Time to celebrate! 2026 is the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America. We go back to the Bicentennial, 1976, and look at the songs from the charts back then. This was quite a year for variety, with Thin Lizzy and Walter Murphy representing two extremes.

• “The Boys Are Back in Town” – Thin Lizzy
• Written by Phil Lynott
• © 1976
• “Let Your Love Flow” – The Bellamy Brothers
• Written by Larry E. Williams
• © 1976 Figs. D Music, Inc.
• “A Fifth of Beethoven” – Walter Murphy
• Adapted from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
• © 1976
• (Original classical composition is in the public domain)
• “When Forever Has Gone” – Demis Roussos
• Written by Barry Mason and Stelios Vlavianos
• © 1976

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