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 John's 1979 Charts, Music to accompany my life (and TV) at 21 years old! |
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 8th January 2014, 07:32 PM
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3rd JAN 1979
It’s a new year 1979 and I hit 21, all grown up. I didn’t have a party, though after my mate had returned from Wisconsin and found I’d turned 21 he nagged me to have a belated one (thanks Pete!) at home in Mansfield. So I did, my College friends came, one spiked another’s drink, who threw up on my parents bed (no names as she’s still embarrassed about it), and waddya know Pete didn’t make it to the party - he never was conventional, married a Japanese girl and last seen in Tokyo being daddy. Music-wise, just like today oldies from the previous year get a boost, and the lack of new singles allows a sneaky new chart-topper. Sally Oldfield just sounded so right for the new year, all fresh and delightful, and her brother was ringing in the changes at 18 too. Ian Dury’s classic gets to 6, while Elton and Hot Choc get another Top 10 in very long runs of top 10 hits, give or take. Earth Wind & Fire are a bit late for September, but chart in my next 2014 chart with the same song courtesy of being used heavily in current movie Last Vegas (and making the Archive Chart Top 40) which I saw this week. Shalamar get a big climber with a great disco soul record, and highest new entry is veteran Frankie Avalon and his Grease cameo (very amusing and 50’s pastiche too) joining Paul Evans from the same clean-cut pop-star era and Mud covering a 50‘s doo-wop classic. Having disco-fied Star Wars Meco has a less-successful go at the Wizard Of Oz, and Manhattan Transfer have a lot of questions and very few answers… New Year TV is dominated by old films, notably New Year sentimental comedy classic from Billy Wilder, The Apartment. Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine stole my heart and a real fave. 1 ( 5 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 2 ( 1 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 3 ( 3 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 4 ( 2 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 5 ( 6 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 6 ( 12 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 7 ( 4 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 8 ( 8 ) LE FREAK Chic 9 ( 16 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 10 ( 14 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 11 ( 7 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 12 ( 10 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 13 ( 11 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 14 ( 9 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 15 ( 17 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 16 ( 13 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 17 ( 25 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 18 ( 15 ) TAKE 4 EP Mike Oldfield 19 ( 22 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 20 ( 26 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 21 ( 15 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 22 ( 20 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 23 ( 35 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 24 ( 21 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 25 ( 32 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 26 ( 24 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 27 ( 49 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 28 ( 23 ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 29 ( 29 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 30 ( 30 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 31 ( 28 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 32 ( 27 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 33 ( 37 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 34 ( 19 ) ACCIDENT PRONE Status Quo 35 ( 36 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 36 ( 38 ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 37 ( 41 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS The Eagles 38 ( 40 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 39 ( 39 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 40 ( 31 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 41 ( 34 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 42 ( 33 ) GREASED LIGHTNING John Travolta 43 ( 63 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 44 ( 44 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 45 ( 51 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 46 ( 46 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 47 ( 43 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 48 ( 42 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 49 ( 47 ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 50 ( 52 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 51 ( 57 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 52 ( NEW ) BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT Frankie Avalon 53 ( 58 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 54 ( 45 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 55 ( 48 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 56 ( 53 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 57 ( 59 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 58 ( NEW ) THE WIZARD OF OZ Meco 59 ( 50 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 60 ( 69 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 61 ( 51 ) ANYWAY YOU DO IT Liquid Gold 62 ( 55 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 63 ( 60 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 64 ( 64 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 65 ( 68 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 66 ( 71 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 67 ( 67 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 68 ( 72 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 69 ( 65 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 70 ( 66 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 71 ( NEW ) NEW DAY Airwaves 72 ( 54 ) CHRISTMAS IN SMURFLAND Father Abraham & The Smurfs 73 ( 56 ) LAY LOVE ON YOU Luisa Fernandez 74 ( NEW ) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE Mud 75 ( NEW ) WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY Manhattan Transfer TV 1 THE APARTMENT 2 What's New Pussycat? 3 Top Of The Pops 4 Fantastic Journey (Wed) 5 MASH (part 2) 6 Happy Days 7 The Rockford Files 8 Fantastic Journey (Fri) 9 Fantastic Journey (Thurs) 10 The 2 Ronnies This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 8th January 2014, 07:45 PM |
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8th January 2014, 07:35 PM
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10th JAN 1979 - Headlines: Tunisia, knife-threats, Roman history and disco hits...
Back to College - and straight off to Tunisia for a Geography field trip (and history/art-related). It wasn’t free, we had to pay for it (staying in Sousse), but it was a great experience. Visits to schools, Roman amphitheatres at El Djem (not far from where Star Wars had been filmed) and a ruin at Carthage (Tunis) - oh and a pottery where my bag managed to knock over and break an urn. “Ca va ca va” said the generous owner, but I felt obliged to buy a crooked vase as penance. Still got it… My mate Pete (yes him again) had barely got off the plane from the States and he was back on this one to Tunisia, providing me with a great disco experience. Well, cut short experience when he lept to the defence of some of the girls who were getting hassled by local lads to dance. Having already watched one student reduced to tears after one gentleman in the local market offered to buy her for a camel - maybe she was insulted it wasn’t two! - the girls were getting bit fed up with the gropey “fair-game” attitude towards Western women. Anyway, we enjoyed Barry White’s Just The Way You Are, and freaked out properly to Chic’s Le Freak, but after Pete had been threatened with a knife once he stepped outside we decided an early night was the way forward and left in a gang for safety. Aahh Happy days (and explains the short TV chart!) - hoping to finally catch that 1979 Top Of The Pops I missed this week… So, YMCA back at the top (bound to have been on at the disco!), Anne Murray finally gets into the Top 10 after 2 or 3 months in the chart, her first since 1974, and three new entries into the Top 40: Phoebe Snow with Paul McCartney’s Every Night, Diana Ross & Michael Jackson with the single from the Movie The Wiz (and explains Meco’s Oz cash-in), and the Queen mum’s alleged fave pop hit novelty song Car 67, which was actually fairly charming. 1 ( 2 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 2 ( 1 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 3 ( 3 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 4 ( 6 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 5 ( 5 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 6 ( 4 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 7 ( 10 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 8 ( 23 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 9 ( 7 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 10 ( 8 ) LE FREAK Chic 11 ( 9 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 12 ( 19 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 13 ( 17 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 14 ( 11 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 15 ( 13 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 16 ( 12 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 17 ( 15 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 18 ( 20 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 19 ( 14 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 20 ( 16 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 21 ( 21 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 22 ( 25 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 23 ( 22 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 24 ( 18 ) TAKE 4 EP Mike Oldfield 25 ( NEW ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 26 ( NEW ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross & Michael Jackson 27 ( NEW ) CAR 67 Driver 67 28 ( 52 ) BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT Frankie Avalon 29 ( 24 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 30 ( 30 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 31 ( 26 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 32 ( 35 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 33 ( 36 ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 34 ( 27 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 35 ( 38 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 36 ( 29 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 37 ( 31 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 38 ( 33 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 39 ( 39 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 40 ( 40 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 41 ( 32 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 42 ( 34 ) ACCIDENT PRONE Status Quo 43 ( 43 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 44 ( 60 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 45 ( 49 ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 46 ( 28 ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 47 ( 45 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 48 ( 44 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 49 ( 51 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 50 ( 41 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 51 ( 46 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 52 ( 58 ) THE WIZARD OF OZ Meco 53 ( 48 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 54 ( 50 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 55 ( 53 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 56 ( 42 ) GREASED LIGHTNING John Travolta 57 ( 57 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 58 ( 65 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 59 ( 47 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 60 ( 56 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 61 ( 55 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 62 ( 37 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS The Eagles 63 ( NEW ) FALLEN ANGEL Barbara Dickson 64 ( 64 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 65 ( 66 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 66 ( 59 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 67 ( 68 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 68 ( 67 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 69 ( 63 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 70 ( 75 ) WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY Manhattan Transfer 71 ( 54 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 72 ( 69 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 73 ( 62 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 74 ( 70 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 75 ( NEW ) HOW ARE YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW Alice Cooper TV 1 It'll Be Alright On The Night 2 Mork & Mindy 3 Film '79 4 Parkinson This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 8th January 2014, 07:54 PM |
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12th January 2014, 12:06 PM
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17th Jan 1979
