singers gained their first number ones via duets with established male vocalists: Mary Lou Turner with Bill Anderson and Helen Cornelius with Jim Ed Brown. Vocal group Dave & Sugar topped the chart for the first time with "The Door Is Always Open", the third version of the song to chart in less than three years, but by far the most successful. Chart history See also 1976 in music List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. country chart References 1976 1976 record charts Country