June 8, 201312 yr Author Good evening, John "The Smurf Song" :music: I love Smurfs and most their songs. Debut for my # 1 : Renaissance - Northern Lights. Some years after it Annie Haslam (lead singer of Renaissance) will have the unsuccessful, but very nice single "In The Bleak Midwinter" Most intresting entry here : Maria Muldaur's good song. Never heard it before, even when I worked with 1978 retro charts. Coco, Blondie, Abba, Brotherhood Of Man - everything is a classic retro pop for me. Thanks Alex, I obviously liked the Smurfs at the time too:) I suppose it's kinda cute :lol: Northern Lights entered my chart early on, then went much higher after radio picked up on it and it became a hit. I'm still going to check out that Annie song when Ive a spare moment to go through your links in your number one charts B-) Maria Muldaur was great. She had a marvellous 1974 record called Midnight At The Oasis and some decent follow-ups such as Gringo In Mexico. Glad you found one you didnt know! cheers john
June 9, 201312 yr JUNE 1978 3rd JUNE chart CA PLANE POUR MOI Plastic Bertrand 3 1 1 2 NICE 'N' SLEAZY The Stranglers 5 5 6 15 Looks like you've been a rebel young man, John! :D DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN Manfred Mann's Earthband 10 9 5 3 Oh thank you for this! This period was absolutely brilliant for MMEB. Fantastic song! OLE OLA Rod Stewart 29 28 34 53 You haven't been prepared for the World Cup, John! :D I know England missed Argentina in '78, but Scotland was great... in their last out of three matches (had they played that quality football from the beginning...) ROSALIE Thin Lizzy 30 34 24 25 Only 24... :( Thin Lizzy have been so good... Perhaps my favourite band of the period... TAKE ME I'M YOURS Squeeze 40 46 56 65 This new wave classic is one of my faves in 1978. MR BLUE SKY E.L.O. 70 74 Suppose this song is that low only because it's in the end of its chartrun... Absolutely amazing track. My fave from Out of the Blue double LP. 10th JUNE new entries PUMP IT UP Elvis Costello 31 27 19 I hope it would climb higher in July. :D Another new wave classic. MISS YOU The Rolling Stones 75 20 4 Wow, that's good! Stones made a tremenous comeback in '78 with Miss You as a single and Some Girls as an album.
June 9, 201312 yr Author Looks like you've been a rebel young man, John! :D Oh thank you for this! This period was absolutely brilliant for MMEB. Fantastic song! You haven't been prepared for the World Cup, John! :D I know England missed Argentina in '78, but Scotland was great... in their last out of three matches (had they played that quality football from the beginning...) Only 24... :( Thin Lizzy have been so good... Perhaps my favourite band of the period... This new wave classic is one of my faves in 1978. Suppose this song is that low only because it's in the end of its chartrun... Absolutely amazing track. My fave from Out of the Blue double LP. I hope it would climb higher in July. :D Another new wave classic. Wow, that's good! Stones made a tremenous comeback in '78 with Miss You as a single and Some Girls as an album. Thanks Andrey, yes ELO & Squeeze had both been Top 5 earlier both bonafide number one classics & Out Of The Blue is still one of my absolute top-rated albums. I may go see Glen Tilbrook later in the year when he does Wimborne again. Thin Lizzy had some classics, my faves Dont Believe A Word and Killer On The Loose. Rosalie I liked quite a bit but there were so many others I loved more at the time B-) Yes, Scotland were all the rage in June 78, Argentine Melody was also a hit (world cup theme tune). Ole Ola wasnt really a great record though Rod was doing his best to push Scotland.... MME were great, I pretty much liked everything they did, plus I loved Manfred Mann when I was a kid. Saw the Manfred's a couple of times, great live (as are Squeeze) The Stranglers were my top punk band of the time, i always found their stuff a bit more interesting than most punk bands - at least till some went New Wave/pop. Thats not to say Sex Pistols werent awesomely energetic and vitriolic and influential, I just prefer melody if it's on offer.... :lol: Yes, Miss You was a great comeback, The Stones hadnt really done anything that impressed me since Tumbling Dice, so it was a welcome boost for them for 5 years or so, before they largely degenerated into a (brilliant) live touring greatest hits act, give or take the occasional good single. cheers! john
June 12, 201312 yr Yes, Miss You was a great comeback, The Stones hadnt really done anything that impressed me since Tumbling Dice, so it was a welcome boost for them for 5 years or so, before they largely degenerated into a (brilliant) live touring greatest hits act, give or take the occasional good single. Yep, it's hard to resist the temptation when you've got over 50 platinum albums and 30-40 years behind... :D John, if you ever bump into "The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas 1978" DVD (i believe they even released this on BlueRay), do take it! The tour followed immediately on the release of the Some Girls album. The concert is not in a stadium but a theatre and the band perform without backing singers and big production support. No horns, no special effects and the result is totally amazing!
June 12, 201312 yr Author Yep, it's hard to resist the temptation when you've got over 50 platinum albums and 30-40 years behind... :D John, if you ever bump into "The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas 1978" DVD (i believe they even released this on BlueRay), do take it! The tour followed immediately on the release of the Some Girls album. The concert is not in a stadium but a theatre and the band perform without backing singers and big production support. No horns, no special effects and the result is totally amazing! Thanks Andrey, I'd love to see them in a small venue (fat chance!) but I did catch them at Wembley Stadium on one of their mega-tours, Mick can still do the rock frontman and the back catalogue is so large you leave with a long list of great songs they didn't have time to do....! cheers! john
July 25, 201311 yr Author JULY 1978 Running a few weeks behind the Top Of The Pops repeats on the BBC, must try and catch up. No 9 weeks for Olivia & John at the top in here, it's Manfred Mann, The Motors and Clout - a bit of a South African invasion for two of them! The music scene was ab fab to coin a phrase, Stones, Kate, and oodles of other goodies at the top, and plenty of obscure non-chart stuff at the bottom. It wouldn't be 1978 without a Bee Gees song entering (Rare Earth) and pop folk was making inroads with Lindisfarne and Renaissance. Ah good days! Feel free to compare with the BBC charts of the time - mine's better. No, honestly, great records peak higher and average ones lower, and way more records enter the charts. 1st July Chart DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN Manfred Mann's Earthband 1 5 6 14 21 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 2 2 2 4 10 MISS YOU The Rolling Stones 3 8 13 24 31 CA PLANE POUR MOI Plastic Bertrand 4 7 9 16 20 AIRPORT The Motors 5 1 1 1 2 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain 6 4 3 2 3 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Kate Bush 7 3 4 10 15 RUN FOR HOME Lindisfarne 8 6 5 3 11 MAKING UP AGAIN Goldie 9 16 34 41 53 NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 10 10 15 22 25 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 11 11 16 23 26 ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE Manhattan Transfer 12 18 25 34 39 RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 13 12 14 19 19 MORE THAN A WOMAN Tavares 14 20 29 39 45 OH CAROL Smokie 15 21 30 44 56 BECAUSE THE NIGHT Patti Smith Group 16 23 38 45 50 IT SURE BRINGS OUT THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES David Soul 17 17 26 43 55 MIND BLOWING DECISIONS Heatwave 18 14 22 36 44 THE SMURF SONG Father Abraham & The Smurfs 19 32 42 47 51 ANNIE'S SONG James Galway 20 31 43 54 72 ROSALIE Thin Lizzy 21 40 51 DON'T FEAR THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 22 9 7 15 24 JUST LET ME DO MY THING Sine 23 19 24 38 48 NICE 'N' SLEAZY The Stranglers 24 39 48 28 35 PUMP IT UP Elvis Costello 25 25 47 55 74 (I'M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR) PRESENCE DEAR Blondie 26 36 44 50 58 WHAT A WASTE Ian Dury & The Blockheads 27 44 52 73 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH Meatloaf 28 46 63 BEAUTIFUL LOVER Brotherhood Of Man 29 27 41 52 71 LIKE CLOCKWORK The Boomtown Rats 30 13 8 11 12 LOVING YOU HAS MADE ME BANANAS Guy Marks 31 50 64 DISCO INFERNO The Trammps 32 26 21 35 47 LOVE IS IN THE AIR John Paul Young 33 45 53 70 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 34 42 49 49 49 LET'S ALL CHANT Michael