A roll-over holiday chart, I think, as there are no new records, only re-entries and nothing much happening. The Superman movie was out, or shortly out, which was a great blockbuster movie of a comics favourite, and John Williams was in his prime, churning out great soundtrack after great soundtrack. The movie’s a bit overlong and dated these days, sadly! YMCA gets a 3rd week at the top, and seems like nothing can shift it, as nothing new is entering. Barry White goes up, though, as does writer Billy Joel. My friend Jane had a few tears when Just The Way You Are came on at the Hotel disco (Sousse) as she was missing her boyfriend and future hubbie Dave and it was their song. If you’re going to pick a song for it’s lyrics for the love of your life that’s a pretty good one to go for! Just had a birthday card from them last week. Sometimes life is sweet J On TV, back at home, Blake’s 7 was starting to look good as a new rebel-led sci-fi drama, Top Of The Pops was good, and Morecambe & Wise were still amusing. 1 ( 1 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 2 ( 3 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 3 ( 8 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 4 ( 2 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 5 ( 7 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 6 ( 4 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 7 ( 5 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 8 ( 6 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 9 ( 12 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 10 ( 9 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 11 ( 11 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 12 ( 13 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 13 ( 10 ) LE FREAK Chic 14 ( 16 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 15 ( 18 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 16 ( 26 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross & Michael Jackson 17 ( 14 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 18 ( 22 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 19 ( 15 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 20 ( 17 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 21 ( 19 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 22 ( 25 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 23 ( 27 ) CAR 67 Driver 67 24 ( 20 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 25 ( 23 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 26 ( 21 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 27 ( 30 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 28 ( 28 ) BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT Frankie Avalon 29 ( 24 ) TAKE 4 EP Mike Oldfield 30 ( 33 ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 31 ( 58 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 32 ( 31 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 33 ( 29 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 34 ( 44 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 35 ( 32 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 36 ( 38 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 37 ( 37 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 38 ( 35 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 39 ( 34 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 40 ( 36 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 41 ( 39 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 42 ( 49 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 43 ( 45 ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 44 ( 40 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 45 ( 41 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 46 ( 52 ) THE WIZARD OF OZ Meco 47 ( 42 ) ACCIDENT PRONE Status Quo 48 ( RE ) NEW DAY Airwaves 49 ( 47 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 50 ( 48 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 51 ( 46 ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 52 ( 43 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 53 ( RE ) NEW YORK NEW YORK Gerard Kenny 54 ( 51 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 55 ( 50 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 56 ( 55 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 57 ( 53 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 58 ( 63 ) FALLEN ANGEL Barbara Dickson 59 ( 54 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 60 ( 57 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 61 ( 56 ) GREASED LIGHTNING John Travolta 62 ( 70 ) WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY Manhattan Transfer 63 ( 59 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 64 ( 60 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 65 ( 61 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 66 ( 65 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 67 ( 64 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 68 ( RE ) RAMA LAMA DING DONG Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 69 ( 68 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 70 ( 67 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 71 ( RE ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 72 ( 75 ) HOW ARE YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW Alice Cooper 73 ( 69 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 74 ( 72 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 75 ( 66 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman TV 1 The Morecambe & Wise Show 2 Top Of The Pops 3 Wonder Woman 4 Blake's 7 5 Petrocelli (TV film) 6 The Muppet Show 7 Sporting Superstars 8 Mary Hartman Mary Hartman 9 Tomorrow's World This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 5th February 2014, 08:27 PM |
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12th January 2014, 12:09 PM
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24th jan 1979
The chart at last starts to move, a 4th week at the top for Village People, sadly, as the number 2 from Chic is a better record and should have knocked them off the top. The Tunisian disco mood having a big chart effect as September and the marvellous Funkadelic track go top 10. Highest new entry, meanwhile, at 14, who else but Abba and their lovely Spanish-ballad-cum-circus-finale, all proceeds going to UNESCO (for the Children of the world) just as The Bee Gees Too Much Heaven had. Pity the mega-rich popstars of the moment don’t make a similar gesture with their debut singles for new albums… TV wise, sitcom of the day SOAP rightly at the top, it was manic, over the top, full of great characters and great performances from a top notch cast, and scripts from future Golden Girls prime-mover Susan Harris. Two veterans dominate otherwise, George Burns wasn’t actually 100 yet (though he would get there) but he was making a career revival largely based around his great one-liners and being so old (being a husband-wife double-act of Vaudeville & radio & TV for most of the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and beyond). Proving that age is no barrier to being sharp, smart and cool. Spike Milligan was also a madcap unpredictable comic genius, often hit and miss, but I went to see him on the tour he was pushing on Parkinson (I think) as I saw him at Lincoln theatre in 1979 and laughed uncontrollably for much of the show. Honestly, I pissed myself over the bit where he pointed up to the audience in the upper circle and exclaimed “Finger!”. It became a running gag between mate Pete and myself for months… (you probably had to be there!) 1 ( 1 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 2 ( 13 ) LE FREAK Chic 3 ( 3 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 4 ( 4 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 5 ( 9 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 6 ( 5 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 7 ( 2 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 8 ( 12 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 9 ( 15 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 10 ( 6 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 11 ( 8 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 12 ( 7 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 13 ( 18 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 14 ( NEW ) CHIQUITITA Abba 15 ( 22 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 16 ( 36 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 17 ( 11 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 18 ( 20 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 19 ( 14 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 20 ( 10 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 21 ( 16 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross & Michael Jackson 22 ( 34 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 23 ( 23 ) CAR 67 Driver 67 24 ( 17 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 25 ( 19 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 26 ( 26 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 27 ( NEW ) THIS IS IT Dan Hartman 28 ( 21 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 29 ( 31 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 30 ( 52 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 31 ( 25 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 32 ( NEW ) DON'T HOLD BACK Chanson 33 ( 24 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 34 ( 32 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 35 ( 71 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 36 ( NEW ) A WOMAN IN LOVE The Three Degrees 37 ( 28 ) BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT Frankie Avalon 38 ( 35 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 39 ( 33 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 40 ( 38 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 41 ( 37 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 42 ( 27 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 43 ( 29 ) TAKE 4 EP Mike Oldfield 44 ( 39 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 45 ( 48 ) NEW DAY Airwaves 46 ( 40 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 47 ( 44 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 48 ( 68 ) RAMA LAMA DING DONG Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 49 ( 41 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 50 ( NEW ) DESIRE ME A Doll 51 ( 42 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 52 ( 30 ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 53 ( NEW ) YOU NEED A WOMAN Captain & Tenille 54 ( 59 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 55 ( 49 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 56 ( 50 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 57 ( 43 ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 58 ( 51 ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 59 ( 45 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 60 ( NEW ) COOL MEDITATION Third World 61 ( 47 ) ACCIDENT PRONE Status Quo 62 ( 56 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 63 ( 57 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 64 ( 46 ) THE WIZARD OF OZ Meco 65 ( 54 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 66 ( 60 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 67 ( NEW ) DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA The Shadows 68 ( 66 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 69 ( 62 ) WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY Manhattan Transfer 70 ( 65 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 71 ( 58 ) FALLEN ANGEL Barbara Dickson 72 ( 53 ) NEW YORK NEW YORK Gerard Kenny 73 ( 75 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 74 ( 64 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 75 ( 63 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John TV 1 Soap 2 Monty Python's Flying Circus 3 Mork And Mindy 4 Blake's 7 5 Wonder Woman 6 The Morecambe & Wise Show 7 George Burns' 100th Birthday Party 8 Parkinson: Spike Milligan 9 The Rockford Files 10 Top Of The Pops This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 5th February 2014, 08:27 PM |
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12th January 2014, 12:14 PM
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31st Jan 1979
