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

Edited January 8, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited January 8, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited February 5, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited February 5, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited February 5, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited February 5, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited February 6, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited February 6, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

28th Feb 1979

 

 

 

Edited February 6, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited February 10, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited March 15, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited March 15, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited March 16, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited March 16, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited April 17, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

Edited April 18, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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.

 

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

Edited April 18, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

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

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

Edited April 18, 201411 yr by popchartfreak