Zager Band 35 43 50 60 66 HI-TENSION Hi-Tension 36 53 69 NEVER SAY DIE Black Sabbath 37 51 33 33 42 WILD WEST HERO E.L.O. 38 30 10 7 7 DON'T BE CRUEL Elvis Presley 39 22 20 20 32 SATISFY MY SOUL Bob Marley & The Wailers 40 38 45 42 41 THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY Darts 41 60 70 FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME Genesis 42 49 54 62 69 ARGENTINE MELODY San Jose 43 29 19 21 29 AUTOMATIC LOVER Dee D. Jackson 44 48 56 65 73 ANTHEM The New Seekers 45 33 27 25 13 5-7-0-5 City Boy 46 41 36 26 14 THEME FROM HONG KONG BEAT Richard Denton/ Martin Cook 47 55 59 67 A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP Showaddywaddy 48 28 28 31 33 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Abba 49 47 55 59 65 DENIS (DENISE) Blondie 50 54 60 68 IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ME LOVE Suzi Quatro 51 61 74 74 WOMAN OF MINE Dean Friedman 52 63 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Foreigner 53 62 75 LET'S GO DISCO The Real Thing 54 64 NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance 55 15 12 8 6 DO IT DO IT AGAIN Rafaella Carra 56 70 JACK AND JILL Raydio (Ray Parker Junior) 57 69 FROM EAST TO WEST Voyage 58 35 32 12 8 MAKE LOVE TO THE MUSIC Maria Muldaur 59 59 71 USED TA BE MY GIRL The O'Jays 60 34 18 18 23 IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING Rose Royce 61 72 STAY Jackson Browne 62 56 39 17 16 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 63 66 WUTHERING HEIGHTS Kate Bush 64 67 WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE England Dan & John Ford Coley 65 74 AB-A-NI-BI Izhar Cohen & Alpha Beta 66 I'VE HAD ENOUGH Wings 67 57 40 30 30 CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON Kansas 68 52 46 56 62 ALMOST SUMMER Celebration 69 DISCO CRAZY Jesse Green 70 out 67 71 SHE'S SO MODERN The Boomtown Rats 71 I TAKE WHAT I WANT The Bishops 72 68 ROCK AND ROLL DAMNATION AC/DC 73 58 NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY Andrew Gold 74 PROTEST SONG Neil Innes 75 75 8th July New Entries BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste Of Honey 24 23 5 5 SUBSTITUTE Clout 37 11 6 1 YOU BELONG TO ME Carly Simon 65 65 DON'T LET ANOTHER GOOD DAY GO BY Jim Rafferty 71 58 58 CALIFORNIA Rafaella Carra 73 61 53 61 15th July New Entries FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 17 9 4 LIFE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME Joe Walsh 31 13 9 FLYING HIGH The Commodores 35 32 27 MOVING OUT (ANTHONY'S SONG) Billy Joel 37 27 17 THE CLAPPING SONG Shirley Ellis 57 51 64 HOW CAN THIS BE LOVE Andrew Gold 62 40 40 THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER Trade Mark 66 66 59 WARM RIDE Rare Earth 68 48 37 COME ON DANCE DANCE Saturday Night Band 72 69 18 THE RACE IS ON Suzi Quatro 73 46 34 22nd July New Entries DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA Julie Covington 29 22 COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED Gladys Knight & The Pips 37 28 BABY IT'S ME Racey 57 43 IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG K.C. & The Sunshine Band 61 38 DON'T CARE Klark Kent (Stuart Copeland) 63 54 LOVE'S IN YOU Giorgio & Chris 64 63 TILL YOU TAKE MY LOVE Harvey Mason 72 COLD AS ICE Foreigner 75 46 29th July New Entries IS THIS A LOVE THING Raydio (Ray Parker Junior) 36 TOOK THE LAST TRAIN David Gates 52 LOVE YOU MORE Buzzcocks 57 SHA LA LA LA LEE Plastic Bertrand 60 YOU LIGHT MY FIRE Sheila B. Devotion 67 DON'T LET ME DOWN AGAIN Buckingham-Nicks 68 BABY STOP CRYING Bob Dylan 70 PRODIGAL SON Steel Pulse 75
August 3, 201311 yr Author AUGUST 1978 A rainy wet camping family holiday in Scarborough for me, and Grease-mania starting for the country. It was all about all-female Clout and their Russ Ballard song, and Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds classic with Justin Hayward, followed by lovely Renaissance and the fab 10CC (or 5CC by this time)... 5th August chart SUBSTITUTE Clout 1 1 1 3 FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 2 2 2 1 AIRPORT The Motors 3 5 11 16 NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance 4 3 3 4 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste Of Honey 5 4 9 13 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain 6 8 14 14 FROM EAST TO WEST/ SCOT'S MACHINE Voyage 7 6 12 24 LIFE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME Joe Walsh 8 7 4 5 RUN FOR HOME Lindisfarne 9 15 20 27 WILD WEST HERO E.L.O. 10 12 15 15 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 11 14 18 18 ANTHEM The New Seekers 12 9 13 12 5-7-0-5 City Boy 13 10 5 8 STAY Jackson Browne 14 13 10 19 LIKE CLOCKWORK The Boomtown Rats 15 18 22 31 MOVING OUT (ANTHONY'S SONG) Billy Joel 16 16 24 36 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA Julie Covington 17 24 31 41 COME ON DANCE DANCE Saturday Night Band 18 21 40 55 BROWN GIRL IN THE RING/RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 19 11 6 6 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Kate Bush 20 25 30 38 COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED Gladys Knight & The Pips 21 19 19 21 DON'T BE CRUEL Elvis Presley 22 36 38 49 IS THIS A LOVE THING Raydio (Ray Parker Junior) 23 34 34 52 DON'T FEAR THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 24 27 35 44 CA PLANE POUR MOI Plastic Bertrand 25 32 32 39 LOVE YOU MORE Buzzcocks 26 22 46 64 THE RACE IS ON Suzi Quatro 27 26 41 61 NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 28 28 28 30 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 29 29 29 29 DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN Manfred Mann's Earthband 30 33 33 40 HOW CAN THIS BE LOVE Andrew Gold 31 31 36 46 USED TA BE MY GIRL The O'Jays 32 38 51 65 SUPERNATURE Cerrone 33 17 17 9 FLYING HIGH The Commodores 34 45 56 67 IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG K.C. & The Sunshine Band 35 44 58 68 A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP Showaddywaddy 36 35 37 47 WARM RIDE Rare Earth 37 42 47 58 MISS YOU/ FARAWAY EYES The Rolling Stones 38 41 45 56 BABY STOP CRYING Bob Dylan 39 23 23 22 IF THE KIDS ARE UNITED Sham 69 40 20 8 10 COLD AS ICE Foreigner 41 37 25 25 BABY IT'S YOU Racey 42 61 67 NICE 'N' SLEAZY The Stranglers 43 48 54 59 ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE Manhattan Transfer 44 49 55 60 WHO ARE YOU The Who 45 30 27 23 I'VE HAD ENOUGH Wings 46 57 TOOK THE LAST TRAIN David Gates 47 55 43 48 DON'T CARE Klark Kent (Stuart Copeland) 48 43 62 73 ARGENTINE MELODY San Jose 49 63 MORE THAN A WOMAN Tavares 50 53 59 62 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 51 47 49 54 BECAUSE THE NIGHT Patti Smith Group 52 50 50 57 SHA LA LA LA LEE Plastic Bertrand 53 39 26 34 THE SMURF SONG Father Abraham & The Smurfs 54 54 65 SATISFY MY SOUL Bob Marley & The Wailers 55 69 NEVER SAY DIE Black Sabbath 56 67 DISCO INFERNO The Trammps 57 60 69 MIND BLOWING DECISIONS Heatwave 58 65 JUST LET ME DO MY THING Sine 59 66 YOU LIGHT MY FIRE Sheila B. Devotion 60 51 64 PRODIGAL SON Steel Pulse 61 72 MAKING UP AGAIN Goldie 62 LOVE'S IN YOU Giorgio & Chris 63 (I'M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR) PRESENCE DEAR Blondie 64 70 73 DON'T LET ME DOWN AGAIN Buckingham-Nicks 65 64 IT SURE BRINGS OUT THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES David Soul 66 OH CAROL Smokie 67 SIGN OF THE TIMES Bryan Ferry 68 62 53 35 THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER Trade Mark 69 COPACABANA/ SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT Barry Manilow 70 58 63 42 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Abba 71 71 66 70 LET'S ALL CHANT Michael Zager Band 72 RUN JOEY RUN Billie Davis 73 68 STEPPIN' IN A SLIDE ZONE The Moody Blues 74 NIGHT FEVER Carol Douglas 75 74 12th August new entries IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Child 40 42 33 THREE TIMES A LADY The Commodores 46 7 7 IDENTITY X-Ray Spex 52 44 43 TOP OF THE POPS The Rezillos 56 48 32 IT'S RAINING Darts 59 16 11 YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams 73 68 63 MAGIC MIND Earth, Wind & Fire 75 19th August new entries DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 21 2 FORGET ABOUT YOU The Motors 39 37 GREASE Frankie Valli 52 50 OH WHAT A CIRCUS/ HIGH FLYING ADORED David Essex 57 26 AN EVERLASTING LOVE Andy Gibb 60 28 JILTED JOHN Jilted John 61 20 GOT A FEELING Patrick Juvet 70 66 KISS YOU ALL OVER Exile 71 45 RAINING THROUGH MY SUNSHINE The Real Thing 72 51 STUFF LIKE THAT Quincy Jones 74 53 AIN'T NOTHIN' GONNA KEEP US APART Terri De Sario 75 71 26th August new entries WALK ON BY The Stranglers 17 YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 69 BRITISH HUSTLE Hi-Tension 71 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD Meatloaf 74 FM (NO STATIC AT ALL) Steely Dan 75