At last the charts get moving and exciting again after the looong Christmas lull. Anne Murray finally climbs to the top, and gets her second topper (Snowbird in 1970 the first) with her American Number one ballad. Blondie come from nowhere with a disco anthem in at 6, leap-frogging even Abba. Just to rub it in that disco was one of the major forces behind the mass-record-sales of 1979, everyone was doing it, rock, new wave, MOR, pop, metal acts (aka Stones, Rod, Blondie, Abba, Kiss and more) and even US-only stars like teen Leif Garrett who had a great little disco-chugger UK hit at last. Big leaps for Superman, one-hit wonders A Doll, cool Third World reggae, classy disco Shalamar, majestic OTT Manilow, and child-hood big-stars The Shadows and their Evita instrumental re-tread. New entries lower down include great MOR rock from Toto and The Baby‘s, more French synth and disco from Jarre & Cerrone, and pub rock from Dr Feelgood. 1 ( 3 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 2 ( 1 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 3 ( 5 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 4 ( 4 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 5 ( 8 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 6 ( NEW ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 7 ( 15 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 8 ( 14 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 9 ( 2 ) LE FREAK Chic 10 ( 35 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 11 ( 50 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 12 ( 29 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 13 ( 6 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 14 ( 7 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 15 ( 10 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 16 ( 30 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 17 ( 9 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 18 ( NEW ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 19 ( 16 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 20 ( 13 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 21 ( 11 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 22 ( 12 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 23 ( 22 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 24 ( 27 ) THIS IS IT Dan Hartman 25 ( 17 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 26 ( 18 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 27 ( 20 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 28 ( 19 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 29 ( 60 ) COOL MEDITATION Third World 30 ( 24 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 31 ( 23 ) CAR 67 Driver 67 32 ( 32 ) DON'T HOLD BACK Chanson 33 ( 25 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 34 ( 21 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross & Michael Jackson 35 ( 67 ) DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA The Shadows 36 ( 28 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 37 ( 31 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 38 ( 26 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 39 ( 48 ) RAMA LAMA DING DONG Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 40 ( 40 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 41 ( 33 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 42 ( 36 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE The Three Degrees 43 ( 53 ) YOU NEED A WOMAN Captain & Tenille 44 ( 39 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 45 ( 34 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 46 ( 38 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 47 ( 44 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 48 ( 45 ) NEW DAY Airwaves 49 ( 41 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 50 ( 46 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 51 ( NEW ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 52 ( 49 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 53 ( 42 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 54 ( NEW ) (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb 55 ( 47 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 56 ( 56 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 57 ( 54 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 58 ( 51 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 59 ( 37 ) BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT Frankie Avalon 60 ( 55 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 61 ( 65 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 62 ( 62 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 63 ( 43 ) TAKE 4 EP Mike Oldfield 64 ( 58 ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 65 ( 57 ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 66 ( NEW ) WHEN I'M AWAY FROM YOU Frankie Miller 67 ( 63 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 68 ( NEW ) EQUINOXE 5 Jean-Michel Jarre 69 ( 66 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 70 ( 59 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 71 ( NEW ) JE SUIS MUSIC Cerrone 72 ( 68 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 73 ( 52 ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 74 ( NEW ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 75 ( NEW ) MILK AND ALCOHOL Dr. Feelgood TV 1 Monthy Python's Flying Circus 2 Mork And Mindy 3 Soap 4 Blake's 7 5 Doctor Who 6 Parkinson 7 The Rockford Files 8 Top Of The Pops 9 Call My Bluff 10 Life On earth This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 5th February 2014, 08:28 PM |
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5th February 2014, 03:12 PM
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7th Feb 1979
A first week at the top for disco Blondie, did it in 2 weeks, and their 2nd Number one (after Denis). Record sales were high high high, all three UK number ones have sold a million so far (and my other topper Anne Murray probably did in the USA). Abba’s Chiquitita uncharacteristically had to settle into the runner-up position (they hadn’t failed to top my chart since SOS). Lots of chart movement as the pop scene sprung into life, lots of minor hits doing much better in my charts: A Doll, John Williams and Shalamar‘s first Top 10 3 years before they broke through big. The Love Theme from Superman on the B Side would also have charted (if I’d allowed B sides) as it was luvverly. I was a big John Williams, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Star Trek and Superman fan, so I think it’s fair to say I was in sci fi and music heaven from 1977 to 1980 really! Co-inciding exactly with my College years, rather sad to say, still the best years of my life. New entries, great disco funk from Peaches & Herb, Billy Idol’s debut with Generation X doing an Elvis (and getting ready to wind up TOTP producers later in the year), and a somewhat famous record (and million-seller) slipping in at 41, Gloria Gaynor’s comeback hit after a run of John Hits, including 2 Number 1’s, Pete Wingfield’s return disguised inside Olympic Runners (18 With a Bullet, amusing soul pastiche hit Top 10 in 1975), Judas Priest debut with a pretty rubbish single as my mate had subjected me to Judas Priest albums in digs and their much-better album-track version of Joan Baez’ Diamonds wasn’t eligible. Ian Matthews also has a comeback, 9 years on from the wonderful Woodstock (Joni Mitchell dreamy cover UK number one), The Pointer Sisters cover Sly Stone’s Everybody Is A Star and get a hit after years of trying in the UK, The Undertones follow-up a classic less memorably ( but good), and The Doors chart a 60’s classic 8 years after Riders Of The Storm was first in the charts, and 3 years since it was last in the charts. Jim Morrison of course long-dead by then… 1 ( 6 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 2 ( 8 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 3 ( 2 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 4 ( 11 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 5 ( 10 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 6 ( 18 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 7 ( 1 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 8 ( 12 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 9 ( 4 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 10 ( 16 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 11 ( 3 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 12 ( 7 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 13 ( 9 ) LE FREAK Chic 14 ( 19 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 15 ( 5 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 16 ( 13 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 17 ( 17 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 18 ( 15 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 19 ( 35 ) DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA The Shadows 20 ( 29 ) COOL MEDITATION Third World 21 ( 14 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 22 ( 20 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 23 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 24 ( 21 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 25 ( 22 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 26 ( 23 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 27 ( 71 ) JE SUIS MUSIC Cerrone 28 ( NEW ) KING ROCKER Generation X 29 ( 26 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 30 ( 32 ) DON'T HOLD BACK Chanson 31 ( 27 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 32 ( 25 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 33 ( 51 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 34 ( 30 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 35 ( 31 ) CAR 67 Driver 67 36 ( 24 ) THIS IS IT Dan Hartman 37 ( 28 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 38 ( 54 ) (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb 39 ( 40 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 40 ( 33 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 41 ( NEW ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 42 ( 42 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE The Three Degrees 43 ( 39 ) RAMA LAMA DING DONG Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 44 ( 74 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 45 ( 36 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 46 ( NEW ) SIR DANCEALOT Olympic Runners 47 ( 47 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 48 ( 34 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross & Michael Jackson 49 ( NEW ) TAKE OUT ON THE WORLD Judas Priest 50 ( 37 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 51 ( 38 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 52 ( 50 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 53 ( 41 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 54 ( 49 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 55 ( 52 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 56 ( NEW ) SHAKE IT Ian Matthews 57 ( 44 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 58 ( NEW ) HELLO I LOVE YOU The Doors 59 ( 43 ) YOU NEED A WOMAN Captain & Tenille 60 ( 68 ) EQUINOXE 5 Jean-Michel Jarre 61 ( 60 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 62 ( 57 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 63 ( 58 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 64 ( 56 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 65 ( 63 ) TAKE 4 EP Mike Oldfield 66 ( 61 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 67 ( 75 ) MILK AND ALCOHOL Dr. Feelgood 68 ( 46 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 69 ( 62 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 70 ( 48 ) NEW DAY Airwaves 71 ( 45 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 72 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY IS A STAR The Pointer Sisters 73 ( 72 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 74 ( NEW ) GET OVER YOU The Undertones 75 ( NEW ) WEEKEND Mick Jackson TV 1 Soap 2 MASH 3 Monty Python 4 Wonder Woman 5 Mork & Mindy 6 Top Of The Pops 7 Morecambe & Wise Show 8 Film '79 9 Doctor Who 10 The Rockford Files This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 5th February 2014, 03:19 PM |
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6th February 2014, 07:10 PM
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14th Feb 1979
Second for Blondie at 1 presiding over a Top 20 of mostly minor shuffling. New entries from veteran Gene Chandler, now dabbling with disco, Rod gives up disco dabbling meanwhile and enters with a decent ballad, Judas Priest inexplicably make my Top 40, and The Bees Gees enter just above baby bruv Andy, with a bit of a disco explosion and future Steps identikit camp cover: Tragedy. It’s brilliant (the original, that is, sorry Steps fans, never learnt the dance moves). Meanwhile Edwin Starr also jumps on the disco bandwagon, reasonably, but it’s no War (ugh! What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing!) 9 years after the event. Elvis Costello goes for his most radio-friendly single to date, albeit about mercenaries, it’s great. The Members oik their way into my charts, sort of Sham 69 part 2 (as if Part 1 wasn‘t more than enough, which at the least ended up sparking the fabulous 2-Tone before imploding in it‘s own racist cess-pool fandom), but the lads had a better style song and still-relevant lyric in the summer, briefly. The new-look Darts were back, still-good but not nearly as madcap minus Den Hegarty, The Jacksons had a go at their Destiny (I think it was to be overshadowed by Michael by year’s end, actually), and Clout comeback with a Russ Ballard song that should have been a hit outside of South Africa. So good that Rainbow covered it later in the year and grabbed the hit. TV? Blake’s 7, rebels on top of the rivals, classy detectives, surgeons in Korea, woman with a lassoo, chart hits and current events. 