December 28, 201311 yr Author 26th DEC 1978 Christmas was usually spent in Liverpool at my grandma's council flat, my time spent under a blanket upstairs watching my black & white portable TV. With a whole 3 channels to pick from I was spoilt for choice as ITV and BBC were intent on putting all the best shows and films on at the same time, the bast*rds! No video you see, so that was it, you missed it forever - it seemed at the time. Sally Oldfield rockets up to 5 just as her brother enters at 16 with 4 of his recent hits, not for the last time, either. Dury rockets up to 12, so there's a race for the top for early January going on... Funk classic from Funkadelic enters, Clash shoot up to 47 with one of their more dreary tracks, Manilow emotes in at the lower end with a classic re-write, while another Barry covers Billy Joel pretty resonably while Bill shoots up himself, as it were, to 37. Rocky Sharpe join the 50's revivalists, and Shalamar debut with a great soul dance track. Xmas TV was all about films, really, Xmas TOTP (as shown this week on BBC), new sci-fi series Blake's 7, and a xmas showing of Wizard Of Oz. I wonder if that will become a tradition.....? CS9OO0S5w2k 1 ( 3 ) Y.M.C.A. The Village People 2 ( 1 ) I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip 3 ( 4 ) ELO EP (EVIL WOMAN/STRANGE MAGIC/CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD/MA MA MA BELLE Electric Light Orchestra 4 ( 2 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD/ OH MY LORD Boney M 5 ( 25 ) MIRRORS Sally Oldfield 6 ( 7 ) DOCTOR WHO Mankind 7 ( 5 ) DO YA THINK I'M SEXY Rod Stewart 8 ( 8 ) LE FREAK Chic 9 ( 9 ) TOO MUCH HEAVEN The Bee Gees 10 ( 10 ) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME Racey 0WGVgfjnLqc 11 ( 6 ) RAT TRAP The Boomtown Rats 12 ( 50 ) HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK Ian Dury & The Blockheads 13 ( 11 ) HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE Blondie 14 ( 14 ) I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate 15 ( 15 ) IN THE BUSH Musique 16 ( NEW ) TAKE 4 EP Mike Oldfield 17 ( 30 ) SONG FOR GUY Elton John 18 ( 31 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN Chaka Khan 19 ( 12 ) ACCIDENT PRONE Status Quo 20 ( 16 ) SHOOTING STAR Dollar 21 ( 13 ) I LOVE AMERICA Patrick Juvet 22 ( 34 ) A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John 23 ( 23 ) YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 24 ( 19 ) RAINING IN MY HEART Leo Sayer 25 ( 28 ) SEPTEMBER" Earth, Wind And Fire 26 ( NEW ) ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 27 ( 18 ) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS/ BICYCLE RACE Queen 28 ( 17 ) HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John 29 ( 22 ) SWEET TALKING WOMAN E.L.O. 30 ( 20 ) PROMISES Buzzcocks 4supWXaFgbc 31 ( 21 ) ALWAYS AND FOREVER Heatwave 32 ( 75 ) HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE Paul Evans 33 ( 33 ) GREASED LIGHTNING John Travolta 34 ( 24 ) DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks 35 ( 35 ) YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray 36 ( 26 ) DANCE (DISCO HEAT) Sylvester 37 ( 58 ) MY LIFE Billy Joel 38 ( 52 ) B.A.B.Y. Rachel Sweet 39 ( 27 ) SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 40 ( 36 ) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY 10CC 41 ( 46 ) PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS The Eagles 42 ( 42 ) RASPUTIN Boney M 43 ( 29 ) PART TIME LOVE Elton John 44 ( 38 ) SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 45 ( 32 ) MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL The Cars 46 ( 40 ) PUBLIC IMAGE Public Image Limited 47 ( 72 ) TOMMY GUN The Clash 48 ( 37 ) GERM FREE ADOLESCENT X-Ray Spex 49 ( 45 ) BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 50 ( 39 ) INSTANT REPLAY Dan Hartman 51 ( 43 ) ANYWAY YOU DO IT Liquid Gold 52 ( 47 ) SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba 53 ( 49 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 54 ( 44 ) DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 55 ( 67 ) CHRISTMAS IN SMURFLAND Father Abraham & The Smurfs 56 ( 48 ) MCCARTHUR PARK Donna Summer 57 ( 41 ) LAY LOVE ON YOU Luisa Fernandez 58 ( 60 ) RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M 59 ( 53 ) EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne (& Justin Hayward) 60 ( 55 ) RIGHT DOWN THE LINE Gerry Rafferty 61 ( 54 ) OH WHAT A CIRCUS David Essex 62 ( 51 ) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Showaddywaddy 63 ( NEW ) TAKE THAT TO THE BANK Shalamar 64 ( 64 ) FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward 65 ( 61 ) JILTED JOHN Jilted John 66 ( 62 ) DAYLIGHT KATY Gordon Lightfoot 67 ( 65 ) SUBSTITUTE Clout 68 ( NEW ) COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow 69 ( NEW ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Barry White 70 ( 57 ) TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 71 ( 70 ) NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees 72 ( 69 ) IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU Yvonne Elliman 73 ( 63 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 74 ( NEW ) RAMA LAMA DING DONG Rocky Sharpe And The Replays 75 ( 56 ) DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts kKrvpMkgvFY TV 1 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER 2 Star Trek (What Are Little Girls Made Of) 3 Mork And Mindy 4 The Wizard Of Oz 5 Battle For The Planet Of The Apes 6 The Last Survivors (TV film) 7 Blake's 7 8 Top Of The Pops 1978 9 The Boatniks 10 The 2 Ronnies 11 Wonder Woman 12 Carry On Girls 13 The Muppet Show (episode 1) 14 The Fench Connection 15 This Is Your Life 16 The Morecambe And Wise Show 17-20 The Fantastic Journey Edited December 28, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
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