1979, 25 years after his first UK No.1 single Cliff Richard had his 10th chart topper with 'We Don't Talk Anymore' his first No.1 for eleven years.

 

1979, The Knack started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Sharona', the group's only US chart topper, a No.6 hit in the UK. Lead singer Doug Fieger said he was inspired to write the tune by Sharrona Alperin, a 17 year old senior at Los Angeles' Fairfax High.

 

well according to 'on this day' cliff reached #1 today, not last week as the chart i posted suggests.

 

we had the knack 'my sharona' in last nights music quiz :)

Week Ending 01 September 1979

 

07 - 01 - 01 - Cliff Richard - WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE

07 - 02 - 02 - Boomtown Rats - I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS

06 - 03 - 03 - BA Robertson - BANG BANG

04 - 12 - 04 - Roxy Music - ANGEL EYES

06 - 05 - 05 - Earth Wind And Fire - AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE

06 - 08 - 06 - Special AKA - GANGSTERS

07 - 06 - 07 - Darts - DUKE OF EARL

05 - 18 - 08 - Flying Lizards - MONEY

05 - 04 - 09 - Ian Dury And The Blockheads - REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL (PART 3)

07 - 11 - 10 - Gibson Brothers - OOH WHAT A LIFE

05 - 27 - 11 - Randy Vanwarmer - JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST

05 - 07 - 12 - Sham 69 - HERSHAM BOYS

05 - 13 - 13 - Joe Jackson - IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM

08 - 09 - 14 - Abba - ANGELEYES / VOULEZ VOUS

04 - 22 - 15 - Boney M - GOTTA GO HOME / EL LUTE

03 - 23 - 16 - Crusaders - STREET LIFE

06 - 15 - 17 - Showaddywaddy - SWEET LITTLE ROCK N' ROLLER

02 - 25 - 18 - Jam - WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG

07 - 10 - 19 - Electric Light Orchestra - THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP

1 - NEW - 20 - Gary Numan - CARS

07 - 17 - 21 - Spyro Gyra - MORNING DANCE

04 - 33 - 22 - Bellamy Brothers - IF I SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME

03 - 55 - 23 - Dollar - LOVE'S GOTTA HOLD ON ME

04 - 30 - 24 - Sister Sledge - LOST IN MUSIC

03 - 26 - 25 - Stranglers - DUCHESS

12 - 16 - 26 - Dooleys - WANTED

08 - 20 - 27 - Judie Tzuke - STAY WITH ME TILL DAWN

04 - 29 - 28 - Johnny Mathis - GONE GONE GONE

04 - 31 - 29 - Angelic Upstarts - TEENAGE WARNING

03 - 35 - 30 - Bill Lovelady - REGGAE FOR IT NOW

06 - 32 - 31 - Me And You - YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT

07 - 14 - 32 - Sparks - BEAT THE CLOCK

10 - 28 - 33 - Dave Edmunds - GIRLS TALK

03 - 44 - 34 - Racey - BOY OH BOY

04 - 39 - 35 - Frantique - STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF

02 - 43 - 36 - Buzzcocks - SPIRAL SCRATCH

03 - 46 - 37 - Planets - LINES

1 - NEW - 38 - Electric Light Orchestra - DON'T BRING ME DOWN

14 - 19 - 39 - Police - CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU

03 - 36 - 40 - Gerry Rafferty - GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME

12 - 21 - 41 - Patrick Hernandez - BORN TO BE ALIVE

02 - NEW - 42 - Billy Connolly - IN THE BROWNIES

04 - 37 - 43 - B-52's - ROCK LOBSTER

02 - NEW - 44 - Nick Lowe - CRUEL TO BE KIND

02 - NEW - 45 - David Naughton - MAKIN' IT

05 - 34 - 46 - Kandidate - GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS

11 - 24 - 47 - Korgis - IF I HAD YOU

02 - NEW - 48 - Commodores - SAIL ON

02 - NEW - 49 - Average White Band - WHEN WILL YOU BE MINE

06 - 48 - 50 - Jolly Brothers - CONSCIOUS MAN

 

Week Ending 01 September 1979 NEW ENTRIES

 

20 - Gary Numan - CARS ...... a great futuristic track.