1 ( 1 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 2 ( 2 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 3 ( 6 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 4 ( 4 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 5 ( 3 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 6 ( 8 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 7 ( 5 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 8 ( 10 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 9 ( 9 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 10 ( 7 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 11 ( 11 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 12 ( 14 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 13 ( 12 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 14 ( 15 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 15 ( 19 ) DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA The Shadows 16 ( 13 ) LE FREAK Chic 17 ( 20 ) COOL MEDITATION Third World 18 ( 18 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 19 ( 23 ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 20 ( NEW ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 21 ( 41 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 22 ( 17 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 23 ( 16 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 24 ( 28 ) KING ROCKER Generation X 25 ( 21 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 26 ( NEW ) AIN'T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart 27 ( 26 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 28 ( 24 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 29 ( 22 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 30 ( 33 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 31 ( 46 ) SIR DANCEALOT Olympic Runners 32 ( 25 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 33 ( 49 ) TAKE OUT ON THE WORLD Judas Priest 34 ( 44 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 35 ( 27 ) JE SUIS MUSIC Cerrone 36 ( 36 ) THIS IS IT Dan Hartman 37 ( NEW ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 38 ( 38 ) (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb 39 ( 31 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 40 ( 34 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 41 ( 35 ) CAR 67 Driver 67 42 ( NEW ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 43 ( 39 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 44 ( 40 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 45 ( 29 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 46 ( 37 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 47 ( 56 ) SHAKE IT Ian Matthews 48 ( 32 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 49 ( NEW ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 50 ( 47 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 51 ( 72 ) EVERYBODY IS A STAR The Pointer Sisters 52 ( 30 ) DON'T HOLD BACK Chanson 53 ( 45 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 54 ( 58 ) HELLO I LOVE YOU The Doors 55 ( 52 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 56 ( 54 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 57 ( NEW ) SOUND OF THE SUBURBS The Members 58 ( 43 ) RAMA LAMA DING DONG Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 59 ( 55 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 60 ( NEW ) GET IT Darts 61 ( 42 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE The Three Degrees 62 ( 48 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross & Michael Jackson 63 ( 67 ) MILK AND ALCOHOL Dr. Feelgood 64 ( 50 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 65 ( 53 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 66 ( NEW ) DESTINY The Jacksons 67 ( 62 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 68 ( 63 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 69 ( 61 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 70 ( 64 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 71 ( NEW ) SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Clout 72 ( 75 ) WEEKEND Mick Jackson 73 ( 57 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 74 ( 66 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 75 ( NEW ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock TV 1 Blake's 7 2 Monty Python 3 The Morecambe & Wise Show 4 MASH 5 Wonder Woman 6 Top Of The Pops 7 The Rockford Files 8 Tonight 9 Petrocelli 10 Rising Damp This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 6th February 2014, 07:16 PM |
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6th February 2014, 07:53 PM
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21st Feb 1979
I was getting into my screen printing and photography at College by this time, especially suing my Tunisian photos for booklet-style Arabic prints, Tunisian graffiti and such arty-farty stuff. The Blondie/Abba douible still held for a third week at the top, though lots of movement elsewhere: challengers Bee Gees and Gloria Gaynor line-up near the top; minor hit Peaches & Herb (featured recentl;y in a Hollywood movie, cos it’s still fab) goes Top 10 for me; Elvis Costello and Darts rocket into the Top 20. A deluge of great debuts from The Late Show (obscure 50’s revivalists), Scots rockers Nazareth (back after 2 years away), The Pretenders (American darling rock journo Chrissie Hynde Sandie Shaw-ing beautifully over a Ray Davies Kinks song. They had more than musical admiration going on….), The Doobie Brothers, (back after 5 years for a final attempt at a UK hit with Michael McDonald in tow), Boney (last Nightflight To Venus single, 60’s cover), The Skids (now THAT’S how do you do punk-chanting pop properly!), Lene Lovich (bizarrely-phrased whacky American new wave pop). And The Dooleys. 1 ( 1 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 2 ( 2 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 3 ( 3 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 4 ( 37 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 5 ( 4 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 6 ( 19 ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 7 ( 5 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 8 ( 21 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 9 ( 42 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 10 ( 10 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 11 ( 8 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 12 ( 9 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 13 ( 6 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 14 ( 7 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 15 ( 49 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 16 ( 12 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 17 ( 11 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 18 ( 60 ) GET IT Darts 19 ( 14 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 20 ( 20 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 21 ( 16 ) LE FREAK Chic 22 ( 24 ) KING ROCKER Generation X 23 ( 13 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 24 ( 18 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 25 ( 26 ) AIN'T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart 26 ( 15 ) DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA The Shadows 27 ( 30 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 28 ( 17 ) COOL MEDITATION Third World 29 ( 34 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 30 ( 22 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 31 ( 25 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 32 ( 23 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 33 ( 28 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 34 ( 38 ) (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb 35 ( 27 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 36 ( 33 ) TAKE OUT ON THE WORLD Judas Priest 37 ( 31 ) SIR DANCEALOT Olympic Runners 38 ( NEW ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 39 ( 32 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 40 ( 29 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 41 ( 40 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 42 ( 39 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 43 ( 43 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 44 ( 44 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 45 ( 35 ) JE SUIS MUSIC Cerrone 46 ( NEW ) MAY THE SUN SHINE Nazareth 47 ( 36 ) THIS IS IT Dan Hartman 48 ( 41 ) CAR 67 Driver 67 49 ( 57 ) SOUND OF THE SUBURBS The Members 50 ( 50 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 51 ( 47 ) SHAKE IT Ian Matthews 52 ( NEW ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 53 ( NEW ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 54 ( 46 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 55 ( 45 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 56 ( 48 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 57 ( 55 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 58 ( NEW ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 59 ( 56 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 60 ( 71 ) SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Clout 61 ( 53 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 62 ( 59 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 63 ( 63 ) MILK AND ALCOHOL Dr. Feelgood 64 ( NEW ) QUE TAL AMERICA 2 Man Sound 65 ( 62 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Diana Ross & Michael Jackson 66 ( 51 ) EVERYBODY IS A STAR The Pointer Sisters 67 ( NEW ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 68 ( NEW ) DOCTOR DOCTOR UFO 69 ( 67 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 70 ( 68 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 71 ( NEW ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 72 ( NEW ) HONEY I'M LOST The Dooleys 73 ( 61 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE The Three Degrees 74 ( 69 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 75 ( 70 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind TV 1 The Unrecorded Jasper carrott 2 The Christmas Video Show 3 MASH 4 In The Heat Of The Night (film) 5 Kenny Evertt Video Show 6 Morecambe & Wise Show 7 Fawlty Towers 8 Wonder Woman 9 Top Of The Pops 10 Mork & Mindy This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 6th February 2014, 08:08 PM |
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6th February 2014, 07:57 PM
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28th Feb 1979
After 3 weeks at 2 Abba finally topple Blondie with the delectably sweet Chiquitita, Abba's 9th consecutive chart-topper and 10th in all, with another 6 Top 40 hits sprinkled about too. Toto also finally get moving into the Top 20 after several weeks, rocktastic, and The Baby's get their 2nd Top 20 with the dramatically fab Every Time I Think Of You. Nazereth rocket up to 19, The Doobie's 22 and two mega-famous rock classics enter at 23 and 25 for Meatloaf and Queen, making for a very Rock-biased chart. Herbie Hancock gets his 2nd jazz-disco vocoder hit (these days they call it autotune and it's obligatory for singers who can't sing in tune, then it was more optional...) Meanwhile Lene Lovich keeps up the New Wave flag Top 40, along with Elvis Costello going Top 10. Soul and dancefunk new entries from the hot The Real Thing force-ing their way in, Donna Summer popping in Heaven Knows, and The Ritchie Family back again 4 years after debuting with Brazil, and doing a disco medley in '76, with one of the cheesiest eurodisco non-hits (in the UK). It's great fun though! The Pointer Sisters drop out with Everybody Is A Star - and also enter with Bruce Springsteen's Fire, and a much better record it is too. Class. As is the lovely Lotta Love just behind it, an American hit even if the UK was too cool for ballads for the most part in 1979. TV? Doctor Who re-asserts itself over newcomer Blake's 7, TOTP sounds fab (it was a great year for music), David Attenborough's classic Life On earth was fresh and new and ground-breaking, and Robin Williams was still funny. 1 ( 2 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 2 ( 1 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 3 ( 4 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 4 ( 8 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 5 ( 9 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 6 ( 3 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 7 ( 15 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 8 ( 20 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 9 ( 5 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 10 ( 7 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 11 ( 6 ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 12 ( 18 ) GET IT Darts 13 ( 10 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 14 ( 27 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 15 ( 12 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 16 ( 29 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 17 ( 25 ) AIN'T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart 18 ( 13 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 19 ( 46 ) MAY THE SUN SHINE Nazareth 20 ( 14 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 21 ( 11 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 22 ( 53 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 23 ( NEW ) BAT OUT OF HELL Meatloaf 24 ( 24 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 25 ( NEW ) DON'T STOP ME NOW Queen 26 ( 17 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 27 ( 21 ) LE FREAK Chic 28 ( 19 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 29 ( RE ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 30 ( 16 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 31 ( 22 ) KING ROCKER Generation X 32 ( 71 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 33 ( NEW ) HOT SHOT Karen Young 34 ( 26 ) DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA The Shadows 35 ( 31 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 36 ( 33 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 37 ( 23 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 38 ( 34 ) (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb 39 ( 49 ) SOUND OF THE SUBURBS The Members 40 ( 30 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 41 ( 28 ) COOL MEDITATION Third World 42 ( 36 ) TAKE OUT ON THE WORLD Judas Priest 43 ( 52 ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 44 ( 43 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 45 ( 44 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 46 ( 32 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 47 ( 39 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 48 ( 41 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 49 ( 42 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 50 ( 38 ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 51 ( 35 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 52 ( 58 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 53 ( 60 ) SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Clout 54 ( 37 ) SIR DANCEALOT Olympic Runners 55 ( 50 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 56 ( NEW ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 57 ( 40 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 58 ( 45 ) JE SUIS MUSIC Cerrone 59 ( 67 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 60 ( 47 ) THIS IS IT Dan Hartman 61 ( 72 ) HONEY I'M LOST The Dooleys 62 ( 57 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 63 ( RE ) WEEKEND Mick Jackson 64 ( 48 ) CAR 67 Driver 67 65 ( 59 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 66 ( 63 ) MILK AND ALCOHOL Dr. Feelgood 67 ( NEW ) HEAVEN KNOWS Donna Summer 68 ( 56 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 69 ( 54 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 70 ( 62 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 71 ( 51 ) SHAKE IT Ian Matthews 72 ( NEW ) AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 73 ( 55 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 74 ( NEW ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 75 ( NEW ) LOTTA LOVE Nicolette Larson TV 1 Soap 2 Mork & Mindy 3 Top Of The Pops 4 Doctor Who 5 Wonder Woman 6 Blake's 7 7 Life On Earth 8 The Dick Emery Show 9 Tomorrow's World 10 Olivia This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 10th February 2014, 07:40 PM |