August 5, 201311 yr JULY 1978 Feel free to compare with the BBC charts of the time - mine's better. Absolutely, John! DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN at No.1 is surely where it should have been! I wish DON'T FEAR THE REAPER would reach No.1 too, but No.7 is also higher than it was in the BBC charts! FOREVER AUTUMN is worth No.1 too! Great choice, John!
August 5, 201311 yr Author Absolutely, John! DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN at No.1 is surely where it should have been! I wish DON'T FEAR THE REAPER would reach No.1 too, but No.7 is also higher than it was in the BBC charts! FOREVER AUTUMN is worth No.1 too! Great choice, John! Thanks Andrey, and yes Don't Fear The Reaper is a classic too - if it made the Archive Top 40 sales it would be a number one in my chart 2nd time round, it's improved with age and it was great to begin with - there were just 6 records I preferred more at the time... B-) cheers! john
September 20, 201311 yr Author SEPTEMBER 1978 I started to listen avidly to Paul Gambaccini's American countdown about this time, which is why a lot more American hits appear, and enter earlier than in the UK charts, I was also in student digs, living with a family in Lincoln for my 2nd year at College watching Star Trek re-runs, visiting my student girlie friends in their digs and soooo jealous that my best mate was in Wisconsin on a student exchange programme and they wouldnt let me go. The main reason I chose Lincoln was for that and they changed the rules so degree students weren't eligible. Boooo! Me, I instead got done by the police for riding a bike with no lights cos I was scared of getting mugged like another student had been. We were so poor we couldnt afford lights...:) Chartwise, it was all War Of The Worlds, 10CC and Abba, with a healthy dose of fab new wave and disco. Some of those acts banished by the BBC in the re-runs appear in my charts however. I can't excuse Arthur & Hylda though, it was funny, what, for a week? four weeks is unforgiveable! 2nd September chart FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 1 5 7 13 19 DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 2 1 2 1 2 SUBSTITUTE Clout 3 6 8 14 18 NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance 4 8 16 24 32 SUPERNATURE Cerrone 5 4 4 5 13 LIFE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME Joe Walsh 6 13 26 33 42 JILTED JOHN Jilted John 7 2 3 6 8 OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 8 3 5 7 9 THREE TIMES A LADY The Commodores 9 14 23 20 22 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 10 10 17 18 24 BROWN GIRL IN THE RING/RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 11 9 19 19 21 5-7-0-5 City Boy 12 17 30 35 43 WALK ON BY The Stranglers 13 21 28 34 47 IF THE KIDS ARE UNITED Sham 69 14 18 31 48 61 ANTHEM The New Seekers 15 22 32 38 44 AN EVERLASTING LOVE Andy Gibb 16 12 10 12 16 STAY Jackson Browne 17 25 37 40 45 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste Of Honey 18 23 33 42 54 COLD AS ICE Foreigner 19 29 38 49 62 IT'S RAINING Darts 20 28 34 44 55 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain 21 31 36 32 38 AIRPORT The Motors 22 32 35 37 39 KISS YOU ALL OVER Exile 23 16 12 8 11 WILD WEST HERO E.L.O. 24 35 43 43 48 BABY STOP CRYING Bob Dylan 25 33 56 71 WHO ARE YOU The Who 26 34 39 53 63 I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU Herbie Hancock 27 27 14 10 10 GREASE Frankie Valli 28 7 6 3 3 GALAXY OF LOVE Crown Heights Affair 29 19 13 11 15 COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED Gladys Knight & The Pips 30 40 61 FORGET ABOUT YOU The Motors 31 30 20 21 26 TOP OF THE POPS The Rezillos 32 26 21 27 41 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Child 33 24 18 26 34 SIGN OF THE TIMES Bryan Ferry 34 39 46 65 RUN FOR HOME Lindisfarne 35 43 53 52 60 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 36 41 42 46 52 NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 37 42 41 45 51 PICTURE THIS Blondie 38 11 9 9 14 FROM EAST TO WEST/ SCOT'S MACHINE Voyage 39 47 64 TOOK THE LAST TRAIN David Gates 40 46 65 DAVID WATTS The Jam 41 38 29 29 31 COPACABANA Barry Manilow 42 36 48 64 75 LIKE CLOCKWORK The Boomtown Rats 43 50 62 74 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Kate Bush 44 44 52 58 65 CA PLANE POUR MOI Plastic Bertrand 45 45 54 62 67 MOVING OUT (ANTHONY'S SONG) Billy Joel 46 56 DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN Manfred Mann's Earthband 47 52 66 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA Julie Covington 48 53 58 68 RAINING THROUGH MY SUNSHINE The Real Thing 49 61 SHA LA LA LA LEE Plastic Bertrand 50 DON'T FEAR THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 51 64 A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP Showaddywaddy 52 73 IDENTITY X-Ray Spex 53 37 15 31 49 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 54 58 60 60 58 HOW CAN THIS BE LOVE Andrew Gold 55 DON'T BE CRUEL Elvis Presley 56 BECAUSE THE NIGHT Patti Smith Group 57 62 MISS YOU The Rolling Stones 58 63 72 AIN'T NOTHIN' GONNA KEEP US APART Terri De Sario 59 YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 60 49 24 15 4 COME ON DANCE DANCE Saturday Night Band 61 NICE 'N' SLEAZY The Stranglers 62 69 ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE Manhattan Transfer 63 70 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Crystal Gayle 64 54 40 30 25 IS THIS A LOVE THING Raydio (Ray Parker Junior) 65 STUFF LIKE THAT Quincy Jones 66 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT (I'm so ashamed!) Arthur Mullard & Hylda Baker 67 66 63 59 70 MORE THAN A WOMAN Tavares 68 WARM RIDE Rare Earth 69 FM (NO STATIC AT ALL) Steely Dan 70 out 59 69 DON'T CARE Klark Kent (Stuart Copeland) 71 59 69 BRITISH HUSTLE Hi-Tension 72 48 25 16 20 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Abba 73 75 TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD Meatloaf 74 60 51 61 68 DON'T WANNA SAY GOODNIGHT Kandidate 75 57 44 56 9th Sept new entries SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 15 1 2 1 HONG KONG GARDENS Siouxsie & The Banshees 20 11 4 7 SHE'S GONNA WIN Bilbo 51 45 41 57 AGAIN AND AGAIN Status Quo 55 27 22 17 GOT A FEELING Patrick Juvet 65 49 54 35 LONDON TOWN Wings 67 57 39 33 DEBORAH Dave Edmunds 68 67 66 74 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO Manhattan Transfer 71 47 36 29 YOU Rita Coolidge 72 68 63 71 HOT SHOT Karen Young 74 74 16th Sept new entries SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 22 17 6 AND THE BAND PLAYED ON Flash & The Pan 50 28 27 METEOR MAN Dee D. Jackson 55 51 30 HONEY I'M RICH Raydio 73 70 66 A ROSE HAS TO DIE The Dooleys 75 47 46 23rd Sept new entries LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 23 5 DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 25 23 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 50 40 YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 55 28 MEXICAN GIRL Smokie 57 56 FOOL (IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER) Chris Rea 67 37 EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 72 72 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Leo Sayer 73 50 DON'T KILL THE WHALE Yes 75 30th Sept new entries RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 12 LUCKY STARS Dean Freidman 36 EVER FALLEN IN LOVE SOMEONE (YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE) Buzzcocks 53 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE Earth, Wind & Fire 59 COMING HOME Marshall-Hain 64 HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS Bob Seger 69 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT The Brotherhood Of Man 73 Edited September 20, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