 

38 - Electric Light Orchestra - DON'T BRING ME DOWN ...awful booorrring

42 - Billy Connolly - IN THE BROWNIES ...:lol: pisstake of 'in the navy'

 

44 - Nick Lowe - CRUEL TO BE KIND ......

 

45 - David Naughton - MAKIN' IT ....dunno this

48 - Commodores - SAIL ON ...... i like this! but just look at lionels haircut! :lol:

 

49 - Average White Band - WHEN WILL YOU BE MINE .... poor.

 

good to see the 'in' music saw the highest new entry

Looking at the new entries only....

 

1 - NEW - 20 - Gary Numan - CARS....I thought this was a great follow up to Our Friends Electric, still sounds good today

But have you seen this version :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R82qTslQhY

 

 

1 - NEW - 38 - Electric Light Orchestra - DON'T BRING ME DOWN...Not there best but still a good pop song

02 - NEW - 42 - Billy Connolly - IN THE BROWNIES...Taking the crap out of Village People's In the navy

02 - NEW - 44 - Nick Lowe - CRUEL TO BE KIND...Loved this song, he had a lot of good songs around this time

02 - NEW - 45 - David Naughton - MAKIN' IT...this is the actor who appeared in the film "An American Werewolf in London" :o

02 - NEW - 48 - Commodores - SAIL ON...Ok but not a huge fan

02 - NEW - 49 - Average White Band - WHEN WILL YOU BE MINE...don't remember this

 

1979, Van Morrison, Talking Heads, Squeeze, The Undertones, Steele Pulse and The Chieftains all appeared at The Edinburgh Rock Festival, Scotland, tickets, £6.

 

1979, U2 released their very first record, an EP titled 'U2-3.'

 

reckon that edinburgh gig would have been good.... i like the chieftans!

this weeks chart

 

1 1 We Don't Talk Anymore CLIFF RICHARD

2 3 Bang Bang B.A. ROBERTSON

3 20 Cars GARY NUMAN

4 4 Angel Eyes ROXY MUSIC

5 8 Money FLYING LIZARDS

6 6 Gangsters SPECIALS

7 16 Street Life CRUSADERS

8 2 I Don't Like Mondays BOOMTOWN RATS

9 11 Just When I Needed You Most RANDY VANWARMER

10 5 After The Love Has Gone EARTH, WIND AND FIRE

11 38 Don't Bring Me Down ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

12 10 Ooh What A Life GIBSON BROTHERS

13 15 Gotta Go Home / El Lute BONEY M

14 25 Duchess STRANGLERS

15 13 Is She Really Going Out With Him JOE JACKSON

16 23 Love's Got A Hold On Me DOLLAR

17 18 When You Are Young JAM

18 7 Duke Of Earl DARTS

19 22 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against me BELLAMY BROTHERS

20 9 Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3) IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS

21 17 Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller SHOWADDYWADDY

22 12 Hersham Boys SHAM 69

23 21 Morning Dance SPYRO GYRA

24 24 Lost In Music SISTER SLEDGE

25 28 Gone Gone Gone JOHNNY MATHIS

26 35 Strut Your Funky Stuff FRANTIQUE

27 30 Reggae For It Now BILL LOVELADY

28 34 Boy Oh Boy RACEY

29 14 Angel Eyes ABBA

30 29 Teenage Warning ANGELIC UPSTARTS

31 19 The Diary Of Horace Wimp ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

32 44 Cruel To Be Kind NICK LOWE

33 40 Get It Right Next Time GERRY RAFFERTY

34 48 Sail On COMMODORES

35 31 You Never Know What You've Got ME AND YOU

36 37 Lines PLANETS

37 36 Spiral Scratch BUZZCOCKS

38 42 In The Brownies BILLY CONNOLLY

39 26 Wanted DOOLEYS

40 ne Time For Action SECRET AFFAIR

41 41 Born To Be Alive PATRICK HERNANDEZ

42 32 Beat The Clock SPARKS

43 27 Stay With Me Till Dawn JUDY TZUKE

44 45 Makin' It DAVID NAUGHTON

45 ne Something That I Said RUTS

46 ne Lookin' For Love Tonight FAT LARRY'S BAND

47 ne Dim All The Lights DONNA SUMMER

48 39 Can't Stand Losing You POLICE

49 43 Rock Lobster B-52'S

50 ne When You're Number One GENE CHANDLER

 

well cliff holds the top spot, gary numans racing up the charts with 'cars', #1 next week? elo also climbed high with 'dont bring me down'.