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15th March 2014, 09:46 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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7th March 1979
A visit to Kettering around now, mate Alan’s 21st birthday party do with our gang of College friends. His girlfriend was holding all our coats when we went in, she and Alan exchanged words, and she dropped the lot on the floor. Funny. Alan’s brother was a club DJ, which impressed me no end, and made me a little envious. Kettering, though, errr, not that exciting. Second week at the top for delicious Abba, holding off 3 UK number one singles! Elvis Costello finally gets a Top 5 hit, and The Skids positively rocket into the valley of the Top 10 from 59. My sort of New Wave: Catchy and up tempo! Toto finally get into the 10, The Real Thing continue their 7-year-run of hits (Vicious Circle in 1972 being the first - well, if I’d allowed none-charting hits in my chart (I bought the single). New entries: the gorgeous Chic at 17. Nile Rodgers you know. Nuff said. The Cars follow-up at 29 with another quirky rocktastic cool track. David Essex show tunes his way to 39, a bit military-style, and quite exciting in production. I almost always really liked his minor hits in the 70’s, often off-the-wall and interesting. Under-rated as a songwriter too. Lower down, The Sex Pistols cover Eddie Cochran and become a novelty act, sort of. Neil Diamond’s back with his last decent poppy song, Foreigner sneak in, and Thin Lizzy riff it up at 75. Reggae from Dennis Brown, Violins from ELO’s Violinski, and Gary’s Gang keep on dancing. Sadly, not the much better Bay City Rollers cover of the American 60’s pop hit. 1 ( 1 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 2 ( 3 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 3 ( 2 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 4 ( 4 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 5 ( 7 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 6 ( 5 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 7 ( 59 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 8 ( 8 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 9 ( 6 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 10 ( 14 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 11 ( 22 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 12 ( 32 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 13 ( 56 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 14 ( 16 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 15 ( 10 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 16 ( 9 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 17 ( NEW ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 18 ( 12 ) GET IT Darts 19 ( 11 ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 20 ( 23 ) BAT OUT OF HELL Meatloaf 21 ( 15 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 22 ( 29 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 23 ( 13 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 24 ( 52 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 25 ( 25 ) DON'T STOP ME NOW Queen 26 ( 20 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 27 ( 17 ) AIN'T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart 28 ( 18 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 29 ( NEW ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 30 ( 24 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 31 ( 19 ) MAY THE SUN SHINE Nazareth 32 ( 43 ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 33 ( 39 ) SOUND OF THE SUBURBS The Members 34 ( 27 ) LE FREAK Chic 35 ( 61 ) HONEY I'M LOST The Dooleys 36 ( 21 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 37 ( 67 ) HEAVEN KNOWS Donna Summer 38 ( 26 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 39 ( NEW ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 40 ( 28 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 41 ( 36 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 42 ( 33 ) HOT SHOT Karen Young 43 ( 35 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 44 ( 31 ) KING ROCKER Generation X 45 ( 30 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 46 ( 44 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 47 ( 45 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 48 ( 38 ) (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb 49 ( 34 ) DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA The Shadows 50 ( 53 ) SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Clout 51 ( 37 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 52 ( 48 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 53 ( 40 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 54 ( 49 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 55 ( 47 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 56 ( 46 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 57 ( 63 ) WEEKEND Mick Jackson 58 ( NEW ) BLUE MORNING BLUE DAY Foreigner 59 ( 55 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 60 ( NEW ) CLOG DANCE Violinski 61 ( 50 ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 62 ( 74 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 63 ( 42 ) TAKE OUT ON THE WORLD Judas Priest 64 ( 51 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 65 ( 41 ) COOL MEDITATION Third World 66 ( 62 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 67 ( NEW ) MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown 68 ( 57 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 69 ( 65 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 70 ( NEW ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 71 ( 66 ) MILK AND ALCOHOL Dr. Feelgood 72 ( NEW ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 73 ( 70 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 74 ( NEW ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 75 ( NEW ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy TV 1 Kenny Everett Video Show 2 film: The Thin Man 3 Soap 4 Wonder Woman 5 Blake's 7 6 Film '79 7 Top Of The Pops 8 Fawlty Towers 9 The Rockford Files 10 The Sky At Night This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 15th March 2014, 10:07 AM |
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15th March 2014, 09:52 AM
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14th March 1979
It’s a Tragedy! Thankfully, an original Bee Gees, thunderclap-booming, frantic-paced, high-pitched falsetto-tight-pants immaculately-produced classic as opposed to that other version. Top 10: The Real Thing and Chic returning, The Doobie Brothers debuting - Listen To The Music peaked at 11 5 years earlier. Top 20: Queen, Boney M and Herbie Hancock return, The Pretenders leap in with their debut single. Note: Meatloaf peaks at 20! Will Queen (another rock classic) do the same?! Lots of big climbers, after a jolly good Top Of The Pops, just repeated in fact, and influencing new entries lower down such as the fantastic frantic, shouty, throbbing rocker from former Hawkind singer (and number one) Lemmy, Motorhead debut. Dire Straits quietly debut, grooving it at 75. I loved the cool sounds. Lizzy shoot up, they always had a knack for riffs and choruses, and by now 6 years-worth of hits. The Bristol Stomp about faces and adds a bit of 60’s-stylee fun to the 40, while new entries from US rock ballad band Firefall, 1973 reissued soft-jazz-rock classic from Steely Dan, Buzzcocks frantic new wave gem, and Kate’s mysterious moody Wow, all slip in amongst all the action. On TV Kenny Everett still ruled, just ahead of wacky Soap and the aforementioned TOTP episode. Blake’s 7 started to pick up steam as Avon started to take shape as the most popular character. I was 21, but still room for Muppets, new sci-fi movies specials, a bit of politics and superheroes. Pretty much the same as 56 then. Why change now, eh? 1 ( 2 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 2 ( 4 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 3 ( 1 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 4 ( 3 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 5 ( 7 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 6 ( 13 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 7 ( 5 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 8 ( 11 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 9 ( 17 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 10 ( 8 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 11 ( 6 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 12 ( 12 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 13 ( 10 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 14 ( 24 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 15 ( 22 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 16 ( 9 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 17 ( 14 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 18 ( 32 ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 19 ( 70 ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 20 ( 25 ) DON'T STOP ME NOW Queen 21 ( 15 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 22 ( 72 ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 23 ( 29 ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 24 ( 16 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 25 ( 35 ) HONEY I'M LOST The Dooleys 26 ( 67 ) MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown 27 ( 21 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 28 ( 39 ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 29 ( 18 ) GET IT Darts 30 ( 75 ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy 31 ( 23 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 32 ( 37 ) HEAVEN KNOWS Donna Summer 33 ( 19 ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 34 ( 61 ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 35 ( 27 ) AIN'T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart 36 ( 26 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 37 ( 28 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 38 ( 30 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 39 ( NEW ) STRANGE WAY Firefall 40 ( 20 ) BAT OUT OF HELL Meatloaf 41 ( 34 ) LE FREAK Chic 42 ( 33 ) SOUND OF THE SUBURBS The Members 43 ( 60 ) CLOG DANCE Violinski 44 ( 41 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 45 ( NEW ) RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER Steely Dan 46 ( 31 ) MAY THE SUN SHINE Nazareth 47 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS Buzzcocks 48 ( 46 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 49 ( 47 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 50 ( 43 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 51 ( 38 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 52 ( 36 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 53 ( 40 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 54 ( 62 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 55 ( 42 ) HOT SHOT Karen Young 56 ( 59 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 57 ( 52 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 58 ( NEW ) WOW Kate Bush 59 ( 54 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 60 ( 45 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 61 ( 74 ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 62 ( 51 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 63 ( 55 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 64 ( 56 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 65 ( 53 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 66 ( 57 ) WEEKEND Mick Jackson 67 ( NEW ) OVERKILL Motorhead 68 ( 48 ) (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY Andy Gibb 69 ( 58 ) BLUE MORNING BLUE DAY Foreigner 70 ( NEW ) WARM FEELING Lindisfarne 71 ( NEW ) GREEN LIGHT Cliff Richard 72 ( 66 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 73 ( 50 ) SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Clout 74 ( 64 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 75 ( NEW ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits TV 1 Kenny Everett Video Show 2 Soap 3 Blake's 7 4 Top Of The Pops 5 Mork & Mindy 6 Fawlty Towers 7 The Muppet Show 8 Arena: Cinema: Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 9 Tonight (Thursday) - politics/news 10 Wonder Woman This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 15th March 2014, 10:15 AM |
