider Drinker |
| 19 | Paul Nicholas | Dancing With The Captain |
| 20 | Mr Acker Bilk | Aria |
| 21 | The Detroit Spinners | The Rubberband Man |
| 22 | Wild Cherry | Play That Funky Music |
| 23 | JALN Band | Disco Music (I Like It) |
| 24 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Blinded By The Light |
| 25 | The Climax Blues Band | Couldn't Get It Right |
| 26 | England Dan & John Ford Coley | I'd Really Love To See You Tonight |
| 27 | Randy Edelman | Uptown, Uptempo Woman |
| 28 | Lalo Schiffrin | Jaws |
| 29 | Can | I Want More |
| 30 | The Average White Band | Queen Of My Soul |
| 31 | Rod Stewart | The Killing Of Georgie |
| 32 | Joan Armatrading | Love And Affection |
| 33 | James Brown | Get Up Offa That Thing |
| 34 | Hot Blood | Soul Dracula |
| 35 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | Tears Of A Clown |
| 36 | David Essex | Coming Home |
| 37 | Jesse Green | Nice And Slow |
| 38 | The Drifters | Every Nite's A Saturday Night With You |
| 39 | Dorothy Moore | Funny How Time Slips Away |
| 40 | T Rex | Laser Love |