August 25, 200915 yr Author 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 :)
August 26, 200915 yr Author 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
August 26, 200915 yr Author Week Ending 01 September 1979 NEW ENTRIES 20 - Gary Numan - CARS ...... a great futuristic track. Ldyx3KHOFXw 38 - Electric Light Orchestra - DON'T BRING ME DOWN ...awful booorrring 42 - Billy Connolly - IN THE BROWNIES ...:lol: pisstake of 'in the navy' FtSbnql66j8 44 - Nick Lowe - CRUEL TO BE KIND ...... b0l3QWUXVho 45 - David Naughton - MAKIN' IT ....dunno this 48 - Commodores - SAIL ON ...... i like this! but just look at lionels haircut! :lol: zg-ivWxy5KE 49 - Average White Band - WHEN WILL YOU BE MINE .... poor. good to see the 'in' music saw the highest new entry
August 27, 200915 yr 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
September 1, 200915 yr Author 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!
September 3, 200915 yr Author 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' x1kqQHl5q6g
September 9, 200915 yr Author 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!
September 9, 200915 yr Author the tourists 'lonliest man in the world' 126msvXhnss madness 'the prince' y-z0Xc0zM6U squeeze 'slap and tickle' auJ_wkSxiKA kate bush 'them heavy people' _0eoAkbXH7Y jags 'back of my hand' AUlU105lkgs whatever happened to the jags?.... seemed a fair group, should have had more hits..
September 12, 200915 yr Loneliest Man in the World is a great song. It should have been a much bigger hit :(
September 12, 200915 yr 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?
September 14, 200915 yr Author 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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)
September 16, 200915 yr Author on this day in 1979 1979, The first rap single was released, The Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight'
September 16, 200915 yr Author 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'..
September 21, 200915 yr Author 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...
September 22, 200915 yr Author 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..
September 23, 200915 yr Author 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'?
September 27, 200915 yr Author 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.
September 27, 200915 yr 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 <_<
September 29, 200915 yr Author 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.
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