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16th March 2014, 10:02 AM
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21st March 1979
2nd week on top for Tragedy. Toto about face and Hold The Line at 4, and jolly good too! Herbie Hancock vocodes his way into the Top 10 - if only he knew the horrors he would be unleashing on 21st Century pop when they changed the name to autotune. Sort of. Buzzcocks make it 4 out 4 Top 30 hits, Kate makes it 3 out of 4 Top 40 (and 4 out of 4 Top 75), but it’s the new entries for the news: Roxy Music are back after 3 years with Trash. Not trash, mind you, though hardly of the same standard as classic Roxy, but glad to have them back! In The Navy comes on a recruitment drive - I know I signed up. Actually, it put me off, if anything! The Jam are back as usual with a low entry, but the standard of singles was climbing with each release. Can’t say the same for The Clash, back with the English Civil War, more of a message than a pop song. Lastly, Manfred’s back with You Angel You, a decent single and minor hit, for over a decade of chart hits. TV? Still Kenny Everett topping, MASH still quipping, and Eurovision preps it’s way in. I have no idea what Of Mycenae And Men was about, but it’s either very helpful to my Greek & Roman Lit studies at Uni or a sitcom I’ve utterly forgotten….answers please….! 1 ( 1 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 2 ( 2 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 3 ( 9 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 4 ( 13 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 5 ( 5 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 6 ( 3 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 7 ( 4 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 8 ( 15 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 9 ( 8 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 10 ( 6 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 11 ( 19 ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 12 ( 7 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 13 ( 14 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 14 ( 18 ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 15 ( 10 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 16 ( 23 ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 17 ( 11 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 18 ( 28 ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 19 ( 30 ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy 20 ( 22 ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 21 ( 12 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 22 ( 16 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 23 ( 26 ) MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown 24 ( 34 ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 25 ( 25 ) HONEY I'M LOST The Dooleys 26 ( 17 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 27 ( 21 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 28 ( 47 ) EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS Buzzcocks 29 ( 32 ) HEAVEN KNOWS Donna Summer 30 ( 39 ) STRANGE WAY Firefall 31 ( 20 ) DON'T STOP ME NOW Queen 32 ( 24 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 33 ( 27 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 34 ( 29 ) GET IT Darts 35 ( 58 ) WOW Kate Bush 36 ( 31 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 37 ( 43 ) CLOG DANCE Violinski 38 ( 36 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 39 ( 75 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 40 ( NEW ) TRASH Roxy Music 41 ( 35 ) AIN'T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart 42 ( 41 ) LE FREAK Chic 43 ( 38 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 44 ( 37 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 45 ( 45 ) RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER Steely Dan 46 ( 61 ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 47 ( 56 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 48 ( 44 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 49 ( 49 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 50 ( 48 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 51 ( 33 ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 52 ( 70 ) WARM FEELING Lindisfarne 53 ( 40 ) BAT OUT OF HELL Meatloaf 54 ( 54 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 55 ( 50 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 56 ( 42 ) SOUND OF THE SUBURBS The Members 57 ( NEW ) IN THE NAVY The Village People 58 ( NEW ) STRANGE TOWN The Jam 59 ( 57 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 60 ( 51 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 61 ( 46 ) MAY THE SUN SHINE Nazareth 62 ( 59 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 63 ( 52 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 64 ( 53 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 65 ( 55 ) HOT SHOT Karen Young 66 ( NEW ) YOU ANGEL YOU Manfred Mann's Earthband 67 ( 67 ) OVERKILL Motorhead 68 ( 60 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 69 ( 63 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 70 ( NEW ) TURN THE MUSIC UP Player's Association 71 ( 71 ) GREEN LIGHT Cliff Richard 72 ( 62 ) EVERY NIGHT Phoebe Snow 73 ( 64 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 74 ( 65 ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 75 ( NEW ) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR The Clash TV 1 Kenny Everett Video Show 2 Fawlty Towers 3 MASH 4 Of Mycenae And Men 5 Film Review 6 Top Of The Pops 7 Blake's 7 8 Eurovision Preview Part 1 9 Wonder Woman 10 The Practise This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 16th March 2014, 10:18 AM |
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16th March 2014, 10:10 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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28th March 1979
Inevitably, Gloria Gaynor gets to number one, having had two previous chart-toppers, and by virtue of this being a powerful self-affirming statement for messed-around women. One of only 2 singles my mum ever bought (along with Robin Gibb’s Saved By The Bell), she was partying at home while I was away and dad was still commuting daily to RAF Swinderby. It’s fair to say, it’s become a bit of a classic, and I certainly loved it for the first 25 years afterwards. Then I started partying hard in 2001 and the week-in week-out exposure to it on dozens of cliched pub compilations proved too much to bear (much the same as YMCA). I need a break from it for a decade please! David Essex gets his 9th Top 10 in 6 years, nearly all of them written by himself, and all quite varied and quirkily appealing. Sex Pistols get only their 2nd Top 10 (though the balance gets redressed with re-issues of earlier tracks eventually), and Kate Bush shoots up to 13. Wow! The Late Show push Bristol to 14, the Village People push the navy to 26, and Motorhead overkill it at 31. Inner City are the highest new entry at 35, not sounding anything like their reggae 90’s smash hits, including the theme song to that cops show (Bad Boys). Talking of Themes, Art Garfunkel’s back 5 years after his first solo hits, with a film tune: Mike Batt’s bunny wabbits, ahahahahaha wascally wabbits. That’ll be Watership Down then. It’s very sweet. Squeeze at last get a breakthrough big follow-up to Take Me I’m Yours, the laddy fab Cool For Cats. Rocky Sharpe’s Iminimininimiiniminimagination, or something like that, saunters catchily in, and Racey chase some girls. Well as they say, some girls will, some girls won’t, some girl’s need a lot of loving and er some girls don’t. I bet they’re still single. Happy Days pops in. It was probably one of those Suzi Quatro episodes, as The Fonz had gone from awesomely cool to wholesome wimp in the space of 2 seasons. Laverne & Shirley and a few supporting cast (and spin-offs) kept it going long enough for Ron Howard to learn directing and do some good ol movies. 1 ( 2 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 2 ( 1 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 3 ( 4 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 4 ( 3 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 5 ( 11 ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 6 ( 5 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 7 ( 6 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 8 ( 18 ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 9 ( 20 ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 10 ( 7 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 11 ( 9 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 12 ( 10 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 13 ( 35 ) WOW Kate Bush 14 ( 24 ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 15 ( 8 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 16 ( 16 ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 17 ( 12 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 18 ( 13 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 19 ( 21 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 20 ( 15 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 21 ( 23 ) MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown 22 ( 39 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 23 ( 19 ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy 24 ( 17 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 25 ( 14 ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 26 ( 57 ) IN THE NAVY The Village People 27 ( 40 ) TRASH Roxy Music 28 ( 28 ) EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS Buzzcocks 29 ( 30 ) STRANGE WAY Firefall 30 ( 22 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 31 ( 67 ) OVERKILL Motorhead 32 ( 58 ) STRANGE TOWN The Jam 33 ( 27 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 34 ( 46 ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 35 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING IS GREAT Inner Circle 36 ( 26 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 37 ( 37 ) CLOG DANCE Violinski 38 ( 31 ) DON'T STOP ME NOW Queen 39 ( 33 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 40 ( 32 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 41 ( 36 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 42 ( 34 ) GET IT Darts 43 ( 54 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 44 ( 25 ) HONEY I'M LOST The Dooleys 45 ( NEW ) BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel 46 ( 50 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 47 ( 47 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 48 ( 29 ) HEAVEN KNOWS Donna Summer 49 ( 70 ) TURN THE MUSIC UP Player's Association 50 ( 38 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 51 ( 49 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 52 ( 52 ) WARM FEELING Lindisfarne 53 ( 48 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 54 ( 42 ) LE FREAK Chic 55 ( 43 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 56 ( 44 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 57 ( NEW ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze 58 ( 59 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 59 ( 55 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 60 ( 45 ) RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER Steely Dan 61 ( 41 ) AIN'T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart 62 ( NEW ) IMAGINATION Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 63 ( 51 ) SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING Peaches & Herb 64 ( 62 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 65 ( 60 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 66 ( 66 ) YOU ANGEL YOU Manfred Mann's Earthband 67 ( 53 ) BAT OUT OF HELL Meatloaf 68 ( 75 ) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR The Clash 69 ( 64 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 70 ( 68 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 71 ( 56 ) SOUND OF THE SUBURBS The Members 72 ( 63 ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 73 ( NEW ) SOME GIRLS Racey 74 ( 69 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 75 ( 61 ) MAY THE SUN SHINE Nazareth TV 1 MASH 2 Kenny Everett Video Show 3 Soap 4 Mork And Mindy 5 Blake's 7 6 The Rockford Files 7 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8 Top Of The Pops 9 Fawlty Towers 10 Happy Days This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 16th March 2014, 10:25 AM |
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17th April 2014, 08:30 PM
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3rd April 1979