October 9, 201311 yr Author OCTOBER 1978 Those Summer Nights were drawing in, but for me the City ones ruled as Abba had their last week at the top to be pushed out by a classic ELO single from their most classic album Out Of The Blue, and what a great album it is. Disco, of course, doing well with the now-classic You Make Me Feel at 2 and the less-classic Donna Summer version of McCarthur Park (Richard Harris has yet to chart with his superior original Jimmy Webb classic) also at 2. Gerry Rafferty's criminally ignored follow-up to Baker Street was a big US hit, and The Beatles got Sgt Pepper a belated single release and a top 10 hit (here). The last two weeks of the month made up for the rather lacklustre start for fresh new entries, as loads of classics pop out of nowhere.... 3rd October chart SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 1 2 4 4 7 YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 2 3 6 5 8 DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 3 5 7 10 13 LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 4 9 13 16 20 SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 5 4 11 8 11 GREASE Frankie Valli 6 8 12 20 24 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 7 7 5 12 18 KISS YOU ALL OVER Exile 8 20 27 36 53 OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 9 15 20 27 36 EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 10 13 3 7 16 JILTED JOHN Jilted John 11 19 23 26 37 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND/ WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS The Beatles 12 10 9 17 29 I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU Herbie Hancock 13 26 32 49 63 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Crystal Gayle 14 16 16 21 21 HONG KONG GARDENS Siouxsie & The Banshees 15 21 25 33 45 AGAIN AND AGAIN Status Quo 16 24 31 47 69 NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE Third World 17 11 10 11 14 PICTURE THIS Blondie 18 22 22 30 49 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 19 18 17 15 6 DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 20 12 19 24 32 YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 21 17 15 13 17 SUBSTITUTE Clout 22 28 28 31 41 SUPERNATURE Cerrone 23 31 38 42 51 AND THE BAND PLAYED ON Flash & The Pan 24 23 30 44 61 GALAXY OF LOVE Crown Heights Affair 25 36 44 61 FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 26 29 29 32 42 RASPUTIN Boney M 27 6 2 3 5 BROWN GIRL IN THE RING/RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 28 33 33 38 43 AN EVERLASTING LOVE Andy Gibb 29 34 42 56 70 THREE TIMES A LADY The Commodores 30 32 35 46 55 A ROSE HAS TO DIE The Dooleys 31 30 26 28 44 LUCKY STARS Dean Friedman 32 14 8 19 23 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO Manhattan Transfer 33 46 63 BRITISH HUSTLE Hi-Tension 34 42 61 75 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 35 38 40 45 52 METEOR MAN Dee D. Jackson 36 48 70 SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 37 1 1 1 1 FORGET ABOUT YOU The Motors 38 44 53 69 MEXICAN GIRL Smokie 39 27 18 14 12 NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance 40 45 46 59 67 LONDON TOWN Wings 41 51 62 74 DAVID WATTS The Jam 42 40 45 65 FOOL (IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER) Chris Rea 43 43 47 43 26 EVER FALLEN IN LOVE SOMEONE (YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE) Buzzcocks 44 25 21 18 15 AIRPORT The Motors 45 49 52 52 56 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain 46 50 51 60 68 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Leo Sayer 47 39 37 53 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Child 48 69 ANTHEM The New Seekers 49 55 64 71 LIFE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME Joe Walsh 50 62 68 72 GOT A FEELING Patrick Juvet 51 70 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE Earth, Wind & Fire 52 41 39 34 34 TOP OF THE POPS The Rezillos 53 71 5-7-0-5 City Boy 54 68 WILD WEST HERO E.L.O. 55 65 73 STAY Jackson Browne 56 66 74 NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 57 59 58 57 60 IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 58 60 59 58 59 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 59 58 57 40 48 MONTEGO BAY Sugar Cane 60 52 43 55 74 HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS Bob Seger 61 56 55 68 COMING HOME Marshall-Hain 62 57 67 39 58 WALK ON BY The Stranglers 63 HONEY I'M RICH Raydio 64 RESPECTABLE The Rolling Stones 65 54 50 37 30 IDENTITY X-Ray Spex 66 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Deniece Williams & Johnny Mathis 67 64 54 35 35 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste Of Honey 68 IT'S RAINING Darts 69 RUN FOR HOME Lindisfarne 70 74 BAMA BOOGIE WOOGIE Cleveland Eton 71 DON'T COME CLOSE The Ramones 72 63 41 62 MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT The Brotherhood Of Man 73 37 34 54 BRANDY The O'Jays 74 61 56 67 65 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE Mick Jackson 75 35 49 48 39 10th Oct new entries MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 47 14 2 4 RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 53 36 9 3 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR Stargard 67 ONE FOR YOU ONE FOR ME Jonathan King 72 24 23 19 GIVING UP GIVING IN The Three Degrees 73 48 29 27 JUKEBOX GYPSY Lindisfarne 75 17th Oct new entries HURRY UP HARRY Sham '69 60 41 28 DIPPETY DAY Father Abraham & The Smurfs 65 73 73 SANDY John Travolta 66 22 10 DON'T WALK AWAY TILL I TOUCH YOU Elaine Page 69 64 64 YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT Captain and Tennille 71 70 54 DARLIN' Frankie Miller 72 66 62 I WANT CANDY The Bishops 75 24th Oct new entries SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 6 2 DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 25 25 BRAVE NEW WORLD David Essex 50 50 PART TIME LOVE Elton John 51 33 PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 63 9 31st Oct new entries TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 22 INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 31 BICYCLE RACE Queen 38 OH WHAT A NIGHT City Boy 40 HOT CHILD IN THE CITY Nick Gilder 46 PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 47 RADIO RADIO Elvis Costello & The Attractions 57 THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND Andrew Gold 66 SHOOTING STAR Dollar 71 GET IT WHILE YOU CAN Olympic Runners 72 (I WANT TO SEE THE) BRIGHT LIGHTS Julie Covington 75
October 10, 201311 yr Author John, will you continue personal # 1 thread ? Hi Alex, yes, sorry it's been offline a bit, it takes a while to write an article and I dont get much spare time (except for the charts I do and comments on buzzjack, that's about it!) but I'm on holiday in a week and I will have my laptop and a week of lazing about in the sun - hooray! So I hope to do a batch then and move on into 1967! thanks for asking B-) cheers john
November 13, 201311 yr Author Had a request to make the charts more friendly to read, so trying it out, that means weekly charts with last week figs in brackets This week - a classic live metal oldie featuring Lemmie on vocals hits the top. It made my top 10 in 1972 but with nostlagia for the early 70's strong (I know how long ago 6 years seems when you're 20 - and recent when you're much much older!). Livvie is the highest new entry just ahead of my first trip to the pictures to see the movie - see how that affects the chart next week B-) On TV? Err actually I'm so sad I used to have TV charts back then too! This week's number one was Star Trek: Shore Leave, with Soap (fab sitcom written by creator of the Golden Girls) at 2 - Billy Crystal starred as one of the very first sympathetic gay characters on TV. 3 was Monty Python, 4 was Top Of The Pops 5 Dr Who 6 Going Straight (Porridge spin-off) 7 The Good Life 8 Multicoloured Swap Shop 8 Most Wanted and 10 It Aint Half Hot Mum. I was young! 20 year-olds like kids shows! That's my excuse anyway... 7th NOVEMBER 1978 1 ( 2 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 2 ( 1 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 3 ( 3 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 4 ( 4 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 5 ( 10 ) SANDY John Travolta 6 ( 6 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 7 ( 9 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 8 ( 11 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 9 ( NEW ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 10 ( 5 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 11 ( 7 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 12 ( 8 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 13 ( 15 ) EVER FALLEN IN LOVE SOMEONE (YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE) Buzzcocks 14 ( 17 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 15 ( 13 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 16 ( 25 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 17 ( 16 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 18 ( 33 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 19 ( 28 ) HURRY UP HARRY Sham '69 20 ( 27 ) GIVING UP GIVING IN The Three Degrees 21 ( 12 ) MEXICAN GIRL Smokie 22 ( 22 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 23 ( 19 ) ONE FOR YOU ONE FOR ME Jonathan King 24 ( 14 ) NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE Third World 25 ( 47 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 26 ( 18 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 27 ( 46 ) HOT CHILD IN THE CITY Nick Gilder 28 ( 20 ) LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 29 ( 30 ) RESPECTABLE The Rolling Stones 30 ( 38 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 31 ( 31 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 32 ( 24 ) GREASE Frankie Valli 33 ( 21 ) TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Crystal Gayle 34 ( 23 ) LUCKY STARS Dean Friedman 35 ( 50 ) BRAVE NEW WORLD David Essex 36 ( 57 ) RADIO RADIO Elvis Costello & The Attractions 37 ( 52 ) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 38 ( 40 ) WHAT A NIGHT City Boy 39 ( 36 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 40 ( 37 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 41 ( 42 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 42 ( 41 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 43 ( 29 ) SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND/ WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS The Beatles 44 ( 43 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 45 ( 26 ) FOOL (IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER) Chris Rea 46 ( 32 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 47 ( 34 ) GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE Earth, Wind & Fire 48 ( 48 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 49 ( 35 ) UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME Deniece Williams & Johnny Mathis 50 ( 54 ) YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT Captain and Tennille 51 ( 45 ) HONG KONG GARDENS Siouxsie & The Banshees 52 ( 39 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE Mick Jackson 53 ( 66 ) THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND Andrew Gold 54 ( 51 ) SUPERNATURE Cerrone 55 ( 62 ) DARLIN' Frankie Miller 56 ( 44 ) A ROSE HAS TO DIE The Dooleys 57 ( 56 ) AIRPORT The Motors 58 ( 60 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 59 ( 59 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 60 ( 49 ) PICTURE THIS Blondie 61 ( 53 ) KISS YOU ALL OVER Exile 62 ( NEW ) NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK The Velvelettes 63 ( 55 ) THREE TIMES A LADY The Commodores 64 ( 75 ) (I WANT TO SEE THE) BRIGHT LIGHTS Julie Covington 65 ( 65 ) BRANDY The O'Jays 66 ( 63 ) I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU Herbie Hancock 67 ( 58 ) COMING HOME Marshall-Hain 68 ( 61 ) AND THE BAND PLAYED ON Flash & The Pan 69 ( 67 ) NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance 70 ( 68 ) DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain 71 ( 71 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 72 ( 64 ) DON'T WALK AWAY TILL I TOUCH YOU Elaine Page 73 ( 73 ) DIPPETY DAY Father Abraham & The Smurfs 74 ( NEW ) LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING Peter Skellern 75 ( 70 ) AN EVERLASTING LOVE Andy Gibb
November 14, 201311 yr Author 14th Nov 1978 Fairly obviously saw Grease this week - a random jump back up for Summer Nights even though Rat Trap was the top single. PIL getting higher than Sex Pistols did, Cars in from nowhere at 10, and lots of new New Wave lower down, plus a couple of future toppers... my TV charts? 1. Star Trek: Space Seed (Ricardo Montalban as Khan) 2. MASH 3. Monty Python 4. New Avengers 5. Ritchie Brockelman) a great Rockford Files spin-off that never caught on 6. Soap 7. Happy Days ("Heyyyyyy!") 8. Rockford Files 9. The Good Life 10. Top Of The Pops 1 ( 3 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 2 ( 8 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 3 ( 2 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 4 ( 9 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 5 ( 1 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 6 ( 7 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 7 ( 4 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 8 ( 10 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 9 ( 6 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 10 ( NEW ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 11 ( 5 ) SANDY John Travolta 12 ( 18 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 13 ( 31 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 14 ( 12 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 15 ( 11 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 16 ( 22 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 17 ( 27 ) HOT CHILD IN THE CITY Nick Gilder 18 ( 25 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 19 ( 15 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 20 ( 30 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 21 ( 14 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 22 ( 16 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 23 ( 13 ) EVER FALLEN IN LOVE SOMEONE (YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE) Buzzcocks 24 ( 38 ) WHAT A NIGHT City Boy 25 ( 17 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 26 ( NEW ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 27 ( 21 ) MEXICAN GIRL Smokie 28 ( 36 ) RADIO RADIO Elvis Costello & The Attractions 29 ( 20 ) GIVING UP GIVING IN The Three Degrees 30 ( 19 ) HURRY UP HARRY Sham '69 31 ( NEW ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 32 ( 35 ) BRAVE NEW WORLD David Essex 33 ( 26 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 34 ( 28 ) LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 35 ( 32 ) GREASE Frankie Valli 36 ( 23 ) ONE FOR YOU ONE FOR ME Jonathan King 37 ( 24 ) NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE Third World 38 ( 29 ) RESPECTABLE The Rolling Stones 39 ( 34 ) LUCKY STARS Dean Friedman 40 ( NEW ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 41 ( 37 ) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 42 ( 33 ) TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Crystal Gayle 43 ( 40 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 44 ( 39 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 45 ( NEW ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 46 ( NEW ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 47 ( 42 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 48 ( 41 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 49 ( 64 ) (I WANT TO SEE THE) BRIGHT LIGHTS Julie Covington 50 ( 50 ) YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT Captain and Tennille 51 ( 44 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 52 ( 48 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 53 ( 43 ) SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND/ WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS The Beatles 54 ( 55 ) DARLIN' Frankie Miller 55 ( 46 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 56 ( 45 ) FOOL (IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER) Chris Rea 57 ( NEW ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 58 ( NEW ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 59 ( 54 ) SUPERNATURE Cerrone 60 ( 51 ) HONG KONG GARDENS Siouxsie & The Banshees 61 ( 47 ) GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE Earth, Wind & Fire 62 ( 58 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 63 ( 59 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 64 ( 57 ) AIRPORT The Motors 65 ( 53 ) THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND Andrew Gold 66 ( NEW ) LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY Neil Lancaster 67 ( 62 ) NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK The Velvelettes 68 ( NEW ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Michael Jackson & Diana Ross 69 ( 71 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 70 ( 52 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE Mick Jackson 71 ( NEW ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook 72 ( 65 ) BRANDY The O'Jays 73 ( NEW ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 74 ( NEW ) LET IT GROW Clout 75 ( NEW ) TIME PASSAGES Al Stewart