 

the only new entry im familiar with is secret affair 'time for action', another nuveau mod act with this decent little number 'time for action'

 

Time for action was an ok song

this weeks chart

 

1 1 We Don't Talk Anymore CLIFF RICHARD

2 3 Cars GARY NUMAN

3 2 Bang Bang B.A. ROBERTSON

4 11 Don't Bring Me Down ELO

5 7 Street Life CRUSADERS

6 4 Angel Eyes ROXY MUSIC

7 19 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against me BELLAMY BROTHERS

8 9 Just When I Needed You Most RANDY VANWARMER

9 16 Love's Got A Hold On Me DOLLAR

10 5 Money FLYING LIZARDS

11 6 Gangsters SPECIALS

12 13 Gotta Go Home / El Lute BONEY M

13 12 Ooh What A Life GIBSON BROTHERS

14 14 Duchess STRANGLERS

15 10 After The Love Has Gone EARTH, WIND AND FIRE

16 8 I Don't Like Mondays BOOMTOWN RATS

17 24 Lost In Music SISTER SLEDGE

18 27 Reggae For It Now BILL LOVELADY

19 18 Duke Of Earl DARTS

20 15 Is She Really Going Out With Him JOE JACKSON

21 25 Gone Gone Gone JOHNNY MATHIS

22 17 When You Are Young JAM

23 26 Strut Your Funky Stuff FRANTIQUE

24 34 Sail On COMMODORES

25 28 Boy Oh Boy RACEY

26 32 Cruel To Be Kind NICK LOWE

27 40 Time For Action SECRET AFFAIR

28 ne Tomorrow's Girls UK SUBS

29 45 Something That I Said RUTS

30 33 Get It Right Next Time GERRY RAFFERTY

31 37 Spiral Scratch BUZZCOCKS

32 ne Slap & Tickle SQUEEZE

33 ne Since You've Been Gone RAINBOW

34 22 Hersham Boys SHAM 69

35 ne Them Heavy People KATE BUSH

36 21 Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller SHOWADDYWADDY

37 ne The Prince MADNESS

38 38 In The Brownies BILLY CONNOLLY

39 20 Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3) IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS

40 29 Angel Eyes ABBA

41 36 Lines PLANETS

42 ne Back Of My Hand JAGS

43 23 Morning Dance SPYRO GYRA

44 35 You Never Know What You've Got ME AND YOU

45 50 When You're Number One GENE CHANDLER

46 47 Dim All The Lights DONNA SUMMER 9

47 44 Makin' It DAVID NAUGHTON

48 ne Feel The Real DAVID BENDETH

49 ne When Will You Be Mine AVERAGE WHITE BAND

50 ne The Loneliest Man In The World TOURISTS

 

well cliff held off the gary numan attack, bugger! lol and elo climbed significantly.... why ill never know!

 

some very interesting new entries this week... punk with the uk subs and the ruts making the top 50, and nice too see kate bush entering too. squeeze with one of their best 'slap n tickle' at #33 whilst the jags 'back of my hand' gets in too.

 

noteable though are the tourists 'lonliest man in the world' starting out on annie/daves chart run with another 80's stalwart group, madness, debuting @#37.

 

rainbow too with 'since youve been gone' adding rock into the chart... which is a great chart, full of variety!

the tourists 'lonliest man in the world'

 

 

madness 'the prince'

 

 

squeeze 'slap and tickle'

 

 

kate bush 'them heavy people'

 

 

jags 'back of my hand'

 

 

whatever happened to the jags?.... seemed a fair group, should have had more hits..