2nd week for Gloria Surviving on top, Gary’s Gang for some inexplicable reason go up to 3, and David Essex a little flattered at 5. Fortunately the troops were charging in and up to the top: Kate up to 7, Dire Straits to 10, Art Garfunkel shooting up to 16 and Squeeze to 32. The new entries were sudddenly in a rush, and loads of them sudden returns to form after a few years of middling chart entries: Supertramp in at 17 with the charming Logical Song, having always done better in my charts than the singles chart, this was their biggest since Dreamer hit 2 in 1975. The Three Degrees made it 2 credible Giorgio Moroder tracks in a row, this possibly being their best ever single, The Runner, all hi-energy and excitement at 19. Wings, quirky and Paul melodically on form, one of his most playful and retro 40’s tracks, in at 23. In those days, as Douglas Adams commented, Macca could easily drop a tune good enough to buy a small county with the proceeds, seemingly at will. The Jacksons were back with a great disco record at 25, and Sister Sledge, all grown-up and Chic-ified, Nile Rodgers-stylee, were demonstrating they really were family and in the disco groove 4 years after the Jackson 5-esque Mama Never Told Me. Spot the link there... Lower down, Anne Murray follows up a great ballad with another good one; Frank Mills enters with US instrumental hit much-used as backdrop to many a TV item, without ever getting to be a hit, sadly; Gonzales get a latin-flavoured dance hit with a Gloria Jones song. I was very much still in mourning for the much-missed Marc Bolan, so was predisposed to like the song, Gloria being his partner and all. At least until it was destroyed by Pat & Mick ten years later. George Harrison joins fellow Ex-Beatle Paul with one of his lesser songs, Blow Away at 71, Black Lace debut with their UK Eurovision effort. Certainly was an effort, too. As was Sham ’69 at 73. Happily, The Beach Boys were re-doing an old song of theirs, spruced it up and released it to the current vogue. That’ll be disco. At least it got them back into the charts, and the album it came off L.A. (Light Album) had much better tracks on it, back on form. In my life, still at College, still taking lots of photos, b&w and colour, screen printing, doing assignments, and living in digs, cycling about on my girlie bicycle with no lights. Turned out expensive that, as the Police decided to stop me one dark late evening, after visiting friends. It was a road where a 3rd year student had been beaten up so I really wasn’t keen on walking. The Policeman took the view that I needed teaching a lesson, as I had to say I was a student at the teacher training college. So he did me, got fined and the git also turned up at my digs while I was out at breakfast sunday morning to scare the family I had a room with (17-year-old girl thought it was cool, her mother less so and reported me to the College as she thought I was doing drugs). What a palaver! I hadn’t even SEEN drugs in my life, pah! Hey ho, TV was great this week, the final episode of Blake’s 7 first season (fab), 3-part TV miniseries King (fab), Mork & Mindy pilot episode repeat, and the Marx Brothers at their best “A Night At The Opera”. Not to mention Eurovision and our rubbish entry. 1 ( 1 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 2 ( 2 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 3 ( 5 ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 4 ( 3 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 5 ( 8 ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 6 ( 4 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 7 ( 13 ) WOW Kate Bush 8 ( 9 ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 9 ( 7 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 10 ( 22 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 11 ( 12 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 12 ( 6 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 13 ( 26 ) IN THE NAVY The Village People 14 ( 10 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 15 ( 11 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 16 ( 45 ) BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel 17 ( NEW ) THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp 18 ( 21 ) MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown 19 ( NEW ) THE RUNNER The Three Degrees 20 ( 15 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 21 ( 16 ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 22 ( 17 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 23 ( NEW ) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Wings 24 ( 34 ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 25 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) The Jacksons 26 ( 28 ) EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS Buzzcocks 27 ( NEW ) HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER Sister Sledge 28 ( 14 ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 29 ( 18 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 30 ( 19 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 31 ( 31 ) OVERKILL Motorhead 32 ( 57 ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze 33 ( 27 ) TRASH Roxy Music 34 ( 20 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 35 ( 32 ) STRANGE TOWN The Jam 36 ( 73 ) SOME GIRLS Racey 37 ( 49 ) TURN THE MUSIC UP Player's Association 38 ( 43 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 39 ( 23 ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy 40 ( 30 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 41 ( 24 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 42 ( 25 ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 43 ( 33 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 44 ( 38 ) DON'T STOP ME NOW Queen 45 ( 62 ) IMAGINATION Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 46 ( NEW ) LET'S FLY AWAY Voyage 47 ( 39 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 48 ( 35 ) EVERYTHING IS GREAT Inner Circle 49 ( 52 ) WARM FEELING Lindisfarne 50 ( 29 ) STRANGE WAY Firefall 51 ( NEW ) I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Anne Murray 52 ( 47 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 53 ( 46 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 54 ( 36 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 55 ( 41 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 56 ( 51 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 57 ( 40 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 58 ( 66 ) YOU ANGEL YOU Manfred Mann's Earthband 59 ( 53 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 60 ( 50 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack 61 ( 54 ) LE FREAK Chic 62 ( 37 ) CLOG DANCE Violinski 63 ( 58 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 64 ( 55 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 65 ( NEW ) MUSIC BOX DANCER Frank Mills 66 ( NEW ) LIVING IT UP (FRIDAY NIGHT) Bell & James 67 ( 42 ) GET IT Darts 68 ( NEW ) HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Gonzales 69 ( 59 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 70 ( 56 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 71 ( NEW ) BLOW AWAY George Harrison 72 ( NEW ) MARY ANN Black Lace 73 ( NEW ) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sham '69 74 ( 64 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 75 ( NEW ) HERE COMES THE NIGHT The Beach Boys TV 1 Blake's 7 2 King 3 Mork & Mindy 4 A Night At The Opera" 5 Kenny Everett Video Show 6 Mork & Mindy 7 Rhoda 8 Eurovision Song Contest 9 The Rockford Files 10 Top Of The Pops 11 Q8 12 Disney Time 13 Wonder Woman 14 Film Night '79 15 Life On Earth This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 17th April 2014, 08:36 PM |
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18th April 2014, 11:55 AM
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10th April 1979
3 weeks Gloria-ously on top. Dire Straits? Not at all, swinging up to the runners-up spot. Kate into the Top 5 for 3 out of 3, and Art Garfunkel gets his 4th solo Top 10. The Village People campaign for the forces at 10 (yeah right!) and new entry at 16 for M, the timeless, poptastic synth delight of Pop Muzik. Does what it says on the label! M is really a solo act, Robin Scott. Motorhead get a sudden rush to 18 with the under-rated Overkill. It was a template they perfected a year later with Ace Of Spades, but the manic thrash was sooo exciting. Squeeze up to 19, never less than intelligent, witty and melodic, cleverness not always appreciated in pop, but Glen & Chris have it, and Jools is of course an institution these days. Eurovision: the right song won and enters at 41, a still-fab singalong effort from Israel. This week also one for TV spectacles with the BRITS and Oscars on telly. Siouxsie & co climb some stairs, at 44, and the Members pop back with some cynical reggae - totally in favour of anyone highlighting the rich tax-dodging tosspots who take and take and think they don’t have to donate the same proportion of their vast riches as the poor members of society. You know the ones, running the world cos money is power. Finally, a delightful follow-up for Rachel Sweet, Showaddywaddy starting to run out of 50’s steam, and a 60’s soul classic all disco and sparkly from Amii Stewart. I know nothing of the mass-murdering Ghengis at the bottom of the chart, I think it was a disco number in the style of Rasputin. Google calling! 1 ( 1 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 2 ( 10 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 3 ( 2 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 4 ( 7 ) WOW Kate Bush 5 ( 6 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 6 ( 3 ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 7 ( 17 ) THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp 8 ( 16 ) BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel 9 ( 4 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 10 ( 13 ) IN THE NAVY The Village People 11 ( 5 ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 12 ( 25 ) SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) The Jacksons 13 ( 19 ) THE RUNNER The Three Degrees 14 ( 27 ) HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER Sister Sledge 15 ( 23 ) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Wings 16 ( NEW ) POP MUZIK M 17 ( 9 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 18 ( 31 ) OVERKILL Motorhead 19 ( 32 ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze 20 ( 11 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 21 ( 8 ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 22 ( 14 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 23 ( 35 ) STRANGE TOWN The Jam 24 ( 15 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 25 ( 24 ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 26 ( 12 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 27 ( 37 ) TURN THE MUSIC UP Player's Association 28 ( 30 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 29 ( 22 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 30 ( 21 ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 31 ( 36 ) SOME GIRLS Racey 32 ( 38 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 33 ( 18 ) MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown 34 ( 20 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 35 ( 46 ) LET'S FLY AWAY Voyage 36 ( 45 ) IMAGINATION Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 37 ( 39 ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy 38 ( 26 ) EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS Buzzcocks 39 ( 58 ) YOU ANGEL YOU Manfred Mann's Earthband 40 ( 51 ) I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Anne Murray 41 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH Milk And Honey featuring Gali Atari 42 ( 29 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 43 ( 40 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 44 ( NEW ) THE STAIRCASE (MYSTERY) Siouxsie & The Banshees 45 ( 34 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 46 ( 33 ) TRASH Roxy Music 47 ( 43 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 48 ( NEW ) OFFSHORE BANKING BUSINESS The Members 49 ( 28 ) THE BRISTOL STOMP The Late Show 50 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Kandidate 51 ( 41 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 52 ( 68 ) HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Gonzales 53 ( 47 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 54 ( 53 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 55 ( 52 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 56 ( NEW ) REMEMBER THEN Showaddywaddy 57 ( 56 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 58 ( 66 ) LIVING IT UP (FRIDAY NIGHT) Bell & James 59 ( 71 ) BLOW AWAY George Harrison 60 ( 65 ) MUSIC BOX DANCER Frank Mills 61 ( 44 ) DON'T STOP ME NOW Queen 62 ( 42 ) STOP YOUR SOBBING The Pretenders 63 ( 75 ) HERE COMES THE NIGHT The Beach Boys 64 ( 55 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 65 ( NEW ) KNOCK ON WOOD Amii Stewart 66 ( 61 ) LE FREAK Chic 67 ( 63 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 68 ( NEW ) I GO TO PIECES Rachel Sweet 69 ( 59 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 70 ( 50 ) STRANGE WAY Firefall 71 ( 73 ) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sham '69 72 ( NEW ) GHENGIS KHAN Ghengis Khan 73 ( 54 ) EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU The Baby's 74 ( 57 ) DESIRE ME A Doll 75 ( 60 ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams' Original Soundtrack TV 1 Soap 2 Kenny Everett Video Show 3 Wings Over The World 4 Mork & Mindy 5 Mardi Gras 6 Barney Miller 7 The Practise 8 The Turin Shroud 9 Top Of The Pops 10 Rhoda 11 Life On Earth 12 Q8 13 Porridge 14 British Rock & Pop Awards 15 51st Oscars This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 18th April 2014, 12:01 PM |
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18th April 2014, 12:18 PM
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QUOTE(popchartfreak @ Apr 18 2014, 11:55 AM)  10th April 1979 I know nothing of the mass-murdering Ghengis at the bottom of the chart, I think it was a disco number in the style of Rasputin. Google calling! 72 ( NEW ) GHENGIS KHAN Ghengis Khan John, it's German Eurovision participant in this year. They were on the 4th place. Yes, it's a disco and very similar sound with Boney M classic. Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan The song was written and produced by famous Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger. Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he has participated with 21 songs so far, the latest being the 2013 Sammarinese entry "Crisalide" by Valentina Monetta. In 1982, Siegel's and Bernd Meinunger's song "Ein bißchen Frieden" (A Little Peace), performed by Nicole won the Contest and became a hit in Europe. In Australia in 1980, Dschinghis Khan's single "Moscow" (the English-language version of their song Moskau) topped the charts and remained No.1 for six weeks. |