November 14, 201311 yr Author 21st Nov 1978 2nd week at the top for the Rats, with Rod leaping and challenging at 2, pretty much as in the UK charts. Most punk/new wave doing better in my charts, and most novelty doing worse, and a few American hits that never charted here sprinkled about, notably Anne Murray 2 or 3 months before it finally became a UK hit. Another famous classic slipping in at the bottom, as it were, YMCA... TV? 1. Star Trek: The Man Trap (first episode ever broadcast in the USA) 2. Top Of The Pops (musta been a goodie, bet it was a banned one!) 3. MASH 4. Monty Python 5. New Avengers 6. Happy Days 7. Curse Of The Black Widow Spider (movie, I think..?) 8. Doctor Who 9. Rockford Files 10. Rebel Without A Cause (film, James Dean) 1 ( 1 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 2 ( 46 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 3 ( 4 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 4 ( 3 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 5 ( 10 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 6 ( 6 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 7 ( 26 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 8 ( 13 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 9 ( 2 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 10 ( 5 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 11 ( 20 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 12 ( 12 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 13 ( 8 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 14 ( 18 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 15 ( 7 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 16 ( 31 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 17 ( 9 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 18 ( 16 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 19 ( 40 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 20 ( 22 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 21 ( 14 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 22 ( 15 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 23 ( 11 ) SANDY John Travolta 24 ( 58 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 25 ( 19 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 26 ( 69 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 27 ( 17 ) HOT CHILD IN THE CITY Nick Gilder 28 ( 57 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 29 ( 24 ) WHAT A NIGHT City Boy 30 ( 21 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 31 ( 45 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 32 ( 38 ) RESPECTABLE The Rolling Stones 33 ( 28 ) RADIO RADIO Elvis Costello & The Attractions 34 ( 25 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 35 ( NEW ) I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE Alicia Bridges 36 ( 30 ) HURRY UP HARRY Sham '69 37 ( 29 ) GIVING UP GIVING IN The Three Degrees 38 ( 50 ) YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT Captain and Tennille 39 ( 52 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 40 ( 33 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 41 ( 35 ) GREASE Frankie Valli 42 ( 32 ) BRAVE NEW WORLD David Essex 43 ( 49 ) (I WANT TO SEE THE) BRIGHT LIGHTS Julie Covington 44 ( 34 ) LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 45 ( 44 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 46 ( 43 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 47 ( 55 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 48 ( 27 ) MEXICAN GIRL Smokie 49 ( 68 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Michael Jackson & Diana Ross 50 ( 37 ) NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE Third World 51 ( 48 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 52 ( 47 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 53 ( 23 ) EVER FALLEN IN LOVE SOMEONE (YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE) Buzzcocks 54 ( 41 ) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 55 ( NEW ) STUMBLIN' Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 56 ( NEW ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 57 ( 51 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 58 ( NEW ) EAST RIVER Brecker Brothers 59 ( NEW ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 60 ( 39 ) LUCKY STARS Dean Friedman 61 ( 36 ) ONE FOR YOU ONE FOR ME Jonathan King 62 ( 62 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 63 ( 63 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 64 ( 53 ) SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND/ WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS The Beatles 65 ( NEW ) LAY LOVE ON YOU Luisa Fernandez 66 ( 71 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook 67 ( NEW ) GIVING IT BACK Phil Hurtt 68 ( 59 ) SUPERNATURE Cerrone 69 ( 64 ) AIRPORT The Motors 70 ( 60 ) HONG KONG GARDENS Siouxsie & The Banshees 71 ( 73 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 72 ( NEW ) STRUMMIN' Chas & Dave 73 ( 42 ) TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Crystal Gayle 74 ( 66 ) LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY Neil Lancaster 75 ( NEW ) DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts
November 14, 201311 yr Author 28th Nov 1978 A 3rd week at the top for the brilliant Rat Trap, beats the UK's run, and X-Ray Spex leap up to 3, Blondie 6 and glorious cheese of Dollar and Sarah Brightman just below. Classic dance anthem from the brilliant Nile Rodgers & co rocket in at 16, 2 different songs called Promises, and worth mentioning forgotten stomping rock-dance anthem East River, well ahead of it's time. Let's ignore my infatuation with the very gay I Love America, more of an infatuation with America than the record as I should by rights have been living in Wisconsin Waukesha Uni at this time for 3 months, like my mate was, grumble mumble! TV! 1. Star Trek: Dagger Of The Mind (I love Trek, you might notice) 2. Soap (sunday ep) 3. Monty Python 4. Soap (Fri ep) 5. Top Of The Pops 6. Soylent Green (Charlton Heston: Soylent Green is people!") 7. MASH 8. Shalako (Sean Connery western movie, he gave up accents after this one) 9. Rockford Files 10. Day Of The Triffids (presume the 60's movie which was great) 1 ( 1 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 2 ( 2 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 3 ( 19 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 4 ( 7 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 5 ( 3 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 6 ( 16 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 7 ( 28 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 8 ( 26 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 9 ( 5 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 10 ( 11 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 11 ( 4 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 12 ( 8 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 13 ( 9 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 14 ( 12 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 15 ( NEW ) LE FREAK Chic 16 ( 6 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 17 ( 14 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 18 ( 65 ) LAY LOVE ON YOU Luisa Fernandez 19 ( 13 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 20 ( 10 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 21 ( 15 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 22 ( 20 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 23 ( NEW ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 24 ( 35 ) I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE Alicia Bridges 25 ( 56 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 26 ( 17 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 27 ( 18 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 28 ( 24 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 29 ( 71 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 30 ( 21 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 31 ( 31 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 32 ( 25 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 33 ( 22 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 34 ( 23 ) SANDY John Travolta 35 ( 30 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 36 ( 66 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook 37 ( 33 ) RADIO RADIO Elvis Costello & The Attractions 38 ( 58 ) EAST RIVER Brecker Brothers 39 ( NEW ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 40 ( 59 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 41 ( 34 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 42 ( 27 ) HOT CHILD IN THE CITY Nick Gilder 43 ( 38 ) YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT Captain and Tennille 44 ( 29 ) WHAT A NIGHT City Boy 45 ( 37 ) GIVING UP GIVING IN The Three Degrees 46 ( 40 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 47 ( 49 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Michael Jackson & Diana Ross 48 ( 47 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 49 ( 39 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 50 ( NEW ) PROMISES Eric Clapton 51 ( 67 ) GIVING IT BACK Phil Hurtt 52 ( 45 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 53 ( 46 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 54 ( 55 ) STUMBLIN' Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 55 ( 32 ) RESPECTABLE The Rolling Stones 56 ( 41 ) GREASE Frankie Valli 57 ( 44 ) LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 58 ( 75 ) DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts 59 ( 51 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 60 ( 52 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 61 ( 57 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 62 ( 42 ) BRAVE NEW WORLD David Essex 63 ( 43 ) (I WANT TO SEE THE) BRIGHT LIGHTS Julie Covington 64 ( 50 ) NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE Third World 65 ( 54 ) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 66 ( 63 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 67 ( 62 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 68 ( 48 ) MEXICAN GIRL Smokie 69 ( NEW ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 70 ( 64 ) SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND/ WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS The Beatles 71 ( NEW ) IN THE BUSH Musique 72 ( 36 ) HURRY UP HARRY Sham '69 73 ( 69 ) AIRPORT The Motors 74 ( 68 ) SUPERNATURE Cerrone 75 ( NEW ) LYDIA Dean Friedman