Loneliest Man in the World is a great song. It should have been a much bigger hit :(

I liked all the new entries, especially Madness & Squeeze. The Jags were a very short lived band, think they only had 3 singles but really only 1 hit. Does anyone else think the song sounds like an Elvis Costello one?

on this day

 

1979, The film Quadrophenia was released. Based on The Who’s 1973 rock opera the film featured Phil Daniels, Toyah Willcox, Ray Winstone, Michael Elphick and Sting.

 

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saw this film and thoughroughly enjoyed it. the timing was perfect as the nations mood was right for a 60's revival and with the emerging two tone and new wave scenes pandering to the 60's nostalgia circus made this a huge hit. 'mods' were back in fashion (but in truth they never went away, as mod = modernist, or a person indulging in current modern fashion.... but mod seems now to be fixed as a mid 60's-esque style)

on this day in 1979

 

1979, The first rap single was released, The Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight'

this weeks chart

 

1 2 Cars GARY NUMAN

2 1 We Don't Talk Anymore CLIFF RICHARD

3 4 Don't Bring Me Down ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

4 7 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It AgainstBELLAMY BROTHERS

5 9 Love's Got A Hold On Me DOLLAR

6 5 Street Life CRUSADERS

7 3 Bang Bang B.A. ROBERTSON

8 ne Message In A Bottle POLICE

9 8 Just When I Needed You Most RANDY VANWARMER

10 6 Angel Eyes ROXY MUSIC

11 23 Strut Your Funky Stuff FRANTIQUE

12 18 Reggae For It Now BILL LOVELADY

13 12 Gotta Go Home / El Lute BONEY M

14 24 Sail On COMMODORES

15 21 Gone Gone Gone JOHNNY MATHIS

16 26 Cruel To Be Kind NICK LOWE

17 10 Money FLYING LIZARDS

18 14 Duchess STRANGLERS

19 11 Gangsters SPECIALS

20 17 Lost In Music SISTER SLEDGE

21 27 Time For Action SECRET AFFAIR

22 25 Boy Oh Boy RACEY

23 37 The Prince MADNESS

24 16 I Don't Like Mondays BOOMTOWN RATS

25 32 Slap & Tickle SQUEEZE

26 33 Since You've Been Gone RAINBOW

27 35 Them Heavy People KATE BUSH

28 28 Tomorrow's Girls UK SUBS

29 ne Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough MICHAEL JACKSON

30 30 Get It Right Next Time GERRY RAFFERTY

31 13 Ooh What A Life GIBSON BROTHERS

32 22 When You Are Young JAM

33 29 Something That I Said RUTS

34 42 Back Of My Hand JAGS

35 ne Whatever You Want STATUS QUO

36 ne You Can Do It AL HUDSON AND THE SOUL PARTNERS

37 15 After The Love Has Gone EARTH, WIND AND FIRE

38 46 Dim All The Lights DONNA SUMMER

39 20 Is She Really Going Out With Him JOE JACKSON

40 ne Nights In White Satin DICKIES

41 19 Duke Of Earl DARTS

42 38 In The Brownies BILLY CONNOLLY

43 45 When You're Number One GENE CHANDLER

44 48 Feel The Real DAVID BENDETH

45 50 The Loneliest Man In The World TOURISTS

46 31 Spiral Scratch BUZZCOCKS

47 39 Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3) IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS

48 ne Sexy Cream SLICK

49 34 Hersham Boys SHAM 69

50 ne This Time Baby JACKIE MOORE

 

 

well gary numan got to the top eventually, but for how long? the highest new entry, 'message in a bottle' by the police is storming up the charts to eventually top them.

 

the second highest new entry was from the 'future king of pop'... NOT! :angry: with one of his better tracks 'dont stop till you get enough'.. the aptly named status quo were the third highest new enrty with the boring, bland 'whatever you want'..

on this day

 

1979, Siouxsie and the Banshees kicked off an 18 date UK tour at Manchester's Apollo Theatre with special guest's The Cure.

 

i always thought that one time banshee robert smith was kinda taking the p out of siouxsie with his make up...

1979, Jackson Browne, Chaka Khan, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt and Tom Petty, appeared at Madison Square Garden, New York for two anti-nuclear benefit shows.

