Being Foxy in September 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in September 1976 was 'Play that Funky Music' by Wild Cherry. The group formed in Ohio in 1970. This was their only number one hit.

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September 3 – The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

September 6 - Soviet Air Force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan, and requests political asylum from the United States.

September 6 - Frank Sinatra brings Jerry Lewis's former partner Dean Martin onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in Las Vegas, Nevada, reuniting the comedy team for the first (and only) time in over 20 years.

September 6 - In Search of... tv series premieres in syndication.

September 9 - Delvecchio tv series premieres on CBS.

September 10 – Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter and novelist, dies. (born 1905)

September 11 Ark II, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle and Way Out Games tv series premiere on CBS. Big John, Little John, The Kids From C.A.P.E.R., McDuff the Talking Dog, Monster Squad and Muggsy premiere on NBC. Jabberjaw, The Krofft Supershow, The Mumbly Cartoon Show and The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour premiere on ABC.

September 17 – The space shuttle Enterprise is rolled out of a Palmdale, California hangar.

September 17 - Spencer's Pilots tv series premieres on CBS.

September 19 - Cos tv series premieres on ABC.

September 20 All's Fair tv series premieres on CBS. The Muppet Show premieres in syndication.

September 21 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

September 21 - Rich Man, Poor Man Book II premieres on ABC. Baa Baa Black Sheep premieres on NBC.

September 22 - The Quest and Ball Four tv series premiere on CBS. Charlie's Angels premieres on ABC.

September 23 - The first of three debates between U.S. presidential candidates Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter air in prime time; they are the first presidential debates ever televised in color, as well as the first debates between major party nominees for U.S. president since 1960.

September 23 - The Tony Randall Show and Gemini Man tv series premiere on NBC.

September 25 - Holmes and Yo-Yo tv series premieres on ABC.

September 30 - The Nancy Walker Show premieres on ABC.

Albums released in September (album / artist):

Blackheart Man / Bunny Wailer

A New World Record / Electric Light Orchestra

Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Rose Royce

Hard Rain / Bob Dylan

One More from the Road / Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ringo's Rotogravure / Ringo Starr

Long May You Run / The Stills-Young Band

Tales of Kidd Funkadelic / Funkadelic

Technical Ecstasy / Black Sabbath

Songs in the Key of Life / Stevie Wonder

All the World's a Stage / Rush

Nielsen's top 20 shows for the week ending Sept. 12: Miss America Pageant NBC; Laverne and Shirley and Starsky and Hutch both ABC; All in the Family CBS; Happy Days and Baretta both ABC; Maude CBS; Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman both ABC; Perry Como Special NBC; "Sunday Movie" ABC; Delvecchio, and Phyllis both CBS; Friday Movie ABC; Kojak and Jeffersons CBS; Police Story and Van Dyke and Co. both NBC; M-A-S-H CBS; and Columbo NBC.