December 28, 201311 yr Author 5th DEC 1978 Rod Stewart gets his first chart-topper - a bit ironic given how many great singles he'd had between 1971 and 1974 - with a disco-riff famous wiggler. Kenny Everett immortalised it for Brits of a certain age. Boney M round off a mega-year with an instant christmas classic, a cover of the song that was the UK number one (for Harry Belafonte) when I was born, and whaddya know, it was back for my 21st in January. I like to think I'm special :lol: The Bee Gees round off an even bigger year with a Top 10 hit. It's hard to get much bigger than the Bee Gees were in 1978, unless your name is "Beatles" or "Elvis" or "Jackson". There used to be a TV show I loved called Doctor Who, and someone did a disco version of the theme, in here into the 40. I wonder what happened to that show.... Chaka Khan enters after a gap of a few years (in my charts) or debuts (in the UK charts) with a bonfide disco classic. Well, funk disco really as opposed to eurodiscocheese, say, of Patrick Juvet. On TV lots of repeats and very little new stuff, apart from Soap and MASH, but a bit of Shakespeare in there just to counterpoint my love of one-liners (Groucho Marx and Woody Allen). Hphwfq1wLJs 1 ( 2 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 2 ( 7 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 3 ( 1 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 4 ( NEW ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 5 ( 6 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 6 ( 4 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 7 ( 3 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 8 ( 8 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 9 ( 23 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 10 ( 5 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John hxm1FlLSfe4 11 ( 15 ) LE FREAK Chic 12 ( 10 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 13 ( 25 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 14 ( 9 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 15 ( 18 ) LAY LOVE ON YOU Luisa Fernandez 16 ( 13 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 17 ( 11 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 18 ( 29 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 19 ( 28 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 20 ( 14 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 21 ( 12 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 22 ( 69 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 23 ( 16 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 24 ( 22 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 25 ( 20 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 26 ( 19 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 27 ( 17 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 28 ( 39 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 29 ( 40 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 30 ( 21 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 31 ( 31 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 32 ( NEW ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 33 ( 32 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 34 ( 30 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 35 ( 33 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 36 ( 58 ) DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts 37 ( 27 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 38 ( 50 ) PROMISES Eric Clapton 39 ( 51 ) GIVING IT BACK Phil Hurtt 40 ( 24 ) I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE Alicia Bridges TBWEpbmd1Uk 41 ( 26 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 42 ( 36 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook 43 ( 38 ) EAST RIVER Brecker Brothers 44 ( 34 ) SANDY John Travolta 45 ( 41 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 46 ( 35 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 47 ( 43 ) YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT Captain and Tennille 48 ( 48 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 49 ( 49 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 50 ( 46 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 51 ( NEW ) GREASED LIGHTNING John Travolta 52 ( 52 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 53 ( 53 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 54 ( 71 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 55 ( NEW ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 56 ( 44 ) WHAT A NIGHT City Boy 57 ( 75 ) LYDIA Dean Friedman 58 ( 37 ) RADIO RADIO Elvis Costello & The Attractions 59 ( 59 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 60 ( 60 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout OTgKscVa7-A 61 ( 47 ) EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD Michael Jackson & Diana Ross 62 ( 56 ) GREASE Frankie Valli 63 ( 61 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 64 ( 57 ) LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 65 ( 45 ) GIVING UP GIVING IN The Three Degrees 66 ( 42 ) HOT CHILD IN THE CITY Nick Gilder 67 ( 67 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 68 ( 66 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 69 ( 65 ) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 70 ( NEW ) A TASTE OF AGGRO The Barron Knights 71 ( 55 ) RESPECTABLE The Rolling Stones 72 ( NEW ) BRAND NEW DAY Lindisfarne 73 ( 54 ) STUMBLIN' IN Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 74 ( 74 ) SUPERNATURE Cerrone 75 ( 73 ) AIRPORT The Motors TV CHART 1 SOAP 2 Star Trek (Corbomite Manoever) 3 Monty Python 4 Woody Allen 5 Parkinson's 200th 6 The Big Store; Marx Brothers film 7 MASH 8 Ropmeo And Juliet 9 The New Avengers (Target) 10 The New Avengers (Gnaws) Edited December 28, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
December 28, 201311 yr Author 12th DEC 1978 In which a tarty disco dancer with a novelty Kenny Everett-sponsored sci-fi risque theme gets to the top. Hey it was catchy! Sarah Brightman would get another chart-topper in a very very different style one day...! ELO were huge in 1978, so it was great to see an EP of chart-flops and chrt-hits get a go at the chart. All of them were hits in the proper (John's) charts, as so they should have been especially the gorgeous Strange Magic and Can't Get It Out Of My Head. Hot Chocolate enter with a sweet ballad from a musical-that-never-was (I think, Dear Anyone), while sneaking in at 75, Mike Oldfield's sis Sally with a faaaabulous minor chart hit (UK). Not minor in mine.... B2Tkx6BgRFE 1 ( 2 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 2 ( 4 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 3 ( 1 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 4 ( 3 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 5 ( 9 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 6 ( 11 ) LE FREAK Chic 7 ( NEW ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 8 ( 5 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 9 ( 13 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 10 ( 22 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 11 ( 6 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 12 ( 32 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 13 ( 18 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 14 ( 10 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 15 ( 12 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 16 ( 8 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 17 ( 17 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 18 ( 19 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 19 ( 16 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 20 ( 14 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 21 ( NEW ) ACCIDENT PRONE Status Quo 22 ( 31 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 23 ( 20 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 24 ( 54 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 25 ( 21 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 26 ( 15 ) LAY LOVE ON YOU Luisa Fernandez 27 ( NEW ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 28 ( 7 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 29 ( 29 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 30 ( 28 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 