 

ah the old anti - nuclear thing.... remember that? i joined cnd! lol..

this weeks chart :)

 

1 8 Message In A Bottle POLICE

2 1 Cars GARY NUMAN

3 4 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me BELLAMY BROTHERS

4 5 Love's Got A Hold On Me DOLLAR

5 3 Don't Bring Me Down ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

6 2 We Don't Talk Anymore CLIFF RICHARD

7 ne Dreaming BLONDIE

8 14 Sail On COMMODORES

9 6 Street Life CRUSADERS

10 11 Strut Your Funky Stuff FRANTIQUE

11 26 Since You've Been Gone RAINBOW

12 35 Whatever You Want STATUS QUO

13 21 Time For Action SECRET AFFAIR

14 16 Cruel To Be Kind NICK LOWE

15 12 Reggae For It Now BILL LOVELADY

16 29 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough MICHAEL JACKSON

17 9 Just When I Needed You Most RANDY VANWARMER

18 15 Gone Gone Gone JOHNNY MATHIS

19 7 Bang Bang B.A. ROBERTSON

20 10 Angel Eyes ROXY MUSIC

21 23 The Prince MADNESS

22 13 Gotta Go Home / El Lute BONEY M

23 27 Them Heavy People KATE BUSH

24 ne Video Killed The Radio Star BUGGLES

25 18 Duchess STRANGLERS

26 22 Boy Oh Boy RACEY

27 20 Lost In Music SISTER SLEDGE

28 25 Slap & Tickle SQUEEZE

29 36 You Can Do It AL HUDSON AND THE SOUL PARTNERS

30 34 Back Of My Hand JAGS

31 ne Queen Of Hearts DAVE EDMUNDS

32 38 Dim All The Lights DONNA SUMMER

33 17 Money FLYING LIZARDS

34 ne Everyday Hurts SAD CAFE

35 32 When You Are Young JAM

36 19 Gangsters SPECIALS

37 30 Get It Right Next Time GERRY RAFFERTY

38 28 Tomorrow's Girls UK SUBS

39 40 Nights In White Satin DICKIES

40 45 The Loneliest Man In The World TOURISTS

41 ne The Devil Went Down To Georgia CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

42 31 Ooh What A Life GIBSON BROTHERS

43 ne When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman DR. HOOK

44 ne The Chosen Few DOOLEYS

45 ne Charade SKIDS

46 ne Don't Be A Dummy JOHN DUNCAN

47 48 Sexy Cream SLICK

48 ne OK Fred ERROL DUNKLEY

49 50 This Time Baby JACKIE MOORE

50 ne One Day At A Time LENA MARTELL

 

well what a mixture of new entries, some good, (blondie, buggles) some bad (dr hook, lena martell) and some in between (sad cafe). personally my fav new entry was the charlie daniels band 'the devil went down to georgia' ... im partial to abit of fiddle playing! :lol:

 

blondie were the 'in' group wiith a huge new entry, although tbh it was not one of my favs as they drift into their disco phase.

 

the police had their first #1, and the rather prophetic 'video killed the radio star' by a decent producer, trevor horn, added abit of classy pop.

 

the rather odd 'ok fred' also entered the charts...but wtf was/is a 'yagga yagga'?

1979, Scottish guitarist Jimmy McCullough died from a heroin overdose in his flat in Maida Vale, London, aged 26. Member of Stone The Crows, Thunderclap Newman and Wings (1974 to 1977). When ‘Something in the Air’ by Thunderclap Newman went to No.1 in 1969 it made McCulloch the youngest guitarist to ever play on a UK No.1 single, he was sixteen years old at the time.

well what a mixture of new entries, some good, (blondie, buggles) some bad (dr hook, lena martell)

 

3 of these songs will eventually get to number 1, and Blondie is not one of them :o Worse of all 2 of them will be number 1 and number 2 for 3 weeks and its not Buggles <_<

1979, Boney M scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Oceans Of Fantasy'

 

:puke2:, they started out interesting, but by 'rivers of babylon' were pure cheese, and thats NOT a good thing.