1976

In 1976 there was:
The Roxy nightclub opens in London
Twelve-inch single is launched commercially
the meme is coined
P-Funk Earth Tour premiers in New Orleans
==Film==
*The Song Remains the Same by Peter Clifton and Joe Massot
*The Blank Generation by Ivan Kral and Amos Poe
*Taxi Driver by Scorsese
*Hot Guys by Jussi Itkonen
*Adiós Sui Generis by Bebé Kamín
*The Beach Boys: It's OK by Gary Weis
*Rocky by John G. Avildsen
*The Bad News Bears by Michael Ritchie
*The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings by John Badham
*Cannonball! by Paul Bartel
*Gus by Vincent McEveety
*The Man Who Fell to Earth by Roeg
*On the Sideline by Péter Szász
*The Loneliest Runner by Michael Landon
*The Pink Pro by Robert McKimson
Sports documentary
*A Sunday in Hell by Jørgen Leth
*Il profeta del gol - La storia di Johan Cruyff by Sandro Ciotti
*Hokej by Bogdan Dziworski
==Music==
Albums
*Station to Station by David Bowie
*El jardín de los presentes by Invisible
*Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
*Hejira by Joni Mitchell
*Ramones by Ramones
*Rising by Rainbow
*The Royal Scam by Steely Dan
*It's Your World by Gil Scott-Heron
*Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers
*Desire by Bob Dylan
*The Third Reich 'n Roll by The Residents
*Sad Wings of Destiny by Judas Priest
*The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein by Parliament
Singles
Rock
*Epitaph by King Crimson
*Station to Station by David Bowie
*(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult
*Helter Skelter by Beatles
*Gloria by Patti Smith Group
*Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
*Politicians in My Eyes by Death
*Blitzkrieg Bopby Ramones
*Shake Some Action by Flamin' Groovies
*Suffragette City by David Bowie
*Final Solution by Pere Ubu
*Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) by Fleetwood Mac
*Livin' Thing by Electric Light Orchestra
*Year of the Cat by Al Stewart
*Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan
*Pissing in a River by Patti Smith
*New Rose by The Damned
*Stay by David Bowie
*The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy
*Anarchy in the U.K. by Sex Pistols
*(I'm) Stranded by The Saints
*Crazy on You by Heart
*Got to Get You Into My Life by Beatles
*More Than a Feeling by Boston
*Entangled by Genesis
*The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
*Fame by David Bowie
Jazz
Step Right Up by Tom Waits
Reggae
*Chase the Devil by Max Romeo
*Police and Thieves by Junior Murvin
*War in a Babylon by Max Romeo & The Upsetters
*Croaking Lizard by The Upsetters
Work Songs
*Wolken, wind en de zee by Heino
==Literature==
Fiction
*Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
*The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name by James Kirkup
Non-fiction
*The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
*The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg
==Births==
==Deaths]]
*May 17 – Charles Stepney - American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician (b. 1931)
*Fritz Lang (1890 - 1976)
*Pierre Molinier (1900 - 1976)
*Max Ernst (1891 - 1976)
*Man Ray (1890 - 1976)
*Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)
*Martin Heidegger (1889 - 1976)
*Hans Richter (1888 - 1976)
*Luchino Visconti (1906 - 1976)
*Marcel Broodthaers (1924 - 1976)
*Raymond Queneau (1903 – 1976)