See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Albums Released
- Rocks - Aerosmith
- Technical Ecstasy - Black Sabbath
- We Sold Our Souls For Rock & Roll - Black Sabbath
- Agents Of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
- Children of the World - Bee Gees
- Boston - Boston
- Hotel California - The Eagles
- Self-Titled - Fleetwood Mac
- Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
- M.U. --- Best of - Jethro Tull
- Too Old to Rock And Roll, Too Young to Die - Jethro Tull
- Look into the Future - Journey
- Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest
- Leftoverture - Kansas
- Clones of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament
- Self-Titled by Ramones
- 2112 - Rush
- Another Passenger - Carly Simon
- The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
- No Heavy Petting - UFO
Top Hits
- "Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers
- "Still The One" - Orleans
- "You Should Be Dancing" - The Bee Gees
- "Rock N' Me" - Steve Miller Band
- "More Than A Feeling" - Boston
- "Taking It To The Streets" - The Doobie Brothers
- "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac
- "It's Over" - Boz Scaggs
- "Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton
- "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian
- "Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
Events
- First international punk festival held in London
- Fall - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, jr form a band called Feedback in Dublin. The band would later be renamed U2
- Sex Pistols cause media furore when they swear on prime time TV [1].
- Evita is performed for the first time
- Iron Maiden form
- Foreigner form
- Crass form
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers begin performing