6Tkl1wzTr6g 31 ( 23 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 32 ( 25 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 33 ( 24 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 34 ( 26 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 35 ( 55 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 36 ( 33 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 37 ( 51 ) GREASED LIGHTNING John Travolta 38 ( 30 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 39 ( 27 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 40 ( 46 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 41 ( 34 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 42 ( 35 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 43 ( NEW ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 44 ( 57 ) LYDIA Dean Friedman 45 ( 36 ) DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts 46 ( 38 ) PROMISES Eric Clapton 47 ( 37 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 48 ( 40 ) I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE Alicia Bridges 49 ( 42 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook 50 ( 45 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 51 ( 39 ) GIVING IT BACK Phil Hurtt 52 ( 52 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 53 ( 49 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 54 ( NEW ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 55 ( 50 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 56 ( 48 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 57 ( 41 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 58 ( 53 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 59 ( 44 ) SANDY John Travolta 60 ( NEW ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John uS_9E-iSuQI 61 ( 59 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 62 ( 60 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 63 ( 63 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 64 ( 47 ) YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT Captain and Tennille 65 ( 62 ) GREASE Frankie Valli 66 ( 67 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 67 ( 68 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 68 ( NEW ) ANYWAY YOU DO IT Liquid Gold 69 ( 69 ) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 70 ( 64 ) LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Rose Royce 71 ( 72 ) BRAND NEW DAY Lindisfarne 72 ( 43 ) EAST RIVER Brecker Brothers 73 ( NEW ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 74 ( 70 ) A TASTE OF AGGRO The Barron Knights 75 ( NEW ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield TV 1 STAR TREK (Balance Of Terror) 1 SOAP (final episode) 3 Mork And Mindy 4 Monty Python 5 The New Avengers 6 The Good Life (final episode) 7 MASH 8 Top Of The Pops 9 The Rockford Files 10 Film '78 Edited December 28, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
December 28, 201311 yr Author 19th DEC 1978 I was packing up from student digs to head home to mansfield for Christmas TV deluge and prezzies. Buzzcocks get another Top 20, novelty YMCA goes Top 3 - you've probably never heard of it! - and Earth Wind & Fire just beat out Elton's lovely tribute to a young motorcycle courier who'd died in an accident, as highest new entry. Quo get to 12 with a forgotten record, Livvie goes Top 40 with her first post-Grease single, it was a bit moody and I liked it. The best (and forgotten) version of a christmas classic enters for The Eagles, Blockbuster movie Superman gets a single hit out of it, Paul Evans (who'd had an early 60's hit) has an unexpected chart comeback, and a classic enters for Father Abraham. Just kidding. Ian Dury, obviously! TV, new show with a loveable alien and manic stand-up new frontman Robin Williams (Mork And Mindy) entered with a bang. Williams was only ever as good as this first season in movies where he has free manic reign (usually animated films). 1 ( 1 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 2 ( 2 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 3 ( 9 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 4 ( 7 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 5 ( 3 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 6 ( 4 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 7 ( 12 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 8 ( 6 ) LE FREAK Chic 9 ( 5 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 10 ( 10 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 11 ( 8 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 12 ( 21 ) ACCIDENT PRONE Status Quo 13 ( 11 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 14 ( 27 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 15 ( 24 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 16 ( 16 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 17 ( 14 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 18 ( 15 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 19 ( 22 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 20 ( 30 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks _JLWyHMqWnA 21 ( 18 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 22 ( 17 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 23 ( 43 ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 24 ( 29 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 25 ( 75 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 26 ( 13 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 27 ( 19 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 28 ( NEW ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 29 ( 23 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 30 ( NEW ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John H3bSY6tXj3c 31 ( 35 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 32 ( 20 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 33 ( 37 ) GREASED LIGHTNING John Travolta 34 ( 60 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 35 ( 40 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 36 ( 36 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 37 ( 28 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 38 ( 32 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 39 ( 25 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 40 ( 31 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 41 ( 26 ) LAY LOVE ON YOU Luisa Fernandez 42 ( 34 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 43 ( 68 ) ANYWAY YOU DO IT Liquid Gold 44 ( 33 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 45 ( 53 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 46 ( NEW ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS The Eagles 47 ( 42 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 48 ( 38 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 49 ( 41 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 50 ( NEW ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 51 ( 39 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 52 ( 54 ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 53 ( 50 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 54 ( 52 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 55 ( 55 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 56 ( 45 ) DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts 57 ( 47 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 58 ( NEW ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 59 ( 44 ) LYDIA Dean Friedman 60 ( 63 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 61 ( 58 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 62 ( 56 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 63 ( 57 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 64 ( 61 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 65 ( 62 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 66 ( 46 ) PROMISES Eric Clapton 67 ( NEW ) CHRISTMAS IN SMURFLAND Father Abraham & The Smurfs 68 ( 49 ) SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER Dr. Hook 69 ( 67 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 70 ( 66 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 71 ( NEW ) THEME FROM "SUPERMAN" John Williams (Original Soundtrack) 72 ( 73 ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 73 ( 51 ) GIVING IT BACK Phil Hurtt 74 ( NEW ) NEW YORK NEW YORK Gerard Kenny 75 ( NEW ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans VRfS10Ae46o TV 1 Mork And Mindy 2 Monty Python 3 The Muppet Show 4 Happy Days 5 It Ain't Half Hot Mum 6 Connections (James Burke history/science show) 7 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 8 Doctor Who 9 Mickey Mouse 50th Birthday 10 Mary Hartman Mary Hartman Edited December 28, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
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