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18th April 2014, 01:05 PM
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17th April 1979
Back at home in mansfield for the Easter Holidays and lots of TV specials, headed by the annual event of Jesus Christ Superstar - chock full of great songs, Rice & Lloyd Webber at their best, and rock-biased which suits me fine. Abba In Switzerland is one I’d half-forgotten, and One I’d very much like to get hold of now! Back in the charts, and a new number 1 - Supertramp go one better than Dreamer managed in 1975. I did love it, though I didn’t actually buy the single until on holiday in California later in the year - lots of tales to come! Bright Eyes rabbiting on at 2, but Three Degrees running upwards and chasing Pop Muzik - who will win? The Bee Gees were back, a melodic ballad this time, but the 2-year-run of brilliance had ebbed just slightly with this one. Chris Montez led an inrush of 50’s and early 60’s rock n roll classics, in for the second time at 23 (peaked at 3 in 1972 on it’s first re-issue). The singles had been issued on picture disc, styled with 50’s American cars, and sold enough to chart in most cases. Although I wasn’t around at the time, the big hits really were quite well-known 20 years later, Radio 1 in those days being happy to play lots of oldies in between newies. The Sex Pistols were back, well, minus Johnny, Sid & self-respect by now. The record was OK, though, and it was a better career move than Sid’s (heroin, murder and suicide). Oddly, no-one’s ever suggested not playing Sex Pistols records on the TV or radio. Apparently, murdering your girlfriend is more acceptable than groping a woman on the leg, such a heinous crime that merely being accused of it warrants financial ruin, banning from the airwaves and reputation-destroying. We live in perverted media morality times.... Among the welcomed oldies, Bobby Darrin and his fab Dream Lover, the Drifters, Johnny Tillotson, and The Teddy Bears (another girlfriend-murderer, I believe, behind this one, to continue the theme). Two early 70’s chart-topperers return with disco beats: Mike Oldfield being Guilty, and Sparks aiming to be Number One Song In Heaven. Sparks get the coolness points, as it’s Giorgio Moroder and pretty much heralding in the sign of the future, synth beats. Fab to have them back, it was. 1 ( 7 ) THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp 2 ( 8 ) BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel 3 ( 1 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 4 ( 2 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 5 ( 16 ) POP MUZIK M 6 ( 4 ) WOW Kate Bush 7 ( 13 ) THE RUNNER The Three Degrees 8 ( 3 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 9 ( 12 ) SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) The Jacksons 10 ( 15 ) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Wings 11 ( 14 ) HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER Sister Sledge 12 ( 10 ) IN THE NAVY The Village People 13 ( 6 ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 14 ( 5 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 15 ( 19 ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze 16 ( 27 ) TURN THE MUSIC UP Player's Association 17 ( 9 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 18 ( 23 ) STRANGE TOWN The Jam 19 ( NEW ) LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT The Bee Gees 20 ( 20 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 21 ( 17 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 22 ( 11 ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 23 ( NEW ) LET'S DANCE Chris Montez 24 ( 22 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 25 ( 21 ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 26 ( 31 ) SOME GIRLS Racey 27 ( 52 ) HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Gonzales 28 ( 41 ) HALLELUJAH Milk And Honey featuring Gali Atari 29 ( 32 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 30 ( 35 ) LET'S FLY AWAY Voyage 31 ( 28 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 32 ( 24 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 33 ( 18 ) OVERKILL Motorhead 34 ( 25 ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 35 ( 40 ) I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Anne Murray 36 ( 50 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Kandidate 37 ( NEW ) SILLY THING The Sex Pistols 38 ( 29 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 39 ( 48 ) OFFSHORE BANKING BUSINESS The Members 40 ( 65 ) KNOCK ON WOOD Amii Stewart 41 ( 56 ) REMEMBER THEN Showaddywaddy 42 ( 26 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 43 ( 44 ) THE STAIRCASE (MYSTERY) Siouxsie & The Banshees 44 ( 36 ) IMAGINATION Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 45 ( 34 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 46 ( 37 ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy 47 ( 33 ) MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown 48 ( 55 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 49 ( 30 ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 50 ( 39 ) YOU ANGEL YOU Manfred Mann's Earthband 51 ( 47 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 52 ( 54 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 53 ( 71 ) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sham '69 54 ( NEW ) DREAM LOVER/ MAC THE KNIFE Bobby Darrin 55 ( 43 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 56 ( NEW ) GUILTY Mike Oldfield 57 ( 57 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 58 ( 53 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 59 ( 68 ) I GO TO PIECES Rachel Sweet 60 ( 63 ) HERE COMES THE NIGHT The Beach Boys 61 ( NEW ) SWEET LOI LOUISE Iron Horse 62 ( 38 ) EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS Buzzcocks 63 ( NEW ) HOORAY IT'S A HOLI HOLIDAY Boney M 64 ( 60 ) MUSIC BOX DANCER Frank Mills 65 ( 45 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 66 ( 51 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 67 ( NEW ) I LOVE THE MUSIC Freefall 68 ( NEW ) SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME The Drifters 69 ( NEW ) POETRY IN MOTION Johnny Tillotson 70 ( 42 ) PAINTER MAN Boney M 71 ( NEW ) VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Generation X 72 ( NEW ) DOUBLE LOVE Cracking 73 ( 58 ) LIVING IT UP (FRIDAY NIGHT) Bell & James 74 ( NEW ) THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN HEAVEN Sparks 75 ( NEW ) TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM The Teddy Bears TV 1 Jesus Christ Superstar 2 Parkinson's Best 3 Didn't Quite Make It Video Show 4 Mork & Mindy 5 Abba In Switzerland 6 Q8 7 Barney Miller 8 You Only Live Twice 9 Rhoda 10 Top Of THe Pops 11 The Practise 12 Mary Hartman Mary Hartman 13 The Rockford Files 14 Fantasy Island 15 Blue Peter This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 18th April 2014, 01:38 PM |
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18th April 2014, 01:09 PM
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QUOTE(AlexRange @ Apr 18 2014, 01:18 PM) John, it's German Eurovision participant in this year. They were on the 4th place. Yes, it's a disco and very similar sound with Boney M classic. Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan The song was written and produced by famous Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger. Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he has participated with 21 songs so far, the latest being the 2013 Sammarinese entry "Crisalide" by Valentina Monetta. In 1982, Siegel's and Bernd Meinunger's song "Ein bißchen Frieden" (A Little Peace), performed by Nicole won the Contest and became a hit in Europe. In Australia in 1980, Dschinghis Khan's single "Moscow" (the English-language version of their song Moskau) topped the charts and remained No.1 for six weeks. Thanks Alex, it all comes back to me now! I think it was my second fave in that year's Eurovision! Didnt know they'd written Nicole's winner either, cheers! john |
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18th April 2014, 03:16 PM
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24th April 1979
All change, Art Garfunkel getting his 2nd Number One solo, oddly one more than the brilliant solo Paul Simon. It was sweet at the time, a bit maudlin these days. Three Degrees get their highest chart position in 5 years, and Abba pop in as the highest new entry, fresh off the Voulez Vous album, chock full of great tracks, several of them singles-worthy, including the fabulous B Side Kisses Of Fire. I was annoyed they’d gone with DYMK (a Bournemouth bar name these days) as it was about the least good track on the album, and certainly Abba’s least good single in 5 years. Squeeze get a 3rd Top 10, Sex Pistols a 4th Top 20, and The Beach Boys go Top 40 for the first time in 3 years. Eruption get a belated follow-up hit to I Can’t Stand The Rain, a good eurodisco record, George Benson jazzes his way into my charts again, Gary Moore gets a lending vocal hand from Thin Lizzy mainman Phil, Chris Rea’s back with another minor hit, Ray Stevens takes the piss out of Barry Manilow, and who’s that Iron Horse going up? It’s Randy Bachman’s new band, which explains why it sounds a lot like 1974 chart-topper You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! 1 ( 2 ) BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel 2 ( 1 ) THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp 3 ( 7 ) THE RUNNER The Three Degrees 4 ( 5 ) POP MUZIK M 5 ( 9 ) SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) The Jacksons 6 ( 10 ) GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Wings 7 ( 3 ) I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor 8 ( 4 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 9 ( 6 ) WOW Kate Bush 10 ( 15 ) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze 11 ( 11 ) HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER Sister Sledge 12 ( 8 ) TRAGEDY The Bee Gees 13 ( NEW ) DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW Abba 14 ( 12 ) IN THE NAVY The Village People 15 ( 23 ) LET'S DANCE Chris Montez 16 ( 19 ) LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT The Bee Gees 17 ( 37 ) SILLY THING The Sex Pistols 18 ( 13 ) KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang 19 ( 14 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic 20 ( 16 ) TURN THE MUSIC UP Player's Association 21 ( 27 ) HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Gonzales 22 ( 20 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE The Real Thing 23 ( 21 ) CHIQUITITA Abba 24 ( 28 ) HALLELUJAH Milk And Honey featuring Gali Atari 25 ( 17 ) HOLD THE LINE Toto 26 ( 18 ) STRANGE TOWN The Jam 27 ( 36 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Kandidate 28 ( 40 ) KNOCK ON WOOD Amii Stewart 29 ( 24 ) HEART OF GLASS Blondie 30 ( 35 ) I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Anne Murray 31 ( 25 ) SOMETHING ELSE The Sex Pistols 32 ( 22 ) IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex 33 ( 26 ) SOME GIRLS Racey 34 ( 56 ) GUILTY Mike Oldfield 35 ( 43 ) THE STAIRCASE (MYSTERY) Siouxsie & The Banshees 36 ( 39 ) OFFSHORE BANKING BUSINESS The Members 37 ( 31 ) LUCKY NUMBERS Lene Lovich 38 ( 41 ) REMEMBER THEN Showaddywaddy 39 ( 29 ) FIRE The Pointer Sisters 40 ( 60 ) HERE COMES THE NIGHT The Beach Boys 41 ( 32 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 42 ( 30 ) LET'S FLY AWAY Voyage 43 ( 38 ) OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello 44 ( 34 ) FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond 45 ( 33 ) OVERKILL Motorhead 46 ( 54 ) DREAM LOVER/ MAC THE KNIFE Bobby Darrin 47 ( 42 ) INTO THE VALLEY The Skids 48 ( 59 ) I GO TO PIECES Rachel Sweet 49 ( 53 ) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sham '69 50 ( NEW ) ONE WAY TICKET Eruption 51 ( 46 ) WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy 52 ( 52 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 53 ( 48 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 54 ( 61 ) SWEET LUI LOUISE Iron Horse 55 ( 51 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 56 ( NEW ) LOVE BALLAD George Benson 57 ( 45 ) YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock 58 ( 63 ) HOORAY IT'S A HOLI HOLIDAY Boney M 59 ( 67 ) I LOVE THE MUSIC Freefall 60 ( 57 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 61 ( 58 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 62 ( 55 ) I WAS MADE FOR DANCING Leif Garrett 63 ( NEW ) FEEL THE NEED Leif Garrett 64 ( NEW ) PARISIENNE WALKWAYS Gary Moore featuring Phil Lynnot 65 ( 69 ) POETRY IN MOTION Johnny Tillotson 66 ( 68 ) SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME The Drifters 67 ( 50 ) YOU ANGEL YOU Manfred Mann's Earthband 68 ( 74 ) THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN HEAVEN Sparks 69 ( 49 ) JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars 70 ( 72 ) DOUBLE LOVE Cracking 71 ( 66 ) CONTACT Edwin Starr 72 ( 65 ) GET DOWN Gene Chandler 73 ( NEW ) I NEED YOUR HELP BARRY MANILOW Ray Stevens 74 ( NEW ) DIAMONDS Chris Rea 75 ( 44 ) IMAGINATION Rocky Sharpe & The Replays TV 1 It'll Be Alright On The Night 2 Kenny Everett Video Show 3 Mork & Mindy 4 It's About Time 5 Defection Of Simas Kudirka 6 Top Of The Pops 7 The Rockford Files 8 Mary Hartman Mary hartman 9 Barney Miller 10 Q8 This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 18th April 2014, 03:34 PM |
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